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An empty winding road in the hills. Fog and mist shrouded morning. You are on a bicycle pedaling away slowly, whistling to yourself and listening to all the birds around you.
And then on an impulse, you switch on your music player. A slight drizzle begins.
As if by magic, this song comes on in your player.
Forget the video. Close your eyes and just listen to the song alone. The wonderful guitar, the amazing drums, a musical arrangement which I think has no equal. Heck, just listen to the manner in which the song opens. And yes, above all, the magical voice of S.P.Balasubramaniam.
For that instant, you are transported to heaven. Straight away.
Who else can do this, other than king Illayaraja ?
PS: I may not be doing justice to the way I felt when I heard this song, or the situation in which I heard the song. But then again, somethings are meant to be felt and not explained.
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Forget Justin Bieber smoking weed. This young singer has a much bigger problem on his hands? Well... in his pants:
The Biebs is a crack dealer!
That's the hilarious description manager Scotter Braun used to describe his client after Bieber posted a photo to Instagram in which his drops trou and gives the world a peek at what was once reserved for Selena Gomez.
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Is Bieber giving Gomez a look at what she'll now miss? Giving a little Eff You to his critics? Simply having fun? It's unclear.
But we're guessing a few million female followers don't mind pondering the possibilities as they swoon over his moon.
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Soundtrack: "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
Cory wasn't sure how long he'd been walking. A few minutes? An hour? Maybe longer. Time didn't seem to matter so much any more, unless you count the time between drinks.
She told him that she was there to say goodbye to him, and that she wouldn't be coming back.
Afraid that someone might come home, they'd gone to the little park down the road to talk. And that was where she'd tried to convince him to go back to Richmond.
"Cory, this is crazy!" She said. "You can't throw away your whole life because of one kiss... "
"That's not the point... "
"I'm leaving now... it doesn't matter what you think you feel, I won't be there anyway."
"That's not the point, either."
"Then what is the point?!"
"The point is, I - " he broke off suddenly. "I can't talk about this with you... "
"You need to talk to someone about it. I know why you're making such a big deal out of this, your father told me about your mother. He told me what happened - "
"You don't know anything about what happened with my mother... "
"I know what she did, I know that you've never been able to forgive her for it, but - "
"Samantha, don't... "
"No, hear me out. I get that you think that what she did was unforgivable. I get that you think you're unforgivable, because you did something similar... but maybe it's not like that. I mean... not saying that what you mother did was right, but it doesn't have to mean that she was a bad person. Maybe she wasn't, maybe she was just lonely and mixed up and trying to survive, just like the rest of us..."
Without replying, he got up and walked across the park. "Why are you doing this?" he asked, when she came up behind him.
"Because if you can forgive her, maybe you can forgive yourself, too."
He spun around. "Samantha, just stop it!" People were staring at them now. He took a breath, tried to calm himself. "I mean, you said you've got - what - an hour until your train? I don't want to waste our last hour together talking about my mother."
"But - "
"No, Samantha... tell me... tell me about you. Tell me where you're planning to go from here... "
He led her back to a seat, and they talked about everything except the things that really needed to be said. They talked for so long, that they lost track of time, and had to hurry to make Samantha's train.
On the way to the station, they passed the building where he was staying. He stopped suddenly. "I have to get something from the apartment," he said.
"We don't have time," Samantha reminded him. "The train goes soon, I've already bought the ticket, and I still have to get my suitcase out of the locker, and - "
"You go ahead," said Cory. "I'll meet you there."
"But, if you don't get there in time - "
"I'll get there," he said. "I can run faster than you. Go on, I'll be there," he said again, when she hesitated. He ran towards the building, leaving her no choice but to keep going to the station.
He wasn't going to make it, Samantha thought, looking around the platform.
She was starting to wonder if Cory had been pretending to want something from the apartment, just because he couldn't face saying goodbye. Well, if he had, then it wasn't fair. She needed the goodbye.
Then she saw him, running towards her, a cigarette in one hand and some kind of picture in the other. "I told you I'd be here," he gasped, out of breath, when he finally reached her.
"Only just," she said, looking up at the clock.
"I wanted to give you this," he said, handing her the picture he was carrying. "I brought it with me because... I don't know why I brought it... but I think you should have it."
She turned it over, a copy of the photo of herself, Cory and Kyle, the day Kyle had come back to the shop. "Cory, are you sure... "
"Good memories... " he said, looking over her shoulder as he stamped out the remainder of the cigarette.
"What about you?"
"I don't need any more memories..."
"You really are going, aren't you?" he whispered into her shoulder.
"Yes, I am," she said
"I just thought... I thought whatever happened, I'd still have you."
"You never 'had' me, Cory." she said, gently moving away from him. "You know that."
"As a friend, I thought I did," he said.
"As a friend, you still do," she said. "I'm leaving, as a friend."
They held onto each other, until the train pulled into the platform behind them. "Go back to Richmond, Cory," Samantha said, as she climbed on board. "You belong there."
Then the train doors closed, and it pulled slowly out of the station.
And then she was gone. And that was when it struck Cory how truly alone he was, and how he had no idea of how to change that, or if he ever could.
He had no idea of the future at all.
In a kind of panic, he'd ran back to the apartment. He finished the bottle while he threw his things in his suitcase, then he scribbled a note to his brother. He really had meant to go back to Richmond like he said, but in the end, he just couldn't face it. He couldn't face his wife, his family, he couldn't face another rejection or another reminder of how he'd destroyed everything that was of value to him, again.
What he really wanted, was a safe place. Somewhere in the past, long before Samantha, or Rose, even before Sharla, and Dustin... right back, when his parents still loved each other and his mother still cared, back when everyone was happy, and there were no secrets to keep.
He knew that such a place hadn't existed in a long time, if it had ever existed at all. So, instead, he'd found himself back here.
A long time ago, he'd felt like he belonged here. In a way, back then he'd been freer than he'd ever been in his life. There were no expectations, no judgements, nothing mattered except getting through today. And even that didn't seem all that important at times. Under any other circumstances, it would have almost been funny - drunken oblivian wasn't what came to mind when most people talked about inner peace, but it was the closest Cory had ever come.
Samantha thought she knew what was wrong, but she didn't know anything. She'd been right about just one thing, though. April hadn't been a bad person.
He'd clung to the illusion that she was, for most of his life. He still dreamed of her, arguing with his father, angry at him and his brothers, ignoring them to spend time with her lover. Scenes from his childhood, replayed night after night down through the years, to reinforce what he wanted to believe.
He'd needed to hate her, but that had become impossible now that he'd been there himself, and the reality was even harder to deal with than the anger he'd felt towards her all these years. She didn't deserve his anger, and she hadn't deserved to lose her family, just for being lonely and mixed up and too weak to do anything more than just give in. She certainly hadn't deserved to die.
Maybe it was harsh, blaming a seven year old for the consequences of the secret he'd kept, and maybe the outcome would have been the same if he'd told his dad, anyway. Or, maybe not. He couldn't remember how much time passed between the day he'd seen his mother with her lover, and the day his father had caught them together, but he knew that April had barely been pregnant when she left. Hadn't Dad always said that they might have worked it out, if she hadn't had her lover's child? Maybe, if Dad had known sooner, maybe...
He'd never know, but the possibility was enough. He'd lived with that possibility his whole life.
"If you can forgive her, maybe you can forgive yourself..."
Forgive himself? Forgive April? Why should he even think about forgiving her, when she'd gone before she could offer him the same courtesy?
Her infidelity was one thing, but to leave him there, with his guilt and no chance of absolution... that was something he could never forgive her for.


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Most streets in Utah follow the grid system and are therefore generically named with numbers. It is only when you have entered the residential neighborhoods that you start to see names for the streets. Is it easy to name a street? Not if you live in a valley as big as ours. Each time a development is planned, its founders must struggle to find names that have not already been used somewhere else in the valley. The names must be submitted and go through several different entities to assess if the name is unique and practical. Most of the names submitted are rejected.
Some developers will get creative with their street names. This can be a good or a bad thing. Some will create theme neighborhoods. Names like oak circle, pine street, maple lane, and a dozen other trees will find their way onto the street signs. In the neighborhood just South of the University of Utah you will find that many of the streets are named after ivy league schools. You will find Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale for example. They can also get corny with the names as well. Apparently there is a neighborhood in California that named its streets after Star Wars characters. Vader Avenue anyone?
Some names are clever, Hemming Way, Ubinaranda Circle, and Willbea Road. Others just make you shake your head. How would you like to live on Finally My Way? So when I started to see words that I had never heard of before on the street signs in Daybreak, I thought that I would look up their meaning.
In Daybreak, a few of the street names are actually French. Mille Lacs means "thousand lakes" and Lac Vieux means "old lake." Of course many of the names in Daybreak seem to be the average type of names that you would expect of a new development: Cold Canyon, Warm Canyon, Cool Canyon. However, there is a theme that most Daybreak streets have in common. Most of them are named after lakes or towns in the Midwest and Southern portions of the U.S. Degray? Lake Degray, Arkansas. Greer's Ferry? Greers Ferry, Arkansas. Dardanelle? Dardanell, Arkansas. Coralville? Coralville, Iowa. In fact, most of the names seem to be concentrated in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, California, Oklahoma, Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, and Oregon. Why? Who knows, maybe some of the planners of Daybreak left a small imprint of themselves by naming the streets after places in which they grew up or have fond memories. I can only guess. If someone knows, then please comment and enlighten us all. In the meantime I encourage you to look up the street you live on. You might find something hidden in plain sight.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
What is in a Name?
Most streets in Utah follow the grid system and are therefore generically named with numbers. It is only when you have entered the residential neighborhoods that you start to see names for the streets. Is it easy to name a street? Not if you live in a valley as big as ours. Each time a development is planned, its founders must struggle to find names that have not already been used somewhere else in the valley. The names must be submitted and go through several different entities to assess if the name is unique and practical. Most of the names submitted are rejected.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Daybreak Down Payment Option: First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
While Utah has so far enjoyed a relatively small decline in the residential real estate market, many other states have not fared so well. With the strict standards in place for mortgage qualification and the lack of plentiful buyers home values have dropped quite rapidly. In light of this crises, the US government has made efforts to intervene and boost the economy. One of the facets of their efforts is the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. For those who would like to purchase a home in Daybreak any time soon: listen up.
The First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit is not an actual tax credit. A tax credit is when the government either reduces your tax liability or increases your tax return dollar for dollar. The name sounds like it is free money. It is not free money. However, this does not mean that you should not consider using this program. The First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit is actually an interest-free loan. You pay the loan back via your taxes for the next fifteen years. At this point you may be asking - is it worth it? My answer is definitely yes.
If you understand the time value of money you will know that a dollar in 1993 was worth more than a dollar now in 2008. Why? Because it had more buying power. It could buy you more bread, electricity, even gas. (Actually then it could buy you about one gallon) That was 15 years ago. In short, while you will have to pay every cent back to the government in the next 15 years you will gain a lot of value with this deal.
The maximum amount that you can qualify for is 10% of the value of the home you intend to buy with a cap of $7500. So if you buy a home in Daybreak you will qualify for the full amount. You can even use the tax credit as a down payment for your new home if you work it right. You get the benefit of the tax credit after you file right? Yes, however, right now FHA financing requires a minimum down payment of 3.5%. On a $250k purchase that is $8,750. The FHA allows a buyer to borrow money from family for down payment. This means that a first time buyer could borrow the down payment from relatives, make a home purchase, then use the tax credit to pay back all or a portion of the borrowed funds.
If your still not sure, consider this: assuming an interest rate of 7%, the home owner saves up to $4,200 in interest payments over the 15-year repayment period. Compared to $7,500 financed through a 30-year mortgage with a 7% interest rate, the home buyer tax credit saves home buyers over $8,100 in interest payments. If you are still a little worried about the housing market in Utah consider this: if it goes down further and you are forced to sell, then you will not have to pay back the government for the tax credit "loan." So if you are on the edge, it would probably be a good idea to jump off before the July 1st, 2009 deadline.
Two Creeks in Herriman, Utah: A Disaster in Density
In an earlier post I mentioned housing density and how it impacts the surrounding community. The main point of the article was to show that density in and of itself is not a bad thing. However, if a dense development is not properly planned and located, it will almost certainly have a detrimental effect on the community.
When writing that article, I was not aware of the aspirations of a developer to build a high-density rental development in Herriman. Considering the proximity to Daybreak, this development will almost certainly affect those residents of Founders Park Village. Daybreak as a whole will be affected by this new development as the new high school for the area will be located adjacent to the development.
The new development will be called Two Creeks. Miller Timbergate Associates LLC appeared before the Herriman City government to gain approval for the first two phases of the project: Timbergate and Farmgate. These two phases will be dense. At around 20 units per acre, this will truly be the densest development around. Even Daybreak following the concept of new urbanism cannot claim densities as high as this development. Even if densities get higher in Daybreak in the future, they will be integrated into the community with a transect style of planning. Two Creeks is located near homes that are not even close to the planned density of nearby developments. Imagine your home next to multiple 4 story, 32 unit complexes. The Two Creeks plan suggests that the developer wants to develop his land his way without regard to the surrounding community in a piecemeal fashion that really doesn't fit.
The estimated population of the two approved projects is 1,696 people. With this many people, traffic is a real concern. However, this development will be located next to the proposed path of the Mountain View Corridor. By doing this, much of the traffic from the development will likely be dissipated. Not a bad idea right? Most local governments are in cooperation through Envision Utah to put higher densities next to the transit corridors. One problem with this plan is that it assumes that the Mountain View Corridor will be built and that when it is built that it will not be a toll road. If it is a toll road, I cannot imagine many of the residents of Two Creeks utilizing the road. TRAX is nearby, but these residents will be made to cross not only 118th South, but also the Mountain View Corridor to access it. Unless significant infrastructure is put in place to make this crossing safe, you will see additional problems. It will just be easier for them to hop in a car and drive. The location of this development, on the fringe of Salt Lake County, should also be a consideration as the price of gas would prevent the necessary long commute for many of these residents. Most of which are calculated to not have substantial financial means.
The traffic problem will only be exacerbated by the fact that the new area high school will be located literally within feet of the development. I wonder if all of the sports facilities that come along with the high school will be perceived as amenities for Two Creeks. Also, with the concentration of a lower socio-economic population you will have dual working parents and transient families. With many of the parents gone, I can imagine quite a few students hanging out in Two Creeks without supervision after school.
The single worst part of this development is that it will concentrate thousands of citizens of a lower socio-economic class. As stated in an earlier post about density this can cause a multitude of problems. Crime and social disruption will increase in this area with such a large concentration. This cluster will enable all of the myths that are associated with a higher-density development to have an opportunity to come true.
I have it from a good source that these units are meant for government Section 8 housing. The Section 8 program allows those who qualify to pay rents that are adjusted to their income. 30% of their income goes to rent. For example, if a low-income family made 1500 dollars per month they would spend about 450 dollars for rent each month. The government covers the rest. This program can truly help those in need, but the idea is to spread those who are on the program over a wide geographic area not concentrate them. We already have Section 8 families in our community, but they are dispersed.
So why is this happening and why now? With the housing market being in doubt there are many people waiting out the market in hopes to buy when the market starts to go up again. Other people cannot afford a mortgage as the new lending criteria prevents them from qualifying. So what do these people do? They rent. With Utah's strong economy, there are more people moving to the valley in search of jobs and many will opt to rent for a variety of reasons. All of this combined has pushed monthly rents up 10% in the last year alone. The rental market is starting to look really attractive to a lot of investors. I would not be surprised to see a lot of developments pop up in various communities that are high density and haven't been integrated properly. That is why people need to be more involved at the local government level about what happens in their community. I believe the Sunstone residents (just to the west of Daybreak) would agree with me as they seem to have attended the relevant meetings and have even appealed the approval of Two Creeks. Hopefully this mess will be stopped before it is too late.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Utah Obesity and Daybreak
The University of Utah recently released a study that compares rates of obesity with where people live. This study concluded that people who live in older neighborhoods are significantly thinner than residents of the newer suburbs. Most of these older neighborhoods were built before 1950, but considering the amount of building during the depression and the war, you will find that many of these neighborhoods had homes built in the first and second decade of last century. It was during this time that mixed-use communities were still legal before the separate zoning of commercial and residential. A prime example is the Yale / Harvard area of Salt Lake City. With village centers at 13th South and 17th East, 15th South and 15th East, and another nearby at 9th South and 9th East, most people can walk to the necessities of life. Schools are right in the middle of the neighborhood as well.
This study adds to the growing amount of literature linking obesity to non-walkable suburbs. People find it easy to say Americans are lazy and gluttonous, but the fact is that many U.S. communities simply are not designed for walking. Utah suburbs discourage walking because they are not very safe for pedestrians. Simple attributes such as sidewalks or traffic calming devices are not present. Another discouraging factor is when walking in a cul-de-sac you literally have to walk through a maze of secondary streets to reach most destinations. The only real direct route is to cut through yards. In the traditionally designed suburb, most destinations are not even within an easy walking distance of the homes. All of these factors play a role in discouraging pedestrians. This new study indicates that this active lifestyle is simply easier to achieve in communities that are walkable.
Virtually everything American society has done for the past 100 years has made it easier for us to be lazy. Early concerns about this were shown by the government with fitness and health campaigns being introduced in the early fifties. Currently, it is estimated that 17.1% of US kids Ages 2-19 Are Overweight. This sedentary lifestyle that correlates with obesity does not necessarily stop in childhood. This lifestyle is carried on to adulthood where almost two-thirds of all adults are overweight or obese. It is passed down through the generations, but this is not done solely by genetics. If you are overweight your child has a 40% greater chance of being overweight or obese. With so many opportunities to exercise in Daybreak, it is time that parents be an example to their children and lead a healthy lifestyle.
While Daybreak is cited in this study as being a model of healthy residential development, the study is only referring to the Daybreak that is planned. In an earlier post I talked about walkability in Daybreak. Daybreak is currently not a walkable community. This status will only change once the village center is up and running. With the giant district behemoth shopping center outside the gates, it will be difficult to entice residents out of their cars to visit local shops.


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SOURCE: New Leaf Brands, Inc.
November 22, 2010 09:00 ET
OLD TAPPAN, NJ--(Marketwire - November 22, 2010) - New Leaf Brands, Inc. (OTCBB: NLEF)
New Leaf Brands, Inc. (OTCBB: NLEF) ("Company"), a provider of great tasting, all natural, healthy beverages, announced the Company's financial results for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2010 and provides an operations update.
2010 Business and Product Updates
2010 Marketing Updates
Eric Skae, New Leaf President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased with our results for the third quarter and nine month periods of 2010. Although we were challenged with capital, we managed to continue to increase our case sales, distribution, chain store placement/approval and market awareness in all our key markets. The New Leaf Brand is now available in 37 states. In addition to recent chain store authorizations and initial interest we are receiving from supermarkets and chain stores throughout the US, our prospects have never looked better for propelling our future growth."
Mr. Skae continued, "In an effort to maintain our growth momentum while reducing our operating expenses, we implemented a shift in our strategy focusing on a greater level of horizontal development in key growth markets and controlled geographic expansion in markets that have high potential for growth. During the third quarter of 2010 we made a strategic decision to reallocate our resources to create a more efficient sales effort while streamlining our business. We implemented these changes to our sales and marketing effort during the quarter and intend to continue through the fourth quarter this year. Our focus on horizontal growth will allow us to build relationships with larger retailers such as supermarkets and chain stores which we expect to yield higher revenues with lower expenses. We also expect this shift to contribute to stabilizing our shipping costs as we grow while delivering more product SKUs in the same geographic areas we currently serve. Our overall strategic direction remains in building a world-class beverage company around our New Leaf Brand of ready-to-drink teas, lemonades and other functional beverages we are currently developing. We believe our focus on building our chain store distribution network while maintaining operating efficiencies will yield even higher revenue and gross profit margin as we enter the New Year."
Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2010:
Net Revenue from continuing operations for the quarter ending September 30, 2010 totaled $1.05 million, a 2.5% increase compared to $1.03 million for the same period last year. The limited growth in revenues for the quarter was a result of the company's shift in its selling and marketing focus to chain stores and national accounts. Cost of sales for the three months ending September 30, 2010 decreased to $647,459, compared to $738,902 for the same period in 2009. Gross profit increased to $404,088 for the third quarter of 2010 compared to $286,318 for the same period last year of 2009 yielding an improved gross profit margin of 38.4% versus 27.9% respectively. Gross profit margin increased due to the recovery of credits from a former bottle manufacture, greater operating efficiencies and the reduction in the price on raw materials.
Net loss from continued operations for the period ended September 30, 2010 totaled $1.6 million or $(0.02) per share based on 74.4 million shares outstanding compared to a net loss of approximately $4.9 million or $(0.26) per share based on 18.7 million shares outstanding.
Financial Highlights for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010:
Net Revenue from continuing operations for the Nine months ending September 30, 2010 totaled $3.7 million, a 25.9% increase compared to $2.9 million for the same period ending September 30, 2009. Revenue increased as a result of expanded distribution, an increase in the number of retailers offering our products and an increase in marketing programs. New Leaf's first nine months 2010 case volume increased 25% to 423,069 from 338,475 for the first nine months in 2009.
Cost of sales for the Nine months ending September 30, 2010 increased to $2.4 million, a 4.8% increase compared to $2.3 million for the same period in 2009. Gross profit increased to $1.2 million for the first nine months of 2010 compared to $611,085 for the same period of 2009 yielding an improved gross profit margin of 34.2% versus 21% respectively. Gross profit margin increased due partially to the credit recovery from a former bottler, greater operating efficiencies and the reduction in the price on raw materials. Management sees continued improvement in gross margins for the remainder of 2010 and throughout 2011 as sales volumes continue to increase.
Net loss from continued operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 totaled $7.8 million or $(0.12) per share based on 65.7 million shares outstanding compared to a net loss of approximately $12.6 million or $(1.21) per share based on 10.46 million shares outstanding.
"As we close the fourth quarter and enter the New Year, I am confident we have reached a positive inflection point and are well positioned to accelerate our distribution and sales. With over 20,000 retail accounts in our target pipeline our team believes we can double our distribution network next year. As an up-and-coming beverage company, fighting for shelf space and establishing distribution, we are constantly challenged to overcome obstacles that require creative solutions and resourceful thinking. New Leaf has met many challenges to date and our team has overcome them all. I have found that the best strategy is to be well prepared and react quickly when opportunity presents itself. Because we are an independent beverage company, not owned by a larger corporation, we have the latitude we need to compete effectively. Our goal is to have New Leaf products available wherever consumers ask for them and they will, because It Just Tastes Better™," further commented Eric Skae.
About New Leaf Brands, Inc.:
Founded by Eric Skae in 2004 in Orangeburg, New York, New Leaf Brands (OTCBB: NLEF) was born out of the vision to provide consumers with a healthy and great tasting beverage. New Leaf Brands are available in 12 unique tea flavors sweetened with 100% organic cane sugar, 4 lemonades made with 6%-10% real fruit juice and sweetened with 100% organic cane sugar and 2 diet iced teas sweetened with Splenda™.
In the US, the refreshing beverages can be found in over 12,000 outlets including restaurants, delis, health food stores, pizzerias and other retail establishments. For more information, please visit http://www.newleafbrands.com/ or follow New Leaf on Twitter @DrinkNewLeaf and become a fan on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Leaf-Tea/142029534279?ref=ts).
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, made in reliance upon Section 21D of the Exchange Act of 1934, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results, performance, or expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. The Company's expectations, among other things, are dependent upon general economic conditions, continued demand for its products, the availability of raw materials, retention of its key management and operating personnel, its ability to operate its subsidiary companies effectively, need for and availability of additional capital as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors which are more fully disclosed in the Company's Form 10-Ks and 10-Qs on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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John 10:10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 is one of the most well known verses of scripture. Jesus, in this famous quote is setting up a dichotomy between his leadership and bad leadership by creating a metaphor involving the common Hebrew practice of raising livestock. Jesus calls himself the true Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep in stark contrast to the thief who manipulates and coerces 'the sheep' for his own dark pleasure.
Despite the overwhelming clarity of Jesus' contrast, the truth is that in the messiness of life, we often have difficulty separating the shepherd from the thief and fall prey to our 'enemy' disguising himself as an angel of light. So in an effort to clarify the distinction between darkness and light, I posit 5 deceptions that the devil uses to confuse us in our walk with God. This list is obviously not exhaustive but nonetheless relevant. The deceptions are:
1) He convinces us that he does not exist.
2) He convinces us that he is in control
3) He convinces us that there is no hope.
4) He convinces us that his thievery is God's wrath.
5) He convinces us that death is our only chance for victory.
Technique number 1, he convinces us that he does not exist:
The great theologian Origen spoke about their being 3 lenses through which we can interpret scripture, we can look at the body which is the obvious story and truths being shared, we can look at the soul which contains more subtle interpretations of the text, and we can look at the spirit of scripture which reveals a coherent and yet deep truth of God and our Savior. On the surface of John chapter 10, Jesus is talking about the Pharisees and Sadducees, but on a deeper level he is talking about the devil.
Paul states in his letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places. As much as we would like to believe that there is not a mortal enemy to us as we journey through this human experience, the devil exists. And if we learn from Ephesians 6:12 not only does the devil exist, but there is an entire governmental system of evil that is set up to ruin our lives and derail us from our highest destiny in Christ Jesus. The truth is that this system is not at all as powerful as God, as Paul notices in Romans 5:20 which states, "moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." God cannot lose to Satan in the long run, but the "system of evil" in our world and beneath the tapestry of our visible existence can surely frustrate the Grace of God in a painful and disconcerting way. And what better way to torture someone than to act like you don't exist while you distract them from this life's good. The deception that "dark spiritual forces" do not work against our good, often bears the fruit of unforgiveness and self-condemnation, wherein we blame the human beings who the devil used to hurt us, rather than the manipulator himself and we blame ourselves for every mistake, instead of realizing that we have a tempter who is continuously working toward our ill.
Realizing that the devil exists and that just as God has a plan for our life, satan has a plan for our death, frees us to fight him on his own ground, with the assurance that GOD ALWAYS BEATS SATAN in the end. Being free to see that the devil exists empowers us to bind and loose rather than stay victimized by wickedness. Being free to see that the devil exists prompts us to exercise our natural authority as human beings to have dominion on this earth and prompts us to exercise the authority that Jesus imputes to us. Now, true, we want to guard against attributing everything to satan in a spirit of irresponsibility or hopelessness, and we always want to focus on God and goodness much more than the devil and evil. But to know that much of the sorrow of our world is a direct result of a condemned criminal who we can crush as Jesus crushed him 2000 years ago, is incredibly helpful.
Technique number 2, he convinces us that he is in control:
Sometimes, the trials and tribulations of life can become so tumultuous that it can begin to seem like we are the devil's whipping boy, and that we have no locus of control in ourselves as people and Sons of God to change our situation. In my opinion, God does not control our reality with puppet strings, but I do believe that in the general sense God is in charge and is always willing to intervene on our behalf. But the darkness of our culture can really make it seem like the devil and not the Creator is the God of this world. This kind of thinking, in my opinion, is the source of the doctrine of eternal damnation. Many excellent and loving Christians believe that the devil is so powerful that he actually has the ability to deceive and torment a soul for all eternity. But the truth is that the devil may have seasons where he is free to wreak havoc on human kind, but GOD IS IN CHARGE AND IN THE END NOT ONE PERSON WILL HAVE TO SUFFER THE DEVIL'S NONSENSE FOR ETERNITY.
Technique number 3, he convinces us that there is no hope:
Many times, situations in which we find ourselves embroiled can seem totally hopeless and beyond God's redemptive touch. Brain cancer, unlawful incarceration, rape victimization, and many other scenarios can make it seem like there is absolutely no chance of redemption. The devil often intensifies this deception by causing us to dwell on the hopelessness of our trials and tribulations and then accusing us of being faithless and unbelieving. God convicts yes, but never accuses. So when you hear the sound of accusation whether it be from a preacher's mouth or from a friend's impatience, you can rest assured they it is not God who is speaking through them. God will always find a way to get redemption out of suffering and THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE, even when we don't think that it is there, hope and brightness will find a way to grace us in even the most bleak of dilemmas.
Technique number 4, he convinces that his thievery is God's wrath:
Right before Jesus heals the blind man in the Gospel of John, his disciples ask him, "Master who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind." To which Jesus responded, "neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." It is true that sometimes God allows us to go through things to learn lessons so that we can come out of a prior sinful behavior, but bottom line, GOD NEVER GETS PLEASURE OUT OF OUR CALAMITY. Many of the trials that we experience in this life stem directly from the enemy trying to steal our joy and faith. When we can see that a situation perhaps like a boss not liking us is not God's wrath but a scheme of the enemy, then we feel empowered to deal with that situation through the unconditional love, power, and soundness of mind of God rather than seething in bitterness.
Technique number 5, he convinces us that death is our only chance for victory:
The negro slaves used to often sing, "Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home, swing low sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home." This song, highlights the hope that many of the slaves had in the after-life, free from the oppression of slavery. I believe that this song is a testament to the perseverance of a people to find hope even in the most dehumanizing of experiences. But the truth is that sometimes things like alcohol addiction or drug addiction or mental illness can bring us to such a point of despair, that we conclude that we are just going to wait for death or worse take our own lives, because the only way out is to go to the other side. Let me tell you, every situation that we find ourselves in has the potential to glorify God. Even terminal cancer which for whatever reason the Lord does not miraculously heal has the capacity to glorify him by the compassion of the nurses and doctors for the patient or the patient's hope and laughter in the face of adversity. There is no situation for which there is not victory!! Victory is the essence of the Christian walk, and all people everywhere will eventually get the victory!!!!
One method of defeating the devil at his own game and to defeating him against all 5 of these techniques to derail our progress with God is to surrender, stand, succeed, and celebrate. No matter what is going on in our lives, we need to surrender it and ourselves to the Lord and ask Jesus for incite and strength to deal with the trials that come. Once we have surrendered, then we can stand in our authority as human beings and Sons and Daughters of God to vanquish the devil at his own schemes, often just by pointing them out. Then once we have stood, we trust the Lord to succeed in whatever scenario we are facing. And most times succeeding doesn't have to be winning the big game or having a lot of money, but it could be as sublime and simple as praising the Lord on a Sunday morning or Saturday night in spite of a tough week. And then of course, whatever is going on, and whatever the outcome, celebrate. Celebrate the love of Jesus in our lives and the love of our Creator. Celebrate the reality that one day there will be no depression, no cancer, no death, and no disease, no racism, no classism, no devouring of innocents and that all people will bask in the sunshine of the Lord's unconditional love and favor forever more.


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The UK Daily Mail thinks that the Togo Terrorist Attack was Footballs worst nightmare:The four weeks in January which were meant to herald an African football carnival have turned instead to carnage.Everybody was hoping for an African Festival:
Security was already a major issue for those travelling to the World Cup, and not only for the players and coaches. Even journalists and TV men heading to cover the competition have been told they will have armed guards and 24-hour security.Instead they have an Africa driven by a fear that could even affect the World Cup in South Africa.Hull Premier League Manager Phill Brown says:I am appalled, this throws a question mark against next summer's World Cup. You simply cannot put the safety of players, officials and fans at the slightest risk. That is totally unacceptable.Meanwhile Chief World Cup Organizer Danny Jordaan says that the gun attack will have no impact on the World Cup:"The world understands that sovereign countries are responsible for their own safety and security and to say what happened in Angola impacts on the World Cup in South Africa is the same as suggesting that when a bomb goes off in Spain, it threatens London's ability to host the next Olympics.
"It is nonsensical for South Africa to be tainted with what happens in Angola, which is not even one of our neighbouring countries."
For every 1 000 crimes reported in South Africa, only 430 criminals are arrested. Of these, only 77 are convicted and barely 8 of these are sentenced to two or more years of imprisonment.
So, while South Africa holds the prestigious record of the Gold Medal for Murders, and the Silver Medals for Rapes, at the Crime Olympics; with Angola not even worth a mention; and South Africa's Ministers of Safety and Security either deliberately indifferent to these Crime Olympic realities; or totally and utterly useless and incompetent to provide safety and security for South Africa's own citizens; the very same taxpaying citizens who pay the ANC and Mr. Jordaan salaries; Mr. Jordaan wants the world to believe that these same deliberately indifferent or utterly incompetent Safety and Security personnel, are capable of protecting the Worlds Soccer Stars, from Al Qaeda terrorist acts and gangland crime warriors.
Meanwhile the German Soccer Team's security -- perhaps thanks to lessons learnt from their lackadaiscal approach to Safety and Security at the 1972 Olympics, -- aren't taking any chances.
If President Zuma's previous promises are anything to go by -- such as for example that one where he promised to create 500,000 jobs, -- then we can take for granted, that South Africa is about 30% ready to host the World Cup; if that!
Togo terrorist attack is threat to the 2010 World Cup finals
Ralph Ellis, Daily Mail
Last updated at 11:51 PM on 08th January 2010
It was football's worst nightmare. The four weeks in January which were meant to herald an African football carnival have turned instead to carnage.
As details emerged last night of the horrific attack on the team bus carrying Togo's players across the border into Cabinda, a province of Angola, it left growing fears about the future not just of the Africa Cup of Nations but of the World Cup in South Africa itself.
The decision to take the game's most colourful tournaments to a region that was scarred by a bitter civil war was always a gamble.
But the organisers reckoned it a risk worth taking to show the world how the continent was moving into a new era.
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Instead last night there were calls from England's Premier League clubs for their players to come back home as the full shock began to sink in. And the question will be asked: 'If Angola can't keep players safe from terrorists, can South Africa protect the world's biggest stars in the summer?'
Security was already a major issue for those travelling to the World Cup, and not only for the players and coaches. Even journalists and TV men heading to cover the competition have been told they will have armed guards and 24-hour security.
Last night as Portsmouth became the first club to ask officially for their players to be brought home if their security cannot be guaranteed, all those fears were being brought into sharper focus.
You only had to listen to the account of Togo's Nantes striker, Thomas Dossevi, to understand the fear that will hang around the remainder of this tournament - if it goes ahead.
Dossevi said: 'We'd just crossed the border when we were fired upon - machine gun fire, even though we were surrounded by police cars, both in front and behind us.
'It was clearly an ambush, it's unbelievable. When we felt the bullets hitting the bus, everybody hit the floor. Your survival instinct kicks in and we were just glad when it was over.
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'It lasted about 10 to 15 minutes, which is a really long time believe me. The only thing you can do in this type of situation is to lie quiet on the floor, sit still, don't move.
'But still two players were shot. Blood was pouring down the floor of the bus. Members of our medical staff were shot too - and we don't have news of their health at the moment.'
It should not have been a surprise. Togo had ignored advice not to travel by coach in a country where many roads are still unsafe because of landmines left from the years of bitter civil war. Britain's Foreign Office advises: 'We advise against all but essential travel to the interior of Cabinda province.'
Togo's horrified players have already said they don't want to play their first game, due to be against Ghana on Monday, but even respected African voices have joined the calls for the tournament to be scrapped.
Claude Leroy, a former Cameroon and Ghana coach, insisted: 'You have to ask the question. Football's just a game. This is really serious and means that safety cannot be guaranteed. These local hotspots can be really dangerous. The Confederation of African Football is going to have to take a decision.'
Two English-based players escaped the gunfire. Manchester City and Aston Villa made frantic efforts to contact Emmanuel Adebayor and Moustapha Salifou and were relieved to learn both were safe.
But the clubs of the other 26 English- based players will be just as worried this morning that this could turn out to be the first of other incidents. They have already made representations to the Premier League.
Flashpoint: The attack happened in Cabinda, one of four host venues of the Africa Cup of Nations
Last night the FA confirmed: 'We are in contact with various English clubs who have players involved and we will continue to ensure we are kept up to speed with all developments.'
Angola won the bid to stage this tournament to prove how they had climbed back from decades of violence, and its government was clearly banking on the tournament as a chance to show the world the progress they have made. A building boom fuelled by oil wealth has included £62million spent on new stadiums in Cabinda and three Angolan cities for the tournament. While the rest of the world has been in recession, Angola were forecasting economic growth of eight per cent this year.
But all that was against the background of unrest left from the civil war, and the main oil-producing region has been plagued by unrest.
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Human rights groups have accused the military of atrocities and claim government officials have embezzled millions of dollars in oil revenue. An added worry for the World Cup is the realisation that sports stars are targets for terror. This was the second gun attack on a sports team in less than a year.
Several players were injured and six policemen were killed when gunmen opened fire on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Lahore, Pakistan, in March 2009. That resulted in all cricket tours of Pakistan being called off.
Despite all the worries of terrorist attack, until yesterday the players - even the biggest names - were fully behind the efforts to showcase African football in Angola. Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor explained: 'We were born in Africa so we know what it's about. Some people might be afraid which is normal, I can understand that.
But I'm going back to Africa, to one of the countries on my continent, and I'm prepared for Cabinda. I will enjoy myself.'
That was what everybody was hoping for. An African festival. Instead they have an Africa driven by a fear that could even affect the World Cup in South Africa.
» » » » [Daily Mail (PDF)]
Togo Terrorist Attack is late 'wake-up call' for Angola
January 09 2010 at 12:54PM
Luanda - The African Nations Cup was meant to banish the ghosts of Angola's civil war, but instead the tournament plunged into tragedy with a gun attack on the Togo team, prompting calls for its cancellation.
Angola has vowed tighter security after the "terrorist act" by separatist guerrillas, but the tournament has been overshadowed before kickoff by images of a shell-shocked and tearful Togolese team in the restive northern Cabinda enclave.
The attack was a "serious and late wake-up call" for the government, said Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner Rafael Marques.
» » » » [Excerpt: IOL (PDF)]
2010 World Cup question marks after Togo attack, says Hull's Phil Brown
Hull manager Phil Brown said a "question mark" has been placed over this year's World Cup finals in South Africa following Friday's gun attack on the Togo team bus.
By Telegraph staff
Published: 3:25PM GMT 09 Jan 2010
Brown called for the immediate return of his players at the African Nations Cup following the incident which killed two and injured nine.
"I am appalled," Brown said. "This throws a question mark against next summer's World Cup.
"You simply cannot put the safety of players, officials and fans at the slightest risk. That is totally unacceptable.
"I have two players - Daniel Cousin and Seyi Olofinjana - on duty and I want them back home here with us as quickly as possible."
Meanwhile the gun attack will have no impact on the World Cup in South Africa this year, according to chief World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan.
"It has no impact on our World Cup," Jordaan told reporters from Luanda where he is to act as match commissioner for Sunday's Nations Cup opener between Angola and Mali.
"The world understands that sovereign countries are responsible for their own safety and security and to say what happened in Angola impacts on the World Cup in South Africa is the same as suggesting that when a bomb goes off in Spain, it threatens London's ability to host the next Olympics.
"It is nonsensical for South Africa to be tainted with what happens in Angola, which is not even one of our neighbouring countries."
» » » » [Telegraph.UK (PDF)]
Togo were promised Angola was safe for African Cup of Nations
Togo have withdrawn from the African Nations Cup in Angola following the terrorist attack on their team bus that left four people dead. Here is the background to how they came under attack travelling to their base for the tournament.
By Rory Smith, Telegraph.UK
Published: 8:24PM GMT 09 Jan 2010
How did Angola earn the right to host the African Cup of Nations?
The African Football Federation (CAF) made the decision in 2006 to introduce a rotational policy for the tournament to give smaller, emerging countries the chance to host the continent's showpiece event.
What about the country's security issues?
A CAF inspection team, including World Cup 2010 organiser Danny Jordaan and a representative of FIFA, visited Angola for five days in 2006 and offered praise for the country's infrastructure, with special reference to security. All 16 participating nations had been offered assurances their players and staff would be safe.
» » » » [Excerpts: Telegraph.UK (PDF)]
Togo attack: Africa's dream is in tatters after devastating events in Cabinda
This is the year football was supposed to belong to Africa, the year when the sport that unifies Africans across tribal, ethnic and national divides was to be celebrated on its own soil.
By Duncan White, Daily Telegraph.UK
Published: 9:50PM GMT 09 Jan 2010
Horror: Togo's reserve goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale arrives on a stretcher at Lanseria airport after being evacuated to Johannesburg for medical treatment Photo: REUTERS
On Friday afternoon, in half an hour of sustained machine gun fire, some 10km from the Congo-Cabindan border, Africa's optimism soured. The opening ceremony of the 2010 African Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Luanda today, threatens to be the tournament's wake.
The cup was supposed to be a jubilant prologue to the main event in South Africa this summer. This is the one tournament when Africa plays for itself, when, for three weeks every two years, it is not shaped by the demands of Europe.
This was supposed to show Africa, and specifically sub-Saharan Africa, at its best: African players on African soil. Angola, with the huge economic growth that has followed peace, was the perfect venue for an optimistic future.
It is hard to measure the damage that has been done by the attack on the Togo bus. It was telling that, amid his shocked recollections of the events, Emmanuel Adebayor said he felt "disgraced" by what had happened, that Africa had failed when it most needed to succeed.
The full scale of the shooting only began to filter through yesterday afternoon, with sources in France claiming three people had been murdered. Nine others were injured.
According to Togo's French coach, Hubert Velud, only the rapid intervention of the Angolan military prevented a greater loss of life. "It's totally true they saved us," Velud said. "They were armed to the teeth, which surprised us. Did they know something?
The ultimate source of the problem is also the source of Angola's new-found wealth: the vast oilfields under the Atlantic off the Cabinda coast.
Cabinda occupies just 3,000 square miles of the nearly 500,000 that make up Angola, yet it produces 60 per cent of Angola's oil, which is worth 80 per cent of Angola's economy.
Cabinda is an extraordinary concentration of wealth and, like the Niger delta to the north, it has attracted not just the global oil giants but also violence and corruption.
While the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec), the group that claimed responsibility for the attack, claim they want an independence on ethnic grounds, they also want the oil money to be redistributed across the province.
Why, if a tenuous peace had only been agreed with rebel groups three years ago, did Angola and Caf take the risk of staging games in Cabinda?
The answer is money. Without Cabinda's oil money, there would be no tournament in Angola – the government claims to have spent $1 billion on getting the infrastructure up to scratch. So, it's important for Cabinda to be in on the action, to show that it is a safe place to invest. That is why they were fighting so hard yesterday to preserve the fixtures scheduled to take place there.
If the tournament, the biggest event staged in this blighted country's history, is a disaster, the crash in Angola's reputation could push it over the brink. Some 40 per cent of Angolans live below the poverty line and that number will only increase if Angola does not pull out of the current slump.
» » » » [Excerpts: Telegraph.UK (PDF)]
Team 'machine-gunned like dogs'
Samuel Petrequin, News 24, SAPA
2010-01-08 22:35
Peace for now: an Angolan woman walks past the African Cup of Nations mascot on Avenida Combatentes in Luanda Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Luanda - Gunmen opened fire Friday on the bus carrying the Togo national football team in Angola, reportedly wounding several players ahead of the African Cup of Nations.
"We were machine-gunned like dogs," Togo player Thomas Dossevi, who plays for French club Nantes, told Radio Monte Carlo.
"They were armed to the teeth ... We spent 20 minutes underneath the seats of the bus."
RMC reported that three players were seriously injured in the attack -Serge Gakpe, who plays for Monaco, Serge Akakpo of Romanian club Vaslui and Kodjovi Obilale of French lower league team Pontivy.
The team's top player, Emmanuel Adebayor, was not hurt, according to his club Manchester City.
"We had just crossed the border and were going through customs," Dossevi told Infosport television in France.
"We were surrounded by police buses. Everything looked fine and we came under heavy fire.
"Everyone scrambled under the seats trying to protect themselves. It lasted at least a quarter of an hour with the police responding."
Seven people hit
Alaixys Romao, who plays for French club Grenoble, told RMC: "We're all still in shock.
"As far as I know, seven people were hit by bursts of machine gun fire ... the driver, our doctor, a member of the delegation, the assistant coach, the goalkeeping coach and two players."
"Club officials have spoken with Adebayor and though shaken by the terrible events, he is unharmed," a club statement said.
Aston Villa said midfielder Moustapha Salifou was also unhurt.
"You have to ask the question. Football's just a game," Leroy told RMC.
"This is really serious and means that safety cannot be guaranteed. These local hotspots can be really dangerous. The CAF is going to have to take a decision on this crazy shooting." - SAPA
» » » » [Excerpt: News 24 (PDF)]
Wear bullet-proof vests, German World Cup stars warned
The Age, Australia
October 22, 2009 - 7:44AM
Germany's World Cup stars were warned yesterday to wear bullet-proof vests if they venture away from the team hotel at next year's tournament in South Africa.
The head of security firm BaySecur, who look after the the German Football Federation (DFB) and their guests when the national team play away from Germany, says stars like Michael Ballack must take extra care in South Africa.
"The possibility for the players of moving outside of the hotel boundaries should be kept to a minimum," BaySecur's Guenter Schnelle told German magazine Sport-Bild.
"Otherwise there must be a full escort: armed security guards and bullet-proof vests for the players."
The German Football Federation (DFB) are already looking to step up security around the team hotel in Pretoria.
Because of high crime rates in the Republic, the DFB are looking to recruit 20 extra security guards for the team's stay at their five-star accommodation.
» » » » [The Age.AU (PDF)]
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2010 terror plot: 'SA not ready'
Peter Fabricius, IOL
October 12 2009 at 11:53AM
"What is the greater danger - nuclear warfare or the population explosion? The latter absolutely! To bring about nuclear war, someone has to DO something; someone has to press a button. To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values-there is no need to do anything. We need only do nothing except -- breed. And how easy it is to do nothing." -- Isaac Asimov
An expert on Islamic militancy has warned that the South African intelligence services are "woefully, inadequately prepared" for the potential threat of terrorism during the World Cup next year.
Hussein Solomon, head of the International Institute of Islamic Studies in Pretoria, said militants had already established cells in South Africa.
He was commenting today on reports that Somali terrorists linked to al-Qaeda have been planning to attack US interests here.
Ronnie Kasrils recently declared that there were no 'established training camps' in South Africa associated with 'Al-Qaeda or other such groupings'.
Molotov Cocktail can now reveal that the Minister of Intelligence has not been kept fully informed. There is one substantial training camp – Greenbushes – situated approximately 25 miles outside Port Elizabeth on the Old Cape Road and rumours persist that camps are also based at Vaal Dam, Camperdown, and Schaap Kraal in the Western Cape. In addition, sources within the Tamil community suggest that the Tamil Tigers also sponsor training within South Africa.
The Weekend Argus reported that the US government had closed its embassy in Pretoria and all other US government facilities for two days last month because intelligence agencies had intercepted a call from Khayelitsha to the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab extremist group in Somalia, discussing a plot to blow up American interests.
This was apparently to be in retaliation for the US military killing of an Al-Shabaab commander in southern Somalia. The US suspected the commander of having played a role in the fatal bombing of US embassies in Nairobi and Dar el Salaam in 1998.
Solomon said today that he had been trying to warn authorities for some time about the threat of terrorist action during the World Cup.
He said international policing agency Interpol had already warned of such a threat but the South African intelligence services did not seem to be listening.
A source quoted in the Weekend Argus said: "What has been established is that the Cape guys are linked to al-Qaeda cells in Somalia, who are connected to the group in Afghanistan. We have established that most al-Qaeda operatives are relocating from Afghanistan to Pakistan, attracted by increased lawlessness in Pakistan.
"Our information is that there is a trail that links Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and, most interestingly, Mozambique where Somalis have formed an anti-US cell already. The interception revealed that these people plan to move en masse from Mozambique to here (SA) in 2010 to attack American interests.
"I do not mean to be alarmist, but the US was right to take these people seriously because, we now know that they have links with shady characters who have access to old military hardware in Eastern Europe," said the source.
» » » » [IOL-Cape Argus (PDF) & Molotov Cocktail (PDF(14MB))]
Zuma says SA 100% ready for Soccer World Cup
News 24
2010-01-10 14:05
The French and Belgian governments are incensed at how the South African Police Services botched investigations into the gang rape of a French tourist and an attack on her Belgian boyfriend, the Belgian Swimming Coach, on the Durban beachfront, during the International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships, in December 2006.
Pretoria - In a statement, the office of the presidency said Zuma who has arrived in Luanda, Angola to attend the opening of the African Cup of Nation has reiterated that South Africa remains 100% ready to host the Fifa World Cup, and dismissed speculation that the Angolan incident had any bearing on the World Cup tournament in South Africa.
President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the government and people of Togo on the tragedy that befell the Togolese soccer team in Cabinda on Friday and wished members of the team and entourage a speedy recovery. He also extended support to the Angolan government in its ongoing efforts to bring about total peace and stability in the country.
President Zuma is accompanied by the Minister in the Presidency Mr Collins Chabane and the Deputy Minister of Sports and Recreation Mr Gert Oosthuizen.
The statement said Zuma was attending the games to support the Angolans on their hosting of the Afcon, to promote African excellence in sports and also to further deepen the warm, fraternal and historical relations between South Africa and Angola.
According to the statement, Zuma said the Afcon will demonstrate African prowess in football, ahead of the World Cup to be held in South Africa in June-July.
He emphasised that the shocking and unacceptable attack on the Togolese team should not be blown out of proportion, but should serve as impetus for the African continent and the world at large to work even harder to rid the world of terrorist activity and violence wherever it surfaces.
Zuma is expected back in return to South Africa on Monday. - SAPA
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The tenacious defence of the Ray Mears page on Wikipedia was one example last week. I still find it bizarre that someone would give enough of a shit to protect Ray's entry from cyber-vandals such as myself. Is EVERY page on Wikipedia guarded by an acolyte of some description? I see this as the online (and somewhat less lethal) equivalent of a paranoid householder sitting with his shotgun at the top of boobytrapped stairs, waiting for burglars to 'make his day'. Yeh, I know that's hyperbole…
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The next example of the impact of people online were American potty-mouths on Xbox Live. I went on there to play a spot of Burnout: Revenge and found that my opponents were US teenagers suggesting that they were going to anally penetrate each other's mothers. Now, of course, the abuse wasn't genuinely vicious, but as a 37 year old Englishman it's a bit off-putting to have to listen to Midwest youth with MILF fantasies. The analogy is listening to teenagers swearing at each other whilst illicitly smoking weed on the top deck of the bus.
The third and final example is reading Emily's pregnancy message boards on iVillage. The women on the boards organise themselves into cliques like little girls in the playground. Some have 'private' invitation-only MSN sites where they can share pictures of their bump or Bugaboo 'travel system' with other members of their clique. Some boards are populated by bullies who bitch about new 'posters'. The other interesting element is the oppressive morality – one woman who spoke about an abortion was shouted down immediately.
You'll notice that, in order to understand online behaviour, I keep resorting to 'real world' analogies. With this in mind, my question is this: is the Internet leading to new social behaviour OR does it just replicate offline modes?


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The strength in any community is in its people. We [Abington/ Rockledge] have citizens who want to be involved and spend many hours volunteering doing so.
We have excellent educators. We have a police department that is concerned about our personal welfare and is involved in community and youth activities, our volunteer fire departments receive the latest professional training, and our elected and appointed officials work together. …" — Henry Geyer
Henry has held many roles as a volunteer; this is especially evident in his volunteer roles for Scouts; as a Pack Committee Chairman and Chartered Organization Representative for Cub Scout Pack 438; as an Assistant Scoutmaster, Advancement Coordinator, and Merit Badge Counselor for Boy Scout Troop 72 and in his involvement with the annual Friends of Scouting fundraising campaign.
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Description : The Ro Negro lighthouse, located in El Condor spa, 32 kilometers from the city of Viedma. It is the oldest lighthouse in all of Patagonia and Argentina, inaugurated May 15, 1887. After 130 years of operation, the lighthouse It became a Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A blue United Nations shield was placed to identify it and be preserved. From there, you can see the confluence of the Black River and the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, there is a single panoramic view of the whole area.
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Type of Flashing: Flashing (Fl)
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Have you ever played hide and seek with your children. If it's a two year old there's a large part of your leg sticking out so they can find you easily. If they're a bit older you make it more challenging but you never let it get to the point where they get anxious because they can't find you. I think God the Father is the same.
In Jeremiah it says "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with your whole heart". But Jesus uses the parable of the lost coin and the parable of the last sheep to say that rather it is God earnestly seeking us. Even in the parable of the prodigal son the father is earnestly looking for the son and the son knows where home is. He just has to return.
So, I personally go with Jesus. If we need to seek God I think He will always let Himself be found. Sometimes after a bit of effort. And quite often not in the way we expected. He is God after all.
P.S. Just been to church and reminded that Jesus said that the Father is more than willing to give the Holy Spirit just for the asking (Luke 11:13)
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This weekend (long weekend - woohoo!) we had a go at recycling a bunch of old broken wax crayons.
We had a few lying in the bottom of pencil tins and we sourced some more from our local op-shop (thrift store) for the princely sum of 50c.
We melted them down in a silicone baking/ice tray arranged into similar colour groups with a few rainbow mixes for fun. The crayons came out great!
|Waiting for the melted crayons to cool
|Putting our recycled crayons to the test!
We will definitely be making some more of these!
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Here's our first proper look at the Nike PG2 PlayStation Colourway sneakers. This is our first look at the shoes, outside of that fancy marketing video that was released alongside them being announced.
"This collaboration has been a long time coming," Paul told the PlayStation Blog. "Ask me what my favorite PlayStation memory is and I'll tell you it's when my dad got me a PS2 for Christmas. I'd been dropping hints left and right because I knew that was it. That was the next big thing. You could say the same with Nike. As a kid, I'd make sketches of what I wanted my Nike shoes to look like because it's something I've always wanted to be a part of. Now I have the opportunity to make something very special and personal to me with the help of two of my favourite brands."


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Yesterday my daughter told me that she love the TEA that I normally made at home. She said she could not get the same taste whenever she tried to make on her own.
Then she asked me on how to make the same tea like mine. I am so touched with her sincere thoughts and replied that I just used the tea, hot water, sugar and extra and extra and extra of LOVE ^_^
By the way, she is just 7 and she really made my day ..
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I would LOVE to see a vernis speedy .. I wonder how much that would cost in special order.. sigh..
that is such a good idea! i would love to know the answer too
I would love the old purple color like my Reade pm or the dark blue color .. anyone with so experience how much it would cost? is it the monogram 25 prize plus 30%?
apparently, there was a perle vernis speedy available only in Japan before. it was a subject of debate on this forum about whether it was authentic or not. if you use the search function, the thread regarding this topic should come up... there was a picture posted, and it looked very real.
i didn't think LV did special orders for vernis speedy. someone correct me if i'm wrong
i just looked at that, well about the fake white vernis alma .. apparently there was pics of so vernis bags .. but I may have to ask my SA..
Thanks, I saw the pic and it looked nice.
Hi, LV will not make a vernis speedy special order its such ashame. There was a vernis perle speedy posted in the forum that was said to be only available to Japan but I think it was fake because LV would never put modern zips that are never usually on vernis items on a vernis peice LE or no LE. Also the vernis keepalls Mercer were made but the one that was supposedly made for Japan had the bottom attached by strips of leather but this is not right as the Mercer had the bottom attached by one peice of plain coloured leather matching the vernis colour. The speedy also had peices of leather attaching the bottom. IMO it was fake
I can't find the thread, can someone please post the link for me. I have never seen this before. Thank you.
here http://forum.purseblog.com/louis-vuitton/vernis-speedy-30933.html?highlight=vernis+speedy
I agree, Steve, about that vernis speedy being fake.
I cant see the pics...
Thanks Socialite. I didn't read the whole thread I just looked at the pics. I would have to say it was fake. The lining is alcantra. Vernis does not have alcantra linings.


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This week was a big milestone for Isaac. He started swimming lessons... alone! Yep - I dropped him off for a whole hour each day this week, as did all of the other parents. A very kind, experienced swim instructor lives only about seven miles from me, and she teaches kids in her own pool. It's amazing what she and a teenage helper can do in only five hours of instruction.
Prior to this Isaac had only had "splash lessons," i.e. a mommy-and-me class designed to get him accustomed to the water. In other words, he was never really out of my arms. So this was a big step! I was so, so proud to see him just march right into the fenced pool area each morning with his little peers.
Since today was the final day, parents got to come for the last half of class for the "show." Here are videos and photos that Chasen and I took of my little beginner fish doing his thing. I'm so proud!
Here he is reaching to the bottom of the steps for a starfish.
Here he is using the "kickboards."
Here he's off for a short swim.
And now for a longer swim.
Splash! A big jump and a swim!
Floating on his back for ten seconds.
Isaac and his adorable class.
Getting read to reach for that starfish.
Kick, kick, kick!
More kicking.
Isaac and his school mate, Cassidy Hope. I think he kinda loves her. :)
Swimming to Mrs. Melissa (whom he calls Ms. 'Lissa)
Heading back to Katie the teenage helper.
Adjusting his goggles for the big swim to Melissa.
Go Isaac go! Put that head down! (which is more than I do...)
Yay! He made it!
Heading back to Katie.
He just jumped in and splashed Melissa. Ha!
Go, little fish, go!
Swimming is such an important skill to possess; not only for fun times at the pool and beach, but you just never know what's going to happen. I am so happy that I heard of this fantastic teacher right here in my own neck of the woods. Thanks, Ms. 'Lissa!


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As Saskatoon grapples with a new development in the opioid crisis, health workers hope to distribute more life-saving kits to reverse overdoses.
Saturday morning saw police and paramedics rush to three separate addresses for a total of six people reported to be suffering from fentanyl overdoses. Two of those people died. One was last reported in a coma at a Saskatoon hospital and the other three are expected to recover.
Police later linked the overdoses to a batch of fentanyl-laced cocaine and arrested three men suspected of peddling the tainted drugs.
Speaking on the Brent Loucks show, Saskatoon police Insp. Dale Solie said fentanyl overdoses are sadly nothing new. However, Solie said this was the first time the city was seeing deaths resulting from the deadly opioid being mixed into a more widely-used drug like cocaine.
"We are so concerned for public safety on this matter. This obviously can cause death. We're concerned and we want to get this product off the street," he said.
Solie urged people not to take street drugs, but repeated a request from police that anyone who may have bought tainted drugs consider turning them in to Saskatoon police headquarters to be safely disposed. He said anyone doing so wouldn't have to worry about facing a possession charge.
Meanwhile, mental health and addictions experts with the Saskatchewan Health Authority called on drug users and their loved ones to seek out naloxone kits.
Dr. Peter Butt said shallow breathing is a typical sign of an opioid overdose, with sufferer's lips and fingernail beds beginning to turn blue. He said sufferers may be difficult to rouse and may eventually stop breathing altogether.
Butt said a timely injection of naloxone can reverse the overdose, even in cases where an opioid may be mixed in with another drug, such as cocaine.
"(People) don't have to worry. This is not going to cause harm and it may still save a life if it's a drug mixture of some sort," he said.
Butt stressed people should still call 911, even if administering naloxone is successful.
"Although the naloxone may begin to work within five minutes, it may stop working after 20 to 30 minutes. And during that period of time the opioid poisoning may continue."


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