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The Coterie is pleased to offer Your Ticket to Ride, a program providing transportation funding for school groups. We hope providing subsidies will assist schools in need, where transportation costs may preclude them from attending a Coterie production. Based on funding availability and reserved on a first-served basis, The Coterie Transportation Fund will provide assistance up to $3.00 per student to defray transportation costs for any K-12 school bringing a group of 20 or more students to see an eligible Coterie production.
We are currently accepting requests for productions in our 2019/2020 Season.
The following changes will apply to the program beginning with the 2019/2020 Season:
- Up to $3/person, not to exceed $300 per subsidy
- 1 subsidy per teacher per season
- Subsidy requests must be submitted before your scheduled performance date
- All paperwork and forms must be submitted within 60 days of your performance date
- Bus subsidies will apply for all school year productions, but will not apply for the summer productions
The bus subsidy program is supported by generous donors who want to assist schools in need and give every student access to the arts. It costs as little as $3 to support one student's bus subsidy. If you want to keep The Coterie accessible for all students, please consider donating to our bus subsidy program.
Missouri Arts Council Bus Grants
The Missouri Arts Council (MAC) offers grants to pay for bus transportation for schools taking a field trip to attend arts events funded by MAC – which includes all of The Coterie's plays. MAC will grant up to $300 per school per year for this transportation on a first-come-first-served basis.
To apply go to the Missouri Arts Council website, click on the "Get Funding" tab and under that click on "Apply or Manage Your Grant." On the grants page scroll down to "Click here to create a new profile." Once logged in, click on "Current Programs and Applications." Look for the BIG YELLOW SCHOOL BUS grant which has a link to the application.
CLICK HERE to visit the Missouri Arts Council website to apply for this grant.
Target Field Trip Grants
Since 2007, Target stores have made it possible for millions of students to go on learning trips outside the classroom by offering Field Trip Grants to K-12 schools nationwide. Every Coterie production qualifies for a Target Field Trip grant, valued up to $700. Grants applications are accepted between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30.
CLICK HERE for more about Target Field Trip Grants
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There are several surface lots available for bus parking to the south of the Crown Center Shops, east of the 27th and Grand Blvd. intersection


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Sudans protest leaders are calling for mass rallies across the country amid deadlocked negotiations with the ruling military over its handover of power.
The Sudanese Professionals Association, which has spearheaded four months of protests that drove Omar al-Bashir from power in April, says its also calling for a "million man march" outside the military headquarters in Khartoum.
Thursdays statement, posted on Facebook, says the protesters want to denounce the ruling generals resistance to relinquish power to a sovereign council that both sides had already agreed should lead the country during the transitional period.
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Yoon Mi Rae and Sony Pictures Reach Settlement regarding Unauthorized Use of Her Song in "The Interview"
It has been revealed that after four months of back and forth, singer-rapper Yoon Mi Rae and Sony Pictures have reached a settlement regarding the unauthorized use of her song "Pay Day" in the Hollywood comedy film "The Interview."
In an email sent on May 13 to Yonhap News, a Sony Pictures representative states, "We acknowledge that we used Yoon Mi Rae's song 'Pay Day' before receiving an official license" and "We want to emphasize that the fact that the track was included [in 'The Interview] does not mean that Yoon Mi Rae, Tiger JK, or Feel Ghood Music condones the content [of the film]."
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- You will be able to quickly recognize major patterns in the stock charts that get replayed in either a trending or sideways markets. And the full analysis of a chart will take you just 2 - 5 minutes
- You will know how to distinguish trending market making new highs or lows from sideways or corrective market moving in countertrend direction
- You will be armed with clear rules that work on any timeframe, from 1 minute to monthly and for any instrument including stocks, futures, commodities like gold and crude oil, currencies and crypto currencies
- You will be able to identify critical support levels in a bull market and resistance levels in bear markets that should become your hard stops
- You will be able to recognize topping and bottoming patterns and learn what is the most dangerous time to pick tops and bottoms and when it becomes a valid and reasonable trading strategy
- You will know at what stages of a rally to buy breakouts is a good idea and when it is too risky
- You do not need to have any knowledge either in technical analysis or in the classic Elliott Wave theory
- You will be able to perform the analysis in any charting platform including free Tradingview
Every day traders and investors try to guess what will be the next move in prices for the assets they trade.
And every trader and investor hates uncertainty and dream about being able to predict the next move in price
What if I tell you that it is possible and that you can learn how to do that?
You will discover how to turn total uncertainty into 2 - 3 high probability scenarios. And how to use rules to validate or discard scenarios.
You will know how to predict most likely future path of price and calculate potential target of that move.
In this course you will learn about fractals. Fractals, are repeating patterns that can be easily found on any price chart. There are different patterns for trending and corrective markets. I will explain why those patterns get repeated again and again. I will teach you to monitor general market sentiment. You will see that each rally and each correction is driven not by press releases important data or some secret insights but by ever changing sentiment of investors. In the course of unfolding rally sentiment changes from disbelief and doubts, to cautious hope, then optimism, and finally reaches euphoria right at the time when price reaches its highest point.
Second you will learn the basic yet the most important five wave structure. Any major rally follows that structure. You will learn six clear and simple rules that will help you to identify a trending structure, set a high probability target for the final top or bottom in just 5 minutes. Moreover, you will learn about natural pulse of the market. It's like a rhythm in music. Every rally is followed by a corrective countertrend move. And Any correction is followed by another rally. It's like a dance when you make simple move one step forward and one step back. And by repeating those simple moves in different combinations you create a performance.
If you identify and track a fractal you will not longer be surprised by a sudden change in market sentiment when powerful rally suddenly turns into painful quick decline the very next day. You will learn to anticipate those reversals, be prepared for them and make money on corrections while your peers will be freaking out.
We will review all different types of corrective moves. When other folks will be praying for price to come back to their purchase price just to dump their holdings without loss you will be enjoying great entry points at cheaper price. Correction will turn from a painful experience into long expected sale season!
I will explain how correctly use retracement tool and show real life examples how that technique helped to nail bottoms. That simple yet efficient tool lets you anticipate at what level price may find support and complete correction move.
The next big topic of the course is projection tool. You will learn that waves inside the five wave fractal and even inside of corrective A-B-C fractal relate to other by repeating ratios. I will show you the ratios I use every day. We will study how to use those ratios, make projections and build clusters of fibs to predict high probability reversal zones for rallies and corrections.
Whether you trade or invest in stocks, futures, options or crypto currencies you deal with a total uncertainty. And our brains hate that feeling of uncertainty. We feel anxious and being unable to make rational decisions under pressure. Harmonic Elliott Wave provides you with a framework that you apply to decrease uncertainty to 1, 2 or three major possible scenarios. That gives you a sense of control and puts you back into a driver seat. You come up with scenarios, check if they follow the rules and discard the one that gets invalidated. That is a process, that is a business rather than gambling. That calms you down and brings back your self confidence.
I will explain the whole process in details and provide you with step-by-step guide on how to count a chart from scratch, how to recognize patterns and then check if they follow the rules to validate them.
There are around one hundred short videos in the course each 1 - 4 minutes. And there is a pdf file with charts, my comments and key takeaways for each lesson. Udemy app lets you download videos and pdf files to your phone, tablet or desktop and study them even when you are on the road or do not have access to internet.
- Beginner stock and futures traders who look for a reliable instrument for predicting markets. Experienced practitioners of the classic Elliott Wave theory will discover a different, more precise and efficient methodology in comparison to the one offered by the classic Elliott Wave theory.
- Experienced analysts and traders proficient in the classic Elliott Wave theory will discover a different, yet more precise and efficient methodology in comparison to the one offered by the classic Elliott Wave theory
- Long-term investors who would like to better time their entries and exits. You will be able to set long term targets for multi year rallies and find high probability reversal zones for temporary corrections
- Start the course today if you feel tired of losing money by following market gurus. You spend hours sitting in private traders chats or watching CNBC looking for expert insights. You try to best guess what recommendations to follow and make a number of good trades but then give them all back in one or two bad trades. Learn to invest and trade based on your own analysis following clear rules
Looking at different price charts it is quite easy to make an important observation that price follows some specific patterns again and again. Those patterns can be found on price charts of stocks, futures, stock indexes, bonds, commodities and crypto currencies.
The most important pattern is A-B-C pattern.
In the section 2 you will learn that price never goes up or down in a straight line.
Every price chart tries to talk to you but you do not understand them because you do not know the language. A-B-C fractal is as important in trading as the letter A in the alphabet. Children start to learn reading and writing from learning the alphabet. This so exciting for a parent to see how kids first time recognize the letter A in a book. From that point the kid will quickly learn all the other letters and will start reading first words and then longer phrases.
All the markets move in zig zags because people are driving force of any market. And when human beings make decisions on buying and selling stocks, real estate, art or even cars or groceries they do that under influence of emotions and cognitive biases.
The vast majority of market participants are driven by emotions fear or greed. They chase price all the time. They buy when price goes up long enough to make them confident it will keep going to the moon.
They sell when price goes down deep enough to make them scared. First they see price falls under the level where they bought a stock. Then it continues to fall relentlessly day after day. You start looking for expert opinions and they say "the worse is not over". This is when fear kicks in and you get confident price goes to zero and they will lose their money completely.
This section will teach you the simplest yet important rhythm of the market. One step forward, one step back and one step forward. That simple! It's like a dance when partners make simple repeating moves but combination of those simple steps creates a beautiful performance. You will see how simple A-B-C moves of different sizes combined together form rallies and corrections
The first move in the wave A is the first action of the new A-B-C fractal. Wave A sets the tone for subsequent corrective wave B. Both, actionery wave A and correction in wave B, become a base for the final wave C that resolutes the fractal.
In Any A-B-C fractal the starting point is the low of the Wave A in up fractals and the top of the wave A in down fractals.
That starting point of the wave A should not be breached by subsequent waves B and C.
In up moving A-B-C fractals, after the first action in the wave A up, a corrective wave B down starts from the top of the wave A up. It can fall back all the way down to the starting point of the wave A. In that case we say that "wave B retraced 100% of the preceding wave A". However, in no case it can fall under the starting point of the wave A up. If that happens, we say that "the count gets invalidated". In other words we made mistake and incorrectly identified the first move off the bottom as wave A.
In majority of cases, corrective wave B down manages to retrace only part of the rally completed in the wave A, particularly from 38.2% to 85.4% of the distance covered by the preceding actionery wave A up.
Price never travels in a straight line for too long, it travels in zig-zags shaped as A-B-C.
Those "zig-zag" shaped moves are consisted of three segments we label as A, B and C.
The first move we call actionery move in the wave A.
The second move we call a correction in the wave B.
And the final third move completing a zig-zag is called "resolution" in the wave C.
There are two formal rules each A-B-C fractal should follow:
( 1 ) In up looking A-B-C fractal the starting point of the wave A is the main support for the whole A-B-C up fractal. Reactionery Wave B down may come back up to the lowest point of the wave A but never should go under it.
In down looking A-B-C fractal the starting point of the wave A is the main resistance for the whole A-B-C down fractal. Reactionery Wave B up may come back up to the highest point of A but never should go over it.
( 2 ) In up looking A-B-C fractals Wave C either retests or more often makes new higher high over a high made by Wave A. In down looking A-B-C fractals Wave C either retests or more often makes new lower low under a low made by Wave A.
In down moving A-B-C fractals, after the first action in the wave A down, a corrective wave B up starts from the bottom of the wave A down. It can get back all the way up to the starting point of the wave A. In that case we say that "wave B retraced 100% of the preceding wave A". However, in no case it can rise over the starting point of the wave A down. If that happens, we say that "the count gets invalidated". In other words we made mistake and incorrectly identified the first move off the top as wave A down.
In majority of cases, corrective wave B up manages to retrace only part of the preceding decline in the wave A, particularly from 38.2% to 85.4% of the distance covered by the preceding actionery wave A down.
Five Wave fractal is the structure behind any trending moves up or down. If you want to benefit from trends you first should be confident you deal with a trending move. In this section I will give you five simple rules that any five wave fractal should follow. Five simple rules that will change the way you trade trends. In following chapters of the course about the projection tool we will add one more rule number 6.
Five Wave Fractal is the backbone of any rally. We will study that fractal to know what the main stages of any rally are and how crowd sentiment changes in the course of any rally.
There are five waves in any trending move but only three of them are in direction of the trend. Two other waves are corrective waves. They move in countertrend direction. Remember we learned that price never travels in a straight line? If you happen to buy a stock or crypto currency at the early stage of a trending move the ride will not be easy. Trending move does not mean every day will be a sunny day bringing you a higher price. There will be painful corrections in the process. Those who unprepared will be shaken out.
When other folks will be freaking out trying to find some rational explanation of a drop on news. They will be questioning the trend and most likely will throw in the towel very close to completion of correction. Wave analysis will let you predict and enjoy corrections turning them from a painful experience into long expected sale season when you can pay less when the crows lost hope.
There are two main distinctive fractals: A-B-C fractal and Five Wave fractal. This section will explain you that fractals have a magical feature. If you combine two five wave fractals with A-B-C fractal in between you will get another A-B-C fractal of a bigger size!
Each of those five waves itself is A-B-C fractal, because each of the waves 1,2,3,4 and 5 has A-B-C internal structure.
That feature of fractals makes wave analysis an exceptional trading tool. Imagine you have been following a rally with five wave fractal and it has completed wave 1,2 3 and 4. Your main question is how not to miss the top of that rally. Well because you know that wave 5 is itself an A-B-C fractal you first wait for at least wave A up and C down. Then you know you are left with the very final wave C up which will complete the wave 5 and the whole fractal. Again because of fractal nature wave C of 5 is itself composed on five waves! To nail the top you just zoom in switching to a lower timeframe and start counting the very final five wave up which would complete wave C of 5 and the whole big rally.
Fractal nature of waves turn make it possible to keep analysis as simple as counting large and small waves that compose large ones. You can be sure in two outcomes: the rally will be completed either by completing the whole structure in its small details (subwaves) or will invalidate itself breaking down one of the critical support.
Sooner or later you will memorize the look of the Five Wave up fractal. But that is the only first step on the way to mastery. In majority of cases in your trading you will face incomplete Five Wave up or down fractal. It is much more difficult to recognize an unfolding Five Wave fractal then a completed one. But if you manage to recognize it after completion of wave 2 down you will be able to make good money by betting your money on continuation of the trending move in wave 3. In this video I show you two examples to convince you it's not hard at all to recognize incomplete fractals. In fact your brain does many time a day. If you feed enough samples of some object to your brain it will store a library of different looks of those objects in its long term memory. And then it will need to see a small tiny detail of an object to recognize it and reconstruct an image of the whole object in your mind even if the part of the object is hidden or not visible.
Let's dive in deeper into the most important five wave fractal. By the end of this course you will be able to identify that pattern in a heartbeat.
But so far we have focused on a completed five wave pattern. That means that when we have all five waves in place the rally is over. Our goal is to participate in the rally before it gets completed.
That is why we need to study how that five wave pattern unfolds step by step. Doing that you will start memorizing the looks of partially completed pattern at each stage.
Completion of each of those five waves provides you with additional information. For example, when impulsive wave 1 or 3 in direction of the trend tops out it gives you additional information to calculate the ultimate target of the move. We will study soon how length of wave 1 impacts the length of wave 3 and how combined length of waves 1 and 3 impacts the target for the wave 5. The lows of the corrective waves 2, B of 3 and 4 let you confirm that the structure is valid because each new corrective wave should make a new higher low. In terms of trading each completed corrective wave let you raise your stop to a higher level minimizing risk of a trade.
We will be talking about that five wave fractal again and again adding more details to embed in your mind picture of partially completed five wave up fractal. The goal is to make sure you start seeing it on any chart at a glance without thinking.


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The former communities secretary said: "I want to start by making a pledge, a pledge to those from the Windrush generation who have been in this country for decades and yet have struggled to navigate through the immigration system. This never should have been the case and I will do whatever it takes to put it right."


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During the fall of 2013, I participated in an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State. FACTS is a multidimensional forensic anthropological research, teaching, and outreach center within the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. FACTS is composed of three components, including two labs and an outdoor decomposition facility. The mission of FACTS is to advance forensic science and anthropology through world-class education, research, and outreach. FACTS strives to be a premier nationally and internationally recognized academic training and research facility for forensic anthropology, providing a unique environment that stimulates innovative, creative, and interdisciplinary research that advances forensic anthropology knowledge, theory, and methods.
FACTS conducts research on human decomposition to determine the postmortem interval, which includes a wide range or various research designs. A majority of the individuals who willingly donate their body to FACTS are placed at FARF on Freeman Ranch and left to the elements to decompose. A majority of the donations are placed under large tarps and metal cages covered in chicken wire to deter any scavenging animals, especially raccoon and vultures, from disturbing the bodies' rate of decomposition. There are, however, some donations that are left uncovered to study any vulture activity and scattering of skeletal elements. Equipment for aquatic decomposition is also available for study. Many donations are also buried for research and training purposes for law enforcement.
In addition, FACTS offers several key resources for assisting law enforcement whenever human remains are found. First, when skeletal remains are found, regardless of manner or condition in which they are found, a Forensic Anthropologist is almost always consulted for examination and development of the biological profile. The profile developed is vital for law enforcement in order to narrow down any missing persons to be compared with the remains found. Second, FACTS is equipped with many tools used to extract bone samples to be sent to the University of North Texas' human identification laboratory for the development of a full DNA profile to definitively identify unknown remains. Forensic Anthropologists play a dynamic role in the identification process of unknown individuals due to their unique skills in reading skeletal material and their training in archaeological excavations. Finally, FACTS also serves as an additional resource for law enforcement often assisting in or directing the excavation of possible burial sites in forensic cases or ground searches for a missing person.
While interning at FACTS, I spent a majority of my time at Freeman Ranch, both at FARF and ORPL. While there, I had the opportunity to learn and perform a variety of tasks, including the intake and placement of donations, photo inventories, disarticulations, processing of remains, labeling, and a variety of other miscellaneous tasks. The following sections describe each of these activities in more detail.
One of the main duties of an intern or undergraduate volunteer is the processing of decomposed and skeletonized human remains for curation.This involves a process of hot water submersion with the addition of detergent to loosen tissues and help clean the bone, a process called 'maceration'. The bones are placed into a large kettle which is then filled with hot water and either 2 oz. of tergazyme or 4 oz. of laundry detergent. Once the bones have macerated and little to no tissue is left, they are then individually cleaned using dental tools and tooth brushes. Once this is done, the bone is then placed on butcher paper and laid out in anatomical position to dry. Once the bones are completely dry, they can then be curated and labeled.
FACTS assisted on approximately ten to fifteen open forensic cases also known as OpID's (Operation Identification) of unidentified remains this past fall semester. On average, twenty to thirty unidentified bodies are brought to the facility. All of which are almost always believed to be of Hispanic descent, ranging in age and sex. In accordance to the title 1 code of criminal procedure, chapter 49 inquests upon dead bodies, subchapter A. duties performed by justices of the peace states that a justice of the peace shall conduct an inquest into the death of a person who dies in the county served by the justice if: the body or a body part of a person is found, the cause or circumstances of death are unknown; the person is unidentified; etc. If an examination has been performed by a justice of the peace, the body is either buried or given to FACTS. OpID bodies are then processed and entered into FACTS' forensic database. The information is then given to forensic anthropologists who try to determine a biological profile for the individual so that a positive identification can be made. On occasion, additional resources will be used when trying to make a positive identification such as DNA analysis which is conducted at the University of North Texas or the assistance of facial reconstructions will be used.
During my last month with FACTS, I had the opportunity to work on a number of OpID's. When an OpID body is given to FACTS it is taken directly to OPRAL and inventoried. This part of the internship was perhaps the most difficult because by the time the remains are at FACTS, they have either mummified or more typically started to decompose. This makes the removal of the body from the body bag almost impossible to do without disarticulating it and because the body has already started to decompose the smell is extremely strong and pungent.
Part of the studying of the rate of decomposition involves the daily photographing of each body to document the decomposition process. While at FACTS, I got the opportunity to assist with this task. A series of photographs, including the face, upper limbs, lower limbs, overall body and stake shots , are taken each day for two weeks; every other day for two weeks; and then once a week for two months.
FACTS provides academic functions for students, law enforcement, and the field of forensic anthropology. FACTS serves as a resource for the identification of unidentified skeletal remains and as a training facility for law enforcement cadaver dogs. FACTS additionally indirectly aids law enforcement with the establishment of a known biological profile database used to help establish a biological profile.
While interning at FACTS, I have had the opportunity to gain a wealth of knowledge I would not have gotten had I interned elsewhere. I have had the opportunity to work hands on with the many different stages of human decomposition and curation processes. I was even given the opportunity to work on not one, but various open forensic cases and meet a world renown facial reconstructionist. Since interning with FACTS, I have become extremely proficient in the siding and identification of each bone within the human skeleton. Additionally, I have learned and practiced methods for developing the biological profile. I have since learned and met the standards for labeling and inventorying skeletal remains, as well as, the standards for data entry and cataloging of remains.I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to have interned with FACTS and to have met and made connections with the individuals that I have. I take away from this internship a wealth of knowledge and hands on experience I know I would have not otherwise acquired had I interned elsewhere.


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JAKARTA (AFP) - Rescuers in Indonesia were dispatched on Wednesday (Sept 28) to evacuate nearly 400 tourists, most of them foreigners, after a volcano erupted at one of the country's most popular hiking destinations, an official said.
Mount Barujani began erupting late Tuesday afternoon, sending columns of ash and smoke shooting 2km into the sky over Lombok island, a tourist hot spot to the immediate east of Bali.
Nearly 400 people were recorded as hiking near Barujani - a smaller cone within the crater of Mount Rinjani - when it began erupting, prompting plans for their immediate evacuation, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
"A rescue team has been sent to Mount Rinjani to evacuate the tourists. They set off on Wednesday morning," he said.
Hikers have been told to keep at least 3km from the smouldering volcano, a key attraction on the multi-day trek to the summit of Mount Rinjani made by thousands of tourists every year.
Nugroho said 389 hikers were recorded as having entered the national park since Sunday, the overwhelming majority of them foreigners.
While most would have taken the official route to the summit, rescue teams suspected some hikers may have gone off-piste, Mr Nugroho added.
The threat level of the volcano was upgraded on Tuesday as Barujani sent plumes of smoke and hot ash into the atmosphere, but remains two steps from the highest-risk category.
There were no flight disturbances recorded on Wednesday due to the ash clouds, transport ministry spokesman Hemi Pramuraharjo told AFP.
Some flights to and from the nearby resort island of Bali were cancelled overnight, but Lombok's international airport remains unaffected.
Flight disruptions due to drifting ash clouds are not uncommon in Indonesia, which sits on a belt of seismic activity known as the Pacific Ring of Fire and is home to 130 active volcanoes.
An eruption at Mount Rinjani last month forced the closure of Lombok airport and disrupted some flights to Bali.


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Today, is Baby Girl's 8th birthday. And in the spirit of celebrating eight years of her life, my gratitude journal today revolves around her: I am grateful that Baby Girl is in our lives – I cannot imagine life without her. I am grateful that no matter how hard parenting has been for us, neither… Continue reading Gratitude Mondays
Month: June 2017
To my darling, Baby Girl
Today you turn 8. I cannot believe where the time has gone, and I still remember so vividly, so clearly the morning of your birth: a freezing, cold, blustery day, pouring with rain. I remember getting up early and your Dad driving me to the hospital and turning on the radio only to hear that… Continue reading To my darling, Baby Girl
Gratitude Mondays
I find doing a gratitude journal rather blasé, to be honest. It gets tedious. Not all of us have grandiose things happening to us each and every day – things that make us stop and say, "Wow". You know, like winning the lottery, or going on a dream cruise for up to a month, or… Continue reading Gratitude Mondays
Look back – Forget Not His Benefits, O My Soul
I am, at the moment, busy working my way through a lovely little book called Me, Myself and Lies by Jennifer Rothschild. It's a delightful book, full of wisdom, and wonderful advice on how to control your thoughts. This has been a long journey for me and I suspect I will be on this journey… Continue reading Look back – Forget Not His Benefits, O My Soul


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و رفعنا لک ذکرک محمدﷺ
First Published: Muslims Weekly, New York June 18, 2004, Issue No.#224
MUSLIMS had intellectual, moral, geographical, scientific, and industrial superiority and vast human and natural resources over the West before Muslim lands were occupied by Western powers. The West had no edge over the Muslim world other than that attributed to political and military conspiracy, lies, deception, and propaganda --all fueled by disinformation and misinformation. With no concept of selfish nationalism, Muslims allowed Western companies, businessmen, and professionals in Muslim controlled lands. Muslims believe that this earth and all its resources belong to the Creator Allah and that everybody has the right to settle anywhere in the world. There was no requirement of passport, visa, or permission to enter into and reside in any Muslim country. The first Islamic state in Madinah, under the rule of Prophet Muhammad (saw), had only one condition of citizenship, which was " having a desire to live in Madinah." A person of any faith, race, and ethnicity could live in Madinah and enjoy full religious freedom in his or her personal and family life if he or she wanted to live there. Throughout history, before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' colonization and before "secularization" and "modernization," all post-occupation, Muslim governments and rulers retained this principle of citizenship.
At one time, India, particularly its Capital City Delhi, was where people of arts, literature, all kinds of skills, and technology from all over the world were always eager to come, live, perform, and excel. According to an Urdu poet, "Dilli jo tha Aalam me Intikhab" (Delhi was a city of distinction in the world). India was an industrially advanced nation throughout history. Various products of India were in great demand all over the world, and there was a huge flow of wealth towards India until the eighteenth century and the British occupation. Known as "the gold bird," India experienced its best and golden period of business and industry under the Muslim rule of Allauddin Khiljee (695H/1296A-1716H/1316A) and Mughal Empire Shahjehan (b.1037H/1628A-d.1068H/1657A). During these two reigns, there was general prosperity, and India had an exemplary position, which prevailed until the British occupation. According to several British historians, the seths (businessmen) of Bengal had a business all over the world equivalent to the Bank of England (the largest bank of England). According to Captain Alexander Hamilton, "The assets of Mr. Abdul Ghafoor, a businessman of Surat (in Gujarat, India), are more than the total assets of East India Company" [Musalmanon kaa Roshan Mustaqbal (in Urdu) by Mohammad Tufail Ahmed Manglori].
Syed Ahmed Shaheed, a great Mujahid and freedom fighter, stayed, along with his team, in Calcutta in 1821 during their journey for Hajj. They were guests of a big businessman Ghulam Hussain who took bait (oath) at the hand of Syed Shaheed. The author of Wiqa e Ahmadi has written that Mr. Hussain's business expanded into different countries and far places in the world, and he had houses in different countries. From the head office of Calcutta, the team of Mr. Hussain conducted business correspondence in thirteen languages --English, French, Chinese, Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Kokni, and Indian provincial languages.
Muslims did not have an organized academic curriculum for the education of business and technology in Madrasahs, but this education was available in the factories and business centers. Students were welcomed and encouraged to gain knowledge in working and practical environments. The industrial position (some of the sectors) of Muslim India was as follows:
Textile Industry
The "birthplace" of cotton is India. According to Siyuti, "The word Sundas in the Qur'an indicates the cotton of Sindh (presently a province of Pakistan). Indians wore sophisticated cotton clothes at the time when most other people were wearing coarse clothes of wool. The military personnel of Alexander of Greece first saw cotton fields in Sindh and considered "the trees of cotton" as one of the "wonders of the world." The English word cotton and the Arabic word Qatan derived from the Hindi word Kaatna.
Julahas (weaving workers) of India had a monopoly on the world's cotton clothing industry. Muslim rulers promoted and facilitated this industry at its highest level. Shams Siraj Afeef has written about the period of Feroz Tughlaq (752H/1351A-790H/1388A), "There were twelve thousand industrial workers in thirty-six royal factories located at different places. The chief of the factory was called 'Malik' or 'Khan.' The chief executive of all the factories was Khawja Abul Hasan. Different clothes were produced here by order of the government."
Sultan Muhammad Khilji, the ruler of Malwa, took great interest in women's education in skill areas. According to famous historian Farishta, he provided women with training in carpet weaving, knitting, and cloth/dress making.
India produced dozens of types of sophisticated clothes --Garha, Gazi, Nainsukh, Malmal, Mashroo, Mahmoodi, Kashmiri, etc. The centers of manufacturing of Kamkhab and Zartar were Surat and Varanasi (Banaras). The centers of manufacturing of Malmal were Bengal and Azeemabad (Patna). Aab e rawan, Shabnam, and Hawabeft were different names of malmal. A sophisticated bolt of malmal (the finest cotton) ten yards long and one yard wide weighed only four ounces and could be passed through a finger ring.
Indian clothes were in huge demand all over the world. The English name of zartar was brocade and named after a city of India, Bharuch, a seaport in Gujarat and export center of the cloth. Calico was a cloth called cheent in the local language and named after Calicut, a harbor and export center in Kerala. When India's clothing dominated the market of England, the local industrialists began protesting, and they demanded a ban on the import of Indian clothes. In the name of protecting local industries, the British government passed the Calico Acts between 1700 and 1720, thereby legislated it a crime to sell or wear Indian clothes in England.
When the British got control over Bengal and various industrial centers of India, they enforced several rules and regulations to destroy the industry completely. Jullahas practically became a bonded labor of the British Government, and labor oppression on these workers was so immense that most of the workers cut their thumbs to have an excuse of disability (The Rule of Company by Bari).
Arms Industry
India was in arms manufacturing country from ancient times. In Arab lands, the Indian sword Saiful Hind was popular long before Islam. Different type of arms were manufactured in ancient times --swords, knives, daggers, and various sharp blades known as bhala, bercha, katar, garz, etc. Muslims are credited with several innovations in the arms technology of the time, including new types of arms --tampancha, bandooq (guns), Gajnaal, Rehgala, Zanboorak, and tanks. Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani invented a twelve-fire gun for Emperor Akbar (1014H/1605A). The tanks, Lamdhek and Malikmaidan of Beejapur and Zamzama of Lahore, manufactured in Muslim India, are still recognized as examples of fine skill and technological expertise.
In the war against Britain in 1763, Nawab Mir Qasim Khan used the native gun Maskeat. Broome, in his book History of Bengal Military, admitted that Nawab's Masketa was superior to the Tower Proof (the gun used by Britain's East India Company military) and that its barrel was excellent.
The tank Chaqmaq was also collected from the mountains of Rajmahal. After 1806, England started manufacturing tanks on the Indian pattern. Indian tanks were light, effective, mobile, and easily transported. Duke of Willingdon, an opponent of Tipu Sultan, praised the tanks of Tipu Sultan. In 1815, during the Duke's fighting with Napoleon, Duke stated that he wished he had a tank like Nagori Bail of Tipu Sultan so that he could easily conquer.
The British occupiers couldn't tolerate this sensitive and important Indian arms industry. By the charter of 1813, the British government forced the closing of India's furnaces for iron and steel casting. As a result, a nation, once superior in arms manufacturing became dependent on England and Japan for things even as simple as needles and pins.
Ship Industry
The best and strongest wood of the world, sagwan, was exclusively available in India, the center of ship industry. The ships built by sagawan were seaworthy for fifty years while the European ships had a lifespan of twelve years. Indian-built ships were in demand all over the world. The ports of Murshidabad, Bengal and Surat, Gujarat were famous for this industry. Abdur Raheem Khan Khanan (1036H/1627A), during his governorship of Gujarat, built three big ships --Raheemi, Kareemi, and Salari. In the season of Hajj, these ships provided free transportation to poor Muslims to Jeddah. These ships were continued manufacturing until the British destroyed the industry completely in 1868.
Although Muslim India was never a naval power, fleets were available to defend the ports. Emperor Akbar established fleets that were available in the Bay of Bengal and ports of Gujarat. When the British Company occupied the Bengal, they captured and controlled the navy of 768 armed and fast-running boats.
Chemical Industry
The two living examples mentioned by Professor Muhammad Saleem in his book, Musalmanon ka Nizaam e Taalim and Tarbiyah, proves Muslim India's superiority in the chemical industry. One is the calligraphy using an indelible ink on the inner doors of Jama Masjid Delhi. After three hundred years of abusive winter and summer weather, the calligraphy is still bright and vivid. This proves the high quality of the chemicals. The other example amazed British occupiers who saw the Taj Mahal, built in Agra by order of Emperor Shahjehan (1323H/1905A). The water of the pond was always warm without any visible source of heat. When Lord Curzon became viceroy of India in 1905, he eagerly wanted to know the "secret" of the source that maintained the water's temperature. The bottom of the pond was broken to uncover the amazing cup of burning chemicals. It was deactivated by exposure to the air.
Most Muslim countries and their lands were physically liberated by the middle of the twentieth century, but they are still psychologically occupied through the Western education system, economy, culture, media, and the corrupt political agents, dictators, and military powers. They are practically enslaved and not free to decide their own destiny. The Western criticism on Islamic systems, governments, and intellectual contributions in the modern world is the criticism from those who enslaved and cut the hands and feet of a far superior nation of the history.
(This is a series of columns for the understanding of the history of centuries old Madrasah and Islamic Education System in South Asian perspective published in the Muslims Weekly, New York, USA, in series of the weekly column "Personal Notes." Syed Jawed Anwar can be reached at email@example.com)


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Grigoria Dama is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts where she lives and works as a teacher. In her recent works she gives an emphasis to the fabric, and particularly to an existing embroidery which will give her basis or her stimulus to embed her narrative. The artistic process that she follows is the addition or removal of elements in a continuous dialogue of information and emotions. For her as she tell us, arise: «… stories being unfold, fold, implied, and wait for the viewer to decode them again, as everyone knits his own history, following the thread on the route he every time chooses «.
In her paintings color plays a dominant role as a communicator of memories and unconscious images.
- Grigoria, besides art, what else do you do?
The emphasis on expression, communication and symbolism involved in the art led me in parallel to my occupation with language and writing. So I completed my studies in English Literature. Shortly afterwards followed studies in Spain and England. Combining this knowledge and experience, I teach in secondary schools. All this, of course, have a common axis, creating a multidimensional field of experiences that will boost my art.
- What is art for you?
I believe that art is a way of expressing emotions and experiences, experiences that could not be externalized otherwise. It is a kind of writing / recording, the language of my soul.
- At what age have you realized that you wanted to become an artist and in what occasion?
My involvement with painting started at a very young age. I always liked to use color, it gave new life to anything that I was making. Growing up I realized it had become a way of life. At 21 I started to seriously deal with painting and drawing. The occasion was my return from Spain, where I lived for some time. There, my contact with art was catalytic. When you come face to face with such important works of art, in a magical way you are liberated and a mechanism activates in you that pushes you to create in your turn, using your own images, forms, codes and symbols.
- What is your favorite artistic tool or material?
The material I use mostly in my works is oil. I prefer it because it gives me absolute freedom rounding a form. I can easily be moved from the ethereal and intangible to compact, to cover or dis-cover a surface, creating a dreamy pictorial space, where all is said and all implied.
Recent of course I discovered the magic of another material. The fabric, in which I give great value and works in my work not as a canvas but as an integral part of the final project, giving a more poetic dimension to the impression of stories I tell in my paintings.
- What is your favorite piece of your work?
Favorite work: Remembrance, I made it in 2012.
- What kind of work would you like to have created?
Some from the etchings of Rembrandt.
- Who is your favorite artist?
I indicatively mention some of my favorites:
Jean Dubuffet, Nicolas de Staël, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell
- What haven't you done and still would like to do?
Having the opportunity to travel to places that have not yet visited and this whole process to be a source of inspiration for my art.
- A word or a feeling that you hate?
Words fatigue and inactivity. I think they should not even exist in the life of an artist.
- What is the feeling when you finish a work?
When I conclude a work of mine the sense I have is the need to create a new work, as if this work has left its mark, a hidden message to be reflected in the next. As if there is a story that slowly unfolds and you feel the need to tell until it's over.
Thank you Grigoria! You can see more of her work on her site.
Editing: Eleftheria Vonaparti – Translated by: Gretel Athanasiou
Κατηγορίες:If this is the answer what is the question?, Painting


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How many times do you get a hot new enquiry... only to call and call, but never manage to speak to the prospect?
This is a common problem amongst residential home builders...
In fact, the latest research shows that it takes an average of eighteen calls, in order to connect with a prospect!
Do you have time to call every new lead eighteen times, just to have an initial discussion?
If you're like any of the custom home builders and re-modelers that we speak to each week, then probably not.
Fortunately, there is an easier way... Instead of constantly calling new leads, it can be just as effective (and a better use of your time) to send them an email.
However, with email open rates now down to 25%, that means only one in four of your new enquiries will even see your message...
Not many builders realise that, although open rates for most emails are notoriously low, there is one exception…
And that's the very first email you send out.
Our own stats show that the open rates for the first email - which over 200 custom home builders sent out - was a staggering 71%!
This means they were able to instantly connect with a new prospect, while their competition were still trying to make contact over the phone.
So if you'd like to stop wasting your time playing 'phone tag' with unqualified leads and start using your time to focus on your best clients, then you need to follow these three tips for making sure your emails are read by your prospects.
The first thing to start with is your 'from' address...
When a brand new prospect makes contact with a building company for the first time, there is very little trust built up.
What you do next will either build trust or reduce it.
So if you're using a generic email address (such as email@example.com), this screams out 'small building company with very little in the way of reserves'.
As consumers, we've all been conditioned to trust companies with strong brands, more than their smaller competitors.
When a company uses a 'free' email address, rather than paying a few dollars a month for their own domain name, alarm bells start ringing for a potential client, who's about to make the biggest purchasing decision of their life.
In fact, 75% of consumers say professional email addresses are KEY to trust. 33% of consumers openly DOUBT the trustworthiness of a company using a generic email address!
This alone could be costing your building company a lot of money!
Probably the most important sentence in any email is the subject line...
The subject line is what gets your emails opened; so if you get this part wrong, they'll never even be read - let alone acted upon!
When you send out the first email to a prospect, it must be congruent with the previous action they took. Did they request a free guide from your website, or a plan range or maybe they even filled in a 'contact us' page?
Whatever action they took, make sure you reference that action in your subject line. You can even use their first name in the subject line to increase open rates even further.
For instance, say you are offering a free guide on your website entitled, "7 Things You Must Know Before Designing Your New Home"...
The subject line in the email delivering the guide would read "Here's Your Design Guide Linda".
When that email arrives in the consumer's inbox, they will instantly connect it with the action they took (i.e. opting in), which means they are far more likely to open it and consume the information.
Which brings us to the last tip...
Sending information to consumers is great. It builds trust and demonstrates your expertise in the industry.
However, at some point, you'll need to speak to the prospect, in order to qualify them; and this is where you can save a tonne of time!
Instead of asking the prospect to call you - or even asking them to provide a phone number, so that you can call them - use an online booking calendar, so that they can book in an appointment to speak with an [insert your own niche] specialist.
By setting their own appointment, not only are they far more likely to show up, they are also five times more likely to progress through your sales process.
It's a staggering fact that will not only save you time, it will also increase your sales.
If you implement all three of these tips into your building company today, you'll see an instant improvement in your ability to engage with new leads.
However, if you want to really give your sales process a boost, make sure you download the complete email optimisation checklist below:


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Finally, there's ice! It seems to be a little late in the year, but the dropping temps at night have given the lake a chance to firm up. And the ice fishermen in the area are like kids in a candy store.
Ice fishing is a fun, inexpensive activity for anglers of all ages to get outdoors and avoid cabin fever. My late husband (in the blue ice suit above) loved to ice fish. Now me, personally, I never understood the fascination with sitting out in the middle of the lake, in the cold, staring down a tiny hole for hours on end. I'm more of a 'sit in the warm house with a glass of wine' kind of person myself.
But that's just me!
I had the chance to chat with Kevan Paul this week. Kevan took his love of fishing and turned it into a unique business venture. Not only does he own Kevan Paul's Guide Service, but he teamed up with another guide in the area, Chris Scholl, to open Clear Lake Bait & Tackle. They offer a wide variety of fishing gear, provide advice about equipment and techniques as well as frequently updated fishing reports.
As the ice is newly formed on Clear Lake, and with the warmer than normal temps during the daytime hours, fishermen are urged to be safe and use their best judgement on the ice. Here are some tips and tricks for a safe ice fishing season:
- Have a spud bar! This is a heavy ice chisel used to poke the ice. It must be used consistently. To use this device, slam it into the ice. If on the first go, the ice doesn't break, but then it does on the second try and goes through the ice on the third try – that tells you the ice is about 4" thick.
- Bring along a safety rope, a throw rope and a flotation device.
- Fish with a buddy! Not only is it a fun way to hang out with a friend, but it could save your life!
If you do happen to fall through the ice, don't panic! Easier said than done, I'm sure, especially when you're immersed in freezing cold water. But get back up, relax, and get yourself out.
Happy fishing! Maybe this is the year you snag the big one!


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IT services for master's students
Master's students can take advantage of extensive IT services underpinning our teaching and research activities.
The fact that we've got the largest server farm in the north west of England should give you an idea of the breadth and scale of our technologies. Our facilities and services include:
- more than 3,200 student PCs accessing a huge range of software, academic data and resources from across the world;
- extensive Wi-Fi coverage across campus, including access to the international eduroam network;
- fully networked halls of residence, providing high-speed Internet access from your room;
- 24/7 access to computers at the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons;
- dedicated IT Service Desk support, including a 24/7 telephone helpline;
- downloadable iManchester smartphone app for mobile devices to help you find your way around campus, search for your nearest cafe, locate your nearest PC cluster and much more.
- Regularly updated Facebook and Twitter accounts that will keep you up to date with the latest IT Services news.


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Got into Burney, ca today around 2pm. Made it to the hwy at 1241pm but had to spend 45mins hitching before a nice local woman gave me and another hiker namedRazor a ride to town (7.5 miles). I had to come into town to get my 2 resupply boxes and ship one ahead. But alas, I got lured into staying in town for the night by my stomach and my extremely dirty body. Razor wanted a shower too, so we split the cost of a room. It's just easier to organize and get cleaned up that way. I will make up the 8 miles I missed today this coming week. Plus, the hat creek rimwas pretty hot and the soil was primarily red and orange clay and silt; meaning it was everywhere! Sooooooo dirty! And my back chafe and toe blister could use some drying out. Plus I think I may have enough food to skip the zero I was gonna take in mt. Shasta. Still need shoes though. Hmmm.
Anyway, the trail since Chester has been relatively easy, very dry, and through volcanic terrain. Lassen ntnl park was not very scenic since the pct only goes thru the burned parts 😦 but I did get to see one geyser and a boiling spring lake 🙂 The Hat creek rim was actually pretty cool, in my opinion. Even though it was hot and dry, it was scenic and interesting. Lots of oaks and pines in the last half and lots of lava. Oh and cows. Pretty cool. And there were 4 water caches to break up the 30 dry miles. And I got to be cooled off by a short afternoon thunderstorm! Very nice.
Next stop is Shasta but I think I will zero in Etna. Thanks to all! I love and miss you!


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Year 5
Researchers - Miss S Kaur and Mrs A Patel
Investigators - Miss S Johnson
Support Staff
Mrs C Hall
Mrs D Statham
Mrs J Osborne
Mrs M Dean
Mrs S Harris
The Vikings are here!
Year 5 had a fun-filled day when the Vikings came to visit them on Thursday 5th September! They shared their weapons, trade ideas and stories with us. They also told us about some of the games they used to play which we had the chance to play too (see picture below).
The Importance of Place Value
In Maths, Year 5 have been carrying out a number of activities linked to Place Value. A solid understanding of place value is so important as it links to all other areas of maths. The images below show them playing a game where they had to make the smallest and largest numbers possible. They had to think carefully about the value of each digit to do this.
On Thursday 12th September, some of the Year 5 children took part in Tri-Golf at Cedars Academy. The children played a number of games linked to golf and practised skills linked to other sports too.


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Kolkata May 19 (IANS) Over 32 per cent electorates cast their votes across nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal till 11 a.m. on Sunday where the seventh and final phase of polling is underway amid reports of sporadic violence and EVM malfunctioning.
Braving the scorching heat, large number of voters of various age groups lined up outside polling stations in the constituencies of Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata South and Kolkata North.
As of 11 a.m., the voter turnout was the highest in Barasat (36.94), followed by Mathurapur (34.90), Diamond Harbour (34.40), Dumdum (34.10), Basirhat (33.90), Jadavpur(31.59), Jaynagar (29.60), Kolkata South (27.69), Kolkata North (25.41).
Voting began at 7 a.m. and will end at 6 p.m.
In the initial hours, polling was halted at a number of booths due to faulty Electronic Voting Machines.
Polling at three booths in Dum Dum's Nagerbazar area and another at South City College under the South Kolkata seat was delayed by more than an hour, while voting did not begin until 9.30 a.m. at a booth in Jadavpur's Sonarpur.
Cases of EVM failures were also reported at several booths in Diamond Harbour, Joynagar, Barasat, Dum Dum and both the constituencies of the eastern metropolis.
At Kolkata North's park Circus, stones were pelted at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rahul Sinha, injuring a cameraperson of a local news channel.
Later, bombs were hurled near the city's Posta area causing panic among the locals. Large contingent of police and central force personnel rushed to the spot.
In Basirhat constituency's Minakha, BJP supporters created a road blockade, accusing the Trinamool Congress activists of threatening them and impeding them from going to the polling booths.
However, the blockade was withdrawn after Central forces reached the spot and escorted the voters to the polling stations.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) North Kolkata candidate Kaninika Bose (Ghosh) staged a protest demonstration in Belgachia, alleging that her party's polling agents were beaten up and not allowed to sit inside the booths in the area.
In Jadavpur where Trinamool Congress has fielded popular actress and political greenhorn Mimi Chakraborty, BJP candidate Anupam Hazra complained of proxy voting by the ruling party supporters.
"Many of our voters are not allowed to cast their votes. They are being sent away by Trinamool booth agents after putting ink on their fingers. Clearly, proxy voting is going on here," Hazra said.
In the constituency's Baruipur area, Trinamool Congress booth president Azizur Rahman, allegedly guided many voters to cast their votes for the state's ruling party.
The presiding officer accepted that the accused was "helping out" voters to cast their votes.
Meanwhile, Trinamool's Kolkata South candidate Mala Roy said that she was not allowed to enter a polling booth at Mudiali by the central forces after an EVM failure was reported.
At least 1,49,10,643 eligible voters will decide the fate of 111 candidates — 94 male, 17 female — in 17,058 polling booths across the nine seats.
The Kolkata North seat has the highest number of candidates (21), while it also has the lowest number of electorate.
To ensure peaceful polls, 710 companies of central paramilitary forces, 461 Quick Response Teams (QRT) and state police personnel have been deployed in the nine constituencies spread over three districts — Kolkata, 24 Parganas North and 24 Parganas South.
Stakes are high at a number of parliamentary constituencies as several political heavyweights like Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee (Diamond Harbour), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose (Kolkata South), BJP National Secretary Rahul Sinha (Kolkata North), former Kolkata mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya (Jadavpur), veteran Trinamool Congress MPs Sougata Roy (Dum Dum) and Sudip Bandyopadhyay (Kolkata North) are contesting in the final phase of Lok Sabha polls here.


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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
258 candles-days 65-71
a week behind in posting these links and I catch myself stressing. It's as if I'm working on a school project. But that's not the case. I'm doing this for my own pleasure and that of a few others. I count my followers in the tens and none of them, so far as I know, is keeping score or going to give me a grade. So here it is, caught up, and if I need to do it again at some point in the future--I am, after all, only a third of my way through the election--then I will. All I need do is accept my own permission.
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Kegan T. Coleman is an attorney and local leader. Kegan has been involved in the political areana all of his life and is running because he knows we deserve a Mississippi that will support all individual's aspirations.
Throughout his career, Kegan has been about helping others. From growing up in his parent's convenience store in Calhoun County, to becoming an Attorney, Kegan knows far too well the notion of determination, hardwork, access to opportunity through education, access to jobs, and the importance of infrastructure to pave the way for Mississippi's bright future as a national competitor.
During his early days of working in his family's convenience store, Kegan understood the value of investing in community by participating actively, inspiring others through example, and coordinating various volunteer and community engagement programs throughout Calhoun County.
Kegan graduated Valedictorian from Calhoun City High School. Kegan expanded his business and political experience studying Business Administration and Public Policy at Ole Miss, graduating with honors. While at Ole Miss, Kegan was a Chancellor's List regular, served as an Associated Student Body Senator, and was named Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
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A Special Historical Scenery in Xi'an
Xi'an served as the ancient capital of China and the stronghold for the first Chinese emperor's reign. The famous Silk Road emerged from the city and connected to the other great civilizations of the age, offering a taste of China to the world and making Xi'an an international city long before anyone coined the term "cosmopolitan." Today, the city continues to thrive, earning Xi'an a reputation for staying- power that few places in the world can match.
All of Xi'an's historical gems make the city a must-see for any visitor to China. And the best part? Visitors are always just steps away from well-kept reminders of Xi'an's vivid past.
One of your first stops should be the ancient city wall, one of the oldest intact city walls in the world. While the city has spread far beyond the old walls, and the original lime and sticky rice building materials have been paved over with brick, the surrounding buildings still reflect Tang Dynasty style. With a perimeter of 11.9 kilometers, Xi'an's wall is great for an afternoon stroll and striking views of the city.
In the center of the city stands the Bell Tower, still presiding over the bustling modern streets, which are lined with enough shining new buildings and busy shopping malls to dazzle even the most hardened Westerner. Streets running north, south, east, and west in the traditional Chinese fashion originate at the Bell Tower and run outwards to the city wall.
Immediately west of the Bell Tower is Muslim Street (Huimin Jie), your first taste of the Silk Road in the city. Seasoned bargainers will be thrilled with the selection of souvenirs and snacks. For the more sedate, there are a few larger stores offering Xi'an delicacies for a set price. The Great Mosque of Xi'an is one of the largest and best-preserved mosques of early China, built during Emperor Xuanzong's reign (685-762 AD), and it's still active today. Tourists can buy a 25-yuan ticket to see the mosque, which exhibits traditional Chinese architecture offset by stunning blue-painted roofs.
If Buddhism is more your thing, the Wild Goose Pagoda in southern Xi'an is the place to go. Slightly older than the Great Mosque (built during Emperor Gaozong's 649-683 reign), the tower was built to house Buddhist relics brought from India.
Over the years, Xi'an has also been a stage for some of China's greatest personalities and dramas.
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When I reviewed the English two-piece Royal Blood's debut album a couple months ago, I attributed to "that mischievous, good looking girl standing at the jukebox about to pick her favorite song while simultaneously starring down her prey that night". This is the exact reason I requested to do photography for their sold out show at the Marlin Room. There is no barrier between the crowd and the artist – here you can feel the full rawness of energy. This wasn't a night that called for crowd surfing or moshing (although the music can contribute to that sort of frantic movement). This was a night to grab your girl and dance with her ever so sultry like to the music.
I was talking to a lot of different people in the crowd and many came from all parts of New York just to see Royal Blood. The band had been selling out many of their tour dates, so I wasn't surprised as I made the trek from South Jersey myself. The opening band was Kan Wakan from California – to which I was kind of confused. It was not that their set was bad – I just never pictured this to be the choice for an opener for Royal Blood. They had a Pink Floyd, ambient feel to them that seemed to calm the crowd and keep them interested. As their set went on, you saw the crowd draw forward.
From then on, full anticipation for our headliners was in effect. Right from the start, guitarist/vocalist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher got right down to business launching into "Hole". There was a 12 song set list in a take care of business type show. Kerr's distorted and bluesy bass guitar echoed in the tight knit space that was the Marlin Room. Thatcher's percussion was furious and combined with Kerr's guitar, made it sound like they were a full band. Continuously nodding my head, I walked around to take a look at the fans. Many were dancing incessantly (although maybe not great – definitely not judging) as the instrumental marriage between the two members merged. People were just letting the music take them where it wanted.
I walked out of the Marlin Room with a greater respect for the band to be who they are and be confident within that. It's only a matter of time that they will be playing bigger venues. I felt like with the no frills concept of their debut album, they would feel right at home with a smaller congregation of fans. Judging by the fans walking out winded as if they ran a marathon – I was correct.
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7. Little Monster
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As summer fades to black, three updates — plus a late-breaking sports report — to summer tales from this space.
Leroy Varga, alas, didn't make it.
The 80-year-old marathon man from Dover, N.J. (Our Towns, July 12), failed in his attempt to become the oldest person to complete the grueling Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur, in which contestants have to bicycle 750 miles through the French countryside in 90 hours.
He had figured he needed almost everything to go right to finish the trip. Instead, he ran into the Randonneur's worst weather in memory, which inspired a newspaper headline reading: "Never as Cold Since 1970, Never as Wet Since 1950." Cycling through 35-mile-an-hour winds, in a relentless downpour and temperatures around 50 degrees, shivering uncontrollably and weathering a bout of heart arrhythmia, he packed it in after going about 200 miles in 18 hours. As a reward, he got to pedal the 200 miles back to Paris.
It turned out he had plenty of company. About 28 percent of the cyclists who entered failed to finish, the highest rate in memory and about double that of most years. Back in New Jersey, he's now on a much more leisurely cycling regimen, 50- or 60-mile trips instead of the 130-mile-a-day trips he made while training for the Randonneur.
Before he left for Paris, he figured this was his last shot at the Randonneur, held every four years. He says his responsibilities at home make it very hard to consider trying again. Still, sounding like a potential presidential candidate, he said he can't imagine doing it. But if he were able to find the time to train, and if he felt as good as or better than he does now, well, who knows? "I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but it's not likely," he said.
With the stakes much, much higher, Richard Lapointe didn't make it either. Mr. Lapointe (Our Towns, July 15) is the mentally impaired man in Connecticut serving a life term for the 1987 rape and murder of his former wife's grandmother. Over the years, a loyal core of supporters, saying he could not have committed the crime, have championed his innocence. Mr. Lapointe is now represented by Centurion Ministries, which has had enormous success in freeing wrongfully convicted prisoners.
Despite new testimony backing up his alibi from his ex-wife, who did not testify at his trial, a long-awaited hearing in July came to an abrupt end when Judge Stanley T. Fuger Jr. agreed to consider a prosecution motion to dismiss efforts for a new trial.
He rejected the request for a new trial in a stinging decision on Aug. 2 that said Mr. Lapointe's petition was an abuse of the legal system that failed to document claims of constitutional errors. His supporters plan to appeal and continue the fight. But they face the hurdle common to similar cases: Absent slam-dunk DNA evidence, an argument for innocence, no matter how compelling, is not necessarily the same thing as a compelling case for constitutional errors that would merit a new trial.
Things went much better for Roger Baker, the Leonardo da Vinci of the lawn mower, whose 850,000-square-foot Purple Heart medal mowed into a field in Orange County, N.Y. (Our Towns, Aug. 5), ended up having an extended run. Usually he does his creations (Elvis, Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix) and they are soon given over to the ravages of bugs, wind and growing grass. But this piece of field art was done on county land, and county crews are keeping it mowed according to his directions. They plan to keep the image well into the fall.
Meanwhile, Mr. Baker is already thinking ahead. A huge fan of Luciano Pavarotti, whose music is often playing in his studio, Mr. Baker is already poring over photos and trying out sketches in hopes of cutting a giant Pavarotti next September on the first anniversary of the tenor's death. His ideal canvas would be Central Park. But he's open to whatever options present themselves. "It would really be a challenge to get it right, because of who he is and what it is , but I don't know. Hudson Valley? Modena, Italy? Anywhere it's supposed to be, that's where I'll do it. I just mow the lawn. It's what I do."
Oh, and the lost boys of summer, the Can-Am Grays of the Can-Am League (Our Towns, July 26), finally got to go home. Despite playing a full season of just road games from late May to early September, they delighted spouses, moms and any other fans with an impressive 24-23 record for the second half of the season. But it wasn't enough to join the North Shore Spirit, Atlantic City Surf, Nashua Pride and New Jersey Jackals in the Can-Am playoffs.
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RUSH: The Stand Up for Betsy Ross T-shirts continue to be sold. They continue to race out of our fulfillment center. It is gonna be going on at least all this week. Fulfillment is underway. Be patient for yours to arrive.
RUSH: Now, allow me to take advantage of this opportunity to update you on the Stand Up for Betsy Ross T-shirt and just a little bit of history. It was one week ago yesterday that we introduced the Stand Up for Betsy Ross T-shirt as a means of people being able to push back symbolically to actions taken by Nike and Colin Kaepernick to trash and slam Betsy Ross and the American flag.
In four days time, we turned around and designed and manufactured the T-shirt, Stand Up for Betsy Ross T-shirt with the original Betsy Ross flag properly aged as the graphic with my unique signature underneath. And we tied the sale of the Betsy Ross T-shirts in with a great charity, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which benefits survivors and families from 9/11, first responders and the U.S. military. It was not a strict pursuit of profit here on the part of the EIB Network.
We put these on sale the RushLimbaugh.com store, and immediately there were 20 knockoffs that we noticed, 20 people attempting to make it look like the T-shirts they were selling were authenticated and authorized by me, which they weren't. We're now up to 170 knockoffs. The T-shirts are continuing to fly off the shelves.
Our vendor, our manufacturer is outside Pittsburgh, and they have had to bring on additional employees in order to meet the demand of shirts we need to fulfill orders. I'm still unable to divulge numbers. There are some reasons for this. I feel very hamstrung being unable to do this 'cause it would dazzle you, it would blow you away. Suffice to say that there is no other item in our story in the history that has even come close to this, and our store is fairly successful.
So 179 knockoffs, 170 different websites attempting to convince people that the official shirt can be had through their website, but there is no charitable tie in. The thing to keep in mind is if you want one of these, the only official one is at RushLimbaugh.com at our store. If you purchased and are awaiting delivery, be patient. We have round the clock fulfillment going on.
The reason I'm telling you this is not to keep the sales going because that's happening anyway. I'm telling you this because there's obviously a sentiment for pushback out there that people want to get in on. This is one of the ways that they can and at the same time donate to a great charity and end up with a T-shirt which, by the way, has some of the finest fabric you've ever put on your body as a T-shirt. A few complaints from the cotton industry, but you can't make everybody happy, folks, when you get into these endeavors. But we are thrilled and we are ecstatic and just blown away by the demand and the response to this.
So I just wanted to let you know that it's still hopping, it's still cooking, it's alive and well. Your orders are being fulfilled and shipped as quickly as can be. And the desire to push back, you know, shortly after the Betsy Ross snafu here came Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. female soccer team winning the World Cup, and they start trashing America. And so it was made to order for that. And now here comes The Squad, and these assaults on this country just don't let up!
And these assaults on the country are now openly coming from the Democrat Party. Whatever you think of Trump's strategy here or lack of strategy, whatever you think of what Trump said or did and how he said it and how he did it, tweeted it or whatever, the fact of the matter is that all of this opposition to America is being clearly identified with the Democrat Party. We've got these four freshman congresswomen that can't wait to soak up all this attention. They love it.
They're calling press conferences. They're calling themselves The Squad. They are loving trashing Trump and the country under the guise of loving the country and wanting to improve it. There isn't a single thing they're doing that's gonna improve this country, not a single thing, folks. Everything they're doing is designed to undermine the traditions, foundations, and institutions of this country's founding.
There is no way lawlessness advances the American ideal. There is no way rewarding lawlessness and expanding blanket welfare, there is no way getting rid of our border advances anything that is distinctly and uniquely American. There is no way calling what we're doing creating concentration camps and having our border guards called concentration camp guards and so forth, none of this is good for America. Lying about these things.
We're not putting children in cages, and we're not separating families because we're separating families and because Trump hates families. We're not doing anything of the sort. We are executing existing illegal immigration law and policy. And there haven't been too many Republicans prior to Trump who have ever done this.
Look at what the simple imposition of the law, the enforcement of the law is causing these Democrats to come unglued over. Enforcing the law is driving them nuts. That's not a simplification, and it's not overly complicated.


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I think that many routes are not based on cardinal directions.
that's what I thought is our way to go.
Some oddities according to my logic:DW103 is WE but DW105 is EWDW107 is NS but DW109/DW110 are SNDW117 is SN but DW118 is NS
Cardinal directions and grid systems it's an imposition from the US way of doing stuff that I got Tim (of all people) to realise doesn't necessarily apply to Europe.
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There were three sticking points with the government including inclusion of lower bureaucracy in ambit of Lokpal, Team Hazare said on Tuesday as they insisted on passage of anti-corruption legislation in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.
Addressing the gathering at the Ramlila grounds after a meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other ministers, Arvind Kejriwal, an associate of Anna Hazare, said that the government will convey its viewpoint on three of their demands including an institution of Lokayukta in every state and a citizens' charter for every government department.
Hazare is on a fast at Ramlila grounds which entered its eighth day on Tuesday.
Kejriwal said that the citizens' charter should specify responsibility of government officials along with period of delivery of service and penalise them with deduction of salary in case the work is not done in the stipulated period.
He also said the government had agreed to show to the civil society members the bill aimed at checking corruption in judiciary.
"There is no major objection on other issues. It is a major achievement," Kejriwal said.
Prashant Bhushan, another associate of Hazare, said the government will tell on Wednesday morning if the Lokpal bill can be passed in this session. Team Hazare members said that the session should be extended, if needed, to pass the bill.
He said the government did not show any objection to inclusion of prime minister in Lokpal's ambit. The demand has been a major bone of contention between the two sides in the past.
He said anti-corruption investigations will be conducted by the Lokpal and not Central Bureau of Investigation.
Bhushan said Article 105 of Constitution says that MPs were free in the way they speak and vote in Parliament and added that if complaints of corruption against MPs were investigated, subject to the relevant constitutional provisions, they had no ojections.
"Even if it is subject to (Article) 105, the Lokpal will be able to investigate," he said.
Bhushan said that government is likely to discuss demand for withdrawal of its Lokpal bill at a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA).
He said if the CCPA decides to withdraw the official bill and instead, introduces the Jan Lokpal bill in parliament, then they willl urge Hazare to end his fast.
"The whole country needs Anna. The country needs a moral leadership which only Anna can provide," he said.
"If doctors now say that at least drip is necessary even if you (Hazare) do not want to end fast, we will appeal (to Hazare) to agree to what doctors say," he said.
Kiran Bedi, who was also a member of Team Hazare which took part in the talks, said that government had agreeed to conditions of civil society as only due to "meditation of Hazare".
She said the government was also worried about Hazare's health.
The first fromal talks of civil society members with the government since Hazare began his fast Aug 16 for a stong Lokpal bill lasted almost three hours.
Apart from Mukherjee, Law Minister Salman Khurshid represented the government at the talks. Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit was also present.