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By the time I flung myself into bed the night before I knew I'd caught a cold. During summer in El Salvador no less. Do you even catch colds? Like, if your sick germs get all over me do I get your cold or do we catch colds from merely being cold? These were the type of deep and existential thoughts I had time to ponder while recovering at La Tortuga Verde in El Salvador.
I'd stumbled upon this cool low-key turtle sanctuary when I was researching our backpacking route in Central America. I liked how it was hours away from the surfing hot spot of Playa El Tunco and touted as eco-conscious accommodations. I travelled with Gekko Trail Explorers leaving Antigua, Guatemala at 3am and arriving at La Tortuga Verde later that afternoon.
|Overlooking the Pacific Ocean
|Have you ever heard of a pet pelican?
|Turtle egg
The egg reburial was short and not particularly exciting, but it was cool getting to hold turtle eggs in my hand. They weren't delicate like chicken eggs but rather felt like semi-flexible ping pong balls. We were encouraged to drop the eggs into a four foot deep hole, simulating how their mother would've laid them, then covered everything up with sand. Then… that's it! Turtle eggs take one to three months to hatch so unfortunately I wouldn't be around for the adorably cute part of watching the little buggers waddle out to sea.
I only spent a few more days in El Salvador as I was trying to make it to the Corn Islands in Nicaragua to celebrate my 27th birthday, but the peace and tranquility that I found at La Tortuga Verde was a high point in my travels. There were hammocks galore (comfortable woven ones, not the cheap plastic type) and my favourite pastime was to lie under the shade of their beautiful coconut trees and listen to a novel (my e-reader sadly died on me). The beach stretched on for miles and miles, interrupted only by the friendly futbol games that would begin as the sun started to set, and made the perfect backdrop for envisioning the characters and scenery of my latest audiobook.
When I wasn't listening to a story, I was trying to paddle board, taking long walks on the beach, searching for pupusas (El Salvador's national food), and making new friends. As sad as it was to part ways with my husband, being on my own for a bit inspired confidence in myself and reminded me that I'm independent enough to travel on my own. It turned out that I made friends easily and we continued onto Leon, Nicaragua together. I love the sense of openness and connectedness that travellers can share on the road.
My last night in El Salvador was totally random and involved a fun mix of locals and foreigners, a fireshow, $1 beers, and skinny dipping. Let's just say I skipped out early as my husband and I have a rule about that…
Have you ever been to El Salvador before or visited a turtle sanctuary? What was your experience like?


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'Hastings' - Class Sloop : Pennant L27 (changed to U27 in May 1940)
Displacement Tonnage : 1,045 tons
Dimensions : Length - x Beam - x Depth
Laid Down : 29-07-1929
Launched : 10-04-1930
Commissioned : 26-11-1930
Propulsion : 2 x Geared Steam Turbines driving twin-screws - 2,000 HP - 16-17 knots
Amrmaments : 2 x 4 inch BL Mk. IX Guns + 4 x 4.5 inch AA Guns
Assigned patrol duties in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea areas until 1937 then recalled to Home Waters. Underwent a refit in 1939, at which time she was fitted out with annti-submarine detection equipment.
In the Second World War, she was assigned to Rosyth for convoy defence in the North Sea and, in waters off the British East Coast, until June 1941. During this period, she suffered no damage as a result of enemy action, but was twice involved in collisions with other ships in 1940 - HMS Bradman on 11 January and SS Limeslade on 1 December.
In July 1941, she was transferred to Western Approaches Command for escort duty between Great Britain and Freetown, Sierra Leone, as well as assisting in Atlantic convoy defence. She was equipped with two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons for these rôles. By October, she was also equipped with a Type 286M Ex-RAF radar. In early 1942, this was upgraded to a Type 271 radar.
In March 1943, she was escorting Convoys HX.229A from St. John's to Great Britain when the convoy came under heavy and sustained attacks from two German U-boat groups totalling 29 attack submarines.
Subsequently, she also escorted Convoy ONS3 and Convoy SC128 whilst they were being attacked by groups of German attack submarines.
In August of the same year she took part in many anti-submarine operations. The first was on 23 August off Ortegal, Spain. It was led by HMS Bermuda and lasted for two days. On 25 August, a group of frigates and corvettes arrived in the area but were attacked by 14 Dornier Do-217s, seven Junkers Ju-88s and the new German weapon, the Hs293 glider bomb. The attack was unsuccessful.
Two days later, in an operation off Cape Finisterre with RAF Coastal Command led by HMCS Athabaskan, Hastings once again came under glider bomb attack but was undamaged. However, similar glider bombs sunk HMS Egret and severely damaged HMCS Athabaskan, although Athabaskan was saved, the operation was called off. HMS Egret was the first warship sunk by such a glider bomb.
On 19-11-1943, HMS Hastings was recalled to Belfast to undergo assessment as her age and poor record raised questions on her suitability for further active service. She was then laid up at Hartlepool from March 1944.
Following a refit, she joined the 3rd Submarine Squadron at Holy Loch and served as a target-ship and for escort training from October 1944 until February 1946. She paid off on 16-02-1946 and was listed for disposal. In April 1946 she was sold for breaking and proceeded to Troon's West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company for that purpose, where she arrived on 6th of April 1946.
Atlantic : 1940 - 1943
Biscay : 1943
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I'm intrigued by a book I just discovered, Ben Hecht's 1001 Afternoons in Chicago. It's available on Project Gutenberg. It'll have to go on my TBR (to be read) list for a time, but sample this:
Why did Fanny do this? The judge would like to know. The judge would like to help her. The judge says: "Now, Fanny, tell me all about it."
All about it, all about it! Fanny's stoical face stares at the floor. If Fanny had words. But Fanny has no words. Something heavy in her heart, something vague and heavy in her thought—these are all that Fanny has.
Let the policewoman's records show. Three years ago Fanny came to Chicago from a place called Plano. Red-cheeked and black-haired, vivid-eyed and like an ear of ripe corn dropped in the middle of State and Madison streets, Fanny came to the city.
Ah, the lonely city, with its crowds and its lonely lights. The lonely buildings busy with a thousand lonelinesses. People laughing and hurrying along, people eager-eyed for something; summer parks and streets white with snow, the city moon like a distant window, pretty gewgaws in the stores—these are a part of Fanny's story.
The judge wants to know. Fanny's eyes look up. A dog takes a kick like this, with eyes like this, large, dumb and brimming with pathos. The dog's master is a mysterious and inexplicable dispenser of joys and sorrows. His caresses and his beatings are alike mysterious; their reasons seldom to be discerned, never fully understood.


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I know that I promised to resume my writing last week, but once again, life threw another curveball.
Death was a subject that I always intended to write about (from a wheeling mother's perspective), but my intro to this taboo topic got scrapped when I received the call from my best friend's mom that the end was near. Dialysis was no longer a viable option and her kidney disease produced subsequent medical complications.
With TK's youngest god-child in tow, I nervously boarded the Knoxville-bound plane to see my sidekick for the last time.
I'd like to leave you all with the most resilient, yet humble words I have ever heard: Tekyia's prayer


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Its true I go with the concept of throwing away anything you don't need, but if it really looks reusable, why don't we keep it? especially when it returns to be useful. This decorative plate I got from the supermarket and it was holding some dates.
And for this nice bowl, I bought it from home store and it was inexpensive. It cost few cents.
Aren't they look simple, tidy and beautiful decoration pieces? Please let me know your feedback, responses and comments. Your responses will be the next talking center of-course. I am waiting for your pictures and ideas about home organizing and DIYs.
It looks clean and tidy like you can not throw it away without asking yourself what can I use it for ?
Actually you can use it for too many things. But I was thinking to use it as a beautiful decoration piece. When I was in a tour in Ikea, I saw these little gorgeous decoration torka balls.
They are simple and uni-colored. I loved them but I didn't buy them. I was in a harry and this little beautiful plate came into my way while I was organizing. I was in my craft room organizing my coroche rolls. Coroche often comes with this shape.
I turned them into nice balls shaped like this.
It looked much similar to the balls I saw in Ikea. I just secured the end of the thread by passing it through the ball. I don't know if you can see it. I did my best to catch it with the camera.
I came up with some colors and made the same thing. I picked the colors matches my living room colors.
And with my beautiful plate I made this nice look.


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We had our Muffin Tin Monday today for dinner. H had carrots sticks, ranch veggie dip, pita chips,blueberry cereal bar, and pasta salad. I kinda felt bad there was no protein in the tin but she had chicken for lunch. H loved helping me make pasta salad. She adds all the veggies and the salad dressing.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Muffin tin Monday
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Senor Amigo takes Texas Hall of Fame Stakes
Senor Amigo relished the sloppy going Saturday night at Retama Park, when the $100,000 Texas Hall of Fame Stakes was moved from the turf to the main track and he rolled to a six-length win over Goosey Moose.
The race was one of six restricted stakes worth a cumulative $470,000, with the races complementing inductions into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The program was the richest of the meet at Retama.
Senor Amigo ($7.80) went to the lead at the start of the mile and a sixteenth Hall of Fame, and led the field through fractions of 23.52 seconds for the opening quarter, 46.76 for the half-mile mark, and 1:11.31 for six furlongs. He was clear in the stretch, going on to cover the distance in 1:43.66.
Justin Shepherd rode the winner for trainer Scott Blasi.
Blasi is also the trainer of third-place finisher Upstream. Dreamsandvisions, the favorite, rallied for fourth. Northern Scene was scratched from the Hall of Fame, which was moved to the main track after heavy rains hit San Antonio.
Senor Amigo earned $60,000 for the win, which was his sixth from 22 starts. He has earned $203,410. Senor Amigo races for William O. Howard.
Wrenice delivers in Stallion Stakes
Wrenice delivered as the 2-5 favorite in the $125,000 fillies division of the Texas Stallion Stakes, when she lead througout for a two-length win over Stage Stop. The win was Wrenice's second at the Retama meet, following a 17-length allowance score at the track in August.
Wrence ($2.80) covered the six furlongs over a sloppy track in 1:11.72. Bobby Walker Jr. rode the winner for trainer Randy Mayfield.
* Mystery Classic ($4) won his fifth straight race when he drew off by five lengths in the off-the-turf $40,000 Watson MacManus Memorial. Walker rode the winner for trainer Robert Schultz.
* Daddy Warbucks ($8.20) closed well for a four-length win in the $125,000 colts and geldings division of the Texas Stallion Stakes. Roman Chapa rode the winner for trainer Danny Pish.
* Olmosta ($5.40) was a five-length winner of the off-the-turf $40,000 Fiesta Mile. Jeremy Collier was aboard for trainer Andrew Konkoly.
* Open Meadows ($11) won the first stakes of the night with a three-length score over Madam Menehune in the $40,000 Selma, which was run over a yielding course. Shepherd rode the winner for trainer Jack Bruner.
* Handle on the card was $922,523. Attendance ontrack was 3,246.


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Employers increasingly require validation of digital literacy skills and employability can depend on it.
According to our recent survey of HR professionals and employers, 90% rate operating a digital device as important to the majority of roles in their organisation. Today almost every job relies on some aspect of technology: whether it's sitting at a PC in an office, working at a checkout or delivering parcels.
Employers want people to have the skills to be productive straight away in a new role and believe digital skills improve employee efficiency and increase business productivity.
Key findings in our survey showed that:
What digital skills are important in employment today?
Tina George, Sureline Communications


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Redpolls Sentence Examples
- Some of these relatives lead almost insensibly to the greenfinch (ut supra) and its allies, others to the goldfinch (ut supra), the redpolls and so on.
- The birds of this genus - the crossbills - when their other characters are taken into account, prove to be intimately allied on the one hand to the grosbeaks (Pinicola) and on the other through the redpolls (Aegiothus) to the linnets (Linota) - if indeed these two can be properly separated.
- The linnets, through the genus Leucosticte, lead to the mountain-finches (Montifringilla), and the redpolls through the siskins (Chrysomitris) to the goldfinches (Carduelis); and these last again to the hawfinches, one group of which (Coccothraustes) is apparently not far distant from the chaffinches (Fringilla proper), and the other (Hesperiphona) seems to be allied to the greenfinches (Ligurinus) .


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Now for some of the rolling stock that you will see at Garahbara.
V/Line sleeper 285 SS made it's way to Garahbara in 2010. A modified Powerline carriage, as delivered livery, with interior fitted, (I'm pretty sure the blinds were green) modified underframe according (loosely) to Graham Brown's AMRM article (Feb 2003) and a touch of weathering.
|Modified Powerline model
V/Line SS 285 Sleeper
|Powerline V/Line Sleeper SS 295 modified underframe
More to come...........


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Know the Very Importance of SEO Strategies to Your Business
People as we are, having to make sure you are incorporating the right things when running or starting a business is very important. It has been found that there really are a number of possible ways businesses can improve and grow, one of which is to consider asking for professional small business coaching.
Right off the bat, it is just important that you will have to look into being recognized online. The world today has shifted significantly that more and more businesses are seeing the need of taking on the challenge to market products and services online. If you are little to no understanding on what factors really matter, then to consider small business coaching will be a good way for you secure you are as per the right way. As much as possible, it really is important that you will have to look into the very contents and specifics we have for you to be able to learn more about how to achieve success.
To start off, it is important that you will have to opt and make sure you are using the right keywords. Do not forget that you will have to be as specific as you should just so you will be able to reap success by starting everything right. Make sure that the keywords are studied carefully or is provided by a reputable small business coaching you hired. Take advantage of the things that people type in search engines and make sure you are using those very keywords to be seen.
The links you are going to use can actually range from a number of possible usage and forms. As much as possible, you will want to be really specific about using the right inbound links since quality links are what search engines are looking forward to incorporate in their results pages. Make use of the capabilities of professional small business coaching or make use of a reputable source online when building links and that you should use quality content.
As much as possible, you should also consider having your links readable. Being able to make use of which is a great way for you to be certain your SEO strategy is effective.
As much as possible, it should be made in a way that they are human-readable URLs. By using the right URL and editing them to be readable is a great way for you to boost your reputation instead of just leaving it as a series of texts and numbers. It should also be that they are keywords that is as per your websites main keyword.
If you are looking forward to reap success down the line, it really is important that you will have to consider getting enough support from contents online. It should be that you have various pages ranging from articles, blog posts, and the list goes on.
Having to secure you are well aware on what factors really matter is a great way for you to ensure that you will reap success as per your goals. Be sure you will want to consider small business coaching strategies to ensure you will reap success.


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Formula 1 News - February, 2012
Feb.6 (GMM) Adrian Newey on Monday admitted his latest creation, the title-defending RB8, is a "slightly ugly looking" Red Bull.The reigning champions unveiled the car in which Sebastian Vettel will push for a third consecutive drivers' title, and like most other models seen so far in 2012, it has a controversial 'stepped nose'.Designer Newey said the car is yet another evolution of the 2009 model, the RB5."We've kept more or less the same chassis shape, but had to drop the nose just in front of the front bulkhead, which, in common with many other teams, has led us to I think I'd probably say a slightly ugly looking nose," said the Briton."We've tried to style it as best we can, but it's not a feature you would choose to put in were it not for the regulation."Newey admitted there is "pressure" to stay ahead of the pack in 2012, confessing that while he enjoys regulation changes, he laments the FIA's "restriction" in the area of exhaust blowing."Whether that will affect us more than other people is difficult to know of course," he said."We designed the RB7, last year's car, around that exhaust position and were probably the only people to do so, so it may be that we've lost more than other people through that."Only time will tell, it will be good to get out to do some testing and to see where we get to." Comments powered by Disqus


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Patches und updates
It's long since i last played the game. Now i heard of patches and upgrades and other nice stuff for the game.But the old sites of Westwood and all these firms doesn't exist anymore. So I wanted to ask where i can get this stuff now.
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Investing your capital is a difficult puzzle! But a puzzle that can't be avoided, because your capital is always invested in one investment vehicle or another, even if it's just gold coins buried under the roses. (No, I didn't do that. Please don't dig up my roses.)
The greatest puzzle for me is the wild fluctuation of asset prices. This seems to show that far from being a market with perfect knowledge, it's instead a market with hardly any knowledge. If the main players had much knowledge — about current facts, the underlying processes, or the future that will result from them — then the prices would be very stable until some unforeseen event, such as an exploding volcano, added significant new knowledge to the game.
And it does seem to be little more than a game, like high-stakes poker in a card club. Even if there were any big guys with real knowledge, they'd be using it to get superrich, not sharing it with me in the pages of the Wall Street Journal or a newsletter from a bank.
Or maybe it's a crooked game. According to the cliché, "The best way to predict your future is to create it!", so it's possible that the superrich are able to manipulate the market enough that they can cause and profit from predictable fluctuations. If so, they aren't going to tell me about that either.
But you've got to put your retirement money somewhere.
It's paralyzing.
Update: Eating an early dinner in the break room, my compulsively reading eyes fell on the June 8, 2010, Wall Street Journal. I read an interesting column by Sam Mamudi titled "Bond-Fund Managers See Signs of a Bubble: Heavy Inflows and Naivete About Losses". I then turned over page C11 to see a story on page C12 by Richard Barley titled "For Bonds: Give Credit Where Credit is Due" that begins
During 2009's rush to risk, stocks and corporate bonds soared in tandem. Renewed fear over slow growth and sovereign debt could break the link — with bonds the winners.
Maybe they are talking about different time frames, but is there really any reason to believe any of this, or is it just astrology?


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Sunday, June 21, 2015
At The Beach - A Magpie Tale
Magpie Tale
Check out the contributor list. As for my poem, you could pin it on him or you could pin it on her. Either way works.
At The Beach
In those days I thought
maybe I could still keep you,
at least for a while.
I schemed and worked up
snares for your soul, so I hoped.
I thought I needed
you so near I could
feel your breath in my fey ear.
Then you got too hot
and you rose up off
the blanket, shook off the last
of the sand, put out
your hand to them all
and they led you far away
despite what I said.
June 21, 2015 12:33 PM
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Some of them are just too hard to hold on to.. they evade and evaporate like sand on a beach.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have never been able to figure out if I was blessed or distressed to not get the girl sometimes. There have been several that never really quite worked out. Some of them I really wanted to keep but there you go...Delete
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If I take your meaning... yes... I am intense in my loving. It takes a special woman to not take that seriously in just the right way.Delete
losing the prize we think we deserved is sometimes just enough to keep us alluringly humble. If there is such a thingReplyDelete
half the pleasure in any relationship is finding out where the boundaries are and then pushing at them a bit...if nothing else, if it all goes up in flames, you can always consider it not a total loss if you got a poem or two out of itReplies
Oh boy, another poem. I already have two thousand them.Delete
Scheming and snares for the soul....yowzers.......that's some serious stuff for sure!!ReplyDelete
I like how your poem could be for a day encounter or a lifetime. Just get up and brush it off. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 22, 2015 at 8:28 PM
Love the image here and ... "in my fey ear" Well done.ReplyDelete
She is the dream, every man wants, she is like wind every man wants to own, she is hot and sexy and doesnt belong to a place. Its that girl one can never haveReplyDelete
Nice analogy.ReplyDelete
I'm not one for the sun either........ReplyDelete
the ones that no man seems to keep. heart breakers on my good days... harpy sirens the other 99%. hahaReplyDelete
This is the stuff that convinced me of destiny. That I would encounter this ultimately forbidden fruit and how that worked out each time. At this late date, the only one that means anything at all had me in the position of the unattainable man in just this same odd way. I could never get my head around the idea that she could possibly want me. So at one point she was in position and offered herself and I was so surprised I failed to pick up that I should move in that direction. I didn't get another chance and had so honestly shown her she was not my choice that I had no chance of going back and saying I didn't mean that somehow. My failure to believe was in no way a rejection for all it appeared one. I truly thought I was not in her league.ReplyDelete
That's the only one that matters now, and she only in how it illustrates how remarkably stupid i can be about some things. Nan, if you are somehow a silent reader, I am so very sorry for that moment in the airport.
Wistful lovely bittersweet...ReplyDelete


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Data Transfer is a crucial part of any medical environment, our project aims to aid the accuracy and speed in which patient observations are transferred between clinical staff in Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
We intended to transfer the original Observations and SHEWS chart from being entirely paper based to a digital format. Our intention was to increase readability of the Observations & SHEWS chart to reduce human error and enable swifter data transfer between clinical staff.
The initial page shows where clinical staff would use their personal details to log on. After signing in, this then leads to the CSE, an area which links each part of the application, aiding the ease of use and enables staff to access a specific section at the tap of a finger.
The system is based on the use of instinctive colours which give staff visual cues as to how the patients health is looking. Features include; a fully scrollable graph, to show a patients' previous results and a 'tap and type' system where staff can record data. The risk chart also gives the ability for staff to view subjective data, while using the toggle axis button allows for more objective data.
Patient Parameters can be set on the final page, meaning specific criteria can be taken into consideration when revising a patients well-being. Alerts coincide with these changes, depending on the patients' physical state when being referred.


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Hi everyone... Guess what...?
Haha, I am soooo excited! It's my first giveaway to ever win! I am very excited and shocked. I usually don't enter giveaways. But I recently started trying again, and look... I won!
The giveaway was hosted by Wendy's Delights! She has a great blog; I love it! I won a set of 6 mini Nails Inc polishes! These will be my first ever Nails Inc polishes! I can't wait!
Aren't those beautiful?!?! I also want to take a moment to thank Wendy! You started following me, and so did one of your followers! I now have two followers! This day keeps on getting better and better!
Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow with a manicure. Thanks for reading!
Caroline's Nails is a blog about nails, makeup, hair, clothes, etc. Check it out, and thanks for visiting!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
I won a giveaway! :)
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Congrats on winning, I met Wendy through Nails Inc they are fab polishes! Hope you enjoy them! xoReplyDeleteReplies
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With multi-purpose robots seemingly the most important invention in the next decade, we will see a flooding in the number of movies portraying its ill-effects. This increased influx gives birth to another movie of the same genre. It's Chappie, which is now available to watch online. Filled with prominent characters like Hugh Jackman and Dev Patel, this movie had imbibed a sense of curiosity amongst its fans.
Chappie watch online will unravel that the plot is presented in the future, where a mechanized police force involves in policing and protection while it patrols the streets and deals with lawbreakers. But, the people fight back igniting stronger inventions. When Deon (Dev Patel), steals one police droid and gives it a new program. This droid acquires the name Chappie and gets a unique ability to think and act for itself. Chappie comes across multiple situations where it is exposed to human behavior. After learning about Chappie's whereabouts, the government decides all measures have to be taken to find eradicate it as Chappie is considered as a potential threat.
The rest of the movie involves Chappie's fight for existence along with its creator, Deon. The movie has kindled cinema goers' interests across the world with its innocent view of the world, but, failed to have serious impacts due to the lack of depth in the story line. The movie is slow at times and fails to keep the audience latched onto their seats.
Chappie will now be considered a key point in the argument against Artificial Intelligence.


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Transportation in Dalhousie
Dalhousie is a small town and can be best explored on foot as then you enjoy the scenic mountain views. For tourist attractions, you may hire a cab or a taxi from any of the local private agencies in the town centre. The cab rate is standard and non-negotiable during peak season. For a shorter distance, you can also use ponies that charge a minimum of INR 100 per hour. For longer distances and places like Chamba and Khajjiar, there are plenty of private buses as well as state-owned roadways that are available at the main bus station near Gandhi Chowk.


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Even the kitchen at your own house can seem rather boring from time to time. Cooking for pleasure will transform your kitchen. If you like what you're doing in the kitchen, then going there will be a pleasure. The following article gives you helpful hints to get you started on your new adventure with cooking.
If you want to start cooking more, go to the bookstore or library and get a cookbook of simple and basic recipes that appeal to you. Create at your own pace and allow for patience as you get the trick of cooking down.
Keep a few pointers in mind if you plan to attempt cooking with skewers. If you are using metal skewers, stick to twisted or square designs, as this can grasp food more effectively.
If you want to slice meat into thin strips, freeze it partially before bringing it to the cutting board. This technique is particularly good for meats served in Asian cuisine. When the meat is partially frozen, it is much easier to slice and doesn't tear or stretch. The strips should be allowed to fully thaw before they are cooked so that they can cook evenly.
When baking crust for pie or tarts, leave them in the oven to bake a little longer than you planned. Let the crust go beyond light tan to a deeper, golden shade. The golden color is a sign that the sugars in the crust have finally caramelized.
Many apples are purchased for cooking in winter and fall, but they will rot in a short period of time if they are not properly stored. Storing apples in warm, dry air will cause them to rot. Instead, store your apples in a cool place. Remember the rule, one bad apple will spoil the bunch.
Here is a way to save your sauce and use it in your recipes. Mix one tablespoon of starch and two tablespoons of water. Continually stir the sauce while adding corn starch slowly. Adding the cornstarch mixture slowly and continuing to stir helps you judge the proper thickness of your sauce.
To maintain a vegetable's quality, cook it quickly. If you cook your vegetables for a long period of time, they might not be as nutritious. A plus is that faster cooking methods usually yield vegetables which are, generally, simply better for you health. The key to improving your vegetables is learning how you can cook them in the minimum amount of time.
It is absolutely essential that you have sharp knives whenever you cook. Dull knives are difficult to use and they are dangerous to cut with too. You are more likely to get cut exerting force on a dull knife to slice a vegetable than you are when using a sharp knife.
It can also be used on other foods, rather than just on meat. Sprinkle it on top of roasted sunflower or pumpkin seeds for a snack, or use the seasoning to top scrambled eggs. Everyone will ask what you used for spices.
For crispier French fries, put raw potatoes into cold water and let them sit there for about half an hour before frying. Soaking potatoes accomplishes two important things for your French fries; it takes out sugar and starch during the soaking process.
They will act somewhat like a sponge that soaks up all the water. So, in order to clean them, wipe off each mushroom with a clean, wet cloth.
Fresh Basil
Using chicken broth is something you can try when you're making vegetables. It will keep veggies from getting stuck to the bottom of the pan and add a little flavor. Chicken broth can be found at any grocery store, and is very low priced.
Do you want to cook with fresh basil? Take out a glass and put some fresh basil inside. Make sure the stems are covered by an adequate amount of water. Set the glass on the kitchen counter or windowsill to maintain its freshness for weeks. Remember to refresh the water from time to time, and you will notice that the basil starts to grow roots. Occasional pruning of the basil might instigate even more growth, which means you can have a steady supply of fresh basil even longer.
Avoid cooking foods in excessive oil when you are trying to become healthier or drop a few extra pounds. Many foods can be prepared in an alternative way that does not involve frying in oil. There is a lot of unnecessary fat in butter and oil. A god nonstick spray is a wonderful substitute for the oils and fats that you are using.
This seasoning can also be utilized on various other ingredients. A little on seeds or eggs can liven it up. People will wonder how you've managed to add such amazing flavor to simple dishes.
Always read the labels of what you buy. Many common ingredients contain items that are considered unhealthy. You need to make sure what you are purchasing is not high in sugar or sodium, as they are known to cause terrible health problems when consuming too much.
A great cooking tip to employ is to cook your vegetables in chicken broth. This helps to prevent vegetables from sticking on the pan. In addition, chicken broth improves the vegetables' flavor. Chicken broth is very inexpensive, and can be purchased at just about any local grocery store.
Never forget to measure oil when you are using it for cooking. By measuring, you will be able to lower the quantity of fat and grease in your foods. You'll be able to carefully account for all of the oil that you use.
Try to cut down the amount of oil used when cooing if you are trying to lose weight. Oil or butter add more fat than necessary to your dishes. A nonstick spray for cooking provides many of the same results as oil; however, it does not add extra calories.
If a particular wine's flavor is unknown to you, then you shouldn't use it as an ingredient in your food. Using a type of wine you find unpalatable will negatively impact the flavor of your food. They make wines that can be used only when you're cooking food.
When you are using wooden skewers in cooking, soak them for at least half an hour before putting the veggies on them. This way, you don't burn them when you are cooking with them. Use two parallel skewers instead of one skewer to avoid food falling off.
After having a big Thanksgiving turkey, don't pass up those leftovers. Cut the leftover meat and put it away in airtight containers. The turkey will stay fresh for several weeks, and you can use it for sandwiches or salads.
Use vegetable or chicken stock to saute vegetables. The vegetables get flavor from the broth, and there is no need to use as much oil as it normally takes to saute them. You will love this cooking style if you just give it a try!
When you cook, wash dishes as you go along. With a two-bowl sink, you can keep one side full of hot suds and run clear water for rinsing in the other. Just after use is the best time to wash up bowls and utensils. So clean as you go and you will always be ready with your next part of food preparation.
Now you may have fresh fruit at anytime during the year. An added bonus is that you are going to be able to eat fruit that is not in season and is therefore unavailable elsewhere during certain periods.
For dishes that involve multiple steps, make it easy on yourself by doing portions of the work on the evening prior to cooking. You can place all of your ingredients in a designated area so that you can be sure that you have all of the ingredients to prepare the dish. You can then chop fruits or vegetables and measure all dry ingredients that you need for the recipe. When you are ready to start cooking, all you have to do is combine the ingredients and cook them.
Salad Dressing
Get your grill ready to go before you start to barbecue. A half hour is the lead time usually needed in order to have the grill properly fired up before you cook. Your coals should all have a coat of ash at this point and be medium hot. This is the best temperature to begin grilling.
When serving salad to guests, you should never put salad dressing directly on it. You should have it to the side so that each person can use as much or as little as they want. Everyone likes a different amount of salad dressing. It is a good idea to allow them to control the amount themselves. Give them a choice of salad dressings.
Take care to not overfill your pan when you are sauteing. With too much in the pan, you will find some foods steaming as opposed to sauteing, which destroys the intended integrity of the dish. Keep the burner at a low setting during this process, as well.
Head to the store and replace your unused spices every six months. When a spice is kept for a while, it won't have the same flavor. When you have to buy certain spices for specific dishes, be sure to give some of the spice away to a family or friend, if you do not plan on using all of it, before it will go bad.
Potatoes such as russets, which are designed for baking, will provide the harder shell needed when you make "twice baked" potatoes or potato-skin appetizers. Red potatoes have too thin a skin to hold a thicker filling.
By staying organized while cooking you can avoid making mistakes, such as burning your food. When your cooking area is organized, you will be more productive and avoid errors. If you just cook without a plan, you will waste lots of food, which is the same as wasting lots of money.
Don't do all of your seasoning during the cooking process. Explore different possibilities. Try salt, pepper, cayenne, or garlic powder. Everyone has different preferences of spices and other seasonings. Rather than adding these spices to the food as you're cooking it, put them on the table so people can choose which ones they want to use. This allows each individual to enjoy the meal in accordance with his or her own personal preferences.
Fresh herbs in a meal are delicious. Bunch them together and then use a pair of scissors to snip them. This will keep them drier and less heavy than if they are chopped.
When you're cooking with nonstick cookware, you should always make use of silicone or nylon spoons, spatulas, and rubber. When using harder utensils, it can cause scratching or gauges in the nonstick surface, which could then cause the coating to get into food or lose it's effectiveness. This will not only taste unappealing, it is potentially toxic.
Do not overcook or undercook your cake. The time recommended on the box or in a recipe is a guide to be used with caution, because many factors, such as high altitudes, can have an effect on the actual time needed. Sticking a toothpick in the center of the cake is a time proven test for doneness. The cake is ready if the toothpick comes out clean; if not, let the cake bake some more.
Start preparing your meal a night in advance if you have a lot to do on the day you're going to cook. With some forethought and effort ahead of time, you can have stress-free meal preparation. Try things like cutting and paring vegetables the day before, or putting together pastas or lasagna and storing them to use as needed.
Not all potatoes are the same, and if you substitute one type of potato for another, your dish may not come out like you expected. Waxy potatoes are best used for things like potato salad but would not work well if made into a French fry. When cooking those foods, try using fluffier potatoes, including Russets.
For a simple way to add interest and complexity to your corn on the cob or dinner rolls, try mixing up a flavored butter. First, bring some butter to room temperature, or soften it using a microwave. Then mix in some herbs, sauces or spices to add some extra flavor. Some great ingredients that are worth adding are honey, chipotles, lemon juice or BBQ sauce.
The suggestions you were given in this article can help you come up with your own creative ideas. Take the time to learn how to cook, and your family should truly enjoy gathering around the dinner table every day. The process of cooking can contribute largely to your overall health and nutrition as well as your lifestyle. Make your kitchen the core of your house.
For better citrus fruit juicing results, pop it into a microwave. Heat your fruit for just a short time — usually about ten seconds. Immediately after removing the fruit from the microwave, gently roll it on a flat surface. Now you are ready to begin juicing.


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On the same day a homeowner on Brown Avenue realized he had been a victim in a copper pipe theft spree in Hagerstown, Hagerstown police discovered another copper theft at a house on Virginia Avenue.
There have been at least 28 copper thefts in the city, and many of them have occurred at vacant properties, such as those that are for sale, police said.
Hagerstown Police Department Capt. Mark Holtzman said last week that city officers have been conducting patrols around vacant homes in the city to help guard against the thefts and to detect any homes that might have been broken into for copper pipe.
During one of the patrols, city police noticed a house in the 400 block of Virginia Avenue had been burglarized and copper had been stolen, Holtzman said.
Many of the houses targeted in the copper thefts have been flooded because copper water lines were cut, police said.
The house on Virginia Avenue, which is for sale, was not flooded, and Holtzman said he believes the water service to the house might have been turned off. Holtzman said a minimal amount of copper was stolen.
The owner of the house at Brown and Summit avenues walked into the vacant home and realized copper pipe had been cut and stolen from the house. The basement of the house was flooded because a water line had been cut.
Hagerstown police are seeking the public's help in solving the crimes and are asking people to be watchful of suspicious activity around homes in their neighborhoods.
Anyone seeing suspicious activity is asked to report it by calling 911.
Holtzman said his department has some leads in its investigation.
"We're putting a lot of work into it," he said last week.


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The Slavic nations search for God..Moscow,Third Rome
"Moscow – the Third Rome" – is a documentary film, where a detailed study of the history of evangelical Christians in the bosom of the official church, since the beginning of X century presented. What were the first monasteries and how the monastic life impacted statehood in Russia? How Christian church was able to survive the Tatar-Mongol invasion? For what ideas in peacetime in Russia tens of thousands of people were killed? How the church became a lever in a secular state? Why the answers to these questions are concealed in our days?
The film features the famous Slavic historians, the current Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Filaret, Journalist of the first national channel of Russia, Maxim Shevchenko, Acting President of Ukraine in 2014, Alexander Turchinov, Professor UNISA, Johannes Reimer, a writer, a political scientist from the United States, Michael Morgulis and other public and politicians of the United States, Europe and the CIS.
Many historical scenes, interesting respondents, documented facts, raising concerns requiring global attention of the Christian world – all this is in a new documentary film of the "UGOL" studio – "Moscow – Third Rome".
Though Western Europe and Washington are reluctant to fess up to this unfortunate fact, Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long ago given up even the pretence of being a democratic polity and is openly pursuing policies detrimental to democracy, the rule of law and Western security considerations. In short, Turkey has become an Islamist dictatorship every bit as inimical to Western interests as Iran, except for being allowed by the West to maintain the charade that it is still a member of NATO and the Western community of nations. This is a dangerous charade that will inevitably come back to haunt us. For the reality is that Erdogan the Islamist has ambitions that go beyond Turkey and even the Middle East. Well known for his admiration for the Ottomans, Erdogan imagines himself as the leader of a new Ottoman Empire based on an Islamized Turkey, but exerting its influence far beyond. Many would dismiss this as an unrealistic pipe dream, and it probably is just that ultimately. But in pursuing it vigorously, Erdogan has already done much damage both in Turkey and abroad. Suffice it to say that Turks who had lived in Germany and the Netherlands for decades, voted for Erdogan in greater percentages (60% and 70% respectively) than voters in Turkey itself in the last referendum.
Read more: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/10/sultan_erdogan_and_the_new_janissaries.html#ixzz5CmuA3vld
thanks to rev17 for the link..
enjoy and discuss..
~ by seeker401 on April 16, 2018.
Posted in Religion, Russia, Turkey, World News
33 Responses to "The Slavic nations search for God..Moscow,Third Rome"
"Though Western Europe and Washington are reluctant to fess up to this unfortunate fact, Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long ago given up even the pretence of being a democratic polity and is openly pursuing policies detrimental to democracy, the rule of law and Western security considerations. In short, Turkey has become an Islamist dictatorship every bit as inimical to Western interests as Iran, except for being allowed by the West to maintain the charade that it is still a member of NATO and the Western community of nations."
Like most mafia families, there is always one man looking to take over the family, and it would appear that Erdogan is the one this time.
Perhaps this is why there has been such a delay in the reset of the world, an unexpected problem 'child' decided to pull a power play that wasn't in the script?
My guess is Erdogan will probably not live to be king after all, but will create a lot of death and destruction trying.
intriguedbyr said this on April 16, 2018 at 11:13 AM | Reply
Better question to me is, who is Erdogan and who is he connected too?
"Erdoğan was born in 1954 in the Kasımpaşa neighborhood of Istanbul, to which his family had moved from Rize Province. His parents are Ahmet Erdoğan and Tenzile Erdoğan.[25] Erdoğan reportedly said in 2003, "I'm a Georgian, my family is a Georgian family which migrated from Batumi to Rize."[26][27] But in a 2014 televised interview on the NTV news network, he said, "You wouldn't believe the things they have said about me. They have said I am Georgian… forgive me for saying this… even much uglier things, they have even called me an Armenian, but I am Turkish."[28][29] In an account based on registry records, his genealogy was tracked to an ethnic Turkish family.[30]
Erdoğan spent his early childhood in Rize, where his father Ahmet Erdoğan (1905 – 1988) was a Captain[31] in the Turkish Coast Guard.[32] Erdoğan had a brother Mustafa (b. 1958) and sister Vesile (b. 1965).[31] His summer holidays were mostly spent in Güneysu, Rize, where his family originates from. Throughout his life he often returned to this spiritual home, and in 2015 he opened a vast mosque on a mountaintop near this village.[33] The family returned to Istanbul when Erdoğan was 13 years old"
Georgian? Maybe, Dönmeh?
Who he is helps define his life expectancy if he's a fly in the ointment, as it were.
Cui Bono? said this on April 16, 2018 at 11:26 AM | Reply
Excellent points Cui Bono. A crypto Sabbatean, wow… now that would surely make a huge difference in his life expectancy indeed lol
intriguedbyr said this on April 16, 2018 at 11:29 AM | Reply
I find some who achieve notoriety go to great lengths to invent a past, especially those with connections to (((them))). Still not sure on Erdo, but 401's point below is certainly intriguing. May find more clues in his symbolism.
Cui Bono? said this on April 16, 2018 at 2:24 PM | Reply
In 1974, he wrote, directed and played the lead role in the play Maskomya, which presented Freemasonry, Communism and Judaism as evil.[41]
seeker401 said this on April 16, 2018 at 12:08 PM | Reply
Those are the supposed enemies of the Roman Catholic Church…very interesting indeed. I wonder if Erdogan is a Jesuit too and he and the pope are working together?
And what is the real relationship between Erdogan and Fethulah Gulen? Pennsylvania is a Jesuit territory – Scranton – Wharton
Trump went to Wharton. His son and daughter Georgetown – all Jesuit organizations.
"Erdogan was close to Gulen for decades, and the two leaders were in common opposition to secular Kemalist forces in Turkey.
They also shared the goal of transforming Turkey into a state of "Turkish nationalism with a very strong, conservative religiosity" at its core, said Ariel Salzmann, an associate professor of Islamic and world history at Queen's University in Canada.
Erdogan and Gulen were "partners in trying to assume power for decades," Salzmann said. "
ran into this doesn't necessarily have to do with the thread, but it's an
Interesting article from Wharton on the Secrets of Jesuit Leadership
intriguedbyr said this on April 17, 2018 at 5:39 AM | Reply
no fly in the ointment imo .. the Donmeh have ruled Turkey for well over a hundred years serving the purpose of Zionism .. my suspicion is just as Sabbatai Zevi converted to Islam Erdogan reveals his crypto identity initiating a mass muslim conversion to Sabbateanism
The Dönmeh: The Middle East's Most Whispered Secret
Like other leaders who have crossed the Zionists, Sultan Adulhamid II appears to have sealed his fate with the Dönmeh with this statement to his Ottoman court: "Advise Dr. Herzl not to take any further steps in his project. I cannot give away even a handful of the soil of this land for it is not my own, it belongs to the entire Islamic nation. The Islamic nation fought jihad for the sake of this land and had watered it with their blood. The Jews may keep their money and millions. If the Islamic Khalifate state is one day destroyed then they will be able to take Palestine without a price! But while I am alive, I would rather push a sword into my body than see the land of Palestine cut and given away from the Islamic state." After his ouster by Ataturk's Young Turk Dönmeh in 1908, Abdulhamid II was jailed in the Donmeh citadel of Salonica. He died in Constantinople in 1918, three years after Ibn Saud agreed to a Jewish homeland in Palestine and one year after Lord Balfour deeded Palestine away to the Zionists in his letter to Baron Rothschild.
Rev17 said this on April 16, 2018 at 6:55 PM | Reply
seeker401 said this on April 16, 2018 at 7:45 PM | Reply
same thing was told to Saddam by US before Kuwait ..
Stoltenberg Brushes Off Greece-Turkey Tensions: "Not An Issue For NATO"
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 7:20 PM | Reply
The Sabeans/Sabbatean: a demonic sport played by the lawless
This information is about a small group of other worldly inspired people who have taken control of our government and are fixing votes in Congress. Knowing all this, Rabbi Marvin Antelman in 1974 wrote a book called 'To Eliminate the Opiate'. He was the Rabbi who ex-communicated Kissinger from Judaism in his rabbinical council in 1974, for his ties to the CFR and his attempt to destroy Israel in the Yom Kippur War. He has been doing this for quite a while.
His claim was that the Sabbateans – REV 2:9, followers of a false messiah, named Shabtai Tzvi, went underground and have been trying to destroy Israel since the 17th Century. Any Jew who does not accept Shabtai Tzvi as the messiah, has no right to live? It's that serious. Now, Shabtai Tzvi was born in Smyrna, Turkey.
And Turkey is important to this… just keep in mind that he was a Turkish Jew. He started a movement that was anti-Jewish. In his movement, 'messianic days were upon us' – 'redemption was upon us', and in those days, god permitted everything. Everything. This was anti-Judaism. 'Do not kill.' – Kill. 'Do not adulter.' – Adulter. 'Do not lie.' – Lie. It was the opposite of Torah and Talmud, that his movement promulgated. And somehow or another… Oh, by the way. Their chief blessing was: 'Blessed is he who permits the forbidden.' That was the main Sabbatean blessing… More than half of world- Jewry bought into this. This thing spread like wildfire. People all over the world sold their homes… a dollar… a penny on a dollar? it didn't matter. Because 'the day of redemption was coming'. They [the Jewish people] just sat on hilltops. Because Shabtai Tzvi declared his messiah… declared that he was the messiah? however it's said, on June 18, 1666. And I'm certain he planned that date, knowing what he was doing. June – the sixth month, 18 is 6 x 3, and 1666 is obvious enough. He knew what he was doing.
And now it was the period of redemption where the Jews just broke every single law in the Torah, all over the world. And this was carrying on and on. Essentially debauchery became theology. That's what this 'messiah' was teaching. But, then in September of 1666, the Sultan of Turkey had him arrested. He had had enough of this guy. And eventually threatened him with a horrible, long, torturous death unless he renounced his Judaism and turned to Islam. Which he did. And most of Judaism were crushed, fallen, and gave up any belief in Shabtai Tzvi, and went back to being Jews. But not everyone. There was a cult in Turkey – the Donmeh cult, who saw in Shabtai Tzvi's conversion a message. The message is: 'We infiltrate Islam and other religions, but keep our Sabbatean beliefs with us at all times.' They exist to this day – in numbers.
Sabbatai Zevi taught that when every commandment was violated then the messiah would come .. Sabbateanism is Lawlessness and is the religion of Zionism
The Man of Lawlessness
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. 5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2
Rev17 said this on April 16, 2018 at 7:41 PM | Reply
2002 Iraqi Intel Reported Wahhabis Are of Jewish Origin
The U.S. Department of Defense has released translations of a number of Iraqi intelligence documents dating from Saddam's rule. One, a General Military Intelligence Directorate report from September 2002, entitled "The Emergence of Wahhabism and its Historical Roots", shows the Iraqi government was aware of the nefarious purposes of the Wahhabis of Saudi Arabia, often known as Salafis, in serving Western interests to undermine Islam….
In addition to that revealed in the Hempher Memoirs, the Iraqi intelligence report also makes known some surprising claims, derived from works circulated in Arabic which have not been translated into English. As the report recounts, both Abdul Wahhab, and his sponsor, ibn Saud, who founded the Saudi dynasty, were of Jewish origin.
For example, D. Mustafa Turan wrote, in The Donmeh Jews, that Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab was a descendant of a family of Donmeh Jews from Turkey. The Donmeh were descendants of followers of the infamous false-messiah of Judaism, Shabbetai Zevi, who shocked the Jewish world in 1666 by converting to Islam. …
Turan maintains that Abdul Wahhab's grandfather, Sulayman was actually Shulman, having belonged to the Jewish community of Bursa in Turkey. From there he settled in Damascus, where he feigned Islam, but was apparently expelled for practicing sorcery. He then fled to Egypt and he again faced condemnation, so made his way he to the Hijaz, where he got married and fathered Abdul Wahhab. According to the report, the same is claimed in The Donmeh Jews and the Origin of the Saudi Wahabis, Rifat Salim Kabar.
The notion of the Saudi family being of Jewish heritage has been published by Mohammad Sakher, who, it is claimed, was ordered killed by the regime for his revelations. The report relates a similar account, but from different sources. According The Wahabi Movement/The Truth and Roots, by Abdul Wahhab Ibrahim Al-Shammari, for example, ibn Saud is actually descended from Mordechai bin Ibrahim bin Mushi, a Jewish merchant from Basra. Apparently, when he was approached by members from the Arabian tribe of Aniza, then claimed to be one of them, and traveled with them to Najd and his name became Markhan bin Ibrahim bin Musa.
Additionally, Abdul Wahhab was descended from Wahib Al-Tamimi, so, as reported by al Said Nasir, in The History of the Saud Family, the Saudi ambassador in Cairo, Abdullah bin Ibrahim al Mufaddal, paid Muhammad Al-Tamimi thirty five thousand Jinee in the year 1943, to forge a family tree of the Saudi family and that of Abdul Wahhab, and merge them into one, claiming their origin from the Prophet Mohammed.
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 8:22 AM | Reply
you may need another screen ..
Full list of Marranos Masquerading as Christians
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 9:04 AM | Reply
Marranos Everywhere! Christian Kabbalists and the Conquest of the New World
The Spanish Inquisition and the Expulsion from Spain in 1492, were some of the most pivotal events in modern times. Jewish converts penetrated to Christianity, where they could exact their revenge. Jewish Kabbalists became Christian Kabbalists. When they entered Italy, they fostered the Renaissance, and in Amsterdam, the Northern Renaissance. Luther established Protestantism, creating a schism that permanently removed large sections of Christian Europe from Catholic Control. Rosicrucians cultivated the career of the foremost false prophet and Jewish apostate: Sabbatai Zevi. Leaving from the Netherlands, these secret Rosicrucians, known to American history as the "Pilgrims", set sail for the New World via England, where they hoped to found a nxew Masonic experiment, known as The New Atlantis.
In 1290, King Edward issued a decree to have all Jews expelled from England. All the crowned heads of Europe then followed his example. France expelled the Jews in 1306. In 1348 Saxony followed suit. In 1360 Hungary, in 1370 Belgium, in 1380 Slovakia, in 1420 Austria, in 1444 the Netherlands. As in other parts of Europe, violent persecution had been growing in Spain and Portugal, where in 1391, hundreds of thousands of Jews had been forced to convert to Catholicism. Publicly, the Jewish converts known as Marranos, and also as Conversos, were Christians but secretly they continued to practice Judaism.
While secret conversion of Jews to another religion during the Spanish inquisition is the most known example, as Rabbi Joachim Prinz explained in The Secret Jews, "Jewish existence in disguise predates the Inquisition by more than a thousand years."[1] There were also the examples of the first Gnostic sects, which comprised of Merkabah mystics who entered Christianity. Likewise, in the seventh century, the Quran advised the early Muslim community, "And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will abandon their religion."
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 9:08 AM | Reply
The documentary The Slavic nations search for God..Moscow,Third Rome follows a similar theme although from a Ukraine/Evangelical perspective .. I know very little about the Russian Orthodox church so I am unsure if it is just propaganda .. what I found interesting about the 'Judaizers' is the similarity to the early Hebrew Nazarene believers and the division created by emperor Hadrian creating the Roman Christian Church then under Constantine the Nazarenes were condemned as heretics .. the other possibility is they were Crypto Jews
Sect of Skhariya the Jew
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 9:26 AM | Reply
The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews: Jesuits of Jewish Ancestry and Purity-of-Blood Laws in the Early Society of Jesus
Maryks divides his text into four well-paced chapters. The first provides readers with 'The Historical Context of Purity-of-Blood Discrimination (1391–1547),' a detailed standalone introduction to the nature of the 'New Christian' problem in Iberia but which should be read in conjunction with MacDonald's work on the same theme. The second chapter concerns 'Early Jesuit Pro-Converso Policy (1540–72),' which demonstrates the intensive manner in which crypto-Jews infiltrated key positions in the Society of Jesus, adapting its ideological positions in accordance with their interests, and eventually establishing a monopoly on top positions that extended to the Vatican.
Rev17 said this on April 17, 2018 at 9:52 AM | Reply
It is commonplace to see images of the Double-Headed Eagle as an emblem in Heraldry; as an emblem of Royal Empires such as the Hapsburg Empire as well as the Russian Empire ; and as a fraternal emblem as in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. A "crowned" Double-Eagle is commonplace to see in all of the above settings (especially in Russian Heraldry). However, to see a crowned Double-Eagle (issued by Russia) with The All-Seeing Eye within the delta or Triangle is a true rarity. The above example is the only such example that I have ever seen. It is a Russian Medal, issued by Czar Nicholas I in the year 1849 for the "Pacification of Hungary and Transylvania". On the obverse is a Radiant Triangle with the Eye of Providence (Almighty God) above crowned Double-Headed eagle, wings upward, shield of armor, with scepter and orb held in its claws.
Rev17 said this on April 18, 2018 at 6:05 AM | Reply
The Double-Headed Eagle: An Everlasting Symbol of Power
Identification with Byzantine Empire and Eastern Orthodox Church
However, it was Christianity that ultimately arrogated the symbol. The now widely-recognized yellow with a black crowned double-headed eagle flag, became the symbol of the Palaiologoi family, the last Greek royal family to rule the Byzantine Empire before the fall of Constantinople in 1453. As already mentioned, after Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos recaptured Constantinople from the Crusaders in 1261, he adopted the double-headed eagle which symbolized the dynasty's interests in both Asia and Europe.
During these two centuries of the dynasty's reign though, the flag became identified not just with the specific family but with the Empire itself. Additionally, in the eyes of the Byzantines the double-headed eagle gradually became the absolute symbol of Orthodoxy, symbolizing the unity between the Byzantine Orthodox Church and State, which was governed by the principle of "Symphonia", thus the "symphony" between the civil and the ecclesiastical functions of Byzantine Orthodox society.
Rev17 said this on April 18, 2018 at 6:09 AM | Reply
By Bro. Arthur C. Parker, New York
When our ancient brethren, the holy Crusaders, passed through Byzantium on their way to the tomb of the Saviour, the double-headed eagle which they saw embroidered in gold on heavy banners of silk, borne aloft by the Seljuk Turks, had been four thousand years on its way. To these same Crusaders this emblem was an honoured one, and though the enemy displayed it, yet they would fight to death for its possession and in triumph bear it, dripping with blood, to their encampments on the Levantine shore. It was from this Eastern Empire that the knights took this banner to adorn the courts of Charlemagne, and as a sacred relic hung it in the great cathedrals, whose architects and masons had so often been honoured by this Emperor of the West.
From whence came this two-headed eagle, and how came it to be associated with Scottish Rite Masonry? The last part of this question is easier to answer than the first, for there is direct testimony that Frederick of Prussia supplied this crest during the formative stages of the Rite, but neither Frederick nor indeed Prussia could claim the exclusive right the use or to bestow it. It is the imperial emblem of Russia, Austria, Serbia and other portions of the disrupted Holy Roman Empire, and Prussia adopted the emblem long after it had flown over Byzantium as the royal arms of the "Emperors of the East and West."
But the double-headed eagle is not European in origin for its use depends upon the contact of Europe with Asia Minor, and indeed with trade or warfare with the Turks.
The Turkish name for this conspicuous emblem is HAMCA, and by this name they call it when they see it carved upon the walls of ancient castles, upon time worn coins or emblazoned upon frayed silken banners in ancient palaces.
Travellers in Asia Minor, indeed, are surprised by the frequency of the double-headed eagle sculptures upon the castles of the Seljukian Turks, and upon the more ancient monuments of the Hittites, whose civilization was at its height when the Hebrews were wild tribesmen upon the Arabian plains. Among the Hittite ruins in Cappadocia there are several of these notable ruins, an example being described by Perrot and Chipiez, who write:
"Sculpture, whereby the peculiarities which permit Pterian monuments to be classed in one distinct group, yields richer material to the student. Many are the characteristic details which distinguish it; but none, we venture to say, can vie with the double-headed eagle at Iasill Kaia, a type which we feel justified in ranging among those proper to Cappadocia, since it was unknown to Assyria, Egypt or Phoenicia. Its position is always a conspicuous one, – about a great sanctuary, the principal doorway of a palace, a castle wall, etc., rendering the suggestion that the Pterians used the symbol as a coat of arms plausible if not certain. It has been further urged that the city was symbolized by it, that the palace called by the Greeks Pteris (Pteron, wing) was the literal translation it bore with the Aborigines, that in a comprehensive sense it came to symbolize the whole district, the country of wings, i. e., numerous eagles, double-headed eagles with wings outstretched."
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Sophia Palaiologina, The Last Byzantine Princess
As the granddaughter of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, Zoe now became something of a political pawn of the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Zoe was born in 1440 or 49. So she could have been as young as 16 years old in 1465 when she came to Rome to see her father.
Upon her father's death Zoe and her brothers were adopted by the Pope Paul II. Her Greek name was changed to Sophia. Born to the Orthodox Church it is possible she was raised as a Catholic while living at the Court in Rome.
Care of the Imperial children was assigned to Cardinal Basilios Bessarion, the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. Letters show the Pope closely followed the care and education of the children….
In 1467 the wife died of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow. Pope Paul II viewed this as yet another opportunity to abolish the Orthodox Church and expand the influence of Rome.
Pope Paul proposed the marriage with Sophia in 1469. The Pope wanted to expand his power, but Ivan was no doubt looking at connecting to the status and rights of Byzantine royalty. The marriage negotiations went on for three years.
A marriage by proxy was held in Rome on June 1st, 1472. Queen Catherine of Bosnia was one of many who attended. As a dowry Sophia brought 6,000 ducats. There is no record where that money came from. Possibly from the Pope.
The entourage with Cardinal Bessarion, traveled north through Italy to Germany where she took a ship to Russia. She landed in Tallinn (in modern Estonia). At Pskov she was officially celebrated. It was noted that Sophia personally thanked the public for the celebration. On November 12, 1472 Sophia arrived in Moscow….
The Pope's plans fail. Once Sophia reached the safety of Russia she abandoned the Catholic Church and returned to her Orthodox faith. The Papal Legate carrying the Latin cross was not even allowed into Moscow.
The formal wedding between Ivan and Sophia took place on November 12.
With Sophia at his side Ivan developed a complicated court ceremony patterned on the Byzantine model. Ivan also began using the title "Tsar and Autocrat." Both Ivan and his son Vasili started to use the term "Third Rome" when speaking of the Russian nation.
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Europeans, Jews, Muslims and the Legacy of Islamic Spain – Part 1: The Jewish Role in the Moorish Invasion and Occupation
A recent tendency has arisen within the alternative/truth movement, where any criticism of the actions of Muslims at the expense of white Europeans is castigated as shilling for Zionism. This is no matter how much we devote ourselves to the cause of Palestine and opposing the Zionist policies of Western governments against Muslim lands – the very moment we also talk about the leading role of Jews behind the mass-migration of mostly Muslims into Europe and the accompanying Islamist cultural and demographic imperialism at the expense of our peoples, we are attacked despite all our other efforts about Palestine and Syria, or Libya and Iraq, or against drone bombings against Afghans, Pakistanis and Yemenis, or against the IMF/World Bank looting of "third world" peoples.
Such people reveal their personal cultural bias, which is that their opposition to Zionism is only when its directed against their own people – they are more than willing to either deny or, in some cases, actively support Zionist crimes against white Europeans – especially when it comes to benefitting from the environment of Political Correctness that would ensure laws against any criticism of Muslims, much like the thought-crime laws against "anti-Semitism". While we know the role of Western governments against other peoples, with a history of imperialism that benefitted the ruling elites and banking dynasties, history is also rife with examples of Jews supporting and using Muslims against Europeans. The most well-known example is the Moorish invasion and occupation of Spain and Portugal, and by highlighting this aspect of history I am asserting my identity unapologetically, como un hijo de Castilla y España….
The North African Origins of Jews in Spain
Identified as a westernmost land in the Bible (Obadiah 1:20), Sepharad is the Hebrew name for Spain and alludes to the historical links between Jews of the Iberian Peninsula with those of North Africa. Jewish historian Salo Baron identified many of these Jews as descendants of Carthaginian converts: "If, as seems to have been the case, a large number of former Phoenicians and Carthaginians had joined the Jewish community with conversion, they must have brought some of their commercial skills and contacts into their new communities."(1) Professor Shlomo Sand, the Tel Aviv University historian who established the convert (i.e., non-Hebrew) origins of modern Jewish communities, traced the origins of Sephardic Jews with Carthaginians and Berber tribes that had converted to Judaism. As he said in an interview with an Israeli newspaper:
"I asked myself how such large Jewish communities appeared in Spain. And then I saw that Tariq ibn Ziyad, the supreme commander of the Muslims who conquered Spain, was a Berber, and most of his soldiers were Berbers. Dahia al-Kahina's Jewish Berber kingdom had been defeated only 15 years earlier. And the truth is there are a number of Christian sources that say many of the conquerors of Spain were Jewish converts. The deep-rooted source of the large Jewish community in Spain was those Berber soldiers who converted to Judaism."(2)
Jews Welcomed and Aided the Moorish Invasion
Many Jewish scholars and historians have affirmed the valuable aid which Jews of the Iberian Peninsula gave to the Moorish invaders in 711.(4) This was confirmed by the Jewish Encyclopedia: "It remains a fact that the Jews, either directly or through their coreligionists in Africa, encouraged the Mohammedans to conquer Spain and that they greeted them as their deliverers."(5) The conquering Moors entrusted the occupation of Córdoba to local Jews, and Granada, Málaga, Sevilla and Toledo to mixed garrisons of local Jews and Moorish troops….
Jewish aid was crucial in freeing up countless Moorish troops to conquer nearly the entirety of the Iberian Peninsula. The example of Toledo, when Jews flung open the gates of the city while the Christian inhabitants were preoccupied in their holy procession at San Locadia Church, illustrates why even such a historian as Francisco Cantera Burgos, whose work was far from unsympathetic toward Jews, said the Jews of Spain constituted a "fifth column" during the invasion.(7) Citing Moorish works, Pascual de Gayangos observed that Jews invited the Moors to invade and afterward "everywhere made common cause with them."(8)
The original Moorish invasion force that defeated the Visigoths at Guadalete included a continent of Jewish troops from North Africa under the command of Kaula al-Yehudi, and throughout the occupation the Moorish rulers encouraged Jewish immigration from elsewhere as part of their counterbalancing the indigenous population.(9) Whereas now its mostly Jewish social-engineers and bankers promoting the mass-migration of Muslims into Europe, then it was Muslim Moors who promoted the mass-migration of Jews to dilute and serve as a counterbalance to the indigenous Iberian peoples. Their motive was described by the Argentine Muslim academic Ricardo H. Elía: "Muslims acknowledged that Jews were true believers and their natural allies in the cause of the one God."(10)
Israeli scholar Gideon Libson described a two-way process of influence between Jewish Halacha and Islamic Shari'a codes: A feedback model where the Talmudic system first impacted Islam, which at a later stage left its imprint on Talmudic law. He drew comparisons between the shared etymology between "Halacha" and "Shari'a"; how both expand upon a book with an oral tradition, Talmud and Hadith; and how these two law structures are all-comprehensive. Judaism developed from contact in Muslim lands such as Moorish Andalusia: "In fact the two religions are so close in terms of their structure that the tenth-century rabbinic leader Saadia Gaon would unselfconsciously refer to Jewish law as sharia, to the prayer leader in a synagogue as an imam and the direction in which Jews faced when praying as qibla."(45)
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Turkey, Ukraine plan secret jihad to reclaim Crimea from Russia
The militant Crimean Tatar leaders — Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev — were part of President Poroshenko's official delegation and joined him and Ukrainian senior officers in visiting the Crimean Tatar Battalion. Significantly, Poroshenko brought with him Ukrainian uniforms for the graduating Crimean Tatars. The Turkish military committed to providing the unit with weapons and other military equipment…
Senior Turkish Intelligence officials acknowledge that Erdoğan's "Ankara has been dreaming for long of occupying Crimea again, which was lost during Russian-Turkish wars"…
As well, Ankara is expecting Riyadh to provide lavish funding, albeit through deniable third parties and individuals. Erdoğan is convinced he has the commitments of both King Salman bin 'Abd al-'Aziz al Sa'ud and the all-important Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister.
The Turkish military and intelligence services would provide all the weapons and other military equipment through deniable fronts.
In the first phase, the security firm was tasked to formulate for, and present to, Erdoğan "important security master plans for the war" throughout the Turkic world. Erdoğan wants to create an "Army of Islam" which would spread his neo-Ottomanism and pan-Turkism. The master plans would include specific plans for specialized training for the various jihadists of this "Army of Islam" who would spread the pan-Turkic jihad.
The company was to quickly take over a few training camps currently used by the Turkish military and intelligence services in order to train jihadists for both Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State/Caliphate. They will introduce their own highly experience trainers and experts as well as retain some of the current staff as "volunteers". The company would continue to train the jihadists for the al-Sham front, but would increasingly focus on highly special training for jihadist from 34 Sunni Islamic nations.
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Turkish Newspaper Close To President Erdogan Calls To Form Joint Islamic Army To Fight Israel
On December 12, 2017, ahead of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak, which is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party, published an article titled "A Call for Urgent Action,"[1] which also appeared on the paper's website under the title "What If an Army of Islam Was Formed against Israel?"[2] The article called on the 57 member states of the OIC to form a joint "Army of Islam" to besiege and attack the state of Israel. It notes that such a joint army will greatly exceed the Israeli army in manpower, equipment and budget, and presents statistics to prove this. It also advocates establishing joint bases for the army's ground, air and naval forces that will arrive from all over the Muslim world to besiege Israel, while noting that Pakistan, as the only nuclear country, has "a special status" among the OIC countries. An interactive map provides information on military forces stationed in various locations and the role they can play in the potential joint Muslim attack on Israel.
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The Dönmes: Crypto-Jews under Turkish Rule
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Armenia Heats Up As The Proxy War Continues
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The Creation of Israel and Plans on Armenia – London, Versailles, and San Remo Conferences
Armenia on the Maps of the Ottoman Empire
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Turkey Calls on Europe to Criminalize "Islamophobia"
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Russian Orthodox Church Splits From Constantinople After Patriarchate Grants Ukrainian Church Independence From Moscow, FM Lavrov Blasts Patriarch Bartholomew Of Constantinople For Conniving With Washington
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thanks, Rev.
irony that precisely Kiev was the place where the christian religion entered & created the Russian civilisation more than 1000 ago..
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Russian Orthodox Church Splits With Constantinople After Patriarchate Grants Ukrainian Church Independence Part II – Presidents Of Belarus And Moldova Back Russian Orthodox Church In Fray
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Efficacy of Pranlukast in subjects with Japanese Cedar pollinosis in the OHIO Chamber.
Phase of Trial: Phase IV
Latest Information Update: 08 May 2012
At a glance
- Drugs Pranlukast (Primary)
- Indications Allergic rhinitis
- Focus Therapeutic Use
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- 03 Nov 2009 Status changed from recruiting to completed as reported by University Hospital Medical Information Network - Japan.
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I read a lot of classic children's books. There was an author named John Bellairs who did a series of Gothic novels that had to do with magic and warlocks and crazy, scary supernatural stuff. They usually had boys as protagonists. The most famous one was The House With a Clock in Its Walls. I love rereading them because they still scare me and still freak me out. The earlier editions of the book were illustrated by Edward Gorey, and he not only did the cover but the interior illustrations as well, and they are absolutely terrifying. It's almost like I get back into the mind of a 10-year-old.
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Good news for those who have been waiting for some news regarding Saab's 9-4X. The long awaited 9-4X, which has had a rocky trip so far, has had its very first production model roll off the assembly line at General Motors' Ramos Arizmpe plant in Mexico. This great news is coming just three months after the compact crossover was unveiled to the public at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show in November.
The 9-4X is the automaker's sporty vehicle that is designed to significantly broaden the appeal of the brand and will create access to an important new segment that's still growing in the U.S. The first 9-4X Aero model that rolled out of the plant is powered by a 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 engine. The new vehicle is set to arrive in the U.S. in May 2011.


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In one retrospective database study, tPA given at community hospitals with telemedicine support was not associated with poorer outcomes for survival or disability than when it was given at an academic regional center, Catalina C. Ionita, M.D., of the Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., and colleagues reported.
A second database study, also presented at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference here, likewise revealed no significant difference in disability for tPA initiated at a community hospital before transfer to a regional stroke center, compared with tPA given at the regional center.
Regardless of the hospital setting, "if thrombolysis can be started, it really should be," commented Arthur Pancioli, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati, who moderated a press conference at which both studies were presented.
These results also support the increasingly common "ship and drip" strategy for acute stroke care, which aims to increase use of tPA but still get patients to expert multidisciplinary care at regional centers for additional therapies, Dr. Pancioli said.
"Speeding up the process of giving treatment is an important goal of intervention in acute stroke care rather than extending the window of treatment administration," Dr. Ionita added.
Her hospital recently became a hub for acute stroke care in the Buffalo region with use of two-way audio and visual communication for consultation with 10 community hospitals.
To compare treatment outcomes between center types, Dr. Ionita's group retrospectively reviewed their database of 99 consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients treated with tPA.
Overall, 79 patients were treated at the regional center while 20 received thrombolysis at a remote center. Presenting characteristics were similar between groups except that the academic stroke center patients tended to be more likely to have severe strokes with a modified Rankin score of at least 4 on admission (71% versus 29%, P=0.058).
After controlling for stroke severity and other factors in the multivariate analysis, mortality rates were similar between groups (13.1% stroke center versus 8.3% community hospital, P=0.52).
Although the regional stroke hospital held the advantage for both post-thrombolysis intracerebral hemorrhage rate (17.9% versus 33%, P<0.02) and hospital length of stay (7 versus 10 days, P<0.05), patients treated there were no more likely to have a good outcome as measured by a modified Rankin score of three or lower at hospital discharge (49.4% versus 57.1%, P=0.53).
Dr. Ionita attributed the good final outcomes at the remote locations at least partly to the telemedicine technology. "It's like you're physically there" with the ability to look at CT scans, labs, and take a history firsthand, she said.
Dr. Pancioli agreed it was "another example of technology linking physicians at a remote center and in doing so giving one more opportunity for patients to receive expert care and expert advice."
Whether that care is better started at the local community hospital or initiated by expert centers has been the subject of ongoing debate, though, he noted.
So, led by Gisele S. Silva, M.D., Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, they compared outcomes for the two strategies in a prospective study.
The analysis included a cohort of 119 consecutive patients who received tPA for acute ischemic stroke and were seen at two university-based hospitals as part of the larger Screening Technology and Outcomes Project in Stroke (STOP stroke) from March 2003 to December 2005.
All patients had CT angiography source images, which Dr. Silva said ruled out neuroimaging differences that could influence prognosis of ischemic stroke.
Infarct volume and intracranial occlusion were similar between groups (P=0.86 and P=0.65, respectively) as were age, gender, comorbidities, and stroke scale scores.
It was reassuring, Dr. Silva said, that the similarity of outcomes mirrored those in Dr. Ionita's study.
Hemorrhagic transformation rates were similar for the 27 patients whose tPA was initiated at a community hospital as for the rest treated solely at a regional stroke center (0% versus 4.3% for symptomatic, P=0.27, and 4.3% versus 7.4% for asymptomatic post-tPA hemorrhage, P=0.52).
Decline in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score from baseline to discharge and follow-up followed a similar trajectory for both groups (P=0.47).
Final outcome in terms of disability and death were not significantly different between groups either, as measured by Rankin scores (P=0.38).
Given the similarity in outcomes, "a comprehensive stroke center can serve as a reference for a regional network, and this may increase the number of acute stroke interventions with acceptable outcomes," Dr. Silva's group concluded.
|Dr. Ionita reported conflicts of interest for Boehringer-Ingelheim. Her coauthors reported conflicts for sanofi-aventis, SARIS, Boston Scientific, Micrus, Cordis, Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, Merck, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Teva Neurosciences.
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American Stroke Association International Stroke ConferenceSource Reference: Silva GS, et al "Starting IV t-PA infusions for acute ischemic stroke at community hospitals prior to transfer to a regional stroke center is feasible and safe" ASA 2009; Abstract P41.
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American Stroke Association International Stroke ConferenceSource Reference: Agopian EH, et al "Impact of the site of intravenous thrombolysis (in hospital versus remote) on the acute ischemic stroke outcome" ASA 2009; Abstract P406.


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Uff.... It's been a long one, but the first one is finished!
I'm giving you a hint about my "secret" project: I made this one and the other after a meditation.
I'd like to know what you think I'm doing. :)
So, here is a collage of my WIP and the finished piece.
Acrylics, colored pencils and india ink on a big sheet of paper (cannot remember the size right now. Eheheh!!)


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marriage without dating cast An effective skin-care regime is necessary during the monsoon to keep the effects of humidity, heat and clogged pores from ruining your skin. Skin care expert Dr. Blossom Kochhar, Chairperson, Blossom Kochhar Group of Companies advises that your regime which will yield maximum benefits to the skin comprises of cleansing, toning, moisturising and conditioning routines. The skin care, of course, varies from one skin types to another and the relative emphasis of the various routine in it also differs.
pop over to this site Cleansing is the most important aspect of skin-care. It is undertaken primarily to remove the stale make-up, clean the skin pores and exfoliate the dead cells which otherwise cause blockages on the skin's surface. The daily cleansing routine should be followed with toning.
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- To a tablespoon of tomato juice, mix enough oatmeal to make a thin paste. Add one drop of essential oil of peppermint. Apply to a dampened skin, avoiding the eye and mouth areas. Leave on for 10 minutes, then wipe off with damp cotton or a sponge and rinse with cool water.
- To avoid prickly heat, twice a day, dust the body liberally with equal quantities of boric powder (available in chemist), sandalwood powder & talcum powder.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Ingredient: Chrysanthemum Greens
n. /krɪˈsænθəməm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kri-san-thuh-muhm] edible leaves + stems of the garland chrysanthemum plant; popular in Asian cooking; also known as edible chrysanthemum or chop suey greens.
Who knew? A friend gave me a bag of chrysanthemum greens that had been passed to her by a neighboring gardener. Chrysanthemum greens? Hmmm. I didn't know they were edible. Turns out they are pretty tasty and easy to use. The leaves are small and tender, and must be used before the plant has flowered. Once it has bloomed, the leaves become bitter. Chrysanthemum greens have a nice herbaceous zing when eaten raw, and turn slightly nutty once cooked. I popped a handful on top of a pita with pesto + goat cheese for a tasty grilled supper.
NOTE: do not use ornamental chrysanthemum greens from the plant your mother gave you. These are not edible. the 'garland' variety is what you need. this has been a public service annoucement. :-)
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