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You could spend an entire lifetime studying yoga and still not know everything there is about this continually evolving practice. It is important to honor the variety of yoga styles as well traditions and lineage when choosing certifications.
Top Yoga Certifications at Ananda Yoga & Detox Center
Yoga is a complex practice with a powerful ability to transform lives, therefore, it is no wonder why there are several styles to reflect and share this gift with the world.
We understand becoming a certified yoga teacher is a big investment. With your hard earned money it only makes sense that you'd want to receive the greatest return and take part in the top yoga certifications that compliment your journey.
There are so many different styles with more emerging each day as teachers branch out and find their unique niche, so how do you know which yoga certification is most sought after and will enable you to thrive in this industry personally and professionally?
Below is a summary of the top yoga certifications we offer and how they will impact your development as a yoga practitioner:
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
RYS 200 – 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: This course is the foundation base of becoming an alignment Hatha and Vinyasa yoga teacher allowing you to deepen your personal practice and connect to others and within. Being the initial stepping stone, after completing this certification you can grow and evolve in the direction you choose.
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
RYS 300 – 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training: For those who are serious about teaching as a profession our 300 hour course will help you to "level up" and deliver master classes, heighten private instruction and refine your clientele. Through this training teachers learn to breakthrough and flourish in the yoga industry as they set themselves apart. They will develop workshops, retreats and build their signature touch.
100 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training
YIN 100 – 100 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training: As we live predominantly Yang lifestyles YIN is a highly sought after teaching style which requires a deep understanding of the body, props and adjustments to gain the greatest effect. This course is a rewarding way to slow down, connect to your essence and continue your yoga education.
Gaining experience holds great value in our personal development as well as growing a yoga portfolio. Our training at Ananda Yoga and Detox Center encourages graduates to align consciousness with purpose, values and passions in their everyday practice.
All of the courses offered at our resort are top yoga certifications which will support your ongoing passion for yoga. After your time with our team of professionals you walk away with the ability and poise to utilize your hard earned certificate to the fullest.


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Sunday, August 24, 2008
"Going with the Flow"
(photo taken by Will, 8th grade, 2008)
Our teachers report for in-service tomorrow and a friend sent me a book excerpt that I am going to use to focus our direction for this school year. I went to Flickr and set as A Fave a bunch of pictures that illustrated this passage and then made a slideshow at bighugelabs. I thought I'd post the passage and the slideshow here an an example of how I'm using things I've learned in this class. The passage is kind of long, but I liked how it reminds us that we have to balance the destination with the experience.
I am not sure that I cited the author of the pictures well enough, but live and learn I suppose......
Slide Show
From The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka
Going With the Flow
"Think of leaves on the surface of a stream. They're floating along, carried by the current. Some drift from one side to the other as the stream flows along, whereas others appear to be floating more or less down the central channel. If you follow one particular leaf with your eyes, however, you'll discover that a leaf that's moving fast at one minute will be aimlessly sidelined a few minutes later, and a leaf that is slow moving at this minute will become speedy the next. Every leaf has its natural passage downstream, but if you were to try to write a script for each leaf and coordinate it with the scripts for all the other leaves, you would have a monumental task on your hands. If, in addition, you thought you were responsible for getting each leaf to its proper destination and if you believed that your not doing so would result in all the leaves bumping into one another and blocking their collective progress downstream, you'd be thinking like a typical micromanager, a 'time obsesser". If, on the other hand, you believed that no leaf should be forced to flow if it didn't want to and that it was up to you to hold back the flow so that each leaf could exercise its free will, you'd be thinking like a "time resister".
Neither approach is tenable. The river and the leaves will move and flow just the same, and all you'd be doing by obsessing or resisting would be burning yourself out.
At my Minneapolis architectural firm, we developed a personnel and project-management system that was based more on the dynamics of an unrestricted leaf flow than on time management. Although we were often met with raised eyebrows from colleagues in other companies when we described the system, it worked beautifully and continues to do so to this day. In most firms, the task of scheduling personnel typically falls on a single individual – usually one of the partners. With larger projects, where a number of people work on a single assignment for months at a time, this works well, but for a firm like ours, with many projects with unpredictable ebbs and flows, the normal management model for architectural firms was highly inefficient. So ours was a system invented out of necessity.
As the staff grew from two to five to ten and up to around forty-five by 1999, when I left, it became clear that if all of us – principals included – wanted to continue to engage in the activity we love most, designing, we'd have to develop a system that allowed for individuals to communicate easily and regularly with one another about their workloads, personnel needs, and time commitments. Trying to track and orchestrate personnel requirements for all the projects we had going at any one time would have been more than a full-time job, and not one that any of us would have relished.
By the time we were about ten people strong, the typical approach to scheduling wasn't working well, so we decided to implement a weekly lunch meeting for all employees, at which we would share our current work needs and obligations. They beauty of the system was that it allowed all of us to identify our needs from our particular perspective and permitted the firm as a whole to responds. So a draftsman was able to let all of us know that in two weeks he's be available to work on a new project because his current work was coming to an end. A project architect was able to indicate that she needed an architecture student with good model-making and drawing skills to help with two remodeling projects. Another project architect could let us know that one of his biggest projects had been put on hold that he needed more work ASAP.
As each person spoke, others around the table could indicate their availability or their ability to provide work for someone else. And without any apparent effort, matters always seemed to work out. The meetings allowed us to see into the near future without making complex charts, and they kept us from attempting to fix and make concrete a flow that was constantly moving and changing…..
What most of us don't fully understand but this system acknowledges, more or less by accident, is that when things are allowed to flow, they get resolved. They resolve themselves in the moment and not through planning or trying to take control of the process. When leaves are allowed to move freely, as our workload lunch meetings proved time after time, they find their way downstream almost effortlessly. In so doing, for purposes of this metaphor, , they are perfectly present in their activity of floating. They are doing what's in front of them to do – moving with the current – and in the process, as a by-product of their engagement, they're moving downstream. The objective of each leaf is not movement downstream, but engagement with the current, which results in the experience of floating.
It's when we try to make a script to follow exactly or when we ignore the passage of time entirely that we get into trouble, just as the leaves would if they tried to get to the right place at the right moment or if they struggled to stay put rather than where the current was taking them. We assume that what' important is the movement downstream – the destination – when in fact it's the involvement with ourselves and with one another in each new moment that really matter, that bring satisfaction and meaning into our lives. And that involvement, of course, is the journey – the process of engaging fully in every experience that comes your way. . . .
It's not that preplanning is either good or bad, but you have to use discernment to determine what requires some planning and what can be allowed to unfold. For the time-obsessed, it's the contrivance of preplanning every interaction, the "efforting" involved in the implementation of that plan, and the lack of unscripted time in which to do what really needs to be done in the moment that cause problems. For the time-resistant, it's the determination to stay free of time's limiting characteristics, the absence of any planning whatsoever, and the resulting lack of awareness of what really needs to be done in the moment that cause frustration. Either approach keeps you out of the natural flow, separated from the knowledge that everything is moving exactly as it needs to; in truth, there's not a leaf out of place".
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- Marja said...
I love this Going with the flow and plan as it comes along. Great wisdom and the best way to approach life in general. Thanks a lot
- August 29, 2008 at 12:13 AM
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Your hundreds of muscles do everything from protect your organs, aid in involuntary bodily functions (heart, digestion), create heat, and of course movement of our limbs and body parts.
Your body is made up of 3 different types of muscles:
Cardiac muscle is only found in your heart. It is an involuntary muscle that pumps in rhythm to transport blood and nutrients throughout your body. It is involuntary because no matter how hard your concentrate, your brain cannot directly control your heart, it just runs on autopilot.
Smooth muscle is found around your organs and is also involuntary. These muscles do such things as move your food throughout your digestive tract.
Skeletal muscles are (mostly) voluntary muscles that allows us to speak, move our hands, walk, etc.
Genetically, you have a set number of muscle fibers in your body that is set by puberty. You may gain more muscle fibers in childhood, but once you reach your teenage puberty years, the number of muscle fibers you have is set. Now that does not mean that your muscles will stay that size forever, as it is possible to grow the fibers you already have. What it does mean, is that some individuals end up having a higher affinity for muscular growth and power while others are less likely to grow large muscles, but instead may be better at endurance sports.
The number of muscle cells you are given mostly determines the way you look, but exercising your muscles and staying fit can lower body fat percentage, make your muscles more defined looking, and of course grow them a bit to look lean and toned, or even big and muscular if that is your thing!
Our bodies are constantly under construction. Work crews are transported around our circulatory system all day, every day, breaking down and disposing of broken or unneeded tissues. This includes muscles and ligaments. Unfortunately, our bodies take the "use it or lose it" approach, so as we age, if our muscles are not being used, we dispose of them over time. That is why it is of vital importance that everyone includes some sort of resistance training to their exercise programs a few times a week.
Although muscular growth is a nice side-effect and can be sought after by many, the primary goal of resistance training should be to improve the strength and durability of the connective tissues that hold you together (your muscles, ligaments, tendons) so that you can age gracefully and reduce the risks of getting injured.
Not only does resistance training help improve your tensile strength of your muscles and ligaments, but doing dynamic movements help coordinate your body to move more effectively Human beings are creatures of habit. We get good at the things we do often, so throwing a punch at a punching bag, or doing a jump squat, etc. is created by a wave of coordinated chemical releases from your brain to your muscles that allow your muscles to act in a synchronized manner. Athletes are perfect examples of this. If you shoot a basketball into a basket a few hundred thousand times, your brain is going to become really good at remembering how to do it and even becoming better at it. This is also known as "muscle memory".
This is important as we age, because like deteriorating muscles, our nervous system and balance also become less and less efficient as we age which can lead to injuries caused by muscles imbalances or uncoordinated movements. The more and more we train our muscles to be active, the more coordinated, balanced, and healthier we stay.
Don't discount the importance of doing compound movements like squats, deadlifts, and yes, even burpees, as these are movements that are necessary for every day human life. Picking things up, sitting down, climbing stairs, getting up off the ground, etc. are all extremely important to reduce the effects of aging.
Having said all of that regarding "muscle memory", it is important to constantly be changing the way we exercise our muscles. If we were to bicep curls 3 days a week for the rest of our lives, only a specific portion of that muscle would adapt and stay "good" for that time, while the rest of the muscles in your arm and shoulder, etc. essentially melt away. Your muscles need dynamic, coordinated, multi-planar movements to stay fresh, youthful and healthy.
For the women out that that want to stay away from weights because they don't want to look like "she-hulk", remember that testosterone is what causes men to have bigger looking muscles. Men on average have about 20-30% more testosterone than women do, which allows them to be about 50% stronger and build bigger muscles. Having said that, muscles are muscles, so if you took a 130lb man and a 130lb woman with relatively similar muscle size, they should have similar strength. Pound for pound, women can be just as strong as men!
One final thing, just remember to push through the burn. We used to think that that burning sensation you get in your muscles during exercise (caused by lactic acid buildup) was your body telling you to stop exercising. But in fact, researchers have discovered that it is actually your body trying to eek out that last little bit of effort by supplying your muscles with a shot of (painful, burning) fuel. The thing is, the more you cause your muscles to burn like that, the more efficient they become at dealing with that pain. You may notice that the more you exercise, the less and less burn you get in your muscles, allowing you to push yourself further and further!


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You can reach Saarbrücken from Mannheim on the A6 (130 km), from Koblenz on the A1 (200 km), from Stuttgart on the A8 (250 km).
From the A1 leave the motorway at the interchange Saarbrücken and take the A8 in the direction of Zweibrücken. At the interchange Friedrichstahl, change onto the A623 in the direction of Saarbrücken. The motorway ends with a fork in Saarbrücken. Choose the right exit towards the football stadium (Ludwigsparkstadion). After 500 meters, turn left directly to the Saarlandhalle.
From the A6 and A620, drive over the Westspange straight on to the Ludwigskreisel (roundabout). Exit the roundabout and continue straight, driving in the direction of the Ludwigsparkstadion. After about 400 meters, turn right at the traffic lights to the Saarlandhalle.
Visitor parking at the Saarlandhalle is for about 450 parking places (free) and there are about 6 spaces for coaches close to the Halle. During large events, additional parking spaces in the access road "Camphauser Strasse" (about 800 spaces). Separate parking spaces are available for artists, technicians and organisers directly at the Saarlandhalle.
The high-speed network of the ICE and TGV will bring you quickly and comfortably to the Eurobahnhof (station)
Saarbrücken. From there, continue with the 105 bus route or with a taxi (5 minute journey). Walking takes about 20 minutes. To do this, leave the station on the right and keep right until the railway bridge at the Ludwigskreisel.
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Best Options for 5 Days in Paris (with trips to London and Amsterdam) and 5 days in Italy (Milan, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome)
Best Options for 5 Days in Paris (with trips to London and Amsterdam) and 5 days in Italy (Milan, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome)
We fly into Paris as home base for the first 6 days. We'd like to take 2 day trips to both London and Amsterdam (seems like long day trips?). We head out for Italy the remaining 7 days with lots of stops there. (Milan, Venice, Florence, Pisa, and Rome for the last 3 days). I have two questions. (1) Should we buy two 5 day passes or... what seems to be the best option for this much traveling? (2) I don't see where London is included in Rail passes - Is it? Thanks!
EMPLOYEE1Jeff (Official Rep) March 13, 2018 17:20Hi Spencer,
It is not possible for the UK to be combined on a rail pass with countries on the mainland continent of Europe. However, as of just last year, the Eurostar is now covered by any Eurail Pass that includes France (with the exception of the dual country option for France and Italy). The Eurostar is the train connects Paris and London. In addition to a rail pass, this train would just require reservations, as would most of your other trains.
For that much travel, it would be in your interest to get a rail pass. For this itinerary, the pass to cover you would be the 3 country option of the Eurail Select Pass to include France, the Benelux, and Italy. The Netherlands is included as a part of the 'Benelux'. The Benelux covers Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and counts them as one country for the purpose of rail passes. For the 3 country Eurail Select Pass, you would click here: http://www.raileurope.com/pass/eurail-select-pass-3-countries-8037
For travel with a rail pass, you would purchase reservations by searching a route on our homepage (www.raileurope.com), checking the box that says 'I have a rail pass', and then indicating the type of rail pass with which you'll be traveling (i.e. a 'Eurail Select Pass 3 Countries').
Paris to London
The ride on the Eurostar from Paris to London takes just over 2 hours. As mentioned above, this train does require reservations as a supplement to the rail pass. Generally, the Eurostar can be booked 6 to 9 months in advance of a departure.
Paris to Amsterdam
From Paris to Amsterdam, you would take a Thalys high-speed train. Thalys trains also require reservations as a supplement to a rail pass. The ride from Paris to Amsterdam takes just under 3.5 hours. Generally, Thalys trains can be reserved once within 90 days of an intended departure date.
Paris to Milan
During the day, the direct day train from Paris to Milan is a France-Italy TGV on which reservations would again be required as a supplement to a rail pass. The ride takes just over 7 hours. Generally, the France-Italy TGV trains can be reserved within 120 days of an intended departure.
There is also an overnight train called the Thello from Paris to Milan; however, this particular train does not accept rail passes. With a rail pass that includes France and Italy, you would only be able to get a 25% discount on regular tickets. This particular discount is not able to be booked through our website. If you'd like to book these discounted tickets on the Thello night train from Paris to Milan, you would have to call us. We can be reached at 1-800-622-8600. Our current hours are 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM CT Monday to Friday and 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM CT on Saturdays. Generally, the Thello night train can be booked within 120 days of an intended departure.
Between these cities are high-speed Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, and Italo trains. Italo trains are privately owned and therefore do not accept rail passes. Therefore, for these trips you would want to be sure to choose any Frecciarossa, Frecciargento, or Frecciabianca train when you go to book your reservations, so that your pass will be valid. These trains do require reservations as a supplement to a rail pass. Generally, these trains can be reserved within 120 days of an intended departure date.
Between Florence and Pisa, you would take a regional train. Regional trains do not even accept reservations, so the rail pass would be all you'd need to board.
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Jeff (Official Rep) March 15, 2018 14:47You're welcome. Have a great trip!
Jeff (Official Rep) May 04, 2018 18:57IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2018:
The following rail passes no longer qualify passengers to receive 'passholder' rates for reservations on the Eurostar:
Any single country Eurail Pass, including:
• Eurail France Pass
• Eurail Benelux Pass
Any 2 country option of Eurail Select Pass, including:
• Eurail France-Italy Pass
• Eurail France-Switzerland Pass
• Eurail France-Germany Pass
• Eurail Benelux-France Pass
• Eurail France-Spain Pass
• Eurail Benelux-Germany Pass
BritRail Passes and the France-Italy combination of the 2 country Eurail Select Pass continue to not be valid on the Eurostar.
Passengers traveling with any of these rail passes would need to purchase regular tickets to take the Eurostar.
Passholder rates will continue to be offered (depending on availability) to any passenger traveling with a Eurail Global Pass, a 3 country Eurail Select Pass (that includes the country of arrival or departure, be it France or the Benelux), or a 4 country Eurail Select Pass (that includes the country of arrival or departure, be it France or the Benelux).


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By Karen Tumulty, Philip Rucker and Robert Costa, July 8 , 2015The head of the Republican National Committee, responding to demands from increasingly worried party leaders, spent nearly an hour Wednesday on the phone with Donald Trump, urging the presidential candidate to tone down his inflammatory comments about immigration that have infuriated a key election constituency.The call from Chairman Reince Priebus, described by donors and consultants briefed on the conversation and confirmed by the RNC, underscores the extent to which Trump has gone from an embarrassment to a cause for serious alarm among top Republicans in Washington and nationwide.But there is little they can do about the mogul and reality-television star, who draws sustenance from controversy and attention. And some fear that, with assistance from Democrats, Trump could become the face of the GOP.Rather than backing down from his comments about illegal immigrants — whom he characterized as rapists and killers, among other things — Trump has amplified his remarks at every opportunity, including in a round of interviews Wednesday.He insisted to NBC News that he has "nothing to apologize for" in his repeated remarks about Mexicans. But he also predicted that, if he secures the GOP nomination, "I'll win the Latino vote."Few seem to think he has a chance of becoming his party's 2016 standard-bearer, even though he is running near the front of the pack in some early primary states. Summer poll numbers for novelty candidates such as Trump tend to be as perishable as ice cream cones."I think he'll self-destruct relatively quickly. The dynamic, I think, will change very dramatically, and Trump will be yesterday's news," said former senator Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah). "But if this does have legs, if Trump can keep this going, it will be very worrisome."The fear expressed by Bennett and others is that Trump will set back the party's efforts to rehabilitate its image and broaden its reach. And it appears likely that he will be onstage in the presidential debates that begin next month — a dissonant figure in what GOP leaders had hoped to present as a substantive, experienced and appealing field of candidates.for more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/t...ry.html?hpid=z1
making progress with Latinos???? that's a joke!the harm these power broking idiots fear is that the control they exert over their candidates will slip away......"Priebus's decision to reach out to Trump came after days of talks with Republican donors and officials about how best to manage Trump's outsize presence on the airwaves. Many financiers who are influential at the RNC have been fuming about Trump's ascent and told Priebus that he must ensure that the RNC's efforts over the past year to win more of the Hispanic vote is not harmed."Houston we have a problem. We have a straight shooter who isn't being controlled by us and we must silence him because the American people are starting to like what they hear and that is DANGEROUS!!!the hand wringing by the Republican PTB is disgusting.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'My son was murdered by a Mexican illegal immigrant, just like Kathryn Steinle - it's time people listened to Trump,' says mother of gunned-down teenage football star"The mother of a teenage boy gunned down by an illegal Mexican immigrant in strikingly similar circumstances to how Kathryn Steinle died, has backed Presidential hopeful Donald Trump to 'close our borders'.Anita Shaw, whose 17-year-old boy Jamiel Jr was murdered by gang member Pedro Espinoza in Los Angeles in 2008, says she is 'angry' at the current immigration policy.She told Daily Mail Online: 'It makes me sad, it makes me angry, it makes me frustrated.'It's amazing to me that the same incident is still going on today. It's like, when will the public wake up and do something.'And this guy who is running for President, Donald Trump, he's trying to do something and they're trying to shut him down."Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...l#ixzz3fOWOlCux
ZitatThe head of the Republican National Committee, responding to demands from increasingly worried party leaders, spent nearly an hour Wednesday on the phone with Donald Trump, urging the presidential candidate to tone down his inflammatory comments about immigration that have infuriated a key election constituency.
I didn't realize the illegal aliens were a key election constituency of the Republican wing of the Progressive Party. In fact I didn't realize they were eligible to vote - yet.Here in central jersey, Trump is getting a lot of admiration for speaking the truth about the majority of illegal aliens crossing the border.
ZitatAnd some fear that, with assistance from Democrats, Trump could become the face of the GOP.
Poor babies /sarcThen they might approach being a real opposition party; can't have that. During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.___ George Orwell
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Singapore's manufacturing sector performs better than expected on strong pharmaceuticals
Singapore's headline industrial production data indicated that the overall manufacturing fell only 0.5% y/y in March, better than consensus forecast of a drop of 2%. However, excluding biomedical cluster, production shrank 5.5%. Overall, manufacturing output grew 1% on month-on-month basis, but after excluding biomedical output, it decreased 1%.
This indicates that pharmaceutical production mainly drove the overall output. It expanded 27.9% y/y in March. This pushed up the broader biomedical cluster output to 23.1%. Apart from pharma, electronics output also grew. It expanded 5.8%.
March's industrial output figures have changed the Q1 growth outlook slightly, according to DBS Bank. Industrial production figures have been majorly revised upwards in the past two months. Along with the revision, the overall manufacturing growth averaged -1.1% y/y in the quarter, nearly one percentage point more than the earlier projected -2%, said DBS Bank.
But the main problem is that the pharmaceutical sector contributes quite less to the economy. The performance of the sector does not have much of an effect on the remainder of the economy, noted DBS Bank. It makes an impact only on the headline GDP figure.
Excluding pharmaceutical impacts and assuming no revisions to other sectors' figures, the overall economic growth is likely to come in at 1.2% y/y in Q1 2016, noted DBS Bank.
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Revealed: Welwyn Hatfield Council's 550 staff and members get free parking
PUBLISHED: 15:36 12 January 2018 | UPDATED: 16:07 12 January 2018
Welwyn Hatfield Council has been branded "disgusting" after it emerged that over 500 of its staff get free parking in WGC.
The local authority's 506 officers, as well as its 48 elected councillors, all have free parking Monday to Friday at the Hunters Bridge, Campus West and Campus East Lower sites.
"It's a joke," said Lisa Kennelly, who works at H. Samuel in The Howard Centre. "That's completely unfair it should be either everyone pays or no-one does."
Panshanger's Derek Williams, who was previously a Sven-Göran Eriksson double, said: "It seems like it's looking after their boys and we are going to be paying the price for it.
"I think they should be paying for their parking like everyone else."
Recent figures showed WHC scooped nearly £9million from parking in the last five financial years – including around £1.5million through its three sites' income in 2016/17.
Panshanger resident Eileen Brimmell said she felt it was "morally wrong" that residents were being asked to pay more council tax, as well as a brown bins levy, while councillors and officers got free parking.
She added: "Why should they get it for free? They are paid fully to do a job and so they should pay like we do. Let them pay for parking and not put the council tax up."
Annual permits at the car parks usually cost around £900, but not all staff would necessarily pay as some are not based in WGC, while others could use alternative commuting methods.
Haldens resident John Stevens branded the council "disgusting", and said: "It's outrageous that they get it free, they should pay for their parking when they go to work like anyone else."
A couple of residents claimed that at the very least they should be paying a discounted price.
A council spokeswoman said: "The council, like other employers, offers its staff and members free parking in the town centre when they are working or on council business.
"For a large number of our teams, using their cars is the only way of delivering essential local services in our communities such as food hygiene inspections, carrying out work on trees, or visits with vulnerable and elderly residents.
"If they chose not to come by car because of parking costs, we would be required to provide them with transport to keep those services going, which would inevitably be more costly."
She added: "It is also the case that recruiting staff is becoming increasingly challenging where higher salaries are on offer for comparable roles in the private sector.
"When council staff, along with others in the public and private sectors, have faced salary freezes or pay increases below inflation for many years, free parking is one small way we can help continue to attract the people our communities rely upon to deliver much-valued services locally."
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I'm not happy when people talk about the stock market doing better, or worse, under one party or the other. The implication was that it was the party of the President, regardless of who controls Congress. Other than that, he was the first person to criticize anyone or anything (Bush and McCain) so he was the first "fun" speaker.


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SafeRide Technologies announced the launch of its CAN Optimizer solution, which is designed to dramatically decrease the bandwidth needed to upload raw controller area network (CAN) data to the cloud by providing 98-99% reduction in data size.
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Treorchy Railway Station
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A rotten Sunday afternoon in the heat of Texas: Red Sox leave runners everywhere, Tazawa gives up four runs, and the Red Sox lose, 4-3.
They are now officially in second place in the Wild Card race, as Texas now has the lead by a half-game.
Another important road series, and the Sox lose it once again. I looked at this six-game swing in Texas and Toronto before it began and thought they really needed to take 4 of 6 instead of the usual spilt of a road trip. Now they need to sweep Toronto to make that happen.
David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia both went deep but they were both solo shots.
I had a feeling this was going to be a rough day when I saw Brian Anderson and Alex Gonzalez at the bottom of the order. You can live with Gonzo at shortstop with his weak bat and good glove, but Anderson is simply a stiff at the plate. He can play the outfield but it's no wonder the White Sox finally gave up on him, as he's a .225 lifetime hitter. And yet, Terry Francona let both hit in the eighth down by one with one out. And both struck out against C.J. Wilson in the Sox' final threat of the day.
Now it's off to Toronto for three. I'm waiting for that hot streak, that 15 out of the next 20 to happen to propel the Red Sox, but I'm seriously wondering if we won't see that until 2010.


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Ever hear a song that hit you right in the gut? One that really spoke to you? Maybe even gave you a lump in your throat?
It hasn't happened to me that often but it did this week when I heard Brad Paisley's song "Shattered Glass" off his Moonshine in the Trunk album.
He wrote it for his wife actress Kimberly Williams Paisley. It's all about women breaking through the "glass ceiling" and making it "rain shattered glass"!
When you watch the video (and you can below) you'll see what a great message it gives to women… and young girls.
Brad Paisley has been a master marketer utilizing social media to promote this album. And for a song with this important message he took to Twitter to let one woman share it with her audience.That's right. Ellen DeGeneres shared it on her show! What a great place to showcase a song like this.
As a Dad to two young girls I really appreciate the message in this song and have shared it with my daughters.
Just as cool as the video is the fact that I've read that all the footage was shot with iPhones!
Who are 3 girls you should share this video with?
If you'd like to buy the song "Shattered Glass" or the album Moonshine in the Trunk you can do it here.


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Sorry, no pictures from the weekend but after flying the my new Willow 2 in such light conditions last week, the chance of flying in the big winds we had this weekend couldn't be missed.
Not properly set up and using about 800grams of ballast in winngs blowing from 25-45mph probably wasn't the cleverest thing I've ever donw but wow was it worth it. The Willow 2 was away straight and then I couldn't believe the progress I was making around the sky. The turns are getting better with each tweak but in a straight line- that even i can't mess up, she accelorates and shifts like nothing else!
I am very biased but I didn't half have a smile of my face coming home from the hill!


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GOP Latino candidates can win in CA, if they don't reveal they're GOP
Republican Jaime Patiño won only 28 percent of the vote when he ran for a Bay Area Assembly seat four years ago. Next Tuesday, however, he will be sworn in as a newly elected member of the City Council in Union City.
One big difference: There was no "R" next to his name on last month's ballot. Voters knew him as a longtime Union City resident, a single dad who knocked on 9,000 doors during the campaign. He didn't have to tell them he was a Republican when he was running for the nonpartisan council position.
If the "R" label has become toxic for California Republicans after two years of Donald Trump in the White House, for Latino candidates it stands for "radioactive." When the new class of state legislators was sworn in Monday, there were no Latino Republicans — and 29 Latino Democrats.
"I'm a Republican, always have been a Republican. Been one even longer than Trump," said Patiño, who said he wrote in a friend's father's name for president instead of voting for Trump in 2016. "But we do have a branding issue."
Patiño knew better than to wave his Republicanism in front of the electorate. In fact, his campaign website featured a photo of him with Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of Dublin, who is seriously thinking about running against Trump for president in 2020.
California Latinos have been fleeing the Republican label since 1994, when GOP Gov. Pete Wilson won re-election on the strength of his support of Proposition 187. State voters approved the measure, which would have barred undocumented immigrants from public health care and most other government services, but the courts blocked it.
Many middle-aged Latino voters still remember TV ads for Prop. 187, which showed immigrants darting through traffic to cross the U.S. border as the narrator said ominously, "They keep coming." For years, the ad was played to jeers at Latino get-out-the-vote rallies.
The legacy of Prop 187: Eighty-six percent of Latinos surveyed in California for a poll by Latino Decisions said they voted for a Democratic House candidate last month. To read the rest of the story about Republicans' struggle to find a way out of the situation they created, click here.
Deep dives and late takes
Newsom's kind words for Trump
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom lobbed a rare compliment at President Trump the other day, saying he's grateful the president has never "played politics" with disaster declarations following major wildfires in California or last year's Oroville dam emergency.
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Last month Newsom, Trump and Gov. Jerry Brown toured the Camp Fire in Butte County, which burned more than 18,000 structures and killed 85 people, as well as the Woolsey Fire in Southern California that killed three people.
"We're grateful that he came," Newsom said Monday after state legislators were sworn into office in Sacramento. "We're grateful for his time and attention. We've had some followup — not direct conversations, but indirect. I think there is a sincerity to help, and we are grateful for that."
Those measured words are far from the barbs that the two have been trading this year. Trump has called Newsom a "clown" who wants to allow unlimited immigration into the United States. During his campaign for governor, Newsom called the president "a small, scared bully."
Newsom said he "got a little grief" on the campaign trail when he complimented Trump for keeping politics out of disaster declarations. There was also an awkward moment between the two on Trump's tour of California disaster spots, when the president pulled Newsom toward him, patted him on the arm and said, "I have no doubt, right? We're going to get it done."
Newsom isn't ready to declare a thaw in their deep-freeze relationship yet. But he says he's taking it "tweet by tweet, day by day."
— Melody Gutierrez
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Stacey Abrams pointedly did not concede when she ended her race to be Georgia's governor last month. She said voter suppression tactics riddled the election in which Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp defeated her.
"The effect is so grotesque as to undermine the credence of our elections," the Democrat told The Chronicle's "It's All Political" podcast. on a visit to San Francisco the other day.
Abrams' campaign to be the first African American woman to be elected governor in the U.S. was one of the most closely watched in the nation, with celebrities including Oprah Winfrey and Will Ferrell stumping for her.
But her next campaign may be more influential in the long run. She's working with a new organization called Fair Fight Action that has sued in federal court to challenge Georgia's electoral system.
From polling stations where the voting machines didn't have power cords to the more purging of more than 1 million voters from the rolls, Abrams said Georgia's system is deeply flawed. People of color were most affected, she said.
"Whether the intent is racism, the result is racist," Abrams said. "The result is that people of color are disproportionately affected."
As for Abrams, she said she is "going to run for something again. Yes, absolutely."
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Most media farewells to President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday in Houston at age 94, have emphasized his steady stewardship at the end of the Cold War and his periodic cooperation with congressional Democrats. Few dwell on a pro-Bush group's Willie Horton campaign ad in 1988 that Democrats denounced as racist, Bush's 1964 opposition to the Civil Rights Act or his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
The new episode of the "It's All Political" podcast explores this dichotomy in the Bush legacy with Rita Beamish, a Chronicle copy editor who covered his White House campaigns and presidency for the Associated Press. She portrays him as a politician with old-school civility and decency who was driven by personal ambition and a sense of loyalty to conservative allies. And check out her essay in The Chronicle comparing Bush's temperament to that of President Trump.
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07/22/18 - Through the Cape Cod Canal with the Coast Guard on our tail!
Through the Cape Cod Canal with the Coast Guard on our tail!
It was a cloudy morning in Woods Hole, MA as the crew woke up at 0730. We began the day with a delicious breakfast of english muffins, toast, oatmeal, and fruit. After breakfast clean-up, we got a chance for a swim call in the frigid water. As the threat of rain loomed over us, swim call came to an end and we began to prepare to set sail. However, due to the inclement weather and the fact that we would soon be traveling through the Cape Cod Canal, we decided to use the motor to begin the day. Our experienced captain used his vast knowledge to make it out of the storm into safe passage only through blasting winds and drizzling rain. As we made our way back through Buzzard's Bay we had a feast of mashed potatoes, stuffing, and turkey with gravy. As we consumed our daily dosage of vitamins, we began to approach the canal sooner than the eye could meet. After our chef Stacy wrapped up her station, A watch, the mightiest of watches, assumed their precise positions with the utmost pride, taking over the helm and bow, expeditioning the boat checks, grazing the deck of the salon with the most premium pine sol and water, and making the deck look as clean as plexiglass. As A watch completed the task, they arose from the galley to be greeted from the gallant canal. Soon as Roseway reached the final stretch of canal, the coast guard was tailing us from the rear. We left the canal as the cost guard ship veered off towards the shore of the bay. As we steer out to sea, A watch still at their assigned duties, helped with raising the sails. As most of us were tightening up the lines, the slackers were watching from a distance. After A watch was relieved and the sails were raised, PO2 Nunez, PO2 Vicente, an SA Bzdula commenced to write the ships log. Meanwhile, C watch was watching a rainbow. While the crew waited for chow, our divine culinary master was cooking a marvelous feast of pancakes and bacon. PO1 Keane was teaching us about lines and helping people with the sails.


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Three SKorean crew members of capsized cargo ship rescued
Three South Korean crew members of a massive cargo ship were rescued on Monday after a hole was cut into the steel hull of the capsized vessel, the US Coast Guard said.
A rescue operation was ongoing for the fourth trapped member of the crew of the MV Golden Ray, which listed and caught fire in St. Simons Sound off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia.
US Coast Guard Captain John Reed told reporters the fourth crew member was "stuck behind glass in an engineering control room" of the vessel, which is lying on its side after capsising on Sunday.
"We're going to find a way to safely extract him," Reed said.
Nineteen members of the crew of the MV Golden Ray and an American harbor pilot were rescued on Sunday after the cargo ship became disabled and capsized.
Rescue efforts were called off during the night because of the fire, leaving four crew members trapped in the engine room of the vessel.
Reed said the Coast Guard had made contact with the trapped crew members on Monday by tapping on the side of the ship.
A two-foot by three-foot (0.6 metre by one metre) hole was then cut into the hull to rescue them.
Reed said they were in relatively good condition "for having spent 34, 35 hours in the conditions they were in.
"They were subject to some pretty tough conditions," he said. "I know they were super happy to be out of that space."
The 656-foot-long (200-metre-long) Golden Ray was transporting vehicles when it capsized.
The Coast Guard plucked crew members off the ship overnight using a hoist from an MH-65 helicopter.
According to the South Korean foreign ministry, 13 of the rescued crew members were from the Philippines, six from South Korea and one an American. The four trapped crew members were all South Koreans.
The MV Golden Ray is owned by Hyundai Glovis, the logistics arm of the South Korean automaker Hyundai, but flies the flag of the Marshall Islands.
The 71,000-tonne vessel is capable of carrying around 7,000 vehicles and was built in 2017.
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26th Annual Glastonbury Spring Warm-Up Tournament Invitation
This year the tournament will be held Friday April 26, 2019, Saturday April 27, 2019 and Sunday April 29, 2019 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The tournament is sanctioned by the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association, which is affiliated with USYSA. Before registering, please carefully read the following, as there are several changes this year.
The tournament is open to boys and girls teams from U-9 to U-14/15. We are no longer offering a Premier bracket. Teams will be placed into divisions and winners are selected by a point system for each division. All teams will play 4 games in a round robin format.
The U-11 through U-14/15 age groups are competitive divisions and trophies will be awarded to all division winners and medals for second place.
The U-9 and U-10 age groups are non-competitive divisions, and all participants will receive a participation award for playing in the tournament.
The U-9 and U-10 games will be played in 7v7 format for two 25 minute halves. The U-11 and U-12 games will be played in 9v9 format for two 25 minute halves. The U-13 and U-14/15 games will be played in 11v11 format for two 30 minute halves.
Each game will be staffed with a referee and two linesmen. It is customary that U9 & U10 players exchange team/club patches after each game.
The tournament will consist of Classic and League level teams from all over New England, New York and New
Jersey. We are no longer offering a Premier bracket. The tournament selection committee makes every effort to create balanced divisions with an opportunity to play teams from different areas. The selection criteria for acceptance into the tournament are based on team record,
level of competition, and the adequate distribution of teams applying. An effort is made to accommodate game schedules with travel plans for out of state
teams, but we recommend that out of state teams plan on lodging for
both Friday and Saturday nights. We have negotiated very favorable rates with many of the local hotels. Please see our web-site (glastonbury.cjsalive.org) for more details on hotel availability.
The web-based application process will begin Monday January 28, 2019. Please use this link https://www.gotsport.com/forms/app/?eventid=70223 to register. Please note that each team will need to establish a registration, with a Logon ID and Password. You will receive a confirmation email from GotSoccer once you have registered. If you do not receive an email, please make sure your email address is correct.
Entry fees for teams playing 7v7 (U9-U10) will be $575, for 9v9 (U11-U12) $600, and for 11v11 (U13-U14/15) $650. This fee is non-refundable once a team is admitted, including weather related events (see 2019 Rules). We will not charge your payment method if your team application is rejected or waitlisted. Applications must be submitted and pre-paid using our online registration system by March 1, 2019. Acceptance and rejection e-mails will then follow by March 15, 2019.
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Glastonbury Hartwell Soccer Club continues to make investments back into the town and its fields. Proceeds from this and all previous tournaments are used to continually develop our excellent sports complexes. If you know of other teams who would be interested in applying to the tournament, please be sure to have them register or e-mail us at email@example.com for more information. We're truly looking forward to this year's tournament. Spread the word and keep checking our website.
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If your house has the winter blahs, step back and reevaluate your design options. Where would a punch of color boost the mood? How could new flooring, art work, tile or window treatments set the stage? Here are 3 easy ways to spruce up your space.
1. Home design: Try bold colors
Don't be afraid of color–it won't bite and it can always be toned down later. Try a cranberry faux paint treatment in the powder room or blue and yellow curtains in a French Country kitchen. Just don't go overboard. Pick three or four places throughout the house and make sure they don't compete with each other.
Accessories are a big hit when trying to add color. Among the options are lamps, pillows, vases, paintings, rugs and decorative candle holders. Pick a theme (animal prints?) or a color scheme (red and yellow?) and carry it throughout the house to create continuity.
Try these paint color tips from HGTV.
2. Start with a dramatic foyer design
The foyer is the first place most visitors see, so make your foyer design the most dramatic. Try an ornate wooden table with a decorative mirror above it. Replace basic wood flooring with slate or marble tiles. Draw the eyes up with a 5-layer chandelier.
3. Boost master bedroom design options
If you're like many home owners, the master bedroom takes back stage to the kitchen and bathrooms. This can be a mistake, however, as this space is what you see first and last each day. Try these bedroom remodeling ideas:
- A new duvet cover and pillows
- Window treatments that add some texture or pull out the color in a rug or painting. Here's more on selecting the perfect oriental rug for your home design.
- A portable electric fireplace
- Soft lighting around the ceiling controlled by a dimmer switch
Bedroom remodeling, plus a dose of color and some well placed accessories, can take the blahs out of your home design!


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RA: Aly, could you briefly explain your ethnicity and religion/religious background for our readers?
Aly: I am a mixture of different ethnicities, but I choose to follow my Native American heritage. I participate in ceremonial sweat lodges, pow wows, etc. A few years ago, my family and I were adopted into a Maryland tribe.
RA: Naquan, could you do the same?
Naquan: Well, I am of the African American descent. I have some Native American in me somewhere, but it's there. Lol. I have followed Catholicism my entire life and I still follow it even today. But, I am opening up to looking into my Native American ancestors.
RA: How long have you been dating?
Aly/Naquan: We have been dating for 9 months now.
RA: Aly, how has your immediate and extended family reacted to you dating Naquan?
Aly: My family loves Naquan for who he is as a person. My youngest brother (Age 14 with autism) loves to play games with Naquan. He always has a smile on his face when Naquan is around. They support our relationship and want to see us last a very long time.
RA: Naquan, what does your family think?
Naquan: This is how they feel...All the girls that I brought to the house, my family were like, "They need a sandwich in their lives." But, now they don't even say it because they know Aly can cook. They are so used to me bringing home some up-tight, preppy and sassy, skinny girls. Thinking they are all that and a bag of Doritos. They just got tired of them and I did too. So, I did myself a little experimenting and I love the outcome of it. My family accepts her for who she is and what she has and doesn't have.
RA: Aly, which would you say is more true, that Naquan has joined your family, or that you have joined his?
Aly: Naquan has joined our family...hands down...lol. He is always over to our house and hanging out with us as a family.
RA: Naquan, I understand that you go to tribal meetings with Aly. Do you feel welcome there, or is it uncomfortable?
Naquan: I feel very VERY welcomed there. No one has given me any dirty looks or bad vibes...yet. First time I went there with one thing on my mind, that I was gonna get chased out with tomahawks and bows and arrows. I didn't know how much they would get off of my hair, but I thought I was gonna get scalped by the Aunts and Uncles.
RA: I'd like both of you to answer this question: If you could say one thing to magically make people change their minds about your interracial relationship, whether it be close family, friends, or the world in general, what would it be?
Aly: We are all the same on the inside. If you cut the both of us, we will both bleed red. Naquan and I find happiness with each other, so what should it matter that we look different? If two people can fall in love then who is anyone to judge?
Naquan: I just wanna put it out there that people always say that age is just a number, right? Well, skin is just a color. If people say that white is not a color, than why did Crayola put it in the box? If everyone gets in a circle and cuts themselves, they'll see red blood. Accept everyone on who they are and not what the past portrayed them to be. That's the past, this is the present. Get over yourselves and stop thinking your above/below someone because of their color and background.
RA: Thanks, you two, for giving us a little insight into your relationship. I really appreciate your time and effort, and enjoyed learning a bit about you!
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Checkpoints are also being constructed in provincial areas and plain-clothes police dispatched to provide security outside the capital, authorities said.
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said he was not expecting any trouble on Friday before the ruling is handed down but trouble could flare up afterwards.
Some 3,000 supporters of the former premier are expected to arrive at the court later this week to provide a morale-boost as she faces a malfeasance charge for dereliction of duty over a rice-pledging scheme the government claims has cost it at least B500 million.
Around 1,000 of her fans turned up for each of her last two court appearances in recent weeks.
Several van operators were prosecuted for ferrying supporters to the court to hear her closing statement on Aug 1. They were fined for breaching land transport regulations and warned against transporting politically affiliated passengers in future.
Despite criticism from pro-Thaksin camps that the authorities have over-reacted in clamping down on her supporters, the Royal Thai Police said yesterday that they will press ahead with strict security measures.
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) said soldiers from all three branches of the military will reinforce the police in their mission to prevent any acts of social disorder.
Outside Bangkok, officers are tasked with looking for potential "troublemakers" among Ms Yingluck's supporters.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) has decided to increase the number of officers in and around the court on Friday from 2,500 to 4,000. They will be supported by three helicopters, 20 riot-control vehicles and four ambulances, said Maj Gen Phanurat Lakbun, the deputy MPB chief.
The checkpoints, which will be jointly set up by police and state officials across various regions, are not intended to block people but "prevent possible attempts by a party to instigate an unpleasant situation", said deputy police spokesman Kritsana Pattanacharoen.
Officers are also keeping a close watch on the pro-Thaksin red-shirt group, the staunchest ally of Ms Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party.
The wife of red-shirt leader Kwanchai Sarakham, who lives in Udon Thani, and two other people are reportedly preparing to be at the court on Friday, according to Maj Gen Phiraphong Wongsaman, the Udon Thani police chief.
Kwanchai was sentenced last year by the Supreme Court in absentia to two years in jail after he was found guilty of leading an attack against a rival political group in 2008.
The red-shirt group's actions have been subdued since the 2014 coup but authorities have maintained a closer watch on Udon Thani, which is seen a hive of red-shirt activity, as well as other strongholds in the lead-up to the trial.
Maj Gen Phiraphong said a 700-strong security force made mostly of soldiers was recently dispatched to Udon Thani but that their main focus there was attending annual training on national crisis management, which ends tomorrow.
The strict security will stay in place until after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions hands down its verdict on Friday, he said.
The scheme, a brainchild of Pheu Thai, intended to help solve farmers' woes by purchasing their crops at pledging prices, set as much as 40% and 50% over market rates.
At the court compound on Friday, officers will be required to inspect every person who enters the court and strictly regulate traffic in the area.
Visitors can expect metal detectors and body scanners, Maj Gen Phanurat said, adding up to 40 security cameras will be installed.
Drivers must use the entrance near the Administrative Court in the same compound, officials said.
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We all are very well acquainted with the Canadian rapper, songwriter, and producer Drake. He is the face behind many hit songs that ruled the Billboard charts for several weeks, one of them being the most popular song which turned into a viral meme. Yeah, I'm talking about Hotline bling which also won two Grammys for Best rap song and best rap/sung performance.
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Drake's album More Life is a commercial mixtape released on March 18, 2017, and signed to several record labels including Cash Money Records, Republic Records, and Young money Entertainment. It has become his seventh consecutive album to top the charts in a row.
The mixtape topped the Billboard charts and ranked at no. 1 on the US Billboard 200. It had various singles and collaborations with many of the renowned singers and musicians.
Drake explained More Life as "a body of work [he's] creating to bridge the gap between [any] major releases". He also described the music as "a playlist to give you a collection of songs that become your soundtracks for life".
The album art of Drake More Life features an image of the Canadian singer Drake's father, who is covered with the black background. There is a subtitle below the photo that says "A playlist by October Firm". The album art that Drake had shared on his Instagram profile did not feature any of the subtitles or the black background.
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The enemies cannot come into any country without the assistance of traitors from within, that's an established fact. A World War leader was once asked who does he hate most? He answered: Those who helped me invade their countries.
Even the enemies look at these traitors in a very disgusting way.
The year 1998 was the height of tensions between Syria and NATO member state Turkey because Syria was hosting the leader of the Kurdish PKK party and the Turks wanted his head.
NATO member state Turkey that time reached a point it threatened invading Syria with the help of its NATO cult, Syria that time was already having large open fronts with enemies traitors from the east in Iraq Saddam Hussein, south Jordanian CIA payroll king Hussein, Israel and in the west Lebanon's western inclined militias and the US 6th Navy fleet not far in the Mediterranean, the last thing Syria wanted was a new war from the north.
The tensions were defused when the PKK leader left Syria to be kidnapped by Israel from an African country and handed over to Turkey, their best ally in the region in all sorts of crimes.
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There is a story of lion and Jackal. Jackal saw that lion was the king and all animals were afraid of the king. The jackal wanted to be friend of the lion so that he would also get some respect from his fellow jackals. One day the jackal approached the lion and standing very far asked the lion if he could be the friend. The lion was in a good mood and gave his consent to be a friend. The jackal was happy. The next day jackal came in the morning to lion and greeted him, 'good morning'. The lion greeted back. Now the jackal felt much comfortable, and came closer, but still stood at a respectable distance. Jackal went and reported to everyone that he and the king lion were friends. He had only praise for the lion. The lion is powerful. The lion is strong. He is king. He is majestic. He could not stop praising the lion. Slowly the jackal came closer and closer to the lion. He started to walk with lion, asked about his family. Still later jackal was walking hand in hand. But now as he came close to the lion, he realized that lion the king had foul smell in the mouth. Now the jackal went to his friends and said, the lion is not good, his moth smells, he sleeps more hours; He does not take shower; he eats even the rotten meat. Now lion had only negatives. Familiarity breeds contempt.
Today's Gospel tells us that Jesus came back to Nazareth, his home town where on a Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue. Many listeners were astonished, saying, 'Where did this man get these things? And what is this wisdom given to Him? And such miracles as these performed by His hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?' And they took offense at Him.
In fact the reaction of the people of his hometown, it seems was a surprise to Jesus, because the Gospel tells us that Jesus was surprised or wondered at their unbelief". Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour except in His hometown and among His own relatives and in His own household. And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He wondered at their unbelief."
The Bible doesn't say that Jesus wondered, or was astonished, or was amazed except for two times. One is here, and the other is on the occasion when He was amazed at the faith of a centurion. The centurion was not a Jew, still his faith that only a word from Jesus could heal his servant, amazed Jesus. Here the people of his home town knew him well, but even after listening to him and hearing about the miracles he performed, they could not believe him. This too amazed Jesus. The Bible tells us the people were constantly amazed at Him. They were astonished at Him. But only those two times was He amazed at them. Once with the centurion He was amazed at his faith. Here He is amazed at the unbelief in His own hometown.
We think about faith as powerful. Faith moves mountains. But I want you to understand that unbelief is powerful as well. The power of unbelief is so great that it extends throughout all eternity. It is so powerful that even God does not override it. The Pharisees and the scribes were unbelievers to the very end with few exceptions. And like all other unbelievers, their unbelief resulted in rejecting Jesus. The New Testament has a lot to say about believing. It has a lot to say about faith. But it has an awful lot to say equally about unbelief.
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Will Smith/Tom Cruise to team up?
Will Smith has been a popular guy in Hollywood over the last few years. And while promoting Hancock, he brought up the possibility that he would team up for a film with his friend Tom Cruise.
It looks like they've been thinking about it seriously. There must be a studio head drooling somewhere at the thought of that.
Will Smith is currently doing the rounds promoting Hancock, and he took the opportunity to say that he and Tom Cruise have been looking for a project to do together. Nothing has definitely grabbed them yet, but it sounds like it might just happen one day.
We've been looking at it. There's a couple possibilities. We're keeping it top secret, but we're sniffing around a couple things that I think would just be ridiculous.
Smith was talking to MTV Movies Blog, through getthebigpicture. I'm not such a big Tom Cruise fan since his couch jumping days. But Cruise and Smith together could be an amazing film. Not sure what form it would take though, any ideas?


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Balblair - 2003 Vintage
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The concept of vintage bottlings with a craft presentation is a prominent feature of Balblair. Distilled in 2003 and matured in ex-bourbon casks for 12 years, the aroma of this young Single Malt accentuates crisp apples, salted caramel and blossom honey. Tastewise, expect a roller coaster ride of zesty, sour and at times unpleasantly dry flavors. Is it possible to distill lemons? Bitter oakiness, thyme and hints of sweet ginger accompany the short finish. Malt beginners beware! This Highland whisky is demanding and most likely not to everybody's taste.
RATING: 3.4/5.0 ≙ 82 pts
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