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I am currently not a member of TFI or any other Christian organization, but I have been involved in many Christian ministries in the past. My current connection to TFI is that I am an Activated ministries subscriber and have friends in TFI. The ministries I have been involved with in the past have been very similar to TFI, with the exception of a couple of theological doctrines. TFI seems to have taken on a structure very similar to the ministry models that I was previously involved in. Because of my past Christian service in these ministries I think I am qualified to write about the TFI reboot and where the organization is now. I also believe I can provide: advice, encouragement, pragmatic instructions and information that could help current members of TFI or people interested in joining the group. I have studied TFI and its history extensively and have read a large volume of the groups Mo letters (TFI's: instructions, doctrinal statements and prophetic information) in great detail.
In the past TFI have had a more solid and structured leadership extending down from Karen Zerby and Steven Kelly, however in the last five years this leadership structure has become much looser. TFI's previous leadership and hierarchical structure has been abandoned and the organization now has much for freedom for its members. The various membership titles have also been abandoned. In the past TFI has had various member types which included: GM's (General members), FD's (Full time disciples) and so forth. The restructuring of TFI has been the result of the reboot.
In the below video, TFI co-director, Steven Kelly, discusses the reboot of TFI.
With the nullification of the previous leadership model, members have a lot more room to do as they wish and even start up their own ministries. Michael Basham (a former FD TFI member) has started his own online televangelism ministry which consists of video media and blogging. Michael also uses TFI resources for his ministry. Michael has stated that in the past he would not be allowed to make the videos he has made online, as there was a very strict set of rules to follow under the leaders appointed to oversee his conduct. Michael Basham's present ministry seems to be the fruit of the recent changes to TFI's structure.
TFI's present setup (after the reboot) is much like the ministries of Ray Comfort and Benny Hinn. In the past I have been involved with ministries that were linked to both: Ray Comfort and Benny Hinn. Although many of Comfort and Hinn's doctrines are quite different than TFI's; the present setup of TFI and these ministries are very similar.
Ray Comfort trains people to preach and share the gospel on the streets to non-believers; he also provides a number of resources to his followers which include: gospel tracts, booklets, training books (teaching people how to share the gospel on the street), training videos (instructing people how to preach the gospel on the street) and so forth. Comfort's ministry is evangelism focused and his followers receive resources from him that equip and train them to share the gospel in public, many of these followers also attend his conferences to get further encouragement and training. Most of Comfort's followers are definitely eager missionaries and evangelists who do preach on the streets and get results. I've seen a group of Comfort's followers reach the lost youth who were walking the streets at night getting into all kinds of trouble. Comfort's followers were able to reach these youth in an effective and entertaining way that got them interested in Jesus. I had an opportunity to work with this group in the past and I definitely saw lives touched. Ray Comfort's ministry is not a traditional church or anything like that, it's basically a movement that equips disciples to go out and evangelize in the streets. TFI is currently setup in a similar way to Comfort's ministry, as TFI can provide its followers/members with: gospel tracts, DVD's, CD's, booklets, discipleship training courses (12 foundation stones booklet), Mo letters (prophetic and Christian theological teachings), end of the world/apocalypse documents and Activated magazines (TFI's official Christian magazine). Once the member has these resources available to him/her, then the individual is equipped to have his own ministry and share the gospel in the community. With the current setup any member of TFI could setup his own independent ministry under the TFI umbrella. The individual could then send a regular tithe offering to Karen Zerby and TFI leadership, which would give him spiritual authority to act as an ambassador for TFI. As long as a person is respectful to leadership and tithes to them, he is acting under their authority and is under the spiritual covering of that leadership. Tithing also allows you to receive the same spiritual manifestation (or anointing) that has been with that ministry.
Benny Hinn's ministry is also quiet similar to TFI although many of their doctrines may not be the same. There are many followers of Benny Hinn preaching and evangelizing on the streets today, and many of these believers do not attend any type of church building. One man I used to preach and witness with did not feel accepted by the mainstream churches, so he started up a church on a street corner. The church consisted of a piano and microphone in front of a supermarket in a busy bar and disco area of the city; my friend, myself and others would stay on that street corner until midnight sharing the gospel and singing songs to the Lord. Thousands heard the gospel and many gave their hearts to Jesus on that street corner. Many of the people in that ministry regularly watched the Benny Hinn TV show, and we also attended Benny Hinn conferences when he was in town. Many of us were equipped and encouraged by the ministry of Benny Hinn to go out and share the gospel to the lost. I know Benny Hinn gets a lot of hate and many people do not like him, I even did not like Benny Hinn at one stage. But as I watched his TV show and saw the fruit of those who followed him, I could not deny what I saw. I have also been in some bad situations in my life and felt like giving up on Jesus, but the Benny Hinn TV show really kept me in the faith. TFI has had a similar televangelist ministry to Benny Hinn, as David Brandt Berg (TFI's founder and leader) was a televangelist on Fred Jordan's Christian TV show in the past. TFI also produces televangelism products in the form of: DVD's, online videos and multimedia, music and so forth. Michael Basham (founder of the Warriors Without Borders blog) has a variety of TFI televangelism videos on his youtube video channel. If one had access to TFI resources (videos, books, magazines, tracts etc) then one could easily start up a ministry under the TFI umbrella if he tithed up to the leadership and remained faithful and respectful to TFI leadership (Karen Zerby and Steven Kelly). Followers of TFI could function in a similar fashion to the street evangelists who followed the televangelism ministry of either Ray Comfort or Benny Hinn. In some respects this would be going back to the beginning of where TFI really started, because TFI's leader and founder was originally a televangelist.
At present I consider myself an online supporter and advocate of TFI as I have friends in the group and respect what they have done in the past. Who knows what the Lord could do in the future, as I definitely believe God has called me to write articles on this blog. If God opened up more doors for me to support TFI and serve under their ministry leadership, then I would definitely pray about it, because the group definitely has a rich history of saving souls. At the moment I'm just focusing on writing articles and helping with this website, but I think this article would give current TFI members and people thinking about joining TFI some things to think about.
Below is a photograph of TFI members evangelizing on the streets of Germany using TFI resources (Gospel tracts, illustrated and written Gospel messages etc). The below photo was taken from the official TFI website (www.thefamilyinternational.org)
If you want to start up your own independent ministry within TFI, all you need are evangelism resources and structured training manuals for new disciples. Once a person receives Jesus Christ as their Savior and indicates they wish to follow the teachings of Jesus, you could provide them with a training manual to read at home which instructs them on the fundamental doctrines of the faith, and which instructs them how to be a disciple of Jesus. Once these people are trained up they could then join your ministry as a disciple and evangelize with you.
In conclusion I would like to tell current TFI members and people considering joining TFI, that you do not need to wait on people to tell you what to do, and you don't need an organization to give you money to finance your ministry goals. The current TFI reboot is an opportunity for you to follow your own dreams and goals; you can start up your own personal ministry under the TFI umbrella without being told what to do. Karen Zerby and Steven Kelly have made it very clear that they are giving their members more freedom to do as they wish. TFI's next leaders underneath Karen Zerby and Steven Kelly are those who make the initiative to labour towards the vision God has given them. If your respectful to Karen Zerby/Steven Kelly and tithe up to them (10% of your personal income and 10% of your ministries income), then you are the leader of your own ministry within TFI. Your ministry then becomes an independent unit under your leadership within TFI. If you have read the Bible, Mo letters and TFI doctrinal statements and teachings, you do not need a babysitter to watch over your every move and tell you what to do. However if you start up your own ministry and it blossoms, then you do have a right to be a leader over that ministry as it's the vision God has given you and God has grown it. Leadership is important as it gives people a clear sense of direction and focus.


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Morning Worship - Jeremy Moodey - CEO Embrace ME
Sun 8th Mar 15 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Join us for our morning worship at 10.30am. This week's service will be led by Paddy Gallaugher. We are delighted to be joined by Jeremy Moodey - Chief Executive of Embrace who will share with us the work that Embrace is doing in the Middle East.The service will be followed by a time of fellowship and a coffee in the Wesley Hall.

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Interview with Irvine Gershman
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Tue, 09/25/2012
Subjects:tax levy, programming, Patricia Layton, Ellen Hellard, Leadership, nonprofit
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45 minutes. Mr. Irvine Gershman discusses the workings of the Paul Sawyier Public Library Board of Trustees in the 1970s, especially the passage of the tax increase to fund the library. He mentions the Women's Club Library and state leaders who guided the staff and board. He opines on why libraries are important.


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We had an early sailing this morning so I went out to the terminal last night to spend our last dirhams. In hindsight, we could have spent them in Oman. The terminal also had free WiFi and free computers to use. Ray had a chance to clear up about 500 emails yesterday. We left the Persian Gulf and went back out the Straight of Hormuz and into the Gulf of Oman. There wasn't too much to see because of the sand blowing. It looks like a haze. We couldn't get good pictures on sail-away.
We did pass the Sultan's Yacht on the way out. He only uses once every two months and has a crew of 64. He doesn't want them staying on the boat, so he bought them apartments and cars. It is the second largest yacht in the world at 560 feet.
The rest of the day was a typical sea day with lots of activities to choose from. The entertainment was magic and comedy by John Ekin.
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Sony confirms PS Plus version of Driveclub is still being worked on
Driveclub is currently available for the PS4 A Sony spokesperson has assured fans that the PS Plus version of Driveclub is still being worked on, ...
A Sony spokesperson has assured fans that the PS Plus version of Driveclub is still being worked on, despite rumours stating the contrary. The free PS Plus version of the game was announced last year as a launch game for the PlayStation 4, though its release has been stalled ever since. Many believed that the game was in limbo after recent comments by PlayStation CEO, Jim Ryan.
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"We are continually working on improving the server capacity to enable us to launch the PS Plus Edition as quickly as possible," the spokesperson confirmed.
So it's safe to say that the game will be released at some point. However, Sony is yet to announce a release window for the PS Plus version of the game. So while the PS Plus version is still a possibility, it's likely that it won't be releasing anytime soon.
Driveclub is now available exclusively for the PlayStation 4. The game ran into significant issues during launch, which caused the delay of the PS Plus version of Driveclub.


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The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, translated by Agha Shahid Ali. I got this volume of select poems on loan from a friend. One of the features I thought was cool when I borrowed it, was that this translated edition contains Faiz select poems in a bilingual Urdu/English format. By no means, … Continue reading Summer Reading List #004
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Enjoy your sunny day at beautiful bays of Kemer with fully leisure of Sunbathing, swimming breaks, snorkeling and perhaps dolphins around the boat.
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Kemer is one of the most beatiful holiday resorts of Antalya with beautiful must see places to visit.
A sunny day at beautiful bays of Kemer with fully leisure of Sunbathing, swimming breaks, snorkeling and perhaps dolphins around the boat.
You will be picked up from your hotel and driven to marina in Kemer. You will board the boat for a cruise to the ancient city of Phaselis, which was once a major trading centre with its three separate harbors. Here, there are many fine examples of aqueducts, agora, baths and an antique theatre – all of which emphasizes the city's historical importance. The sheltered pebble beaches around the bays are delightful, and the waters here are shallow, calm and safe for swimmers.
After lunch at Phaselis bay, your boat will set sail for the next stop at the "Mehmet Ali Bükü" or between Phaselis – Mehmet Ali Bükü. After a swimming break, the last stop shall be at the "Alaca Water" a very pretty inlet and ideal for another swimming and snorkeling break before returning to Kemer for disembarkation and return drive to your hotel t about 17:00 / 17:30
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Group A: The United States may not have looked very convincing, but they survived Group A undefeated. On the other hand, Australia looked impressive in their games, and only lost to the U.S. team. France and Serbia also advanced, but that was expected since hapless Venezuela and China were the other two teams in this group.
Group B: Wow what an interesting group! The top 4 teams all finished at 3-2 and there were some great games to watch. A 2OT victory for Argentina over Brazil ended up being the difference, as Argentina is advancing and Brazil is not. Spain struggled to start the tournament with 2 close losses, one of which was decided by The Homie Dario's fantastic game-saving block for Croatia against Pau Gasol, but Spain then advanced after 3 straight wins to finish group play.
Well look at that! I picked all the teams correctly. Okay, okay, it really isn't that impressive, especially since I didn't predict their group records. But because of the results in the Group Stage we have some great matchups in the Quarterfinals.
Knockout Stage Prediction
(A1) United States vs. (B4) Argentina
Yes, the U.S. has struggled to win big in their last few games, but does that really matter? They are still the most talented team, and they are still winning. They haven't needed a big shot at the end of those games to win, but nonetheless they did struggle in their late-game situations. I expect them to play with more urgency than they showed in the group stage, because anything less than a Gold Medal is unacceptable.
(B2) Spain vs. (A3) France
These teams met in the quarterfinals in 2012 also. This will be a tough matchup and a game that is unfortunate to be played this early in the tournament. Spain looks like they have figured things out, especially after a 50 point (50!) victory over Lithuania. I predicted France to get the Silver medal, but that's out now, because not only do they have to beat Spain, but they would have a hungry United States team waiting for them in the next round. I'll take Spain in this game, but it will be close. If you only watch 1 non-U.S. game in this tournament, this should be the game.
(A2) Australia vs. (B3) Lithuania
If you told the Aussies before the Olympics that they would be on the opposite side of the bracket of the United States, Spain, France, and Argentina they would've been ecstatic. And honestly, they probably still are. Nothing against Croatia, Lithuania, or Serbia, but Australia should really make the Gold Medal game. Patty Mills has looked great, and this team looks determined right now.
(B1) Croatia vs. (A4) Serbia
Wait, Croatia won their group? The same team that lost to Nigeria? Yes, that Croatia. Dario has been good, not great, and Mario not so great. But they still managed to win their group with some important close wins. On the other hand, Serbia lost those close games and finished at 2-3. I think Serbia gets hot in this game, and Croatia will force too many shots while trailing.
Medal Predictions:
Gold: United States
Silver: Australia
Bronze: Spain


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Writers: Chris Morgan and Gary Scott Thompson (Characters)
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
Jordana Brewster as Dom's Sister Mia
Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Michelle Rodriguez as Letty
Tyrese Gibson as Roman
Ludacris as Tej
Dwayne Johnson as Hobbs
Elsa Pateky as Elena
Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey
Kurt Russel as Mr. Nobody
Jason Stathem As Deckard Dhaw
Djemon Hounsou as Jakande
Tony Jaa as Kiet
Ronda Rousey as Kara
The Fast and Furious franchise, in this outing, has transmogrified into a decidedly cartoonish spectacle, but that's OK, because the movie has effortlessly made truckloads of money, and who cares about the laws of physics and probability anyway, particularly if they get in the way of beautiful, bikinied women with giggling breasts (and other parts), and a Ronda Rousey/Michelle Rodriguez fight scene?
Let's get the production value issues out of the way immediately. This is a professionally made movie. The lighting, sound, sets, props, costumes, makeup and computer generated imagery are all first rate. As most readers doubtless know, Paul Walker was killed in a car crash before production for this movie was completed, so some scenes were put together with CGI, and the script was altered to accommodate that reality. In the final scene of the movie, for example, a sharp eye can tell that the depth of field between them is off a bit as Walker and Diesel appear on camera together the last time, however, the emotion and pathos of the moment tend to mask it, and it's not truly a flaw, just an artifact of the techniques necessary to make the shot.
What do I mean by cartoonish? In the opening scene we meet Jason Stathem as Deckard Shaw. He's visiting his catatonic brother, Owen Shaw, in a British hospital. Dom put Shaw there in the 6th edition of the franchise, and Deckard is annoyed, and of course, swears revenge. As he scowls, utters a few low threats, and walks out, we see the bodies of cops and others strewn about like confetti after a ticker tape parade. Bullet holes are everywhere, broken furniture, even the façade of the hospital is on fire and falling apart as Shaw drives menacingly off.
We're quickly told that Letty still has amnesia, and of course, she and Dom are conflicted. There's a great deal of conflicted going on.
Most viewers will not be conflicted, however, by the usual shots of car race parties with slinky, bikinied women slinking slinkily around. This movie is slightly different in that the camera manages several close up shots not usually seen outside a gynecologist's exam room.
Dom takes Letty to a race they invented, she races and wins, and has flashbacks to her crash, belts one of their old buddies and drives off, conflicted, but Dom lets her go because a conflicted girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
Paul Walker's Brian shows up as a new dad driving a minivan. The horror! He loves Mia (Jordana Brewster)and his child, but he's conflicted. How can an ex-cop who gets away with committing crimes on an unimaginable scale possibly find happiness as a mini-van driving metrosexual? Talk about conflicted!
In a dramatic scene at Letty's grave, Letty decides to leave to find herself because a girl who doesn't know who she is has to somehow find herself, and Dom lets her go, and stands there stoically because it's in the script.
Shift to Los Angeles, the Diplomatic Security Service headquarters, where we see a tender–brother/sister scene with Hobbs and Elena. We still have no idea what the DSS, people who are basically security personnel for diplomatic missions, has to do with any of this, but it's in the script too, and Hobbs is a walking cartoon, so what the hey?
Shaw shows up, which makes for a dandy fight scene where Shaw and Hobbs trade blows that would kill elephants, and basically trash the entire office building, ending only when a grenade thrown by Shaw blows Hobbs and Elena out a 20th, or 100th–or something–story window, and Hobbs ends up with a broken leg and arm and Shaw stretches a bit and walks away.
We eventually learn that Shaw was a super duper British special forces operator. His people turned on him and tried to kill him, so he went off the grid until Dom almost killed his evil brother, thus setting up the revenge plot that makes this movie nearly plausible. Oh yes: it was Shaw that killed Han, and as in the past movies, there is time travel that makes no sense whatever, but hey, it's in the script.
Dom goes to Tokyo to get Han's body, where he meets Sean Boswell played by Lucas Black, who is still hanging around Tokyo. In a very brief scene, Boswell gives Dom a cross Han apparently wore. It's a scene the movie could eliminate without anyone missing it, but it does set up Han's funeral where Shaw shows up, and Dom, driving a 70's Chrysler muscle car, gets into a wild chase with Shaw's Jag.
This sets up a head-on game of chicken where Dom and Shaw run into each other at a closing speed of about 200 MPH and absolutely destroy their vehicles. I'm not sure if they actually filmed the crash or did it via CGI, but the alignment is perfect and the engines of both cars are clearly driven into their respective back seats. This sets up one of the cartoonish elements of the movie: people pulling more gravities than every astronaut that has ever traveled in space.
The forces unleashed in that crash should have liquified Dom and Shaw, yet both open doors that should have been absolutely unable to open, and step out. Doing a bit of manly stretching and neck straightening, and Shaw, coward that he is, tries to shoot Dom rather than fight it out like men, but suddenly, militaryish operators–they look the part, anyway–rappel from the overpass above them, shooting like mad, but absolutely unable to hit Shaw who runs off and escapes.
This is where Kurt Russel as Mr. Nobody shows up. He's the head of a super secret agency that has apparently unlimited facilities and resources, including right there in LA. He tells Dom that he inadvertently walked into his war in London and now he's stuck in it, so off they go to his base, where we see what appears to be a civilian version(?!) of a Cobra attack helicopter casually parked out front.
But how to get even more improbable adventure out of this? Nobody explains that a hacker named Ramsey has invented a device that hacks into everything–God's Eye–that will make its user omniscient and omnipotent. Alas, Ramsey has been kidnapped by evil mercenaries led by Jakande, who are moving Ramsey to a secret site, but they're doing it by convoy in the Caucasus in Azerbijan, but Nobody knows when and where. How does Dom come in? Why, the government can't do a thing, and only Dom and his crew can save the day, and if they get the God's eye, they can use it to find Shaw. The crew shows up–including Letty–Roman behaves like an cartoonish idiot, and they quickly rig up a bunch of 60's and 70's muscle cars like Baja machines in preparation.
So how do they intercept a convoy of heavily armed mercs on mountain roads in Azerbaijan? They parachute–in their cars!–out of a cargo jet, and despite bailing out at intervals that would spread them across a continent, they manage to form up in an automotive stick, and land, right side up and perfectly oriented on the road, going in the right direction at precisely the right time. I trust I don't have to explain how impossible, indeed, absolutely absurd, this is, but what the heck; it's in the script.
Oh, and why would mercenaries drive all over the place like that in a long convoy with a black-painted bus(?!) that would stand out like a Nevada hooker at a Baptist mother's convention when they could just transport the hacker by helicopter or plane? Because every action in these movies must somehow be contrived around 60s and 70s muscle cars, racing, and slinky bikinied babes. Not that I'm complaining, mind you–at least not about the babes.
The bus has three electrically driven gatling guns on each side in the cargo hold–why wouldn't your average evil mercs think to do that?–and other vehicles with machine guns, so Dom and his team get a bit shot up, but they blow the back off the bus and Brian jumps in and unarmed, takes on about 10 heavily armed mercs hand to hand and defeats them all except Kiet–Tony Jaa–when they're down to Kiet and the bus driver. In the process, Brian discovers the Ramsey is a beautiful babe!–who could have seen that one coming?–and in a dramatic scene, the bus ends up on its side, teetering on the ledge of a high and deadly cliff. Brian makes it out only with the help of Letty in a dramatic scene–haven't I said that already?–and off Dom and Ramsey go, but oh noes! Shaw has showed up in a proper off-road vehicle!
How is it people like Shaw can show up in purpose built off-road vehicles, but Dom always has to cobble things together out of 40ish year old street clunkers? Anyway, Dom is cornered by multiple mercs at the edge of a cliff, so he makes a smokescreen–I'm not giving everything away–and drives off a cliff, again pulling enough Gs to turn Ramsey and him into jelly, but they both crawl out of the wreck only mildly discomfited–their pals happen to show up exactly where they ended up at the bottom of the cliff just in time, and they have only a few visible scrapes.
By this point, the only Hollywood car crash convention that hasn't appeared is that the bus and Dom's car did not explode and burst into flames when they crashed.
Ramsey and the team bond, and we learn that she sent the device she made–she's a hacker, not an electronics engineer, but it's in the script–to a pal in Abu Dhabi for safekeeping, so the team is on the way there on a cargo plane, which gives Dom a chance to make a little speech about family to Brian. When they arrive, they're driving five brand new, high dollar sports cars. This also leads to another gynecological beach scene where we are treated to several loving close ups of Ramsey's fluid and perky breasts. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. But how can we get another action scene out of fluid and perky breasts?
We meet the Arab party boy Ramsey entrusted with God's Eye and discover he sold it to a Jordanian Prince who, for some reason, installed it in a bazillion dollar sports car, which he keeps in his penthouse (?!) at the top of a quadrillion story tower, one of three right next to each other. Why would he keep a sports car in his penthouse? Read on.
The Party boy gets everyone into the tower the next day for a party in the penthouse–isn't that convenient?–and everyone has to dress up. On the way up in the elevator Dom and Letty have a tender moment and she is hit with more memories. She's getting closer, closer…
At the party we find gold painted go-go dancers ala Goldfinger, and lots of scantily clad, undulating slinky babes. We also find Ronda Rowsey in a slinky dress, accompanied by several Arab women in military dress, all of whom are the Prince's bodyguards. Rowsey is not a slinky little babe, but she oozes raw athleticism and feline grace, so once again, I'm not complaining.
Finding the sports car, Dom lifts the front end off the ground, and Brian slides under, but can't get the God's Eye out in time. While Dom is sweating, Roman tries to schmooze the crowd but behaves, as usual, like a grinning moron, and Ronda, Letty and the Arab girls have it out. Letty has to flatten the Arabs first, and then she and Ronda go at it, rolling around a great deal, and finally falling off a balcony together and smashing the DJ's equipment.
By then, Dom and Brian have stolen the car, Shaw has showed up and is shooting up the place–the car just happens to be bullet proof–and Dom and Brian escape by smashing out of the tower and flying through the air in precisely the perfect trajectory to land in an unoccupied floor of the adjacent tower! Again, they're pulling enough Gs to turn them into KY Jelly, but all they do is grimace a bit, which come to think of it, most folks do around KY Jelly. But oh noes! No brakes! What's a buff and grimacing car thief to do, but floor the accelerator and jump to the next tower, pull a billion Gs again, land perfectly on an occupied floor, smash what appear to be priceless archeological and art treasures, and leap out of the car just before it flies out the other side and plunges to its pancaking on the pavement, far, far below. Oh yes: Brian got the doohickie out of the car in the nick of time.
Mr. Nobody shows up and is as good as his word. Dom locates Shaw in a nearby abandoned factory, and Mr. Nobody, his soldiers, Dom and Brian go to catch Shaw, who is reinforced by the evil mercenaries from the earlier scene. Much shooting ensues, Mr. Nobody is shot, and Dom and Brian must flee. But oh noes! Shaw has the God's Eye!
Mr. Nobody was wearing body armor and is only somewhat injured, and has a helicopter already on the way for him, so Dom and the crew go back to LA, their home turf, for the dramatic climax, this time without KY jelly, but with lots of Gs.
There is a manly scene were Dom returns to the garage of his bombed home, to get "THE CAR," a massive muscle car with a huge supercharger hanging out of the hood. This tells us he is serious because he grimaces and mutters "one last ride."
Their plan: to use Ramsey to hack the God's Eye and turn it against the mercs, but to do that, they have to drive like maniacs in various vehicles all over LA–of course–which isn't that bad an idea because the bad guys show up in a bazillion dollar stealth helicopter as big as a CH47, carrying a twin jet powered drone, and both aircraft are armed with Gatling guns and missiles out the wazoo.
This time Dom leads Shaw on a chase and both end up on the top of a parking garage. This time, Dom has the gun, but he manfully drops it and picks up two huge wrenches instead. Shaw picks up two long pieces of debris–oh, didn't I mention they did the head-on thing again, but this time Dom did a wheelie because it looks cool and sort of didn't make any difference? They got out of their wrecked cars, stretched out the kinks, and were ready for mayhem.
As Dom and Shaw beat each other into Ravioli, the chase is on all over the LA streets, and a few cops finally show up, but they get blown up by errant missiles from the drone and helicopter. When the bad guys blow up a multistory antenna tower, Hobbes sees it on TV, and realizing it has to be Dom–who else?–breaks off his cast and steals an ambulance, which is handy as he uses it to run down the drone and save Ramsey and Letty in the nick of time. Of course, he pulls enough Gs to reduce him to pate, but he's Hobbs, so he grimaces and shakes it off and pulls the Gatling gun out of the wreckage of the drone and limps off with it.
In the meantime, Brian has to get to a rooftop to do some hacking thing to let Ramsey complete her hack, but oh noes! A bunch of mercs, led by the guy Brian fought in the bus, go at it in the building. Brian kills them all but the Asian guy, and they fight and Brian sends him down an elevator shaft and does the electronic thing.
In the meantime, meantime, the bad guys shoot a missile at Dom and Shaw, but are really bad shots, and it only makes the pavement crack, but Dom stomps on the pavement, and it caves in on Shaw, which apparently renders even him unconscious.
But the bad guys in the helicopter still have a machine gun and are shooting up the place, menacing Letty and Ramsey, so Dom takes that last ride, and flies up in his car to hang a bag of grenades on a handy something jutting from the helicopter. Hobbes, seeing it from several blocks away, shoots it with his big revolver, the helicopter blows up and crashes, and everyone runs to pull Dom out of the wrecked car.
This time it looks like the Gs might have done him in, and in a very emotional scene, Letty tells Dom she remembers that they're married–she finally got it!–which starts Dom's heart and all is well.
There is a bit more, well done, emotion in the movie, and Dom and Brian say their goodbyes, and drive off, going their separate ways, into the sunset. Actually. Into the sunset.
Think I've given everything away? There's much, much more.
As long as one is able to ignore the absolutely implausible plot twists, the scenes contrived to provide an excuse for doing really stupid, suicidal but flashy things with cars, the fact that Dom and his crew often go into battle with heavily armed mercenaries without carrying a single firearm, and all of the scantily clad, squirming and giggling women–could this have anything to do with the popularity of this movie for adolescent males?–Furious 7 is a fast-paced (pun) action movie that doesn't disappoint. This movie continues several other features of the previous films, particularly the fact that all of the actors can memorize their lines for virtually any scene from an index card (one side) just before going on set.
As this is written, the movie is by far the most profitable of the series, making at least $1.3 billion dollars worldwide in theatrical release alone (reported in April of 2015). It is at least the fifth biggest movie of all time, and the 8th installment has been in production for some time.
Furious 7 is definitely worth seeing on DVD as long as one has no expectation of a coherent plot, and of fidelity to the laws of physics. But that's not the point, is it?


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Sedating pets for airline travel
If the microchip cannot be read or found in Australia, or the microchip number is inconsistent on any import paperwork, your cat or dog may be exported from Australia.
Please seek advice from your veterinarian if you're concerned about the animal's age and how they may handle the journey and quarantine in Australia.
If you're concerned about how your animal will handle the trip, arrange for them to arrive in Australia early in the week.
This will help staff settle them into their accommodation and, if required, arrange early veterinary attention.
Microchips are the only approved identification method.
Your cat or dog should be scanned at each visit to the veterinarian and must be scanned before any pre-export blood sampling.


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5 Ways for Northern Michigan Seniors to Stay Safe in the Sun
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Summertime. Our reward for having survived another cold and snowy Michigan winter. For older adults, however, summer can create just as many risks as a Northern Michigan winter does. One of the worst is Hyperthermia. It happens when you are just too hot. Your body can't rid itself of enough heat. Untreated, it can lead to heat stroke. Seniors are at greater risk for it.
The aging experts at The Brook Retirement Communities offer you our 5 best tips for staying safe this summer:
- Limit sun time. On the hottest days of the summer, try to avoid going outside. Especially during mid-day and afternoon. That is when UV rays, heat and humidity are at their peak. If you and an aging loved one must go outside, try to do so in the early morning and evening hours.
- Protect Your Skin. Older adults are more likely to have thinner skin. That puts them at an increased risk of both sun burn and sun poisoning. Apply sunscreen liberally as often as indicated on the directions. Don't forget areas like the end of your nose, tops of your ears, and the back of your neck.
- Drink up! Make sure you drink your 8 – 10 glasses of water each day during the summer heat. If you are perspiring alot, health experts also recommend drinking a sports drink to replace the electrolytes. Just don't overdo it. Some sports drinks are high in sugar and that can actually contribute to dehydration.
- Investigate Medication Side Effects. Some of the drugs that older adults more commonly can increase sun sensitivity. What that means is seniors can suffer from heat exhaustion or heat related illnesses much quicker than normal.
- Watch Your Diet. Water rich foods, like cucumbers and watermelon, can help to keep you hydrated. You also want to eat high protein foods to keep your blood sugar steady. Chicken, fish, and Greek yogurt are all good options for summer menus.
Finally, remember these three words to help keep yourself or an aging loved one safe: Water.Rest. Shade.
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August 28, 2016
As summer turns to fall and the general election campaign kicks into full gear, one thing is becoming increasingly clear; this is going to be an ugly, nasty election. Every four years everyone seems to run around complaining about how that year's race is the dirtiest and nastiest campaign ever, and every four years they're wrong. The fact is presidential campaigns have always been nasty affairs. However, given that, when challenged about their candidate, the first words out of the mouths of Clinton surrogates are "Donald Trump," and vice versa, this does actually appear to be a particularly nasty cycle. Supporters of both campaigns have abandoned all pretense of even attempting to defend their candidates in favor of constant attacks on their opponent, likely due to the fact that both major party candidates are indefensible. The main theme of both campaigns seems to be that you should vote for me because the other one is worse. As I think the polls at this point will support, this type of campaigning is a sound strategy for Hillary Clinton, but it will not work for Donald Trump.
Traditionally, the goal of negative campaigning is to tear down your opponent. You want to make it so that the voters don't like your opponent, don't trust your opponent, and don't want your opponent to be president. This is why it's so difficult to see what Donald Trump hopes to accomplish by attacking Clinton. The goals of a negative campaign have already been achieved by virtue of Hillary Clinton being Hillary Clinton. The American people already don't like her, don't trust her, and don't want her to be president. Furthermore, Hillary has been around so long and is so familiar to the American people that it will be difficult to move the needle on her. The voters know her and they know what they think of her. Hillary Clinton isn't running away with this election because the American people love her. She's running away with it because while they don't like her, they are straight-up scared of Donald Trump.
This is the main challenge the Trump campaign faces, and where they need to focus their efforts in the coming weeks. Hillary Clinton's negatives will take care of themselves and the case against her will be highlighted by a scandal and controversy loving media. What Trump needs to do is focus on his side of the equation. He needs to reassure the voters who don't want Hillary to be president that he is a feasible alternative, and that it's safe to choose him. He can start by avoiding picking a pointless, unnecessary fight every other day and staying away from intentionally provocative and offensive statements. Donald Trump has spent so much of the campaign scaring the majority of Americans off with outlandish statements that most of Hillary Clinton's campaign commercials are nothing more than thirty seconds of Donald Trump soundbites. He's been playing a character for most of his life. Now that character has to be one that the American people can see as president.
The opposite is true for the Clinton campaign. In the same way that Hillary's long and illustrious career makes it difficult for Trump to increase her negatives, it makes it difficult for her to increase her positives. There is simply nothing that Clinton can do in the middle of a presidential campaign that will make the voters trust her or like her more. This is tough enough for most candidates. For one with almost a quarter century in the public eye, it is impossible. The good news for Hillary is that, since people know her so well, while they may not like the idea of her as president, since she has been in power in one form or another for so long, she is seen as the safe and stable choice. The really good news for Hillary is that she's running against Donald Trump, who is seen as anything but safe or stable. Right now, she's ahead in the polls because people are too scared of the alternative to vote against her. To win, she has to keep it that way. Fortunately for her, Donald Trump has given her plenty of material to work with.


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this could be a birth defect or a childhood disease called "rickets" which is normally caused by poor nutrition.Sometimes it can be caused by lack of Vitamin D
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A number of factors like blood volume smooth muscles of blood vessels autonomic impulses catecholamines angiotensin 2 gravity etc affect venous return.
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coming from veins !!!
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The Benefits of Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer
It is totally natural for someone who has been injured due to the negligence of another to seek compensation. It is not always guaranteed that the victim will receive compensation as the court may not grant this and the insurance company may not do their due diligence.
Since the victims do not know the legalities Involved they insurance companies intentionally use this against them. In such a situation is where the help of a personal injury lawyer will be valuable. A reputable lawyer will ensure justice is served to the injured. The victims of a motor accident undergo a tough post- accident period. Other than attending to injuries, the victims still have to make decisions regarding how they will follow up on the case. The injured should determine whether they will hire a personal injury attorney services as it is important. A valid medical insurance guarantees that a person will be rightfully compensated even for his/ her treatment. When an insurance company fails to compensate, the services of personal injury lawyer should be sought after.
For the victims to accept underpayment, insurance companies usually mislead them. Insurance companies also sweet talk victims and doing this enables them get away with injustice. The vulnerable clients are those who do not have attorneys with them. The insurance companies opt to settle the case without going for trial and this is how they convince victims to be compensated way below their eligibility. Using unnecessary information, they try to deny a victim compensation. This is done by asking for unnecessary documents which they then rule out to be incomplete hence their basis for no payment or underpayment. They can also delay proceedings so that the victims get frustrated, this is another tactic.
Private medical history of a patient can be uncovered after an invasion of the victim's privacy by the insurance firms. Hiring a personal injury lawyer will ensure such cases are evaded.
The knowledge about the legalities involved is in the personal injury lawyer's mind. The victims are guaranteed to get the rightful compensation with the lawyer's assistance. Another benefit of hiring such a lawyer is that they keep the insurance tactics at bay. Since insurance companies are aware of the consequences that result from making false claims, they can never make false claims. The injured should not hold back any vital information from the lawyer as this will help them have higher chances of winning the case. The injured should always be truthful and they should never give a statement to the police without the lawyer's knowledge.
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My Tween Girl is feeling very self conscious due to the eczema flare up on her face. The heat doesn't help but it's getting better slowly. I bought this green print skirt long before she was big enough to wear it from Monsoon. She was about 7 years old and at the height of her pink obssession so she never even glanced at it! I used to buy most of their dresses at Monsoon but in the last couple of years there's been fewer and fewer things that I like. One thing's for sure, I'm so glad I have Sweetie to pass it down to because girls' clothes can be horribly expensive. I love this skirt so much, I'm going to make Sweetie wear it as much as possible. The Ray-Bans complete the retro look.
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In Tibetan the word for body is lü (ལུས༏), which means "something you leave behind," like baggage. Each time we say "lü," it reminds us that we are only travelers, taking temporary refuge in this life and this body. So in Tibet people did not distract themselves by spending all their time trying to make their external circumstances more comfortable. They were satisfied if they had enough to eat, clothes on their backs, and a roof over their heads. Going on as we do, obsessively trying to improve our conditions, can become an end in itself and a pointless distraction. Would anyone in their right mind think of fastidiously redecorating their hotel room every time they booked into one?
I love this piece of advice from Patrul Rinpoche:
Remember the example of an old cow,
She's content to sleep in a barn.
You have to eat, sleep, and shit –
That's unavoidable-
Beyond that is none of your business.
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In this post I urge Indie Authors to reclaim Twitter as a social media tool, as a platform to INTERACT with readers and other authors rather than use it as a one way sewer pipe full of "BUY MY BOOK" excrement.
I'm seeing more and more blog posts with headings along the lines of "The Indie Author's Guide to Twitter". Although I think it's great that people are sharing knowledge and information, the title should really be "How to Abuse Social Media" because that's what most of these posts amount to.
The idea behind Twitter is to express yourself in 140 characters. Yes, there are twitter accounts that are set up for no other reason than to spam out links. They are bad. But when an indie author does it it suddenly makes it okay? No it doesn't. It just makes that indie author a spammer too.
SOCIAL media
Social Media: the clue is in the name. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but to be social requires discourse. I'm not seeing that with many indie authors. The vast majority of their tweets are dedicated to promoting their wares. If legitimate people follow you then they'll do so because they are interested in you and your work to begin with. You don't have to spend every waking (and non-waking automated) minute blitzing their feed with how great you and your work is.
If someone wants to see adverts then they can turn off their adblocker or turn on their TV, radio, or read a newspaper or magazine. What most of these "guides" encourage indie authors to do is to spam their followers with information that they already know. Oh, you have a book available on Amazon? I guess I missed that fact the first 500 times you posted it….
Until recently my Twitter feed was swamped by the same six or seven accounts. They had nothing to say, but they were tweeting it out loud and clear. So much so that I was missing tweets from people who actually had something to say. My feed was full of Retweets, Retweets of Retweets, crowing about 5* reviews and quotes…. oh the endless quotes! I've begun to remove those accounts and I now see a whole range of diverse tweets from many interesting people.
Here are the main culprits for the decline in Twitter interaction:
Follow as many people as possible
I've seen the advice that you should follow as many people as possible because that's the ONLY way to gain followers! Ahhhh no. That's the quickest way to end up in the circle-jerk of #TeamFollowback. Like attracts like, it's the nature of the universe. You will gain followers if you have something interesting to say, are helpful and genuine. Sure, it can be a slow process, but Rome wasn't built in a day either. It makes more sense to me to grow from a small number of followers who are interested in what I have to say than thousands who will never read my tweets. Crazy eh?
Unfollow those pesky non-followers…
I see the tip 'unfollow anyone who doesn't follow you back' often, because apparently a 1:1 ratio of following to followers is a good thing. No, it's not. That shows that you really don't care about the content of the people you follow as long as they follow you back. When I see an account that follows 30k+ accounts that says to me that that account has no interest in my tweets. They just want my follow. Really, are they going to be reading ANY of the thousands of tweets that hit their feeds every second. No, no they're not.
Automate Those Tweets
Why waste your time on tweeting out when you can simply automate it? You're out shopping. Oh no, how will people know that you have a book out, or a promotion on?! Don't worry your pretty little head! ACME generic tweet app will save the day. What about when you sleep? No problem! Auto-tweet the hell out of that too because people in different timezones might have missed your
spamming very important self promotion marketing tweets. Champion! That way there can be no escape from swamping your followers' feeds.
Retweet EVERYTHING!
Another popular 'top tip' is to retweet the love. See #RT #authorRT or any number of a dozen hashtags and you must mindlessly hit that Retweet button, regardless of whether you know, like, or have even read the contents. It's the law! Sounds great doesn't it? Well no. Not really. You're supposed to be building a brand. Your brand should be built on trust and integrity. Your readers should be able to trust that what you write is good, and what you promote is as good as, or better than your own work. They should have faith that you have the integrity to be actually supporting what you're sharing rather than clicking (or automating) the Retweet button without a second thought. If you genuinely think some information is useful, or your followers might enjoy it then Retweet away.
Have a Professional Presence
It's right that Indie Authors should project a professional image, but by abusing the twitter platform with endless self promotion they're doing themselves no favours. Being indie – Independent – is about being in control of your own destiny, and to me, having the integrity that 'Big Business' doesn't. On twitter I follow those have something to say, not just continuous veiled "Buy my book" tweets. And those that follow me, I'd like to think that they are interested in what I have to say. You know, being social and all that.
Don't try and emulate the 'Big 6' accounts. Your readership is at a grass roots level, they want to interact with you, so don't let them down by industrialising your social media platforms.
I now check out every account that follows me, and if they (a) are a real person (b) post real tweets and (c) don't have feed full of RTs and automated crap then I'll follow back. Nine times out of ten, if I don't follow back then after a couple of days they unfollow and I feel vindicated in my decision not to follow that account. After a little while, some of those accounts will pop up as followers again. Annoying.
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Individual Baked Spinach Gratins
by Emily
When I saw Deb post this recipe on Smitten Kitchen, I pretty much felt like there was no way this couldn't be pretty dang good. I mean, pairing Julia Child's recipe with Deb's buy-in basically makes it a sure thing, right? I found it to be an especially accessible recipe because while it is, in fact, delish, it is pretty much no frills in terms of the ingredients… and I happened to have all items on hand. No trip to the grocery store means you can forget about the hard sell, this recipe is a done deal.
Individual Baked Spinach Gratins
adapted from Smitten Kitchen's Best Baked Spinach via Julia Child
Serves 4
1 pounds fresh spinach
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup stock or cream (I used cream)
1/3 cup grated Swiss cheese
2 tablespoons fine, dry breadcrumbs (I used Panko)
1/4 cup Parmesan
Preheat oven to 375˙.
Place washed spinach in a large pot over high heat. Cook, covered until wilted, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a colander and immediately shock with ice to stop the spinach from cooking. Fully drain. Squeeze spinach of excess moisture in colander or with your hands. Once drained, chop the spinach coarsely.
Wipe out the pot and melt the butter over moderately high heat. Stir in the spinach and cook for 2-3 minutes or until all the moisture from the spinach has cooked off.
Lower the heat and sprinkle with flour and stir for 2 minutes. Add the stock or cream slowly. Once the liquid is added, simmer for another minute or two, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Season with salt and pepper.
Lightly butter 4 ramekins (or a small, shallow baking dish). Stir Swiss cheese into the spinach and scoop evenly into ramekins. Mix the Parmesan cheese with breadcrumbs and sprinkle on spinach. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until heated through and slightly brown on the top.


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it's 1 week now.where are our politicians.in a deep slumber? we want a total ban of the paper.don't be fooled by their apologies


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[It's been a while, but I have found another great essay from the great Servus Tertius, so I present it to you, starting at the next paragraph, an essay. As always, anything in brackets are comments to help you understand the essay better. (like this)]
Okay, I know it might be an anachronism, but I don't know what an anachronism is, so…
I was talking to a friend yesterday when he asked me how I could possibly make pigs fly. This sounded rather odd to me, so I asked him what he meant, and he told me he was wooing the fair Julia when her father, may he spit on his grave, told him that Julia would marry him when pigs fly. My friend took that as a challenge, and I have been stumped on the question ever since.
The simple thing is pigs don't fly. You might as well have said when the moss decides to turn purple, or when Cicero gives his next speech from his place on the rostra. [I would try to explain this, but I fear I wouldn't be able to give the humor justice. Ask a Latin student, or Ancient History major and see what they say.] They have just as much chance of happening. By the way, Cicero, you are starting to stink. [Here, Tertius takes a joke that was already questionable and takes it a few steps further down the line. I'm just a translator, though. I don't have to sink to that level.] Why don't you bathe sometime? [Baths were very important to Roman life, especially in the upper class. Rather than just being a time to purge onself of the germs and bacteria that one was bound to pick up over the course of the day, baths were social events. Meetings took place there, and I'm sure more than one plot was hatched in a bathhouse. Whether these plots were actually successful is up to speculation.]
The simple fact of the matter is pigs don't fly. If pigs could fly, they'd have wings, and I told my friend just that. I mean, what are you going to do? Stick a feather [here part of the manuscript was destroyed. This happens all the time when digging up old documents. I'm sure, that what was lost was very much in accordance with the wit and taste of Servus Tertius.] Still, he was determined to try. He asked what if we were to launch them. Of course we all know if you were to launch a pig, it would fall back down, but my friend was of the mind that if we were to launch them high enough, they might not come back down. I dismissed this. Anyway, if you launched a pig, it wouldn't be flying, it would be more like falling over a trajectory which if looked at in the right way could possibly resemble flying. Besides, just because you don't see a pig hit the ground doesn't mean it didn't. [A very advanced thought for Tertius, indeed]
It became apparent from this that we needed to define flying. A good definition of flying would be staying up in the air without touching the ground. That's when we had an idea. As long as the pig doesn't touch the ground ever, it would be flying. However, the father did say "pigs," not "pig." And he didn't say "some pigs" either, so the only way of making it work that I see would be to juggle all the pigs in the world for the rest of your life. Good luck, friend.
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On the Flight of Pigs
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