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Note: Unlocks after you visit Kadara Port during the quest "Hunting the Archon".
Extra-Planetary Anomaly - Starship Wreckage
In the asteroid belt closest to the star Anasa you'll find an anomaly, a Starship Wreckage. Examine the wreckage to score some salvage.
Extra-Planetary Anomaly - Radiation Trail
Complete the quest "A Trail of Hope" and visit Kadara, after which you'll get the Email "Please See Me", which starts the quest "Contagion". Scan the Radiation Trail anomalies in the Tecunis system and Zaubray systems, after which you'll be able to find another Radiation Trail anomaly in the Anasa system. Examining this one is also worth 50 Milky Way Research Data points.
So close to being a golden world… if only it wasn't for all that radiation. Oh well. Scan this planet to find a River you can examine for some XP.


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Cold wave-like weather in Jharkhand, two dead
A cold wave-like weather has gripped Jharkhand with minimum temperature on Wednesday night dipping up to 5.6 degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. Two people died reportedly due to the cold in the state.ranchi Updated: Dec 15, 2016 22:10 IST
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A cold wave-like weather has gripped Jharkhand with minimum temperature on Wednesday night dipping up to 5.6 degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. Two elderly people died reportedly due to the cold in the state in the past two days.
The Met department on Thursday forecast no relief from the cold till Friday night.
Kanke, a suburb of the state capital, recorded the lowest 4.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night followed by Giridih at 8.2 degrees Celsius. Temperature in Ranchi settled at 9.3 degrees Celsius, an official said.
"Mercury is dipping in Jharkhand due to impact of a western disturbance in Jammu and Kashmir three days ago. Unrestrained wind from northwest for the past two days has aggravated the chill effect," said RS Sharma, the forecasting officer at Ranchi Meteorological Centre.
A western disturbance is a low pressure system that originates over the Mediterranean sea and moves eastwards, bringing winter rain and snow to Indian subcontinent's northwestern parts.
Sharma said Jharkhand was close to a cold wave. "To declare a cold wave, it is necessary that night temperature falls by 4.5 degrees Celsius from the normal for two consecutive days," he said.
The two deaths were reported from Ramgarh district, which is shivering at 9 degrees Celsius. Deceased Kavitri Devi, 76, is a resident of Ichkadih area while Md Ayub, 60, is a resident of Argadda Budh Bazaar. Their family claimed that they died of the cold.
Ramgarh deputy development commissioner Sunil Kumar Singh, however, said he has no information about any cold related death in the district. The administration has taken adequate measures to protect poor people, he said.
"We will soon start distribution of blankets. We have also issued directive to officials to arrange bonfire for the poor," Singh said.
Ranchi Municipal Corporation, meanwhile, arranged bonfire facilities at nine places while the district administration is distributing blankets among homeless people.
With mercury dipping, number of patients suffering from cold related ailments is on the rise in hospitals. Sanjay Srivastava, a project officer at disaster management department, said ₹62.25 lakh have been released to 24 districts for cold wave prevention and mitigation.
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With its goofy costumes, zippy tunes and flashy theatrics, it's hard to miss the "pop" element in Lady Gaga's "Artpop Ball" tour.
But what about the art part?
At the Garden Tuesday, Gaga dutifully stomped and wailed through a familiar shtick, dolling herself up in an endless line of photo-ready outfits to simulate something new.
The costumes didn't want for distraction. One skin-tight, bejeweled ditty came outfitted with golden wings. Another made her appear like Little Bo-Peep's punk sister. A third suggested a new character for the Sponge Bob Square Pants show: Squid Woman of the Underworld.
It was all cute and colorful, but the tour's title suggested these looks might have another element - like, you know, a point.
The new tour enhances its title with the term "artRAVE," and Gaga invoked that phrase over and over on Tuesday. But the night had few "rave" qualities to distinguish it from any other big name concert.
The music Gaga performed - including nearly the entirety of her "Artpop" album - fist-pumped its way through perfectly catchy dance beats. Barely a song wanted for a fun rhythm or an easily sung tune. But, despite the tour and album's title, the songs' lyrics offer no fresh take on the endlessly discussed relationship between elevated art and mass pop. Worse, the music hasn't a hint of the present. In tone, hooks and arrangements, all the songs screamed "I Love The '80s."
The retro focus of the music wouldn't matter so much if the star hadn't positioned herself as such a force for the avant-garde.
It doesn't help that Gaga's five-piece backing band tried to add heft, and presumably credibility, by leaning on the songs with a hair-metal clumsiness. It sounded like Meatloaf gone disco.
Of course, Gaga can really sing - in a voice every bit as meaty as her famous dress. But it's a monotonal instrument, a blare of overstatement. It became especially cringe-worthy in a ballad re-think on "Born This Way." Here, she never missed a chance to beat a line into the ground with a clunky inflection.
Like all Gaga shows, this one slowed itself down at regular intervals with unending paeans to the fans, delivered in overstated earnest. She sputtered more empowerment cliches than you'd hear from a motivational speaker. Though no doubt well-intended, their dull sincerity served to undercut the potential humor of the staging and outfits. They also revealed the ordinary character behind Gaga's flash - the part that stops her from rising above the role of any other well-oiled entertainer.
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I wanted to let you know that Dawson got to use his new martingale at our
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I wanted to let you know that Dawson got to use his new martingale at our
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Pete Townshend had previously announced he planned a release in late spring or early summer...
THE WHO have delayed the release of their first studio album in 23 years.
The band's guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend had previously announced he planned to work on the new material, with a view to release in late spring or early summer 2005.
The band's last album, 'It's Hard', was released in 1982 although the band have continued to tour sporadically since then. They did issue two new tracks on this year's hits compilation 'Then & Now' – 'Real Good Looking Boy' and 'Old Red Wine'.
In a message to fans on his official website petetownshend.co.uk the star says the new Who album will still be released, but just not in the original time frame. He also said that plans to tour have been delayed as drummer Zak Starkey will be touring with Oasis until the end of the year.
He said: "The new Who album has been delayed, not cancelled. The release date I had hoped for in the late spring or very early summer was whipped from under my nose after three years of writing.
"Shows we hoped to do in the early summer seemed to fizzle, and we lost our drummer to Oasis until January 2006. All alternatives proposed, and which I have desperately considered, do not fit in with my current commitments. I am committed to record the music for my new story The Boy Who Heard Music. I am also completing my autobiography later this year. Sadly, this forces a postponement of the planned Who activity this year for some indeterminate time. "
The guitarist said that he works "very slowly in the studio", and that singer Roger Daltrey has recorded "sketch vocals on several tracks".
The band's original bass player John Entwistle died in Las Vegas in 2002 from a heart attack and drummer Keith Moon passed away from an accidental drug overdose in 1978.


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Dubaville, PA, 1863. Thirteen-year-old Darrell Stouffer is infamous for the pranks he plays at school; in fact, they got him expelled. He also wants to win fame and glory as a soldier in the Union army, but his father forbids him from volunteering. Then, suddenly, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army appears in the area. Darrell runs away to Gettysburg, just fifteen miles from Darrell's small town, hoping to join the Union soldiers gathering there to defend Pennsylvania. War, as it turns out, is not as Darrell could have ever imagined, not even in his wildest dreams.
True Heroes of Gettysburg is the story of one boy rising above his fears to help the real heroes of war—the soldiers who risk their lives for their country.
Though Darrell is only an observer on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the savage bloodshed shakes him to his core. In the following days, pure chance sees Darrell accompanying the medical corps amidst the thickest action. The soldiers' heroism, not only on the battlefield but also in the face of dreadful wounds, amputation, and death, teaches Darrell that by facing his fears and challenges, even moments of monumental sadness can become a triumph of human spirit.
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Raul Sanchez named Poet-in-Residence for Burien Community Poetry Project
Raul Sanchez – a Washington poet and translator – has been selected for Burien's citizen-led Poet-in-Residence project.
Mr. Sanchez will visit Burien in early November, attend local events, and host a free, public writing workshop on Nov. 3 that is open to poets of all ages and experience levels.
Mr. Sanchez will write a poem in response to his time in Burien and share the work with community in December 2018 to close the city's 25th anniversary.
Raul Sanchez's collection of poetry "All Our Brown-Skinned Angels" was nominated for the Washington State Book Award in Poetry. He is a Washington State Associations of Poets board member, a Jack Straw Fellow, judge for the Poetry on Buses, and TEDx participant. An active mentor and teacher, Mr. Sanchez has led numerous writing workshops.
On Saturday, Nov. 3, poets and aspiring poets of all levels are invited to a public writing workshop taught by Raul Sanchez. Participants will explore the "poetry of place" and craft their own poem. The workshop is free and open to all. Register by emailing Erin Williamson at [email protected].
The Poet-in-Residence Project is the brainchild of Burien resident Erin Williamson, who believes that poetry can be a tool for productive civic dialogue. Questions about the project can be emailed to Erin at [email protected].
Here's a TEDx talk Mr. Sanchez gave in 2014:
And him reading from his work "All Our Brown-Skinned Angels":
The project received grant funding from Burien's Art Commission and 4Culture.


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VIDEO: David Cronenberg debuts first look at Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg shared a first look at Cosmopolis during a Masterclass at the Lisbon and Estoril Film Fest. Very exciting to get a glimpse and hear the voices and tone of the music. Is it 12/12/12 yet?
Thank you to 3cheers4tyranny for the video. I am completely overwhelmed. What do you guys think?


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Unlike current books on the market that focus primarily on the technical aspects of surveillance and protection, Security Surveillance Centers: Design, Implementation, and Operation focuses on the operation of a security surveillance center. This text explains in detail the role of security surveillance, as well as the critical aspects of the design, implementation, and operation of security surveillance centers of all sizes. Step-by-step coverage of policy and procedures, as well as the inclusion of industry-specific operational forms, guarantee a practical, user-friendly text for all levels of readers.
Intended for any individuals or organizations currently employing security surveillance systems, this book is an asset for all users, from trainees to supervisors, seeking to create a more secure environment for themselves and for others.
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There are total 12 letters in Interfacings, Starting with I and ending with S.
Interfacings is a scrabble word? Yes (18 Points) Interfacings has worth 18 Scrabble points.
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Take a couple of young cocks, boil them almost to a jelly in water, and put them into four gallons of ale; put in also a pound of raisins of the sun stoned; infuse a pound of dates, mace and nutmegs, of each two ounces, in a quart of canary; put them to the ale; strain and squeeze out liquor, and put to it half a pint of new ale yeast. Let it work for a day; you may drink it the next but it is better the third day; you may make it weaker by mingling it with plain ale as you draw it, or you may put it into a firkin of ale. It is good against a consumption and to restore decayed nature.
Grow a Ginger Beer Plant with 2 oz. baker's yeast (buy it at a baker's where bread is baked on the premises). Put the yeast into a jar and add / pint water, 2 level teaspoons of sugar, and 2 level teaspoons of ground ginger.
Feed it each day for the next seven to ten days, add 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of ground ginger. You will see your "plant" growing day by day.
Strain it Now strain the mixture through a piece of muslin or a very fine household sieve (keep the sediment) and add to the liquid the juice of 2 lemons, 1 lb. granulated sugar and 1 pint warm water. Stir until the sugar has dissolved, then make up to 1 gallon with cold water.
Bottle it. Put the ginger pop into bottles, filling to about three inches from the top, and leave for two hours, taking care not to put them on a stone floor, unless standing on a piece of wood, Then cork lightly. Keep for seven to ten days before drinking.
WARNING: ON NO ACCOUNT USE SCREW STOPPERS. (This is important, to avoid burst bottles).
And start again. The sediment you had left when you strained the mixture is divided into two and put into separate glass jars. And you're back in the brewing business again! But now you have two plants instead of one. If one plant is enough for you, give the other to a friend and give him the recipe. To your sediment add half a pint of cold water and carry on as before from "Feed it . . ."
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Excerpt from Unfriended: Social Media in the Era of Trump
Wendy didn't get Twitter. The forty-five-year old librarian from Fargo, North Dakota, tweeted occasionally, but no one replied or retweeted her tweets because she was, admittedly, a nobody. She used Twitter mostly to stargaze; to look up her favorite celebrities, sometimes replying to their tweets and hoping they'd reply back (they never did).
In October 2016, when the race for the White House was in full throttle, George Takei tweeted, "I hear the bathrooms in Trump Tower are being relabeled 'Bad Hombres' and 'Nasty Women.'"
Wendy laughed and retweeted, adding her own comment, "He'll have to learn how to spell first!"
Immediately, another Twitter user replied to her comment, "TRUMP WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. #MAGA!!"
Intrigued, Wendy looked up the commenter's profile. "FloridaMom4Trump." A profile image of a woman in her sixties with a full head of ruffled, graying blonde hair grinned back at her. Her bio read: PROUD AMERICAN PATRIOT AND MOM OF ARMY SOLDIER. #MAGA, accompanied by multiple American flag emojis.
Wendy tweeted back, "Do you really want a racist misogynist for president?"
FloridaMom4Trump replied, "HE'S BETTER THAN KILLARY!" and added a link to a story, "WikiLEaks Confirms Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS…Then Drops Another Bombshell!" Wendy was no expert, but even she could tell the news was fake, as well as the site, The Political Insider, reporting it.
A sinking feeling settled in Wendy's stomach. "What in God's name am I looking at?" she wondered.
For some, Twitter was a delightful, no-frills social media platform where they could jump in, grab what they needed, and jump out.
For others, it was a piss pool—a Palahnuikesque fight club where the morally defective could settle scores. Polluted, bitey, and overpopulated, its dumbed-down, noncommittal pop-in and pop-out public interface made it the friendliest for the trolliest—the type of asinine environment where narcissistic arrivistes like Donald Trump could thrive, turning their 140-character yammer into a propaganda megaphone audible to the world.
So it's no wonder when Putin sent his trolls into battle, Twitter was Ground Zero.
In October 2016, London-born writer and former Conservative Member of British Parliament Louise Mensch broke the news of Russia's Twitter army and its attempts to influence the election.
It was a shot fired too far and too late.
Blame it on Mensch's not-so-credible reputation (she's been called, among other things, "the paranoid bard in the age of Trump") or the outlet in which she published it—Heat Street, a decidedly right-wing news blog funded by none other than Rupert Murdoch—but when the article broke just weeks before election day, it wasn't well-received—when it was received at all. Conservatives laughed it off; the Washington Post refuted the evidence backing up Mensch's claims. Liberals largely ignored it; they didn't need a conspiracy theory raining on their parade. The "grab them by the pussy" tape had been released. Republicans had, as Bill Maher put it, "handcuffed themselves to a dead hooker." So what if Russia was playing a virtual mind game on social media? It didn't matter. Nothing could stop a Clinton win.
It was an assumption that 65,844,954 Americans would live to regret.
Perhaps Louise Mensch and other foreign press were on top of the Russian's covert online operations because they saw history repeating. The American election wasn't the first time Putin had sought to manipulate an event in his favor.
In 2014, Russia used social media to promote their Ukraine campaign. When almost fifty people—most of them pro-Russian activists—were killed in a building fire, Russian Twitter accounts went into overdrive, blaming the Ukraine and asking for public sympathy, forgetting to mention that the pro-Russian activists had fired the first shot, and continued to fire on pro-Ukrainians even as flames engulfed the trade union building.
In April 2015, The Guardian reported details of a Russian troll house, where hundreds of bloggers spent hours each day flooding forums and social networks at home and abroad with anti-western and pro-Kremlin propaganda. These trolls would work especially hard when Putin launched his less popular campaigns. For example, when the army's fighter planes were sent to the war in Syria, the Russian population—only 14% of whom supported military intervention in Syria—where inundated with a "succession of live reports, analysis, and official defence briefings that combined delivered a seemingly coordinated message: that airstrikes in Syria are crucial in the fight against ISIS."
Skip to June 2016, where more than 150,000 Russian-language Twitter accounts posted tens of thousands of messages urging Britain to leave the European Union, just days before referendum on the issue. When government officials studied 139 of these tweets from twenty-nine accounts, they found unflattering, photoshopped pictures of London Mayor Sadiq Kahn, racial slurs against refugees, and articles about terrorist attacks in England and across Europe, all clearly directed for spreading racial hatred across the Western world.
A year and two months after the 2016 American Presidential election, and Americans still don't know what to think. New—and often contradictory—information continues to leak daily on how far Russia's propaganda machine reached. So far, 50,000 Twitter accounts have been directly linked to the Kremlin, as well as 3,000 accounts to the Internet Research Agency, an infamous troll farm responsible for wide-ranging influence operations on social media in the lead-up to the election. I suspect by the time you read this, thousands—if not millions—of more accounts will have been uncovered.
The Kremlin's modus operandi for attacking the 2016 election via social media came in two varieties—bots and trolls.
The Kremlin bots are automated Twitter accounts programmed to fire off the same message seconds apart, in alphabetical order according their made-up last names. Their messages include hashtags to rig Twitter trends, such as #TrumpTrain and #CrookedHillary. They can retweet, "like", and reply to tweets; they can also follow each other and retweet themselves.
Autobots rarely feature a profile image, and when they do, it is often shared among multiple accounts. Bots also reply to messages in less time than what is humanly possible to read the tweet that they are responding to, and their response to you is the same response they've given others. They follow far more accounts than they are followed in return, they have little to say apart from the topic that they were programmed for, and they tweet prolifically without apparent need to fulfill the basic human requirements of food and sleep. (If the account has tweeted at least fifty times a day across a period of four or more days, it's fair to assume it's a bot, according to researchers.)
Kremlin troll accounts are run by humans. These accounts are usually the curators of the messages that the autobots retweet. In terms of the 2016 election, they trolled pro-Hillary accounts with disparaging, often crude comments and images, and they were the first to comment on Trump's tweets, replying with memes of the American flag or photoshopped images of Hillary in prison stripes.
These online hecklers are also designed to discredit or silence private citizens in powerful positions, like journalists or celebrities, by means of organized harassment, leading the way with autobots following close behind them.
Kremlin trolls are harder to spot than autobots. Keeping up appearances is important to them: they don't overtweet, they tweet ideas that appear to have some original thought behind them, and they almost always geotag their tweets. That last bit—geotag—is important, because occasionally the bots will forget to hide or change it, and towns like Anzhero-Sudzhensk or Belaya Kholunitsa appear instead of towns like Phoenix or Miami.
Kremlin trolls are also harder to discern because they are often not new accounts, but hacked accounts recommissioned for propaganda. In a 2017 article, the New York Times cited the case of Rachel Usedom, a young American engineer in California, "who tweeted mostly about her sorority before losing interest in 2014. In November 2016, her account was taken over, renamed #ClintonCurruption, and used to promote Russian leaks."
Working together, these trolls and autobots turned election era Twitter into a dark, dystrophic slaughterhouse. As The Atlantic's Douglas Guilbeault put it, "Never have we seen such an all-out bot war."
Perhaps the best (and most disputed) example of Russia's army bot tactics occurred after the first presidential debate. While everyone and their racist grandmother could tell Clinton came out on top, Twitter activity suggested a different outcome—an alternative fact, if you will. The hashtag #TrumpWon began to trend, and it stayed that way for hours.
The odd phenomenon had many Americans scratching their heads. The next day, Boston Globe readers woke up to the headline, "Why is #TrumpWon trending on Twitter?"
Louise Mensch knew the answer. In her October 2016 Heat Street article, she explained the Kremlin bot methods: "Let's say you had a hashtag you wanted to get trending. You have a thousand bots (or Russian Trolls) and a popular account like Ricky Vaughn [a real person]. You have the bots use the hashtag, flooding Twitter until it gets a high count, but stays just under the top twenty trends. Then, Ricky Vaughn pitches the hashtag to his followers. Here is where the window of timing kicks in: within minutes, Ricky Vaughn can have a hashtag trending, but before he gets the hashtag to the top fifteen, the bots automatically delete their tweets with the hashtags. You've now started a 'trend' associated with Ricky Vaughn, and not a 1,000 odd bots or Russian trolls." (At the time Mensch wrote the article, Ricky Vaughn was not a confirmed troll. A year later, his account has been deactivated by Twitter—but the question of whether he is a troll of the American or Russian variety, remains unclear to this day.)
As controversial as Mensch's conclusion may be, she wasn't the only one watching Twitter closely. A research team led by Oxford University Professor Philip Howard was also studying nuances in hashtag trends after the debates, using popular pro-Trump and pro-Hillary hashtags as guides.
After the first debate, their research concluded that 37% of the pro-Trump tweets had been posted by bots, while bots were responsible for only 22.3% of pro-Clinton tweets. In total, 576, 178 pro-Trump tweets were by bots, while 136,696 were in support of Clinton.
Bots turned up the heat for the second debate, with 800,00 pro-Trump tweets and just under 200,000 pro-Clinton tweets.
Howard didn't point the finger directly at Russia for the huge political bot party; however, he did suggest the data indicated a deliberate manipulation behind the bots' behavior: "They were purposeful, thoughtful, and deliberate about when to release messages, what those messages should be, and what their targets were."
And while both candidates benefited from the bots' hard work, there was no question who they preferred. "On the balance of probabilities, if you examined an automated bot account, the odds are four to one that you'll find it's a bot tweeting in favor of Trump," said Howard.
So why bother tweeting for Clinton at all? According to the September 2017 New York Times article, "The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election," Russia used the pro-Clinton bots to blur its role in influencing the election results. Additionally, their seemingly pro-Clinton hashtags weren't pro-Clinton at all, but modern-day black propaganda for spreading dissention among Clinton supporters, applying pro-Clinton hashtags to inject anti-Clinton memes, links, and political messages into pro-Clinton circles. "Like a virus, they essentially co-opted the opponent's messaging and infiltrated her supporters. Using pro-Clinton hashtags like #ImWithHer and #uniteblue, memes describing Clinton as corrupt ricocheted across both blue and red feeds."
The bot activity may have increased around the time of presidential debates, but it didn't start and stop there. A November 2017 analysis published by the Wall Street Journal determined that Russian Twitter accounts began promoting Trump mere weeks after he announced his candidacy. Not only did these accounts, often disguised as fake, right-leaning Americans, heap praise on Trump, but much of their effort was also spent criticizing and spreading fake news about Trump's Republican opponent, Jeb Bush, as well as Clinton.
"The support for Trump was clear even at that stage," reported the technology news site, Engadget.com. "There was a 10:1 ratio of praise to criticism among the bogus accounts, a figure that would climb to 30:1 when the election was two weeks away. Identical messages often showed up within minutes of each other, hinting at tight coordination."
According to Howard's fellow researcher, University of Washington Professor Samuel Woolley, the persistence of the accounts during the election were also meant to give the appearance that Trump had a bigger following than what he had in reality.
"Some of the botnets that supported Trump were more than likely purpose-built to create an illusion of massive online political traction for Trump," said Woolley. "These bots work to create a bandwagon effect among voters who were still considering a candidate, or were focused on a specific issue. They also generated a spiral of silence among voters who might not agree with a candidate or issue, but who experienced a barrage of hugely enhanced content from the Trump bot network. These purpose-build bots and botnets often disappeared right after a political campaign, some were even created for a specific issue within a campaign and go offline after working to manipulate public opinion around that one issue."
On election day and a few days before, the bots redirected their purpose almost entirely to spread misinformation that benefited Trump: Democrats could vote on a different day than Republicans; Clinton had a stroke during the final week of the election; and that an FBI agent associated with her email investigation was involved in a murder-suicide.
It's hard to look back a year later without a sense of awe at Russia's commitment to divide America using a weapon of our own making.
But their commitment also begs the question: why Twitter? Why would Putin put so much investment in dividing Americans via a social media platform that only 16% of the country used? And surely he must have considered, out of that paltry percent, how many of those weren't even registered voters, or too young to vote? How many were even active, or signed in just to stargaze before dropping out?
How many of the 16% were actually paying attention?
It's a logical fly in the ointment, and not one that cannot be easily explained.
…unless Twitter was never the prime offensive, but a modern-day Pas de Calais, a staging ground to divert the enemy from the real invasion...
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Falling exports hampers India's growth directly2 min read . Updated: 13 Oct 2009, 06:45 PM IST
Falling exports hampers India's growth directly
Falling exports hampers India's growth directly
Mumbai: There is a dire need to revive the country's export sector as falling exports not only hamper India's growth directly, but also affect a large population dependent on labour-intensive export units, Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE) said in its Eco Alert report here.
India's exports have shown a declining trend since October 2008, accompanied by downturn in imports mainly due to lower oil import bill. Trade balance deficit, as a result narrowed to $25.98-billion during Q1 FY10 compared to $314- billion during Q1 FY09. Despite of net invisibles surplus of $20.2-billion, India's current account deficit stood at $5.8-billion for Q1 FY10, the report said.
Exports continued to taper for the eleventh consecutive month. However, there has been some arrest in the contraction. The year-on-year contraction in the export for August 2009 was reported at 19.4%, ($14.28- billion), lower than 28.4% in July. The contraction is mainly attributed to continued sluggishness in global demand accompanied by lower commodity prices compared to the same time last year when the prices were at their peak.
Apart from placing pressure on the country's balance of payment (BoP) position, the shrinking exports have also substantially reduced the employment opportunities in labour-intensive segments like textiles, gems and jewellery, marine products and handicrafts.
India's imports too dropped by 32.4% valued at $22.66-billion, mainly led by lower oil-import bill and moderated domestic demand scenario as a consequence of the global recession. The oil import bill contracted substantially by 45.5% to $6.28-billion as against $11.52- billion in the previous year. Given that the commodity prices, especially crude oil prices, had reached their peak during this time last year, a high base year may be attributed to this tremendous contraction in the import bill.
Contraction in the non-oil import bill to the extent of 25.5% has been witnessed mainly due to a lower demand in consumer goods as well as intermediary goods.
Overall, it seems that foreign investors have begun to show confidence in the Indian capital market (as evidenced from the revival in capital inflow). Revival in capital inflow to India, mainly foreign investments of which portfolio investments witnessed a turnaround after reporting a net outflow in the last quarter registered a net inflow worth $8.3 billion, the report said.
Additionally, NRI deposits which have remained quite strong during the period of crisis reported a net inflow of around $2 billion. Thus, a turnaround in the capital account position of India for Q1 FY10 was witnessed, which reported a marginal surplus of $6.7 billion as against a deficit in the past two quarters.


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Obituary of Thelma J. Commandeur
Thelma C. Commandeur, 89, passed away on January 23, 2019 and now resides with her LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. Thelma will be missed by her family, sister and friends.
She was born in Orange, NJ and lived her life in West Orange, NJ and married her high school sweetheart in 1951. Her husband Ned (Edward) retired in 1985 and they moved to Delaware County, NY, starting in Shinhopple then moving to Delhi.
At onetime Thelma attended college to be a Librarian but eventually chose marriage and children. Thelma was a home maker and steadfast person, which means loyal, faithful, committed and devoted. She was recognized by the Office of Aging, Delhi, as the longest volunteer to have ever worked there, 25 years. She was involved with Aglow in Delhi and attended the United Ministry Church of Delhi and participated in choir for 70 years starting as a teenager, till she had to quit a few years ago due to health. She loved Classical music, Church and choir, and reading her mystery and romance novels. Thelma lived a good Christian life.
She was predeceased by her son Thomas, and her husband Edward (Ned).
She leaves a sister Alice Friesen, Sonoma, CA; sister-in-law Jeanne, Stuart, FL; sons Peter (Denise) Saratoga California, Bruce (Arden) Delhi, and daughter Deb Corcoran (Jim) Delhi. Grandchildren Jeremy, Christopher (Lea), Diane, Patty, Brendan (Rebecca), Justyna (fiancé Timothy), James and Aaron;great-grandchildren Andrew, Sarah, Nicole, Capricia, Lucian, Gunner, Dylon, and Landon, and many cousins. Thelma was loved by all and will be missed.
A Memorial Service will be held at the United Ministry Church of Delhi on Saturday, February 2 at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers a contribution can be made to the Heart of The Catskills Humane Society of Delhi. Early Spring burial will be at the Pleasantdale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ.


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Do you believe in The Order of the New World?
Do you believe that there is a tiny group of people who are planning to start World War 3 in order to bring about the New World Order?
Do I believe there is a design - yes. Am I for it? No. The track record of these educated fools speaks volumes. No- these wanting a NWO should not be in charge of it. There is an "order" in place. It's created in secrecy and mired in corruption. It's the same principle as the "food chain". Of course vegetarians are eaten. We are in endless war already. US troops are at the bidding of BIG Bu$ine$$ not the American people. The NWO will downsize, exterminate, enslave. Yes - we are constantly in World War III. When do children of politicians go to war? When do children of law-makers and lawyers go to war? We, the people, are "human resources". We, like ALL things to Wall Street, are just resources to be used and consumed. God does not live on Wall Street. God NEVER visits a US courtroom. God does not visit Congress. God has NOTHING to do with this BIG BU$INE$$ a$ u$ual.
The 'NWO' is already in place - and has forever been in place, it is a constantly changing model that the 'global elite' (i.e people at the very top in their chosen field) have created - and will forever hold control over, unless our current system crumbles.
I believe in an orderly world with something like the U.N. to Impliment solutions that may be global in nature.That doesn't mean I believe we are responsable enough citizens as a whole to be able to co-operate with each other.Especially with the cutthoat corporate mentality the whole world seems to have embraced.
There certainly is SOMETHING going on. First, that awful ringing in your ears isn't tinnitus - it's a message that scrambles a mind that responds with: fear or anger. They OWN the media and have technology capable of making you feel just plain awful, right through your television set. They are everywhere and nowhere, depending on if you are being targeted or not. They seem "too-perfect-and-missing something", just like a brainwashing victim. They obey subliminal-commands with such loyalty that they can be positioned in all the right places and all the right times to put your mind on shaky ground.
Some of them CLAIM to be "Aliens" and when they try to finally destroy your consciousness and push you out of the driver's seat of your mind, it will FEEL JUST LIKE an alien wrestling with your mind for control. This is a PSYCHOLOGICAL INVASION made possible through high-tech. It has been engineered for decades by powerful people - the PROGRAMMING of the human populace. Hey - I don't believe in "Aliens", but the assault on the mind and the re-education of the mind FEELS SO CLOSE to a "psychic invasion".
This process is supposed to determine who lives (you don't get driven out of your mind and "owned" by this group) or you DO in a future "war". A very LARGE number of people have been "invaded". I know three or four who haven't and that's all. Being around "invaded" people makes your ears ring even louder and you are filled with disturbing thoughts unless you've learned how to listen and think. Check out my Hub Site just by searching for: gangstalking, electronic-harassment, brainwashing, mind-control.....any of those search words will pull up some of my articles. If you are experiencing any of these things, my advice will make your life livable no matter what they throw at you!
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(*side note - I have no kickbacks from anything I'm going to say in regard to therapies. I am posting the links for the PWS parents who will come here for this information so it will save time answering questions later on)
I have a set of headphones and CD's and the OT also has a set of headphones, but her music is on an Ipod. Her headphones are also bone conduction, where mine are ones recommended by the company but without the bone conduction aspect (it was too expensive). While the therapy itself is part of the OT session, the equipment we use at home was an out of pocket expense for us.
Frances does OT with her twice a week and uses the headphones during the session; and I use them with her every day, twice a day.
The first day we just tried to get Livi used to the headphones. She really fought them at first, but we tried repeatedly until she became more comfortable with them on. Once the music was on, she was entranced. When Frances took the earphones off of her, she gave me one of her very rare, super sad faces where her mouth turns down into a perfect upside down U - an expression that I think is uniquely Prader Willi.
That evening, I happened to notice her run through the kitchen. It took me a few seconds to realize that for a few brief seconds, she looked like a normal two year old. She ran without the lopsided loping gait that she has momentarily before lapsing back into her normal run. I really thought that it was just a coincidence at the time.
The next morning I saw her try to put the earphones on her own ears. I just stood watching her for a moment try to figure out how to do it and then helped her. She was so close to being able to coordinate it that it really surprised me. I played the music for her to listen to while I was getting the girls ready for school and making breakfast. When it came time to take them off, she got extremely upset. She began crying without moving or making a sound; only standing there with that upside down U and super sad face all screwed up in misery, shoulders slumped. She ran off after that and as I put them away, I noticed she was hiding behind a huge quilt we have hanging in the hallway. I thought she was playing at first, but when I went to pull back the quilt I saw her crying silently to herself. It was such strange behavior for her - she's always so sunny and cheerful, especially in the mornings.
Lesson to self: Turn the music down slowly, let the earphones sit for a minute and then remove while distracting. The sudden change was too abrupt for her.
It's kind of hard to describe, but as this continued over the last three weeks, I kept seeing more and more sparks and flashes of behavior that I just couldn't put down to coincidence anymore. She is absolutely enamored with the music. She is responding more quickly to commands; I've seen her run way more than I ever have and with more coordination; she's more involved in conversation (even though we can't understand her) and somehow she just seems to have more cognition in general. This doesn't mean she's acting like a normal 2 year old by any means, but for her the improvements are a big deal. They are subtle changes in some ways... the best I can describe it is that it seems like her processing power just sped up a few degrees.
So yesterday we added another wrinkle to this - I gave her a liquid supplement called Pearl's Daily B for the first time. I personally favor this supplement as the man who sells it has it manufactured for his beautiful daughter and her unique needs.
She was on fire all day. At the PT session (2 pm) she was racing around with so much energy that it was commented on. She was zooming up and down stairs, chatting and singing away, riding bikes and just generally being rambunctious. At school they commented on how engaged she was all day. And at home she was like the energizer bunny. She even ran through the house several times - running flat out, using all four limbs in proper position. I don't know if it was the B, or the therapy or both.. but it was just such an obvious change that people outside our family commented on it.
We had a weekly bible study at our house last night. One of the men who has only been here about 3 times commented on how alive Olivia seemed and how he had never heard her talk so much before. She was just babbling away, running up to him and hugging him and running around having fun.
At the end of the study, we were all saying our goodbyes when out of the blue we heard a very clear "BYE". So clear and loud, in fact, that one of the women who came to the study thought it was her son saying it. We all looked kind of astonished and looked at Livi who realized that this was a cool thing, so she kept saying it over and over again. Typically when she speaks, her words are very slurred and she sort of whispers them or mouths them without sound. She has said "bye" before, but it has always sounded something like a tired old Southern lady saying "bahh" with her voice dropping off at the end. She has almost always dropped the last sounds of any word she's attempted and most of the time she literally sounds like she has marbles in her mouth while at the same time speaking gobbledygook. This time it was a loud and clear "BYE" with an emphasis on the YE.
I don't know if it's the ABT therapy, the B vitamins, or both. I've tried hard to keep a level head about the things I've seen. At first I thought they were coincidences since I felt that surely it couldn't work that quickly, even though what I was seeing was subtle. But all these coincidences are adding up for me. I feel like we are seeing real results - It was so notable that in the follow up email with prayer requests sent after the meeting, our fearless facilitator wrote this: "Praise that Olivia has been responding positively to some new treatment approaches. She has shown an improvement in her development. Monday night she very clearly said bye to Janis and this has never happened before where she spoke so clearly. What a joy to see a miracle happen right before our very eyes! "


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S3xy Popular Ghanaian Actress Juliet Ibrahim who is currently having the time of her life in Russia where she flew to few days ago to witness the ongoing FIFA 2018 world cup event.
The ORO Ambassador seems to have caught the eye of a Russian man over there who was pictured on one knee proposing to her.
Although it seems it was only an act.
Sharing one of the pictures of the Russian man proposing to her. She wrote:
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There are many different types of workouts that you can do. If possible, I recommend a workout that involves weight training with free weights. That is where I believe you will get the most benefits. So, lets assume you are doing just that, working out with weights. I will also assume that your goal is to build muscle and burn fat. (Which is very difficult to do both at the same time, but doable if your diet is right, and if you are newer to lifting weights).
Here is a workout that is called a circuit. Have you ever heard of circuit training? It is a high intensity aerobic workout that incorporates weight training, usually quite easy to follow. It is great for your cardiovascular conditioning. You will you go from one exercise to another with very little to no rest in between the exercises. Just enough rest to get from one exercise to another. If you are truly lifting hard and intense, this workout will be extremely difficult.
- The dumbbells you'll use, don't goo too heavy. You want some that will allow you to perform 8-10 rep's, not much more.
- You can do this circuit at the gym, at home, at the park, wherever.
- The exercise workouts your whole body.
- This circuit can be done by anybody at any fitness level. You can adjust the intensity of it by using lighter or heavier weights, or by taking short, tiny breaks.
The Workout
- Light warmup to begin with, walking, a little stretching, etc.
- Step-ups. 15-20 for each leg. You will want to do them quite quickly. Quicker than the video.
- Standing Arnold Dumbbell Press. 8-10 reps.
- Step-ups. 15-20 for each leg, quickly.
- Dumbbell Curl. 8-10 reps
- Dumbbell Lunges-10 each leg
- Step ups. 15-20 each leg
- Push Ups-15-20 (these can be modified by being on your knees)
- Dumbbell Lunges-10 each leg
- Crunches. 15-20 reps
- Dumbbell Squats. 10-12 reps
- Dumbbell Row. 8-10 reps
- Rest 2 minutes & Repeat 1-3 times
Perform this workout with high intensity as it is meant to be performed and you will get a killer workout! A workout that will burn fat. A workout that will begin to build muscle. A workout that will place you on the path to getting the body you want. Do this workout and report back to me how it went.
So what do you think, have you performed circuit training before?
P.S. If you don't know how to do some of these exercises, simply put them in YouTube, you will get countless tutorial videos.


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When you choose crops, take note of their texture and branching patterns. Coloration is not all the pieces. Choose crops with totally different shapes and textures to create an attention-grabbing design that you will by no means get bored with taking a look at. You should also remember the fact that a plant may have completely different branching constructions all through its progress. Hopefully, this text gave you some really cool ideas on what you are able to do to enhance the look of the landscaping around your own home. By taking the knowledge and placing it to use, you'll turn your own home into the very best trying house on the block. So get outdoors and transform your private home.
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An old friend of mine blogged this a little while ago. A beautiful post that spoke to so much of what I think women fundamentally struggle with. Myself included.
Besides the fact that Adria writes a beautiful blog (like I've said already), the issue is so poignant. What would happen to our attitudes if we took ownership of our bodies and looks? And I don't mean ownership in an arrogant and self-important way but in a humble, thankful, grateful way.
Conservative Christian circles are full of the virtues of the Proverbs 31 woman and Titus 2. Helpful Scriptures, definitely. However, they seem to avoid the issue of the physical appearance of women. And that is inherently part of who we are. The Bible passages that do deal with "physical" appearance come from 1 Peter and don't really talk about what is and is not ok too explicitly.
Regardless of the standard of modesty that you subscribe to, all human beings need to feel valued. That value comes on many levels - emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and physical. As women, one of our most insecure levels is physical. The cliche question, "Does this dress make me look fat?", is played out over and over again with varying results among different groups. But regardless of the discussion, the underlying assumption is the most dangerous. The assumption is that a woman has to ask someone else for affirmation for her appearance and the implication to the question is that the woman is inclined to be "ugly."
While 1 Peter addresses a lot of things about relationships and women, I think one of the most important things that it says about women is that your beauty not merely be in the outward adornments but also the inner person. So here is a question: what if both the inner and outer persons are connected? If you look in the mirror and are able to say of yourself that you are a beautiful woman, would you not also be able to graciously, mercifully, lovingly, tell someone else that they are valuable too? You must accept that you are worth something in the eyes of our Savior (1 Peter 3:5-6) so that you may minister to others.
So what if we changed our perception, our attitude? And did what my friend Adria did. Look in the mirror and realize that once in a while, even if it is only once in a while, you are beautiful. You were created beautiful. You can own that beauty and have confidence that your beauty is internal and external.


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Photography and text by Mark ChesterRead More
Family Diversity Projects presents the Building Bridges touring exhibit featuring The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape | Photographs of New Americans by Mark Chester.Read More
Debbie was a friend of our family. My mother and she were good friends. When I was 23, I went to California dreaming of being a TV comedy writer. Ha! I was a houseguest in her Beverly Hills home in 1968. I will always remember everyone glued to the news of Robert Kennedy's assassination. It was a traumatic time. I was in Hollywood, the ultimate limbo land, feeling like the Benjamin Braddock character in The Graduate film. The Vietnam War was escalating. Debbie helped me become an intern for TV host, writer, comedian, musician, Steve Allen, a role model of mine. I will always be grateful for her thoughtfulness and friendship; she was a positive influence on the path I eventually followed in becoming a photojournalist. Her passing one day after Carrie, who I remember as a precocious, cute, funny, easy going 14-year-old-going-on-20 girl, is a beautiful blessing in that she didn't have to continue living with grief. Debbie will always be part of my life. Blessings to you both.
68 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Join us for this special and intimate acoustic show!
Proceeds to support the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalitionthrough a special project by the talented photographer Mark Chester and his new book The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape.Read More
The exhibit runs through March 20th. See the events listing for details.
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WCCA TV13 produced Soapbox show is hosted by WCCA Executive Director Mauro DePasquale. Mauro's guests are Olga Kwasniewski and Olta Kodra. The topic of discussion is immigration.
Olga and Olta represent The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape with their inspiring personal perspectives.
Falmouth Museums on the Green
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Falmouth, MA, 02540 United States
The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape — Photographs of New Americans by Mark Chester was introduced in the Scandinavian Cultural Center's Nordic Hall to a diverse group, some in attendance participants in the project and others observers. The photographer, introduced by the SCC's cultural director, Christina Mealy, spoke of his inspiration and his mission to amass portraits of naturalized US citizens from the many countries of the world who reside in Massachusetts, for a book and exhibition, an example on display in the hall, that, with the book's publication, will launch at the New Bedford Art Museum. Three of the portrait subjects were invited up to the podium and each spoke movingly of the work and reasons for being involved.
Westy Egmont, Boston College professor and director of BC's Immigrant Integration Lab then gave an informative talk "exploring the history and current story of those who started life again in the States and made America the 'nation of nations' we know," entitled "Up the Golden Stairs: Dreams of Being American".
Mark Chester's portraits feature in an interactive, touch-screen world map at the newly reimagined Dreams of Freedom Museum, 50th floor of Boston's Prudential tower.Read More
"As you know it took him 30 years to become a citizen. He was so excited and we celebrated at a nearby bistro…. I do want to tell you that you made him feel so special that day. You added so much excitement to the day, signalling him out and taking pictures that he was so proud of and showed everyone. He even remembered that you told a woman who wanted to take pictures that this was a private session. He would tell everyone that the pictures were going into a professional book about immigration."
–Patricia Anderson
Luis Edward Lozano-Pazmino of Hyannis was born in Ecuador in 1930 and became a citizen of the United States in 2013. He passed away on December 31, 2013 during a visit to Ecuador.
The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape is a moving and powerful exhibit of more than 300 newly naturalized U.S. citizens who are residents of the Commonwealth. These inspirational photographic portraits create a visual archive celebrating the diversity of Massachusetts' citizens from 160 countries around the globe. A Multicultural Landscape enriches the viewer by sharing the vast cultural resources and rich ethnic heritage of the Bay State's 351 towns and cities.


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Boys Basketball
JV basketball roundup: Polk girls continue winning ways
Polk County's junior varsity girls continued their winning ways on Tuesday, topping Brevard 28-19 in a non-conference matchup at Polk
Polk County's junior varsity girls continued their winning ways on Tuesday, topping Brevard 28-19 in a non-conference matchup at Polk.
The Wolverines (5-1) built a 16-10 halftime lead, then pulled away in the third period, holding Brevard to just two points in the quarter.
Marissa Twitty scored six points to lead a balanced Polk County offense. Emmie McDowell had five points, with Savannah Parris scoring four and Kaylin Jenkins adding three.
The Wolverines got two points each from Amy Chupp, Emily Prince, Anna McFadden, Hannah Jenne and Alana Jergenson.
EAGLES RALLY TO TOP POLK: Polk County's junior varsity boys dropped a 40-35 decision to Brevard as the Blue Devils rallied from a halftime deficit.
Polk County (1-8) surged to a 20-16 halftime lead, but struggled to find points in the third period, scoring just three as Brevard pulled ahead, then held off the determined Wolverines in the final quarter to seal the win.
Keyandre Thomas had eight points to pace the Wolverines, with Wesley Royster and Tyler Staley each scoring six. Kiyon Staley aadded four and Shaq Wingo scored three for Polk.
Polk County also received two points each from Shane Parris, Ben Hardin, Brett Bagwell and Bryson Edwards.
Both Polk County teams complete their pre-holiday schedule on Wednesday, traveling to East Henderson.


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Rt Rev Wilfred Wood was the curate at my church before he went to become Bishop of Croydon in 1985, and the first black bishop in the Church of England. His Bishop's cope was kept for 11 years and then passed on to the second black bishop in the Church of England. This was Rt Rev John Sentamu who was appointed as Bishop of Stepney in 1996. It would be another twenty years before Rt Rev Wilfred Wood's original bishop's cope could be passed on again to the third black bishop in the Church. Bishop Karowei Dorgu was appointed in 2016 as the Bishop of Woolwich.
When Bishop Karowei licensed Rev Edd Stock to be the minister at Holy Trinity Sydenham old and new came together in the dance of the Holy Spirit across the generations. Rt Rev Karowei Dorgu had the cope from a previous curate of our church. Half a century later we had been Edd's sending church, putting him forward for ordination.
Three black bishops, in 30 years, do not reflect the debt of gratitude that the Church of England owes to BAME communities. We are yet to integrate church leaders from the black communities as a natural part of our DNA. All three of the Church of England bishops grew up outside of the UK.
The Church of England has appointed a national minority ethnic vocations officer to tackle the issue. BAME has become BAMER [Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee] but the questions remain unanswered. People of African and Caribbean origin make up 2% of the UK's population but account for more than two-thirds of Sunday church-goers in London and 7% of worshippers nationwide. Figures from the Christian Research Association show that, over a five-year period, black church membership has grown by around 18% compared with a 5% drop for churches nationally. Where is the proportionate increase in black church leadership? Might there be a Black British born bishop as the next but not in the timescale we have seen!
Is the Church of England now ready to learn from the mistakes of previous generations and welcome people from BAMER communities into church leadership? Canon Francis-Dehqani, who has recently been appointed as the first bishop of Loughborough, reckons so. She thinks that the Church of England is beginning to shake off its legacy of hostility to foreigners and ethnic minorities. Are the mistakes made in Shepherds Bush when Rt Rev Wilfred Wood was curate and people from the newly arrived Caribbean communities were asked not to come back to Anglican churches beginning to be addressed? Our ability to speak as a national church depends on our ability to do so
Canon Francis-Dehqani's father's prayer when his son [her brother] was murdered has shaped my ministry for a number of years. Her father, the late Hassan Dehqani-Tafti was the first Iranian Anglican bishop, and the first President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. He prayed for his son's murderers because [as he said] through their crimes we now follow your footsteps more closely in the way of sacrifice. "The terrible fire of this calamity turns up all selfishness and possessiveness in us. Its flame reveals the depth and depravity and meanness and suspicion, the dimension of hatred and the measure of sinfulness in human nature. It makes obvious as never before our need to trust in God's love as shown in the cross of Christ and his resurrection. Love, which makes us free from, hate towards our persecutors. Love, which brings patience forbearance, courage, loyalty, humility, generosity, and greatness of heart. Love which more than ever deepens our trust in God's final victory and his eternal designs for the church and for the world".
The Church is not alone in needing to welcome and learn from leadership from among the BAMER communities. Thankfully we have the example of an itinerant Middle Eastern, convicted criminal called Jesus to guide us in our way
Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock, carrying some 500 settlers from Jamaica. With Bishop Wilfred Wood, hailing from Barbados, as a previous curate of my church, I am especially conscious of the contribution of the Caribbean community to the post war settlement.
Of the three ethnic groups from that period African-English people will still talk of Africa as home. Asian-English people will maintain an extended family structure across the world. Caribbean-English people came and dwelt in the land and made the UK their home. A part of the reason for them being able to do so this is that they have a history of cultural and social dispossession from when they were taken from one side of the world to the other and sold as slaves. The Caribbean community have absorbed the wickednesses of history and have come up laughing, playful and profound.
Do not be taken in by right wing press reporting that the Notting Hill Carnival is out of control and should be moved to a park. Two hundred arrests, as happened this year, out of a total of two million people attending is not a high proportion.
The original carnival emerged out of a race riot [1958], and a murder [Kelso Cochrane 1959]. These events became the catalyst for the idea of holding a carnival to showcase Caribbean arts and culture. To hold a carnival rather than to retreat into suspicion and mistrust, following such a sequence of events, shows the stature of the people involved.
The carnival continues to teach us how to be in a society together. This year the music stopped playing and the procession paused for 60 seconds outside North Kensington fire station, half a mile from the Grenfell Tower, remembering the people who had died in the fire. The firemen lined up, removed their helmets and bowed their heads. The moment was concluded with the firemen being cheered, clapped and thanked for what they had done.
Last word should go to a Caribbean lady who asked a question from the floor at an evening, hosted by St Mellitus in London, looking the question, 'The Parish: Has it Had its Day?' After an evening spent discussing the value of traditional and other forms of church, she said, "I am not from the Church of England and I don't get you. Why have none of you talked about prayer?" Her question evidenced the natural sense of transcendence from among the Caribbean community, which was not reflected in the answer she was given by the panel, which was that prayer had been assumed. If the Church of England were to pray more and assume less, ladies such as she would find themselves more easily able to 'get us'.


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After returning earlier this year to share their comeback single 'Peach', anthemic power-pop duo Broods have now returned to announce the details behind their next studio album.
The new full-length 'Don't Feed The Monster' follows on from their 2016 LP 'Conscious', is being previewed by the new track 'Everything Goes (Wow)', and id set to arrive on the 1st February via Neon Gold/Atlantic Records.
"We wrote "Everything Goes (Wow)" in a tree house in Nicaragua," frontwoman Georgia Nott shares. "We were there as part of a writing camp and it was one to the best experiences of our careers. It's about accepting the mortality of everything and finding peace in that." And on their forthcoming album, she continues, "We can't wait to share this album with our fans and the world. We wanted to make songs that are true to us and without hiding behind any kind of façade. We made a point of just completely trusting ourselves and each other and we're so ready for everyone to hear the album."
Have a listen to 'Everything Goes (Wow)' in the player below.


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Acai, collagen shake
Smooth, rich in antioxidants, creamy and full of vitamins. I love starting busy mornings with this shake because it tastes great and has the perfect balance of healthy fats, fiber, and protein to keep you full. If you've got dry skin this delicious shake will help replenish the body with and keep you glowing throughout the colder months.
Prep: 2 minutes
Serving: 1 shake
Total Time: 5 minutes
- 1-2 tbsp sprouted chia seeds
- 2 scoops of collagen powder
- 1 pkg/scoop of unsweetened acai
- 2 tbsp hazelnuts
- 1 tsp stevia (to taste)
- 2 tbsp blueberries
- 1/2 tbsp MCT oil
- 1/4 avocado
- 2/3 cup unsweetened nut milk
- 4 ice cubes
- Dang coconut chips
- combine all ingredients in a high powered blender
- Add milk and 4 cubes of ice
- blend for 2-3 minutes to ensure smooth results
- sprinkle with local bee pollen, berries and coconut


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35 Miles - Who said Norfolk was flat!??!
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Yesterday evening I somehow managed a 35 mile training ride from Kings Lynn to Sandringham, Sedgeford, Bircham, Hillington, Grimstom, Gayton and back to Lynn! Phew..................very tiring, and still would have 17 miles left on the day itself....but I think it was just what I needed!!!!


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