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Normally in a protection racket, the extorting party threatens someone then offers them protection (for payment) against the threat they themselves made. The Jews have now raised this to a new level. First, they threaten themselves then get someone else to pay them for protecting themselves against themselves. In a way, you have to admire Jewish ingenuity..@HikindDov @scottmstringer & other pols react to @NYPDnews presence at Washington Cemetery in Brookly investigating possible vandalism pic.twitter.com/JWPMgxS8Ib— Edgar Sandoval (@edjsandoval) 5 March 2017
We can now see that the wave of threats against Jewish community centres was, in reality, a fund-raising scam. None of these threats have been acted on. Some of the stories about vandalised graveyards have already fallen apart. When the police investigated one incident at Washington Cemetery in New York, they found that a gravestone the Jews said had been vandalised had actually fallen down due to neglect and old age. But there had already been a spectacular amount of media hoopla about it.
The Orthodox Union is backing a bipartisan letter circulating in the Senate that calls for doubling security funding for non-profits, citing threats to both Jewish and Muslim institutions.
"At a time when children being evacuated from daycare centers in response to repeated bomb threats and mosques are deliberately being set on fire, we must ensure that all organizations that face these threats have the support they need," says the letter to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly authored by Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
"It is simply unacceptable to not act." It proposes more than doubling the amount allotted the Non-Profit Security Grant Program from $20 million to $50 million.Source
In Britain, it has been shown that these taxpayer-funded security guards at Jewish institutions then become a source of increased "hate incident" reports. Of course they have to justify their own existence. In turn, the increase in "hate incident" reports leads to calls for more funding for Jewish security. It is a perfect, self-perpetuating scam.

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I bought a computer online and it is not working. What are my rights?
Generally, the laws that apply to over-the-counter sales apply to online retailers as well (as long as they are based in New Zealand).
If you bought the computer for personal use (not for commercial purposes) and you bought it from a trader (as opposed to a private sale) then you are covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act.
The first thing you should do is contact the retailer and let them know there is a problem. It's important to keep all copies of emails, letters and receipts so you have a record of the sale in case anything goes wrong (read more about complaining effectively on our Complaints and Disputes page).
If the good is faulty (i.e. if you didn't cause the problem) and the problem is minor the retailer can choose between repairing the goods, replacing them or giving you a full refund. If there is a major problem you can return the goods and demand a replacement or a complete refund.
If the retailer won't replace or repair the computer or refund your money as is required under the Consumer Guarantees Act then you can take your case to the Disputes Tribunal.
If you buy goods from a private seller then you aren't covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act and you have less protection. This means that it's important that you take extra care when buying goods privately.
You may be able to seek compensation under the Contract and Commercial Law Act if you can show that the seller misled you about what you were buying. You may need to go to the Disputes Tribunal to make a claim.
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How long should an appliance be expected to last?
The Consumer Guarantees Act says that products have to be durable, based on what a reasonable person would expect. You will need to consider how much you paid for the product and whether your use of it has been reasonable or not.
For example if you bought a toaster for $30 five years ago and it stops working then you won't be covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act because you have had a reasonable life out of it - but if you bought an expensive television five years ago and it stops working then you will be covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act.
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My computer is not working and its warranty has just expired. What are my options?
You might still be covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA) even if your warranty has expired. A warranty is in addition to the Consumer Guarantees Act and can't override or replace it. The CGA says that goods must be durable and last for a reasonable amount of time. The definition of reasonable will depend on the price you paid for the computer and how long ago you bought it. Under the CGA a consumer can choose whether they claim from a retailer or a manufacturer.
The retailer or manufacturer has to sort out any problem that a consumer brings to them that involves a breach of the guarantees in the CGA within a reasonable amount of time. If the problem with your computer can be fixed then the retailer has to get it repaired at no extra charge to you. If the problem is serious then you can choose to get a refund or replacement. For more information, contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
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The shop where you bought the goods can ask for proof that the goods were in fact from that particular shop. A shop can refuse to help with the problem if you cannot prove you purchased the goods from that shop.
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Establishing proof of purchase is much easier if you have a receipt so try and hold on to important ones. If you need help with your situation then contact your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau.
My stove is broken and under warranty, but the company that sold it is out of business.
This is a tricky situation and getting the stove repaired by the company who sold it could be difficult if the company is out of business. However, if the retailer is out of business, you can go to the manufacturer, who also has obligations under the Consumer Guarantees Act. If both the manufacturer and retailer are out of business then you probably won't be able to get the stove fixed under warranty.
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Under the Consumer Guarantees Act mobile phones have to be fit for their purpose but they're also sensitive pieces of equipment and should be treated carefully. If you're sure that you haven't caused any moisture or water damage to the phone then your claim is with the retailer on the basis that the phone isn't fit for its purpose.
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DD escaping - she wasn't so keen.
The boys fight it out.
I joined in the fun (in my togs) too though my weapon was a bit pathethic - it had prostate problems some of the time.
Doing the last grocery shop of the year I saw that red capsicums are starting to come down in price so I got some to roast. To me, nothing screams summer more than the vegetables that come available at this time of year. This is one of my favourite dishes for summer.
Grease a roasting pan. Halve the capsicums and put some of the following in each of them:
- a garlic clove
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- basil
- dollop of olive oil
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|Spinach and blue cheese filo triangles
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Burgiving and Spinach and Blue Cheese Filo
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That middle photo of the burger is hilarious! :PReplyDeleteReplies
Good conversation starter for sureDelete
Hi Three Cookies, your filo triangles look very appetizing. Wish I can have a bite, it look so crispy. YUM!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing today's favourite photo, that's a very cute burger. :)
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You have a great week also, whatever's left of it:)
I haven't had spanakopita, but the crunchy "present" with spinach and blue cheese looks luscious (I have already forgotten how good the combination of these two is! thank you for reminding me).ReplyDelete
The story sounds like from a Gogol short story! (Have you read Gogol?) Hilarious! I love the good ending of course. Very Christmasy miracle-like positive story!Replies
Spinach and cheese - great together. I noticed spinach and cheese rolls were sold at many places in Australia - seemed popular. Basically sausage roll but with spinach/cheese instead.Delete
I've never heard of Gogol. I will look it up.
Waaaah! That's a crazy story about the vodka...kinda makes me glad I gave up drinking ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
And in this case whisky came to the rescue, though not through drinking:)Delete
These sound delicious and will be perfect for the Christmas cocktail party that I am having soon.ReplyDelete
Oh yum! Your spinach packets look delicious! I'd make them with blue cheese over feta, love them both but blue cheese is a great favorite!ReplyDelete
The turkey burger is hilarious!
OMG!! I'm so into my vodka! Ok, message read loud and clear ... time to get some Johnnie Walker :)
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2012 at 10:26 AM
That burger looks awesome! Love the idea. And your spinach filo looks really goodReplyDelete


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The Financial Times is reporting that CityWatcher.com, an Ohio-based public surveillance company, is experimenting with silicon chips implanted in two of its employees for identification and room access purposes.
From the article —
CityWatcher.com, a private video surveillance company, said it was testing the technology as a way of controlling access to a room where it holds security video footage for government agencies and the police.
Embedding slivers of silicon in workers is likely to add to the controversy over RFID technology, widely seen as one of the next big growth industries.
RFID chips – inexpensive radio transmitters that give off a unique identifying signal – have been implanted in pets or attached to goods so they can be tracked in transit.
"There are very serious privacy and civil liberty issues of having people permanently numbered," said Liz McIntyre, who campaigns against the use of identification technology.
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Hello Princesses!
Today I have a lovely and slightly classy manicure, featuring my new favorite product, OPI's Matte Top Coat. I've never had the urge to mattify my manicures until I picked up this top coat to fill the gaping matte polish gap I have in my collection. After my first matte manicure it was hard to stop myself from mattifying everything! Matte glitter? Yes please!!
I used China Glaze's Velvet Bow for the base colour, and topped it off with OPI's Matte Top Coat. I used Born Pretty Store's little gold beads to complete the little half moon feature. It was quite difficult to get the beads on because the matte top coat dries fast. For a couple of fingers I stuck the beads down using a regular top coat and matte coated over the top. Can you tell which technique is on which nail?
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[Listen] The Smashing Pumpkins - "Cottonwood Symphony"
Earlier in the week you got to hear the full stream of Billy Corgan's latest EP Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 2 – The Solstice Bare by The Smashing Pumpkins. The album was released on limited-edition packaged CD & deluxe 12-inch vinyl picture disc which contained the beautiful unreleased B-side titled "Cottonwood Symphony." You can check out the extra tune in the player below and then we suggest you head over to the SP official store and pick up the limited edition 12-Inch.


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I'm thinking about getting one or the other. I've done my share of reading online and listening to demos and know both are quite different from your average analog-like subtractive synth and require some time to get used to, not the least because of the rather un-intuitive way of editing sounds.
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Checkmate Champions is the future of chess teaching. This camp combines the classical strategies of chess with new and innovative modern technology that creates a fun experience for all kids regardless of their chess playing abilities. Students will learn the rules, history, and how to record games to reflect on them later. Students will play their favorite chess variation games such as Bughouse (team chess), Allies, Bobby Fischer, and iPad chess. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a real life chess tournament using a tournament clock. Please register by August 6. Instructor: Lorenzo Davis, Checkmate Champions
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The publicity drive for official launch of her debut album, Keep Moving, was massive, especially online, where some lucky members of her facebook group won complementary invitation cards to the event. Everyone looked forward to the day; even the artiste had a sort of countdown to the show online.
To many, the venue of any launch and the quality of artistes on parade, to a large extent, give an insight to the strength of the host artiste. Little wonder Onos Bikawei opted for the prestigious Grand Ball Room, Eko Hotel & Suites for her launch, with notable artistes such Timi Dakolo and Eric (of Idols West Africa), Lara George, Sammie Okposo, Efe and others on parade. The expectation was high.
As at 4pm on the D-day, guests had started arriving one by one, group by group, with a special red carpet reception. Before long, the hall was full with friends, colleagues, celebrities and family members of the artistes, with her parents seated at a strategic part of the hall–– not too far from the stage, which was jam-packed with all sorts of musical instruments; it was a live show.
Her producer, Flo, alongside some notable artistes, including Sammie Okposo, who arrived the venue in the company of actress, Ufuoma Ejenobor, cornered another part of the hall to themselves. The likes of Timi Dakolo and Eric preferred strolling up and down in expectation, as guests awaited the appearance of Onos. The turnout was impressive.
The live band ensured there was no dull moment, until the anchormen; MC Abbey and Steve Onuh (Yaw of Wazobia FM) took charge of the stage. Abbey was at his best, reeling out jaw-dropping jokes, while Yaw, the broadcaster he is, kept him under control; the comedian touched almost every aspect of the country, even the ailing president formed part of his materials.
ONOS's first appearance was greeted with rounds of applause and cheers from the audience. She made her way to the stage through the back door, clutching a microphone with both hands. Dramatically, she took time to exchange pleasantries with guests, shaking and waving hands to her fans. But to her parents, she gave hugs. You need not ask how happy the young lady was after months of working on the album; it was written all over her face.
Her stage performance was energetic, with the band backing up on instrumentation. From slow to fast beat, Onos held the gathering spellbound. "She's different," a guest observed. Yes, the difference is clear in her compositions and vocals strength. She was in full control of the band, keeping eye contact with her band members at every point.
Timi, Lara, Eric, Sammie Okposo, Efe and other raised the tempo of the night with their electrifying performance, but Onos' Dance, one of the tracks in the new work, was the attraction; the reception was huge. The likes of Sammie and Flo, could not hold back too long as they were caught digging it live on stage with Onos, who treated the guests to the best of her music.
"Bringing out this album was very challenging," Onos says. "I funded the whole project myself because I had no sponsor. There's competition out there, so, to be on top of my game, I had to do something that people could easily relate to. If you listen to Dance, I started with English and at some point, switched to pidgin, before wrapping up in my local dialect. If you don't listen to the words properly, you might not even know it's a gospel track."
TO make the best out of the album, Onos involved Flo and ID Cabassa, who also feature in one of the tracks, in the production.
"I spent sometime putting together this album because I wanted a quality production. I decided to work with tested hands to achieve desired result."
On the choice of Cabassa, who is noted for making secular beats, Onos says, "it was deliberate; I wanted to achieve a mixture of sounds, so, I needed people who could interpret sounds in their own unique way; producers have their strengths, but If you know I D Cabassa, then you will understand that he doesn't do just any job."
To the Waffarian, the choice of Keep Moving as the title for the work featuring Lara George, Mike Aremu and others, is deliberate.
"When you have dreams, you have to be very passionate about it; you need to push for it. I settled for the title just to let people know that they should keep moving in realising their dreams."
Though a gospel work, Onus observed that, "people tend to lay rules for artistes, but to me, it's a form of expression. Gospel is about sending good messages. We might want to say the same thing, but we have different ways of doing just that. When you hear Keep Moving, it means don't stop; live your dreams, do what God has called you to do and be the best the best that you can."
As for inspiration, "different things inspire me to write songs. There is a song in the album titled I Don Tire to Dey Waka Waka; I wrote that song after producers had turned me down several times. Different events and situations inspire me to write my songs."
Though Onos started singing in the church at the tender age of six, her professional career in music took off in 2006, when she started performing at events. By 2008, the French graduate from the Delta State University, recorded her first single, Dance, which is currently enjoying airplay on radio and TV stations across the country.
As for her debut album, which is already on music shelves, Onos is leaving that to the general public to judge.
"I don't want to start blowing my trumpet now. So far, the response has been very fantastic and I am confident it will be something different. But it's left for people to listen to it and make their comments."
One-on-one with F-STINCT
Born Olufunmilayo Modupe George, the Microbiology graduate of the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, is out to make a mark with her gospel hip-hop, fused with rap, R&B, dancehall and a bit of highlife. Popularly called F-STINCT on the music scene, Funmi, who is currently working on her debut album, The Quest, speaks to DANIEL ANAZIA on her plans to pass the message of Jesus Christ to the young generation through her music.
How was it like growing up?
Growing up was fun because I have a close-knit family. I'm the first girl and second child in a family of five –– two girls and a boy. I'm a Lagosian, but was born in Ibadan . My formative years, was in the ancient town of Ibadan , though I proceeded to Abeokuta for my higher education.
How it did you get into music?
We are musically inclined in my family; everyone in the family has unique musical ability that stands him/her out. My dad, mum and siblings have natural music abilities. I started singing from a very tender age; I was involved in various musical groups both within and outside the church. While I was at UNAAB, I was a member of a four-man group, The Revelators. It was a gospel hip-hip group and we performed within and outside the campus.
What is your style of music?
I'm a hip-hop artiste; I do more of gospel hip-hop, R&B, and rap. I intend exploring a variety of other musical styles by infusing different beats and genres into my own style. The aim is to develop my creativity. When I say different beats, I mean highlife, dancehall and other beats, which I'm working on right now.
Any major concert/performance so far?
Not really mega events like The Experience, MTN Music Festival and others, but I've performed at the DJ Gosporella's Mixtape, Combo Phonix Jamz, One-Stick Music Concert and so many church appearances.
Your upcoming album, The Quest, what is it all about?
Our society is filled with so much moral decadence, especially among the youths. I intend to reduce this through my kind of music by passing on the gospel of Jesus Christ to this generation in a way the youth will understand it. It is also a pursuit of an ambition. All these immoralities such as prostitution, armed robbery, drug trafficking… are geared towards the 'get rich-quick' syndrome, which is common among Nigerian youths today. Shortcut and straight-forwardness are two parallel lines that can never meet.
So, when is it hitting music shelves?
It's going to be a 9-track work, but with lots of varieties. It will be in the market before the third quarter of the year. We are seriously working on it and when it finally comes, it's going to be a bomb.
Who are your influences?
…The likes of Kirk Franklin, Cece Winnas and Cross Movement influence me a lot. Trigga, MC Loph, Willisino are my pals in the industry.
What would you want to be remembered for?
(Laughs), with the help of God, I hope to build a lasting career in music, especially in gospel genre. Through my message, I want to influence the youth positively. I also hope to set up a non-governmental organisation that will focus on the youths with unique talents, nurture and help bring them to limelight. I will like to have a standard gospel Nite Club, where Christians could hangout like we have in conventional clubs.
From Left: Keffe, Bouqui, Omawunmi and Annie at the event
Keffe, Omawunmi, Bouqui, Anne shine in UK
Nigeria was on the spotlight last week in the UK – this time, in a positive news - as three of her female artistes outshined their counterparts from other African countries at the Women In Entertainment & Arts (WIEA) Awards, held at Marriott Hotel, 22 Hertsmere Rd, Canary Wharf, London.
Idols West Africa's Omawunmi got the award for Best Singer, while Annie was presented with the Best Gospel award. Rapper Bouqui was declared Best Rap Artiste, while Branama Queen, Keffe, clinched the Best Musician award at the event organised to raise fund in support of the Kanu Heart Foundation and Breast Cancer Care.
In a brief online chat with Life magazine, Keffe, who's yet to jet into the country, was full of joy.
"I feel great and I'm happy things are turning out for me this way. I dedicate the award to my fans all over the world; na who know me before," she sings.
Organised by WIEA, the award was instituted to encourage African female artistes for their contribution to the entertainment industry. This year's edition, which had the Super Eagles Captain, Kanu Nwanwo and other dignitaries in attendance, featured performances from Keffe, Bouqui, Omawunmi and others.
Soundcity in early preparation for SMVA 2010
Nigeria's foremost lifestyle, music and entertainment TV channel, Soundcity, has commenced preparation for this year's edition of Soundcity Music Video Award (SMVA). Billed for October 1 (Independence Day), at the new Exhibition Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, the ceremony is being organized as part of activities to mark the country's Golden Jubilee.
Billed to open at 6pm, with a special red carpet reception, dovetailing into the awards proper, the award will also feature Winners Concert, expected to last into the early hours of the previous day.
"We are committed to the recognition of the efforts of artistes, video producers and directors, whose strengths and abilities have been able to put Nigerian and African music videos on a global pedestal, helping the Soundcity channel maintain our reputation of adding value to life with the power of music," said Tajuddeen Adepetu, Executive Producer of SMVA, and Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Media Associates, Soundcity's parent body.
He continues: "As you very well know, Soundcity is the 24-hour urban lifestyle channel, dedicated all the time with music videos, lifestyle content and interactive programming that is influenced by the viewers; and it is Nigeria's premier medium that represents a repertoire of encompassing music videos - as far as it is music and it is good to someone's eyes as it is to the ears".
Activities kick-starting the 2010 edition of the Soundcity Music Video Awards are to be announced soon.
D'banj partners Mouka on Koko mattress
Foam-manufacturing company, Mouka has entered into partnership with D'banj; the two brands entered a commercial arrangement to leverage on each other.
Under the arrangement, Mouka is expected to produce beautifully branded Koko mattresses with Dbanj's hit tracks written all over it. The company, on its part, promised that the mattress would come with all the trappings of the Mouka brand behind it, which include quality and durability.
Speaking after the ceremony, Adebajo described the arrangement as a win-win partnership, adding that Mouka will bring its time tested technological base into play.
"D'banj is a role model and a businessman who has focus and a vision for tomorrow. He's an upwardly mobile figure in the entertainment industry that will find Mouka's years and wealth of experience beneficial.
Dbanj revealed he had waited for long before the deal pulled through, commending Mouka for their support and understanding.
"The idea of producing Koko mattress came as I was researching on ways of reaching the youths in the country and letting them know that they can become anything they choose to be in life. I remember when I was in secondary school; I used to change my mattress every term. That was how the idea came to me before I approached Mouka for partnership."
Dbanj said, "a good rest on Koko mattress after a hard day at school, will ensure that students wake up fresh the next day and I have Mouka to thank for that."
Nneka goes to Jazzhole
MOBO Award winner, Nneka Eguna, will on Friday, March 12, perform live at the Jazzhole, 168 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Billed to start at 7pm with N5000 gate fee, the evening will see Nneka entertain the gathering with her full band; for sure, Nneka is a live artiste.
In February 2008, the Germany-based-Nigerian-artiste, released a follow-up to her debut album, No Longer at Ease, a title she borrowed from a novel of the same name by Chinua Achebe and reflects the lyrical content of the record. Most of the songs are political, talking about the plight of the Niger Delta and the corruption in Nneka's homeland. The songs are a mixture of soul, hip-hop and reggae.
However, the lead single from the work, Heartbeat, became her first song to break into the German Top 50. By September 2009, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 20, while the following months saw the Anambra State native tours France, Italy and Portugal; she also supported Lenny Kravitz on his French tour in April 2009.
Nneka got three nominations at the 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards, though she lost all. But the big one came when she was awarded Best African Act at the 2009 MOBO Awards.
For those, who plan to attend, expect Nneka's usual yabis; maybe, not too far from what she displayed at the Ion International Film Festival held last year in Port Harcourt–– she said it as it is!
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Onos, Keep Moving
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I hope the title of this blog got your attention. As a child of the 60's I would have thought we would have been past the days of police brutality, racial prejudicial and violence. I am from the deep south where Jim Crow was the law of the land as a child.
I was chosen to be part of a group to integrate the schools in 1964 where we were exposed to levels of abuse that many could never image. Today when I turn on the computer or television the news of another black man killed at the hands of police or another black man has become normal in our culture. This is unfortunate given as a society we have grown accustomed to violence and death; moreover, the first ten minutes of the local news broadcast is mostly devoted to who was killed on the streets of the DC, Maryland, or Virginia (DMV) area.
Too often we hear the cry for more gun control; however, criminals do not abide by the laws of the land. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. In the bible Cain slew his brother Abel and there were no guns around.
You cannot legislate morality; laws cannot change the hearts of the individual that is prejudice or an outright racist. Guns are not the only problem; people are. You may not particularity care for the angle in which I am addressing this issue. As a culture we no longer value life. We have embraced a culture of death and insensitivity to vehemence in our society. Now before you jump to conclusions be advised I am considered by many as a black conservative.
During the fourth of July weekend in the city of Chicago there were over sixty shootings with five deaths. Unfortunately, a majority of these were black men and none were not killed by police but by another black man. My heart was overwhelmed with the events of the past week; however, marches and protests with the mantra that Black Lives Matter can only take us so far regarding awareness to the plight of police violence.
This past year more than 5,000 young black men are killed by other black men. Concurrently, this number is only a fraction of the number of black babies killed through abortion yearly. However, no one is marching in the streets for these souls.
Our country needs a heart change that can only come about with a national awakening of the love of God through his son Jesus Christ. It's time for the church to not merely have services but to be relevant in today's society.
My favorite football team, the Atlanta Falcons have a chant that says. "Rise Up." It's time for the church to rise up now.
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Faculty, students, employees, board members, and other guests attended the ceremony, which included the blessing of the building, as well as the unveiling of the building name led by iACADEMY President and CEO, Ms. Vanessa Tanco.
"This is an important milestone for us as a school as well as a community. With this new campus, we will be able to provide our students with even more space and facilities that will allow them to reach their full potential and unleash their inner Game Changer," said Ms. Tanco.
With over 28,000 square meters of space, the 14-storey building has exciting facilities to offer such as a multipurpose hall that can accommodate up to 900, a mini theater that can seat 250, and an indoor running track above a basketball court. It will have a floor dedicated to computer laboratories, with Wacom drawing tablets and Cintiq computers available for aspiring artists and animators. Budding fashion designers will get to create their garments in the impressive fashion design and sewing rooms. For young photographers and filmmakers, a green room and sound room will be available for their different production needs. During breaks and school events, everyone can enjoy the spacious cafeteria and student lounge, which will share an entire floor. For those seeking a more quiet place to study or reflect, the library on the 6th floor and the meditation room on the 8th floor would definitely be ideal.
iACADEMY students, referred to as Game Changers, can also look forward to the updated facilities in the Buendia campus, which will also be undergoing renovations this summer to give the building an even more modern look.
The iACADEMY Nexus building is located at 7434 Yakal Street, Barangay San Antonio, Makati City. To learn more about the program offerings for Senior High School and college, such as Animation, Multimedia Arts & Design, Software Development, and Game Development visit www.iacademy.edu.ph, email email@example.com or call +632 889-7777 (College) and +632 889-5555 (Senior High School).


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The above is from Sinfest, a comic about ...well you have to read some of it.
The point is here that the nativity scene is grossly misinterpreted by a well meaning girl. Cute, right?
She isn't really farther off than you are.
Let's just do a little analysis from the text and from history.
Manger - Luke may have had in mind the Greco-Roman house plan, given that his audience are certainly non-Palestinians and that is the type of house they would have been expecting. If so the manger was an area in the middle of the compound, a small depression where at times grain was threshed and at other times the animals slept. However, that was not the floor plan typical of a home in Bethlehem, which was far simpler, consisting of one large room (usually) and an outer walled area with steps or a ladder leading to the flat roof. The "manger" was probably that walled area, open to the elements but shielded from the wind. Yes, the straw covering might have been there, but the manger refers to the area, not a specific object. Think of it more as a fenced in front yard.
Inn - The New Testament uses all kinds of words that get translated as "inn", the only one that would fit our description of a public building with rooms rented out is found in the story of the Good Samaritan. Here the word is kataluma, or guest room. Joseph had relatives in Bethlehem, we can assume if he is going there to be taxed, but all of them were full, so they had to sleep outside.
Who was there? - Mary (obviously), Jospeh, the midwife(-wives?), the people staying at the house, the neighbors, etc... Baby birth can be a noisy affair, and since we are not told what time of day Jesus is born (we only assume 'night' because of the shepherds) it could have been the middle of the day and half of Bethlehem might have been looking. Hopefully someone kept the animals away. Would your mother have wanted a goat in attendance? (No cows, cows are the luxury models of the domesticated livestock world.)
Time of Year - Spring. Has to be spring. Shepherds do not watch the flocks in the field at night in the winter, they put them in an enclosure. They do watch them at night during lambing season. Spring time. And it suggests the metaphor of the Lamb being born.
Angels - Angels are not pleasant things. There is a reason that the first thing they always say is "Do not be afraid." These are supraterretrial beings unlike anything in the human frame of reference. The Prophets often depict them as having multiple wings and faces. You want to know what seeing an angel is like? Read Lovecraft. Basically only Mary ever had pleasant chat with an angel. Angels do not sing, they might, perhaps, chant; but their main purpose is to deliver messages and kill people. Ask the first born of Egypt.
Shepherds - Yes, they showed up. You can keep them.
Wise Men - Nope. Read the passage in Matthew again. The wise men show up around the time Jesus is 2. You don't come from the "east" overnight. Who were they? Kings? Nope. That tradition starts in the middle ages based on teh cost of the gifts they bring. Three? Nope. That too is based on the gifts, three in number and thus the minimum you need in a play to bring them is three. They are "magi", sometimes given as astronomers/astrologers which is apt given the star gazing, but the same word is more closely rendered in English as magicians or wizards.
So, we have been getting it wrong for years....
Maybe there is something to the idea that we all see the coming of Jesus a little differently. Maybe somewhere between your grandmothers nativity set and the devil girl's birth of Jay-Z you can get it right, right enough so that means something to you.


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Hearing a baby coo his or her first word can make any parent a little emotional. But hearing them drop their first F-bomb or utter a curse word will make you downright lose it. Or applaud it. Either way, you'll be shocked the first time you hear your precious angel curse like a drunken' sailor. And unless you're a precious angel yourself, chances are that day will come a lot sooner than you think. (Hint: Guess where your kids are learning it?)
We asked moms to share their child's first swear word ...
- When she was around three years old, my daughter made up the 'Dammit Song.' Every word was dammit."
- "We pulled my son's first tooth and he said, 'Oh shit, I am bleeding!' I was very nice, but said that he could not say that word."
- "My daughter said, 'What the hell?' when she was around four. We'd just bought a new area rug and it wouldn't lay flat."
- "My son was four and the dog had an accident on the floor. I was pissed and looking for my husband to help with clean-up. As soon as he walked into the room, my son says in a pissed-off voice, 'Dad, where were you?! There is shit on the floor!' We couldn't help but laugh because it was just so funny that he was so serious."
- "My mom was stepping over a wooden baby gate and didn't quite raise her foot enough and tripped. My son goes running over, 'Oh, son of a bitch, Grandma! Are you okay?'" He was three and that was the one and only time he swore."
- "My hubby is a former Marine. Anyone that knows Marines know they have potty mouths. My daughter had been around his coworkers a few times and then I heard her calling her teddy bear a 'fucking bitch' in a whisper voice when she was about two."
- "My son was about two or so and we were walking through a parking lot. A car started backing out and almost hit us. My son shook his fist and yelled 'FUCKER, we are walking here!'"
- "We were driving and a guy cut us off and we had to slam on the brakes. My husband yells, 'Look at this, dick face!' In the backseat, my 3-year-old daughter was sitting with little pigtails and a pink dress holding a doll and we hear her squeaky little voice all innocent say, 'Who's a dick face, daddy?'"
- "My 3-year-old daughter called her dad a jackass when he put one of her shoes on the wrong foot."
- "My 4-year-old was at preshcool and they looked out the window and my son said, 'There goes the F#^king firetruck!' His teacher was an older German woman. She called me immediately. Laughing."
- "Our pastor gave my then five-year-old son a Tic Tac candy. He dropped it on the floor and said, 'Oh, shit.' I was mortified. Of all places he had to parrot my bad language, it had to be in church."
What was your child's first curse word?
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Senate efforts in forming immigration reform is taking shape, but some House conservatives are showing signs of frustration at their own stalled progress.
"I want it finished tomorrow night," Carter said Wednesday, The Hill reports. "We've got bipartisan agreement on 95 percent of the bill. I don't know why we can't get the rest of it."
The House bipartisan House group, which has met on-and-off for the last several years on possible immigration reform, is set to have a meeting Thursday night to reach an agreement on components of the proposal.
Carter and Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador both said Thursday would be their last meeting. Labrador told The Hill if Democrats and Republican's can't come to an agreement, Republicans should proceed with their own proposal.
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Khalil Islam, now 72 and stooped over but still dapper in his purple embroidered kufi and impeccably clipped silver beard, used to go to the Audubon Ballroom on Broadway and 166th Street to see the big dance bands. Those were my dope and jazz days, says Khalil, who never guessed his life would change forever on February 21, 1965, the cold winter afternoon Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon.
Forty-two years later, the events of that day remain a hotly debated topic in Harlemeven among those far from being born in 1965. This much is agreed upon: The mood at the Audubon was tense. Malcolm, erstwhile Detroit Red hustler turned racial firebrand, politician of the street and the cosmos, supreme logician of the African-American dilemma, had broken with his mentor, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam (a.k.a. the Black Muslims) and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah. Having called Elijah a religious faker in his famous autobiography and denounced the Messenger's alleged sexual dalliances, Malcolm was under counterattack, derided as a Judas, the chief hypocrite.
Only those who wish to be led to hell, or to their doom, will follow Malcolm, wrote the thenLouis X, later known as Louis Farrakhan. Malcolm's house in Queens had been firebombed, Molotov cocktails thrown through the windows as his children slept. Seemingly resigned to his fate, Malcolm, with an unsettling smile, told CBS's Mike Wallace during an interview, Oh yes, I probably am a dead man already.
The start of Malcolm's Audubon speech is etched into the landscape of American political violence like Governor John Connally's wife telling John Kennedy Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you and John Wilkes Booth's shouting Sic semper tyrannis as he jumped from Lincoln's balcony. As Malcolm began speaking, a disturbance broke out in the crowd.
Get your hand out of my pocket, someone screamed. Hold it, hold it, don't get excited. Let's cool it, brothers, Malcolm said.
That was when a man with a double-barrel shotgun rose from the front row of folding chairs and fired. The slugs shattered Malcolm's chest, pitching him backward as two more gunmen rushed the stage shooting pistols. A few minutes later, after his bloody body was wheeled across Broadway to Columbia Presbyterian hospital, Malcolm X was dead.
Ten days later, Khalil Islamthen known as Thomas 15X Johnson and a ranking lieutenant at Elijah Muhammad's Temple No. 7 on 116th Street and Lenox Avenuewas arrested, charged with the murder of the man Ossie Davis eulogized as our shining Black Prince.
Yeah, Khalil says now, with matter-of-fact irony. They gave me the star role: the man with the shotgun. The mastermind.
The big problem with this, Khalil has maintained since his arrest, is that he was nowhere near the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. He was in his apartment, across from the Bronx Zoo, where he and his children could look out the window and see the giraffes crane their necks above the tree line.
I spent most of the day in bed with this rheumatoid-arthritis condition. They said I shot Malcolm, then jumped out the ladies'-room window and ran down the stairs. The truth is, I could hardly walk I only found out about the shooting when my next-door neighbor came over shouting, They got Big Red.'
This alibi meant little at Khalil's murder trial. Nor did it matter that the man with the shotgun was described as dark-skinned with a full beard while Khalil is light-skinned and was beardless at the time. More galling was when the 22-year-old Talmadge Hayer suddenly confessed his role in the murder while swearing that Khalil and Norman 3X Butler, another Temple No. 7 lieutenant, had nothing to do with it. Hayer said Khalil and Butler hadn't even been at the Audubon that night. This didn't help Khalil either.
Convicted of first-degree murder in early 1966, Khalil spent the next 22 years in various New York State maximum-security prisons, a good portion of that time way down in the hole where a prisoner sees natural light for an hour a day.
I was innocent, yet there I was, behind those walls, says Khalil in his hoarse, quiet voice, adding that he decided to finally tell his story because it took me until now to really understand it, to think it through, and that's important because I always felt knowing what happened would be the key to who I really was.
One thing Khalil knows for sure is, back in 1965, if you needed someone to pin the Malcolm X murder rap on, Thomas 15X Johnson sure fit the bill. I was a reactor, Khalil says. We all were in the Fruit of Islam, which was nothing but a paramilitary unit. If someone pulled off a Muslim's bow tie, or ripped up the Muhammad Speaks newspaper, we reacted. Tell us to go kick a guy's spleen out, we were on him with all four feet. We were martial artists, but we weren't training to become black belts: We were training to kill black belts. You didn't want to see us coming.
I had this other case pending, with a gun involved. I was out on bail when Malcolm was killed. That buried me, how violent I supposedly was. But really, everyone just wanted it swept under the rug. It was only a year after the Harlem riots. Things were so inflamed. The cops figured one Muslim was as good as another. The Nation didn't help me. They probably sat down, had a cup of coffee, and made the decision to throw me to the wolves. That protected everyone else.
They picked the right guy, because even if I felt I was going berserk watching myself get framed, they knew I would never talk, never give anyone up. That was my mentality: straight up, what I thought was a righteous Muslim. The fact was, I was just the patsy. The perfect patsy.


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man I just spent best part of an hour writing my first lucid dream. I got logged out while doing so. when I went to submit I had to log back in and I lost everything I wrote!!
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Suggestions for a Baby Quilt
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Cute prints - maybe a nine patch with the alternate block using the larger prints. It's going to be adorable no matter what you do.ReplyDelete
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Love the owls... great color in these prints. I have an idea -- will send you an email cuz it includes links and I can't seem to get my copy/paste command to work in this comment box.
Come and check out the Heather Ross quilt i'm currently making - it's perfect to showcase motifs and there is no measuring involved! You just start with the owl, put on borders to frame it and add other fabric in big pieces until you reach a 12 inch size.ReplyDelete
I think a dissapearing 9 patch would be perfect. If you use the apples in most of the corner squares then they will stand out above the rest.ReplyDelete
Plus, the dis.9 patch allows for smaller squares so you can easily make a baby quilt without it looking like huge blocks.ReplyDelete
You guys are great! Thank you so much for the suggestions. I ended up going with a nine patch alternating with plain squares. I will post pictures after I quilt and wash it. It is for my mom to give to my niece at a shower we are giving her in August.ReplyDelete
I am going to have some leftover fabric from the fatquarters( probably about a half of each one) if anyone is interested. If I have more than person that wants it, I will do a drawing.
I'd love to have the leftover fabric!!! I was just going to leave you a comment about how much I loved the fabric.ReplyDelete
Please email me your address so I can get the leftover fabric in the mail for you.
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Lucky's Exxon - Bellville, TX - Phone: 1 (979) 865-2287
Oils can be used for different purposes in different areas. One of the uses of oils can be in the form of fuels. Gasoline, fuel oil and diesel fuel are all products of petroleum and are used as fuels. Gasoline is lighter than fuel oil and diesel, and evaporates quickly. Diesel is a natural choice for fuel in Bellville as its cost is low and it is not as volatile as gasoline. Fuel oil in Bellville is used mainly as fuel for residential use. It finds its use in some industrial applications also.
Oil companies and plants in Bellville produce gasoline, diesel and fuel oils from crude oil and natural gas, after carrying out different steps of processing and development.


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Episode 410
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert compare the real financial suicide machine that is the global financial markets to the hypothetical euthanasia coaster that would kill its passengers after an allegedly fun and euphoric ride induces GLOC - G-force induced Loss of Consciousness. In the financial markets this is achieved by churning clients so rapidly or front running them at faster than the speed of light. In the second half of the show, Max talks to professor and economist Constantin Gurdgiev about the liquidation of IBRC, the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish and how it is that the bank came to collapse in the first place.


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This is a collection of plugins written with the GStreamer framework.
Some features of these plugins are:
- Dynamically loaded plugins provide elements and media types,
demand-loaded via an XML registry, similar to ld.so.cache
- Element interface handles all known types of sources, filters,
- Capabilities system allows verification of element compatibility
using MIME types and media-specific properties
- Autoplugging uses capabilities system to complete complex paths
- Pipelines can be saved to XML and loaded back to working state
- Resource friendly plugins don't waste RAM
WWW: http://gstreamer.sourceforge.net/
make generate-plist
Dependency line: gstreamer-plugins-wavpack>0:audio/gstreamer-plugins-wavpack
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/audio/gstreamer-plugins-wavpack/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install gstreamer-plugins-wavpack
cd /usr/ports/audio/gstreamer-plugins-wavpack/ && make install clean
pkg install gstreamer-plugins-wavpack
PKGNAME: gstreamer-plugins-wavpack
There is no flavor information for this port.
SHA256 (gst-plugins-base-0.10.36.tar.bz2) = 2cd3b0fa8e9b595db8f514ef7c2bdbcd639a0d63d154c00f8c9b609321f49976
SIZE (gst-plugins-base-0.10.36.tar.bz2) = 3036143
SHA256 (gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23.tar.bz2) = 0eae7d1a1357ae8377fded6a1b42e663887beabe0e6cc336e2ef9ada42e11491
SIZE (gst-plugins-bad-0.10.23.tar.bz2) = 4001543
SHA256 (gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19.tar.bz2) = 1ca90059275c0f5dca71d4d1601a8f429b7852baed0723e820703b977e2c8df0
SIZE (gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19.tar.bz2) = 1083623
SHA256 (gst-plugins-good-0.10.31.tar.bz2) = 7e27840e40a7932ef2dc032d7201f9f41afcaf0b437daf5d1d44dc96d9e35ac6
SIZE (gst-plugins-good-0.10.31.tar.bz2) = 3390378
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
No options to configure
gettext gmake libtool:keepla pathfix pkgconfig shebangfix tar:bzip2 gnome
Number of commits found: 16
Replace USES=libtool:oldver with USES=libtool or USES=libtool:keepla in
the 32 ports that still use it. Bump PORTREVISION on their dependent
ports except the ones that depend on these:
In these cases the same trick as in the recent gettext update is used.
Bump portrevision after changes in gstreamer-plugins master port
Fix gstreamer-plugins-bad after changes in the master port
Stagify Gstreamer ports.
Fix build of gstreamer and gstreamer1 with glib 2.38.x [1].
Update gstreamer and gstreamer-plugins to new rules, USES=gmake pathfix,
new LIB_DEPENDS syntax.
Only pull in flex if base version is too old.
Be more selective for which OSVERSIONS we need gcc due to the clang bug.
Obtained from: Gstreamer upstream [1]
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Update to 0.10.22.
Release notes:
- Chase wavpack's lib dump
Approved by: itetcu (mentor, implicit)
Update to 0.10.13.
Release notes:
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to annunce the release of GNOME 2.22.0 for
FreeBSD. The official GNOME 2.22 release notes can be found at
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/ . On the FreeBSD front,
this release features an updated hal port with support for video4linux
devices, DRM (Direct Rendering), and better support of removable media. Work
is also underway to tie webkit more closely into GNOME. As part of the
GNOME 2.22 upgrade, GStreamer received a rather large upgrade as well.
Be sure to consult UPDATING on the proper steps to upgrade all of your
GNOME ports.
This release would not have been possible without the contributions and
testing efforts of the following people:
Pawel Worach
Peter Ulrich Kruppa
J. W. Ballantine
Yasuda Keisuke
Andriy Gapon
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
Chase wavpack's shared library version bump, bump PORTREVISION on these ports.
-Correct the order by move CATEGORIES under PORTREVISION.
Bump PORTREVISION to chase the glib20 shared library update.
Update to 0.8.11.
Add new plugins x264.
Approved by: maintainer (implicit)
- Readd PORTREVISION?= to gstreamer-plugins so I can bump
gstreamer-plugins-libcdio without bumping everything.
- Add PORTREVISION= 1 to each gstreamer-plugins so version doesn't
go backwards.
Update to 0.8.10.
Wavpack moves from main package to stand alone plugin.
New cdio plugin, spc plugin now enabled.
Mark the cairo plugin ignore because it needs a newer version of cairo.
Use gst-register-0.8 instead of gst-register.
Approved by: maintainer (implicit)
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
12 vulnerabilities affecting 85 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
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Bonus Poker – Which poker site offers the best bonus?
Well as far as bonuses I would have to say Full Tilt, there current bonus is 100% deposit match upto $600 with bonus code OPA600, some sites do offer bigger bonuses but offer less in alot of other areas than Full Tilt. If you would like to check out some of the offers at other


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AMD this morning announced that the replacement for the Radeon HD7950, the R9 280, is getting a price cut to make the card more competitive in international markets. The card's recommended retail price will drop down to $249, putting tremendous pressure on Nvidia and its partners to scrutinise their pricing, as the only competitor in the same price range is the Geforce GTX760. This won't affect pricing locally for another month or two, but its still good news for buyers who previously held back on their purchases while waiting for a better deal.
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University of Hradec Králové
in cooperation with
Metropolitan University Prague
Czech Association of African Studies
(Associated member of Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies)
is announcing
10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Theme: Africa on the Move: Shifting Identities, Histories, Boundaries
Venue: University of Hradec Králové
Date: 10-11 November 2017
Mobility and migration flow as a red thread through the history of Africa. African people have migrated in response to demographic, economic, and political factors, including environmental disasters and conflicts. New geopolitical constellations not only opened up new channels for venturing abroad in order to gain knowledge and experiences but also prompted groups and individuals to escape the grip of authoritarian regimes, environmental crises, or poverty and the general lack of prospects.
The aim of VA 2017 is to shed more light on the complex dynamics of African mobility. In particular, the conference aims to explore current trends and the overlooked aspects of migration and mobility in Africa, such as the impact of mobility on places, people, identities, borders, and citizenship. The conference will discuss three major types of migration: internal (domestic and cross-border) movements of people within the continent; movement from the outside into the continent; and movement away from the continent. Even though globalisation typically implies mobility, not all citizens in Africa are mobile. Thus, the topic also includes perspectives of immobile societies, groups, and individuals.
We welcome contributions from diverse academic perspectives exploring the factors that prompted migration and forms of mobility specific to precolonial, colonial and postcolonial Africa; the role of rural-urban migration in transforming African societies; the interactions between transnational mobility, resource transfers, and internal migration, among others. By exploring the motivations, ideologies, practices, collective strategies, and individual trajectories of mobility, and by bringing to light struggles for social transformation currently taking place in Africa, we hope to challenge stereotypes and contribute to the repositioning of how Africa is represented globally.
Successful papers will be selected by the conference academic committee:
Vlastimil Fiala (University of Hradec Králové), Hana Horáková (Metropolitan University Prague), Josef Kandert (Charles University), Kateřina Mildnerová (Palacky University), Linda Piknerova (West Bohemian University), Jan Prouza (University of Hradec Králové), Petr Skalník (University of Hradec Králové), Kateřina Werkman (Charles University), Vít Zdrálek (Charles University).
Selected papers are going to be reviewed and published in a collective monograph. For that purpose, authors would be asked to submit their full‐length papers (via the above-mentioned e¬mail address) by February 1, 2018. The conference academic committee will review the submitted full‐length papers and make their selection for the publication.
There are no conference fees but the participants are expected to cover their accommodation and travel expenses in full. The organizers will provide information about suitable lodging, its reservation, optimal travel routing and general local conditions in Hradec Králové.
Viva Africa – International Conference on African Studies
31 March 2017, Organizing committee
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DIY Deck Staining
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 3 comments
Upon accepting the Home Depot Patio Style Challenge, we knew staining the deck was first on our list. When we thought about the process of staining our own deck, we became a bit overwhelmed, as it seemed like a lot of work. Way to much work for two working full time people...with a toddler.
However, after we examined it more, we realized that there really wasn't that much work to do, since one of the hardest parts is removing past stain and ours had never been stained before!
It had already been pressure washed so what we figured it needed was a good sanding.
Using the Ryobi Belt Sander, we sanded the deck to rough up the surface.
After sanding and sweeping away the dust, we began staining the deck in the direction of the wood grain. We stained using a roller brush and long attachment. For the rails, we just used a short handle paint brush.
After we applied several coats of stain, allowing it to dry for an hour in between, we let it sit and cure for several days before placing any furniture on it. For the stain to properly cure, I would suggest several days of temperatures above 60 degrees and definitely no rain!
Here is what the deck looked like when we finished:)
I took lots of pictures, but some were washed out because it was so sunny. So this one shows the color the best.
We stained using Thompson's Water Seal in Solid Acorn Brown, which worked very well. To see how the deck looks after the Patio Style Challenge reveal, click here.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Until next time!
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This is a beautiful stain color! You guys get a great job.ReplyDelete
Everything looks great! It looks like it covered really well, I plan on using the same product on our fence.ReplyDelete
We used Rustoleum Restore on our deck and porch. I'm really hoping over the years it holds up as well as the stain you used. Love the new look it gave your deck.ReplyDelete
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How to tie the Prusik Knot
Knot Tying Guide
The Prusik Knot, also known as a friction-hitch, requires two lengths of rope of different diamater. This knot is useful when you have a loop that needs frequent adjustments. Simply release the tension and slide the knot along the master rope using the carabiner. This knot is self-tending and can be used to ascend rope in an emergency situation (such as a crevasse rescue). See also the Bachmann Knot.
Take the smaller diameter rope tie the two ends together to form a loop (using the Fisherman's Knot, for instance). Make a prusik loop (one loop is shown at left). Make additional prusik loops (3-4 total, depending on rope and load).
You'll want to make sure your smaller diameter rope is an appropriate length once the prusik loops have been completed. To use, simply apply the load to the loop and the knot will hold fast to the guide rope. Simply release the load and you can slide knot with ease.


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Music and sounds tagged with "worship"
Worship music is contemporary Christian devotional music. Worship music aims to celebrate Jesus Christ but is similar to pop in format, with a band usually led by guitar or piano, playing simple melodies that the congregation can sing along with.
All uploads including the Tag "worship".
Explore all music categories to find your favorite sound.
Other artists of this genre are Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Baloche, Hillsong United, Sonicflood, Jeremy Camp, Planetshakers, Jeff Deyo, Tim Hughes, Tree63, Aaron Shust, Parachute Band, Christy Nockels, Brian Doerksen


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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Grilled Brown Sugar Mustard Chicken
Grilled chicken is a staple in our house. (We eat it at LEAST once a week.) Normally, I marinate my chicken for several hours to give it lots of flavor before I throw it on the grill. I will admit though that there are days when there is just no time for marinating. Those days, I'm lucky just to get dinner on the table - let alone take an extra 10 minutes to prepare a marinade. (Do you think my life may be too busy if I can't find 10 extra minutes in my day to marinate?) I ran across this recipe for Grilled Brown Sugar Mustard Chicken in Taste of Home that is perfect for those "way to busy to marinate" days. It is super simple and it had lots of flavor.
Grilled Brown Sugar Mustard Chicken
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
pinch red pepper flakes
4 chicken breasts
Mix mustard, brown sugar, allspice and red pepper flakes.
Remove 1/4 cup mixture for serving. Brush chicken with sauce and grill until temperature reaches 165.
Remove from grill and brush with reserved sauce.
Well, the kids both scraped all of the sauce off of the chicken before they ate it but I guess that's the beauty of a sauce that is brushed on. I thought Courtney might like this chicken because it reminded me of a honey mustard glaze but she wiped off the sauce and dipped her chicken in ranch dressing instead. (Oh well.)
Ben and I both liked the chicken this way. It had a little bit of a kick from the red pepper and Dijon mustard but it was really tasty.
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After doing a basic invert on the pole keep your strong arm where it is and move your weaker arm as low on the pole as you can with out over stretching. Point your fingers towards the pole. When you have a good grip with your hands take your legs away from the pole and keep them straight and in a V position. Try to lean your body away from the pole. This move can be done with a number of different arm positions.
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A Great Conclusion to an Amazing Trilogy!
From Goodreads:
Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.
Rating: 4 Stars
Emerald Green is the third and final book in the Ruby Red Trilogy, also known as the Precious Stone Trilogy. Just like I did with the first two books in the trilogy, Ruby Red (review) and Sapphire Blue (review), I would like to start the review by addressing the beautiful covers. Both the paperback and hardcover are designed beautifully; however, I prefer the hardcover. The colors are again very vibrant and deep, and the intricate design around the front cover is very elegant. The green marks in the design are raised and they are made to look and feel like emeralds.
I will try and be as vague as possible in order to avoid spoilers, especially for those of you who didn't read the first two books in the trilogy yet. The story in Emerald Green picks up where Sapphire Blue left off. The entirety of the trilogy spans over only a few weeks, so the conclusion was fast paced. This book addressed the many things left unanswered by the first two books. Each and every trip in time has a purpose. Gwen and Gideon must find out the ultimate goal that the Count of Saint Germain has in order to defeat him.
I think one of my favorite things about this book was the history that Gier managed to beautifully weave into the story. The beautiful word building made the reader feel like they were transported into another period themselves. I also loved the details shared on the outfits that both Gwen and Gideon had to wear during different trips.
Overall, I was very happy with the character growth in both Gwen and Gideon. I think that although the trilogy spans a mere few weeks, both of them matured and learned from their mistakes as the story progressed. They both seemed to be more grounded in the most extreme of situations. That being said, there were a few instances I found myself quite angry with both. I think that the issues I had with their characters throughout this book only emphasized their overall growth in the end.
Lesley and Xemerius still have huge parts to play in this book. If you read my Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue reviews, you know just how much I adore them. I don't think that Gwen would have been able to overcome all the obstacles she faced without her best friend Lesley. The bond of friendship between Gwen and Lesley is stronger than ever in this book. Xemerius, the ever so awesome gargoyle ghost, was as funny as ever. He is the one that will have readers laughing out loud at his witty comebacks and sarcastic remarks. In addition to his usual funny self, we get to also see a softer side of him and the love he has for Gwen.
Our lovely James is also part of this book, and I was extremely happy with the way things wrapped up for his character. In this book we got to see him more in his own element and as always he was extremely charming.
I can't talk about the romance in this book without spoiling it, so I will just settle on saying that I was very satisfied with the way things wrapped up.
The prophecies presented to us in the first two books slowly unravel and new clues emerge as the final book progresses. Traitors are discovered and we finally get answers to questions collected from the two previous books.
While the ending was quite satisfactory, there were a few things that I still wanted addressed. There were a few loose ends left, but not enough to ruin the story. There are a few characters that I wanted to know more about and also what became of them. Overall, I absolutely loved this series and was quite sad to finish it. It was a marvelous series to read!


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12/31 at 3:41 p.m. Lawrence I. Grant, 61, of Groves Road, was arrested on Groves Road by Sgt. Daniel Gallant on a charge of aggravated domestic violence assault.
1/1 at 1:21 a.m. Trucker A. Troast, 18, no address listed, of South Freeport, was issued a summons on Route 1 by Officer Joshua Robinson on charges of sale and use of drug paraphernalia and illegal possession of liquor by a minor
1/1 at 1:21 a.m. Evan S. Hench, 18, of Cushing Briggs Road, Freeport, was issued a summons on Route 1 by Officer Joshua Robinson on a charge of illegal possession of liquor by a minor.
1/1 at 10:35 p.m. David Nickerson, 23, of Crossing Brook Road, Cumberland, was issued a summons at Route 1 and Forest Falls Drive by Officer Michael Pierce on charges of operating unregistered motor vehicle and failure to the display current or valid certificate of inspection.
1/4 at 2:36 a.m. Carleton L. Thurston, Jr., 58, of Granite Street, Biddeford, was issued a summons on Route 1 by Officer Michael Pierce on a charge of operating a vehicle while license suspended or revoked.
1/3 at 7:15 p.m. Vehicle crash on Mast Landing.
1/6 at 1:16 p.m. Structure fire on Atlantic Reach.
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Monday Meanders
Posted by Lou Lohman at 12:01 AM
Da CUBS. Surprisingly, the Northsiders just took three from the team leading the American League East. And they looked GOOD doing it. With 6 of "the Prospects" now on the Big Club, one has to wonder if this is a window into the near future of this club. Like next year near.
Chicago, look!! Your future is showing.
Chicago's Little League Team lost in the finals of the LLWS. BUT. They looked good doing it - and sometimes, that's all one can ask. They did their best. Well done, Jackie Robinson West.
I enjoyed watching the LLWS. I think I'm a little less than thrilled, however, over the media focus on some of the kids that played in the series. Like Pierce Jones. Or Mo'ne Davis. Interviews. Special sports stories on ESPN highlighting THOSE kids at the expense of all the others. Just the FOCUS.
They are, after all, just kids. Playing ball. They are not, nor are they supposed to be, celebrities. They're just kids.
Have a Happy Monday. Just think. 4 days until Friday and a 3 day weekend.
Ndinombethe. Ubuntu.
3 comments:
- Big Mark 243 said...
...ever the optimist... you are a true Cubs fan, Lou..!
...it is troubling the notorization of specific players at the LLWS, but it has happened before... the scrutiny is much more intense but I am not sure if the children, used to overbearing media, aren't "prepeared" for it because it is their environment... it may have overwhelmed you or me, but the You Tube generation sort of expects it ...
- Shadow said...
I woke up this morning, thinking FRIDAY, now imagine how long this week's gonna be in my head... *grin*
- Tara R. said...
Maybe some of those LLWSers will grow up to be Cubs and get that pennant for you.
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STOP DROP AND ROLL over to Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy on Wordpress to download and print the FREE worksheets to accompany these lesson plans.
We started off by doing some clock work.
We set our clocks to a little after 6 o'clock, which for us was 6:05 AM.
Next we set our clocks to 8 o'clock.
Then we calculated the elapsed time between 6:05 AM and 8:00AM.
I whipped up some "worksheets" in Life of Fred style to accompany our lesson.
Here we are learning HOW MUCH TIME 5 YEARS REALLY IS.
They had to come up with the equation to use to solve the problem.
We used our calculators to solve the equations.
We learned about ordering by alphabetizing our library books.
We learned about the MONTHS OF THE YEAR and about LEAP YEARS.
This "worksheet" helped us practice those skills and gain a deeper understanding.
We sang the Twelve Months of the Year song,
And also used it for copy work.
Since Chapter 3 covers the month of February and it being National Chocolate Lover's Month we did the Hershey's Chocolate Bar Fractions activity in Fred fashion.
After we did the work pages we used REAL chocolate bars. Dad bought the XL bars so our fractions work pages don't match the chocolate bars we had, so we did the work pages and the activity separate. If you buy the normal size Hershey's Bars then you can do them together.
First we split the bars in half, or two equal parts.
Next we split the bar into fourths, or four equal parts.
Then we split the bar into eighths, or eight equal parts.
Last we split the bar into sixteenths, or sixteen equal parts.
We recorded our steps and what we learned in our math journals. If you have the normal size chocolate bar you can just follow along with the work pages and record your steps there.
What do you think the drawing looks like? A snake, worm or spaghetti. Record all your families responses and graph them on this work page.
Print out these FREE Pattern Blocks to make a Geometric Snowflake.
After you get all your shapes cut out make your design.
The rule is to make your design symmetrical.
This is what Little Guy thought up.
Here is Mama Bear's.
Great job Big Man!
I had my older three count how many of each shape they used.
I gave each child 7 pieces of chocolate to create their own math equations.
They then wrote down all the equations they made in their math journals.
Here are some more fun ideas that we either didn't get done or didn't get pictures of:
- More clock work: Set your clock to almost 7 o'clock.
- Why is it important to know the weather?
- What is the weather like in February in Kansas?
- What is the weather like in February where you live?
- How much time does it take to put on boots, pants, mittens, scarf, coat, ear muffs, and a hat?
- Time yourself putting all these items on.
- Race against your siblings or Mom and see who was the fastest.
- When you have gotten everyone's time calculate the time difference of each time.
- Get a refresher on the days of the week copy work we did in Chapter 2.


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- "For thousands of years, Zygerria supplied slave labor to the galaxy. We prospered. Our customers prospered! Then the Jedi came."
- ―Darts D'Nar
A war was waged by the Jedi Order against the Zygerrian Slave Empire to end their slaving operations after they were outlawed in Republic space.[2] Their defeat left many Zygerrians such as Darts D'Nar and Atai Molec with a seething hatred of the Jedi.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
The Databank entry on the Zygerrians does not make it clear whether the conflict was undertaken by the Jedi of the Old Republic or its successor.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Kidnapped" (First mentioned)
- Zygerrians in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link)
- Zygerria in the Databank (backup link)
- Zygerrian in the Databank (backup link)
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After years of patients' complaints, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a study into a bizarre -- and possibly delusional -- condition known as Morgellons, in which sufferers typically feel crawling sensations and observe fibers coming out of their skin.
The agency first started hearing about the condition from a handful of patients in about 2002. It now receives about 1,200 inquiries a year.
The study will look at patients in Kaiser Permanente's Northern California network because that area has been a hot spot of reported cases.
"We are really at the beginning, I think, of a learning curve about what this condition is and all of its potential manifestations," said Dr. Michele Pearson, a CDC physician who is heading up the study. "Those who suffer from this condition, as well as the family members and physicians who provide care to them, have questions, and we want to help them find meaningful answers."