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Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, the priest who was kidnapped in 2016 and held captive for 18 months by terrorists in Yemen, said his ability to persevere "was thanks to the prayers of everyone" who interceded for him. Source: CNA.
"Prayer is the best thing that God has given us and can obtain everything," he told ACI Prensa. "Surrendered to the Lord's will, during my captivity I prayed to the Lord that they would release me soon, but I also asked him to give me the grace to complete the mission that he had planned for me."
A Salesian missionary, Fr Uzhunnalil first garnered the world's attention when he was kidnapped during an attack on a Missionaries of Charity home in Aden, Yemen, that left 16 people dead, including four religious sisters. He was freed September 12, 2017.
"The churches in Yemen had been attacked and vandalised, but in the days prior to my kidnapping the situation had stabilised somewhat," he said.
However, on March 4, 2016, when he was praying in the chapel of the Missionaries of Charity, he heard gunshots outside. He saw jihadists killing four of the sisters.
"I prayed for God's mercy on the sisters who had died and also for those who had killed them," he said. "They then told me to come outside and asked me if I were a Muslim. I told them no, that I was a Christian. And they put me in the back seat of the car."
"A little later they opened the door again and threw in something metallic wrapped in some cloth. I knew that it was the tabernacle that the sisters had in the chapel," he said.
While Fr Uzhunnalil said his captors did not physically harm him, he did suffer psychological torture.
In the 18 months he was held captive, Fr Uzhunnalil relied upon prayer for perseverance.
"It was thanks to the prayers of everyone who prayed for me that I was able to endure what I was going through. It wasn't because of my personal fortitude but because of the prayers of my brothers and sisters in the faith," he said.
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"Chic" and "trendy" should not be words that are associated and have nothing to do with burgers – in the end, there's nothing en vogue about a ground meat rounded and shaped into a disk, cooked with fire and then placed on top of bread. If there is anyone who's going to make burger hip and happening, it would be be folks at M:Brgr. The concept is simple, a create your own burger joint – fresh ingredients, pick your own toppings and sides, smash burger in face, enjoy.
I had a hot date with my M the other day and we were fiending for burgers and decided to hit up Montreal's one and only upscale burger joint – M:Brgr. Like mentioned above, the concept is basically "making" your own burger – not like Kramer's "you smash it, you pound it, and you fling it into the air" make your own pizza joint; so don't get too excited about grilling your own patties, get excited for Kobe beef, horseradish mayo, and house smoked bacon. You start off with a choice of six base burgers – some of which are already dressed where you can eat as is, or continue along the path of burger customization.
The lady ordered the "Slider threesome" because she's a G. A "AAA" beef burger, topped with, lettuce, tomato, pickles, with a side of french fried onions and served on white bun. With the base of the slider burger, she decided to continue the righteous path of burger serenity by adding additional toppings. With the sliders, you can indeed customize each burger of the trio independently, so make sure you chose your toppings wisely. *I stand corrected, our server made a mistake and I have been informed that we can dress the burgers any way we like*
She decided to top the burgers with a slice of cheddar and grilled oyster mushrooms – cos she fancy like that. The mushrooms added a nice chewy bite to the burger with an added earthy aroma. I've always considered "sliders" and the idea of sliders as a burger "quickie". It's everything you want it to be, quick, dirty and when you're finished, people don't even notice anything's gone. But M:Brgr's perverse minds so fittingly named this a "threesome" – in what context though? One big burger orgy with three burgers, or three quickies with the same burger? This analysis has gone completely off, I'll stop. BURGER SEX.
Burger? BURGER! I as well had the "AAA" base, with cheddar, mayo and topped with French fried onions on a fluffy wholewheat bun. Actually I had the lettuce wrap option… but you knew that… I hope. Definitely an option for those who are watching their carbs. As with the sliders, the "AAA" meat was honest solid ground beef, juicy and flavourful. The fried onions added a definite crunch to each bite as did the cold, crisp lettuce wrap. The choice of "bun" didn't take away from the burger experience at all, I found it gave a unique twist on what we have come to classify as a "burger" – although I wouldn't call it a "wrap" as the burger wasn't wrapped wrapped; they made a "bun" with the lettuce.
Lasagna! And by lasagna I mean fries.
Sweet potato fries. The fries were pretty much… well, fries. Nothing super spectacular, they were crispy, golden and tasted good with ketchup. Yup, fries.
M and I also split an order of coleslaw. M:brgr serves up Moishe's famous coleslaw. A great tart and refreshing bite of slaw washes down any great burger – it does the job almost as good as something fizzy to drink.
Albeit, M:Brgr might be one of the more pricier places to cop a burger in Montreal, it does have its upsides – great weekly lunch specials which include a drink and fries, and some fun burger alternatives like sandwiches and salads. It's the only place where (if you wanted to or if your wallet was about to puke) to add shaved black or white truffles into your burger. Yes, this can be seen as being a bit gimmicky or even absurd, but M:brgr is about being over the top, even to the point of having an option of having foie gras as a topping… and they have the price tag that goes with it – but that's their thing, you don't HAVE to like it, but it works and their burgers are pretty decent… at a price.
That being said, it should also be noted that M:Brgr donates a portion of all sales to various Montreal children's charities, including the Montreal's Children Hospital Foundation as well as the Foundation for Research into Children's Diseases.
Read about a recent article I wrote about Montreal's top 5 must try burgers here, which features M:Brgr's "$100 brgr"
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Ode To Paula Deen
Paula Deen, Southern Queen.
Gimme somma that butter cuisine!
Perfectly coiffed and infectious laugh,
You're the southern granny I wish I had.
Your mac n' Cheese ain't nothin' to mess with and
Don't even get me started on yo cheddar biscuits!
Your gooey cakes and whoopie pies,
Love stickin' to my butt and thighs.
It's all good though, it's all chill--
I'll just work an extra 30 on the treadmill.
I have all your cookbooks and recipes and
All I have to say is...
So OBVIOUSLY, my poetry skills are amazing! Haha--yeah right--this poem technically isn't even an "ode"--more like a really poor rap!
Paula Deen is my "southern icon," so to speak. She just epitomizes southern cooking. I've watched her show since I was 15. I would come home from school, walk/jog on the treadmill, watch Paula's Home Cooking, and plot out what I would make for dinner for our family (that was my job since my sister played after-school sports, and I was too uncoordinated for all that).
Both of my parents are northerners, so growing up in South Carolina I didn't have much of a "southern" upbringing. We drank UN-SWEETENED tea at the B-hizzle! So I was naturally infatuated with Paula--I could finally learn how to cook like a real southern fattie! She was like the southern grandmother I never had (until I met Wes anyway, and then I got TWO real southern grandmas!)
I have all the cookbooks, have been to her Savannah-based Lady & Sons restaurant and made her recipes MANY times over. One thing I have NEVER done is "lighten" her recipes. I thought that would be akin to slapping her in her nice n' tightly lifted face (which looks fab by the way!). Sure they're full of fat and calories, but everything in moderation...
The recipe...
4 cups cooked multi-grain elbow macaroni, drained
2 cups reduced-fat shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup low fat (1%) milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 tablespoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a casserole dish with nonstick spray.
After the macaroni has been boiled and drained, add cheese while macaroni is still hot. Combine the milk, eggs, sour cream, mustard, salt, and cayenne in a medium bowl. Add to macaroni mixture. Pour into casserole dish. Combine bread crumbs and oil in a small bowl until blended. Evenly sprinkle the crumb mixture over the macaroni and lightly spray with nonstick spray. Bake, until the filling is hot and the topping is golden, 35 – 40 minutes.
Per Serving: 194 Cal; 13 g Protein; 5 g Tot Fat; 2 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 25 g Carb; 3 g Fiber; 1 g Sugar; 170 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 365 mg Sodium; 9 mg Cholesterol
The result...
Wes raved about it though. He loved it. So I guess my final verdict is that you either like it or you don't. It's not terrible, but it's not like the cheese-laden original. It wasn't a total disaster, so I might try some of the other lightened-up recipes too. I'm still a skeptic :)
This morning, I taught TurboKick at 5:30am and this afternoon I'm teaching PiYo. I'm still sore and stiff from teaching TWO weights classes yesterday, but a nice yoga/pilates sesh and I'll be good as gold.
Tomorrow is FUN FRIDAY on this blog, so come back for some funny videos, awesome workout jams, and other fun tidbits :) Have a great day, friends!
Q.O.D. (question of the day): Who is your "food icon" (chef, Food Network personality, cookbook author, blogger, etc.)? Why? Have you ever made any of Paula's recipes? If so, what?


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Plenty of people are now using the internet and are starting to create their own website either for personal use or to get their businesses online. But where there is money there are scammers. Good reliable hosting that has good up time (which means how often your website is online without any connection issues) doesn't come cheap with monthly costs that can soon add up many people maybe tempted to go for the more cheaper alternatives. There are many different places where people can go to find these offers such as forums. But beware many cheap hosts are scammers. For instance many will trick people and offer packages boasting 99.9% up time but the real truth is that the up time will be the other way around and you will be pretty much paying for a headache and your website will hardly ever be online at the end of the day. From personal experience after getting cheap shared hosting such as Tugu host from Indonesia I can tell you its probably easier, faster and more reliable to go for some free hosts like zymic which have better up time and much more faster. Tugu on their sales thread on a web hosting forum boasted 99.9% and like a fool I went for them after all I didn't want to spend to much money on a host as I only wanted to create a blog which I would post on every so often so I didnt need a lot. Many of these scammers will ask you to pay upfront for a years worth of hosting (so once they have your money they can refuse a refund), it wasn't much but I did not get anything back for my money my blog which is very small and does not use up too much space is rarely online (every single time I check my blog it has connection issues or is not even online). I guess I was just simply to naive to think I could get decent hosting for the price that tugu was offering. My point is that you must be careful when picking your hosting… if you are not hosting a business or a website that will get a ton of visitors and doesnt use much space then your best bet would be to actually go for free reliable hosting form a respectable hosting company at least then you know that at the very least your site will be up… With web hosting if the offer is to good to be true nine times out of ten it probably is to good to be true!
It wasn't too long ago since I wrote this rather quick, haphazard but true review about tuguhost and how you should avoid using it because of how slow it is and the rubbish amount of uptime the host gives you! Now it turns out that tugu just like many other small time cheap hosting company's has gone….disappeared into thin air. The main tugu host now redirects to a new hosting company call weloveservers that offers similar hosting to what tuguhost did. After checking the whois data and comparing tugu historical whois data to that of weloverservers it looks as though weloveservers has now acquired tuguhost's domain since 1st of april……a mean April fools joke on all tuguhost customers who have since lost there websites anbd money. We are unsure if weloverservers have no accquired tuguhost the company or just the domain…… but things sure do now look good for tugu hosters at the moment.


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I recently saw Mike Leigh's film, "Mr Turner." It is visually beautiful, recreating, on the cinema screen, some of Turner's best-loved masterpieces, including "The Fighting Temeraire," "Snow Storm," and "Rain, Steam and Speed," and Timothy Spall's performance in the title role is mesmerising, and yet there was something about the film that did not quite convince me. Yesterday, walking through the galleries of Tate Britain's "Late Turner" exhibition, I realised what that something was.
The film is, in part, an exploration of the artist as Demiurge, a man so completely devoted to his art that he cannot find the emotional space to be fully human in his personal relationships. It was not this, however, that I found unconvincing. The Turner of the film has an exclusively visual sensibility, and is wholly adrift in the world of words. The Turner whose world I shared yesterday, on the other hand, was a man who comfortably dined with royalty, and an artist whose paintings engage directly with the written works of Ovid, Virgil and Goethe.
In an exhibition that is very largely drawn from Tate Britain's own permanent collection, I was taken aback at just how much there was new to me, including Turner's "Blue Rigi" paintings, a theme to which he seemingly returned as frequently as Cezanne did to the Montagne-Sainte-Victoire.
At the same time, however, I was drawn to look anew at works I have known since my teenage years. As I research my novels, I always endeavour to see the world through the eyes of my characters, and to exclude any more recent influences, but, looking at Turner's "Modern Rome - Campo Vacino," I now realise that, as he sketched the preliminary drawings for it, he must have been sitting in almost exactly the same spot as I sat to write the first draft of this passage from An Accidental King:
"I stood on the edge of the hill as the sun sank in the sky behind me, looking down on the magnificence of the temples below, with their tall, glowing columns, triangular pediments and gilded statues of the gods. Everything was symmetrical, everything smooth and elegant ... a city planned and laid out by men aspiring to be gods ..."
Is this coincidence, I wonder, or was it a subconscious memory of Turner's painting (glimpsed in reproduction - I saw the original for the first time yesterday) that prompted me to sit down on that precise spot and open my notebook?
Similarly, when I wrote these words in Omphalos, I did so on the basis of much research into Medieval near-death experiences, and yet still I have to ask myself whether Turner's "angel standing in the sun," the original of which I had seen many times, does not lie behind them, positioned somewhere in the recesses of my mind?
"He is on a hill, beside an apple tree in bloom. Below him, a deep and raging torrent flows beneath a narrow bridge into a cavern. From where he stands, three paths diverge. One leads across the bridge, into a meadow filled with fragrant flowers. A second runs along the river and descends with it into the gloomy cave ... He turns away. A figure stands beside him, shining like the sun. He thinks, perhaps, it is Saint Michael. With sword outstretched, the figure points his way along the third path, which leads over mountains and deserts to a distant city on a hill, with a bridge of gold extending from it ..."
Walking through the exhibition yesterday, the Turner I encountered was a man who walked many of the paths that I have walked myself, preoccupied with many of the same concerns about history, mythology, literature and what it means to be human; exploring these themes through pigments as I explore them through words; never fully satisfied with the canvas he had just completed, but always striving for new ways of depicting a reality at once physical and metaphysical.
Mark Patton's novels, Undreamed Shores, An Accidental King and Omphalos, are published by Crooked Cat Publications, and can be purchased from Amazon UK or Amazon USA.


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10 Popular Car & Truck Mods That Aren't Exactly Legal
While it's not as popular now as it was, my 'Fast & Furious' generation of drivers were all about customizing cars. I can't say that we were into dressing up the import cars, but in turn-of-the-century Oklahoma, it was all about how low you could slam a truck. As airbags and body drops were extremely expensive, most of us started out with the bolt-on goodies. Head and taillights, way overpriced billet aluminum parts, big wheels, ridiculous stereos, and 99 cent gas. It really was a grand time to be alive.
Skip forward a decade, the hot trend in Oklahoma still revolves around trucks, but now it's all about big lifts and tires. I've even seen a few trucks rolling around town with wheel offset so extreme, I can't help but giggle... It makes a truck look like it skipped leg day, but that's the style now. Light bars might be the most common bolt on part at the moment. I have a brother-in-law that went hog wild with it. Buying up long, short, and mini LED bars to shed light all the way around his otherwise stock truck. It's a ridiculous waste of money, but it's his to spend. It's also not exactly legal, but the small town PD officers don't waste their time writing tickets for the same violations they share on their personal cars.
I've always heard about the bumper law when it came to lifting vehicles. If you google around the web, you'll see that a lot of builders will simply mount a second bumper, or move their headlights down to the acceptable height.
I guess it's a good reminder that you should know the law before making mods to your vehicle. If nothing else, when an unsure police officer starts harassing you about it, you'll be able to clear things up in a respectable manner... because we all know, not knowing the law will not excuse your ticket for breaking it.


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Fun Modern Rocking Chair
Did you see those days where you think, "Stop world, I want get off and relax a while"? All attack us occasionally. For those moments of total disconnect is great to have a rocking chair, comfortable modern rocking chair and cute, of course. Do not miss a beauty! I found a number of models rocking, both classic and modern, to entertain eye as time off work and go home to rest arrives.
it can be quite tiring buy a good rocking chair , as modern rocking chair have many features to consider. This is why you should not rush and buy without checking what features are important to you and see if this fits your needs and requirements.
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Movement is most important criteria when you buy modern rocking chair, because of course rocker has to live up to its name when we sat on it. You must have a full range of motion to swing. A limited range of motion can be quite irritating and you have an excessive range can be a hazard since chair can tip over.
Height: we must also take into account this factor because it has a dramatic impact on comfort. We must bear in mind that some are designed for adults and other children.
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Doctor's Terms
- Frontalis: a broad muscle on the front of the face.
Information And Treatment
Ah, forehead wrinkles. Their very designation as "frown lines" is misleading, since they actually form vertically between the eyebrows and across the forehead. While it's commonly assumed that wrinkles are primarily stress-induced (explaining the aforementioned misnomer), these features are in fact the combined product of not only anxiety but, more likely, sun exposure and muscle movement.
Wrinkling is caused by the lack of collagen, the protein that makes up 80% of the skin and accounts for its ability to stay hydrated and elastic. As collagen is damaged by the sun and by aging, your skin is left thinner, weaker, and less capable of returning to a smooth, taut state after contorting your forehead. Wrinkles will appear whenever muscles move in your forehead - for example, when you squint. Worse yet, the wrinkles will eventually just settle in permanently, appearing even when you're relaxed.
Age range: Take a look in the mirror (We'll wait.) Do you have wrinkles on your forehead? The aging process is highly variable and, depending on genetics and how you've treated your skin through the years, can begin as early as 20 or as late as 40 (lucky you!)
Interesting Facts
Why does stress cause wrinkles? Chronic stress damages the inner lining of the arteries, causing them to compress. Wrinkles are created when these vessels shrink permanently.


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Men's Liberation in Triumphant Freedom.
In respect of men, for men, by men and between men.
A new Masculist freedom and authority for men, in dignity and truth, can be established from out of these pages. How the economic argument completely defeats all feminist thought. How Feminism destroys itself when caught using outright lies manufactured blatantly to pursue destructive aims. How feminism causes unhappiness to most women, almost all men without any real overall gain. And how it also destroys western economies by driving down wages and increasing housing costs.
Men do not read women's magazines generally, nor do they read women's books, women's websites, blogs or watch womens feminist videos or attend women's workshops, retreats or seminars. That is why it has taken men so long to critically examine the ideas, ideology and the political, social and philosophical attitudes of feminism toward men; we thought it was all about women for women, by women; but it is not-it is by a special subset of women; mostly Marxist, Zionist and heavily influenced by the Frankfurt school of social science and population engineering. Mostly today, American (thus reflecting the cultural and social 'affordabilities' of such a wealthy society but probably a complete economic distortion of affairs in any other)How that elite small subset of radical lesbians want women worldwide to think about being female, even if that society literally cannot afford the exquisitely excruciating conundrums of American society while it lasts. My overall thesis is that American feminist lies exist only in a vacuum; they are unchallenged by any other equally funded research by the mens movement or by reliable masculist discussion, discourses, voices and hearings. Feminism is barren- it is shooting blanks.. It is socialist engineering by stealth and by monologed subterfuge; an ideological rant and rave up, the favourite parlour game of the boorish sixties. Feminism has not grown up: it's 'transformations' are like Mao's forlorn and disgusting 'cultural revolution'(probably the most moronic and useless enterprise in human history before feminism). Feminism is a total red herring distracting us in important ways from vastly more interesting projects.
Much of feminism has a criminal sexual and economic intent; at the highest level intending to bring down capitalism by corrupting the families through gender wars and stategies geared toward addressing women alone. Yet men have been picking up feminist attitudes toward them by the truckload. Women quote commonly agreed 'statistics' at them to prove to their menfolk how deeply, truly horrible we really are. Although it is surprising how often they are repeated by women; unexamined and untested by dialogue with men; all their facts are politically motivated and operate in a vacuum; they utterly wilt as truth when examined critically-in nearly every case. Yet from Dr Warren Farrell's ?The Myth of Male Power' and Christina Hoff Somers 'Who Stole Feminism'; two very important books that will armour you with the ammunition of real facts, we learn how drastically flawed these supposed 'facts of feminism' are and their statistical support is in reality an entire bunch of barely plausible lies.
Feminism claims to represent women. Yet no one voted for them. Feminism possesses remarkable strong views on men and a supposed 'patriarchal plot' conspiracy theory designed to suppress 'women's liberty' and knowledge of some higher form of amazonian goddess religion; an ancient state of prepolitical herstory in pagan times where oestrus ran free and orgasm was a daily and hourly delight. This is emulated best in the lesbian community supported by Uncle Sam and many government laws. It is a libertarian culture dependent on government subsidy and handouts of funding rounds. Feminism otherwise is the politically aware gender consciousness outlining the future cultural, social and cultural roles for women. Yet most women feel dragged along in the wake of radical lesbian man hating into positions that in no way answer to their ultimate deeply heartfelt needs to have families and children and be protected from all the stresses of men's lives. Women's lives lived ordinarily have stresses enough of their own. Women have become like men; suffering the similar stress related earlier deaths of men, their supposed violence, suicide rates and alcholism. Divorce rates have shot up so alarmingly it is not really worth it for men to get married, so how are the true desires of women beyond just sex to be met? Women are not men. What went wrong so badly? That we ended up where we are today.
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The winners of the Designer Galore Comp are...
1st Place: Juliette116
She beautifully channeled the original Viktor & Rolf Spring 2010 Gown. Great job!
She wins $100sd.
2nd Place: Outfit3316
Nice job layering and making this dress more interesting.
She wins $50sd
Finally, 3rd place: Glitter1029
I know she said she wasn't trying to take a selfie, but really who doesn't like a good selfie?
She wins $25sd
Congratulations to all and thanks for entering.
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Some of the most fundamental responsibilities of product managers include writing user stories, gathering customer feedback, prioritizing the backlog and managing the roadmap. Colorado Product was formed to develop and serve the Colorado product management community and like any good product managers, we aim to satisfy our "customers". What better way to gather feedback and ideas from a community of product professionals than through than through user stories, voting and a transparent backlog. NOTE: Any requests not written in proper "user story" format ["As a (who), I want (what), so that (why)"] will be deleted.
As an aspiring PM/Student, I want an internship program, so that I can get product experience to help me break into the industry
It can be difficult to break into Product Management without existing PM experience. Can CoPro help build an internship program among area tech companies?
As a CoPro user, I want a place on the site that contains recordings from events, so that I can easily find them and share them with others
The presentations and videos from the meetups are too valuable to be locked away in hidden places. Can we make them public and host 'em on the CoPro site?


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We went to see district 9 two nights ago in the local cinema, YES local meaning small town cinema and only cost £5, but has good enough sound system and wide enough screen.
This movie is presented by Peter Jackson and based on Canadian based South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp's short film ALIVE IN JOBURG, which you can see freely on the net. I haven't seen the short film yet, but before we went to see it there was a coverage in BBC news about this movie showing the slums in South Africa which was the set of this movie. The movie is about the racism, immigration, violence and power in South Africa and it uses the aliens to represents the racism which in the movie were referred as " prawns".
The movie was shot in a documentary way which i like so much and the special effect is also good but honestly it was so gross that it made me sick throughout the movie. It has the typical mess of ghastly liquid and images.
I think this movie is great because it relates to humanity issue and using the alien as a metaphor is very smart.
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I Do's
Play the Bride down the aisle, 2 songs while signing the registrar and a song to play the new Mr. & Mrs. up the aisle!
Cocktail Hour
An upbeat set perfect for entertaining your guests (after the ceremony) while you're taking a few snaps.
Duration: 1.5hrs (2x45mins)
Wedding Breakfast
A chilled and relaxed selection of songs to create a nice atmosphere while your enjoying the company of family and friends.
Duration: 1.5hrs (2x45mins)
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On July 22, Saturday, select junior and senior seminarians of Society of Saint Paul took part in the Sambuhay TV Mass at SSP Makati Community. The aspirants were oriented in the St. Paul's Audio-Visual Apostolate, representing the Alberione Apostolate Center of Saint Paul Seminary. The 4th year and 3rd year aspirants assisted with the technicals, particularly the cameras and the control booth, with the supervision of Fr. Restie Dela Peña, SSP (Sambuhay TV Mass Program Head) and Cl. Edward Dantis, SSP (Sambuhay TV Mass Director). The aspirants also took part in the Sambuhay TV Mass as lectors, commentators, servers, choir members.
According to Sem. Lorenzo Bandillon, 4th year aspirant, it was "like an OJT (On-the-job-training)because it was a preparation for the apostolate of the Society of Saint Paul especially in the technical."
Fr. Dela Peña expressed hopes that the seminarians' involvement in the Sambuhay TV Mass will be greater in the seminary's second semester.


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During the beginning of the 18th century the socks reached just above the hem of the culottes; this changed over the decades so that stockings eventually were tucked in underneath the culotte.
The hem of the culotte was fastened either by a buckle or by string to ensure that the breeches fit tightly to the wearer's legs.
The culotte was also equipped with a fly which was usually closed by buttons.
|Silk culottes
The upper classes' culottes had a slit at the side which was then fastened by a buckle; those of fewer means simply tied the culottes around the knee.
Over the 18th century the culottes became tighter as the waistcoats got shorter which meant that a man's silhouette altogether became slimmer. Those who insisted on wearing the tightest version occasionally had to be helped into them by their valets!
The culottes were part of the standard military uniforms in the 18th century. For riding the delicate silks were laid aside and the culottes were made of leather or other tougher materials.
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Due to the connection with the aristocracy the term sansculotte - which emerged around the time of the revolution - implied a person without culottes (sans = without) and referred to a revolutionary.


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Do you love cats, and are you looking for a way to bring your feline obsession into every nook and cranny of your home? If so, you're in luck because this collection of ultra-cute and modern cat-themed accessories will tranform any ordinary kitchen into a cat lovers' paradise!
Give your boring old measuring cup the boot in favor of this whimsical set of multicolored kitten-shaped scoops! Much more than just a utilitarian kitchen accessory, this passel of pussycats is meant to be displayed on your counter when you're not busy using it to prepare your next batch of purrfectly sweet treats.
Tea, cupcakes, and cats? Sounds like a party! Protect your paws from getting burned with this festive pot holder meant for celebrating!
Is the cook in the mood to be kissed? Let guests know if you are happy, sleepy, grumpy, or lovable with this cheeky kitty apron that expresses your every mood, with nary a hiss or claw in sight.
Whether you're frying eggs or flipping flapjacks, breakfast will never bring so many smiles to the table as when you serve it up with this adorable cat-shaped spatula!
There's nothing like curling up with a warm mug and a kitty, so why not match your cup to your cuddly companion? These bold mugs are hand-decorated on fine bone china, and will add a touch of feline class to your next coffeeklatch.
You may not love your cat's habit of cruising your counters, but you won't mind if this gorgeous grape-colored cat is hanging out up there. The pretty kitty adorns a handprinted, eco-friendly handtowel that's purrfect to have around for when your cat knocks over yet another cup.
I know from experience that finding non-Halloween-themed cat cookie cutters can be tricky, which is why I was delighted to come across this six-piece set that's purrfect for making catnip treats … or cat cookies for peeps!
Invite your BFF (human or feline) to share some of your favorite tea, served in this feline fabulous pot. It comes with two cups, along with a bonus black cat for good luck!
My cats are good at going on clean-up patrol after dinner is over, but if they really wanted to be helpful, they'd get their paws wet and wash some dishes! Enter some much needed feline assistance in the form of a tuxedo cat dish brush that will have you meowing out loud as you scrub your dirty dishes purrfectly clean.


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This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go and support a friend at Emerging,a choreographer showcase. I'm so happy that I decided to go. Unfortunately, I got lost on the GA Tech campus and missed the first three pieces. That was a major bummer, seeing as how the rest of the show was so great!
The remaining 7 pieces were outstanding! Each choreographer had to create a 5-minute piece, using professional dancers from the Atlanta dance community. There was no set genre, in fact, each choreographed piece was very unique in that sense. Some pieces incorporated multiple genres of dance. Many of the pieces told stories, but one performance took on the shape of a music video type of visual. After each 5-minute piece, each choreographer stood in front of a panel to receive critiques and praises for their pieces. The panelists were Melanie Lynch-Blacnhard, Juel D. Lane, and Daryl Foster. The choreographers involved were Mario Tyler, Gary Beauford, Anthony Marquis, Mallory Hazen, Jordan Galloway, Brandon Forrest, Nateli Ruiz, Chris Plunkett, Keith Nedd, and Jessica Ogelsby.
As I look back on the event, I can't help but to think how talented these people are. Not to mention, the dancers were amazing! They showed so much passion during their performances, which was very important in regard to helping the piece come to life. Although I went to watch my friend dance, I have to admit that my favorite piece was created by Jessica Oglesby. It was awesome! The story-line was great, and the dancers were incredible. I'm just amazed by her ability to have put together something so dope!
I'm not sure when the next Emerging showcase is, but I highly recommend it as something you should do. It was worth every penny!


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This is the review of Halo3 from a longtime fan of the series. I remember hosting a LAN game in my basement about a decade ago with 25 of my dearest acquaintances, and between Rainbow 6 matches and a little game called Counterstrike, we would watch game trailers. The one that wowed us the most was an upcoming Bungie game called Halo. That moment determined my eventual purchase of the Xbox and Halo. From there I waited for Halo2 at a midnight launch. With promises of Live Coop play and HD hookup, Halo 3
Halo3 picks up the pace with a much more polished look and feel from the previous iteration. It is crisp, clean and virtually free of graphical anomalies (such as missing textures or hiccups). Halo3 isn't the graphical showcase that Gears Of War is, but since this game uses large open spaces the engine is expected to be tuned different. There are really only three topics where the game
From the soaring classical music to the familiar sounds of battle, the standard Halo fare is here, plus extras that add nicely to a complete the audio experience. The single player campaign has soldiers giving standard combat chatter, and with one of the hidden collectable skulls they alter to add dialog that is, in some cases, laugh-out-loud funny. I
What is there to say about the defacto standard controls that Halo helped to make? The point of Halo3
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All of our ciders are fermented in house, using a variety of apples from local New England orchards. There are no artificial sweeteners or artificial flavors, only natural local ingredients. Below are descriptions of the varieties of cider we produce. Throughout the year we make seasonal flavors that fall under each variety.
*We are constantly rotating our line-up. Check out what is on tap now on the homepage!
One of the first kinds of ciders ever produced. These types of ciders are made by using champage yeast and a variety of dessert apples. This combination gives us a very dry and clean flavor. They are usually around 7.0% abv.
Some of our dry cider varieties include:
They are usually around 7.0% abv.
Our flagship cider and the most popular. Our single variety Fresh Blend Cider is out only year round variety! We took our staple Dry Cider and blended it with freshly pressed apple juice right from the orchard. This gives you that delicious sweet farm fresh cider taste that you think of during the fall season. Carbonated to bring out a bright finish. It can vary in color due to the variety of fresh apples we get at a time. Has a 6% ABV.
Our fruit ciders are where we get to really have some fun mixing fresh New England grown fruits with our ciders. We start with a base of cider fermented with either saison, champagne, or wild yeast and add the fruit to ferment just slightly to savor that home grown flavor. Our fruits come from Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut farms. ABV varies. Some flavors to look forward to in 2018:
Black Currant
This Cider is made using our dry cider as the base and then we dry hop using New England grown hops. We are currently using hops from Four Star Farm in Northfield Massachusetts and DeFrancesco Farm in Northford, CT. What you get is a very citric aroma and flavors along with some very pleasant herbal notes. We also do a wet hopped variety using fresh hop cones! 6.8% ABV. Some hops we have used and will use in the future:
Our herbal varieties are the newest varieties of cider. Blending herbs and spices into such a traditional and historical beverage is always exciting and tasty! Each herb or spice we select also has historical medicinal properties and health benefit claims. For example Staghorn Sumac was traditionally steeped by Native Americans to create a lemon flavored tea that was high in calcium and antioxidants! ABV is usually from 6.5-7%. Some varieties you can look forward to in 2018:
Lemon Verbena
Hibiscus Rose
Staghorn Sumac
Holiday Spiced
One of our most anticipated and requested ciders so far, made using a cider yeast and then aged in Oak barrels that contained a variety of spirits or wine or beer prior. Our first barrel aged was aged in 100% rye whiskey barrels from Whistle Pig Distillery in Vermont for 6 months. It had whiskey aroma up front followed by wonderful flavors of vanilla, caramel, pineapple and coconut. Lightly carbonated and best served at 55 degrees. We also add fresh fruits to special limited barrel. Look for them! Barrel Aged Ciders are 9.0-12.0% abv. Some Barrel Aged Ciders for 2018 include:
Rum Barrel
Whiskey Barrel
Red Wine Barrel
Gin Barrel
Tequila Barrel
Fortune Apple Barrel
Cherry Barrel
Single apple cider varieties are ciders we make with just one variety of apple being pressed and fermented. Most of the time the apples also come from one orchard or in the case of our Westport Cider from 2015, one tree! These specialty ciders are usually fermented with Champagne yeast and have very distinct flavor! A real treat! Anywhere from 8-10% ABV.
Coming 2018:
Golden Russet
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Date of Award
Spring 5-16-2016
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PhD Nursing
Judith Lothian, Ph.D
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Judith Lucas, Ed.D
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Munira Wells, Ph.D
Adult children, parents, aging parents, caregiving, chronic illness, terminal illness, full time caregiving, part time caregiving
Background: An estimated 35 million Americans are age 65 or older, and this population is expected to double within 25 years. When the normal progression of life for an aging person is interrupted, adult children are often suddenly faced with assuming care of their parent(s). Currently adult child caregivers of aging parents, work up to 100 hours per month at caregiving. Problem Statement: A limited body of empirical studies exists on the caregiving of aging parents exclusively by their adult children. Despite the amount of time dedicated to parental caregiving little is known about the experience of this exclusive caregiver group. The question being asked is "What is the experience of adult children caregiving for aging parents?" Method: A phenomenological approach was used to gain insight into the lived experience of an adult child caregiving for their parent(s). Interviews were conducted with six daughters and one daughter in law. Interviews were audio taped, transcribed and analyzed using traditional qualitative techniques. Themes were identified and presented through the use of storytelling and narratives. Results: Assumption of caregiving tasks for a parent often occur unexpectedly. Adult child caregivers then undergo significant changes in their family life, employment, filial and social relationships. They experience a myriad of unpleasant emotions and loss, yet their viewpoints remain extremely positive. Conclusions: Assessing the physical, educational, and emotional needs of caregivers gives nurses the opportunity not only to provide instructions, but much needed holistic support and self-care instructions as well. These conversations can help improve the adult child's caregiving experience and that of their parents.
Recommended Citation
Conway, Kimberly, "The Experience of Adult Children Cargiving for Aging Parents" (2016). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 2151.


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Fix welfare rules, panel urges provinceFix welfare rules, panel urges province
Posted on August 16, 2010 in Social Security Debates
Source: Toronto Star — Authors: Laurie Monsebraaten
Published On Mon Aug 16 2010. Laurie Monsebraaten Social Justice Reporter
Christine Watts was shocked in June when a truck pulled into her yard and threatened to disconnect her hydro. The 51-year-old Cobourg-area woman had no idea she owed $1,100 from an equal-billing underpayment for the past year.
And as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who lives on provincial disability support and a part-time job at her local library, she had no way to pay.
Community agencies and family helped Watts cover all but $240 of the outstanding bill. But she was still short. So her employer agreed to loan her the money and deduct $80 from her monthly earnings of just under $300 for the next three months.
But under Ontario's mind-numbingly complicated welfare rules, Watts' loan is considered income. And under the rules, every dollar earned by someone on welfare triggers a 50-cent cut in provincial support.
It means Watts, who lives in a tiny bungalow on a rural road, will lose $120 from her $826 September benefit cheque.
"I don't know what I'm going to do," she says. "How am I supposed to get to work? What will I eat? Why does the system make it so hard?"
The government's treatment of loans to people on welfare is among 13 short-term changes a government-appointed panel of poverty experts recommended for quick action in a confidential report last February.
Now the panel is making that confidential report public Monday to turn up the heat.
Other welfare changes the panel wants fixed include: increasing asset limits, letting single parents keep a portion of child support payments and allowing those who have been disqualified from Ontario's student loan program to receive welfare while attending college or university.
The panel's mandate was to identify changes that wouldn't cost the government much money in advance of a long-awaited broader review of the system expected this fall.
Social Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur made four of the changes in March. But people like Watts are still waiting for action on the remaining nine.
The panel is publicly releasing its February report Monday to turn up the heat.
"I really hope they announce the fulsome review soon, using the terms of reference that we gave them," said Gail Nyberg, head of the Daily Bread Food Bank, who chaired the panel.
"In the meantime, I wish they would send some of these other rules off to the finance ministry and get them changed," she said. "They would make the life of a number of people who collect social assistance so much easier."
In an interview, Meilleur said she will address the remaining nine rules as part of the ministry's broader welfare review, expected to be announced this fall.
But she didn't rule out the possibility that some of the rules may be adjusted as part of next spring's budget, before the broader review is complete in a year to 18 months.
"Social assistance rules are very complex," she said in an interview. It is difficult to change one rule without having an impact on other rules and even other ministries, she added.
"But I am not closing the door," she said. "We are always looking to improve social assistance – to encourage people to get back on their feet."
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Mike Riley, 41, is a recovering addict who is trying to turn his life around.
The Scarborough man who grew up in the care of children's aid after his parents divorced, wants to become a child welfare worker to help kids "in the system" avoid the troubles he has encountered.
But an outstanding $2,500 student loan he took out more than 15 years ago before he fell into addiction, means he may never get the chance to go to college to get the training he needs.
Riley could easily qualify for bursaries to cover tuition and books if he could continue to receive welfare while going to school, says Theresa Schrader of the Ve'ahavta Street Academy which is helping him get off the system.
But the rules prohibit an adult from going to college or university full time while collecting welfare. So Riley, whose $345 rent leaves him with just $227 from his $572 monthly welfare cheque, is stuck.
The government's panel of welfare experts wants that to change.
"Every day is a struggle with no food in the fridge, dirty laundry piling up and no cable in my TV," Riley says. "But I do have ambition. And I want a career, not just a minimum wage job that I'm going to hate and that won't help me get ahead. And for that I need an education."
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John Corso was excited about the possibility of a full-time job with FoodShare this summer — until he learned that his increased income would trigger a cut in his government benefits and a spike in his subsidized rent that would gobble up most of his extra earnings.
The 47-year-old Toronto man has lived on provincial disability support since he was diagnosed with HIV at age 24. Corso had been too ill to do much of anything until about five years ago when a new generation of drugs began easing his symptoms.
"I'd really like to get off the system and go back to work, but I really need the support in case I have a setback," says Corso, who receives $727 in monthly benefits including $250 in the soon-to-be scrapped special diet allowance.
His disability payments also cover the $2,000 monthly cost of medication to control the disease and treat his other related health problems.
Under the province's social housing rules, people on welfare receiving rent subsidies have to watch what they earn or risk seeing their rents increase dramatically.
In Corso's case, his rent would have skyrocketed by 250 per cent from $139 a month to about $500 had he taken the full-time job.
"With welfare already taking 50 cents of every dollar it didn't really seem worth it," he says.
Short-term welfare changes recommended by Ontario's Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
Proposed changes not yet implemented
- Ensure people on welfare with earnings don't face unreasonable hikes in subsidized rent.
- Increase asset limits.
- Extend asset exemptions to RRSPs and tax-free savings accounts.
- Treat Employment Insurance benefits as earnings for people receiving Ontario Disability Support Program payments.
- Allow those who have been disqualified from Ontario's student loan program to receive welfare while attending college or university.
- Do not treat loans as income.
- Do not stop welfare payments for dependent children leaving school.
- Allow single parents to keep partial child support.
- Increase medical transportation rates.
Proposed changes accepted in March
- Let friends and family give casual gifts to people on welfare as is currently allowed for disabled people on benefits.
- Allow those who receive windfalls to remain eligible for welfare.
- Don't reduce welfare for those sharing accommodation
- Change welfare suspension rules for not participating in job search and other requirements.
< http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/848215–fix-welfare-rules-panel-urges-province >
Tags: poverty, standard of living
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Arrangement A8 – Trnovacko Lake & Tara River Rafting (3 days / 2 nights)
Magical sojourn in untouched nature; Spend unforgettable moments in the very heart of Tara River Canyon where is also our Camp located.
After traditional Bosnian breakfast, let yourself to enjoy in an adrenaline floated with the tempestuous rapids in the deepest Canyon in Europe with professional and licensed skippers.
Why to stop in the deepest Canyon in Europe?
Within this arrangement is a visit to untouched and authentic landscape of NP Sutjeska. Step into the oldest prime forest in Europe. Prime forest named Perucica. In a trek tour our guest will visit the emerald, green, Glacier lake (Trnovacko Lake) which is located in the foothill of the biggest Bosnian peak , Maglic Mountain.
Plan Trip
Day 1 - Arrival to the camp Encijan
After arrival to the boarder Hum-Scepan Polje in prearranged time, in the afternoon hours between 4pm-6pm, the next is half hour drive through the pleasant ambient of Tara River Canyon to the place called Brstanovica which is also the starting point for Rafting. Our Camp is also located there. For all the participants of this Arrangement is secured parking line for your personal cars. After arrival to the Camp and welcome drink and accommodation to the in the cottages – bungalows and introducing our camp and environment. At 8pm a dinner will be served. On the menu are our local specialities such as veal, lamb, homemade cheese, ham, etc). A night will be continued with the damp fire and traditional live music and you may enjoy as much and as long as you want.
Day 2 - Rafting River Tara
After breakfast and preparations till to 11:30 am (everyone gets rafting gear, wet suit, boots, life jacket, helmet, paddle) rafting follows along most exciting part of Tara River. Rafting lasts around 2-3 hrs with the brakes for photo safari, swimming and refreshment. From the end point of rafting, Šćepan Polje, Mouth of rivers Tara and Piva, we set back by our 4×4 vehicles to our base camp, where lunch awaits us. (On the menu are local ethno specialities: rousted veal, fish and other dishes of ethno cuisine…). After lunch afternoon leisure, swimming, fishing hike around the camp and upon request visit to old suspension bridge. Around 9 pm diner by the camp fire and afterwards all evening leisure, music "live", etc…
Day 3 - Trekking tour to Trnovacko Lake
After breakfast and packing by 7 am drive by 4×4 vehicles towards National Park Sujeska and visit to Primeval forest Perućica, largest primeval forest in Europe, opportunity for taking photo of waterfall "Skakavac" (grasshopper) by 10.30 am. Afterwards visit to view site Prijevor, plateau in the bottom of Maglic mountain highest mountain in BiH by 11 am. At the plateau we park our vehicles and do final preparations for trekking tour to Trnovacko lake in a duration of 2- 2,5 hrs. Leisure time is planned by the lake in a duration of 2-2,5 hrs with the picnic and walk around lake. Return to Prijevor by 4:30 pm, arrival to Foča by 6 pm where the arrangement ends.
Camp Encijan has capacity of 100 beds in 15 mountain huts (bungalows). All huts are built entirely from natural materials, breathable and comfortable. Furniture within the bungalow is new.
Two mountain houses – chalets (each 55m2) are fully furnished with new furniture and comprise of bathroom, kitchen and a spacious living room on the ground floor and two double bedrooms in the attic.
Toilets, sinks and showers are decently furnished, immaculately clean and fully meet the needs of a modern person.Hot water is available in showers.
The best known – outdoor terraces. Most of the terraces are surrounded by greenery and equipped for a comfortable and cozy stay with adequate roofing and are just few meters from the river. Each of these terraces has a fire place and the fire itself gives special charm to evening parties.
Bungalows, terraces, the beaches for sunbathing and swimming, many deck chairs and swing chairs that are a few meters from the river … All of these will make your stay at the camp more comfortable and enjoyable.
Traditional organic food
Organic food
Our traditional homemade cuisine and organic food prepared at our Camp Encijan, which we offer as part of our packages, is another reason why most of our long term and satisfied guests wish to visit us again.
The huge amounts of our delicious home-made food is prepared with love and in a traditional way, entirely from fresh organic food which we provide from our natural surroundings. In a moment, every new bite know to send you to some other and slightly forgotten dimension, in a time of our grandmother's cuisine.
Our menu offers everything … From a hot doughnuts and home-made bread baked in a wood stove, all kinds of milk products such as home-made cow and goat cheese, pure mountain honey, fresh trout and home-made ham and prosciutto, lamb and goat meat made under metal pan and everything else what is characteristic for our country.
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions
Where is your camp located and how can I reach you?
We are located at a starting point for rafting, place is called Brštanovica.
GPS coordinates of the camp: Latitude: 43.321849 | Longitude: 18.960388
Tourists should come to Šćepan Polje, that is the official B&H – MNE border crossing.We own a parking lot, you can leave your car or RV there, It will be safe. We will pick you up at Šćepan Polje and transport you to our camp. If you are in Foča, you can come to our agency, located in Krajiška 2. Agency is located in the city center, in a passage below the Mozzart restaurant.
Can we pay in cash upon arrival?
You can pay with cash upon your arrival to our camp, that will not be a problem. Many passengers, backpackers and wanderers use this option because It is much easier.
What do i need to hike?
We do not provide boots nor backpacks, so you will have to bring your own. We organize mostly one day tours, so you won't need a tent. Some trips may be a challenge to those who come physically unprepared.
How hard are hike trails?
The answer is up to you. Depending on how prepared you are, your trip can be a vacation or a challenge. Mental attitude and adequate water and food consumption are very important.
What about guide?
A guide will be assigned to your group, so you won't need any maps. Guides speak English so the communication won't be a problem.
How long will my hike take?
We mostly do one day tours, so It will take couple of hours, we can't say for certain, depends on how prepared members of your group are. You will be transported with our vehicles from and back to camp, after you are done with your tour
What about food and water?
You will receive food and water from our guides, but you are also allowed to bring your own stuff to the tour
Do you have menus for vegans and vegetarians?
If you are vegan or vegetarian please notify us while making a reservation or upon your arrival at the camp. We will prepare a special menu for you. Our guests satisfaction is a priority, so do not hesitate to tell us, we are more than happy to oblige.
If you are interested, below you can read all the FAQ related to our business
119€ per person
- Accommodation in the camp in bungalows on a full board basis
- All necessary rafting equipment and certified skippers
- All transports during the arrangement
- Guarded parking lot for your private vehicles
- Rafting tax on Tara river in amount of 4.30 € per person
- Accommodation tax in amount of 0.80 € per person per day
- Tax for entrance in National Park "Sutjeska" of 2.50 € per person per day
- Accident insurance during the arrangement in amount of 1.00 € per person per day
- All other expenses that have not anticipated by the programme
Tax price: 12.40€
- The listed hours, as well as the program schedule are changeable according with your needs and requirements.
- Previous experience unnecessary.
- The program schedule can be extended or combined with other arrangements from our offer.
- The offered program can be realized during the week.
- Payment in KM or €.
- Unnecessary minimum number of participants for the realization of the arrangement.
- Discount for group over 10 people.
- Guaranted maximum security and comfort.
- Required ID and passport.
See what other say about us !
More popular offers
If the presented arrangement is not compatible with your notional program with us at our Camp Encijan or for any reason is not adequate, we would kindly ask you to look at similar arrangements.
Attractions from our region
Bosnia and Herzegovina, a heart shaped land, has a lot to offer when It comes to tourism. Spacious mountain views, emerald green lakes, beautiful landscape and picturesque towns. West and the East meet here, so you will learn a lot about cultures, traditions and people. Share what you have learned with your friends at Encijan's campfire. When It comes to the tours that we organize, here are some destinations that we recommend you to visit:
Activities perhaps u like !
The phenomenal nature leaned on the two National Parks (Sutjeska and Durmitor) and the camp Encijan outdoor resort in the very heart of the canyon provide us with inexhaustible opportunities for the activities which we organize every day. Magical sojourn in untouched nature; Spend unforgetable moments in the very heart of Tara River Canyon where is also our Camp located. Get away from the crowds and join us on an unforgettable journey. Get out of everyday life and change the asphalt with untouched nature.
How to reach us
At the border crossing of Scepan Polje, when submitting documents to border police officers, it is necessary to emphasize that you are going to the Tara canyon to Brstanovica. After completing the registration (in case you coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina turn round and turn back only 100 m, and if you are coming from Montenegro, you go only 100 m forward) where you turn off right from the main road and turn on the local asphalt road leading along the river Tara towards Brštanovica. For more information on how to get to us, see the link below.
Safety & Skippers
All skippers hired by agency Encijan have passed various international trainings and licensed and certified by the IRF(International Rafting Federation), and each of them has multiyear experience in their work and has encountered many trips down the Tara River and most of them consider rafting and adventure as satisfaction and their lifestyle, and then the job.
Prospective guides for Encijan Adventure team spend five years minimum perfecting their Tara River rafting skills under the guidance of veteran trip leaders before earning the position of "Rafting Skipper". New guides, or guides in training, are known as "Skipper Interns" and it takes a very special person, full of passion, to be successful on the river and work in the natural wilderness of the Tara River Canyon.


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i just saw psycle on sourceforge and i felt like this would be a good software to use so i can make electronic/ambient/postrock music
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Welcome to psycledelics.
Hope you enjoy using Psycle, as it is a nice program, relatively easy to use (if you like the tracker notation) and open source.
In my case, I am more into dance/techno, but I've seen users with many different styles, even a song for a baby once! hehe
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The devastating sneak attack on Pearl Harbor crippled America's vaunted battleship fleet, but left the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers untouched. Thus, the burden of victory fell to the crews of the flattops. Featured on this DVD are rare U.S. Navy films and newsreels showing the war in the Pacific 1941-1942, including John Ford's famed "Battle of Midway" in full color.
Featured on this DVD are seven rare films showcasing America's carrier fleet during the critical final months of WWII. This includes a rare full color film about the Franklin and the "Fleet That Came To Stay".


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Helicopter pioneer Frank Piasecki, who died on 11 February aged 88, built and flew the USA's second successful helicopter, the PV-2, in 1943 and lived to see his dream of a high-speed compound helicopter rekindled in 2007 when Piasecki Aircraft began flying the X-49A SpeedHawk.
"He was one of the original inventors of the helicopter and a pioneer in establishing the helicopter industry," his son, John Piasecki, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "He was the last of that generation that really created an entirely new industry."
Born in Philadelphia in 1919, the son of Polish immigrants, Piasecki in 1940 founded the P-V Engineering Forum and in April 1943 was at the controls of the PV-2 for its first flight. The PV-2 was a single-seat, single-rotor helicopter, but Piasecki was to make his name developing heavier tandem-rotor helicopters.
Frank Piasecki with models of the HUP (foreground) and YH-16,
which was the world's largest helicopter when it flew in 1953 © Piasecki
In March 1945, Piasecki flew the XHRP-1 'Dogship', the world's first tandem-rotor helicopter, and the beginning of a line of rotorcraft that included the HRP, HUP, H-21, CH-64 and the CH-47 Chinook. Piasecki Helicopter became Vertol Aircraft and in 1960 was sold to Boeing, which continues to produce the Chinook.
In 1955 Piasecki left to form a new company, Piasecki Aircraft, to pursue new vertical take-off and landing aircraft concepts. These included unmanned rotorcraft, flying geeps, and a hybrid heavy lifter combining an airship with helicopter rotors.
Left to right: Piasecki's PV-2 (1943), XHRP-1 (1945) and Pathfinder II (1965)
Piasecki also pursued the development of high-speed compound helicopters and developed the "ring tail" to provide both propulsion and anti-torque control. In 1996, the company's 16H-1A Pathfinder II achieved 225mph (360km/h), but the market for compound helicopters never materialised.
Piasecki continue to believe in the concept and eventually began development of a second-generation ring tail, called the vectored thrust ducted propeller (VTDP), which was installed on a modified Sikorsky SH-60. Flight testing of the X-49A SpeedHawk began in June 2007, rekindling Piaeski's long-held dream of developing compound helicopters.
Frank Piasecki in 2007, flanked by two of his sons © John Croft
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Kittens and Stripes is finished! Just in time for the weather to turn horrid and for me to have the nasty 3 week long cold that everyone seems to be getting. <<Insert tiny violin here>> I have really enjoyed making this scarf! It was fun, colourful and easy enough to be able to get a […]
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Valet Parking
When you arrive at the airport, simply entrust your vehicle to our partner Ector. You car will be parked for you! Drop off and pick up your car from the same place!
Our Valet Service in partnership with ECTOR: book, drop off, pick up.
Save time
Drop off your vehicle as soon as you arrive. Our partner Ector will take charge of your car in the covered parking area closest to the terminals (P0). You will have direct access to departures!
Stay in touch!
Our partner Ector will send you emails and text messages to keep you informed of all the important practical information concerning each stage of your trip!
Benefit from a range of additional services
To save time, you may also book a priority pass at store.lyonaeroports.com, as well as access to the lounges so that you can relax in the departure area.
In addition to the parking valet, you can order other vehicle-related services with our partner ECTOR: cleaning (interior and exterior), technical check, fill-up, tyre pressure, etc.


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This might seem like a strange title for an almost-post ALA blog entry, but thoughts of how to promote peace have been swimming around my mind for the past few days. One of my favorite parts of ALA is the exhibit hall; every publisher imaginable converged in one location! What a dream. It was great walking around and seeing all the new children's and young adult books for 2009 and those planned for 2010. However, I was greatly saddened that while many of the books were advertised with signs reading, "Kirkus Starred Review!" or "Notable" or "Newbery," etc., only one book was labeled as a Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner. There were even some publisher reps who didn't know what the JACBA stands for when I asked if they had any books we might consider for 2010.
I met Margarita Engle, author of The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, this morning and told her I was on the Jane Addams committee. She broke into a smile, immediately arose, and came around the table to give me a hug. She said, "I'm so glad your committee consider this a book about peace, and not war." The Surrender Tree received many awards, among them both the Newbery Honor and the Pura Belpré Medal. Interestingly, the Henry Holt & Co. website lists many of its medals but not the Jane Addams.
Why is this?
I really hope that in the coming years, our committee will work very hard to promote peace, tolerance, and social justice through excellent books for young people. At the same time, I hope more publishers will put our JACBA stickers on their covers, place a JACBA bookmark or sign by the winners, and talk up those books with potential buyers and readers. I hope educators will use these books in their classrooms and libraries. And I hope that young people will be excited to read these books, and excited about the possibilities of living and experiencing and promoting peace and social justice in their own lives.


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Is it just me or do others get the impression UC is the rich kid on the block?
For example this week was one of the few weeks they didn't buy a Canberra sporting team but instead they opened a $16 million sports field. I'm sure next week we will read about their new UC Canberra Hospital.
Why how do they have so much money, especially when their competitors ANU and CIT are telling the world how poor they are?


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My first post on my brand new blog about 6 momths ago started with a warning about the commercial real estate market and obscenely low cap rates. A� few months later I revisited the topic with a couple of anecdotal posts...
- Will the commercial real estate market fall? Of course it will.
- Do you remember when I said Commercial Real Estate was sure to fall?
I then noticed how the mainstream media and blogs started to catch on...�
Then I decided to share my proprietary research� on a particular REIT and its market...
- The Commercial Real Estate Crash Cometh, and I know who is leading the way!
- Generally Negative Growth in General Growth Properties - GGP Part II
- General Growth Properties & the Commercial Real Estate Crash, pt III - The Story Gets Worse
- More on GGP: A Granular View of Insider Selling and Lease Rate Growth
- GGP part 5 - The Comprehensive Analysis is finally here
- My Response to the GGP Press Release, which seems to respond to blogs...
- For those who were wondering what sparked that silly press release from GGP...
- GGP: Foreclosure vs Asset Sale
- GGP Refinancing Sensitvity Analysis
- GGP part 7 - Share value under the foreclosure analysis
- GGP part 8 - The Final Anaysis: fire sale of prime properties
It appears that now, the price movement in CRE and CMBS is unmistakeably negative. To begin with, it takes money to buy buildings and when you buy buildings you increase demand which drives prices up. This has happened fervently for the last four or five years, driving prices high and cap rates low. So, what happens when you can't find the money to buy the buildings anymore? I'm an equity/real estate guy, but I do look around and ask questions on the fixed income side every now and then.
�Below is a chart of� the AAA cmbs index. The spread is out to around +280. I am told that these are around a seven year duration security, with each 100 bps eqauting to about 7 points (very roughly). This index was +80 one year ago, and +280 is a loss of around 15 points off of par (100). �
Additionally this is the top of the heap in terms of quality.�
This is the A rated stuff.� This equates to $55 - $60 dollar price according to the bond traders. Think about it, and investment grade security losing that much of its value.
- I looked at teh BBB and BB charts at markti.com and they look so steep as to be unreal.�
- �The GGP links above in the beginning of this post are well researched and should make very clear where the underlying is headed. GGP is not the only REIT/investor in a bind. So who has this stuff on their books? See Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, Ambac and MBIA - to start with. In the case of Bear Stearns:
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This is not a comprehensive glimpse of BSCs holdings, only about 25% of it, as insured by the two major monolines. They also have a very large chunk of "unidentified" securities which I think sports a very significant contigent of CMBS derivatives.
Add this to their other real estate related holdings then apply the marks that you see in the charts above and you have quite a few billion dollars of writedowns coming down the pike...
�The actual underlying indexes are showing losses as well... From the MIT site.
�MIT's commercial property price index shows its second straight quarterly decline
Indicates seven percent drop in commercial property since summer
The value of U.S. commercial real estate owned by big pension funds fell another 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to an index produced by the MIT Center for Real Estate.
The drop in the quarterly transaction-based index (TBI), which tracks the price at which big pension funds buy and sell properties like shopping malls, apartment complexes and office towers, was the second straight quarterly decline. It was deeper than the 2.5 percent drop in the third quarter, and it means the cumulative fall since last year's midsummer peak is now more than 7 percent.
"This is evidence that the commercial property market continued to fall, and at an accelerated rate, through the last quarter of 2007, no doubt due to the effects of the credit crunch," said MIT Center for Real Estate Director David Geltner.
The TBI, based on properties sold from the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) data base, grew 64 percent from 2004 through 2006, then had another 8 percent spurt in the first half of 2007. The decline in the second half of 2007 still leaves commercial property prices at their level of a year ago, a level that was considered historically high at the time.
"If this is as far as it goes, the price decline we see so far in commercial property as reflected in the TBI may simply represent a correction of the froth that occurred in early 2007 as a result of very aggressive commercial mortgage underwriting practices," said Geltner.
The TBI measure of total returns for the year 2007 was 3.7 percent, which simply reflected operating income, with prices basically unchanged. Despite the upsurge in the first half of the year, this was the poorest calendar year annual performance for the index since 1992, when commercial property experienced its worst crash since the Great Depression. Index Co-Director Henry Pollakowski was quick to point out, however, that fundamentals in the commercial property market are much stronger now than they were in 1992.
"We don't have the kind of over-building we had then, and building occupancies and rents are much stronger. Commercial mortgage default rates are much lower than in the early 1990s," Pollakowski said.
The MIT Center's TBI is based on prices of NCREIF properties sold each quarter from the property database that underlies the NCREIF Property Index (NPI), and also makes use of the appraisal information for all of the more than 5,000 NCREIF properties. Such an index--national, quarterly, transaction-based, and by property type--had not been previously constructed prior to MIT's development of it in 2006. NCREIF supported development of the index as a useful tool for research and decision-making in the industry.
While the NCREIF properties well represent institutional investments such as pension funds, a second index based on a broader population of properties was subsequently developed at the MIT Center for Real Estate. That index, now published by Moody's Investor Services as the Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index, will release its 4th-quarter results later this month. While the TBI represents pension funds' sales, the Moody's/REAL Index represents the broader commercial property market and includes a monthly national commercial property index.


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Dubai has an opportunity to create something inspiring in the world of gastronomy. Sure, there are challenges – the start-up costs for a restaurant can be crippling and must be a huge deterrent for an inexperienced operator looking to share his or her passion with the community. Because of this, grassroots start-ups need colossal investment behind them, to get projects off the ground. Hundreds of great restaurant concepts and ideas lie in a landfill of F&B dreams, some destined to live only in the minds of their creators. Which is a travesty.
David Chang's Fuji apple kimchi or Ansel's cronut. Mosimann's mushroom risotto and Blumenthal's bacon and egg ice cream. Ducasse's baba au rhum. These are dishes that have enthralled thousands and inspired generations of chefs, amateur and professional alike. What a different world we would live in if those dishes were never created for us to experience.
Worst still – imagine New York without Balthazar, or Paris without Chateaubriand. What would Tokyo be without Sukiyabashi Jiro or London without The Ivy? What would Dubai be without… well, I guess that's my point. What is Dubai's dish? What restaurant legacy can Dubai truly own? Not Zuma – that belongs to Rainer and Knightsbridge. LPM belongs to Nicole Rubi and Nice, France. There are a few recent restaurants that perhaps can lay claim, but 18 months of business does not make a legacy.
So how do we support and encourage restaurant start-ups that don't require the backing of a Russian Oligarch or the sort of money that Man City throws at mediocre left back wingers? How do we give these grass root start-ups the opportunity to shine and stand on their own merit?
The answer is clear – throw a glitzy independent restaurant award ceremony – obviously. That's what Martin Kubler, the founder of JLTDining.com is doing.
Jumeirah Lake Towers is home to over 200 restaurants, many of them falling into the "independent" category, who don't have the benefit of large investments behind them. Some are tiny little establishments, with just 10-15 seats, (Pitfire has a table for two!) specializing in a particular dish or cuisine. Many are owner-operator with a few employees. (Chef New at Café Isan for example). Because of this, there is an absolute consistency and quality that is there day in and day out.
To celebrate this, JLT Dining is launching the JLT Restaurant Awards – the first micro-community awards scheme focusing just on the JLT neighbourhood. It's a fantastic initiative, and one FoodSheikh is proud to champion.
But here's the thing. It's not really about the awards, in my opinion. Yes, the awards themselves are significant, but it's so much more than that. It's an initiative built for and supported by the community of JLT. Humble neighbourhood restaurants, smiley staff and simple service that often get lost in the fuss and froth of the fine dining world. The JLT Restaurant Awards are important, particularly to Dubai as a city. It is the start of something quite special. That's why the awards seem secondary to the real purpose of this initiative – to provide the neighbourhood with something to rally around.
Martin says, "We want to support the local food scene and its doers and makers, mostly SMEs and family-run companies, who often struggle to make their voices heard in a city filled to the brim with restaurants."
It reveals a sentiment that is increasingly being felt on high streets, in shopping malls and throughout retail precincts around the world – residents want to support businesses that are woven into the community rather than just exploiting a passing opportunity.
Martin says the support has been tremendous – they were lucky to get some excellent partners from the community and this is how it should be – an initiative from the neighbourhood, for the neighbourhood.
If you've been reading my ramblings for long enough, you know that FoodSheikh tries to celebrate the industry with refreshing, humourous and honest content. Here's one of my first serious calls to action. Get involved with your own neighbourhoods. Reward your local pizza place, hang out at your local coffee shop and order from the family-run Chinese down the road. Show these businesses that you care.
Glastonbury music festival started in 1970 with an audience of 1,500 people. Last year, they welcomed 175,000 people to the event. The Crossfit Games started in 2007 with 70 athletes. Last year, 324,000 athletes competed worldwide. Head over JLTdining.com to see if you can get yourself an invite to their inaugural JLT Restaurant Awards ceremony. You can tell your grandkids that you were there at the beginning.
JLT Restaurant Awards Ceremony – 27th of November, 2017 at 7 pm. Bonnington Jumeirah Lake Towers. Click here for further information and demand an invitation!


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I have often wondered why there is such a great rise in food allergies. I couldn't tell you one person in my circle of friends that had such an allergy when I was growing up. No one worried about serving peanuts on airplanes (but then again I remember people being able to smoke in the malls too!) and no one worried about anaphylaxis, especially in their children. What has happened? Have you ever known a young child to be plagued by childhood cancer? I unfortunately have and when my friend told me that her doctor told her it was a case of environmental leukemia, I just about lost it! This is why I don't allow parabens, phthalates and other known toxins into my home. I know too much. Like Robyn says "I can't unlearn it". I can't wait to get my hands on Robyn's book. In the meantime I urge you to watch this YouTube video (yes, I know it is 18 minutes long but it feels like 5 minutes). You will laugh, you will cry but I dare you not to be moved and perhaps a little angry!
I would love you to comment here and tell me how this video has affected you.


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At Creekside Park The Residences, you can have the best of both worlds. Convenient living at its best, Creekside is home to a community of neighborhood-friendly restaurants, including a bakery, pizza house and bistro.
Connect with your community
Creekside Park The Residences is located within Creekside Park Village Center, walking distance to The Village Green and shopping.


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As I study and pray this morning, my heart is filled with humility and gratitude as I count my blessings! This feeling helps prepare me for the day, which I know is filled with blessings.
Recently, I read in an article when the alarm sounds off in a fire station, the crew doesn't start putting gas and oil in the truck, loading equipment and giving it a tune-up, but they are ready to go in an instant. This is a wake-up call for me to keep my thinking well-oiled and full of Love .
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7 When I do this, I stay free and out of mental bondage.