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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Time to revisit Paris....
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- BonjourRomance said...
Your photos are marvelous LInda! It is a special place isn't it? Time to start planning another visit!
WIshing you a good week,
- March 8, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Daydreamer said...
Linda, Thank you for sharing again your Beautiful photos of Paris! I will never tire of seeing them.... you took such beautiful pictures! It is hard to have to look Back on a wonderful time and wonder if it will happen again.... but having the photos can keep the memories alive in our hearts.... and Surely you will get another visit!
Thank you for sharing!
- March 8, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Terri said...
Oh I do not mind at all! I feel the same way and was just looking at my Paris photos too!
All your pics are gorgeous. I miss all of it.
- March 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- rosanna said...
My dear, you can start planning a new trip to Europe :o)))) this time you'd stay longer in Italy and we might arrange some time together strolling around. There are so many things you would love. Think about this. Minihugs Rosanna
- March 8, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- Alma e Lia said...
Dear Linda,
Photos you have done perfectly well, you love Paris.
I remain in the hearts and emotions, scents, and if I close my eyes I can relive them.
- March 8, 2011 at 6:13 PM
- chateaudelille said...
I love any chance to visit! Next time Im going to be snap happy and get some shots like yours.Fiona
- March 8, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- miniacollection said...
I will once again say that you are a terrific photographer. Your photos are stunning and show a real love for Paris;
- March 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- minimariba said...
I love Paris too!!! Beautiful photos!! ;o)
mini kiss
- March 9, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- Catherine said...
I have said it so many times but I just LOVE these photos you took in Paris. I am happy to see every new one you share.
You really HAVE to think about publishing them all in a book.
- March 9, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Moniki Moraes said...
Linda, beautiful photos! Can you tell me which place you find these sweets? They look delicious!
- March 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM
I always enjoy your photos from Paris ~
I love the beautiful bouquets of flowers, especially the roses ~ just magnificent!
(Please visit my new blog where you're most welcome to become a follower)
- March 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- minwks said...
Dear Linda, I can see that you have not readjusted to your homeland and hold dear the memories of France. I'm afraid once you fall in love with a foreign country ones personality and interests become quite split. Without a doubt you will return again - perhaps to live part of each year? A good goal!
Your photos are a pleasure to explore.
warm regards Janine Minworks
NB. Tasmania is amazing also. Stunning and varied landscapes, atmospheric villages, good food delicious fruit and enthusiastic and welcoming locals.
- March 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Marie Arden said...
I am with you wishing I could return right now. I use my photos and yours to keep the "longing for it" at bay.
- March 12, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- malu2 said...
Que fotos mas maravillosas,París es fascinante,e vuelto a ver tu fantastica casa,es preciosa!!!!
Te invto a visitarme.Besos.
- March 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Alicja said...
Oh , Paris..wunderbar Staad,Liebe grüße aus Wienna
- March 23, 2011 at 10:38 PM


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The Purpose of this study is to explain what help and cooperation Walter Citrine gave to the British Workers' Sport Association (BWSA) which tried to prepare for the Antwerp Workers' Olympiad in 1937, and send the British team to Antwerp. This thesis devides on four chapters : first introduction ; second, trading views on holding of the Antwerp Workers' Olympiad between the International Federation of Trades Unions (IFTU) and Walter Citrine ; third, negotiation between the Amateur Athletic Association and him about participation of the British team in the Antwerp Workers' Olympiad ; forth, conclusion. The Antwerp Workers' Olympiad was organized and conducted by the Socialist Workers' Sport International (SWSI) which was led and supported by IFTU and the Labour Socialist International (LSI). Then BWSA, which prepared for the Antwerp Workers' Olympiad and sent the British team to Antwerp, was patronaged by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Walter Citrine was the general secretary of TUC General Council and the Chairman of IFTU in late 1930s, so that he could use his power to hold the Antwerp Workers' Olympiad.
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Percentages, Pauses and Politics (of Climate Change)
When it comes to climate change, there has been a lot of talk the past few days about percentages (scientists who point to human causes), pauses (has warming slowed), and what it all means for policy and politics.
But, let's be clear.
The latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides conclusive new scientific evidence that human activities are causing unprecedented changes in the Earth's climate.
It buries the hatchet on "is it real" – the scientists say that it is extremely likely (95% probability) that most of the warming since 1950 has been due to human influence.
It pushes back on the skeptics' claims that global warming stopped in 1998, and, most of important of all, it confirms that human activity, left unchecked, will further warm the Earth, with dramatic effects on weather, sea-levels and the Arctic.
This major international assessment of climate change, adopted Friday by the world's governments, paints a blunt, clear picture of the scale of the problem before us.


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You've seen how it was made, now you have the chance to win a one-of-a-kind custom modded Far Cry 2-themed Playstation 3! Read on for details of how to enter!
Uh-oh. We've seen this particular sequence of events before. It seems that, just like BioShock, Far Cry 2 has a problem with widescreen.
Ubisoft has revealed that Far Cry 2 uses DX10.1 to improve AA by reading the multi sampled depth buffer. But there's more to it than that...
Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a new dog coaching game on the PC and DS based around the work of Cesar Milan.
Far Cry 2 has at last had the minimum and recommended specs revealed for the PC version, so check them out within.
We sat down for a chat with Ben O'Donnell recently, the associate producer behind the upcoming Crysis: Warhead from CryTek. If you're eager to know what to expect in this latest instalment of the Crysis trilogy then simply read on and check out these new screenshots!
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA, is sure that the quality of EA games has improved massively since he took over.
Crysis is back with a whole new main character and a story that should help fill in some of the blanks, and help to more fully realise the fiction of the first game. It's also been re-optimised and expanded in the gameplay and tech departments, so lets take a look...
Splinter Cell: Conviction has been delayed until April 2009 at least, according to a recent announcement from Ubisoft.
Ubisoft has confirmed that it won't be making a demo version of the upcoming Far Cry 2 available on any platform.
It seems an odd choice of platform, but Crysis developer Crytek is looking to move to the PSP it seems.
Military technology is moving forward fast and nobody knows that more than Tom Clancy, which is probably why his name is attached to the first voice-controlled RTS game for the Xbox 360. Completely controlled via the headset, we've just been hands-on with the game...
CryTek has just started teasing us all with initial info and images of it's next game, Crysis: Warhead.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed that Ubisoft will be making games which will require 3D glasses, as well as CGI films, books and a TV series.
At Ubidays 2008, Ubisoft unveiled the first official trailer of Michel Ancel's Beyond Good and Evil 2, to enormous applause.
Crytek has officially surrendered to the pressure of consoles, citing piracy as the main reason it'll no longer be PC exclusive.
Ubisoft has delayed three of its key titles for 2008 in order to bolster its strong fiscal 2007 financials by reducing short-term development costs.
2007 is over, so we look at some of the most exciting games of the year ahead, just to show that even though 2007 was good, 2008 could be even better. It doesn't matter if you're a hardcore rocker or a casual sim-lover, 2008 has something for you!
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Mochi Media, an online ad and analytics company that helps online game developers run ads within their works, has hired a new vice president of engineering away from Yahoo. It's Eric Boyd, a Yahoo employee of ten years and a former member of the notorious card shark outfit at MIT, which the movie 21 is based on. (He's pictured, middle, with his comrades at the movie's premier.)
Boyd has worked as an engineer and product manager on core services, most recently Yahoo's member login — he's probably one of the people that Yahoo has been trying to retain through lucrative packages.
San Francisco-based Mochi hasn't offered many details on its growth to date — other than to claim a leadership position in the so-called in-game ad market, as Boyd tells me. Mochi ads are getting an average of between five and seven percent click-through rates, with 20 percent month-to-month growth in traffic.
Mochi, which works both directly with large brands, and with ad networks, is already making some developers thousands of dollars, he says, adding that one of the attractive things about Mochi is that it has a revenue stream already.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Yeayness! Again had a chance to be shot by Trans 7 in "Warna" TV program. And again in frame with Irna, and Mbak ayu.. and with Kak Rimma and of course the famous Shabby Chic owner, Ria Miranda. Hehe!
You know what! the funny thing is, the camera person (camera girl) is my junior in Broadcasting UI. I was batch 2006, while she was batch 2007. Oh my! What a coincidence, and... she told me that she had just filming Marshanda for this Warna tv program. What?? me and caca will be in a same day, same time, same tv program? hihihih.
The script is, we are the cupu jilbabers which (randomly) will be catched and chosen by Uni Ria to be make over. Erghh! i know uni was very happy to see us like this, she made us a ver very cupu jilbabers hihi.
Shooting location at Taman Suropati, Menteng
I really excited that Mbak Ayu will do my make up. Huah! That was my very first time! And its for free! So i'd do anything to be make over by Mbak ayu and uni, even should be cupu first! hahaha *lebay!*
During the make up time, i was very fussy, i ask what tools that she put on me, how much the price and all! I want to learn make up for free, thats actually what im thinking of :p
Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Love it so much!
She makes something smokey on my eyes. She blends many colours, and apply it to my eyes. I cant event remember what the colours are and how to put it on *__*
Sooo, Did you watched "Warna" on Friday, 5th of August? hehehehhee...
i got the pics here.. hmmm.. to bad, the "after" make over capture is not good enough hehe
This pic is taken by my hubby whom watched me thru Mivo. TV hehee. Alhamdulillah he watched it!
I got interviewed, I said : "Gak nyangka hasilnya kaya gini, bagus banget.. Sukaaa bangett" *dengan suara dan ekspresi sok imut*
ihiy! Never thought that i'd be this so girly!
Thanks Trans 7, Uni and Mbak ayu :)


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This is Math Dash- an addition and subtraction game played like Sequence (add the numbers on the card and then find the sum on the game board, whoever gets four in a row first wins) and the other is a 4x4 ft 100 chart. Both very affordable and super fun!
Click HERE to see it from learning resources.
First we played by just adding the dice and seeing who got to 100 first and then I covered the frames with white and they had to guess which numbers were under the frames.
My son used this homemade rekenrek to add. It's just a piece of foam board from the dollar store 2 pipe cleaners and 20 beads. You can make a whole class set out of 2 pieces of foam board so they are very inexpensive to make with your whole class.
This is the back...not pretty but functional:)


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Monday, 5 August 2013
Blocks at random
I'm a bit all over the shop at the moment. My kidlet is finally on the mend, and I'm getting there. But it's meant a lack of sewjo/sewing time of late. So I have a few random blocks to share!
I've been gradually working on the epic LEGO Star Wars paper pieced quilt – two more blocks done. Two to go!
So we have a clone trooper. This guy is one of my kidlet's favourites. He takes a clone minifigure to school with him each day as his fidget toy.
And a baddie who looks kind of similar – Boba Fett. Bonus with Boba Fett is that there's another character Jango Fett who looks just the same (my Star wars knowledge is fuzzy but I think Jango is Boba's clone/son). So if you wanted a Jango, you could just colour him different. It's like two blocks for the price of one. Price being free.
Having tested these guys myself, I've now added their patterns to my Craftsy shop along with the other Star Wars buddies.
And for a bit of a break from all the Star Wars paper piecing shenanigans, I got my August blocks made for the Care Circle of do.good Stitches.
A bright asterisk on a low volume background:
And a lime Irish chain on a low volume background:
(I'm hoping the colours are showing up okay in my blog posts of late! I just got a laptop and the colours on the screen are different to my desktop so I have no idea which one is the right one! )
So next on the agenda… two more Star Wars blocks and I'm done. Full disclosure – I scaled back the number of light sabers I wanted to include in the final layout, in an effort to save what remains of my sanity. So I am nearly done! In fact I am hoping to have all the blocks ready to share on Wednesday. How's that for motivation.
So that's what I'm planning... but if you want to start planning a new project, well Fiona @ Celtic Thistles might have just the thing for you! Pop over and check out her post about the Holiday Stitches Mini Quilt competition. It's going to be a lot of fun, and there are fab prizes on offer!
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- Anonymous5 August 2013 at 15:41
Beautiful blocks....love the Asterisk. Thanks for sharing. Marie (email@example.com)ReplyDelete
Those polka dots sure caught my eye :-)ReplyDelete
I'm just in awe of those Star Wars blocks! Sooo cool. I'm hoping to start a quilt of them sometime soon. Still got a lot to learn tho! Ali xReplyDelete
I am not surprised you needed a break from all that Star Wars paper-piecing, I am sure you are dreaming about Star Wars characters in your sleep at the minute. The blocks are looking great.ReplyDelete
Haha I'm just wondering where else I could read 'I've scaled back the number of light as sabers I wanted to include' without batting an eye! Looking fwd to seeing your epic quilt :-)ReplyDelete
They look great! Good for you on the edit. If Tim Gunn has taught me anything it is editing is just as important as the makes it. I bet the quilt turns out better for it!ReplyDelete
Glad your both feeling betterReplyDelete
Can I have a Star Wars fidget toy too please? Well done on adding two more blocks. You are nearly done with them.ReplyDelete
so so close to the finish line...you can do it!! i love your bee blocks too!! Very happy, pretty blocks! :)ReplyDelete
Awesome job! So close to finishing!! And i love your bee blocks!ReplyDelete
I love that second block, it looks fab with the Summersville alphabetReplyDelete
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If you are lucky in this life, you will get to help your enemy the way I got to help my mother when she was weakened past the point of saying no. Into the big enamel tub half-filled with water which I had made just right, I lowered the childish skeleton she had become. Her eyelids fluttered as I soaped
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My marriage ended in an airport long ago. I was not wise enough to cry while looking for my car, walking through the underground garage; jets were roaring overhead, and if I had been wise I would have looked up at those heavy-bellied cylinders and seen the wheelchairs and the frightened dogs inside; the kidneys bedded in dry ice and Styrofoam containers. I would have known that in synagogues and churches all over town couples were gathering like flocks of geese getting ready to take off, while here the jets were putting down their gear, getting ready for the jolt, the giant tires shrieking and scraping off two long streaks of rubber molecules, that might have been my wife and I, screaming in our fear. It is a matter of amusement to me now, me staggering around that underground garage, trying to remember the color of my vehicle, unable to recall that I had come by cab— eventually gathering myself and going back inside, quite matter-of-fact, to get the luggage I would be carrying for the rest of my life.
Copyright © 2013 by Tony Hoagland. Used with permission of the author. This poem appeared in Poem-A-Day on November 25, 2013. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.
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Soybean is a legume with a seed content of approximately 38% protein. Because of its seed protein concentration, soybean has a large nitrogen (N) demand and continues to increase as yield increases. Total N accumulation for soybean is supplied by two sources: the N fixation and from the residual soil N pool.
Nitrogen fixation is the symbiotic process of converting atmospheric N into a usable form for the plant and is critical for producing high soybean yields. For N-fixation to occur, the N-fixing bacteria known as Bradyrhizobia japonicum need to be readily available in the soil or must be applied to the seed.
When the soybean seed germinates, the rhizobia bacteria invade the root hairs of the seedling and begin to multiply. Nodules, which are structures that house the bacteria, form on the roots. Under field conditions, nodule formation can be seen shortly after emergence but active N fixation does not begin until about the V2-V3 growth stage. After this, the number of nodules formed and the amount of N fixed increase with time until about R5.5 (midway between R5 and R6), when the fixation decreases sharply.
Nitrogen fertilization of soybean is not recommended because it typically does not increase grain yields in Iowa production systems. The total number of nodules that form decreases proportionately with increasing amounts of applied N. In addition, N fertilization will inactivate nodules or cause them to become inefficient, proportionately to the amount of N applied. Although the soybean plant can use both symbiotically fixed N from bacteria and inorganic soil N (both mineralized and fertilizer N), soil N is used in preference to fixed N if available in the soil.
Soybean does not respond with increased yield to the addition of N, even though plants remove a significant amount of it from the soil. In Iowa soils, which have appreciable organic matter and mineralized N, up to 50% or more of the total N accumulated by soybean can come from the soil system rather than N2 fixation. Increasing N supply by adding fertilizer, animal manure, sludge or a green manure crop simply substitutes N from these sources for N that would otherwise be fixed by the bacteria in nodules on the roots, and hence an economically wasted input.
Today, most fields in the Midwest have experienced soybean in the rotation, likely increasing the population density of Bradyrhizobia bacteria in the soil. Improved inoculant technology coupled with higher commodity costs, ease of application and low cost inoculant products have many growers reconsidering the use of inoculants.
Since 2003 I have conducted numerous inoculation trials every year to assess new inoculants on the market. Overall, I have not seen a consistent response to use of soybean inoculant in fields in Iowa with a history of soybeans. Current recommendations for states of the upper Midwest are to use an inoculant if fields have no history of soybean production in the past three to five years, soil pH is below 6.0, sandy soil, low organic matter or have been flooded for more than a week.
Consider fields that were flooded last year
This year, we need to consider the fields that were flooded last spring. Some of these fields were flooded over an extended period of time, and plants were injured or died. These fields may need to be inoculated because the anaerobic conditions may have reduced the level of Bradyrhizobia bacteria in the soil.


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Just got my white St. Vincent today, love how it looks & feels, however there's some pretty aggressive buzzing across the board, particularly on the low e. It's been pretty cold this week while the guitar was on its way, so could the cold have just messed some stuff up/could it just need a bit of set up work? The action doesn't look TOO low, but what do I know.
It was still in the plastic inside the case, so I'm the first person
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The G chord on guitar is one of the most common chords of all. Along with C, Em and D the G guitar chord pops up again and again.
If you want to learn guitar you must be able to play a G chord, so let's learn!
In this free lesson you will learn:
- How to play the full G chord on guitar correctly
- The best G chord for beginner guitarists to use
- A simple 1-finger version of the G guitar chord
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Easy ways to play the G chord on guitar
The G chord on guitar is a strange shape but it will quickly feel familiar as you'll play it so often.
Note that the full name for G is "G major", but most people just refer to it as "G". In it's full form it looks like this:
G Major
(If you don't understand the above image please read our article "How To Read Guitar Chordboxes In 60 Seconds". It will make everything clear!)
As you can see, this unusual shape requires 4 fingers to play. As a beginner guitarist you'll find this quite hard as you won't have much accuracy and control in fingers 3 & 4 yet. Let's look at some easier alternatives that you can use during the early stages of your guitar journey.
The Best G Chord on Guitar For Beginners
This chord is called "G6" and it's the version of G chord that I recommend to all my new students:
As you can see, this G chord requires only 2 fingers to play, so it's significantly easier to play than a normal G chord for a beginner guitarist.
Sure, it doesn't sound quite as good as a full G chord, but it's a lot easier to play and as I've written elsewhere on the site, in the early days of your guitar journey the most important thing is that you have fun and simply get accustomed to holding and strumming the guitar.
The Best Easy Versions Of This Chord
Stepping stones are the key to smooth progress
You can perfect and finesse chords later (and for many, many years into the future), but you should know that the most precarious time in your life as a guitarist is when you're first learning.
If you're going to stick with the guitar and continue playing it -and I dearly hope that you will- it's vital that you have fun and enjoy practising.
Lowering the barrier to entry (and slowly increasing it over time) is the key to ensuring you progress in the future AND have fun now. 🙂
And that's why I recommend you use G6 as your beginner G chord on guitar. The rule is simple: whenever you need to play a G chord on guitar, you play G6 instead.
This G6 chord above offers a great balance between sound quality and ease-of-use and is ideal for the beginner guitarist. After 10-15 hours of practice you should aim to graduate to the following version of G chord:
G Major (3-finger version)
Learning the G chord on guitar is interesting because you can play it in a variety of ways. In this version of G chord you can see that we've introduced finger 4 (your little finger). This is a perfectly valid G chord and lots of people play the G chord on guitar like this for their whole life.
However, my preferred version of the G chord on the guitar is the 4-finger version below. It sounds fuller. After another 5-10 hours of practice you should aim to 'upgrade' to it by adding on finger number 3, to create a full G Major chord. This was the version of G we saw at the start of the lesson. Here it is again:
G Major (full, 4-finger version)
Hey presto! This is my favourite G chord on guitar and is the one I recommend you learn. It sounds fantastic and if you use G6 as a stepping stone you will have this chord mastered in no time! 🙂
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G Major (1-finger version)
Common G chords
Here are the most common ways to play a G chord on guitar. Some are tough, but don't worry, you can use the easy version above until you develop your control and strength to tackle the harder versions!
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This is our collection of Body Sculptures and statues, that have the look of metallic wall art, however it is a layer process we have developed to give the impression of metal...looks and sounds like metal but in fact it is gypsum..each is individually created from taking a mould from a live model, some are one-off originals....have inserted sizes for you to show life-size measurements...the most popular wall sculptures are Goddess, Adonis, Diana, Forever in Blue Jeans, Player ( ideal for a fan of the World Cup), Aura, Siren, Reality, or Thoughtful if you like smaller pieces...check out our online art gallery...they will fit into any home, we were inspired by the art nouveau period to create figurative sculpture
If you are interested in one of the sculptures understand no two sculptures will ever be exactly thesame, there will be subtle differences...I have included close up images..showing the detail we achieve in each sculpture.
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Becky Clerkin joined the college in 1994 as the Library Director. Her favorite part of the job is helping students learn to do research. When she's not at GBCC, she enjoys reading (as one would expect of a librarian!), volunteering in the community, shopping, chocolate sampling and traveling. Her favorite trip – to date – was to Cumbria County, England. Stop by the Library to ask her about it.


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The dancing linemen of MORESCO-1 was recently featured in ABS-CBN with their dancing skills on top of the pole. Actually, the dancing feat is already a tradition of MORESCO-1 in every graduation of the lineman training course.
This YouTube video below shows the Lineman Graduates of Batch 2016, the Silverbacks, on their Pole Dancing Presentation.


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Jailbreak iPhone 4S/4 Pros
iPhone is a great smartphone and the latest iPhone 4S, Apple has once again proved to be the best in the industry when it comes to smartphones. However, Apple is the imposition of restrictions on how you can use smartphones. As a buyer, you have the right to use your phone to your own will and it is possible to break the restrictions imposed by Apple in the first place. Jailbreak iPhone 4 or 4S and enjoy the true potential of the phone.
Jailbreak iPhone 4S/4 To Enter A New World Of Apps
There are more than 1,000,000 applications in the Apple store, but theses applications often have restrictions due to limitations imposed by Apple. When you jailbreak your iPhone 4s / 4, you can easily enter a new world of applications and games that never saw the features of the iPhone will appear. Key and the restrictions imposed by Apple does not conform to jailbreak the world and is one of the biggest advantages of the jailbreak iPhone 4s / 4. When you jailbreak your iPhone, you can install some third party applications, games and settings you just do your best smartphone.
iPhone 4S/4 Jailbreak Is Easy And Quick
Jailbreak community is very active and jailbreak solution available on the new iPhone launch days. Jailbreak both bound and unbound to the iPhone 4. So far, only a tethered jailbreak available for the iPhone 4S, which means that the iPhone will be restarted only in connection with computers. However, the untethered jailbreak of the iPhone 4S a quick and easy will be available soon and you can enjoy true freedom.


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KillerHipHop's Top New Music Of The Week (11/21 – 11/27)
Every Monday we will be putting a list of the top Hip-Hop songs that were released in the past week and which songs deserve to be noticed for the KillerHipHop readers. We posted the links to the lyrics that go along with each song. Enjoy the music, and let's hope we get some more KillerHipHop bangers this week!
Sway ft Lupe Fiasco – Still Speedin' Remix Lyrics
Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Back Lyrics
Tinie Tempah ft Wretch 32 & J. Cole – Like It Or Love It Lyrics
French Montana ft Diddy & Rick Ross – Shot Caller Remix Lyrics
WZRD (KiD CuDi & Dot Da Genius) – Brake Lyrics
Fred The Godson – Monique's Room (I Don't Give A F-ck) Lyrics
Bloggers Favorite Track Of The Week:
As bloggers, it still doesn't take us away from the average life of just listening to music. These are our favorite tracks that we have been playing on repeat for this past week.
@KillerHipHop – Tinie Tempah ft Wretch 32 & J. Cole – Like It Or Love It Lyrics
@TheMikeDaSilva – Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Back Lyrics
@QuezKHH – Yelawolf ft. Eminem & Gangsta Boo – Throw It Up Lyrics
@DJEricKidd - Drake ft Lil Wayne – HYFR (Hell Ya F*ckin Right) Lyrics
6 Responses to "KillerHipHop's Top New Music Of The Week (11/21 – 11/27)"
jay on November 29th, 2011 4:23 am
I like this addition to the site!
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November 30th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
@jay, thank you.
RS on November 29th, 2011 4:43 am
Nice, now to get some forums going.
MosDef on November 29th, 2011 7:21 am
Blackstar and common take this week for me!
Carmine on November 29th, 2011 8:30 am
The Yela album has been on repeat for me; glad he's getting some nods here.
And that Tempah track is fire.
John Doe!!! on November 29th, 2011 1:26 pm
Lupe Back!!!!
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I am pleased to announce I have my emergency fund set aside. That was my first step. Problem is recently we took out a loan to finalise some things on our house and buy a 2nd car. The loan wasn't huge, but I don't like having it. Thankfully we didn't use all of it and can put more than half straight back onto the loan.
This does mean that I have taken a step backwards, which makes me uncomfortable. Good thing is the debt isn't mine alone and since we are selling our house this debt will be gone once our house has sold. So it is not a major issue. I have never had a loan through a bank like this other than my mortgage and I HATE it.
I can't believe people do this regularly and don't pay it of asap. If we only pay the minimum and let the loan run its course we would pay over $6,000 in interest! Seriously, who wants to pay out that kind of money for no reason?
Obviously through this I will be paying some interest, but we needed another car. Since we separated we have made do with 1 car, but he moved recently and it is just too damn hard with his shifts and stuff. We did get a bargain on the car though, and I LOVE it. It is an older model car, but it has seat warmers (awesome for our freezing winter) and other little things that make it so nice.
I have a plan of attack though and even if our house doesn't sell this debt will be gone in the next few months, and my savings will be back on track.


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I was incredibly excited when I discovered that a beauty box sample service would be launching in New Zealand. I've drooled over the box posts I've seen online and lamented in the fact that there was never a service available to New Zealand...
Thankfully Sample Bar has stepped in to fill the surprise beauty box subscription service void in my life.
October was their first month and I can honestly say I'm looking forward to Novembers!
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Not a lot of sewing happening
There hasn't been a lot of sewing happening here. Angus has been keeping us up every night for the past month. (he's about to turn two) Last night he did sleep through so today I got my red handsewing quilt out(previous post pictures) and sat here, it was lovley to feel the little bit of sun that came out.
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"Wavescan" is a weekly program for long distance radio hobbyists produced by Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, Coordinator of International Relations for Adventist World Radio. AWR carries the program over many of its stations (including shortwave). Adrian Peterson is a highly regarded DXer and radio historian, and often includes features on radio history in his program. We are reproducing those features below, with Dr. Peterson's permission and assistance.
Wavescan N315, March 8, 2015
Focus on the South Pacific: French Radio in the South Pacific - New Caledonia-3
In our program today, we return to the radio scene on the island of New Caledonia in the exotic South Pacific. On this occasion, we pick up the story in the year 1940 and this was at the stage when the amateur broadcasting station FK8AA was beginning to fade away and give place to the new government station, Radio Pacifique.
The main island of New Caledonia is long and thin, rugged and mountainous, and in fact it is over 200 miles long, with a population today of more than 1/4 million. To cover that area with radio programming, the new Radio Pacifique/Radio Noumea introduced a low power 100 watt transmitter, co-located with the communication station in Noumea, FJP. Their transmission on 6122 kHz was first heard in Eastern Australia in April 1940 and it was described as a loud signal.
Around the same time a mediumwave transmitter was noted on the air under the same callsign FJP and it was heard first in Sydney Australia on 558 kHz (and later on 560 kHz) with a parallel relay from the shortwave service. This unit probably at 300 watts was in use from July 1941 but it was closed in May of the following year due to what was described as wartime conditions.
During the Pacific War, Radio Pacifique remained on the air with locally produced programming in the French language, though occasionally they did venture into English language programming. On occasions also, this station was noted with special programming under the title All Services Radio which was beamed to servicemen on active duty in the South Pacific.
The signal from Radio Pacifique, Radio Noumea, was usually transmitted in the 49 m. band, and over a period of time, half a dozen different channels in this band were noted in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Towards the end of the war, Radio Pacifique was on the air with the usage of two transmitters; one on mediumwave with 300 watts on 700 kHz and another on shortwave with .5 kW on exactly 6000 kHz. It should be noted also that Radio Pacifique was often wrongly identified in radio magazines in that era under the amateur callsign FK8AA. When the new Radio Pacifique consolidated its on air presence, the amateur radio broadcasting service FK8AA was retired until it re-entered amateur radio status only, subsequent to the end of the war.
In 1953, two new transmitters were installed for Radio Noumea. The first unit was a French made 1 kW that radiated on 6035 kHz through a doublet antenna. The second unit, rated at .5 kW, had previously been in use on the mediumwave channel 1500 kHz. It was reactivated with a vertical antenna on the tropical band channel 3375 kHz in August 1953. It is understood that these units were installed in the transmitter facility that was already on the air in suburban Noumea.
During the 1960s, Radio Noumea prepared programming for broadcast on shortwave that was beamed to the New Hebrides in French, and to the Wallis & Futuna Islands in French and Wallisian. These broadcasts were on the air as an External Service for somewhere around ten years.
However in 1968, work began on the construction of a totally new radio-TV station for New Caledonia. The site for the studio building was on Rue Guynemer in an outer suburban area of Noumea, and the transmitter facility was located on St. Marie Island, opposite Noumea city.
Then in 1970, Radio Noumea was noted with a signal on mediumwave 1420 kHz. This 4 kW unit carried the main service temporarily for the capital city area during work on the major mediumwave station on 666 kHz.
A local map of the capital city area and nearby coastal waters shows three islands that were classified as St. Marie, three islands that fringed the Noumea harbor area. A Google Earth search shows the three islands, two of which seem to have been the site for the radio transmitter stations.
The irregularly shaped Ile N'gea is the largest of the three St. Marie Islands, and in the centre of this island is a white building that looks like it could have been the transmitter building containing the three shortwave transmitters at 20 kW each. Interestingly, the eastern, almost semi-circular bay on this island is known as Antenna Bay. The shortwave service was retired in 1994 in favor of nation wide FM coverage.
Off the southern edge of the larger island Ile N'gea is the smaller St. Marie Island known as Uere island where the transmitter building and mediumwave antenna are quite clearly shown on Google Earth. The tower appears almost as a short shadow, with a circular ground pattern around it. This transmitter site was activated somewhere around the year 1986.
There seems to be no indication of electric power generation on these two otherwise vacant islands, so it is possible that an undersea cable provided an electrical feed from nearby Noumea.
During the 1980s and 1990s, an extensive nationwide network of FM stations was built, and in 1994, Radio Noumea closed out its shortwave service for island wide coverage and beyond in favor of this network of FM relay stations. However, the 20 kW mediumwave outlet on 666 kHz is still on the air and it is heard quite widely throughout the South Pacific vastness due to the saltwater take off for the radio signal.
Then, around the middle of the 1980s, Radio Noumea was noted with a signal on another mediumwave channel, 1260 kHz. The transmitter for this temporary broadcast service was probably the same 4 kW unit which had been on the air previously in Noumea on 1420 kHz.
The transmitter for this 1260 kHz channel was now installed at another location, Mt. Aoupinie in almost the exact center of the island of New Caledonia. This temporarily installed unit carried a relay for the islandwide FM radio service while a new FM unit was readied at the same location for use as an intermediate relay unit.
In the second week of September 2005, international radio monitors in the United States and Australia heard a new mediumwave station on the air in New Caledonia. This new facility on 729 kHz proved to be a 5 kW unit at Toupo, a little more than half way up the east coast of the island.
These days, Radio Noumea is on the air via a multitude of network FM stations throughout their islands, as well as via the two mediumwave units; Noumea on 666 kHz with 20 kW, and Touho on 729 kHz with 5 kW. The shortwave units were closed 21 years ago, never to return.
Interestingly, back in the year 1984, RFI Radio France International in Paris, gave serious consideration to building a large shortwave relay station on the island of New Caledonia. At the time, they were studying the feasibility of building an international shortwave relay station on New Caledonia, or taking out a part time relay via the SLBC Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation shortwave station at Ekala in Sri Lanka. However, as things worked out, neither option was taken up.


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Minerva May Goodbrand
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- 4th great-granddaughter of James Jones
1st cousin 1 time removed of Faye Louise Doyle
Minerva May Goodbrand was born on 11 May 1910.1,2 She was the daughter of Walter Goodbrand and Lulu Maud Jones.1,2 She married Robert Davis Kerr on 27 October 1937 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario.3
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Children of Minerva May Goodbrand and Robert Davis Kerr
- [S152] "Violet Broder's birthday list," (manuscript, c 1960; DOC 020); privately held by Faye West; Edmonton, Alberta.
- [S97] Birthday Book - belonged to Violet Jones, manuscript, c 1914, (individuals signed on their birthday page), privately held by Faye West, Edmonton, Alberta.
- [S82] Marriage announcement: Minerva Goodbrand & Robert Kerr, privately held by Faye West, Edmonton, Alberta.


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Some mentors are easy to spot: they work for the Y, they have an office, a piece of paper that says they're "allowed" to be looked up to and followed.
Often, they also have a specific connection to a vocation, like the apprenticeship model of ye olden days. A young up-and-comer with reasonable potential, a fair amount of chutzpah and a spark of fire in the their belly dutifully reports to the workplace of Ebenezer Scrooge to learn a trade (hopefully with more coal and fewer ghosts…)
In modern times we have less and less of these relationships. The internet has become our universal teacher and connect-er— an "apprentice" can learn almost anything from the world wide web— from make-up tutorials and de-husking corn, from tiling your own bathroom to the intricacies of complex computer fixes. We no longer look to others we know— but to helpful, anonymous strangers.
I'm not complaining. I've credited YouTube countless times for assisting me in getting shit done (thank you for helping my mom reverse flush her engine core The Internet!)
But what gets lost is palpable— a relationship cherished and nurtured since Ancient Greek times, ingrained deep in the mire of our culture: true mentorship.
And what, truly, is mentorship? Traditionally it is defined as a relationship in which a more experienced or knowledgeable person helps to guide a less knowledgeable or experienced apprentice (sometimes also called a protege—or, in contemporary times even referred to wryly as a "mentee"), so that the master's knowledge and mastery becomes that of the protege, giving them a launching pad with which to create their own path to individual mastery.
A great mentor knows where to focus attention, how to properly challenge the protege; providing the most productive and meaningful kind of insight. Great mentors provide immediate and realistic feedback on the protege's work, so they can refine their skills in a streamlined and often, transcendent manner.
But those are all big fancy words.
True mentorship is above all, an interconnection based on Ye Olde Human Interaction; a learning partnership between someone with vast experience and someone who wishes to learn on a deeper level. One in which the tribal elder exceeds the practical role of teacher—that is to say, one who passes on factual information—but goes beyond to the highest reaches of human connection.
In essence: the way one can spot a mentorship is that in its presence, both parties are forever transformed.
Tyne and I
I first met Tyne Daly in March of 2010, when I was fortunate enough to be cast as Sophie DePalma in Terrence McNally's Master Class at The Kennedy Center as part of a festival titled "Nights at the Opera"—a trilogy of McNally plays about McNally's greatest passion.
A gaggle of beautiful actors were all gathered together in our Nation's capital, and little did I know that what was to be a period of extraordinary personal change, transformation and adversity, was also a period of the same for everyone in our company, including our leader, Tyne. On day one I learned my first lesson from Tyne:
"Hey kid: breathe. It's free."
The details of that are unimportant, suffice it to say everyone (and I do mean every single person) was going in through it, looking-up-to-see-the-bottom kind of struggles. Heart-broken, grief-stricken, stupefied and God-oh-God: out of town, we all made the choice (lead by our fearless leader Tyne) to come together, rather than isolating ourselves in the hotel rooms of our individual miseries.
The climate of tenderness that surrounded that rehearsal process and run was a kind of an aperture into the deepest recesses of human vulnerability. It was then I learned my second lesson from Tyne: what does it mean to truly be a leading lady?
"Two things only: a leader, and a lady."
We were brave because she helped us to be, and because she encouraged us to be and bring our highest selves to the process, it lead to our greatest work, a Broadway transfer, not to mention lifelong relationships.
But what happened between Tyne and I specifically was magical— we had a connection in our eyeballs that I lack language to express. We shared something on a deeply spiritual level. And as Sophie learned from Callas, so did Al from Tyne, and all the combinations therein.
The day we meet Sophie DePalma in Terrence McNally's beautiful play, she has a great deal to prove—to the Julliard faculty. To her classmates. To Bellini. To that hateful ex-boyfriend we know nothing (and everything) about. But the day we meet her, all of that is secondary. That day Sophie has everything to prove to herself. And when I first met Sophie, so did I.
Tyne trusted me enough to bestow upon me the honour of truly playing with me. Playing in the fencing-master-tossing-a-rapier-at-the-student-who-has-some-potential sense of the word. She picked up her blade and challenged me with a valiant, open heart and a wry smile. To this day, it was the best match of my life.
She treated me like an equal (on and off stage), and I endeavored to deserve that honor. Her "game" improved mine, and what we alchemically created together is, without exception, my greatest, and most precious creation. We played the kind of "Deep Chess" Lawrence Ferlinghetti talks about in his poem of the same name:
"For you must play deep chessHer Callas was towering, tender, monstrous, human, vulnerable, honest, and ultimately, incandescentfr. As long as I live, I shall never forget it.
Like the one deep game sparky won from fisher
And if your unstudied opening is not too brilliant
You must play to win
Not draw"
Mentorship: Modern-day Alchemy
It is known fact that when we admire people, we become more impressionable to everything they say and do. We pay a fervent attention, deeper kind of regard, and because our souls are engaged, allowing for a more powerful kind of learning.
After the run of (the aptly titled,) Master Class in Washington, I was at a loss for what to do with my life, more specifically, where to live next. I had spent the last eight years in the United Kingdom, and did not have a base in any American city…
…What did Tyne suggest? Why moving in with her of course. What followed was (yes, as you probably dreamed) a series of Auntie Mame-like tales of absolute joy, friendship and epic learning—a back-and-forth dynamic that fueled us both. An electric spark that only burned brighter as I gazed deeply into her mirror.
Lessons like going for walks:
"How about we walk from the top of Central Park to the bottom? All we need is the right shoes and the right ATTITUDE. Which, come to think of it, is all we ever need…!"
Lessons like, believing in your own longevity:
"Long after the world has forgotten so many, I am going to come see you play Cleopatra. Just keep going kid."
Lessons like:
- day trips
- poetry recitations
- how to make the perfect ginger beer
- Countless trips to concerts and the theatre (naturally)
- Poker night
- Twelfth Night
- The listening of radio plays
- Writing
- Discussions of theatrical greats of yore
- The moving of my 110-year-old Chickering piano to her New York apartment, where it currently still lives.
- Tarot card readings
And, when my heart broke recently in the presence of another theatrical life lesson, she offered the following:
"You are gonna be heartbroken, beaten to death, crushed to a pulp, disappointed and obliterated. But other than that? You're gonna be okay."
Life is ephemeral. So is the theatre. We cannot hold it in our hands. We all love that which vanishes. The play must end. The company shall disband, life will march on.
And just like the ephemeral theatre, thus is life: our time here on earth for learning and growth is finite. Nowadays we often think it is admirable to "become ourselves" all on our own, to DIY the apprenticeship phase of development and emerge fully formed as if artistry and mastery hatch out of an egg with no visible signs of effort or training.
I encourage you to humble yourself to the apprenticeship process, for without role models, teachers, parental figures and mentors, we can waste valuable time attempting to gain knowledge from unserviceable sources.
Further, be courageous enough to ask for mentorship. There is always a quivering ego involved in asking for help from those we admire, but trust that those with lessons to offer more often than not, truly wish to have the opportunity give back in a meaningful way, they are merely waiting to be invited to do so. Have faith that the process will be mutually beneficial, and remember: no matter what there is nothing to be lost by complimenting a master, and asking for their guidance.
Above all, while we must always strive to grow beyond those who came before us, we must revere and learn from those that broke the ground originally, and endeavor to honor their legacy; then continue it in our own vision.
A Moment
Hours before our first preview on Broadway, Tyne asked me to come down to her dressing room to run our lines together in an "Italianne"— a run of the lines at increased speed. Italiannes are like calisthenic warm-ups for your brain, and with so much talking and nerves high, they are a great tool in moments such as these.
We settled down, placed our bags, zipped our cardigans, and sat down in her room—not yet moved into, not yet her own.
And then, without ceremony, we began.
There was no music. There was no one else. It was just us and the words.
Throughout this experience, I had accustomed myself to criticism—I needed Tyne's feedback to be a realistic appraisal of who I was as a human being and actor; through that kind of evaluation, we all develop a confidence that is much more tangible.
One might think that in that dressing room—flourescently lit and unceremoniously dressed—that this little exercise of the run would be dry, hollow. But the words were so powerful, and our feelings for those words, and above all, for each other, so unutterably potent, we both directly went "there."
Tears fell.
Hands were grasped.
It was our own little theatre, our own magic, right there in that sterile little room.
It is in this sacred moment that I realize I have chosen, and been chosen by, the perfect mentor according to my dreams and Life's mission—the future artist I aspire, endeavor, and dream to become. The mentor you choose must be allied in the same way.
"... I want you to imagine you are Amina. This is opera Sophie. You're alone on a great stage. Make us feel what you feel. Show us that truth..."
That's it.
We finished.
There was a silence and in it, we both looked away.
Then she leaned in, held my hand and uttered,
"I love this. And you."
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The Mt. San Jacinto women's basketball team defeated College of the Desert Wednesday night 55-48 to move back into a first place tie in the Foothill Conference.
Thalia Benjamin (pictured) led the way with 16 points and 19 rebounds for the Lady Eagles while Jasmine Nyx added 13 points, 11 in the second half. Michelle Simmons also reached double figures recording 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. The victory moved MSJC into a tie for first place in the conference and improved their record 12-8 overall and 4-1 in conference action.
The Lady Eagles will travel to Lancaster to take on Antelope Valley on Saturday at 5 pm before returning home for a game with Chaffey College on Wednesday January 23rd. Both games can be heard on AM 1620 or at msjc.edu, the Eagle Radio Network.


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The family of a British grandfather who was threatened with flogging for breaking Saudi Arabia's strict anti-alcohol laws have said they are "absolutely thrilled" that he is set to be released.
Karl Andree, 74, has been locked up since his arrest in Jeddah in August last year when he was caught with home-made wine.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed that the grandfather-of-seven would be released within a week and reunited with his family during a visit to Saudi Arabia.
The Andree case and the cancellation of a British bid for a £5.9 million prisons deal, have strained relations between the UK and the Gulf state.
But Mr Hammond said it was because of the "strength, depth and breadth" of the ties between the UK and Saudi Arabia that they were able to "achieve effective results" on the release of the Briton.
Following the announcement, Mr Andree's son, Simon Andree, said: "It is great news if what the Saudis and the Government is saying is true.
"I'm absolutely thrilled.
"Hopefully we'll have him home next week."
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Mr Andree said he watched Mr Hammond's statement on television and he had not been told of his father's release beforehand.
"The Foreign Office called me this morning and told me Philip Hammond was in Saudi but they didn't tell me anything else," he added.
"I've been watching the TV all day waiting for the news."
His daughter Kirsten Piroth, said she felt "pure relief" upon hearing the news.
She told BBC news: "It is a huge relief and joy.
"It has just been a long, long year and the worry of it, having your dad in another country in a jail it has just been incredible."
Some reports suggested Saudi officials never intended for Mr Andree to be flogged, due to his age and health, but his family questioned the delay in his release from prison.
Mr Andree's family urged his release on compassionate grounds because his wife Verity is dying of Alzheimer's and is in Britain receiving care.
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He has lived in the Middle East for the last 25 years, having worked in the oil industry.
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter: "Good to hear news from Saudi that KarlAndree is to be released within the week."
More than 230,000 people signed an online petition calling for the Prime Minister to intervene to stop Mr Andree - who has battled cancer and suffers from asthma - from facing the lashings.
Three of his grandchildren, Lucy, 12, Celia, 10 and Edward, nine, also appealed to Mr Cameron in a video message, in which they said their grandfather was a "really old man" and "no human deserves to be treated like this".
Mr Hammond's visit, which senior Government officials stressed had been in the diary "for quite some time", comes just days after Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UK warned of "potentially serious repercussions" of a breakdown in relations with Britain and a lack of "mutual respect".
Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz singled out the cancellation of the deal to train prison staff in the Gulf state as he railed against an "alarming change in the way Saudi Arabia is discussed in Britain".
Mr Hammond said his four-nation tour of the Gulf would allow him to talk to "key partners" about "security issues".
As part of the tour, Mr Hammond will meet the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to discuss regional security and the crisis in Syria, ahead of international talks in Vienna on Friday.
At the weekend, he will give a speech on extremism - which he described as "the great challenge of our time" - at a summit in Bahrain hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
The Foreign Office said he will make clear that the UK's national security is heavily linked to that of the region, highlighting continued commitment to a military presence in the Gulf.


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Grace is a family-friendly church comprised of a diverse group of people coming from a number of west side communities of Cleveland such as Westlake, Fairview Park, Rocky River, North Olmsted, North Ridgeville, Avon & Avon Lake.
From the very beginning of our church's relationship with you, we want you to know our intentions: your spiritual growth! The purpose of our church is to glorify God by helping people take the next step in their spiritual journey. That means, that regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey, we are interested in helping you take the next step. We don't care what color you are, what denominational background you have or even other religious labels you might wear. We don't care what you dress like, or whether you vote Republican or Democrat. We care about you, because God cares about you.
We are a church full of people who don't have it all figured out; but through a relationship with God and relationships with each other, we are walking this life's journey…together. Our intention is that when you visit, you will immediately feel welcome. We want you to build long lasting friendships with others who also desire to take the next step in their spiritual journey. Through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and through His Word: the Bible, we are striving to do just that.
In order to help everyone take their next step, we provide children's ministries, from birth through high school and college age; and three main ministries for every adult: Sunday worship service, Adult Bible Fellowships, and Lifegroups. There are many other opportunities, but these offer a variety of settings to maximize spiritual growth.
Thanks for visiting our website, and we invite you to contact us for more information. The best way, of course, to really know if this is the church for you, is to come check us out for yourself. Come for a couple of months, get to know some people, and then determine if Grace is the right church for you


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Yom Kippur is the most important day of the Jewish year. They day in which we confess to God our mistakes and misdeeds and we resolve to improve our actions during the next year. Hoping that HaShem will accept our apologies, inscribe us and seal us in the book of life. Now, as important as Yom Kippur is, if we fail to do our homework previous to Kippur, the most important day of the year might become the biggest wasted opportunity of the year. BEFORE Yom Kippur begins we must ask forgiveness from those whom we might have offended or caused any damage, emotional or material. During Yom Kippur the transgressions between us and God (Shabbat, Kashrut, Tefilin, etc.) are effectively forgiven by confessing them and resolving to improve. But we are definitely not forgiven by God for those offenses made toward another human being: bullying, cheating, lying, stealing, embarrassing, talking badly about someone (leshon hara'), etc. All these transgressions are NOT forgiven in Yom Kippur unless we first appease the victims and ask for their forgiveness.
If we are serious about this, we should sit with ourselves for a few minutes with pen, paper and a humble heart. We should review in our memories the times in which we might have caused pain and damage to other people: friends, colleagues or family members, parents, spouse, etc.
Then, we should think what would be the most effective way of appeasing each particular individual. By phone or in person? By a long email or by a text? Describing exactly what we have done or being more general? Since every person is different and every case is unique, there is not one formula to appease every individual. We must use our common sense and find a way for our apology to be sincere, credible and effective.
Asking forgiveness is probably one of the most challenging tasks we might need to do in our lives. Because we need to admit and say: "I WAS WRONG". It takes a lot of humility and emotional strength to face the victim. I think it helps if one considers the humiliation as part of the Kappara (atonement) within the Teshuba process.
A second list we should write ASAP is a list of our debts. Money we owe in our business or to providers; to friends or family members; unpaid community donations; Tzedaqa that we have promised to give, etc. We should prioritize those debts that have expired or about to expire. This is the right time to do it. Today or (literally) during the next couple of days.