text: Global Smirnoff biz still in contention By Matthew Creamer. Published on November 22, 2004. [New York] Following the appointment of Bartle Bogle Hegarty last week to handle the estimated $13 million U.S. portion of Diageo's Smirnoff Ice account, a decision on the rest of the global business, worth about $37 million, is expected by the end of December. Publicis Groupe-backed Bartle Bogle Hegarty's creative work, which triumphed in the U.S., is understood to be in research against pitches by incumbent WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson and Omnicom Group's Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, all London. Last year, Bartle Bogle wrested Diageo's $90 million Bailey's liqueurs business from JWT, which remains the global agency for the Smirnoff vodka business. Most Popular In this article: The World: Ad Age Global News & Data

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Of course, the trip didn't really have to end after 30 games. Due to a change in scheduling, Emily wasn't able to make it out to SF in time for Game #30, so… here's Game #31.
Obviously, there's not much more to say about the park itself. Though by going again, I was able to catch a start by the Giants' young phenom Tim Lincecum. And while he wasn't at the top of his game, he definitely pitched well, and was well in line for the win before the bullpen blew it again. Ah well, the danger in cheering for a last place team.
Meanwhile, the one park feature I did experience this time that I didn't comment on in the last post was a close encounter with Lou Seal, the Giants mascot. Not as close as the time when Lou Seal's dad sat on Emily's lap on Father's Day, but close enough for the following picture:
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On Sunday nights Erin Jaimes hosts a blues jam where anyone
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Enjoy a well deserved break while the kids enjoy an evening of spooky science at our Winston-Salem Mad Science Lab on Saturday, Oct. 29th from 6:00-9:00 P.M! (We'll even provide pizza!) Only $35 per child and you can take advantage of our sibling discount by using code 2XFUN
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See some of the common causes of Lower Back pain, Neck Pain, and Headaches, and how to get some relief, in our Conditions section.
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Welcome to Litchfield Restaurant
Since 1968, Pawleys Island locals and visitors alike have considered the Litchfield Restaurant the "Best Breakfast in Town". That is as true today as it was back then. More than forty years later, we still serve hearty home-style Southern cooking for both breakfast and lunch. Our full menu is available all day, so sleep in and have a late breakfast if you like. You want a bowl of our delicious creamy grits at 1 p.m., no problem. Or have a hand-pattied freshly cooked burger at your pleasure. Our weekday lunch specials start at 11 a.m. and feature the classic choice of "meat and 3 vegetables"Ā, includes your drink and tax! Dine with us on weekends too!
We are known as 'where the locals eat', and visitors and newcomers always receive a sincere welcome to our casual family friendly restaurant. There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met. Whether you eat here everyday, twice a day or only on your yearly pilgrimage to the beach, we promise to make you feel at home. It has been said that it is as much about who is here as it is about what you eat. Looking for one of the local characters? If they haven't been here yet today, they are probably on their way!
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This week Flamingo Land is celebrating the birth of a zebra foal. The new arrival, a female, was born overnight on Tuesday to parents Guinness and Vendela.
Up and about almost straight away, she can be found in our mixed-species exhibit of giraffe, zebra and ostrich. Our zebras spend most of their time outside in the paddock grazing, so there's usually a good view of the whole family.
All being found across Africa, these animals often share habitats in the wild so are quite happy to live in the same enclosure at the zoo – in fact, it actually provides them with enrichment to make their lives more interesting. Of course, since they're all herbivores, there's no danger of anybody eating anyone else.
You can find three different species of zebra in the wild, namely plains zebra, mountain zebra and Grevy's zebra. Ours are Grant's zebras, which are a subspecies of plains zebra, and in fact the smallest one found.
They can be found living in central and southern Africa, in countries such as Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, where their natural habitat is grassland and savannah woodland.
Although plains zebras are not endangered like the other two species, some populations such as those in Tanzania have seen significant declines in their numbers, mostly due to hunting for their meat and hide and conversion of their habitats into farmland.
Grant's zebras have vertical stripes on their front, horizontal stripes on their back legs and diagonal stripes in between. These patterns are unique to each zebra, almost like a fingerprint, so can be used to identify individual animals.
Scientists think that the bright black and white stripes evolved to confuse predators when they bunch together in a herd, making it difficult for them to tell how many there are and which direction they're going.
The British navy even used this theory in World War I, painting ships with bright contrasting patterns to break up their outlines and therefore make it difficult for an enemy to estimate the ship's type, size, speed and direction!
Zebras will therefore keep watch for predators rather than attempting to hide from them, and if cornered will kick out and bite with sharp hooves and teeth. With enough warning though, they can run at speeds of up to 40mph!
Wild zebras live in family groups, which are usually led by a dominant male (or stallion) who will help to keep them safe. Zebra foals can stand up almost immediately after they are born, similar to other prey species who must be able to escape from predators from a very young age.
They will start eating grass within a week but aren't fully weaned until 7-11 months old, and will disperse from the group at one-three years.
Young males will often group together in "bachelor herds" until they are old enough to compete for males – usually at about 4 years old.
Although they look like horses, they don't neigh, and instead make a barking noise. They can also communicate with each other using facial expressions and body movements.


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Early Childhood Resource Fair
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Usnea myrmaiacaina
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Encyclopedia of Life
Philippe Clerc
Greater Sonoran Desert
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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2007. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3.
: shrubby to subpendant, 2-10 cm long, compact to loose
: anisotomic-dichotomous, divergent
basal part
: usually conspicuously blackened on 2-4 mm, rarely only on a narrow and irregular zone
: ±irregular to fusiform (secondary branches); lateral branches not narrowed at attachment point, but sometimes ±fusiform; usually with numerous annular cracks (4-8/0.5 cm) and conspicuous with white rings of medullary tissue (primary branches, close to basal part); often with distinct transversal furrows
: terete (primary branches), often and characteristically slightly ridged giving to the branch an angular aspect in surface view (secondary branches) or flattened
: cylindrical, few to numerous, irregular to dense, on main and secondary branches
tubercles (young stage of fibrils?)
: usually absent to numerous (especially on terminal branches bearing apothecia), ±large and verrucous, conspicuous, irregular, rarely eroded
: present mainly on secondary and terminal branches bearing apothecia
: slender, 1-6 mm long, usually numerous, regularly distributed in fishbone-like pattern
soralia and isidiomorphs
: absent
: present on fibrils growing on branches or at the edge of apothecia
: moderately thick to thick (8-11 %), mat to ±shiny
: dense to compact, unpigmented
: usually larger than medulla
: 2-13 mm in diam., terminal or lateral
: broadly ellipsoid, 9-11.5 x 5-7 µm
Spot tests
: K+ dull yellow turning reddish orange, C-, KC-, P+ deep yellow, or K-, C-, KC-, P-
Secondary metabolites
: norstictic acid (major), ±fatty acids (minor), or rarely none detected.
Substrate and ecology
: on bark (Quercus spp. and Pinus spp.), rarely on wood, in oak, pine-oak forests or thorn forests (southern area), between 1500 and 2600 m, especially on windy crests of mountains
World distribution
: western coast of North America
Sonoran distribution
: mountains of Arizona, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Sonora.
: Morphologically, U. myrmaiacaina is close to U. intermedia (irregular branches with ridged segments) but it differs in its spore size and the chemistry, as well as in the width of the cortex, the numerous fibrils arranged in fishbone-like pattern and the distinct annulation pattern in the basal part. Anatomically, U. myrmaiacaina is close to U. florida (spore size, width of the cortex) but differs in having slightly irregular secondary branches with segments that are often ridged, cylindrical papillae as well as a different distribution range. Specimens collected in the southern and south western part of the Sonoran Desert area, with large spores and norstictic acid, can be for the moment only tentatively assigned either to U. myrmaiacaina or to U. florida. More detailed field and taxonomic studies are needed.
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The West Wing (TV Series)
Take Out the Trash Day (2000)
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In preparation for the Friday night briefing for the Saturday papers and news broadcasts -- nicknamed "take out the trash day" because it disposes of all the stories the White House doesn't want heavy coverage on, and because Saturday is the least read paper of the week -- the staff take on a variety of chores: C.J. prepares to meet with the family of a Matthew Shepard-type victim of murder just because he was gay, and discovers something unexpected about the young man's reticent father; Josh and Sam contend with an angry Republican house committee leader who wants to make a deal to avoid public hearings on Leo's alcoholism; the president must read and wince through a graphic report on sex education in public schools; Danny pesters C.J. about an aide to the v.p. living on high off of taxpayer dollars.
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Feb. 25, 2006
The Lady Bisons closed out the road portion of the regular season Saturday afternoon with a 65-54 loss at North Florida's UNF Arena in Jacksonville.
The Lady Bisons fall to 6-19, 5-13 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. North Florida is 11-15 overall, 9-9 in the A-Sun.
The Lady Bisons battled North Florida to a 27-27 tie at halftime. Both teams struggled to find the net with North Florida hitting 10-of-29 shots from the field and the Lady Bisons hitting 6-of-29.
I n the second half North Florida opened up with a 17-4 run to take a 15-point lead at 46-31 2ith 14:05 remaining. North Florida kept a double-figure lead the rest of the way. The biggest lead was 19 points at 63-44 with 3:53 left to play.
Lipscomb center Katie Beth Pate pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. She also added six blocks. Each block adds to her new A-Sun career recprd
For the first time this season the Lady Bisons failed to place at least one player in double figures scoring. Forward Keirstin Head, forward Jilian Partin and Pate each had nine points to lead the Lady Bisons.
Forward Jackie Beik led all scorers with 20 points. Karli Knudsen added 11.
The Lady Bisons return home Tuesday night to face Belmont in the final regular season "Battle of the Boulevard" at 6 p.m. The game will be televised live on CSS-TV.
Thursday night the Lady Bisons close out the regular season against Florida Atlantic at ?/ at Allen Arena.
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Billy Preston immortalized the lyric, Nothin' From Nothin' Leaves Nothin', back in 1974. In the spirit of the U.S. Postal Service and their never-ending quest to price the postage stamp out of existence, I thought we might double the charge for e-filing this year. That lyric would be Nothin' Times Two is Still Nothin'. As you know, the e-JCC e-filing and e-service platforms have been provided to the marketplace for "Nothin'."
Talk about value for your money, the returns on this Nothin' have been significant. Through the end of February 2014, the e-JCC e-filing program had saved users (that's you) at least $1,911,791.76. Yes, almost $2 million. Over 2.5 million documents have been e-filed since that fateful day back on Nov. 29, 2005, when M. Todd Merritt (M Todd Merritt P.A.) filed the first e-JCC document, followed the next morning when K. Kay Dodd (Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver) filed the second. The rest, as they say, is history!
I remember the enthusiastic adoption of e-filing. Sure, a couple of you said it would never fly, but most of the feedback was enthusiastic and it was gratifying to see people jump on the bandwagon in those early years.
In 2012-13, along came e-service. About six years after we started e-filing, this was a major innovation. In 2012-13, we had 58,041 PFB filed. Each of those that was served on the carrier by e-service, saved the attorneys at least $3.12 in Certified Mail, a total of $181,087.92. We had 40,791 Responses to PFB filed, saving the carriers $127,267.92 in Certified Mail. The first year it was offered, e-service saved the marketplace about $308,355.84 just on PFB and Response Postage.
Conservatively estimating that each case involved each side filing a motion, a notice and a request (so two of each of these at $.45 each in postage), e-service saved the marketplace another $156,710.70 on the discovery and pleading filings.
Conservatively, e-service is saving the marketplace about $465,066.54 annually in postage, for documents parties would have sent each other by mail. E-filing is saving the marketplace about $407,704.30 annually in postage that would have been spent sending paper to the OJCC in Tallahassee. Conservatively, e-filing and e-service together are saving you, the users, almost $1 million per year on postage. The time and effort savings are significant as well.
This does not account for the simplicity and savings brought to you by the change in the child support information process, but that is for another day.
And the cost to you of all this savings? You guessed it, Nothin'.
David Langham is deputy chief judge of the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims. This column was reprinted with his permission from his Florida Workers' Comp Adjudication blog.


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West Virginia's Only Stand Up Paddleboard Competition, with Free Demos, Instruction & Party
Welcome to the home of the New River Gorge SUP Race on the Web. The NRG SUP Race is a grass-roots gathering of SUP athletes, never-before-SUPped beginners, curious spectators and industry sponsors to celebrate all things West Virginia SUP, compete and have a blast. We hold this event amidst the backdrop of West Virginia's stunning New River Gorge every year on Sunday during Gauley Fest.
(Scroll down for Race Results from every year.)
Big thanks to all of our 2016 sponsors!
Mountain Surf Paddle Sports LLC
Liberty Bail Bonds West Virginia
Studio B Art Boutique Wine & Beer Gallery
Registration: Remember this event is the grassiest of roots, so race registration is on site the day of the race—bring $30—starting at noon. Demos and instruction—both totally FREE—also begin at noon.
Parking: We'll have parking attendants and signage at the event. Obey. Obey. Obey.
After Party: Everybody's welcome, but only those who paid a $30 race registration fee get free food and drink. The party starts 5 or 6-ish at Rendezvous Lodge at Adventures on the Gorge!
Free Demoes and Instruction
When: Sunday, September 17, 2017
Where: Fayette Station, New River Gorge National River. Directions.
The New River Gorge SUP Race is for everybody, no matter what your experience level and age (within reason). We proudly offer free instruction and equipment demos—thanks to our wonderful sponsors. If you've been thinking of buying a board, here's your chance to get your feet on the latest tech, get details from professionals and meet representatives from local shops. Come out and see what the fastest-growing paddlesport in America is all about on the beautiful New River. And again, no experience necessary. No registration necessary either. Just show up!
Race Information
In 2017, two race courses will offer opportunity for intermediate and advanced paddlers to compete; Attainment Race & Downriver Race.
Race fee is $30 per person with online registration date TBA. This includes both races even if you choose to only do one race. Proceeds benefit the Fayette County 4-H Outdoor Adventure Club for area high school students. Additional donations are welcomed.
1:00pm West Virginia's first Kid's SUP Race. More details to come. Free for kids and parents.
2:00pm Attainment Race will begin as a mass start on the water. Racers will paddle upstream 2 miles attaining through a class 1 rapid, around a bouye, and back to the start line. This race takes between 20-45 mintues. It is appropreate for beginner to intermediate paddlers but some expereince is needed and highly recommended that participants have seen the course previously.
3:00pm The Downriver Race is the real deal. Racers will begin in a mass start on the water. There will be 100 yards of flat water before entering a challenging class 3 rapid, Fayette Station. Racers will continue downstream for 2.5 miles through two more class 2 rapids. This course is for confident whitewater paddlers. Shuttle is provided from the finish line back to the start area. Helmets and PFDs are required, leashes are not allowed.
Board length under 12'6" and you must use the same board for both races.
Spectators are encouraged to attend, talk to SUP athletes, and watch the action of both races. Event opens at 12:30pm.
Parking is limited and each year we continue to grow. Parking attendants and signage will be in place. Please follow directions so the event can continue.
For those familiar with the area, support volunteers and vendors can park in the upper beach parking lot. Racers can drive around the upper beach parking lot to drop off equipment and then move cars to the Cole Lot. The downriver race shuttle will return paddlers to the Cole Lot.
The event usually ends by 4:30pm. Race entry includes dinner.
Sponsored by Adventures on the Gorge, ACA West Virginia, Active Southern West Virginia, Hala Gear, Mountain Surf Paddle Sports LLC. We are now accepting additional sponsors and volunteers for parking, registration, demonstrations, safety boaters for the downriver section, and timers.
Photos and Video
Every year, we have a talented group of folks volunteering their time, expertise and equipment to document this amazing event. Here are a few of our favorites. Check back after the 2014 event for more!
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Retractable awnings use a flexible aluminum or canvas cover along with a manual or hand crank to store the awning in a cassette when it is not in use. When the owner wants protection from the sun or rain, he extends the awning using the crank.
The most common types of retractable awnings use articulated arms. These support arms open in stages, using a spring-loaded system to extend the cover. Awnings with gas-filled telescope arms are the second most common type of unit. These units require more maintenance, due to potential gas leaks; they are generally smaller than the articulated arm devices.
Manual awnings have a crank that operates a gear system to extend or retract the unit. Owners can usually remove the crank when it's not in use. Some crank-type awnings with articulated arms fold back flat against the house for storage.
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Pioneers of The Network
In 1858, the USS Niagara departed from the town of Heart's Content on Newfoundland's Trinity Bay, to meet up with HMS Agamemnon somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The plan was to connect a cable that would enable telegraph communication between the continents.
I was puzzled when I first heard this story, thinking that in the days before GPS and satellite phones, wouldn't it have been easier to just use one ship and avoid a mid-sea rendezvous? Steve Shepard explains the logic in episode 2.
This is the story that inspired us to create this video series. We wanted to celebrate the history of one of the most reliable innovations ever built, the telecommunications network, and the pioneering spirit of both its early inventors and today's service providers who take on the risk to expand the network's reach to rural frontiers. We're celebrating the network's legacy, and shinning a light towards the future socioeconomic growth it offers.
Join us over the following weeks as we publish the episodes.
1. Bringing Power to the People
2. Pioneers of the Network
3. A Network Built for Mom / The Victorian Internet
4. The Need for Telecom: Not Just a Third-World Problem
5. Phone Company in a Box / From Africa to Central America
6. Looking Forward: Where the Network will Take Us.
Any guesses as to the transatlantic cable's first message sent from Queen Victoria to US President James Buchanan? Hint, it wasn't "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"
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Is The Cloward-Piven Strategy Being Used To Destroy America?
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Is The Cloward-Piven Strategy Being Used To Destroy America?
Both Republican and Democratic regimes have made our current calamity possible, and the leaderships behind both parties are nothing more than paid mascots for international financiers and globalists who have a very different vision of what America should be.
In the mid-sixties at the height of the "social revolution" the line between democratic benevolence and outright communism became rather blurry. The Democratic Party, which controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress, was used as the springboard by social engineers to introduce a new era of welfare initiatives enacted in the name of "defending the poor", also known as the "Great Society Programs". These initiatives, however, were driven by far more subversive and extreme motivations, and have been expanded on by every presidency since, Republican and Democrat alike.
At Columbia University, sociologist professors Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven introduced a political strategy in 1966 in an article entitled 'The Weight Of The Poor: A Strategy To End Poverty'. This article outlined a plan that they believed would eventually lead to the total transmutation of America into a full-fledged centralized welfare state (in other words, a collectivist enclave). The spearpoint of the Cloward-Piven strategy involved nothing less than economic sabotage against the U.S.
Theoretically, according to the doctrine, a condition of overwhelming tension and strain could be engineered through the overloading of American welfare rolls, thereby smothering the entitlement program structure at the state and local level. The implosion of welfare benefits would facilitate a massive spike in poverty and desperation, creating a financial crisis that would lead to an even greater cycle of demand for a fully socialized system. This desperation would then "force" the federal government to concentrate all welfare programs under one roof, nationalize and enforce a socialist ideology, and ultimately, compact an immense level of power into the hands of a select few.
Cloward and Piven claimed that this could be accomplished at a grassroots level through community activism, and, that it would facilitate a more compassionate federal authority, however, there are numerous problems with these assertions.
The Cloward-Piven Strategy has nothing to do with grassroots activism, and accomplishes nothing tangible for the downtrodden poverty class. In fact, I would dare to say that Cloward and Piven as well as most social engineers are well aware that the concept ultimately only serves to give even more dominance to the establishment and pilfer even more freedom from the masses.
In the past decade alone, the number of people dependent on food stamps and EBT for their survival in the U.S. has doubled from 25 million people to nearly 50 million people.
If we allow ourselves to fall into the trap of making the developing crisis about a singularly unimportant man such as Obama, then the elites get exactly what they want – an angry and desperate citizenry out for the blood of a middleman and out for the blood of each other, while they sit back, relax, and wait to swoop in as our financial saviors with strings attached.
For those naïve enough to assume that Cloward-Piven is just a well intentioned activist method, it is important to understand that even if that were so, the effect of the Cloward-Piven Strategy will never achieve the goal its creators claimed to support. In my view, it is probable that they never really intended for it to produce wealth equality or an increased quality of life.
The tactic can only decrease wealth security by making all citizens equally destitute. As we have seen in numerous socialist and communist experiments over the past century, economic harmonization never creates wealth or prosperity, it only siphons wealth from one area and redistributes it to others, evaporating much of it as it is squeezed through the grinding gears of the establishment machine. Socialism, in its very essence, elevates government to the role of all-pervasive parent, and casts the citizenry down into the role of dependent sniveling infant. Even in its most righteous form, Cloward-Piven seeks to make infants of us all, whether we like it or not.
In the end, it is the Federal Government itself that is most vulnerable to the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and I believe the goal is to set fire to ALL social structures in the U.S., then assimilate them into a new globalist system.
'Militarist bunkum' in US on July 4
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'Militarist bunkum' in US on July 4
Did you know that 85 to 90 percent of a war's casualties are non-combatant civilians? That is the conclusion reached by a nine-person research team in the June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The deaths of soldiers who are fighting the war are a small part of the human and economic cost. Clearly, wars do not protect the lives of civilians. The notion that soldiers are dying for us is false. Non-combatants are the main victims of war.
America's wars have always been fought elsewhere – Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, the Philippines, Japan, Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Somalia. Washington even attacks countries with which the US is not at war, such as Pakistan and Yemen, and engages in proxy wars. The article cited above reports, "The United States launched 201 overseas military operations between the end of World War II and 2001, and since then, others, including Afghanistan and Iraq."
Not a single one of these wars and military operations had anything whatsoever to do with defending the US population from foreign threats.
In the United States, patriotism and militarism have become synonyms. This July 4, find the courage to remind the militarists that Independence Day celebrates the Declaration of Independence, not the American Empire. The Declaration of Independence was not only a declaration of independence from King George III but also a declaration of independence from unaccountable tyrannical government. The oath of office commits the US officeholder to the defense of the US Constitution from enemies "foreign and domestic."
During the entirely of the 21st century – indeed, dating from the Clinton regime at the end of the 20th century – the executive branch has declared its independence from law (both domestic and international) and from the Constitution, Congress, and the Judiciary. The executive branch, with the help of the Republican Federalist Society, has established that the office of the executive is a tyranny unaccountable to law as long as the executive declares a state of war, even a war that is not conducted against another country or countries but a vague, undefined or ill-defined war against a vague stateless enemy such as "al-Qaeda," with which the US is currently allied against Syria.
The illegitimate power asserted by the Office of the President is not only a threat to every American but also to every living being on Planet Earth.
Big Central Bankers: The Root of Pure Evil
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Big Central Bankers: The Root of Pure Evil. The Major Source of Instability around the World
John D. Rockefeller said"Competition is a sin"
To the central bankers. To have a currency that competes with their debt based currency scheme that threatens their monopoly on controlling the money supply must not stand. Through their tax free foundations funding NGOs(Non Governmental Organizations). These organizations that are foreign agents of a power outside the jurisdiction foment ethnic or sectarian violence playing divide and conquer in order to try to overthrow governments that does not want a central bank.
It is now 2014 and now since the creation of the internet. The Bankers can no longer hide in the shadows behind their puppet leaders. Their plan and devices they use to destabilize nations that refuse to go along with the oligarchs are being exposed. Populations are pushing back against austerity under a banker imposed financial dictatorship of debt slavery.
The good news is the bankers are being exposed. They no longer have the luxury hiding behind their puppet leaders calling the shots in the shadows. The curtain has been pulled back. The controlled media they own are imploding losing their audience. The print media like the New York Times no longer controls the narrative. The new independant citizen journalist media has taken over agenda. Their fiat money is coming to an end. They are desperate trying to start wars, trying to destabilize the country because the world is waking up to their schemes.
Now we know the source that is the root of all evil. It is the bankers. It is time we shake off the shackles of debt slavery like the early Americans did breaking away from the Bank of England who was the cause of much trouble in the world back then.
The Death of Independence
Posted in Economy, Education, Health, Political on July 4, 2014| 3 Comments »
The Death of Independence
July 4th has been the national birth date since the inception of the country. Americans want to celebrate past glories because there are few reasons to believe that the current government or society is worthy of rejoicing. Deifying the Founding Fathers and their wisdom usually is rooted upon the construction of a constitution based on separations of powers and shared authorities with individual states. Lost in this commemoration is the concept of true and lasting independence.
After a heated ratification process, Rhode Island on May 29, 1790, became the last of the 13th original colonies to approve constitutional central authority dominance. The years between 1787 and 1790 witnessed a betrayal of the American Revolution with that confirmation. In government schools, students taught that the Articles of Confederation was a failure, began their indoctrination into the cult of jingoist Federal Government Nationalism. Like most history, the version that becomes fact is the one written by the victor.
The undeniable reality of writing a constitution that provided exclusive powers over state governments creates a supreme national government, while destroying any effective restrictions upon the inevitable accumulation of absolute power. Bill of Right protections and the concept of "Federalism" are mere hollow promises when special esquire privileged "bar association" lawyers purport to possess the predominant right to determine and judge what the common law means.
The inevitability of a decent into despotism, built into the structure of Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution, commonly referred to as the Supremacy Clause, has proven true. It establishes that the federal constitution and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
Insatiable appetites and lust for power marks the ascendency of legislative, bureaucratic and judicial careers throughout the three branches of central government. Incrementalism and deception has evolved into open defiance and unfettered arrogance. The political class pretends that partisan parties actually offer loyal opposition, when both are camouflaged versions of the same vermin. As likely that cockroaches will inherit the earth, it is more certain that parasitic politicians steal the hopes and dreams of citizens, while destroying any chance for the common-man to have a future worth living.
Media Propaganda Foreshadows Massive False Flag Inside The United States
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Media Propaganda Foreshadows Massive False Flag Inside The United States
As the stagnant and depressed United States economy teeters on the brink of yet another collapse and the Anglo-American ruling class court war with Russia and China, there exists a number of crises that run the risk of exploding into full-blown chaos and resulting in a tragic world of misery for the little people at the bottom.
The narrative being inserted into news media reports and government statements no longer revolves around terrorists hijacking planes or blowing up specific buildings. This time, the narrative is that there is the very real possibility that terrorists who have traveled to Syria and Iraq in order to overthrow the governments in those countries are now travelling back to the United States and Europe with the intention of launching terror attacks at home.
Regardless of the propaganda, it should always be remembered that both al-Qaeda and ISIS (the difference in name is largely meaningless) are products of the Anglo-American intelligence network and have been funded, trained, directed, organized, and armed by the United States and NATO in cooperation with the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council). If an attack of the type that Western media outlets, Dick Cheney, and Lindsey Graham describe does indeed take place, then it is imperative that the American people understand who is truly responsible for it.


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3 comments:
- Charmed said...
I can totally relate to your article, the way I found it was just googling wanting to be a mom but not pregnant...I guess I was trying to see if there are others who have the same thoughts and that I'm not a crazy, bad person...We are currently in the adoption process, maybe we can share our experience if you're interested, just message me.
- 26 April 2015 at 05:00
Hi W Hanna! I'm so happy to see that you've posted again since October. I'm a college student nearing the end of my freshman year and I stumbled across your blog in January on the pursuit of finding adoption bloggers. I really appreciate your openness about the whole adoption process as I hope myself to someday adopt. I've had your page bookmarked for a while and finally check again after about a month, as it got pushed farther back in my bookmarks. I'm so happy to see that you made another post! Please let us know how life is going as frequently as you can. I'm praying for you and I hope that God brings you a child as soon as possible. Much love from Wisconsin, Naomi.
- 26 April 2015 at 23:31
- matthew said...
So glad to have stumbled onto this post and your blog. My fiancé and I have just finished our paperwork and are pre-AEP right now, so we're a wee bit behind you. Which makes your blog all that more special!
I also highly suspect we live in the same city. We are also super liberal and Christian, which confounds certain types of people. :)
I have nothing else to say, except that I hope you'll keep updating as you move along this path!
- 13 June 2015 at 11:34


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Psychopathic Zionism – Itchy Finger on a Deadly Hair-trigger
Zen Gardner
The whole world is seeing more clearly by the day the reality of what's unfolding. Those who felt they had a semblance of say so with their governments are finally realizing it's really in effect non-existent. People can put up a stink and they'll get some lip service but it won't change the course of things.
Not the big stuff the rulers have in mind and have planned for so long and have been executing incrementally.
Don't get me wrong. It matters big time to speak up, get active, and sound the alarm. That's where the true power really is, in the awakening. That's what's changing what really matters. But the chess game between these completely ruthless psychopathic power freaks will continue come what may.
That's the reality we're currently up against.
But one does not mutually exclude the other. We're living in parallel words. The wake up rolls on, while their dark, destructive mechanisms expire in flames. The problem lies in the fact that they have their fingers on the trigger. A very big one that would could easily start a chain reaction towards a major conflagration.
And it would just take one incident – the incident that will be heard around the world – just as they started other major wars after jacking up the various powers they want to engage in battle. All designed to bring "out of chaos" their One World Reorganization.
The Insanity Gambit
We're now hearing that Nuttinyahoo is threatening to go after Iran if the Zionist's US bitches don't pound and destroy Syria. Anyone disturbed by this?
Now Netanyahu is reassuring [Israel] they can manage without uncertain U.S. protection against Iran…
"Israel's citizens know well that we are prepared for any possible scenario," the hawkish prime minister said. "And Israel's citizens should also know that our enemies have very good reasons not to test our power and not to test our might."
That may not reassure a U.S. administration which has tried to steer Netanyahu away from unilateral action against Iran that could stir yet more chaos in the already explosive Middle East.
Israel's state-run Army Radio was more explicit: "If Obama is hesitating on the matter of Syria," it said, "Then clearly on the question of attacking Iran, a move that is expected to be far more complicated, Obama will hesitate much more – and thus the chances Israel will have to act alone have increased." [Emphasis mine]
Israelis contrast the "red line" Netanyahu has set for how close Iran may come to nuclear weapons capability before Israel strikes with Obama's "red line" on Assad's use of chemical weapons – seemingly passed without U.S. military action so far. Source
Dual citizen son of a terrorist Zio plant at work – Obama is the "all ears" dutiful executor.
The Zionist Wild Card – Hyped Up Insanity Jumping the Proverbial Gun
This is where it gets dangerous. With the powder packed so tightly into the keg of the US war machine and dozens of potential false flag fuses to light it up, the importance of public opinion, no matter how significant, starts to wane. Not only do the pounding war drums dull and drown out the senses, but the insane element takes front and center when someones sets off the conflagration anyway.
At that point the dam breaks and we all pay the price. In the words of Gutle Schnaper, Mayer Amschel Rothschild's wife, before she dies in 1849 she nonchalantly says:
"If my sons did not want wars, there would be none."
Nasty to think that would be the case. But it's true.
The Psychopathy of Overwhelming Intimidation – A Zionist Specialty
The multifaceted attack gets even more intensely intimidating. If you're reading this you're also familiar with the Israeli AIPAC lobbying group and its muscle in US power circles and the Zionist infiltration of US government as well as other western powers. US leaders suck up to these intimidating, money mongering, self serving monsters – whose racist parasitic entity the US funds at the rate of 8.5 million dollars a day while the Americans at home starve and lose their homes.
"The powerful pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is planning to launch a major lobbying campaign to push wayward lawmakers to back the resolution authorizing U.S. strikes against Syria, sources said Thursday.
Officials say that some 250 Jewish leaders and AIPAC activists will storm the halls on Capitol Hill beginning next week to persuade lawmakers that Congress must adopt the resolution or risk emboldening Iran's efforts to build a nuclear weapon. They are expected to lobby virtually every member of Congress, arguing that "barbarism" by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated, and that failing to act would "send a message" to Tehran that the U.S. won't stand up to hostile countries' efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction, according to a source with the group."
Why no outrage? Not when it's illegal to say anything perceived as "anti-Jewish" with all the bogus holocaust and Zionist programming. Pretty clever. It's been a decades long project with a lot of American help so it's no wonder it works on the unsuspecting, non-critically thinking mass brainwashed.
Snakes in the Wood Pile
In most countries, the serious job of government responsibility consists of citizens of its own, not those of dual nationality with clearly infected motives. Never mind the amount of people with Israeli sympathies or financial interests at heart, top layers of the US government are rife with dual nationality US/Israelis which you can easily confirm.
Conflict of interest? Not when Americans have been brainwashed to think we're the great protectorate of the "poor, persecuted, exempted people of the book" propaganda. If you want an ultimate reason for war, conflict, rabid nationalism, and an unnatural willingness to lose your personal freedoms for such goals, mixing religion thickly into the batter is the way to go.
It's historically the most effective. That and a thick sprinkling of false flag operations.
If you want to know who has pioneered, used and instigated the most incidences of this nefarious technique of misrepresentation and false provocation, look no further. It's again the Zionists. In fact, this same unwanted brutish Khazarian tribe that spouts this self-supporting, racist, elitist belief, have absolutely nothing to do with ancient Israel. Nor anything semitic or so called "godly" being the barbarians that they are. It's all a cover, and they were kicked around the planet for ages because of their nefarious, self serving, conniving and murderous ways.
They rightly earned the ire they'd garnered. As now. But being the extremely vocal and nasty bunch that they are they've pushed, prodded, complained, stole, murdered and lied their way into prominence in the power structure once again. Their foothold grew back like a nasty cancer in the last 200 years with the rise of the Rothschild dynasty – as in "die, nasty."
Home at last. And if you want to know what it would look like in a world fully run by these subhuman psychopaths just look at what they've done to defenseless Palestine.
The Beginning – All Roads Lead to the Awakening
It's very important to understand the true dynamics of what we're up against. No, it's not logical in our world and no, it's not with the "consent of the governed." Most things never have been. It's been an illusory "throw them a bone" false sense of governance by fascist rulers all along. It's not pleasant to point things like this out but they are defining the very world we live in. And for millions it will mean life or death.
Brave souls have spoken up and rallied the conscious but they has been few and far between up until now. But this time will be different.
We who are awakening are many.
To fully understand what is transpiring in front of our eyes takes an awakening that will rock your world, change the direction of your life, and transcend everything you've ever been taught or told.
It takes guts to do that, and a willingness to change. With reckless abandon.
Without it you won't get the big picture, nor the happy ending.
Here's to conscious awareness.
Let it be yours.
Love, Zen


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When ordering the installation of new plastic windows, you cansave on finishing work. Run slopes of plasterboard with their hands the power of any man who knows how to handle the simplest tools. This method of decoration is incredibly simple and easy. And all the work takes a bit of time, the loss of which, of course, vary from novice and professional. Previously window slopes plaster trimmed, when applied where the master had difficulties working with corners. Before ideal has always been far away. In addition, dried up and plastering a few days depending on the thickness of the layer. Plastic slopes many did not like for aesthetic reasons, because such a finish reminiscent of the office window. Therefore, the most common building material, which is the drywall, allows to achieve the desired result without much effort and material costs.
- Methods of finishing window slopes
- Mounting with a metal profile
- Sticking on the slopes of the mounting foam
- Fasten slopes on putty or glue
- Slopes of plasterboard: video instruction
- Installation of door slopes of plasterboard
- Myths and misconceptions
Methods of finishing window slopes
There are several ways of finishing slopesblanks made of plasterboard. Some masters use them to mount a metal profile that is used for finishing walls and ceilings. Others prefer to stick to the foam drywall, and sometimes even on the putty. Individual craftsmen manage to combine the above methods, given the characteristics of the design of the window opening. With either approach, the quality of finish will be achieved one hundred percent, it is only necessary to adhere to the proper conduct of the work technology. Let us consider each option finishes.
Mounting with a metal profile
This method of fixing the slopes, a cut ofsheet of drywall, fits well in finishing this material walls of the room. In this case, a single frame, which is complemented by a number of elements needed to secure the slopes. Mounted slopes of plasterboard on metal profile just as on the walls. At the same time maintained the following procedure:
1. Expose the profiles in the horizontal and vertical levels;
2. measure the slope and cut from a sheet of drywall construction with a knife;
3. The stacked layer of mineral wool as insulation;
4. fasten drywall screws using screwdrivers;
5. The joints between sheets of drywall are sealed serpyanku;
6. top serpyanku then applied plaster;
7. The angle formed by the wall and the slope is closed perforated area, which can be fastened by a stapler. Some masters glue area on the plaster.
8. Further the entire surface slopes puttied, after curing the skins to perfectly smooth condition and the final stage is subjected to color.
Sometimes used as a heater assembly foam, while taking into account its unique ability to expand.
For small gaps, it is the only option. Mounting profile and foam insulation is a good example of combining methods slopes of plasterboard installation.
- quick and relatively "clean" installation method.
- reduction of the window opening;
- the need to fill the "vacuum" heater.
Sticking on the slopes of the mounting foam
This method of installation is used in the window slopeswhen other options are unacceptable. For example, not enough space for mounting the metal profile or a porous wall structure does not hold plugs. Caulking is not grasped with the wall surface. This problem is familiar to owners of old private houses, which have wooden window boxes. Therefore, foam is the only material capable of securely gypsum slopes by their adhesion to the wall surface. To align the slope, experts advise to fix them on the polymerization time of the foam with screws having a long bonnet. After some time, the foam hardens and screws can be turned out as unnecessary.
- works with any surfaces;
- foam and glues, and warms.
- it is difficult to align the surface of the gypsum slope as foam expands and promotes the "bulging" of the finishing material.
Fasten slopes on putty or glue
This method is the most common because of the ease of implementation of the technology. Work carried out by the following algorithm:
1. At the first stage is carried out cutting of foam used in the installation window. Thoroughly clean the surface of the slopes of the old finish: plaster, paint, wallpaper.
2. Further, the course is a primer, which is treated with a surface that dedicated to the slopes. And the owners of the apartments, located on the first floor, experts advise to carry out further processing of antifungal primer.
3. For gluing a cut strips of drywall fits any plaster. Most often in the construction of shops consultants advice sounds mounting adhesive stamps "Perlfiks", which is ideal for this purpose.
4. In the presence on the surface of a wall of deep cracks and potholes performed work on their seals, which uses a plaster or putty. For small lesions, this step is skipped, because the plaster applied to the sheet of drywall, still fills all irregularities and roughness.
5. In accordance with the measurements of the web moisture resistant plasterboard blanks cut slope. At the same time building an incision knife upper paper drywall shell, further material is pressed lightly, and it breaks down exactly on a given line. Then a knife carefully cut the lower cardboard shell.
6. Begin the installation of drywall slopes from the top panel. On the die cut blank with a spatula or putty is applied a layer of adhesive mounting "Perlfiks" on the side adjacent to the window. In the rest of the mixture is applied to the surface of the dot, keeping the distance between the places of application, equal to 30 cm.
7. The blank is applied to the top panel, while inserting into a previously prepared foam layer in cm groove.
8. If necessary, fix the glued sheet of drywall screws or use a prop.
9. Allow time to dry mounting adhesive (filler), about the size of which can be found by reading the instructions.
10. Getting Started Securing perforated corners, using a stapler or putty.
11. serpyanku close up and putty joints.
12. In preparing the slopes to the coloring process, the putty is carried out in three layers. This last layer dub small trowel brush. To detect defects putty layer direct the light bulb or lamp on a tangent to the slope.
13. The voids formed between the wall and the sill, blow out with foam, which is surplus after drying carefully cut with a knife. Carry out the seam filler.
Note: foam in the polymerization process is subjected to strong expansion, so the dose carefully its application.
14. Staining is performed with acrylic or oil paints. You can also decorate the slopes with wallpaper or ceramic tiles.
15. At the final stage of the process the experts recommend an acrylic sealant seam between the escarpment and the window frame. Before the frame is removed from this protective film. sealant Easy cleanup with a damp cloth. The sealant putty fix, and not give her a peeled for a long time.
Installation of door slopes of plasterboard
Plasterboard is used for the door trimslopes. At the same time the most commonly used methods of bonding material with a foam or putty. The technology works a little different. Let's consider one of the options.
- Before you make the slopes of plasterboard on doorway, It is necessary to prepare the surface. Thus it is necessary to pay attention to the plane of the future of the slope, making sure that it will not protrude beyond the door frame.
- The work begins with the installation of the side doorslope, cutting it out of the drywall on the measurements made. Moreover, the width of the workpiece is increased by 10 mm to the distance on the insert sheet in the groove made in advance in the mounting foam that fills the space between the opening and the door frame. During the height of the slope take the eponymous figure of the door frame.
- Further, the groove done in the foam, drywall plant leaf and measure the desired angle, which can be both direct and blunt. In this case we say that the slopes are on the "Dawn".
- Now, without taking out of the groove edges of the sheet is removedit slightly to the side and applied with a gun assembly foam. If a slope, the foam is applied to the central part of the slope throughout its entire length.
- The slope is pressed against the wall, maintaining a predetermined angle, and the opposite end secured to drywall using masking tape. Existing gaps are filled with foam.
- Similarly, the work carried out and the installation of the second side of the slope.
- Then proceed to the installation of the door of the upper slope.
- Thus also the foam layer makes the groove, so when cutting is added to the slope of one centimeter width. In length vymeryat so that the sheet lay rib side slopes.
- Install the slope edge of the groove, check the accuracy of the angle, which should form the slope and the plane of the door frame. Also with a pistol entered polyurethane foam and is pressed against the slope.
- A day to start finishing glued slopes: luting angles and the entire surface as a whole, painting or wallpapering.
Myths and misconceptions
1. Under the surface of the slope of plasterboard fungus multiplies.
If the technology of the installation workslopes observed, no fungus their livelihoods there will not start. Do not forget to treat the surface of the wall primer with anti-fungal additives. Are pressed tightly against the wall of plasterboard sheet to the layer of putty or adhesive mounting.
2. Slopes, made of gypsum board, easily broken as a result of mechanical action.
Of course, if hit with a hammer the whole force will break not only the drywall, and other finishing materials: plastic, plaster, and so on..
3. Plaster easier.
Well done "lighthouse" plaster takestoo much time. Moreover, the cost of it exceeds the costs involved in plasterboard and related consumables. It is impossible to work with plaster classified as "clean" work.
4. Slopes of plasterboard waterproof enough.
Plasterboard produced different species, amongwhich has moisture-proof material. It is this and you have to buy. And do not forget that this decoration material is used only indoors. After quality spackling and painting drywall can withstand high humidity.
As you can see, to make their slopes of plasterboardhands is not difficult. You just have to buy the necessary materials from the storage area to get the right tools, read this article again and to start the process of creativity.


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Bengaluru, May 30 : Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor V.V.S. Laxman has said the bonding between the side's players was a key catalyst in clinching their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Sunday.
Hyderabad defeated home favourites Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs in the final. Captain David Warner's 69 off 338 balls drove Hyderabad to 208/7. In reply, Chris Gayle's 38-ball 76 and captain Virat Kolhi's 35-ball 54 took RCB near the total but Hyderabad fought back in the latter stage to snatch the win by eight runs.
"To end this (edition) with a win in the final, it's been a great journey. We started off slowly. But kind of team bonding we have got is exceptional and that helped us in coming out strong. We don't have superstars in Sunrisers' family and each member is important. Each member enjoy each other's company and feel for each other," Laxman told iplt20.com after the final.
"The way we fought back after losing two league games and played great cricket, winning twice (Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator and Gujarat Lions in the second qualifier), especially against Gujarat Lions was terrific," he added.
"Even today, we had a very good score — again Warner played well and Ben Cutting played a match-changing knock — but when Gayle was firing on all cylinders, what I liked was the body language of the bowlers and the captain. So, it was a sensational team effort."
The former Indian batsman, known for his classical batting, hailed captain Warner, who scored 848 runs, as an "inspirational character".
"He leads from the front. He is an inspirational character. He is a positive and aggressive person. His nature has rubbed off on other members of the team. Despite the pressure of being one of the most important member of the side, to go out there and perform and make impact every day, was very good.
"As a captain, he is a bowlers' captain. Giving freedom to the bowlers, especially when things are not going according to the plan, you want your captain to back you and that's what the bowlers have got from Warner. He is also not an experienced captain but the way he has handled things, it was very good."
Laxman also picked out special praise for the Hyderabad bowlers, especially purple cap holder, medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who picked up 23 wickets.
"We realised that we need quality bowlers and during the auction, we went after them. In any format, bowlers ultimately win you the matches," he
"Ashish Nehra was brilliant, he was a leader. He helped each one prepare well for the matches. Unfortunately, he was injured. Bhuvi and Mustafizur Rahman (17 wickets, emerging player of the tournament) took the reponsibilities.
"Many will see that it has been a great season for Kohli, Ab de Villiers and Warner, ditto for Bhuvi. Hats off to him. In T20 cricket, It is tough for a bowler to come in and bowl on flat wickets and small grounds. For Bhuvi not only to bowl with the new ball but also to bowl at the death, bowl those yorkers and take wickets and at the same time restrict the flow of runs, was excellent."


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Yesterday many of our friends and some family gathered at our home to celebrate a very special occasion. Our youngest son, Sammy, was baptized by Eric in our pool. We are so proud of Sammy and his decision to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. While Sammy may only be 7, he understood his decision. We have seen evidence of that in his every day life and walk with the Lord.
|My sweet baby boy (who is not really a baby anymore!).
|A delicious cupcake cake. Yes, congratulations to Sammy!
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:3
Eric is an ordained minister and had baptized Jeremiah and Elijah at our old home about 3 years ago. Ever since that day Sammy knew that when he had accepted Jesus and was ready to be baptized, he wanted his daddy to be the one to baptize him. While Sammy had actually prayed to accept Jesus over a year ago we wanted to allow some time to pass to see if Sammy truly understood the enormity of the decision he had made. One cold Sunday morning back in late January while Eric was out on the road, that little boy turned to me at the end of a church service and said that he needed to speak with Pastor Scott (our church's youth pastor). When I asked why he said, "Because I want everyone to know that I have Jesus in my heart!". So I took Sammy up front and it was announced in front of our church family that Sammy had Jesus in his heart.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:14
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven ?" And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew 18:1-6


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Opportunities as chances: maximising the probability that everybody succeedsEconomics Department Working Paper Series
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AbstractOpportunities in society are commonly interpreted as chances of success. Within this interpretation, should opportunities be equalised? We show that a liberal principle of justice and a limited principle of social rationality imply that opportunity pro les should be evaluated by means of a Nashcriterion. The interpretation is new: the social objective should be to maximise the chance that everybody in society succeeds. In particular, the failure of even only one individual must be considered maximally detrimental. We also study a re nement of this criterion and its extension to problems of intergenerational justice.
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The Irish Independent profiles St. Vincent's Annie Clark.
On record, Clark sounds like Kate Bush trapped inside a Sufjan Stevens song while someone in the adjoining flat slaps on their favourite Bjork LP. Her compositions are gorgeous and dissonant and weird (albeit with a sweet internal life that rewards ardent listening).
In the New York Times, Ann Beattie talks about her forthcoming novel, Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life (in stores November 15th).
Hypothetically, in a book you can say anything. Just how that thing is spoken of, however, has led to some major confusion. The question is: What lies beneath or behind the text? As any fiction writer will tell you, writing about what happened almost never works. Facts look stranger in print. "Mrs. Nixon" is about the limitations of language and also about what I believe are the limits of knowing anyone. When someone means to compliment my writing by saying, "You really nailed it!" I feel that I have failed: I see the hammer, and its sad utility. Even if what I write pleases me, I'm well aware it precludes all other moments that might have been included.
The Mobile Press-Register reflects on Winston Groom's novel Forrest Gump on the 25th anniversary of its publication.
The Birmingham News interviews interviews Joey Ryan of the Milk Carton Kids about the band's free music agenda.
BBS: And I assume the decision to give your music away for free was a natural outpouring of that.
JR: It seemed like an obvious decision early on, that we would give the music away for free, being a brand-new band and really wanting to be on the road a lot. So everything we do has been geared toward the live show, including the records themselves, which have been recorded live. The first album, Retrospect, is a live album [recorded during two shows]. The studio album, Prologue, was recorded the same way, but in a studio. We really value–I think the fans do, too–but we really prioritize and value being able to recreate what's on the record.
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Salon interviews author Curtis Sittenfeld about the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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Portugal. The Man visits The Current studio for a live performance and interview.
The Arizona Republic interviews Craig Thompson about his latest graphic novel, Habibi.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Building a good foundation for Truck Driving and living with Diabetes.
Thinking back to the very beginning of my career as a truck driver I remembered how much I had to learn, how terrified I was and the many changes that came about. Learning to drive a car was a little intimidating at first but the skills came quickly. Growing up in Santa Barbara, California we had great weather, sunny most of the time with occasional fog and rain. The traffic was pretty light compared to the Los Angeles area. This made driving for the teenager much easier than those who have winters riddled with snow and ice. When I moved to Arkansas I did have to learn to drive in winter weather but it was pretty mild for the most part compared to other parts of the country.
Surprisingly when I went to truck driver training school I felt pretty comfortable learning to drive that big thing. Partly due to the fact that it was in my hometown so I new the surroundings. I felt pretty confident after getting out of school and going on the truck with my husband.
Wow, how different the open road was.
I will not lie, I was over confident as a rookie and the first couple weeks out on the road was a breeze. Yep, until that confidence was stifled by the real world of trucking.....city traffic, weather, exits, truck stops, shippers, receivers, fuel stops, wrong directions, two lane mountain roads and just about everything else.
That is when I became scared to death. My first experience I can remember was getting into Atlanta at rush hour, it was dark and raining. I had to find somewhere to pull over and give it to the better half --- I was shaking so bad I couldn't see straight.
As time went on, I found that with each home time I was able to relax and recoup. The next time out it became a little less stressful. I learned to watch and listen --- A LOT. Listening to the "old timers" on the C.B. and talking with them helped build my confidence. There were many along the way that I took advice from, building a strong foundation for years to come. I was fortunate and very thankful that whenever I was in an area that I was unfamiliar with or on a two lane road somewhere, there always seemed to be an old timer coaching me along and keeping me company on the C.B.
It took time to learn to make changes in driving habits from driving a four wheeler to an eighteen wheeler. In the beginning it was scarey getting into bad weather not knowing how the truck would handle. Driving when it was windy not knowing if we were going over would scare the dickens out of me. Feeling the trailer slide or the tractor lose traction was enough for me to call it quits many times. Seriously I can not tell you how many times in Wyoming I told hubby I was done and going home. Yeah, I'm still out here.
Getting the truck legs took awhile....maneuvering in the truck while it was moving. Learning new sleep habits, sleeping while the truck was moving, ignoring the bouncing off of the bed, learning to automatically hold on to the bed when the truck quickly stopped and learning to make good use of time for rest and sleep. There were so many changes, so many things I had to become accustomed to that people who do not drive a truck have no clue about. Taking a shower, when and where, finding a restroom, thank goodness for Porta Potties for the truck. Laundry, having the time and finding a truck stop to do it at, and ugh...the hike with all that laundry across that huge parking lot. Driving a truck consumes your life, and I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way, but being out here on the road it is your life.
Early on my husband and I got into a routine, trying to keep the same shifts, always helping one another in the areas we were not familiar with, giving the other directions and looking for street signs, and supporting each other in anyway we could to make life easier for each other on the road. I would like to say it was always easy but it was not. It was very stressful for both of us. And you can only slam the curtain so hard.
It was learning so many new things and trying to adjust lifestyle on the road at the same time coupled with the fact that not only was I adjusting to all of that I had to develop a new "lifestyle" for managing my Diabetes. In the beginning I did not do well with managing my diabetes. I did well as a truck driver and building good skills but let the diabetes and my care get put to the wayside.
We didn't have a refrigerator for the first couple of years, just a plug in cooler. I learned to adapt. You just don't get a good variety of food this way but it's doable. In the beginning we did eat out of the truck stops, but back then most had sit down restaurants and the food was not that bad. But even that took planning because we didn't get to stop everyday. I learned to eat very plain because it worked. In 1998 when we bought our first truck we had a refrigerator and microwave in the truck. Even then I chose not to cook much in the microwave, it took too much time and would wake up hubby. So I had to develop habits that would work for me in our situation. I had to build a strong foundation like I did when I started driving.
Unfortunately there was no internet, we didn't have cellphones or XM radio, wow, how did we do it ? There was no one to help me or guide me, there was no one I knew that drove a truck and had Diabetes. I was virtually on my own. A couple years into driving we were able to get a dedicated run. That helped immensely. I was able to do my grocery shopping at home and prepare my food for the week, have a safe place to walk, and a pretty good driving schedule that was routine.
When I was diagnosed with Diabetes I was overly confident, just like when I started driving a truck. Then I became lost and scared. I went from familiar surroundings, managing my Diabetes at home, to managing it on the road. Honestly it was as if I was diagnosed all over again. It was stressful and I had no one to share those struggles with or to help coach me forward. I was on my own.
Diabetes becomes your life just like truck driving does. What most people don't think about we have to. The food choices, the amount of food, the time we eat, what we eat. Everything we do is determined by our Diabetes. Driving a truck forces you to become more aware of your surroundings and the choices you make while driving that truck can have serious consequences if the right choices are not made. We do our best to be safe and make those right choices. The same is true with Diabetes, the choices we make while living with Diabetes can have serious consequences if the right choices are not made. We learn to build a good solid foundation for both so we can become proactive and think ahead. We have to, I have to.
I am glad that those rookie days are behind me, but I will say there are days that with both truck driving and living with diabetes I still have room for learning. I have built a good foundation for both but have left room to grow.
The "old timers" used to say that "the day you know everything there is to know about truck driving, is the day you need to hang it up, that is when you become a danger, because you can never know enough." I believe the same is true about living with Diabetes as well.
For you rookies out there just learning to drive a truck, and the newbies just learning about living with diabetes, there are many of us "old timers" out here that want to help you succeed in both areas of your life. Don't be afraid to ask questions or ask for help.
Be safe on the road out there. Safety and good health bring you home.
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Colombia´s armed conflict continues to affect thousands of its citizens, particularly the civilian population, with a high number of victims in the indigenous, campesino and Afro-Colombian population, according to Amnesty International´s Report 2009, which looked at incidents from July 2007 to July 2008.
"Civilians were the main victims of the conflict, with indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and campesinos most at risk; many lived in areas of economic and strategic interest to the warring parties," said the organization in its report. "All parties to the conflict – the security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups – were responsible for widespread and systematic human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law."
According to Amnesty International, members of these communities are habitually targeted "in an effort to force them to flee so that the area can be opened up for large-scale economic development."
"Those communities that campaign against such development are accused of being 'subversive' – an accusation which is often followed by paramilitary attacks," the report said.
In an October 2008 report entitled "'Leave us in peace!' Targeting civilians in the Internal Armed Conflict," Amnesty International said indigenous and Afro-Colombians have a higher chance of being displaced by the conflict because they live in areas rich in biodiversity, minerals and oil, where there is a high amount of military activity.
These civilians are in an already precarious situation, suffering discrimination and marginalization. They are also the victims of attacks by guerrilla groups, who accuse them of siding with the Colombian military. In February, 27 members of the Awa people were killed in the southwestern department of Nariño by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Colombia´s largest rebel group, who accused them of collaborating with the army.
According to the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, every 53 hours an indigenous Colombian is killed as a result of the internal war. There are 1.6 million indigenous Colombians out of a population of 45 million people. There are 102 ethnicities, and 18 are face being completely wiped out.
At the recent Continental Indigenous Summit in Puno, Peru, a leader of the Colombian indigenous organization said they would form a 100,000-member guard of indigenous people to protect their communities from being caught in the crossfire of the conflict. —Latinamerica Press.


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In my creative work I am immersed in portraying the truth. What the truth is, what it is composed of and how to perceive it, are central to my themes. I believe that to discern the precinct of truth, it is essential to nurture a fluent dialogue with the subconscious. By developing a keen awareness of intuitive feelings, a curiosity and belief in the imagery and sensory episodes delivered in the dream state, one can discover an authentic affinity with the world. The audio visual aspects of my work can be viewed at: http://www.vimeo.com/gaynorperry "I love the way your figures seem to appear out of nowhere. They emerge like our deepest fears and most intense longings from the evocative backgrounds of abstraction. These mythological figures remind me of archetypes and Freudian thought. Each of your works are compelling and provoke us to encounter our subconscious in a direct manner." Abraham Lubelski, Publisher, NY Arts Magazine