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Rogers Gets HTC Touch!!
Rogers has finally got the HTC Touch for sale. If your with Rogers Wireless in Canada and looking to upgrade your phone by signing over your life for a contract… look no further!!
Remember you have to get a Data plan with your contract upgrade 🙂
Prices with contract after "rebates on select Voice & E-mail packages"
- $199.99 with 3 year
- $349.99 with 2 year
- $399.99 with 1 year
Rogers Wireless Finally gets reasonable Data Plans!!
If you haven't heard already, Rogers just released a new 1GB data plan to contend with Bell. Bell has just announced that they will be offering a 1GB data plan for your laptop by using a wireless card for $75. Rogers has done the same but the only difference is that since Rogers is GSM and uses a SIM card the data plan can also be used in Windows Mobile devices. The 1GB data plan will cost you only $65 CAD a month. Call *611 right now and add it to your service plan. You have the option to add it to your existing SIM or on another SIM!!
System Access Fees for Canadians is a SCAM!!
You know that $6.95 System Access Fee (SAF) fee you see on your phone bill every month… Well it's a big SCAM. Bell Mobility has even increased their "FEE" to $8.95!!
Service providers like ROGERS, FIDO, TELUS and BELL charge this fee claiming thats it's a "Mandatory Government Fee" but the truth is that it hasn't been mandatory for a several years.
An estimated 12 Billion dollars has been collected over the years from residents of Canada who own a cell phone. Think about it… $6.95 x 12 months = $83 x roughly half the population of Canada who owns a cell phone!! It is estimated that service providers collect around 1 Billion dollars a year from this so called "System Access Fee".
Compared to other countries we already have one of the highest cellular rates and this just adds to it!! Don't even get me started on Data plans!!
To find out more check out these article from The Toronto Star and CP24
Want to do something about it? First off call your cell phone provider right now and start bi***ing and also fill out the form HERE for a class action law suit being filed against Rogers&Fido, Bell Mobility and Telus. Hopefully we win the case and we all get compensated!!


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Jewish World Review Feb. 2, 2011 / 28 Shevat, 5771
Hope Amid the Chaos in Cairo
By Jonah Goldberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |
History is lurching in the
Consequently, some see the newly minted revolution in
Color me hopeful.
Obviously, things can -- and probably will -- get worse before they get better. In one or more countries, we could have a modernized replay of the Iranian revolution, in which justified popular discontent with an authoritarian ruler was exploited by Islamists who ultimately imposed an even crueler brand of tyranny.
Also, the Muslim Brotherhood serves as the Islamist equivalent of the Comintern, the old Soviet headquarters that coordinated, fomented and supported communist movements around the world. Al-Qaeda is something of a Brotherhood spinoff, even though relations between the two groups are reportedly frayed these days because the Brotherhood has gone too mainstream for
A takeover of
Nobody knows how far the contagion could spread, how dire the consequences could be.
For the Obama administration, the stakes are enormous. "
A more prosaic concern for President Obama:
Meanwhile, the stakes for
These are all valid reasons to watch the news from the
And yet, I remain cheered by the news. This is a moment in which political decency and, eventually, freedom and democracy at least have a shot. That wasn't true a month ago.
U.S. support of dictators is always shameful, even when it is occasionally necessary. But it is unforgivable when necessity gives way to mere complacency. We passed that point with
Unlike many pundits who've miraculously become Egyptologists overnight, I don't pretend to know what will happen next. But I do know that you can't get where we need to go without going through moments like this.
Moreover, it's worth noting that chaos cuts both ways. The Muslim Brotherhood sees this as its moment too. But that doesn't mean the path for it is clear. Many Egyptians joined the Brotherhood because it seemed like the only conduit for their justified hatred of Mubarak's regime. The days when the Brotherhood was the only game in town are over as well. Tomorrow remains a blank page. That alone is hopeful news.
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Delusion or delusional disorder is a serious mental condition where a person cannot differentiate between reality and imagination. Persons suffering from delusional disorder strongly believe in something which has no connection with reality. Such people tend to experience delusions involving real life situations such as being followed or deceived or conspired against. People with delusional disorder do not always behave in a bizarre way. They can socialise with people and can appear extremely normal. However, at times they become so engrossed in their delusions that it begins to hamper theirs day to day life. Here are a few more facts about delusion:
1. Causes of Delusion
A number of factors can result in delusional disorder. This includes:
* Genetic Factor: Delusion is common in people having a family history of delusional disorder or schizophrenia.
* Biological Factors: Brain abnormalities might also result in delusional disorders. Abnormalities that hamper the way of perception and thinking can be linked to delusions.
* Environmental Factors: Alcohol, stress, drug abuse can also result in delusions. Also, people who tend to be isolated or with poor hearing and vision can also develop a delusional disorder.
2. Symptoms
Experiencing non-bizarre delusions are the most common symptom of a delusional disorder. Apart from that, if a person constantly experiences low or an irritable mood, the person might suffer from delusion. They also experience hallucinations. In case any of your loved ones exhibit such symptoms, immediately consult a psychiatrist. In case you are looking for the best psychiatrist in Kolkata, get in touch with us at http://moneralo.com/contact-us/
3. Types of Delusion
The different type of delusional disorder includes:
* Grandiose: In this, the patient has a heightened sense of worth, knowledge, and power.
* Erotomanic: In this, the patient believes that another person (mostly a famous or important one) is in love with him or her.
* Jealous: The patient believes that his/her partner is unfaithful.
* Somatic: The patient believes that he/she has a medical problem.
* Persecutory: the patient believes that they are being mistreated.
* Mixed: the patient might experience several types of delusion all at once.
We hope that these pointers will help you get an overall idea about delusional disorder. For any further queries on psychological issues and treatments, contact us at http://moneralo.com/contact-us/.


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My hunt for stylish and comfortable shoes started when I realized that my social media entrepreneur career required me to attend numerous conferences each year. I had not worked in an office since I was at Deloitte many years before, so my wardrobe needed to be updated. I searched from one shoe store to another desperately trying to find comfortable yet stylish shoes. Finally at Nordstrom I saw Sofft shoes for the first time, then bought them immediately because they looked great and seemed comfortable. When I started wearing my first pair of Sofft shoes to different family and work events, I always recieved compliments on how stylish the shoes were but was delighted that they were also comfortable. I even surpised my friends by running after my boys – in heels!
That started my obsession with Sofft shoes as my go-to "can wear all day" shoes that have the perfect mix of style and comfort. I bought just a few more Sofft shoes to add to my collection over time.
I took the comfort test to the limit by wearing Sofft shoes at the multi-showroom floors of the Consumer Electronics Show and recieved many compliments from people who saw me at the conference. At Mom 2.0 Summit in New Orleans last year, I wore my Sofft Shoe heels from the French Quarter many blocks back to the hotel. My social media buddies that were walking back with me were all either wearing flats or sneakers – and in total shock that I could comfortably walk that far in heels.
My "comfortable and stylish heels" a.k.a Sofft shoes became well known with all of my social media buddies, who always asked me who made those shoes. We all know that elated feeling when you can check one thing permantely off your busy "mom list" (i.e. find comfortable and stylish shoes). I could make it through any event without taking my shoes off in pain (like before). I consider myself a technologist and not a fashionista, so finding my own style took some time.. But it was worth it! Now I just need to find a pair of jeans that stretch in all the right places without giving a peep show when I bend down to play with my kids or pick something up from the floor.
I decided to reach out to Sofft Shoes to tell them my story a.nd they enjoyed hearing about it. Sometime later Sofft shoes decided to surprise me with some spring/summer collection shoes to review right before my son's Bar Mitzvah (the timing was great for me)! My closet already had over 9 pairs that I had purchased myself – but mostly in black, grey and metallic. I decided it was time that to move out of my comfort zone and try shoes in spring/summer colors. After the shoes arrived I wondered WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING! I now tell my friends, once you try colorful shoes – you never go back! I also say "once you try Sofft shoes – you never go back".
As a blogger, my goal of every post is giving my authentic opinion on events or products – so I try not to gush too much about any one product. Because I was a Sofft customer who had purchased many shoes before I started a relationship with the brand – I can honestly gush that their shoes are an essential part of my wardrobe. As a busy mom, I don't have much time to make wardrobe decisions when getting dressed. So having the Sofft shoes in my closet has also saved me time and allows me to go from professional, to baseball games (in heels that allow me to run across a baseball field).
Below are some pictures of the (angel music playing in background) box of shoes I received from Sofft shoes for review.
Spring/Summer Sofft Shoe selections, including St Malo Sand color on far right.
Above: Odelle Sofft shoes in Ink Blue.
Above: St Larouse in Coral color.
The Sofft Gironne in Black Patent (above) has a sleek look for dresses, but could also be great with casual skirts or pants.
The St. Malo (above) comes in black which goes with everything, but so does the sand color I am wearing above. It has a nice airy front with a bow to add a fun and flirty look.
The St Larouse in Coral color (above) is that pop of color that will liven up any outfit. I am so happy I ventured from having all black shoes into appreciating how fun adding bright colors can be.
The Sofft Odelle in Ink Blue (above) has that cork wedge so popular with spring/summer, flowers to soften up the look and a bright color that stands out.
Photos by Babyjidesign.
Disclosure: I have been a dedicated customer of Sofft shoes for years (my closet is filled with shoes I bought from their collections ). The spring/summer collection shown on this post were samples I recieved were for review purporses. My words are my own.


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Foundation Seeks to Encourage Final Year Students on Excellent Projects
A Non-Governmental Organisation, E7 Foundation Innovation, has unveiled its plan to encourage the development of final year projects by final year students of Covenant University, in furtherance of the foundation's objective of promoting innovation, problem-solving and nation building.
Representatives of E7 Foundation, which is a baby of the pioneer set of students of CU's Electrical and Information Engineering Department, laid the plan bare on Thursday, 15th September, 2016 at a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor AAA. Atayero and other members of the university's Management.
Introducing E7 Foundation to the CU Management, one of the representatives, Mrs. Tiwalade Odu, said the Foundation was born out of the desire to make a difference and the goal is to promote innovation, problem-solving and nation building, which is in line with CU's short term goal of becoming one of the best 10 universities in the world by the year 2022.
"We are inspired by commitment to make a difference, which is in tune with the university's goal of raising a new generation of leaders," she said. "We are also trying to immortalise two of our classmates who have gone to be with the Lord."
Her partner, Mr. Tobi Durojaiye, had in his presentation said E7 Foundation is having a collaboration with the Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE) Department of Covenant University so as to select outstanding projects for the 2016/2017 Academic Session. The process, he explained, entails selection of the 10 outstanding projects, which would be pruned down to three and finally, the winning project.
"We have put together this programme to give back to our Alma Mater and encourage final year students to strive to come up with unique and excellent projects," he said.
The programme, he averred, would be of international standard so as to attract national and international interest, with the vision of seeing the CU environment as a centre stage for innovation to transform Nigeria and the world at large. E7, he added, has many other tangible projects to implement in the immediate future.
Commenting on the presentations of the E7 representatives, the Head, EIE Department, Dr. Victor Matthews, said the programme has come at the right time as his department has the capacity to produce innovations that are problem-solving; while Dr. Samuel Daramola, also of the EIE department, said the department will work with E7 Foundation on projects that will enhance the profile of Covenant University.
The CU Vice-Chancellor, Professor AAA Atayero, in his remarks, expressed happiness that the E7 team had found it worthy to immortalise their classmates while giving his approval for the programme. He suggested that the Foundation should welcome people from outside into their fold for better representation and robust outlook. The university, he added, will augment what the Foundation is trying to do.


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Sunday, December 18, 2011
get inspired by fashion...
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Gorgeous projects and yay for some JS papers! I use an ink jet printer.ReplyDelete
Awesome! - Again!!!ReplyDelete
love your tag and that bag is great. I love digital papers and elements. I print them on my Kodak printer and love how they turn out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2011 at 8:57 AM
pretty pretty pretty!ReplyDelete
Fabulous projects Amy!!ReplyDelete
What a lovely tag! I love the Santa bag. I use an ink jet printer. But I think a laser printer works better for digis.ReplyDelete
These are all fun and I have not dove into the digial paper world, really I hardly use what I've got!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness...this tag is fantastic! Love the colors and the beautiful framed "Peace" sentiment.ReplyDelete
Darling, darling, DARLING girl! {I'll be SLEEPING in heavenly peace after enjoying this lil' gem!} AND that sweet lil' bag! Ack! It's a festival-o-Amy goodness! Wonderful!ReplyDelete
Awesome! LOOOOVe your tag, such a beauty! Gorgeous MME paper! And the paper bags - yummy!!!!!ReplyDelete
beautiful tag.ReplyDelete
Love your tag and of course your bags, Amy! I love, love my laser printer for printing things like my Santa-s on the cards I have just finished. The finish is so clean and of course the ink will never run. I have one my daughter got me and it was inexpensive but a dream. I use my ink jet for every day printing. Hope you are enjoying your day.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous tag, Amy! I love the treat bag, too. Happy holidays to you and your family!!ReplyDelete
Loved looking at your tag, Amy! I've been making lots for Christmas gifts but my layouts aren't looking right, not that the recipients will be looking at them for very long, so I'm not worried. But I need some serious help, and tags like yours are good instruction!!ReplyDelete
I am LOVING digital papers and elements! I've been using them for about 6 months now. It gives me the chance to use trendy/current papers without having to invest in an entire stack that I may or may not use all of. And I can always print more and more of the patterns I love instead of hoard them! Printer? Ink jet (HP). My last cartridge lasted 6 months or so--I can live with that (and it's not just papercrafting printing I'm doing, so that's fine!)
PS Now that you've found Jessica Sprague, be on the lookout for One Buck Wednesdays (probably will be returning in the new year--she has discontinued them for the month of December). JS offers 24-hour $1 sales on 10 or 12 digital kits on Wednesdays, and there is usually a couple of Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket kits included. Makes it so much easier {cheaper} to build your digi library!ReplyDelete
Lovely tag and love the gift bags....soooo sweet.ReplyDelete
P/s: I use an ink-jet printer.
GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeeeeee the colors!! And you are rocking those bags!!! :):):):):):):):):):):)ReplyDelete
These are super cute Amy!ReplyDelete
LOVE the tags you make Amy! These are so pretty...love the double sided DP ~ but hate cutting it up too :o)ReplyDelete
OHHH! Those papers on your tag match that jacket PERFECTLY! Love the way you fussy cut around that beautiful flourish/label! LOVE the gems too--fab job!ReplyDelete
Awesome tags Amy - love them!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous design on your tag! I have an HP photosmart ink jet. Works great for me. I print & use digital paper all the time. :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous tag and the bags are so cute! Love the Crate papers. I use an HP inkjet printer.ReplyDelete
Awesome tag! Love the Houndstooth for the challenge! Cute digi projects too! I've missed checking in with you! :)ReplyDelete
Great tags and I love these bags!ReplyDelete
Wonderful projects Amy! That tag is beautiful!ReplyDelete
Those are fab girl, and that tag is amazing!ReplyDelete
I adore your tag!!! Pretty... more cute bags.... Hugs..xoxoReplyDelete
ME ... Ink-jet!!..
I love your tag! I hate cutting up 2 sided also. Your bags are adorable. ;)ReplyDelete
I'm backwards...I did digital crafting for years (it was so much easier to "CLEAN UP" when my littles were littles). Now that they won't destroy stuff (they better not ages 10-15!!! ;) ) I have gotten into this hands on stuff. I have ALWAYS wanted a laser, but have been blessed with decent inkjets along the way.
such a fab tag, amy! i have an hp inkjet:)ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous tag! Love tags too! Love the size :)ReplyDelete
Your baggies are gorgeous too! What a great thing to do for the kids. :)
Hey Amy! Thanks for linking this up to the Get Inspired by Fashion Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)ReplyDelete
Awesome projects sista!! You are so ready for Christmas....lol. Laser printer is definitely better but the inks are more expensive than ink jet.ReplyDelete
So cute! I just did a tag card recently. Love being inspired by fashion. I use an ink jet printer. Its a cheap HP that I love. I just bought it a few months ago for like 40 bucks. hahaReplyDelete
Oooh, love, love, love your tag, Amy! Gorgeous papers and fussy cut detailing. Really like the added rows of bling. :)ReplyDelete
Adorable calendar bags, too. Those papers and colors are fab, you are so right. I have a super old ink jet printer that doesn't do such a hot job. It's good for the basic black and white, but not much else. makes working with digi papers and embellishments next to impossible, unfortunately. Really need to upgrade, but that always gets put to the bottom of the priority list.
fab tag!ReplyDelete
i use ink jet printer but then again, i don't use digi images too much. i barely have enough time for regular stamping stuff!
swoooon- I love it!ReplyDelete


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They didn't have to.
Both knew they had something more between them than they admitted. He knew from his past that it wasn't anything new and anything that hadn't faded away before.
"What's to say it won't now?" his thoughts screamed as they looked into each other's eyes for the first time in the evening. Time stopped, heartbeats raced.
"I don't want to lose this", Stephanie's vulnerable eyes were too honest to be needed figuring out.
"You make me happy & hopeful. But can I trust this?" responded the tired and unsure eyes of Rodney's.
Stef made the first move, she knew she had to. She remembers Rod saying her how he is tired of pursuing someone and wants to be pursued instead; in one of their "meetings". They never called it a date. "We are friends", they lied to their hearts and to each other.
"No more lying." Stef made up her mind.
Taking Rodney's hand she held it, not speaking a word. She knows Rodney's lovesick heart had yearned years for the feeling. She knew it when she felt him holding hers back with his full manly force.
"Ouch! Rod…" was the first real expression of feeling that came out in that evening. Realising she scared her love she quickly took charge again. "Geez I am not going anywhere now", her shy words were an example of her quick wit that always made Rod drool about her.
There was a pause. "That's it, I'm going in", Stef's heart pushed her brain aside.
"Rodney, I love you. I have been for quite some time now. And I need you to know it"
Those words were enough to burn down Rod's manly defences and years of pain and loneliness shed down in form of a single tear. "I am loved too" Rodney's senses melted upon hearing his Stef speak.
Stef was quick to move her hands across his face. Her eyes shining themselves.
It took a while, but Rod knew what he had to say
"Stephanie, I love you too. I was waiting for you to say it all this time" was his honest and innocent response
A nervous Rod kissed her forehead, and turned back to watch the river flow in silence.
This time, Stef held his arm. Rod's heartbeat raced, he was finally held.
And Rod could finally rest his head on the shoulders of someone who loves him.
"No more running"
"It's a wonderful world… what a wonderful world"


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My life feels like it's in shambles…but that's probably because I'm fighting a cold, and not because it's reality.
My ex is trying to get back into my life and he's made some fairly convincing arguments. Arguments that I've batted away with reminders of all the ways he failed me when we were together.
I'm like venom and he doesn't care.
He just keeps taking the bites.
I'm rather miserable over it all. I've had a cold for just about the same amount of time I've had him back in my life.
And I'm afraid of being alone, and he makes me laugh, and I can be a horrible person to him and he still wants me in his life.
It's not healthy.
I'm not healthy.
I'm sick in the short term and the long term.
A bundle of bones that I've been trying to protect by ordering copious amounts of supportive dress shoes online for.
I try them on, realize they don't fit/don't fit and aren't something I could ever conceivably wear to a work or dress function anyway, and return them.
Then I pity myself.
Things are a million times better than when I spent Christmas in a neckbrace, but why do I feel so much worse?
How does my ex-love keep hurting me.
Why do I want him back in my life?
I need a cup of tea and to have my Christmas shopping finished.
I need Christ in my heart pulverizing my loneliness and empty desires for the people who crush my soul.
I want good people in my life who support me and love me and help me continue on a path to righteousness…and I don't know what my ex is.
It hurts. I know it hurts.
It hurts so much that somehow I'm left questioning all that I am, a woman, a college student, a daughter – an unemployed bunch of failings.
I've rejected concert offers, because I haven't written anything new in months and because I don't want to handle the stress anymore.
I'm cutting out music to focus on…drawing it into my life as a future teacher.
Because I'm tired.
I'm tired.
I need sleep. I need some preparation for Christmas. Christ's coming to my heart.
God bless you all, fight on!
-I got a cold.


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NASCAR Chase Week 10: Homestead Power Rankings
Congresswoman calls for NASCAR to suspend Kurt Busch
MIAMI—This much we know about Sunday's season-finale, which airs at 3 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN: There are four drivers left in the Chase for the Cup, they're level in the standings (thanks to a points reset after last week's race at Phoenix), and they're all good enough to win at Homestead-Miami Speedway—a 1.5-mile oval that casts a long shadow on a sprawling everglade park. The outlook beyond that is a bit swampy, even with four new drivers in the running and on our rankings grid. The four-wide tie for first in the standings means that the championship will go to the race's highest finisher. That could be the first-place driver, which has happened just once in a decade. Or that could be the fifth-place guy, who has gone on to win four of the last 10 series titles. Either way, NASCAR will crown a first-time series champion. Our pick has been clear from the start.
8. Marcos Ambrose
Actual rank: 23 (853 pts)
He washed up on our shores eight years ago with a backpack, a duffel bag and a mission: to prove that an Aussie can make it as a stock car racer in America. But Ambrose, of course, did more than just fill the grid. He went on to drive for The King, Richard Petty, landed on the pole three times, was victorious twice, and scored 18 top-fives and 46 top-10s—the most recent coming just last week in Phoenix, where he made Ryan Newman really work to lock up that final spot in the Chase. This Sunday will be Ambrose's last stateside start for the foreseeable future. Not long after the race is over he'll return to his native Australia and race for Team Penske in the V8 Supercar series, where he won a pair of championships in '03 and '04. No, he never contended for a Cup championship and won't be vying for one at Homestead on Sunday. But he won many admirers in the grandstand and the respect of his peers, which might be the greatest of NASCAR's many prizes.
7. Chase Elliott
Actual rank: 1 (N-wide: 1185 pts)
Saturday's Nationwide race won't be more than a Sunday drive for Elliott. With a top-10 at Phoenix last week, the 18-year-old rookie put his points lead over JR Motorsports teammate Regan Smith out of reach and, in effect, became NASCAR's youngest ever champion. You might say this was bound to happen, given that Elliott's father, Bill, is a former champion and soon to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But Chase's career didn't start on the pole. In fact, just last November, he couldn't even score a ride on account of being so young. But now? He'll have an opportunity next year to further distinguish himself from his old man by repeating as Nationwide champion before moving up a level in the Hendrick organization. And how lucky they are to have Elliott on the farm? Jeff Gordon isn't getting any younger.
6. Kyle Busch
Actual rank: 8 (2280 pts)
When the racing gods closed one door—in this case, a chance at a Cup title—on Busch, they opened another in the truck series, where he simply can't lose. Between him, Erik Jones and Darrell Wallace Jr. (who drive for and, occasionally, alongside), Busch has tallied 13 wins—a single-season best for a truck team. He has been about as strong in the Nationwide series too, winning seven times to put Joe Gibbs Racing in striking distance of the owners' title. At Homestead he'll attempt to close the gap and end his Cup campaign on a positive note. Whatever happens on Sunday, he'll finish the season ranked no worse than 13th, a result that likewise speaks to Busch's impressive weekend work ethic.
5. Kyle Larson
Actual rank: 17 (1049 points)
How ironic that the youngest driver on the track was the most mature after suffering a misfortune at the hands of a fellow driver. Larson would've been well within his right to pick a fight with Ryan Newman after the Chase title contender bumped the rookie down from 11th place to 13th. But rather than take his cues from elders like Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon and get into a physical beef with Newman on pit road, Larson took the high road, calling Newman's move "a little upsetting … but I understand." The same can hardly be said of Larson's season—a run of success that may well have been foretold at Homestead last year. There, in just his fourth Cup start, he led a lap and finished 15th. An effort that good or better on Sunday, and he will easily secure rookie of the year honors over Austin Dillon, who lags 87 points behind.
4. Ryan Newman
Actual rank: T-1 (5000 pts)
Asked on media day what it would mean to win a championship for owner Richard Childress, who hasn't enjoyed such bragging rights since he could boast that Dale Earnhardt Sr. was his driver, Newman was, well, Newman. "I want to do it for myself first," he said. But as much as it may seem like he has gotten this far by approaching the Chase with an engineer's calculation and going for solid finishes instead of outright wins, to hear him tell it three days before the Phoenix race that's hardly the case. "I would love to have eight wins," he said. "But in the end we're doing the absolute best that we possibly can and we've been knocking on the door." And if, indeed, he were to kick it down and go all the way? What fun that would be. So would watching NASCAR scramble to rewrite its rule book to ensure that a winless driver never holds its championship trophy again.
3. Denny Hamlin
Actual rank: T-1 (5000 pts)
How can we be surprised that Hamlin has bounced back so strongly from a woeful 2013 campaign that saw him post fewer wins, top-5s and top-10s than he did in 2006, his first full year driving Cup? He stopped short of predicting this run after advancing past the first elimination race at Dover—and just barely, too. Now after surviving again in Phoenix, where he rallied to a fifth-place finish, he's on the verge of becoming the first driver since Tony Stewart to win a series championship for Joe Gibbs Racing. It's a position that, funny enough, Hamlin was in when Stewart was still a driver for JGR. Four years ago around this time, Hamlin was controlling his title destiny until 12th and 14th place showings at Phoenix and Homestead provided Jimmie Johnson all the opening he needed to pip him for the title. Naturally, this shortcoming has stuck with Hamlin, but not in the way you might think. "In 2010, you know, even though I appreciated [that run], I didn't … I just thought it would come every single year," he said. "And when you have a tough year like 2013, it allows you to refocus and put the bigger perspective in front of you. I think that's allowed me to race a lot easier this year, even though performance hasn't really shown it a whole lot. We have struggled a little bit with speed, but we've faced elimination each and every round, and we've overcome it every single round." If he overcomes again, don't call it a comeback. Call it a meant-to-be.
2. Kevin Harvick
Actual rank: T-1 (5000 pts)
Harvick unquestionably faces the most pressure of the four remaining newbie would-be titlists. He has the best car—a Chevy that ran away from the field time and again at Phoenix last week—and a sizeable personal cavalry: seven allies between the Hendrick and Stewart-Haas garages whose help he should be able to count on if the going gets tough. Five of those seven drivers—Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr.—broke into the Cup series around about the same time that Harvick did. Everyone of those drivers except for the oh-fer Junior has titles to their names, more than a few of them earned at Harvick's expense. But now that his old foils are out of the way, the 38-year-old Harvick has no more excuses and little time left to prove that he's every bit as good as those guys, if not better. If he doesn't come away with the championship on Sunday, it could hang over him a long time—and he could well wind up turning to his title sponsor, Budweiser, for solace after coming up short again.
1. Joey Logano
Actual rank: T-1 (5000 pts)
Under the old rules the Penske pilot would have been able to parlay his sixth-place showing at Phoenix into a 26-point lead heading into Homestead. It would make him a virtual lock for the championship. He knows it, and he could let it gnaw at him. But he won't, not with so many details to drill down to keep his championship drive alive. "Execution is the biggest deal," Logano said. "My team has been very strong, keeping the pressure to a low point and being able to do their job in those situations. I feel like that's our strongest point. I like our chances because of that." So do we. In fact, we've liked the No. 22 team's chances from the beginning of the Chase. He's stayed in the game in every conceivable way—by dominating, by surviving, and by rallying from adversity. His average finishing position, 5.3, isn't just the highest in the Chase. It's right in that finale finishing range of series champions past. Logano's resilience should be more than commended. It should soon be rewarded a big check, a champagne shower and an oversized trophy he can raise high over his head.


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Who Am I? Part 10
For those who have been following me in this series which gives a rough outline of my major life events, we come now to a pivotal year for both Jill and me. It was 1987, we had been married for three years, and both of us had completed our studies for our vocations. Jill received her Nursing Diploma, and I had finished my Master of Divinity Degree. You can read about these things here.
After a number of years of education, some short-term mission experiences, some practicum work for Jill and some minor ministry experiences for me, we felt like we were ready to go out and make a difference in the world. While still in school, Jill attended a hospital recruitment meeting and things fell into place, and the next thing you know we were packing a U-Haul to head to Texas. In addition to this, Jill announced with excitement, "WE'RE PREGNANT!"
Now I must admit that I was more stunned than excited at this announcement. But as the weeks and months crept along, I began to really warm up to the idea of being a father. There were a few little snags in our paper work to cross into the States, which caused us to delay and stay with my folks for over a month. So by the time we finally started out with our U-Haul, there was definitely 2 1/2 people ready for the adventure that lie ahead.
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We arrived in Port Arthur, Texas where Jill would work at a charity hospital (which the recruiter had promoted as a great place to work just off of the Gulf of Mexico). He neglected to tell us that most of the bay area around Port Arthur was filled with oil refineries which blocked the view of the Gulf and blackened the port and town area around them.
But we were young, and it was an adventure in many ways for us. And one of the first adventures for us was to find a church to fellowship with. Having just graduated from a Christian and Missionary Alliance seminary, we looked for one of these in the area, but the closest C&MA church was 50 miles away in Baytown. This wasn't too bad, as it gave us time to talk and be together on the drive to and from Baytown each Sunday.
As a result of these visits we made regularly to this church, something very interesting happened. I was approached one day by the pastor of the Baytown church and asked if I would be interested in helping to start a new church in Beaumont, the large city next to Port Arthur. I accepted the offer as I saw this as a way to serve God.
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The excitement of this new ministry opportunity was almost immediately crushed as Jill and I experienced the most bitter of all events, the death of our child. Jill was 29 weeks pregnant in October of 1987. There was no warning and no indication of anything wrong. One day our baby was alive and kicking hard, and then the next day there was no movement.
We couldn't believe anything bad had happened, until finally after waiting anxiously for a doctor's report, they informed us that the child had in fact died in the womb. Because Jill was so far along, it was necessary to have her induced to deliver our daughter. When it was over, we held our little Deborah in our arms. She was over a foot long and almost looked like she was sleeping, except that she wasn't breathing.
The doctors have never to this day explained to us what happened. It was an inter-uterine death, but no cause could be found. That day in October was the blackest day of our entire lives, and it continued to cast a shadow and have a negative effect upon us for many years after. One wise person said to us, "The intensity of the pain will never really go away, just the frequency of it."
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There is no doubt that we were in pain because of this event. For many days there was a sense of emptiness in our apartment. Jill took a few days off to recover physically. The hospital and the doctors were so gracious to cancel our medical bills, so we were not hurt financially. But the emotional and spiritual impact of this tragedy was very huge.
The church people in Baytown were so good to us. Some of them visited us, or sent us flowers and cards. The pastor visited us quite a few times. And with his support and encouragement, we still went ahead and tried to lay down the foundation for a new church plant in Beaumont. I think us moving from our apartment in Port Arthur to Beaumont was good for us. But even after a year of hard work, this church plant also did not get birthed and it was closed down when we came back to Canada.
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Of all the different aspects of this major life crisis for us, there is one memory that stands out the most. Jill and I had gone to the cemetery where we had buried Deborah. We knelt down by the unmarked cross and held hands and gently cried together. Then we sang a song together to reaffirm our faith and hope in God.
But while we were there, another woman came and knelt down by her child's little cross. Then she broke out into wailing and threw herself on to the ground and wept in great torment at the loss of her child. Jill and I quietly left that woman to her grief, but we could leave the cemetery with the song still in our heart. The song says:
"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living, just because He lives."
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The prices in the book are valid from now until November 15th! They seem to be taking a page out of Target's book by offering a new toy deal each day. One added bonus is that they have given us a list of what toy will be on sale each day! These deals are valid in-store only.
They are also offering $5 Off a $40 Toy Purchase or $15 Off a $75 Toy Purchase. It can't be used with the toy deals of the day though so keep that in mind when planning your purchases. The book is filled with hot toys like Hatchimals, Soggy Doggy and the Nintendo Switch, keep in mind though that it's just a toy book so the prices aren't anything to rush out of the house for.
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Dentistry Advances That Makes Painless Visits To The Dentist
Having a toothache is always an extremely bad thing to experience. A person cannot function well when he has a severe toothache. You lose the ability to eat properly, you lose the ability to work, and more serious, you lose the ability to sleep well. For this reason, good oral health should be a priority. We have been told since we were kids that to have good oral health it is essential to visit the dentist for a regular checkup at least twice a month. While acknowledging that, it is a well-known truth that through the years, visiting the dentist is hated by children and adults as well. The majority of people would agree with the fact that what truly is alarming when having a toothache is the thought of needing to pay a visit to the dentist. Picturing those sharp tools and oral drills can without a doubt cause stress. Age and gender are not factors to this common trend of the fearfulness of going to the dentist.
However, no matter how dreadful it is, there always comes a time when the reason to visit the dentist is really unavoidable. Fortunately, with all the advances in medicine, visiting the dentist for dental treatments can now be pain-free. These days, dentists have choices to present their patients a comforting experience that is free of strain and most significantly, painless. The most popular way to perform pain-free dental care is to make use of sedatives to make the individual drowsy and virtually asleep during the oral care process for example cavity filling or tooth extraction. The dental professional will let the client breathe in nitrous oxide or often known as laughing gas as sedatives. Subsequently, the individual will be sedated and is not going to experience anything for the duration of the oral therapy processes and the effect lasts up to 3 hours. Once the treatment is done, the individual has no recollection of the operation or sense any of the discomfort that is generally connected with mauling the internal parts of the mouth with drills and needles. Moreover, using nitrous oxide sedation is also practically ideal for cosmetic dentistry procedures. Applying sedation allows cosmetic dentistry to possibly operate and help you gain that perfect smile with just one operation.
Another type of dentistry without pain entails the application of DentiPatch that is a more modern technology than sedation dentistry. The dentist will apply the DentiPatch which resembles a band-aid to the patient's gums. The DentiPatch has a numbing material known as lidocaine which will enter the gums and numbs them. This agent is ideal for small processes and also for needle injections of general anaesthesia required for tooth extractions.
Thanks to these advances in dental medicine, visiting the dentist can no longer be as dreadful as before. Always take into account that dental wellness must always be a priority.


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Oklahoma University's softball team was red-hot in red uniforms. Will the Sooners cool off in cool pink?
No. 13-ranked OU run-ruled Kansas, 8-0, in Big 12 softball Friday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark while its players wore traditional road red.
In today's series finale, however, the Sooners will be wearing pink togs during KU's annual breast-cancer-awareness game. Kansas, meanwhile, will wear white home uniforms with pink piping.
Even the bases will be pink during the Jayhawks For a Cure promotion.
"If you can get one young lady to get tested early," KU coach Tracy Bunge said, "it's worth it."
Fans wearing pink will be admitted for $3. Donations will be accepted at the gate to benefit Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the KU Cancer Center.
A silent auction will include pink softballs signed by the Jayhawks and the Sooners, as well as a couple of pink wood bats.
Two KU players — Kolby Fesmire and Ally Stanton — are daughters of breast-cancer survivors, and their mothers will be throwing out honorary first pitches.
Fesmire, KU's starting shortstop, may not be able to play today after suffering an injury during OU's five-run first inning Friday.
The sophomore from Round Rock, Texas, dove for a ball, landed askew and had trouble breathing. She was taken out of the game and later to LMH as a precautionary measure.
With those five runs in the first, the Sooners left no doubt why they came in leading the Big 12 in batting average, slugging percentage, home runs and RBIs.
"Oklahoma came to play," Bunge said, "and offensively we didn't make adjustments at all."
Brittany Hile, who entered as the designated player when Fesmire was injured, lined a double into the left-center-field gap for the Jayhawks' lone hit.
The only other ball the Jayhawks hit hard off OU left-hander D.J. Mathis was a line drive to third by Stevie Crisosto.
Still, it was hardly surprising the Jayhawks struggled at the plate. In nine conference games, KU's team batting average is just .206.
Kansas (13-23 overall, 3-6 Big 12) will try to salvage today's 1 p.m. series finale with senior Val George (8-11, 2.75 ERA) in the circle. Oklahoma (31-12, 8-3) is likely to counter with freshman standout Allee Allen (14-3, 2.82 ERA).
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Nick stomping away with Turning Point, Photo courtesy of Turning Point
Over the past few weeks we have brought you a few sections of our interview with Jay Laughlin of Turning Point. Soon after we interviewed Jay, we got TP bassist Nick Greif on board to chime in as well. Since our first two parts were without Nick, we wanted to introduce Nick here and get some of his memories down before moving on to the rest of the interview with him and Jay. So here's Nick firing away on being one of the few and the proud... -Gordo DCXX
The first time I met Jay was at a ramp jam, and he had a black motorcycle jacket. He was selling Pointless demos. I was like, "who is this kid?" I felt like I was meeting a rock star. I was younger than him by a few years. I was impressionable. Actually, in a lot of those ramp jam photos, it's pretty much everyone who would end up in Turning Point and a part of the Turning Point crew, though at the time of the photos they were just various people in different bands, hanging out.
I was the youngest in the band. I ended up in TP because I had become friends with Ken, and we would skate together. After skating, we would go jam in this other kid Brian's garage. At the time, Ken kinda knew I wanted do a band. I remember TP starting as a summer project with Skip, Jay, and Ken, and they had asked Ken's brother to play bass, but he didn't end up doing it. So then they kinda asked me. I was psyched!
At the first two practices I couldn't even remember how to play anything. I was really nervous, with this shitty little amp that made like no noise. Then somehow at the third practice it came together a little more and I kinda figured out what I was doing. Up until then, I wasn't sure what they thought, but at the practice they said it was cool. Years later Jay told me they were gonna kick me out at the second practice, but I pulled it together by the third. So yeah, it was close.
Nick jams out the bass pre-Turning Point days, Photo: Kevin Sullivan
I just learned the songs from watching them play them. The way I remember it going, Jay would just say, "ok here it is." He had it figured out already. Then sometimes Skip might grab the bass, and then we'd just be doing it. We started at the beginning of the summer, and by the end of the summer we were ready to play shows. It was fun, Jay knew how to make it happen, even early on he kinda had the role as the dedicated band guy. I would say that 95% of the songs were written by him. Skip would hop in and work it out. Ken just knew exactly what to play. Skip was very serious earlier on, but he eased up a lot as time went by.
I was so impressed hanging out with these guys, because I was younger. Pretty quickly, they were like "let's do a demo!" I'm like, "whoa really?" That was kinda a big deal, it just really came together. I remember with the demo we did two sessions, with three or four songs in each session. We had all these dudes there to do back ups. I remember all of us sitting around and just dying as Skip did his vocals, because we were in the engineer's basement, and we were hearing just Skip's vocals isolated from the music as he did them, and we were all laughing our asses off. Skip didn't appreciate it at all.
Overall, early on we had no plan, we just did it. It was just fun and spontaneous and natural. "Wanna play a show?" "Yeah!" Get in the van, drive. Meet people. Play. Record a demo. Sell it. More shows. It was awesome. There was never any big plan, we just did it. I was lucky because even though I was only 14 or 15 at the beginning, my parents were very cool and gave me a lot of freedom. I remember our first trip to the Anthrax, on the ride up in the van we all were talking about what we told our parents. We are going around the van, and each person is talking about what they told their parents, whether it was lying to them and telling them that they were either sleeping over at a friend's house, or going to a local show or whatever. It gets to be my turn to turn, and I'm just like, "umm, I told them I was going to the Anthrax in Connecticut to play a show with other hardcore bands...is that bad?" Everyone was like, "what the fuck? How?!"
My parents thing was that as long as I was doing ok in school it was fine, they were very cool about it. In the band, even being the youngest, I kinda had the most freedom and the most relaxed home environment. Ken's house was kinda rigid, if you went there, you had to take your shoes off outside. I remember we'd be leaving and if it was winter our shoes would be frozen stiff with frost on then. At my house we could do whatever, wear your shoes inside! We'd play loud and the dishes upstairs would shake and my Dad would be watching TV like 6 inches from the screen so he could hear, and they didn't mind. Afterwards, my mom would make all of us dinner. It was great.
I wasn't really like a punk kid with a mowhawk. I went from being a generic skater, right into hardcore, it was a direct transition without any time dabbling with metal or punk really. I didn't do the whole crazy punk outfit thing. It was pretty much army pants, Air Jordans, and a skate shirt with a baseball hat. It's kinda just what I still wear today. I remember seeing Another State Of Mind, it was on one night and some of us were watching and we're like "whoa!" They get to the part with Ian and Henry working at Haagen-Dazs. And they are like "we're punk rock but we're still polite." I always dug that. It made sense to me. You didn't have to be self destructive to be pissed off.
Nick contorted and fast asleep in the Turning Point van with a friendly foot to the face, Photo courtesy of Turning Point
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Nick Greif - Turning Point
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4 comments:
- JD said...
Cant wait to hear more from Nick. Super nice guy. What's up man!
- May 3, 2009 at 9:32 PM
- Taylor said...
Great read. Awesome to hear from Nick after so many years. Hope to hear more.
- May 4, 2009 at 9:23 AM
im the brian guy he jammed with in the garage
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Go See Hear In L.A. Nov. 4-9 (The Those Pretty Wrongs/Darlingside edition)
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Go See Here In L.A. Aug. 3-10 (the Cowboy Mouth/Pony Boy edition)
It's one of those weeks where I feel like there should be more shows on my radar, but this is what I have so have at it. (update: okay, so I did overlook some that have now been slipped in. … Continue reading
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Remember that movie Romero was working on BEFORE Land of the Dead got greenlit? Yeah, the one about the rockin' zombies that was supposed to star Marilyn Manson, Gwen Stefani and more mega rock stars. Well apparently Romero is still interested in doing Diamond Dead, according to a scooper at AICN. Romero tells the scooper that "there's costume designs and everything, but they just don't have the money to do it yet." As you might know I was working pretty close to the project when it was initially in the works, and they lost the financing when Romero went off to do Land, but maybe him expressing interest will get these investors back. If you want a mini-synopsis, read on...
The scooper also tells AICN:
There's this boyband, and one of their girlfriends wants to sing in the group. They of course say no, as its a boyband. So she kills them by turning up their amps too high. She then feels bad, and makes a deal with the devil to bring them back. Unfortunately their noses and stuff keep falling off.
The official website is still live, so let's hope for some updates.


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An impromptu food drop off from a friend turned neighbor. A text that says "Vetti? Call??". Weekly check in calls. GTalk conversations that start with "Oye" and end with a promise to visit. Emails that offer to pick up favorites from a store away from where I live. Unplanned afternoon meet ups. Conversations that hum with honesty and raw emotions.
When I wistfully look at my contact list and wonder about the relationships that could have been but aren't I remember that ones that are. Over the past few weeks, I have been part of many little acts of kindness. Of food, time, company and words typed over the internet. Each of these interactions have left me wondering if these are guardian angels. Friends with busy lives who pause to acknowledge and touch mine. Souls who brush past my life for a reason. To remind me of the innate goodness in people. To teach me that the longer I look at closed doors, I miss the windows that are open.
Perhaps it is the change in seasons. The piercing chill that has woken something in me. I seem to be aware of a lot of things I have taken for granted in the past. Or it is just that time of the year when things slow down and thankfulness creeps in. Whatever the reason, today's note is a shout out to the folks who touch my life in small ways and big and make it worth smiling about.


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The new OECD Economic Survey of Austria projects GDP growth of 1.4% for 2019 and 1.3% for 2020, which is a downward revision reflecting weaker external demand and global trade tensions. Reforms, such as boosting competition in services and bringing more women and migrants into the workforce, will help bolster well-being, the report says.Read more
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Our Partnership
Our partnership with Cathedral Church in Lushoto, began August 2005. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod has been matching up our congregations with congregations in the North-Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania. Upper Dublin is now beginning to develop this international spiritual friendship! Visit the ELCA's Global mission page for more information. Read about our five trips to Lushoto, Tanzania.
What is a Companion Synod Program?
The ELCA began the Companion Synod Program to help American churches experience the gifts and witness of a church in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe or the Middle East. The partnership exists for the purpose of strengthening one another for life and mission within the Body of Christ. We mutually participate as we design our relationship together, via study, communications, exchange of pastors and lay persons, scholarships, resources for worship, music and the arts, and Christian education. This is an excellent opportunity to increase global understanding, and, where churches live under oppression or danger, to advocate for justice on behalf of our partners.
Interesting Facts about Cathedral:
- Membership: 1000 adults, 600 children
- Weekly Worship Attendance: approximately 600 Sunday School has 500 children
- Confirmation Class 122
- Two worship services Sundays, three choirs and a band with guitars and piano
- All choirs are involved in various evangelism projects, as well as visiting the sick in hospital and homes to sing and pray together!
Cathedral has five (satellite mission churches called) sub-parishes in the mountains around Lushoto. These are served by lay 'evangelists' who travel each Sunday up steep dirt roads to reach the small temporary structures of some sub-parishes, while others are growing large and have permanent buildings (like Ubiri and Ngulwi) Several members of each sub-parish are chosen as Council members who travel down to Cathedral Church, for their Council meetings and to conduct business together.
We Learn From Each Other!
There are many ways that Upper Dublin Lutheran Church hopes to accompany Cathedral Church and its mission in the future. And, Cathedral Church will mutually support UDLC as well, as this is not meant to be a one-way partnership based on financial gifts!
How Else Can We Help?
Secondary School Scholarships (about $500 per year) Tuition and uniforms are needed by students to attend high school. Girls especially are not given this privilege easily, and most families cannot afford the extra expense. The children sponsored are asked to correspond regularly with their American sponsor, and send photos, and share their spiritual life and career plans with sponsors!
Visitors Exchange Upper Dublin is able to bring several staff members, lay evangelists, students, seminarians, over to experience life in USA, for a few weeks, or for a semester of study. We also are able to go there to Lushoto, to visit and learn more about their mission work in that cultural context.
Worship Services share prayers and music on same Sundays. On certain Sundays, we can share prayers for each other, sing the same songs (in Swahili), they can sing our UDLC favorites, and Children even share sermons ideas and illustrations between pastors. UDLC has the ability to show taped video of worship at Cathedral and preaching of the staff on occasion at our worship to build the sense of connection between the people.
Correspondence Letters and pen pal exchanges can take place mostly on snail mail (few have internet access for emails) between all ages in our congregations, Sunday School, Widow's group, Choirs, Confirmation classes and others! Names are available right now!
Financial Support While this is NOT MEANT TO BE THE MAIN manner of working together, it IS certainly and important part of our partnership. At Christmas, special gift offerings can be made for purchase of cows, band instruments, choir uniforms, building materials for new churches, computers, video and DVD resources for Christian Education, and crafts for children, etc. Also major gifts can be given for internet connections to be established, computer labs for the church and community, and visitor exchanges for the Tanzanian visitors to come to USA.
Sebastian Kolowa University College (SEKUCo)
SEKUCo is a partnership project of the North Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America! It is located in Magamba, Tanzania, and will be opening October 23, 2007 with a delegation from Upper Dublin attending and several other Synod visitors! SEKUCo will be an affiliate of Tumaini University and will be open to all persons regardless of religious beliefs. It will offer Teacher Education with an emphasis on Special Education, Nature Conservation and Eco-Tourism, and Law! For more information visit our website at www.SEKUCo.org Our synod is cooperating with the NED...of TZ to build a university that serves special needs students in all of Tanzania and surrounding countries...IT will also be a Law School and Tourism training program.


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by Laura
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Hello Dad, I really love your website, it is the most comprehensive guide I've come across so far. Me and my daughter are dying to visit Disney world but I am a bit nervous as I have never been to America.
To save on the cost of the holiday I have been looking at hotels outside of the Disney World. I have seen a really good deal with a hotel called Ramada Gateway Hotel and Inn near Kissimmee. Have you heard of this hotel and do you know if it is in reasonable walking distance to Disney World. Thank you for your time.
Dad's Save Your Pennies Answer
A trip to Walt Disney World is a magical experience – especially for a family coming to Orlando for the first time from a country far away. It can be very overwhelming, but the best advice I can give to you is that when you're spending so much time and money to travel there, it's better to do it right and not risk being disappointed, even if that means that you need to save your pennies a little while longer.
I have good news and bad news for you, so let's start with the bad. Nothing is walking distance in Walt Disney World – sometimes even the resort hotels aren't comfortable walking distance from one end to the other! The closest you'll get is a 15 minute walk between the Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary Resort, or a 5-20 minute walk from EPCOT to the EPCOT-area resorts. Walt Disney World is twice the size of Manhattan, so walking from one point to another isn't practical.
Let's take the Ramada Inn Gateway for example, it's about 9 miles from the hotel to the Magic Kingdom. Even getting to Downtown Disney it's about 7 miles. The closest Disney property to that hotel is Animal Kingdom at 2.7 miles. That's a bit far to walk.
Also, no matter how good the price is, don't forget to factor in that you'll need to pay for parking each day that you visit Walt Disney World, and you'll have to rent a car and pay for gas. If you're already nervous about visiting America, driving on the busy roads at Walt Disney World might not be such a calming experience.
Looking at a random week in 2013 (October 5-12), you'd pay around $43 per night at the hotel plus $14 per day for parking plus $30-70 per day for a rental car (let's call it $50 when you figure in taxes). That's about $107 per day to stay off-site, and spend at least an hour driving to and from the parks and parking each day. That's about $749 just for hotel and transportation.
If you look at staying on property at Walt Disney World, you can select a value resort, and you'll be able to use Disney Magical Express to get to and from the airport along with Disney Resort transportation to get to and from the parks (all for free!). Plus, you'll get access to Extra Magic Hours which will ensure you have lots of time in the parks with minimal crowds.
Looking at that same week in October, the price for your hotel stay at the All-Star Sports would be $826 or $118 per night, which doesn't include any of the discounts that Disney frequently offers. For only $11 more per night you can let Disney do the driving and concentrate instead on having a relaxing time with your daughter.
I really would suggest you talk to a Disney Travel Agent who can help you make the best decisions. I recommend Destinations to Travel. They will be able to help you chose the perfect hotel even if it's outside of Disney World.
Dad's Bottom Line
Laura, if it were up to me, I'd save your pennies for a little while longer and look for discounts on the Walt Disney world website so you can stay on Disney property at a Value Resort – the small increase in money will save you time and stress!
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Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by Bengal B, Dec 6, 2017.
The King of Dong Style, Joey Ryan
Also, "The Cream of the Crop" promo that Macho did back in WWF is my all time favorite promo
This guy came into Cafe Gentilly a few years ago and told me his name was Robert and he was from California. He ordered, we served him breakfast and he was reading a book while he was eating. 20 minutes later I was bored because we were slow so I went to his table and said, "Het buddy...we run a respectable place. No arm wrestling". He said, Do you know who I am"? I said, "You told me your name was Robert. What did you forget"?
It was Rob Van Dam. He loved it that I didn't know who he was. Real friendly guy originally from Michigan. We talked about the neighborhood. No one else recognized him too.
The current NWA North American Champion is Mustang Mike of Morgan City. Here we are the day after he won the title.
You look a little like Coach Oeaux
A classic...
I had never heard of the boobplex. You have redeemed yourself for some of the videos you posted in other threads but @shane0911 may still want to see you flogged.
Sound like him too, but I've lost about 20 pounds since that picture was taken.
I went to an actual wrestling meet yesterday, it was very interesting. Daughter's boyfriend wrestled in he and college so I had a great pay by play / color commentator at my disposal


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Living in a haunted house is a strange and terrifying experience, even if the spirits involved aren't malicious. Houses are built to withstand things like settling terrain, flooding, drainage. Your architect very carefully designs the structure for maximum safety and protection. Your roof allows rain and snow to slip off. Your staircase has a handrail. But does it have the elements necessary to keep you safe from ghosts?
In many parts of the world, including our own, buildings have little design quirks intended to keep out bad luck and bad spirits. If only some of these things had been taken into account in my haunted house!
Curved Roofs
The familiar slope of Chinese roofs isn't just for aesthetics. Tradition says that evil spirits can only travel in straight lines, and the curve of the roof prevents them from entering the home.
Haint Paint
Paint your shutters and door trim blue to trick spirits into thinking your house is surrounded by water. Some believe that ghosts are unable to cross water, and the blue trim keeps them out. And, paint your porch ceilings blue to convince the spirits that it's the sky, making them want to ascend to heaven instead of enter your house.
13th Floor
In America, 13 is unlucky; in China, 4 is unlucky. In both countries, these numbers are frequently left off the elevator and other building signage, and sometimes the floor is actually converted into unusable space to prevent bad luck -- and bad spirits -- from entering.
Oro, Plata, Mata
In some Hispanic cultures, it's a habit to count stairs as you go up and down, only instead of numbers, you repeat, "Oro, plata, mata" over and over again. The words, which mean "gold, silver, death," dictate your fortune depending on which word corresponds with the last step. As you can imagine, there aren't many staircases with variables of 3 or 6.
Kimono Corner
Japanese tradition states that evil spirits always enter through the northeast corner of the home. Many Japanese also believe that plumbing is an easy entryway for spirits. So, you will rarely find a bathroom in the northeast corner of a house. To be extra safe, keep windows and doors away from that corner of your home.
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text: Three Es to Keep Your Team Motivated by Misty Phillips | Sep 27, 2013 | How To, Orange StrategyThe Bible has lots to say about our faith with being equated to a race. It says we must run it. We're told to run to win and forget what is behind us. Go for the prize! Paul speaks about finishing and keeping the faith at the end of his race. As a leader, you are racing to win with your Small Group Leaders. To help keep your team stoked, let's check out the three E words below. Keep these three words handy as you lead this season of ministry. Encourage. Sincerity in appreciating your Small... Read More


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By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem with Collaboration with L'indro.it –
Last week was exceptional in Lebanon following the announcement of the arrest of Saja Dulaimy, that some believe she is the former wife of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Saja Dulaimy, has been arrested in North Lebanon with her Palestinian driver who has been identified as her new husband and three of her children, one of them is al-Baghdadi daughter, according to DNA tests.
Dulaimy has denied being al-Baghdadi's wife or former wife, claiming she was married from someone his last name is Sameraei, which is also the family name of Baghdadi.
Dulaimy, who was married three times, while Al-Baghdadi was the second one and the Palestinian is the current one.
Saja was prisoned in Syria and has been released by the Syrian regime in a swap deal with Syrian Maaloula nuns in March 2014. At that time, "Al-Nusra Front", al-Qaeda branch in Syria, insisted on releasing Saja Dulaimy at the last minute, threatening of canceling the swap deal.
Later on, one of al-Nusra leaders has revealed that Saja is a very important person because she was a daughter of a Jihadi Iraqi leader and her brothers are known "jihadis" while she was al-Baghdadi wife.
This catch was considered very precious for Lebanon government in terms of enhancing its negotiation cards with ISIS and Al-Nusra groups to release 27 soldiers and policemen that have been captured in Arsal town, in Bekaa, East Lebanon, on the Lebanese border with Syria.
Four months ago, these terrorists groups had attacked the Lebanese army and police station in the Lebanese town of Arsal and captured the military men, as a revenge for the arrest of Imad Jomaa, a local leader of ISIS in the Syrian al-Qalamoun area.
The Lebanese army has arrested also Ola Al-akili, the wife of al-Nusra leader in al-Qalamoun, Anas Al-shishani, and her kids.Al-Shishani has threatened the Lebanese government in a You tube statement of retaliating and hindering any swap deal of the Lebanese soldiers if Lebanon's authorities don't release his wife.
After few hours of this warning, Al-Nusra front has declared its execution of the Lebanese policeman Ali Al-Bazal, as a revenge for the arrest of terrorists women and children.
It is worth noting that the Qatari mediator in this issue, Ahmed al-Khatib, has left the Lebanese territory, returning to Doha, few hours before the execution of Al-Bazal, which some Lebanese media considered as a Qatari green light for this execution.
ISIS and Nusra are demanding of freeing dozen of "Jihadi" prisoners in Lebanon and Syria, most of them were involved in terrorist attacks and have been sentenced for execution of jail.
These demands are hard to be responded by the Lebanese government for judicial and political reasons. It is not acceptable in the Law to release terrorists who were involved in suicide bombs that killeddozen of Lebanese citizens last year. Second, some Lebanese ministers believe that releasing terrorists in a swap deal will encourage the terrorists to kidnap Lebanese soldiers and citizens another time to impose their demands on Lebanon.
Also, The Lebanese government can't impose any swap deal on the Syrian government and assure that Damascus will respond to the hijackers demands.
Al-Nusra group has threatened of killing another soldier during a brief period if the Lebanese army does not release "the sisters" and their children, in reference to Saja Dulaimy and Ola Al-Akili.
Lebanese security sources revealed that the the Director General of the General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, has put up during the recent meeting of Lebanon's 'Cell Crisis" to respond to any act of revenge by the terrorists bya quickly implementation of the of executions sentencesalready issued by the Lebanese judiciary against "Jihadi" terrorists.
The source added that despite the enormity of the loss of Al-Bazal, the government's decision is crucial to refuse to surrender to the terroristslogic, and stressed that it is not a secret that there is no magic or quick solution for the hostages issues.
The Lebanese media quoted a Lebanese ministerial source blaming Qatar for not exercising any pressure on al-Nusra group to not execute the policeman, indicating that Turkey had distanced itself from the negotiations.
Experts believe that Qatar and Turkey have good ties with both ISIS and Al-Nusra groups and that can pressure them to release the Lebanese hostages in a swap deal as they did release the Turkish diplomats in last September.
Back to Dulaimy's interrogation, the Lebanese daily Assafir revealed that Dulaimy received on August 2, few days after the Battle of Arsal, a warning message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to leave the Syrian Refugees camp of Arsal and to move to a safe heaven in NorthLebanon.
After the interrogation with the al-Dulaimy, she acknowledged that the Palestinian driver is not her brother as she claimed first, but her third husband. A delegation from the Iraqi intelligence visited Dulaimy in the prison and stressed that she is not Baghdadi's wife. But the surprise came from the American side whichaffirmed to the Lebanese intelligence that Dulaimywas al-Baghdadi's wife and DNA tests showed that the girl that accompanied her was "Hajar", Baghdadi's daughter.


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