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This started when I grew Habanero peppers without a clear purpose. I liked the looks of them, knew they were hot, and figured they would fit right in with the serranos, poblanos, jalapenos, and those little red cherry peppers I grow. They didn't.
The jalapenos are mild enough these days to be used in most anything. Serranos go great with tomatillos and onion for a Verde sauce, and poblanos can be used instead of bell peppers for kick. All of them go well in chili. They're useful all around peppers. Sort of like Zobrist for the Cubs. You can play him almost anywhere. But the Habaneros are a different story.
I'm not a good judge of peppers because I like hot food a lot and tolerate spicy heat well. I knew the Habaneros were a problem when I had my family to the house for the annual McClure wiener roast and golf outing years ago. The golfers used to come early and I'd make breakfast for them. Usually omelets. I used habaneros in a nephew's omelet, one of the more adventurous nephews too. He took one bite and looked at me as if I'd poisoned him. They don't travel well, the Habaneros. You have to be careful how you use them. Aside from some insanely hot Thai peppers I grow from time to time, they're the hottest thing in the garden.
Then I made a Christmas trip to Jamaica with my family and got hooked on Jamaican Jerk. We were in Negril. I began asking the locals where they went when they wanted great jerk chicken and the nearly unanimous choice was Bourbon Beach. We made a pilgrimage there and found a no-name beat to hell shack on the beach with a sheet metal and palm frond roof, a single wall behind the kitchen, an open-air homemade bar and stools in the sand. A pile of wood was on the beach next to the stove. The kitchen, such as it was, was mostly a built up brick and concrete block fire pit with wire refrigerator shelves suspending halves of chicken above a wood fire. On top of each chicken half was a brick. Behind the bar a barrel of ice held cold bottles of beer. The menu was jerk chicken, rice, and Red Stripe Beer.
The only choice available was whether you wanted half a chicken or a quarter. My son and I each had a half. My wife and my son's friend ordered a quarter. Upon hearing the orders the young man behind the bar took the bricks off three chicken halves and placed two on tin plates. The last half he placed on a board, and whacked it violently with a giant cleaver. The two recently separated quarter pieces jumped up and settled back on the board. He put the quarters on two more tin plates, added a spoon of rice to each, and ladled up four small bowls of jerk sauce from a stone crock by the fire. I figured the sauce would have been baked on the chicken. Not at this joint.
As locals came to the bar and ordered up jerk chicken I noticed that the young man ladled the jerk sauce directly on their plate, covering the chicken and rice. Evidently they'd learned to let the tourists control their own destiny spice wise. My wife tentatively dipped her fork in the sauce and had a sample. She went sparingly, dipping forkfuls of chicken lightly in the bowl of jerk sauce. I dumped the bowl on my plate. It was delicious. I decided I had to figure out how to make it.
The deal with hot food is that pure heat means nothing. Within the hotness there needs to be flavor, preferably lots of flavors that hit you at different times. That's what good jerk sauce or jerk marinade has, complex flavors and of course, heat. This jerk sauce had it all. The young man who served it claimed he had no idea what was in it or how it was made. He just worked there he said, smiling. We ordered more Red Stripes.
When I got home from Jamaica I began researching and reviewing jerk recipes on the internet and picked one that made sense to me, made from fresh ingredients. The recipe I ended up with is a marinade that I use to flavor chicken wings mostly, in a zip lock bag overnight, but also Cornish hens, pork, skirt steak, anything really that you grill. I think it tastes best to grill whatever marinated meat you choose over charcoal or a wood fire, but you can also add to the marinade and make a table sauce like they did at the joint in Negril.
It's labor intensive to make, but I look forward to it. If you're going to go to the trouble of making this, you might as well make a lot. It has a lot of ingredients. I make enough to have several meals, give some to my kids, and serve at a party or two. It's an annual thing now. I've taken to growing my own Habaneros, thyme and garlic. In fact, I've been joined in this deal by a friend who grows Habaneros solely to trade to me for jars of jerk. I make a double batch and give him about half. It's a good arrangement.
A food processor and a juicer help the process. Here's the recipe. It makes a standard food processor pitcher full. After the first two ingredients mix up each next thing as you go, making it smooth.
1 5/8 cup vegetable oil. Any bland oil except olive Canola, corn, whatever.
2 ½ cups fresh squeezed lime juice I think it's worth it to halve limes and juice them instead of buying bottled stuff. Here's where the juicer really helps.
40 scallions stalks and all
40 Habaneros Also known as Scotch Bonnets. I used to cut them and seed them but you run the risk of getting the heat on your fingers, rubbing your eye, hurting yourself in all manner of places in all kinds of ways gloves or not. They're mean little peppers. Pick off the stem and throw the thing in whole with the seeds. Yeah, the seeds make it hotter but what the heck. If you find it unbearable use 35 next time and throw in a poblano or two in their place.
30 cloves of garlic Get spicy purple garlic if you can.
20 Tbsp. fresh thyme That's about a cup and a quarter. If you're growing your own thyme that's a little more than two plants worth, depending on the year of course. My thyme did well this year because I planted it in a pot near my wife's flowers and she kept an eye on it. Watered it when it was dry. Next year I'll grow three. I was a little short. Strip the leaves off the big stems with your thumbnail. It'll make the end of your thumb green for a while but it comes off.
10 Tbsp. fresh peeled ginger Half a cup more or less. Forget the fancy gadgets and scrape the skin off with a teaspoon. Put the skins on a plate and set it on the counter. It smells great. Do this after the garlic and it will take the smell off your hands. Slice it before you put it in the food processor.
10 Tbsp. dark brown sugar Or a half cup packed tight. About the same. Close enough.
20 tsp. AllSpice Berries That's a cup. Not ground allspice, the berries. I knock them around in the coffee grinder a few times. Crack a few in half. You don't have to. But if you do your coffee will taste different the next morning. Change is good.
10 tsp. Kosher Salt Throw it in there.
You've just made the marinade. That's what you dump over your chicken wings or whatever you choose to flavor with this Jamaican Jerk and keep in the fridge in a zip lock bag overnight. If you want to make a jerk sauce, for the table, with or without the marinade, add the following to taste.
Black pepper, with equal parts vinegar and soy sauce. I don't know what to tell you about amounts here, other than put the pepper in sparingly, starting with a quarter teaspoon, then add glugs, or dribs and drabs of soy and vinegar till you like it. Don't make it too runny or drown it out with the soy.
I can this marinade in pint jars. A jar does a nice size bunch of wings. Once it is canned it's good till you make the next batch, but loses heat slowly after six months. Even then it's pretty hot.
Canning the stuff is not nearly as hard as it sounds. Heat up the jerk and put it in hot mason jars, turn the ring and close the lid half tight, put it in a deep pan just covered with lightly boiling water. Keep the jars in there about 10 minutes and take them out with tongs. Put them on your counter on a dish towel. The lids will pop. When they pop you know you're good. Take the lids off when they're cool and you'll find yourself with a future enhanced by the chance of spicy tasty food.Consider a cold beer. Hang out by the Weber. Listen to reggae. Say "Yah, mon" to someone you love. Enjoy.


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Dollar loses ground as euro climbs on hope of ECB tapering
The dollar index continued to weaken on Tuesday, pressured by a resurgence of geopolitical tensions with North Korea, as well as advances by the British pound and the euro as traders regained confidence in the U.K. economy and eyed potential actions by the European Central Bank.
In Spain, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont spoke about the recent referendum, delaying the announcement of independence in favor of dialogue with the Spanish government.
Where are currencies trading?
The ICE U.S. Dollar index DXY, -0.11% slipped 0.5% to 93.225, falling for a third straight session. The benchmark on Friday hit a 10-week high after the September U.S. jobs report was seen as strengthening the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December. The broader WSJ Dollar index BUXX, -0.06% slipped 0.4% to 86.58.
The euro EURUSD, +0.0762% climbed to an intraday high of $1.1826 on Tuesday, but retreated to $1.1818, still up from $1.1743 late Monday. Meanwhile the British pound GBPUSD, +0.0682% rose to $1.3208, compared with $1.3141 on Monday.
The dollar weakened against the Japanese yen USDJPY, +0.00% Swiss francUSDCHF, -0.0615% and the Canadian dollar USDCAD, -0.1198% on Tuesday. One dollar bought ¥112.41 down from ¥112.68, as well as 0.9749 francs, compared with 0.9798 francs late Monday. The U.S.-Canadian dollar pair traded at C$1.2516, down from C$1.2551 late Monday.
Against the Turkish lira USDTRY, -0.2021% , the dollar slumped to 3.7047 lira from 3.7011 lira late Monday, which is a partial retracement of its Monday decline. The lira tumbled against the greenback on Monday to a six-month low after Turkey and the U.S. stopped issuing nonimmigrant visas to each other's citizens, after Turkey arrested a Turkish employee who worked at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul.
What's driving the market?
Euro traders were monitoring events in Catalonia, where separatist leader and Catalan President Puigdemont said he accepted the mandate of forming a Catalan republic, but refrained from declaring outright independence in an effort to engage in mediation with Madrid late Tuesday.
Earlier, the euro moved higher on the back of hawkish comments from ECB executive board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger, who said Monday the central bank should start scaling back its aggressive bond-buying program next year. Traders expect an update on the future of the asset-purchase program when policy makers meet later in October.
This in turn weighed on the dollar, as investors are also watching for signs regarding the progress on tax policy changes.
In the U.K., the pound got a lift from the latest developments in the country's political drama, with Prime Minister Theresa May seen as warding off dissent within her government, at least temporarily.
What are strategists saying?
"Since the dust began to settle in the wake of Friday's hectic nonfarm payrolls there seems to have been a shift in sentiment for the dollar. A correction has started to come through as the euro and sterling have both begun to find some support," said Richard Perry, market analyst at Hantec Markets, in a note.
"The sharp rise in U.S. wage growth is still likely to be dollar supportive and a significant move against the dollar is unlikely at this stage," he added.


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SEOUL, Feb.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though we are living in a 'mobile first' era, when most of the tasks we used to do on a PC are now easily completed on mobile phones, it turns out that PC usage still outpaces mobile usage in certain areas. Although mobile use is increasing, this doesn't mean that it can completely substitute the 'traditional' PC.
According to IT industry analysts, internet users have shown a tendency to use PCs and mobile devices to supplement one another.
Users were in favor of using PCs when they spent a long time consuming online content. According to the paid content platform Naver N Store, sales occurring from movie content on PCs exceed 65 percent of the total movie sales including both PC and mobile platforms. Multiple episodes of TV series or whole seasons were also purchased more on PC. The larger screen and stable internet environment of the PC seem to be contributing to this trend.
Also, PCs were preferred for writing long blog posts. More than 70 percent of the posts on Naver Blog in 2015 were written on PCs, while 98 percent of power bloggers also created their posts on a PC. Comparing themes, light, everyday events were mostly shared through mobile platforms, while posts and content related to business, the economy, or evaluations were more likely to come from a PC.
For shopping, users tend to prefer PCs when making more expensive purchases. According to data for 10 different shopping categories provided by Naver Shopping, 54 percent of the PC sales occurred in categories such as life & health, digital & home electronics, and furniture & interior, where items typically have higher prices. On the other hand, sales of these items through mobile platforms only reached 34 percent, showing that cheaper and easily bought items were usually purchased though mobile platforms.
Device usage also differed depending on the time of the day. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., purchases were more likely to occur on a PC. During these hours, people tend to stay at one place, and have easier access to PCs instead of mobile phones.
On the other hand, mobile shopping is most active from 7 p.m. to nighttime hours, reflecting a tendency towards using mobile phones to shop after returning home after work, or before going to bed.
IT analysts see this phenomenon as the shared growth of mobile and PC platforms, rather than a 'zero sum' game, in which the increased usage of one device leads to a decrease in usage of the other.
Industry watchers explain that data from the past five years shows that PC usage has only dropped five percent, while mobile internet usage increased 50 percent. "Although the current service trend is focusing on mobile, we should note that users are selectively using PC and mobile platforms depending on their needs," commented one analyst.
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It's part of my mega-awesome "procrastinate until my work load falls over and maims me" plan. And so far it's working really well.
My taxes are done and my bathroom's never been cleaner. I didn't even know I had fake glitter eyelashes in there!
No, in all seriousness, I am getting some work done.
I'm just proud of being done my taxes too.
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It's certainly unusual to see a whole building explode, but that's what happened with a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Eden, NC in the early hours of Thursday morning. Surveillance footage from nearby drugstore Eden Drug captured an incredible explosion at the KFC around 12:30 a.m., reducing most of the restaurant building to rubble. Here's video of the explosion via Roanoake, Virginia NBC affiliate WSLS 10:
NBC News' Minyvonne Burke has more:
The explosion happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in Eden, which is about 35 miles north of Greensboro. Eden police said the fast-food restaurant closed between 10:15 and 10:30 p.m. and nobody was inside at the time it was destroyed.
There have been no reports of injuries, authorities said.
…Eden Mayor Neville Hall told NBC affiliate WXII in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that he was several miles away and still felt the blast. He said residents and the store's employees are lucky.
"It's hard to see that and think you can be lucky about anything," he said, noting that if the blast had occurred hours earlier, the restaurant would have been "packed with people."
It's good to hear that no one was hurt here, but that's quite the explosion. And as per Burke's piece, authorities are still trying to figure out the cause. That KFC is all but totalled, though, as the top photo from the Eden Police Department illustrates.
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Collector's Gem of the Week: T25 Pilot Number 1
#1 Posted 06 March 2018 - 06:01 AM
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#2 Posted 06 March 2018 - 06:15 AM
#3 Posted 06 March 2018 - 06:15 AM
Been waiting for this quiet long time now since this is the first time is on the prem shop, if i am correct!
Messed up on that marathon since i couldn't play to complete missions, Collector's Gem is great, keep it up on that specials
#4 Posted 06 March 2018 - 06:51 AM
#5 Posted 06 March 2018 - 06:54 AM
#6 Posted 06 March 2018 - 07:01 AM
Edited by _LUL_, 06 March 2018 - 07:12 AM.
#7 Posted 06 March 2018 - 07:02 AM
#8 Posted 06 March 2018 - 07:25 AM
At current tier VIII mm, i play my M4 rev which is a good tank and many battles ends with 9 hits, and 1 pen.
With new 268.4, 430, 430U the game is most "fun". It is also a pleasure to met with rev: 257, 705, 705A
And mm work also well when in city map one team gets: Strv and the another team gets tortoise
Edited by Weak_man, 06 March 2018 - 07:43 AM.
#9 Posted 06 March 2018 - 08:13 AM
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#11 Posted 06 March 2018 - 09:15 AM
i have this tank since the marathon....
iam not a pro but i managed to understand this tank cons and pros.and i personally believe that this tank is very good as long as the owner is good. Now this means that this tank is "balanced" which in fact it is somehow (but its a bit U.P) but does it worth it? this tank sacrifice the most american aspect of medium tanks to get only a good gun handling , RoF and better terrain resistance, what are those american aspects and specialty u might ask ... well .... great armor on turret Great view range for its tier a good engine.... as u see from my description t25 pilot lack all of the mentioned in the latter sentence but thats not all of its weakness... low ammo compared to M26 low shell velocity low power to weight ratio are also in his weakness list .....
pick this tank only if ur good enough and know how to properly use this tanks strong points
#12 Posted 06 March 2018 - 09:41 AM
#13 Posted 06 March 2018 - 09:53 AM
Piece of trash. Don't waste your money on this. Even when I got it for free last marathon I felt like I got the short end of the stick somehow.
#14 Posted 06 March 2018 - 10:04 AM
I have one in my garage.
The whole tank is covered in dust.
#15 Posted 06 March 2018 - 10:16 AM
#16 Posted 06 March 2018 - 10:16 AM
Weak_man, on 06 March 2018 - 07:25 AM, said:
At current tier VIII mm, i play my M4 rev which is a good tank and many battles ends with 9 hits, and 1 pen.
With new 268.4, 430, 430U the game is most "fun". It is also a pleasure to met with rev: 257, 705, 705A
And mm work also well when in city map one team gets: Strv and the another team gets tortoise
So true...
#17 Posted 06 March 2018 - 10:23 AM
#18 Posted 06 March 2018 - 11:11 AM
That is valid for almost all tier 8 premiums and non premiums (except light tanks) imho. Very few can still be playable while bottom tier constantly.
But not that bad either .
Having it from the marathon I cannot say I would actually recommend someone to buy it for cash when they can buy the Patton KR for gold in the tech tree and have almost the same tank. They both play the same.
#19 Posted 06 March 2018 - 11:17 AM
hey guys, does anyone knows what will be the next premium to be sold after the fv4202 and the t25 pilot 1 ?
#20 Posted 06 March 2018 - 11:25 AM
Have the tank from the marathon. Honestly, my opinion on it is... kinda meh.
Mobility is only average at best. Power/Weight ratio is just above 14 HP/t, which doesn't help in accelerating the tank. (EDIT: For comparison with normal Tier 8 mediums, the power/weight ratio is only better than Panther II - that tank has around 12.5 HP/t ratio)
This tank has typical medium tank armor, which is pretty much none, except the gun mantlet. Bouncing shots - pretty hard. Pretty good gun depression though.
The tank has a pretty decent medium tank gun,
but it's more useful only in longer, sniper ranges - DPM is just too low for close combat. (And I'm talking 1.9k DPM without rammer, and max 2.2k dpm with rammer, vents and BIA) but it won't help you much in close quarters. Good thing about the gun - it has a fast traverse, BUT I heavily recommend VStabs to keep the dispersion slightly better. Although the downside of the gun - poor penetration, even of the premium ammunition (average 240mm on premium ammo).
(EDIT ABOUT DPM: Okay, I didn't check before, but DPM is pretty average when compared to standard Tier 8 mediums... And also, why the F Object 416 is Tier 8 has a DPM of 2.5k while next closest tank by DPM (Indien-Panzer) has a DPM of only 2.1k? Russian Bias much?)
Overall... If you get a top tier battle, then you can have a lot of fun, it's a decent tank. In Mid-tier you'll struggle quite a bit, and forget low-tier battles - if you see top tier, run. Even premium ammo won't help you against Tier X.
My opinion: good as a collector's tank, or a trainer, but with the current MM you won't be able to do much.
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Quick facts:Engine: 6.75-litre V8 twin-turboPower: 395kW/1100Nm0-100km/h: 4.9secTop speed: 305km/hGears/Drive: 8-speed ZF gearbox, rear-wheel driveWeight: 2685kgCompetition:Rolls-Royce GhostMercedes-Maybach S600A house in Clifton Image: Alex ParkerProduction in harmonyBut it's also possible that this was Pathetic Fallacy in reverse. Perhaps the world looked particularly pretty that morning because of where I was sitting. It is likely that a light-industrial park in Brits would look pretty good from the seat of a Bentley Mulsanne Speed and, so, inevitably the English countryside was charming that day.We'd spent the morning at the company's Crewe headquarters, watching in some astonishment as various craftsmen and women built these bespoke cars by hand. A group of people here were hand-stitching the steering wheels. Nearby, men with bright lights were inspecting cow hides for the smallest of imperfections. Elsewhere, a different crew was working on the company's legendary wood veneers. Would you prefer Beach, Ash, Oak or Walnut?EXPLAINED: Why the Bentley Bentayga costs nearly R4-million in SAA quick walk around the museum reminded us of Bentley's links to South Africa. It was Woolf Barnarto, son of the mining tycoon Barney Barnato, who teamed up with WO Bentley himself to forge the legend of the Bentley Boys and the brand's particularly loud version of the roaring 20s, in which it won Le Mans on four occasions. Barney Barnarto sold his interest in the Kimberley mine to Cecil Rhodes (the sale that created De Beers), and that vast fortune was used by Barnarto Junior to, among other things, build the brand of Bentley.Such an interest in history seems to sit rightly with a car like the Mulsanne Speed. In a time of downsizing engines, of crossover SUVs, electric drivetrains, autonomous drive, hybrid technology and lightweight materials, a V8-powered sedan car laden with Ash trim feels like something of a throwback.Effortless driveBut, heavens, what a car. It is simply huge, one of the biggest cars I've driven, and you'd reasonably expect the Mulsanne to be a wallowy old warship designed to cosset the plutocrat sitting in the back fiddling with his reclining ventilated seat, wifi zone and detachable screen, and lambswool rugs. Well, there's plenty of that sort of thing. The Mulsanne cossets like few others, but with one difference. For a car its size, it's astonishingly pointable and quick. The figure that matters is 1100Nm, available in all its savagery at just 1700rpm. That's the joy of the Mulsanne Speed's 6.75-litre blown V8. It's very, very quick but there's no need to rev it, Jeeves. It's all there at effortlessly low rpm.READ: Mulsanne up close - Bentley's luxury sedan in Virtual RealityThe result is a magic carpet with a jet strapped to it, a uniquely peculiar and wonderful experience. The Mulsanne Speed - all of it - will hit 100km/h in under five seconds and will crack 300km/h where the law allows. 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It has to be heard to be believed, a near-biblical experience. And then there's the outside. It's not a pretty car, to be honest, and neither should it be. Bentley hasn't built a brand on the idea of pretty. It build big, heavy, luxurious, fast cars and they look suitably imposing while doing it. I rather like the look of it.The new Mulsanne Speed is a niche offering. It's POA, and we all know that what means, but it's impossible not to love. It does too much too well, and with an endless supply of charm and torque. It's an irresistible beast, really. Perhaps, indeed, it really was raining that day.


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Gunman Kills ATM Customer In Disturbing CCTV Footage
Disturbing surveillance footage has been released showing the moment a teen murder suspect approached an ATM customer and shot him.
Dressed in a hooded sweater adorned with a skull, the man emerges from the distance and approaches from behind, in what feels like a scene from a horror film.
The released footage shows the victim Dillon Bud Calvin Steve withdrawing cash from an ATM in Miami while the gunman ominously approaches.
Steve carries on with his transaction, but is seemingly ill at ease. The robber closes in and demands money.
Steve realises there is someone behind him and turns to see the man with a gun in his hand, at which point he drops his money on the ground.
As the robber reaches down to grab the cash, Steve tries to rush the man, but something goes wrong.
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While the footage of the video is not clear and we can't hear the audio, we see Steve clutch his chest as he runs to his mother's van and collapses to the ground with his mother in the vehicle.
The footage was released by authorities as a Miami grand jury indicted Marcine Hill, 17, on charges of murder and armed robbery, the Miami Herald reports.
A local resident, Jamie Johnson, told CBS Miami:
That's definitely frightful. I would only come here during the day. People are trying to withdraw money. They don't have to be worried about somebody coming to shoot them.
Rossell Fereira, a bank customer, said:
I thought this was awful and it was so sad for this to happen to someone.
It makes me think I should only come here in the daytime.
The video shows Hill's face, and a distinctive hoodie with the phrase 'Kill Batman' printed on the sleeves.
Steve, 26, was rushed to Aventure Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Hill fled the scene with approximately $260, according to police.
North Miami Beach Police Captain Juan Pinillos said at the time of the murder:
It appears, at this time, he was stalking his victim. We can't even say right now that this victim was the intended victim or just a crime of opportunity.
He was wearing a black hoodie. I believe it's an Ecko jacket. It says 'HAHA' on the back. It's a type of hoodie that when you put it over your head and zip it up, it becomes a mask.
Unfortunately for him, he left his face exposed, and we have it here. I have 30 detectives upstairs right now in a briefing, and we are going out, and we are gonna hunt this person down and bring justice.
Hill's lawyer declined to comment on the video, according to the Miami Herald.
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The French revolution of 1789-99 was a period of great social upheaval and it had far fetching effects all over the world. In fact it set the course of the global history and effected all the future movements against absolute monarchy. But in the early years after the revolution and the dethroning of the King Louis XVI, the revolutionaries developed serious rivalries among themselves. There was a period of continuous conspiracies against each other to the point where they started killing each other through hastily conducted summery trials in the newly formed parliament. Most of the cases were decided by just accusing someone of being a 'monarchist', which was the most hated crime then. There was no time given for any defense to the accused as everything was predetermined. In haste the case was decided by the majority of the members affirming to his guilt and the accused was sentenced, taken away and guillotined the same day.
Although the French Revolution overthrew the monarchy and established a republic but it catalyzed violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under a military general Napoleon and unleashed a wave of global conflicts that extended from the Caribbean to the Middle East.
The liberal assemblies though existed on ground became the means to execute and annihilate any dissenting voices or any opponent. The popular agitation radicalized the Revolution significantly, culminating in the rise of Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobin. Large numbers of civilians were executed by revolutionary tribunals during 'the Terror', with estimates ranging from 16,000 to 40,000, from aristocrats to 'suspected' enemies of the revolution.
An executive council known as the 'Directory' assumed control of the French state in 1795. They suspended elections, repudiated debt - resulting in financial instability, persecuted the Catholic clergy, and made significant military conquests abroad.
During this time the famous revolutionary leader Georges Danton once came to his house in the evening and told his wife about a former comrade that was going to be executed and she was horrified to hear about it. She asked him what was the allegation against him and Danton replied that, the allegation was that of being a 'monarchist'. His wife said that he knew it was not true and that he had stood with the revolutionary leaders and fought bravely alongside them so why were they doing it. Danton replied that it might not be true but the important thing was that he had become too powerful and a danger to the republic and it was important to get rid of him and the reason, in fact, was not important in comparison to the cause. Hearing this his wife replied that if that was the state of affairs then Danton must be sure that it would soon be his turn and nobody will escape this vicious circle of death. As history bears witness the famous leader Danton who was considered to be the chief force behind the revolution was guillotined on 5th April 1794 by the advocates of revolutionary terror after accusations of venality and leniency toward the enemies of the Revolution. Most of the other revolutionary leaders were killed including Maxillilien Robespierre and hundreds of others.
History bears witness that when it is assumed by a group of people in power that they can decide the fate of all the rest and give verdicts of their being loyal to the state or rebels to it, then there can be nothing but ensuing anarchy in that state.
When those in power assume that they have the right to decide what the people are to think, believe, accept and say and they are denied the right to do otherwise then there can be nothing but a reign of terror in that state.
When it is decided by those in power that my safety and that of my children depends upon my acceptance of their will and to keep my mouth shut then the pretence of freedom and rights becomes a farce.
And when the powerful decide whom they are going to punish and they do not need any reason, justification or law to do that then the result is never different from that of what happened during the French revolution. The circle of injustice just gains momentum and accelerates with each passing day until it culminates in utter anarchy.
In Pakistan we are passing through almost surreal times and the unfolding events have made it clear that all systems of state and governance have been brought to a halt. Although apparently there is a parliamentary system in place but the parliament has been reduced to a circus. The sitting government and the ruling party that came to power with two third majority in the parliament has been brought to its knees. When a legal document was altered in the assembly which became controversial the whole parliamentary set up was shaken until it almost collapsed and the members of the parliament and federal ministers were declared as traitors, non believers, accused of blasphemy and there were demands of their public lynching. All this was done through the various methods of creating public unrest and mayhem.
For the Senate elections the parliamentarians were reduced to being mere puppets and pawns in a merry go round where those in power enjoyed their antics with amusement. The grace and dignity of all institutions is destroyed and they are left hollow.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is behaving like a politician and giving statements of his vision whereas he only has the authority to decide cases in his court according to the law of the land. He is visiting hospitals and doing spot checkings like an administrator. The Chief of Army staff is meeting with journalists and giving his doctrines about the affairs of state because he thinks it is his place to decide what is the internal and foreign policy of the country should be and how things are to be run in the country.
Most political parties and political leader are totally compliant and submissive in their demeanor towards the might of the establishment in the hope that their submission and humility will bear fruit and they will be favoured by the establishment to become the de jure rulers of this country in some managed and engineered setup in future.
The public is perplexed and confused and it is impossible to establish now after the last two years how the vote of common man actually brings any real change. The decisions are made somewhere else and the vote, voter and election is but a façade for giving everything a legal cover.
The most interesting things is that those in power think that they are doing this for the ultimate benefit of the country and that is what gives them the right to interfere and tamper with the system.
It is strange that history repeats itself and is generous in giving its lessons again and again to establish universal truths but the unfortunate thing is that seldom are those lessons learned by people.
The lessons in the French revolution and its ensuing reign of terror are glaring evident for anyone willing to learn. There is no way any one group or party or institution can impose its will on a nation and believe that it can bring peace and prosperity in a country where there are complex and diverse realities and mammoth problems.
There is only one way to attain peace and prosperity and that is through adherence to the constitution. Each and every institution must work in its constitutional limitations and each and every person, party or institution must be accountable for their acts. By all means get the corrupt and punish them according to the law but to trample upon the system will bring ultimate chaos.
The people and parties who believe that they will get the benefit out of conspiring against the constitutional system in Pakistan will have a rude awakening very soon.
The writer is a freelance journalist based in Lahore. She has extensive experience in writing on development economics and disaster management.


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Assigning mandated end-of-semester letter grades to students is non-trivial. [1] I refuse to constrain myself to a simple, cumulative percent score that automatically sets my students' grades. In my opinion, the accuracy as well as the precision implied in many quantitatively represented scores grossly misrepresents reality. Furthermore, uncertainty abounds in assessments as in life. Our role as educator requires a holistic approach to assessment. No student is a number, and no number defines a student. [2] Yet, chained to the perceived objectivity of quantitatively defined measures, teachers do their best to assign grades reflective of student mastery.
As an example, to honor my students' efforts over the entire semester, I employ aspects of the following algorithm when determining their final grade.
I say "aspects" as, depending upon the course or academic year, I alter the category weights and/or the inputs to the decision-making process where I select a maximum, overall percentage score. Nonetheless, this diagram faithfully embodies the spirit of my end-of-course grading algorithm where I reward students for their content understanding and proficiency, even if it takes them the entirety of the semester to develop said understanding and proficiency. This algorithm also accommodates the chaos ever present in a large collection of souls.
However, an unfortunate artifact of implementing this process with our district's grade book software sets the stage for potential confusion. When a student logs in to see their latest course grade, which is the subject of a future post, the software displays the overall arithmetic percentage it computes (see "in progress % score" in the figure) directly underneath the letter grade I assign, where the two may not align in my grading scale. [3] However, the letter grade never falls below its corresponding percentage score. [4]
Also, note that this process includes conditional logic, which most grade book software does not support, at least in a straightforward manner. Hence, there is the need for a "human-in-the-loop," which opens the door to cries of subjectivity. Yet, with only one parental complaint and one separate, student complaint in nearly one thousand semester grades assigned to date, it seems to serve its design objectives quite nicely. Both complaints arose last semester regarding my honors precalculus course. [5, 6]
What process do you use to assign letter grades to your students? Does your district permit the use of standards-based grading without requiring the use of letter grades? How subjective are you in assigning final letter grades? Does the use of an online portal to your grade book that is accessible by students and parents alike help or harm assessment and/or student efforts? How long does it take you to assign a letter grade per student?
[1] My grading preference strays far from the traditional use of A through F letter grades to that of standards-based grading with its richer, more meaningful representation of student mastery learning. However, my district utilizes a letter grade scale constraining my ideals.
[2] Unfortunately, in the name of objectivity, efficiency, and for a host of other reasons, a quantitative scale, interpreted as sacrosanct, too often solely defines student self-efficacy thereby overly influencing his/her future outcomes. The fidelity and/or validity of the scale, measure, or data are rarely questioned.
[3] While I must assign letter grades, I have the freedom to define the relationship between a percentage score range and a letter grade. In so doing, I replace the district's traditional ten-percentage points per letter grade scale with my own fifteen-percentage point scale, as shown below.
I input the first two columns into the grade book software as a lookup table representing a teacher-defined grading scale.
[4] Last semester, informational dissonance from this misalignment descended upon three-fourths of the students in my three honors precalculus courses. To offset its effect, I notified students via an explanatory email.
[5] One parent this past semester expressed extreme displeasure with the "subjectivity" implied in my grading algorithm where I allow myself to bump a student up to the next letter grade designation if they are within three percentage points of a cut score, which may simply be from a C- to a C, as an example, with no impact on the student's GPA. The parent went so far as to complain to my administration presenting a double-bind scenario where I might discriminate against his/her child by misapplying my process. This person seemingly places their full faith and trust in a computed number, irrespective of the subjectivity inherent in scoring individual assignments, over that of the professional judgement of a teacher.
[6] Only one student complained about their grade. However, his/her issue was not the misalignment per se. As they retook the course solely to improve their grade point average, and unfortunately scored at a similar letter grade range ("-" to "+") they wanted me to bump them up to the next highest letter grade. I refused since in the process of assigning their final grade, I discounted their assignment score, which would have brought their "in-progress" / grade book computed percent score to a lower score than I assigned.


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Italy's Competition and Markets Authority has launched proceedings against Facebook for failing to fully inform users about the commercial uses it makes of their data.
At the same time, a German court has today upheld a consumer group's right to challenge the tech giant over data and privacy issues in the national courts.
Lack of transparency
The Italian authority's action, which could result in a fine of €5 million for Facebook, follows an earlier decision by the regulator, in November 2018 -- when it found the company had not been dealing plainly with users about the underlying value exchange involved in signing up to the "free" service, and fined Facebook €5 million for failing to properly inform users how their information would be used commercially.
In a press notice about its latest action, the watchdog notes Facebook has removed a claim from its homepage -- which had stated that the service "is free and always will be" -- but finds users are still not being informed, "with clarity and immediacy" about how the tech giant monetizes their data.
The Authority had prohibited Facebook from continuing what it dubs "deceptive practice" and ordered it to publish an amending declaration on its homepage in Italy, as well as on the Facebook app and on the personal page of each registered Italian user.
In a statement responding to the watchdog's latest action, a Facebook spokesperson told us:
We are reviewing the Authority decision. We made changes last year -- including to our Terms of Service -- to further clarify how Facebook makes money. These changes were part of our ongoing commitment to give people more transparency and control over their information.
Last year Italy's data protection agency also fined Facebook $1.1 million -- in that case for privacy violations attached to the Cambridge Analytics data misuse scandal.
Dodgy defaults
In separate but related news, a ruling by a German court today found that Facebook can continue to use the advertising slogan that its service is "free and always will be" -- on the grounds that it does not require users to hand over monetary payments in exchange for using the service.
A local consumer rights group, vzbv, had sought to challenge Facebook's use of the slogan -- arguing it's misleading, given the platform's harvesting of user data for targeted ads. But the court disagreed.
However, that was only one of a number of data protection complaints filed by the group -- 26 in all. And the Berlin court found in its favor on a number of other fronts.
Significantly, vzbv has won the right to bring data protection-related legal challenges within Germany even with the pan-EU General Data Protection Regulation in force -- opening the door to strategic litigation by consumer advocacy bodies and privacy rights groups in what is a very pro-privacy market.
This looks interesting because one of Facebook's favored legal arguments in a bid to derail privacy challenges at an EU Member State level has been to argue those courts lack jurisdiction -- given that its European HQ is sited in Ireland (and GDPR includes provision for a one-stop shop mechanism that pushes cross-border complaints to a lead regulator).
But this ruling looks like it will make it tougher for Facebook to funnel all data and privacy complaints via the heavily backlogged Irish regulator -- which has, for example, been sitting on a GDPR complaint over forced consent by adtech giants (including Facebook) since May 2018.
The Berlin court also agreed with vzbv's argument that Facebook's privacy settings and T&Cs violate laws around consent -- such as a location service being already activated in the Facebook mobile app; and a pre-ticked setting that made users' profiles indexable by search engines by default
The court also agreed that certain pre-formulated conditions in Facebook's T&C do not meet the required legal standard -- such as a requirement that users agree to their name and profile picture being used "for commercial, sponsored or related content," and another stipulation that users agree in advance to all future changes to the policy.
Commenting in a statement, Heiko Dünkel from the law enforcement team at vzbv, said: "It is not the first time that Facebook has been convicted of careless handling of its users' data. The Chamber of Justice has made it clear that consumer advice centers can take action against violations of the GDPR."
We've reached out to Facebook for a response.


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When you give a gift from the World Vision Gift Catalogue, you're giving a meaningful, practical gift that directly improves the lives of children and families in vulnerable communities.
You make it happen with support for one or more of the following five areas: agriculture, animals, clean water, education and health and nutrition. Together these gifts help lift families out of poverty and achieve self-reliance.
Select the missing items in the photo below to see how.
Chickens provide eggs and income for families.
Fruit trees are vitamin-packed blessings that protect children from disease.
Sports balls and equipment bring joy and health to children.
Water is essential to life. And access to clean, safe water transforms communities.
Real impact. That's the effect your gift can have. These gifts help families start a small business, feed their children, send them to school and keep them healthy.
The true-life stories you can read below are proof of the power of your love.
Thank you for sharing your love this Christmas and all year long.
Beekeeping—and the tools and training to match—helps improve a family's livelihood.
At 6 years old, Ernest was handling hives full of bees. Honey cultivation was how his family earned enough money to survive in Mbuye, Burundi. Three decades later by age 34, he had taken up carpentry and farmed a small plot of land to help support his wife and three children.
But the small plots simply weren't enough to provide for a family. Income and food insecurity continued to be issues, both root causes of poor child wellbeing. So Ernest revisited the profession of his youth.
However, even this fell short. World Vision has since provided assistance to improve beekeeping and group practitioners into associations. Two associations received 50 beehives and materials including wax sheets, smokers, bee suits and brushes.
By making beekeeping more efficient, honey production has risen to 1,500 kg annually from 80 kg annually. In a country where over 70% of the population lives on less than $1 a day, improved beekeeping is helping to alleviate poverty by producing honey that can generate $300 in a single harvest.
And it has brought another welcome transformation: women and girls are now becoming involved in beekeeping. Before, traditional beliefs about menstruation hurting honey production kept women away. Today Ernest smiles at his 8-year-old daughter Benita and says, "If I had equipment of her size, I would be taking her so she gets familiar with bees at an early age."
By providing tools and training to vulnerable communities, you help empower people to build better futures for themselves.
11,106 farmers learned techniques to improve crop and animal production.*
Thank you. The World Vision gifts you give help change the lives of children in need.
To change more lives, donate today through World Vision Canada's Gift Catalogue.
A goat paves the road to a better livelihood for vulnerable families
For years, Obby, 52, and his family of seven have struggled with food insecurity and health issues in Zambia. The few small goats they had didn't bring in enough money. Cholera claimed his older sister and diarrhea took his 6-year-old son.
"We never had resources," Obby laments.
That changed after World Vision assisted with the provision of five goats and the drilling of a borehole for water in the village. Obby's family received one male and four female goats. Says Obby, "The breed which World Vision brought was a different breed. They were big goats. The cross-breeding made our traditional goats bigger. They make more money." Even his children, including daughter Debby, have taken to the new goats.
With the increased income from goat herding, the family's future has taken a positive turn. This has included the building of a sturdier home with a tin roof rather than a leaky, grass-thatched roof, and access to clean water.
And Obby himself has paid it forward: He's since become a caregiver and looks after 120 sponsored children. Pointing to the borehole, he adds, "A lot of children who are not sponsored benefit from the children who are sponsored."
This is how a simple act can bring transformative change. And you can help achieve it when you provide a goat to a vulnerable family.
55,385 farm animals were given to families, providing a valuable source of food, fertilizer and income. *
Water. Without it, nothing else is possible. And clean water is the most precious gift of all.
When girls are allowed to dream, they dream big. But in some places around the world, circumstances, tradition or both, prevent girls from pursuing their dreams. In some places that circumstance is lack of access to clean water.
This was the challenge facing young Harpal in Faridkat, India. How? Because the education she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a judge depends partly on access to washrooms. And washrooms need water.
Without proper washroom facilities girls are less likely to attend school. If washrooms don't exist or go unmaintained (such as missing roofs or broken toilets) girls can feel unsafe. Or they may go home to use a washroom and not return to class. And a lack of clean water increases the risk of infection and disease among girls. Says Harpal, "We used to think, 'Oh no! What is this? We hope no one looks at us from above'. We used to feel really dirty."
But through programs such as Rise Up Daughters of India, World Vision has helped communities and girls like Harpal by building latrines with roofs, working toilets and, most importantly, access to clean water.
"Earlier, the washrooms were not clean," Harpal recalls. "But now, taps have been fixed in them and dustbins are kept. This has been done so that there's no problem for girls. Now, there are also good facilities for cleanliness and water is always available. This has been a huge change."
Providing a resource as basic, yet as precious, as water makes a difference in the health and fortunes of vulnerable girls and communities.
645 community members including 105 children are benefitting from improved latrines and have better access to sanitation. *
* Results of World Vision Canada's projects funded at least in part by the Gift Catalogue from September 2017 to October 2018.
An educated child is a child with unlimited potential. Helping them learn and grow is an opportunity that should never be missed.
Eleven-year-old Tax, from Xonnabuly District in Laos' Savanakhet Province, has always understood the value of an education. But he hasn't always had the resources available to take advantage of it.
Just a few years earlier, Tax and his schoolmates didn't spend much time on their education because there simply weren't enough learning materials, such as reading books, and other activities in their school.
But this has changed with World Vision helping to provide the learning material young, developing minds need, Tax's situation has changed—and with it his prospects for the future. He describes himself as highly motivated to learn (after he finishes his housework, of course!). "I have more opportunities to read since World Vision has provided learning materials and reading books to our school and encouraged us in our reading activities," he says.
World Vision support has also been provided to train and improve the skills of existing teachers so students can be better educated.
Even at such a young age, Tax is forward thinking with plans to make education a centrepiece of his community's development by becoming a teacher himself. Says Tax, "My dream is to continue my studies in Teachers' College. And then come back to be a teacher in my own community as the school lacks teachers now."
With the support of generous donors like you, children like Tax can go on to make a difference in their own lives and in their communities.
3,000 children received the resources they needed to attend school including school fees, supplies, books and uniforms.*
Good health nourishes mind, body and soul.
When the children arrive at the refugee camp in Uganda from their native South Sudan they're sick and frail. This was how 27-year-old Rose arrived with her three children after a week on foot.
Jonas, 10, Joel, 9 and Betty, 3, are feeble and drowsy when they waddle into the camp's verification room. Says Rose, "We've been eating raw cassava tubers from people's gardens along the way. That's all we could find. For water, we took from open streams along the way. We drank any kind of water we found because the children would get so thirsty."
All it takes to bring the spark back to their eyes are a few high-energy biscuits, food World Vision has partnered with the World Food Program to deliver at four border posts. Fortified with vitamins and minerals, they're distributed in the first few days of an emergency when cooking facilities are scarce. (The biscuits pack 450 calories and up to 10 grams of protein per 100 grams.) World Vision also provides new arrivals with hot food including beans, maize meal and porridge.
"Once we give them these high-energy biscuits plus water, they quickly change," explains Rahima, a World Vision distribution assistant. "All of a sudden the children begin to run around, to play, and they respond to questions."
The food helps Jonas regain his strength and soon he's drawing a picture of his home in South Sudan. Out of school for years and without a home of their own, Jonas and his siblings still face steep challenges, but for now the family is out of danger. With your support, more families and children like Jonas can receive the essentials they need to survive.
136,526 metric tons of food were distributed to children and families affected by hunger. *


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Hello there fellow comic book lovers, today's review will be the mega big event from Marvel that starts with the Avengers vs. X-Men #1, with so many writers, Jason Aaron, Brian Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction, with art by John Romita Jr. This is Marvel heavily push new big event, that has all the biggest names attach to it, and so does this new mega event from Marvel live up to the hype.
I would say yes and no, there is a lot of potential and ideas coming out of this big event, like the return of my favorite character Nova, and the chance to see the potential fun of the Avengers vs. X-Men fighting issues. So there are plenty of things that I'm looking forward to from this event, but as first issue goes it doesn't make me terribly excited to the main event itself.
It has a reasonable premise for the Avengers to come into conflict with the X-Men, which is the return of the Phoenix force. Having the Avengers looking at the Phoenix as a threat to the world, where as the X-Men are seeing it as a potential rebirth of their race. But this is also where the first problem I have with it comes from, the Phoenix has always presented as a threat but it has always been mainly a X-Men concern, I don't believe I have ever seen the Avengers but in before, so you get to wonder why now it is so important. Like I said the premise is sound, but I felt the impact of the Phoenix didn't feel powerful enough and/or emotionally gripping to warrant such a heavy conflict between two big superhero teams. Now I haven't read any previous Avengers and X-Men interaction in recent times, no real lead up and build up to help add emotion to the story. I do get the feeling of Scott resenting Captain America's lack of support in the recent tragedies that has befallen the X-Men in recent times, but that isn't really explored at all here, making it feel out of place for Scott's character to strike Captain America first, and making the argument as a whole very weak and not very emotionally impacting. And that is how I could explain how this issue felt like, and how I feeling about this event so far, emotionally weak and not resonating to me.
John Romita Jr. is definitely on top of his game here, what could I complain about, good emotional expressive characters, nicely detail backgrounds, and wonderfully rendered splash pages. If you know Romita Jr. you know what to expect, nothing new here, but that isn't a bad thing, because again his work is top notch. I have really become a big fan of Romita Jr. in recent years, so having him on this big event title is definitely a nice draw for me.
Even though I said that I don't feel very emotionally invest or excited in this event after reading the first issue, I still feel like this is a "Definite Buy." There is a lot of potential and a lot of things I'm looking forward to from this event, so hopefully future installments won't disappoint so much, this is a 12 issue story. Also, I have high expectation from the amount of talent on this event, so I'm hoping that stories won't feel short and weak, and definitely more impacting.
My Take:
Definite Buy
Here are a few pages from Avengers vs. X-Men #1, be sure to pick up your own copy which is in stores now, and like always Have Fun Reading!


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On the off chance that you're a birder, you need to keep a life list of sightings when you bird watch. Your life records ought to be kept in a bird watching diary.
Life List
A real life list is a record of the types of birds you've located after some time. Normally, the rundown is kept in a diary. Every section takes note of the bird species, the date, area and any notes you need to include. Contingent upon your specific bird watching misuses, you can keep one worldwide rundown or separate records as you see fit.
Bird Recording
For some birdwatchers, one life list essentially isn't enough. Things being what they are, how might you separate your rundowns? Here are a couple of thoughts;
Birding Life List Checklist
1. House Lists and A rundown of birds located around your home.
2. Yearly Lists and A rundown for every year you bird watch.
3. State Lists and A rundown for locating by a specific state.
4. Trip Lists and Journals for specific bird watching excursions or visits.
5. Lists of things to get and A rundown of birds you haven't seen, however, would like to. You essentially check them off as sightings happen.
Bird Life List Online
You can buy computer life list projects or utilize bird life list online. Each program is unique, yet most arrive in an agenda design. You enter data and the program releases your rundown.
The issue with utilizing computer programs is the computer itself. Except if you will carry a computer around with you, there will be a postponement among sightings and your diary passages.
Utilizing a computer program is likewise troublesome if you need to keep an accumulation of representations of specific species you've recognized. For most birders, a computer list is an enhancement to a proper diary, not a substitution.
Bird watching is a to a great degree individual enthusiasm. If you're simply beginning, you may think you don't need to keep a real life list. The issue with this methodology, obviously, is you will regret the choice on the off chance that you later choose to do as such. Every one of those sightings will be gone with time.
If you're going to begin bird watching, ensure you keep a real life list diary from the start. As I jump at the chance to state, "Preserve the experience!"


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I'm thankful that I don't have to get up every morning and make a list of my sins and beg God to forgive me for them. He's already done that the day Christ Jesus my Savior died on the cross and bore every sin for all the world. He bore the punishment and paid the penalty for ALL sin Col. 2:13-14 so you and I could be free from it.
I mean what happens to those sins I forget to put on the list? Surely I could never know EVERY sin I commit. What about fear? Fear is worry, worry is doubt and doubt is a lack of trust. All these are sin. Are these on the list? Or are these things that would be left out and if so what happens with those sins? If I don't ask for forgiveness am I just not forgiven and if I'm not forgiven then what? Do I have all this sin still hanging over my head standing between me and God. And if so then why did Jesus even die? The Bible says He died to pay for the sins of the world. If I still have to live under the condemnation of sin and shame etc. because I don't know all my sin then why did He die? It seems maybe it was for nothing. Romans 8:1 does say that I as a believer am no longer under condemnation meaning my sin is judged, taken away and I am a new creation in Christ.
On the other hand if I know all my sin has already been forgiven past, present, and future Col. 2:13-14 then I don't have to fret, fear or worry if I have forgotten to ask for forgiveness of certain sins. They have all been paid for right? Does this make sense?
Seems too good to be true doesn't it? Our Father in heaven is so good, awesome, and full of a love that is not comparable to human love. Never could we understand why He would sacrifice His own Son for us to pay the debt of death we owed for sin. I would never sacrifice my child for you or anyone else. My love does not go that deep for you or anybody not even my husband. But God's love for us is that deep and deeper still. It is a love that we can only accept not understand.
I urge you to let go of those things you have begged God to forgive you for and rest assured as a believer in Christ you have already been forgiven. Accept what Jesus did for you and know you are whole, not under condemnation and free to walk in peace of mind. Know also that those sins you cannot remember or do not know about are forgiven too and to live life wondering what will happen if you've not made amends for them is a waste of time and energy. Jesus has made amends for them. He died once for all and then sat down at the right hand of the Father. He finished the work needed to pay for sin. Hebrews 9:26, Colossians 3:1
Well you might say, "Doesn't this give me a license to sin?" We can look at this two ways. One way is that you can sin all you want and live a life for the world and miss out on the abundant life here on earth Jesus talked about in John 10:10. But in trying to do that you as a believer will be MISERABLE. You are now a new creation, Christ lives in you and you have a new nature. It goes against the grain to live in sin. You will be pulled apart trying to live a worldly life. I've tried and only succeeded for a short time before it nearly killed me. I could not stand the misery of living away from my Father. It's like the story of the prodigal son. You can go out and party, sin and live in the world for a time and then you hit the bottom, and come back home. The Father is always there to receive us when we come back to Him.
The second way to look at this is that once you realize God's love for you is sooo great you begin to love Him right back. Out of that love you WANT to live FOR Him not AGAINST Him. He becomes life to you and you live out of His abundance. I've also done it this way. I have to say this is the way to go. This is where I am now and my life is the best it's ever been even though the struggles still come, heartache comes and goes and circumstances change all the time. His love never fails and because of His love my love grows stronger every day. Therefore my walk with Him gets stronger too. Where are you now?
I say all of this not to say you shouldn't confess sin. But confess sin and ask Christ in you to give you the power to turn away from the sin and thank Him that He's already forgiven you for it. He has given you everything you need for life and godliness so it is with His power in you that you will be victorious over sin in your life. 2 Peter 1:3
Thanksgiving is a time of thankfulness but I am thankful every day for the complete forgiveness I have been given in Christ Jesus my Lord. Amen and all glory and honor to Him.
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After a fire on July 4, 1964, the theater closed down in 1969. It would have been completely destroyed if not for the efforts of a protest group led by Ray Shepardson. According to Cleveland.com, the group saved both the Ohio Theatre and the State Theatre, located next door.
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Jeff Greene, the president and founder of EverGreene, stated, "You will see a Phoenix rise from the ashes when we are done." Turner Construction and the Coniglio Company are partnered as the construction team.
While some think this restoration is a great step for the theater, others believe that the theater should stay the way it is – beautiful. Freshman Marisa Foley said, "I have been to it [the lobby]. It is very beautiful as it is, but it does not seem like it needs to be changed."
The restoration is part of the campaign, "Advancing the Legacy, The Campaign for PlayhouseSquare," which plans on raising upwards of $100 million in order to, according to PlayhouseSquare's website, "address our greatest needs." So far, they have raised $57 million in the past year. The project chairs projected that $100 to $150 million would be raised in three to five years.
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Side note: I have been spending January re-prioritizing what I would like 2015 to reflect for me... Been unsubscribing to newsletters that I know I won't make the time to read... but Rachel's and Tracy's pull up a toadstool are two of my favorite inspirational blogs that I always look forward to. Here is hoping checking out these two sites will give you the inspiration you are needing to find that creative side of you!
While So many of my friends and family have already have their word for the year and big plans and goals, I can't say the same. This Capricorn is still mulling around what this year might look like. I want to stay open to positive possibilities while still yearning to incorporate more of my passions. Becoming a Grandma-ma was definantly
This Soulful story of Serendipity & Synchronicity starts out somewhere in spring of this year 2013. The first event that starts this off is-
I have wanted to do some reading about Shamanism and Native traditions, for a better under-standing of Natural medicine and the part it plays in my healing. I asked a wise and wonderful artist friend of mine where would I start in this journey. Rae with creativity tribe smiled & said, I have a couple of books that you might enjoy reading on Shamanism (1).
At the beginning of June another dear friend of mine Tracy had mentioned that she was in contact with an old friend who happen to be Native American. When I made contact with him I said, "Joe is there a story behind your Icon". He said yes, that the White Buffalo is a sacred animal and very rare. When one sees a white buffalo- means abundance, caution, concern and prayer are in order. He shares the story about a white buffalo calf that was born this spring in his eastern state. Joe suggested that I read about the White Buffalo calf woman(2). I make a mental note to do just that... in the mean time I am wanting to finish up the books I was given to read about the history.
When I finished the books Rae gives me yet another book to read on drumming and the part in plays in healing as well. First night into reading this book, up comes "White Buffalo, calf woman" (3). So you can only imagine how quickly my curiosity peaked then... this just wasn't a random event... Universe is trying to get me to "learn some lesson/s and is putting huge " Flags" for me to pay attention to. I am listening and watching for signs, etc.
Then on June 18th I just happen to come across a news article about another white buffalo calf being born in Colorado. (4)
The same week I am given an invitation to attend a cacao ceremony on June 22 (5). I accepted, it is the weekend of summer solstice and super moon too. I was not real sure what to expect but kept my mind open to the opportunity to learn and observe.
As I walk in, Instantly I was greeted by everyone there, unconditional acceptance was mine for the having and giving.. I had never experienced such a beautiful event such as this with a room full of people that were unknown to me. Within minutes of Sitting down in the Center, as I looked around this is what I see in the corner of the room (6). Yes you guessed it there is more......under the pic. Even though the true White Buffalo has white hooves as well you have to know that tears were running down my cheeks at this point. I asked permission to take a picture so that I could share this with you. To see the drum leaning next to it (remember I had read the book on drumming ceremonies (7).
We all went to "glow" as it is often called and had a wonderful experience with the others in the group.. Learned later that night that I was invited back for the Wednesday night classes hosted by Rev Shar. Looking forward to the inner work as we delve into meditation and spiritual healing of ourselves and be able to support others in time.
I have been told more than once that the number "7" represents the Devine. With That in mind... The idea of blogging about this aspect of meditation and healing has started.
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If there's one thing that Marvel could learn from some of DC's more recent comics, it's that weird crossover series uniting characters from entirely different companies can make for some incredibly fun stories. It's an idea that Atlanta-based artist Marcus Williams keenly understands and wanted to make happen with his Black Panther/ThunderCats fanfic.
Though the Wakandan king and the Thunderians share an obvious fondness for felines, Williams' art taps into the longstanding belief that Panthro was always meant to be read as the ThunderCats' resident black team member. Though the significance may not resonate with some, seeing T'Challa teaming up with Panthro is almost like a validation of the kinds of fantasies that black kids had while growing up in the '80s—back when powerful black characters weren't nearly as prominent in mainstream genre fiction as they are today.
Williams' story follows T'Challa as he travels through an interdimensional wormhole after Jaga reaches across time and space to warn him of the ThunderCats' impending doom. It's exactly the sort of out-there team-up that Marvel could have done back in the late '80s when it still published ThunderCats comics under its Star Comics imprint. But now that the ThunderCats rights are with DC, fanfiction like this will have to do. You can read an excerpt from Williams' story below and check it out in full (with more art) on his Facebook page.
No stranger to interdimensional travels and all things otherworldly, T'Challa happened upon a familiar yet faint reading coming from his universal galaxy scanner within Wakanda's labs. Further inspection of the beacon's source began a swelling heat within T'Challa's chest. Puzzled as to the whys and what's, it wasn't long before the King of Wakanda was grasping tightly at his core, teeth clenching with pain. As his eyes shut from reaction, a blazing image of a panther surrounded by a red sphere flashed brightly inside his minds eye. The jolting shock of red forces his eyes open to ensure his sanity and mind are still grounded in the physical. With a number of controlled breaths, the king focuses on the pain and calms his mind and softly closes his eyes to contemplate on the pulsing energy and imagery.
With his next moments searching the depths of his rational consciousness, T'Challa concludes that this feels similar to his interactions with Bast, but this was very foreign from anything he's ever felt. A calling. A summoning, but from who? Why? Before these questions could be answered, a cloaked figure began to form in the king's mind. The figure introduced himself as Jaga, and made plain his intentions for reaching out to the cosmos for help. While caution tugged at the back of T'Challa's mind, the king could feel the spectre's urge and desperation. It was Jaga's wish to open a gateway to his world so that those that he cares for could be rescued from certain doom. He went on ensure that because Black Panther has received the rallying call from the Eye of Thundera light years away, it was proof that he must be tied to the Thundercats' life force in some manner.


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