text: David, after having briefly set forth the virtues with which all who desire to have a place in the Church ought to be endued, now enumerates certain vices from which they ought to be free. In the first place, he tells them that they must not be slanderers or detractors; secondly, that they must restrain themselves from doing any thing mischievous and injurious to their neighbors; and, thirdly, that they must not aid in giving currency to calumnies and false reports. Other vices, from which the righteous are free, we shall meet with as we proceed. David, then, sets down calumny and detraction as the first point of injustice by which our neighbors are injured. If a good name is a treasure, more precious than all the riches of the world, (Proverbs 22:1,) no greater injury can be inflicted upon men than to wound their reputation. It is not, however, every injurious word which is here condemned; but the disease and lust of detraction, which stirs up malicious persons to spread abroad calumnies. At the same time, it cannot be doubted that the design of the Holy Spirit is to condemn all false and wicked accusations. In the clause which immediately follows, the doctrine that the children of God ought to be far removed from all injustice, is stated more generally: Nor doeth evil to his companion. By the words companion and neighbor, the Psalmist means not only those with whom we enjoy familiar intercourse, and live on terms of intimate friendship, but all men, to whom we are bound by the ties of humanity and a common nature. He employs these terms to show more clearly the odiousness of what he condemns, and that the saints may have the greater abhorrence of all wrong dealing, since every man who hurts his neighbor violates the fundamental law of human society. With respect to the meaning of the last clause, interpreters are not agreed. Some take the phrase, to raise up a calumnious report, for to invent, because malicious persons raise up calumnies from nothing; and thus it would be a repetition of the statement contained in the first clause of the verse, namely, that good men should not allow themselves to indulge in detraction. But I think there is also here rebuked the vice of undue credulity, which, when any evil reports are spread against our neighbors, leads us either eagerly to listen to them, or at least to receive them without sufficient reason; whereas we ought rather to use all means to suppress and trample them under foot. When any one is the bearer of invented falsehoods, those who reject them leave them, as it were, to fall to the ground; while, on the contrary, those who propagate and publish them from one person to another are, by an expressive form of speech, said to raise them up.


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Knife-wielding "steaming" gangs are terrorising young commuters for their £200 Apple AirPods and mobiles on the transport network.
The muggers have struck at least eight times at rail and Tube stations across London and Essex in the past month.
British Transport Police today released CCTV images of young men they want to speak to in connection with the robberies.
Detective Chief Inspector Sarah White said: "We have seen a concerning amount of robberies across both the London Underground and mainline rail network in London, and we are working tirelessly to catch those responsible."
A schoolboy, 16, was robbed of his phone and cash by three thugs armed with knives at Seven Sisters at about 4pm on November 9.
Two other 16-year-old boys were held up at knifepoint on a c2c train from Chafford Hundred to Upminster two days earlier at about 8.30pm.
Suspects pinned a 20-year-old up against a wall and punched him in the chest before taking his AirPod wireless earphones at Euston at 8pm on November 6.
A 22-year-old man had his phone stolen on the same day at 12.40pm at White Hart Lane.
A man aged 20 was ambushed by suspects who stole his AirPods and attempted to take his jacket and bag on the Central line platform at Tottenham Court Road on November 5 at 8pm.
A 20-year-old woman had her phone snatched from her hands as she sat on the Tube at Lancaster Gate on October 29.
More worryingly, a gang threatened to stab a 25-year-old man before stealing his mobile, headphones and watch at 6pm on a southbound Victoria line service from Finsbury Park to Highbury and Islington three days earlier.
A 21-year-old man was punched in the face and had his phone and Oyster card stolen at White Hart Lane on October 6 at about 11.30am.
DCI White said: "We have plainclothes officers operating, and passengers can also expect to see highly visible reassurance patrols.
"Everyone should be aware of their surroundings, particularly in the evenings, and of being discreet and secure when carrying their property.
"Typically, we are seeing things like phones, laptops and AirPod earphones being targeted by groups of young men.
"They will usually approach people travelling on their own, but many of these incidents have still taken place in crowded and busy areas.
"Thankfully we police a CCTV-rich environment which has enabled us to quickly identify a number of suspects and bring them into custody."
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OKEECHOBEE — An unknown thief made off with a local man's four wheeler — and it wasn't even in running order.
According to the report filed by Deputy Tim Higgins of the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Department, on June 1, he responded to the 6200 block of N.E. Ninth Way in reference to a theft complaint.
Upon his arrival, the deputy met with a local man who informed him that his fence had been cut and someone had entered his yard, cut a lock off a chain and stole his four wheeler, stated the report. The man indicated that at 7 p.m. the previous night, he went into his residence for the evening. At that time, his black and silver 2004 Yamaha four wheeler was chained to a tree on the west side of his residence. He noted that the four wheeler was not in running order and had previously caught fire. He told the deputy the hoses and wires were melted as well.
He then advised Deputy Higgins that around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, he went outside and found the chain had been cut and his four wheeler missing, the report stated. He also noticed tire marks in the yard, and when he examined his fence on the west side of his property, he found a section had been cut out.
According to the report, the four wheeler had been stolen and recovered three previous times. This time, the front VIN plates had been scratched so the number could not be read.


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Monitoring our Stack with Elixir
Walk into any office with developers in it, and chances are you'll see some sort of system status dashboard. For historic reasons that no one can remember, ours is called Walnut.
First, a history lesson. The previous version ran entirely in the front end. It didn't need a backend, so you could run it locally with no deployment. It was 100 lines of code. As time went on, some of the limitations really started to show. We took on more remote workers, and running Walnut locally required that you have access to all the API keys for our various services and that you had to run an insecure browser to allow for cross-site requests. We also wanted to switch to using Chromebits in kiosk mode rather than Mac Minis for space and hassle reasons. This meant we couldn't really run Walnut without some sort of proxy service involved, which isn't ideal.
The idea behind Walnut is simple, when you look at the screen, you should get an instant look at the state of our stack. To this end, each box on the screen represents a third-party service, CI build or one of our applications and has three states: green, red or grey. Green and red are pretty self-explanatory. Either everything is a-ok 👌 or it's panic stations 🚨. Grey is mainly for our CI builds which can be marked as in progress or pending while we wait for them to finish and be deployed to production.
Under the hood, each square is actually an Elixir process that's responsible for monitoring that site or service. This is where Elixir / Erlang really shines. Running each site as a process means:
- We can add more without ever slowing down or blocking other requests.
- The processes can be monitored and the site marked red if the process crashes for whatever reason.
- We can run it on one Heroku hobby dyno.
Unfortunately, not every site offers a nice JSON api so we had to factor in for really any type of http request and response. As a result, the site "recipes" are extremely flexible. Here's the recipe for our CI builds:
defmodule Site.CircleCi do use Status.Site def handle_response(response) do Poison.Parser.parse!(response.body) |> determine_app_state end defp url(site) do "https://circleci.com/api/v1/project/#{site.app}/tree/master?limit=1&circle-token=#{System.get_env("CIRCLECI_TOKEN")}" end def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "running"} | _]), do: :pending def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "queued"} | _]), do: :pending def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "not_running"} | _]), do: :pending def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "success"} | _]), do: :ok def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "fixed"} | _]), do: :ok def determine_app_state([%{"status" => "not_run"} | _]), do: :ok def determine_app_state(_), do: :notok end
And here is a recipe for Heroku.
defmodule Site.Heroku do use Status.Site def handle_response(response) do Poison.Parser.parse!(response.body) |> determine_app_state end def determine_app_state(%{"status" => %{"Production" => "green", "Development" => "green"}}), do: :ok def determine_app_state(_), do: :notok end
As you can see, both checks are quite different, but follow a similar pattern. In essence, each process gets passed the response from a URL added to a configuration file. The URL is requested, and the response handed to the recipe. If the request fails for whatever reason, the site is automatically marked as bad without the recipe needing to do anything.
In the first iteration, we figured that sending a request and considering a 200 status in return would mean that everything was a-ok. How naive. We quickly realised that this doesn't work at all for Heroku… or really any other service. So, we switched it to a recipe type structure. Now, whether we need to parse JSON, CSS or just check for a status 200, we have the ability to do so.
A TV dashboard is great for an instant spot check of our stack, but it begins to break down because in reality, we aren't looking at the board 24/7.
To help with this, we used Erlang's GenEvent. With GenEvent, we can create different modules to respond to certain events. With an event manager in place, we can now create a GenEvent service to listen for :notok events and open tickets within Pagerduty. Likewise, we can resolve the ticket when the issue is over.
We also have events to broadcast changes across web sockets to any connected clients (including our Slack bot) to make sure that all clients have the correct data in real-time. From here we could hook into site events and trigger any type of action we wanted. There are a few gotchas with GenEvent, but I think for this particular use case, it works well. We would most likely look to move to GenStage once it's closer to release.
The Future
From here, we'd like to focus on the design of the board. As more services are added, it becomes increasingly harder to see what exactly is failing, and we'd like to add more arbitrary information like who is on support for that day.
Collecting statistics about each request (up time, time to first byte etc), storing them in a database and then using d3 to create some meaningful insights into the data is also something that we'd like to explore.
Lastly, I'm hoping that this could be something we open source. For now it's got some custom integrations that are unique to us and extracting them would be the first step towards open sourcing the status board.
Will Raxworthy joined AlphaSights in March 2015 and worked as a Software Engineer in our London office.


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Planning and constructing DIY deck projects can be a very rewarding experience that will save your household quite a bit of money (which you can use on that big new barbecue you have had your eyes on), however, without the right planning, timber, tools and help along the way you may not get the results you are expecting.
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Our experienced team can provide you with insider tips that will help you to build your own deck with confidence. We can walk you through each step of your deck construction – from the materials you'll need through to the finishing touches that will make it a stand-out.
Building a Deck DIY – Follow the Steps
Of course the first step when you are DIY builder is to get your planning correct up front.
What timber will you use, what are the dimensions, do you need timber rails around the deck, or a canopy overhead, do you need planning permission from the local council, do you access to all the tools required to complete your deck, what decking hardware will you require and are you going to paint or stain your deck on completion?
Follow our DIY building deck steps to improve your chances of delivering a result that everyone will admire…
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At this initial stage you may have some questions so it makes sense to check out our Decking Factsheet to answer some of your initial questions.
You should also read our Decking FAQ page which answers many of the questions others have asked previously which makes it a great source of information to the first time Deck DIY handyman.
Decking Timber
You have many choices here at Narangba Timbers when you commence your timber decking project.
You can select hardwood or softwood and within these types you can select differing timber species.
What is the Best Timber for Decking ?
Whilst there is no "best" timber for your DIY decking project, there are some species we would recommend you consider based upon their properties and our experience.
Hardwood Timber Decking
Hardwood timber is stronger than softwood timber and that is certainly the case here with our product range.
Reflecting their natural durability, there are four classes (1 to 4) of hardwoods, with Class 1 having highest natural durability and Class 4 the lowest. All hardwoods supplied by Narangba Timbers fall within Class 1 (in-ground life expectancy of more than 25 years) and Class 2 (in-ground life expectancy of more than 15 years) for durability.
Hardwood generally is more expensive because it is more durable and will last longer and is available in a wider range of colours than softwood.
Merbau Decking Timber
Merbau Timber also known as Kwila Timber and is commonly used for timber framing, timber decking, timber flooring and timber handrails.
Kwila timber durability is Class 1 and is very popular for decking (especially DIY decking projects) and features a very on-trend brownish colouring.
Ironbark Decking Timber
Ironbark timber is commonly used for outdoor timber framing, timber decking, timber flooring and timber handrails.
Ironbark Timber durability is Class 1 and the colour of the wood is generally a reddish hue.
Spotted Gum Timber Decking
Spotted gum timber is an Australian timber that is great for timber flooring, timber decking, timber handrails, outdoor timber framing and landscaping.
Spotted Gum timber has a durability rating of Class 1 and the wood from the spotted gum comes in mixed colours.
Blackbutt Timber Decking
Blackbutt timber is popular for timber floors, timber decks and external timber framing.
Blackbutt timber also has a durability rating of Class 1 and comes in a very modern, architecturally friendly blonde colouring.
Softwood Decking
Softwood timber is lighter and easier to work and also, generally, less expensive.
Pine decking timber and treated pine decking timber are the options available for your softwood decking project.
Other Things to Consider in Your DIY Decking Project
When you are completing your DIY timber decking plans you should also consider the following;-
- Do you need to consider a DIY deck railing?
- Does your timber deck design call for a covered deck?
- Is privacy an issue? Do you need a DIY screened in deck?
- Like being in the rainforest? What about deck railing planter boxes?
- Why not add some DIY deck lighting for those long balmy evenings?
- Do you need decking stain or decking paint for your project?
- If you are building a DIY pool deck what coating do you need to protect it from pool water splashing?
Visit the Narangba Timbers Display Deck for Ideas
We've even constructed a display deck right here at Narangba, so you can see a variety of timbers in-situ, and the different components used – just as they will be used on your deck.
To get even more ideas for your new timber deck view our timber deck gallery here.
At Narangba Timbers You Get Expert Advice for Your DIY Projects
Our online tools are designed as a guide for the average DIY'er, but when you come into or call Narangba Timbers on (07) 3888 1293, we will go over everything with you to make sure you have everything you need.
We are the timber decking Brisbane experts and we have all the DIY deck and patio ideas at the best decking timber prices.
When you are ready to build your DIY deck, speak to the best decking timber suppliers at Narangba Timbers. We'll jack down the prices to lighten your budget not your wallet.


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- The History and Archaeology of the Koguryŏ Kingdom ed. by Mark E. Byington
The History and Archaeology of the Koguryŏ Kingdom was published in 2016 as part of the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University. Edited by Mark E. Byington, the book is a collection of papers on the history and archaeology of Koguryŏ by researchers from Korea, China, Japan, the United States, and France. The papers contained in this book were originally presented at a conference on the "History and Archaeology of the Koguryŏ Kingdom" held in 2005. The conference was organized to provide an opportunity for Koguryŏ specialists from various countries to share their research results at a time when the historical dispute between Korea and China over the ancient kingdom was reaching a new level of acrimony.
The dispute over Koguryŏ touches upon the highly sensitive issue of the national identity of Korea. Korean people consider themselves descendants of the Koguryŏ people and believe that their country is the historical successor to the ancient kingdom. They were therefore stunned and shocked by the Chinese claim that Koguryŏ is part of Chinese history. This historical dispute between Korea and China in which both sides see Koguryŏ as part of their own histories is the result of misguided reasoning whereby the ancient kingdom is understood based on its present-day territory and the ethnicity of the present-day population therein. It is crucially important not to lose sight of the fact that Koguryŏ was an "ancient" state when attempting to understand this kingdom both at the micro and macro levels.
This book, compiled in cognizance of the dangers of such a perspective focused on the present, contains two types of material. One type is basic source material, reliable textual and archaeological sources that can assist historians in the English-speaking world in conducting research on Koguryŏ. The other type is the results of research from various fields, from the history and archaeology of Koguryŏ to tomb art and architecture. Research results are divided into four categories: history, archaeology, tombs and funerary art, and historiography.
Part 1, devoted to history, is organized so as to facilitate an understanding of how Koguryŏ was formed as a polity within East Asia's regional sphere and its political and cultural relationships with surrounding areas against the historical backdrop of the overall region. The first paper by Mark E. Byington explains the formation of Koguryŏ as a state in relation to the Xuantu Commandery, a province of Han Dynasty China. Based on a critical review of written sources and archaeological evidence found in Liaoning Province, China, the author discusses the organization and location of this Han commandery and its subsequent relocation. In writing this paper on the emergence of Koguryŏ, the author was wary of uncritically citing information from primary sources.
The next paper by Yeo Hokyu deals with Koguryŏ's external policy within the rapidly changing regional order in East Asia of the fourth century. The paper discusses how the ancient kingdom established relations with various Chinese dynasties, including the Former Yan, Later Zhao, and Eastern Jin, in the early fourth century. This period saw the collapse of the Han Chinese dynasty-centered regional order, which gave way to the era of the Sixteen Barbarian States. During the same time, Koguryŏ established diplomatic ties with Baekje and Silla in the southern Korean peninsula, thereby building its own independent sphere of influence. In arguing that the creation of an independent sphere of influence led to the establishment of a Koguryŏ-centered worldview, this paper is [End Page 316] helpful for understanding the political and social status of Koguryŏ within the East Asian region of the fourth and fifth centuries.
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Sex. Even after being married for years, it can still be a mystery sometimes—how are a man and woman with different sex drives and desires supposed to make it work?
I've come to believe that God designed sex as a journey. It's not always hot steam and bliss, as modern media portrays it. There will be both bliss and frustration, just as in other areas of marriage, as you journey together through the years. It's a process that requires love, communication and a heart toward serving your spouse.
Here are some practical steps you and your spouse can take to improve your physical intimacy and make it a priority:
Prayer: Pray regularly about sex. Here's an example to get you started: God, please restore what is broken in me and help heal any negative feelings and thoughts I have about sex. Please help me to desire my spouse and to accept his/her advances. Help me to feel free to receive the gift and mystery of sex that you have given us to share together.
Say Yes Instead of No: Perhaps you can relate with this scenario: One person is in bed, say the wife, exhausted from the day. The husband initiates intimacy, but the wife turns it down. Feeling rejected, he rolls away in frustration and the wife immediately feels terrible. She lies awake for the next 30-60 minutes thinking about how if she had just said yes, they could have enjoyed the time together and already been asleep. If you've found yourself in this cycle, try to say yes more than you say no.
As a couple, read and pray about 1 Corinthians 7:1-5. In these verses, Paul says that our bodies do not belong to us alone, but also to our spouse. He also says for spouses not to deprive one another of sexual intimacy. It took me a few years to understand why Paul gives these instructions: it's not so that your spouse can be controlling and demanding, but so that you can help meet your spouse's sexual needs and your spouse can meet yours. You are the only person in the world with whom your spouse can come to for sexual satisfaction. When you deprive each other of that role and the gift of physical intimacy, trouble is sure to follow. So make it a goal to say yes instead of no to your spouse's physical advances.
Find Some Prime Times: With all that goes on in a busy day, most couples often leave sex as the very last thing, which often means they're either too tired or not interested. So, change it up. Why not get up a little earlier and spend intimate time together before getting ready for the day? Or how about on weekends while the kids are napping? Find out when you have time throughout the week that would be more desirable than 11 PM.
Make a Flexible Schedule and Alternate Who Initiates: Talk with your spouse about how often you'd each realistically like to have sex each week. Come to a consensus and develop a flexible weekly schedule.
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1. In the original inspired texts of the Scriptures, being the complete and final authority for all matters of Christian belief and behaviour.
2 Timothy 3:16, Psalm 119:105
2. In the Trinity, who is described in Scripture as the Eternal Godhead and who has revealed Himself as one God (Unity). We believe that He exists in three persons as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and is distinct yet inseparable.
Colossians 2:9, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19
3. That the Godhead is the creator of all things; that out of nothing He created all and continues to exercise sovereign authority over, and preservation of, all things.
Genesis 1:1, Psalm 104:30, Colossians 1:16, Nehemiah 9:6
4. In the disobedient choices made by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, that resulted in a sinful nature being passed on to all humanity.
Genesis 3:1-24, 5:3, Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12,18
5. That we are completely unable to attain to God's righteousness through our own works.
Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:18, 7:24-25
6. That the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of humanity was born of the Virgin Mary, being God and man and was divinely conceived through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18-21, John 1:1-2,14
7. That Christ died for our sins and was buried, miraculously rose from the grave on the third day, and appeared to His disciples.
1 Corinthians 15:3-8
8. In the real and physical ascension of Jesus to heaven where he is magnified to the eminent place of authority and power in creation. That He is coming again in physical form for the second time for His Church.
Acts 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, John 14:2-3
9. That salvation comes to us who are sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the Cross. We obtain the discharge of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit through this supernatural act designed by our loving heavenly Father.
Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 9:11-12
10. In the essentiality of water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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John 3:3-8, Luke 24:49, 1 Thessalonians 5:23
12. In believers bearing the fruit, and exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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1 Peter 2:24
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1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Matthew 26:26-29, Revelation 20:11-15
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Make sure you document the hand searching process.
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Jannie's decadent lifestyle was traded for lasting peace
From a typical "Afrikaner" upbringing in South Africa, Jannie Viljoen was thrilled to escape his parents' religious restraints and abandon himself to "wine, women and song", while still believing he was right with God.
As he began his twenty-year career as a teacher in the 1970s, Jannie admits that a regular salary led to alcohol dependence.
"I could not function without alcohol in my system," Jannie says. "It was destroying me and I did not even realise it!"
After a decade of his decadent lifestyle, Jannie recalls that a woman showed him through her words and lifestyle that his personal beliefs and actions were contrary to the teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Until this "true Christian" entered his life, he confesses, "I was recklessly moving headlong on the road of destruction to eternal hell and heartache."
It dawned on him that he had no desire to obey Jesus' teaching saying, "I was still under the judgement of God."
"The fact that I grew up in a Christian home, was baptised as an infant and even confirmed in the church, could do nothing for my sinful nature," he explains.
His Christian friend shared Jesus' words: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
Ultimately, Jannie recalls "I confessed to Jesus that I was a sinner, acknowledged that He died for my sins and asked Him to come into my life as my Saviour." Jannie refers to 1 John 1:9, Isaiah 53:5, and John 1:12 as important in his understanding of knowing Jesus personally.
Immediately after this genuine prayer he remembers, "I felt spiritually 'clean'."
"I also knew that God had forgiven me, made me His child, and I was now a 'new' person, as the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5, verse 17."
"The Lord also brought a Christian girl across my path, who has been my wife now for over 30 years," he reports gladly. Initially, Jannie wanted to become a missionary but when he was no accepted he realised God had a different plan for him so he began theological studies by correspondence.
As a school teacher, Jannie gladly lead many fellow teachers and children to faith in Jesus Christ, and ultimately became a school principal.
Then his voice suddenly left him in 1996.
"I could talk for only a minute before my voice would 'disappear'. A brain scan showed that a virus had somehow entered the brain stem and had destroyed the nerve centre of one of my vocal chords."
"With God all things are
possible"Then, after he left teaching the following year, his voice started to return.
"Three specialists in Pretoria examined me and said that they couldn't understand it but that their tests show that the damaged vocal cord was strengthening."
Jannie believes this was evidence of Jesus' words: "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible" (Mark 10:27). After completing his theological studies he was asked to pastor a church, which he did for the next 16 years.
"Life has not always been easy, even as a Christian," Jannie concludes, "but I have not once experienced that He wasn't near me and that He couldn't meet my needs.
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St. Tropez Villa: Vacation Rental Property in Paris
St. Tropez Villa: Vacation Rental Property in Paris
This villa can accommodate a big group of people!
Vacation Villa in Paris Ile-de-France
|10 Bedrooms • Sleeps 23
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The villa Luxe French Riviera, between Cannes and St Tropez, is an oeuvre d'art in terms of architecture. It has 10 bedrooms, either with superb sea views or with views over the beautifully manicured gardens, full of bougainvilleas. Its heated swimming pool, external heated Jacuzzi with sea views, heated internal Jacuzzi, wet sauna and fitness room all add to the comfort of this palace.
Sleeps up to 23 people.
Ground floor of the Villa :
Pool house/conservatory opening onto Terrace and swimming pool (12mx5m)
Fully equipped kitchen
1 room with a four poster bed, Jacuzzi and shower, view over the swimming pool
4 bedrooms, each with 2 single beds that can be joined to make double beds, garden or swimming pool view, marbled bathroom, multi-jet shower, toilets
1 luxurious bedroom, with high ceilings, a lovely sea view from huge windows, a queen size four-poster bed, a beautiful bathroom with shower and bath, toilet.
1 Duplex with private terrace, view of the garden and the sea, one bedroom with a four poster bed, and its own bathroom with shower, wc ; Upstairs, there is 1 single bed, garden and sea view, with its private bathroom, Jacuzzi bath, and toilet.
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1 junior suite with a double bed facing two large Moorish windows with lovely sea view, bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, multi-jet shower and toilet , private balcony
1 double bedroom (twin beds or double large bed) with private terrace, swimming pool, and sea view view, bathroom with multi-jet shower and toilet (adjoining doors to the room described just above)
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1 stunning bedroom, (double bed) with a very large private terrace with splendid sea view, marbled bathroom with multi-jet shower and toilet
All the rooms have air-conditioning, T.V. Satellite, and safety box, tea and coffee facilities.
There are very few luxury villas for rental in the cote d'Azur of such a high standard, this dream villa for rental in the French Riviera is an exception. Have your breath taken away and relax in your dream rental in the French riviera seafront!
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- Carpet and Rug Institute gave it the highest rank.
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The effect of positive airway pressure therapy on lipid profile
Ahmet Cemal Pazarli1, Handan Inönü Köseoglu1, Asiye Kanbay2, Mehmet Akif Abakay3
1 Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Gaziosmanpasa University Faculty of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey2 Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:Dr. Ahmet Cemal PazarliDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat TurkeySource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneDOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_25_18
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_25_18
CONTEXT: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) emphasize the concurrence and interaction of disorders of lipid metabolism and components of metabolic syndrome (MS) such as insulin resistance.AIMS: The aim of this study is to observe the effect of positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment on the lipid profile during 1-year follow-up of patients diagnosed with OSAS.SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a single-center, retrospective, observational study.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 168 OSAS patients were diagnosed in our sleep laboratory and were recommended for PAP therapy. Among these patients, 64 patients who received effective PAP treatment for 1 year, and who did not have the comorbid disease, history of lipid-lowering treatment, or history of lifestyle change, dietary regulation or attempt to loose weight during the 1-year follow-up period were included in the study. Pretreatment measurement parameters including body weight, waist, neck and hip circumference, body mass index (BMI), blood lipid levels (total cholesterol [TC], triglyceride [TG], high-density lipoprotein [HDL], low-density lipoprotein [LDL]), and Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score were compared with the 3rd and 12th months parameters.STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: SPSS version 16 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used for the statistical analyses.RESULTS: The study included 64 (38 M, 26 F) patients (mean age of 53.1 years). The mean apnea-hypopnea index was 50.84 h. Although TC, HDL, LDL, and TG levels did improve with the PAP treatment (all P < 0.05), no significant decrease was observed with respect to the BMI, hip, neck, and waist circumference (all P > 0.05). There were statistically significant changes in sleep efficiency, oxygen desaturation index, and ESS score (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: The results show that effective PAP treatment has beneficial effects on the blood lipid profile, which enhances sleep efficiency and sleep quality in patients.
Keywords: Body mass index, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, positive airway pressure
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Tax Carnival #109: Tax Stocking Stuffers
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
How's December been treating you?
I don't know about you, but for tax geeks and anyone who worries about what their next Internal Revenue Service bill might be, it's been a decidedly unjolly holiday season so far, thanks to all the fiscal cliff angst.
Will our tax rates go up? How much? Will some folks lose deductions? Will the Republicans in the House and President Obama every find a compromise? Can we convince Santa to send Rudolph down to D.C. to lead them out of their fiscal and tax fog?
Unfortunately, we can only wait. But in the meantime the ol' blog does have the annual December collection of tax tips in Tax Carnival #109: Tax Stocking Stuffers.
Our first group of posts concerns, what else, the fiscal cliff. I promise, though, these Tax Carnival contributions are definitely candy, not coal.
John Schmoll observes that while the fiscal cliff has been all over the news, many people aren't quite sure what the term means. Find out what it could mean to your tax bill in Should We Really be Concerned About the Fiscal Cliff? It's posted at Frugal Rules.
Sam also takes a look at that topic in What is the Fiscal Cliff and How Will it Affect You? It's posted at Credit Card Select.
Neal Frankle chimes in, too, noting that 2013 tax increases could be coming our way thanks to the fiscal cliff. He elaborates in Will the 2013 Tax Increases Impact You? It's posted at Wealth Pilgrim.
Super Saver has some suggestions a hot fiscal cliff issue, How to Tax the Rich, Without Vilifying Them. The answer is posted at My Wealth Builder.
While we wait for Congress and the president to find a way to reroute us from the fiscal cliff road, we also need to be aware of tax changes that are already in place.
Glen notes that nothing is certain but death and taxes and that sure seems the case for 2013 taxes. He presents a preview in New Taxes Coming for a New Year, posted at Free From Broke.
Robert D Flach reminds us that medical expenses can be deducted on Schedule A of your 2012 Form 1040 only to the extent that the total allowable expenses for the year exceed 7½ percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI). So RDF advises us to Lock in 2012 Medical Deductions, posted at The Wandering Tax Pro.
Investors always have some special tax issues.
Michael Kitces breaks down the IRS Rules For Paying Investment Fees From Taxable And Retirement Accounts, posted at Nerd's Eye View.
Don takes a look at a new 2013 tax that will affect high-income investors in New 2013 Investment Tax: What it Means For You, posted at My Dollar Plan.
Plenty of other filing details were on the minds of several Tax Carnivalistas this month.
Bill Smith says tax software makers are preparing for a delayed 2013 filing season. Details are in Legislation Delays Cause TurboTax To Prepare For Short Tax Season, posted at 2012 Tax - Free Tax Filing Options.
Michael takes a look at the calendars and gives us info on When are 2012/2013 Taxes Due? Upcoming Income Tax Deadlines. Get the dates at Financial Ramblings.
Jacob says there are more than a few tax breaks that most people are not aware of, but using just one or a combination of several could reduce your income tax bill considerably. Check out Easy Tax Breaks That Are Often Overlooked, posted at My Personal Finance Journey.
Michael Bovee looks at a situation some folks might find themselves confronting, tax on forgiven credit card debt. Details are in Debt Settlement Forgiven Debt and Taxes, posted at Consumer Recovery Network.
Kurt Fischer points out that if Superstorm Sandy walloped property you own, you may qualify for Uncle Sam's casualty and theft tax deduction for losses not covered by insurance. Details in Sandy Tax Deduction? It's posted at Money Counselor.
Thinking about retirement? Then you've got some taxes to think about, too.
Rohit looks at Roth Income Limits and Contribution Limits, with a reminder about contributing in 2012. It's posted at The Money Mail.
Harry Sit examines how to use a deductible traditional IRA to your advantage. Details are in How to Build a Time Machine With IRAs – Part 1, posted at The Finance Buff.
Anna de Guzman recommends you get expert opinions on popular tax-advantaged retirement savings vehicles and factors to consider. More on this in How to Save on Tax? Tax-Advantaged Savings Vehicles, posted at NerdWallet.
And we can't forget that taxes affect folks beyond the United States' borders. A couple of contributors have some advice for taxpayers in the United Kingdom.
David de Souza says if UK residents have ever wondered where their tax goes, they should check ouf Where Does Your Tax Go? It's posted at TaxFix.
James Powell takes a look at What The Child Benefit Changes Mean To You. It's posted at Tax Credits.
And with that, we wrap up Tax Carnival #109: Tax Stocking Stuffers 2012.
Thanks to all the contributors and especially to all y'all for reading. We'll be back with the first edition of 2013 on Jan. 7. Maybe we'll have a fiscal cliff solution by then, or at least have recovered from our New Year's Eve celebrations!
Be a part of ringing in a new year of Tax Carnivals by sending your tax posts (and tax-only items please; the guidelines page has details) via the Carnival of Taxes submission page.
Social media fans can send Tax Carnival posts via Twitter (I'm @taxtweet; please use hashtag #TC110) or by posting them on Don't Mess With Taxes' Facebook wall.
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The Hon. Chief Justice Alan Blow OAM
Supreme Court of Tasmania
After graduating from the University of Sydney with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
degrees, His Honour practised as a barrister in civil litigation, criminal and family law. He
was the President of the Law Society of Tasmania in 1989-90. He was appointed Queen's
Counsel in 1995. In 1996 he was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
for services to the arts. In 2000 he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of
Tasmania. His Honour has sat, and still sits, on many Committees, Boards and Tribunals in
the legal, arts and health sectors, in many instances as chairperson. He is keenly interested
in legal education and has had considerable involvement with the Board of Legal Education
and Centre for Legal Studies which conducts the Tasmanian Legal Practice Course. His
Honour was involved the teaching of legal trainees at the TLPC for some twenty years and
was the Director of the Centre for Legal Studies between 2008 and 2013. On 8 April 2013,
he was appointed Chief Justice of Tasmania, replacing Ewan Crawford who had reached the
mandatory retirement age of 72. For five months in 2014, due to the unexpected death of
then Governor Peter Underwood on 7 July, His Honour was appointed Lieutenant-Governor
acting as Administrator. Whilst performing this role he continued to carry out his duties
as Chief Justice. His Honour remains a strong advocate of, and an active contributor to,
continuing professional development for the Tasmanian legal profession.


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Eastside Road, July 7, 2012—A FRIEND DROPPED BY for conversation and a Martini, and we prevailed on her to stay for dinner, to celebrate…
Ceviche! Lindsey'd run across this recipe in a recent column by David Tanis, and Dave the Fish Guy, at the Healdsburg market, had a nice solid local halibut yesterday. The result was a delicious, refreshing, summery light supper, everything local —
including Nancy Skall's unparalleled stawberries and black raspberries, given added depth by the occasional mulberry from our own tree.
(Well, the ice cream came from a bit further down the road: Straus, our favorite store-bought ice cream these days.)
Rosé, Moulin de Gassac, 2011


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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers all over the world.
I wanted to share a clip of the great peom , " Ma ke amar pore na mone…". Later I changed my mind to share the youtube entertainments of a diverse society in Bangladesh. Mother's in this societies still probably don't know of a special day called mother's day.
And this one is a singer activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, member of Shibir's cultural wing, 'Panjeree'. They sing without instruments.


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Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at which players have the most ranking money at stake at the 2019 Betfred World Matchplay.
With a £700,000 prize fund, the World Matchplay is the second-most important tournament of the year with respect to its impact on the Order of Merit, meaning for some it will be of even greater importance.
Appearing on the list of qualifiers for the World Matchplay for the first time represents a huge coup for any player's career, with first round losers now earning £10,000 - the same as winning a Players Championship event.
Two first-time ProTour event winners in 2019, Glen Durrant and Jamie Hughes, will find themselves in the top 64 - just six months after starting from £0 after Q-School - thanks to a nearly 20% boost in ranking money.
Furthermore, for players such as Jonny Clayton, who appeared in last year's edition of the World Matchplay, it is as if they are making their debuts with respect to the 2019 tournament's impact on their rolling two-year Order of Merit total.
Clayton's will increase by nearly 4% simply by virtue of qualifying this year, as he failed to do so 2017.
After two years away from Blackpool, during which time he dropped from within the top 16 in the world to out of the top 32, Vincent van der Voort qualified by the narrowest of margins; but any margin will suffice to help launch a comeback for the crowd favourite, who will finish July with an Order of Merit total 8% higher than it was before.
In a memorable swansong the 2017 World Matchplay was won by Phil Taylor, and since he has resigned his PDC tour card no one will need to defend the winner's earnings of £115,000 from that tournament.
However, there is a tough road ahead for 2017 finalist Peter Wright as nearly 10% of his Order of Merit total is at risk in Blackpool. This could not have come at a worse time for the Scot, whose ranking income total plunged by £68,000 in March after failing to defend his winnings from the 2017 UK Open.
A loss in the first round of the 2019 World Matchplay would see him fall even further, potentially as far down as world number nine in a worst-case scenario. Without a run to the semi-finals, Wright is very much at risk of finishing July in his worst ranking position for five years.
2017 semi-finalists Daryl Gurney and Adrian Lewis both collected £30,000 two years ago in Blackpool, and defending this sum will be of much more significance to Lewis, who is clinging tenuously to his place in the top 16.
Though Lewis, eliminated by Taylor two years ago, had the misfortune of facing the greatest player of all time in his final push for glory, he may not find it much easier this time around as a possible second round encounter with Michael van Gerwen awaits in Blackpool.
While Van Gerwen has experienced a lapse of form in recent weeks, he has very little at stake in Blackpool this year; a first-round loss would see him lose only £7,500 from his Order of Merit total.
Given that his lead over world number two Rob Cross currently stands at over £800,000, failing to defend earnings from his quarter-final finish will have almost no impact on the rankings, though it might deepen concerns about MvG's winning ability.
Cross, meanwhile, has only £1,000 at risk this year after a second-round finish in his first World Matchplay appearance in 2017; winning the tournament would make a substantial £139,000 leap forward in his drive to become the world number one.
Just as qualifying can be an enormous boost for a player, failing to qualify can serve as a painful blow to both a player's ranking and his competitive standing in professional darts.
Christian Kist, who in a memorable encounter with Gary Anderson two years ago, managed to throw 13 consecutive perfect darts, will drop out of the PDC's top 64 for the first time since 2014 after the World Matchplay.
The player who will take the biggest hit to his Order of Merit standing is 2017 quarter-finalist Alan Norris - 14.3% of his current income was earned at that 2017 event, and as a result of that money evaporating he will go into August nearly £50,000 below the level of world number 32.
And just as Vincent van der Voort qualified by a hair's breadth to play at the Winter Gardens, James Wilson failed to qualify by that same margin - a mere £500. He will lose 4.3% of his ranking income as a result.
The good news for players worried about their rankings is that the potential upsides of performing well at the Winter Gardens are far greater than the possibility for ranking catastrophe by losing in the first round.
The World Matchplay prize fund has increased massively since 2017, from £500,000 to £700,000. The winner's share is now £150,000, equivalent to winning 15 Players Championships or six European Tour events.
A 2019 semi-finalist will earn nearly as much as the 2017 finalist; a 2019 quarter-finalist nearly as much as the 2017 semi-finalists.
The risk of losing in Blackpool is thus far less than the opportunity available for players to make huge leaps forward in their ranking positions.
Follow Christopher Kempf on Twitter @Ochepedia


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FLINT, MI - Flint Bishop Airport Lt. Jeff Neville was emotional describing the attack he says came from Amor Ftouhi inside the airport terminal on June 21, 2017.
"When I went down to the ground I saw a large - I described it as a Rambo knife - a large knife in his hand," Neville said in Flint U.S. District Court on Friday, Nov. 9.
"I put both hands on his wrist to try and keep him from raising the knife back up. I wouldn't let go," Neville said.
Following the attack that left Neville with two stab wound to his face and neck, the 34-year police veteran said he was on his hands and knees because he thought he was about to pass out.
"I was watching this puddle of blood underneath me that was spreading and I just remember how weird that was," Neville testified before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. "I was staring at my arm - it was a (Concern Over Police Safety) bracelet. I was fixating on it to try and take my mind off it. I felt like if I laid down on my back, I might not get back up."
Neville testified during the fourth day of trial for Ftouhi - the man accused of stabbing Neville.
While Neville was testifying, Ftouhi flipped through exhibits and viewed photographs.
Ftouhi is charged with committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, violence at an international airport and interference with airport security.
The Canadian and Tunisian citizen could face up to life in prison if convicted.
Neville no longer works for the Bishop Airport police department.
He said there is still fallout from the attack, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
"It's something that you never forget because you can't feel half of your face," Neville said. "Even sleeping is different."
Federal prosecutors finished presenting their case on Friday, Nov. 9. The trial is expected to continue Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The attack on Neville nearly severed his carotid artery, according to Dr. Donald J. Scholten who was the attending surgeon on the day of the attack.
The stabbing had exposed Neville's jaw and severed muscles and tissues in his neck.
Neville has had difficulty speaking, swallowing liquids and numbness following the attack, Scholten said.
Bishop Airport Authority Police Chief Chris Miller heard yelling and looked out to see Neville fighting with Ftouhi and a maintenance worker at the airport.
Miller said he ran out of the room and jumped on Ftouhi to try and get him handcuffed.
After Ftouhi was handcuffed, Miller testified that he helped walk Ftouhi down the stairs and to a holding cell in the airport's police station.
"He said 'Allahu akbar. You have killed people in Afghanistan and you have killed people in Iraq,'" Miller said Ftouhi shouted after he was handcuffed. "That's not something that you normally hear every day. It's distinctive in my mind. We were fighting. There was a lot of blood. A lot of commotion. Not a good day."
FBI investigator Todd Reineck testified that Ftouhi entered the U.S. in New York and proceeded to research and visit various sites to purchase a gun.
Defense Attorney Bryan Sherer quizzed Reineck on why Ftouhi chose Flint.
"If I was a terrorist - wouldn't it make more sense to go to a more populated area like New York?" Sherer asked Reineck.
"I don't understand what a terrorist would think," Reineck said. "Michigan was going to be an easy place to buy a gun. He wanted to kill an armed officer or keep trying until he was killed."
Ftouhi was unable to buy a weapon at a Walmart and a gun and knife show at the Gibraltar Trade Center because he is Canadian.
Dave Lozon worked for Randy's Hunting Center in Bad Axe and was working a gun show at the Gibraltar Trade Center in Mount Clemens when he said Ftouhi tried to buy a gun.
Lozon testified that Ftouhi approached him and asked about buying a Rugar AR556 with a 30-round magazine.
"I asked if he had a driver's license, ID or concealed carry permit. He said, 'No, but I'm Canadian,'" Lozon told the court. "I believe he got a little bit aggravated about why couldn't he buy it if he had the money. I tried to de-escalate and walked away."


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Special authorized New Zealand sheetlet of ten identical 40c stamps featuring different border design issued to commemorate director Peter Jackson's award-winning movie vision of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Unique Fellowship of Ring stamp collectible as no other sheetlets were issued for the subsequent two films.
This highly collectible philatelic sheetlet features the two main protagonists from Tolkien's immortal Middle-earth saga: the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Sir Ian McKellen) informs Saruman the White (Christoper Lee) at Isengard that the long lost One Ring has been found, unaware that Saruman also seeks it for the immense power it wields. Actual size sheetlet: 5.12 H x 6.1 W inches; 13 x 15.5 cm
2001 Gandalf Sheetlet is also included in Fellowship Ultimate Collection and Full Set containing one of every item produced.
EACH STAMP ISSUE includes a different stamp design featuring key characters and scenes from the award winning The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King movies. Note that the decorative border (known as a selvedge) differs from that of the regular Fellowship stamp sheets. These superb Official Sheetlets were only issued and marketed in New Zealand to mark this seven year-long, US $270 million production, and were designed by Sacha Lees at Weta Workshop.
Fellowship Sheetlet: This 40 cent sheetlet is one of the 4 December 2001 issue commemorating The Fellowship of the Ring. It was only marketed in New Zealand to honour Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Ring and was available for a short time at retail postal outlets. Forty cents (40c) was the standard domestic letter rate in New Zealand. No sheetlets were issued for The Two Towers or The Return of the King making this a unique item in the New Zealand Post The Lord of the Ring stamps issues.
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I could have sworn that I recentlt saw a paper with a complete analysis of the transcript and spacer DNA structure of the Arabidopsis rRNA repeat. Now I can't find it on the shelf or in current contents. Was this a poster at the meeting? Or just a dream? If anyone would be so kind as to send me the reference, Yours, Anne Britt


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I dedicate this post to anyone who has ever struggled with self esteem so basically I dedicate this to everyone.
Fat people will avoid medical visit's at all cost to avoid the probability that while your sat there on the medical bed of shame your physician will glare up at you from the chart and mutter the words: You Are Obese.
Obese. What a terrible word it may even be one of the top 10 most terrible words ever invented.* How can a word sound fat? I guess the same way that the name Angelina sounds thin. Why didn't my mom name me Angelina?
I was obese. No way around it. No baby fat, no few extra pounds, no fluffy sweater. I was huge and short which made me look more huge and the odd thing is I don't even know how I got there. I don't particularly remember being depressed, sad, angry or any of the other feelings that come along with being discontent with oneself. I remember numb. I remember seeing people smile and trying to remember how that felt. I would have loved to feel depressed because at least it would have been feeling something.
When you're fat the worst thing someone can say is 'you have such a pretty face.' Yeah, awesome, but no guy wants to kiss the pretty face attached to the sausage arms.
When I was fat I felt like I was in a huge cage of my own design. Trapped and content to stay there. With each hurtful comment the cage became more comfortable, more of a permanent home where I could reside forever and hey, at least my home would be fully stocked with pop tarts and pizza rolls.
There are no good camera angles when you're fat. You can take a mirror photo, still fat. You can try the above the head angle popular on MySpace circa 2002, still fat. Your profile picture stays the the same for 3 years because no one has a recent picture because you don't let people take your photo.
When you're fat clothes shopping feels like a terrorist attack.
When you're fat people don't let you forget that you're fat. They decide to point it out just in case you were able to avoid a mirror that entire day and trust me when you're fat you avoid mirrors.
When you're fat you learn to navigate the school halls like Christopher Columbus. That certain bully has math next so go through the technology hall instead. Sometimes there is no way to avoid them so you brace yourself and enter the storm and piece by piece you start to lose yourself beneath each crushing blow.
When you're fat you feel bad for yourself all the time. You begin to attribute every problem in your life to the fact that you are obese and if you just lose the weight then all the craptastic issues will magically sort themselves out.
When you're fat no guys will date you not even the fat ones! Where is the justice in that?
When you're fat your pants look like they are eating you.
When you're fat you will keep getting fatter. There is no maintenance package for obesity, there is no magic fat number that your body feels good at. You gain more weight and you put your health at risk or you decide to do something about it.
And so I did.
...and day by day by day by day by day by day things start to change. Walking up the stairs starts to become easier and playing soccer becomes fun again and you start to engage others as you relearn how to live. People will start to notice you not because of your weight loss but because of the shift in your confidence. You start to realize that not everyone is hurtful and bad intentioned and there are really good people in the world and there are one's you can trust.
When you're fat no matter how much weight you lose you still feel fat and you can't lose this with running, crunches, squats or dumb bells it just takes time and now that you're healthy you'll have much more of it.
*Other terrible sounding words: discharge, obtuse, fork, masticate, fornication, flange, angina


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