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Namsai is the headquarter of Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh but it is more famous for its history and its nature. There are several Hinayana Buddhist Viharas in the Khampti settlement area, locally called 'Chong.
The Chong of Namsai and Manmao are major centres of Theravada sect in the state. Namsai is also called the land of the Golden Pagoda. The town is located near the Nao-Dihing river and is full of rich vegetation.The population of Namsai comprises Singhpo,Mshmi, Meyor and Khampti tribes. Take some time out to visit the Namsai Reserve Forest.
The forest has both tropical and sub-tropical characteristics, which is typical of many parts of Arunachal,since the state has regions in the plains as well as at higher altitudes. The forest,with lush, dense vegetation and a wide variety of flora and fauna reflects the natural beauty and biodiversity of the Piyong Reserve forest.
Though agriculture is the major preoccupation of the tribes here, the township got a major boost when a 660.37 m bridge was opened in March 2002. Situated 75 km from Tinsukia town, the major railway station , Namsai is fast developing as a township.It is fast becoming a rich convergence of tribal and modern life. For a tourist this place is serene, but has all the basic utilities.
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Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
|Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
|General Information
|Created by
|Izumi Todo
Futago Kamikita
|Years on Air
Japanese Title: ハートキャッチプリキュア!
English Title: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
Chinese Title: 光之美少女 甜蜜天使(Offical)/Heartcatch光之美少女!(Literal)
Korean Title: 하트 캐치 프리큐어!
PlotDuring the car trip to her new home, the introverted flower lover Hanasaki Tsubomi has a strange and mysterious dream, where the legendary warrior known as Cure Moonlight is defeated at the base of the "Great Tree of Hearts". Because of this, all the beautiful plants are destroyed, and two fairies from the Tree of Hearts take off. It soon turns out to be real, and the fairies appear next to her. They want her to become the legendary warrior Pretty Cure and collect Heart Seeds in order to prevent the Great Tree of Hearts, the source of all human hearts, from dying. But Tsubomi, unsure of herself, thinks she is unable to do so and refuses. However, an enemy attacks her classmate Kurumi Erika and takes away her Heart Flower. To save Erika's heart, Tsubomi summons the courage she needs and transforms into the Pretty Cure warrior, Cure Blossom.
Joined by her new friend, Erika Kurumi, who becomes Cure Marine, they fight against the Desert Apostles who transform the wilting Heart Flowers inside people into monsters known as Desertarians. By defeating these monsters, they gain Heart Seeds which allow the Heart Tree to become healthier again.
Later Myoudouin Itsuki born as the third legendary warrior, Cure Sunshine, and join to the team. Together reach the Heartcatch Mirage and Tsukikage Yuri is able to transform another time into Cure Moonlight. The four girls fight together to save the world against Dune and the Desert Apostles.
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Movie: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?
("Heartcatch Pretty Cure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?!")
(映画ハートキャッチプリキュア! 花の都でファッションショー···ですか!?)
Airdate: October 30, 2010
The movie starts with scene of Eiffel Tower in the Paris night. We can see two characters sitting in one column of it; Baron Salamander and Loup-Garou. Salamander raises his wand and laughs that this time they will destroy the world. Loup-Garou listens what he says, but suddenly he becomes mad, jumps and takes the jewel out of Salamander's wand. Salamander says that he wants it back, but Loup-Garou disagrees, saying that if he gets it back he gets his powers back to destroy the world, and that is not what Loup-Garou wants. Baron Salamander starts ro draw near Loup-Garou, becoming more darker and darker. Suddenly a group of Snackey jump towards Loup-Garou, making he fall.In the next scene, it is day and we see Tsubomi taking a photo of Erika in front of Eiffel Tower. Itsuki starts talking and she admires the scenery with Tsubomi. Erika starts talking about that her dad says that werewolfs have appeared in Paris lately. Tsubomi says that forget it, but Erika says that Tsubomi is really scared of it and that is way she said that. Itsuki says that "look, a werewolf!" Tsubomi quails, and asks rapidly "where?" Itsuki says that nowhere, and takes a photo of Tsubomi's scared face. Tsubomi shouts that she is mean, and the scene ends. In the next scene, we see Erika holding a video camera, using it to immortalize the people of Paris. After a small chat about the city, Tsubomi runs her own way, and disappears to the crowd, letting Erika & Itsuki wonder where she went.
Then we see Loup-Garou running and dodging orange beams, produced by flying Snackey. He jumps from roof to roof, evading the orange shots. Suddenly, when he is holding the jewel from Salamander's wand, a Snackey gets a hit to him, making him stumble, and bash into a wall. Loup-Garou points out that the jewel is what they want, and throws it out of the roof, ending in river. Snackey fly to river, but they don't know that it was really an apple. Next we see Tsubomi and Chypre walking on a road. Suddenly Loup-Garou jumps from the floor, maiking Tsubomi take fright. Loup-Garou apologizes, and after a talk he faints, but Tsubomi stops him and sees how hurted he is. She doesn't let him go, and Loup-Garou shouts that why she doesn't let him go. Tsubomi says that she doesn't, because he is hurted so bad. Suddenly a horde of Snackey appear, and the duo escapes, but one Snackey hits, creating and explosion. Next we see Loup-Garou holding Tsubomi in the air, ending on a floor.
In the next scene, Loup-Garou is walking in city, but Tsubomi is still following him. They end in a shaded place and Tsubomi asks that is Loup-Garou in a trouble. Suddenly Baron Salamander appears. He traps Loup-Garou in a crystal ball and uses his Heart Flower to create a Desertrian. With the help of Chypre, Tsubomi transforms in front of Salamander. Chypre transforms into a cloak, and Cure Blossom starts fighting the Desertrian. Cure Blossom uses Pink Forte Wave but the monster escapes. Chypre tells, that the Desertrian has a wolf on it. Suddenly the Desertrian throws Cure Blossom away. Erika and Itsuki see that, and they transform to Cure Marine an Cure Sunshine. The three Cures fight, and finally they finish it with Shining Fortissimo.
Baron Salamander appears again, and asks the Cures to return the Heart Flower. Chypre and Coffret punch the crystal ball out of Salamander's hands and Cure Blossom touches it with the Heart Flower, and Loup-Garou appears. Salamder commands Loup-Garou to come before midnight, and disappears. Then we see a flashback, where Loup-Garou is still young and in the church wishing for something and he hears a voice, that leads him to a secret room, where Salamander is. He has a friendly, almost fatherly chat with Loup-Garou. He tells Loup-Garou that he is a good child. Loup-Garou asks if Salamander can grant him his biggest wish: to have a father and a mother. Salamander says he can not do that but they'll search for one, for now he will be his dad.
In the next scene, Loup-Garou wakes up and talks with the trio of Pretty Cure. He tries to leave but Erika pokes his cheek and introduces herself followed by Itsuki who shows off a couple of karate moves. Tsubomi joins in and tries to get him to introduce himself. Erika has troubling pronouncing his name. Momoka and Yuri come in to introduce themselves too. After an awakward silence, Momoka mentions that her mom's been looking for a male model. Her mom sees Loup-Garou and says he's perfect and asks where they found him. A while later, Loup-Garou and Tsubomi have a discussion about his name and Tsubomi decides to call him "Olivier" because his original name was hard to pronounce. Next day, Momoka gives everyone an example of their photoshoot and Tsubomi says they're lucky to have a supermodel like Momoka around. Oliver gets annoyed and starts to squabble with her. In order to stop their fighting, Erika tells Tsubomi try modeling, in which she epically fails. Yuri tells Olivier to practice modeling, and Erika comments that Yuri is scary. With every step he takes, Tsubomi yells out advice like a mother and causes Oliver to trip and sending Erika into a fit of laughter. Oliver screams out that he hates Tsubomi and she tears up.
In the next scene, we see Olivier looking at window. Erika takes Oliver's measurements and tells him to call her Erika instead of "you". She talks to him about how she likes more designing fashion than modeling. They fight a little and Erika pinches his cheeks. Tsubomi comes in and tells she's stretching out his face. Itsuki decides to take Oliver out sight seeing and has her own discussion with Oliver. They go into a store where Itsuki founds a costume she really likes. That freaks Oliver out, because he didn't know she could be so girly, as he thought that Itsuki is a hard tomboy. Afterwards, Itsuki talks to Oliver about how she had to hold back her true feelings before because of her role as the heir to the dojo. They go back to the building and see Tsubomi in her new dress. Erika's mom calls Tsubomi over and Oliver comments that Fashion is pretty cool. Erika laughs and says "of course!" in her usual snarky manner. Oliver has trouble smiling and immediately runs into a room where the fairies are drinking.
The full moon starts rising, and Olivier's hair turns cyan, his eyes turn dark topaz, and his nails grow. Tsubomi comes to the room and sees Olivier like that. After a good hug, he calms down and turns back to normal. Disillusioned, Olivier asks Tsubomi what can he do about this and she tells him not to worry. Morning came, and now it is Yuri's turn to talk to Oliver. As they walk, Olivier shows Yuri the Baron's source of power: his jewel. Yuri gets the feeling that Salamander is Olivier's father but he drops silent as a random parent and child walk past him. He thinks back to when Salamander began to train him and then inserted this gem into Oliver's forehead which would give him superhuman capabilities. But that's when Oliver started to change and realize that Salamander was only using him to enlarge that gem. Oliver finally brushes off the speculation that Salamander is his dad. Surprisingly, Yuri talks about her father for a sentence or two before Salamander appears at the end of a tunnel.
Yuri transforms into Cure Moonlight, and starts to fight. While Yuri is trying hard to fight off Salamander, he just plays with her using his wand. Salamander gets tired of playing and transports all three of them to an opera stage. Cure Moonlight asks him is he really a Desert Apostle, and Slalamander starts to tell her his story, but the scene ghanges. Now we see Tsubomi, Erika and Itsuki watching photos. Momoka and her mom are watching news when they see a report on the demon running around. Yuri tells them that Salamander took Olivier away. Now we are back in the scene beetween Salamander and Cure Moonlight. Salamander reveals a giant movie screen and shows a bunch of culturally related photos. Both of them talk about the eternal struggle between Pretty Cures and villains and it leads up to a discussion about Cure Ange. Turns out that Cure Ange was the reason why he was sealed with little power in the church and how he used Olivier to harness his old power. Olivier is stunned, he can not say a word, even after Salamander calls him a monster and how the world rejects both of them. Cure Moonlight interrupts this brainwashing by throwing kicks and punches while reminding Olivier of the events that occurred. She's able to beat him down but he gets up and soon as he sees "that" look in her eye. That same look that Cure Ange gave him centuries ago. Just as they are about to exchange critical blows, Olivier stops them. He says that Salamander is right, he is just a monster and tells Cure Moonlight to give Tsubomi his thanks.
In the next scene, Tsubomi is frantically running around looking for Olivier until Erika catches her. Tsubomi continues to bawl while talking about Oliver and the photos that they took. Erika tells her that "is not looking at the photos enough?" and subsequently tackle glomps her sobbing friend. When she starts to cry more, Erika tells her that she will be fine because Itsuki, Yuri, and herself will always be beside her. Yuri and Itsuki come over to tell Tsubomi that they will all help her in her search for Olivier. In a place nearby, yet far away, Olivier tries to convince Salamander to stop his quest to take over France. Salamander is surprised at how much Oliver has grown but Oliver says he will stop running away and finally battle Salamander on his own. After exchanging several blows and finally knocking Olivier several feet away, Salamander whispers a couple of words before Olivier transforms into his demonic form. Piece by piece, Olivier rips apart the castle where he met the Baron.Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight arrive at the castle. Olivier starts attacking Cure Marine and she attacks him back. After a few exchanges, it's clear who has the advantage so Blossom continually tries to call out to Olivier. Just as Erika is about to deliver her final blow to her opponent, Blossom jumps in front of Olivier to stop the attack. And it finally gets through to Olivier and he immediately stops. Tsubomi wipes away his tears and officially announces that he is changed. Unfortunately, Yuri and Itsuki are unable to stop Salamander and he unleashes huge wave of power as he transforms into a huge dragon. Since the tiny fairies are unable to hold back Salamander's attack, Coupe jumps several continents and holds Salamander back for that one attack.
The Cures transform into their Super Silhouette forms. They use Heartcatch Orchestra, but it is not still enough to defeat Baron Salamander. All people and mascots start to encourage Pretty Cure, and they finally get the power ot defeat Baron Salamander. Leaning over Salamander's unconcious body, Olivier cries but then laughs once he realizes Salamander is alright. The jewel breaks and Olivier suggest that they go on another journey, but this time to meet different people and thanks the Pretty Cure for what they have done. At the end, everyone enjoyed the Pretty Cure's fashion show.
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Suite Pretty Cure♪
|Suite Pretty Cure
|General Information
|Created by
|Izumi Todo
Futago Kamikita
|Years on Air
Japanese Title: スイートプリキュア♪
English Title: Suite Pretty Cure♪
Chinese Title: 光之美少女 美樂天使(Official)/Suite光之美少女(Literal)
Korean Title: 스위트 프리큐어♪
Vietnamese Title: Chiến binh Âm nhạc
PlotIn a place called Major Land, a Melody of Happiness is due to be played, spreading happiness throughout the world. However, an evil man named Mephisto steals the Legendary Score, plotting to turn it into a Melody of Sorrow to spread sadness across the land. Aphrodite, the queen of Major Land, scatters the Notes that make up the Legendary Score into the human world and sends a fairy named Hummy to a place called Kanon Town in order to recover them. There, Hummy meets two girls, Hibiki Hojo and Kanade Minamino, who are chosen to become the Suite Pretty Cure in order to recover the missing Notes and protect everyone's happiness. Siren, a black cat friend of Hummy, is now a villain controled by Mephisto, but later is purified by her feeling to save her dear friend and surprisingly become a Pretty Cure, Cure Beat. Kurokawa Ellen (Cure Beat) join to the team.
Cure Muse is a Mysterious masked Cure that appear to save the other Cures when they have problems. She doesn't talk and don't reveal her identity. Later, when she take off her mask, it is revealed that she is Shirabe Ako, the princess of Major Land and the daughter of Aphrofite and Mephisto. Once revealed her identity, she is able to save her father from the dark and join finally to the team.
Now, the four Cures have to fight to Noise and the people he still controls (Trio the Minor).
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Movie: Suite Pretty Cure♪: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody!
("Suite Pretty Cure♪ The Movie : Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts!")
(映画 スイートプリキュア♪ とりもどせ! 心がつなぐ奇跡のメロディ♪)
Airdate: October 29, 2011The movie starts with Kanade sleeping in her room. Someone knocks the window, but Kanade ignores it. The knocking goes wilder and Kanade goes to the window. She thinks it is Hibiki and opens the curtain. Mephisto smiles and waves her. Kanade takes fright of him and shouts. Her parents woke up and go immediately watch what is happening. Mephisto falls from the ladder, and Kanade's mother calls the police and suddenly Mephisto is surrounded by police cars.
Hibiki is on a walk with the Fairy Tones and Hummy when she sees the police cars. Ellen, Ako and Otokichi all got a call and they went to Kanade's house. Kanade tells the girls what happened, and they all hurry to the police station. Mephisto is in an interrogation with Ako and police asks them questions, while the other girls ask Kanade why Mephisto was there. She answers that Mephisto said that he wanted to see Souta but he mixed the rooms.
Souta comes and Mephisto thanks him about being so nice to her daughter. He also tells Souta that he is Ako's father and that they are going back to Major Land. Souta wonders what place that is, and Ako pushes her father away and tells that they are moving away. Souta gets mad and runs away. They start to listen beautiful music that the orchestra plays. Suddenly a noisy and bad sound starts playing and their ears start to hurt.
Suddenly the music stops playing and it disappears. Everyone starts to wonder what it was. A guitarist tries to play his instrument but it does not produce sound. Otokichi says that Mephisto must warn the Major Land, and Mephisto opens the portal, but it turns to red and forms a strange pattern. Otokichi says that something must have happened to the Major Land and everyone gets worried. Mephisto tells them that he will have a look at the Major Land and that everyone should stay in Kanon when he visits the Major Land. Otokichi says that everyone should go and so they leave.
When they get to the Major Land, the sky is dark and they see how something is bind around the castle. Suddenly the howling sound starts playing and forces them to fall to the ground. When Hummy tries to touch a busker sitting in the bench, her paw is hurted and she realizes that the man is turned into stone, though he is still playing his accordion. A girl walks to them and Ako says that she is her firend, Suzu.
Suzu tells them that all the music had disappeared and Ako aks her why. She says that Aphrodite has taken it. Mephisto and the girls do not believe her, and Suzu continues that Aphrodite has turned everyone into stone. Ako says that her mother would never too something like that. Suzu asks if she does not believe her, and she says that it is fine for her and she runs away.
The girls and Mephisto split to two; Hibiki, Kanade, Ellen and Hummy go to explore the town and Ako and Mephisto go to the castle. Hibiki and the group find Suzu from the theatre, and she tells them what happened; When she was in the woods, Aphrodite announced that she has now slacken all the music. Hummy says that she doesn't believe it and starts crying, and the Crescendo Tone appears and tells them that Suzu does not lie.
Meanwhile, in the castle, Aphrodite tells the Trio de Major to steal the Healing Chest. Next we see Ako and Mephisto walking in park. Ako asks her dad if he believes that Suzu was telling the truth. Mephisto says not to worry, the father is here and nothing bad will happen to her. Ako says that she will be fine without him, and runs towards the castle.
Hibiki and the group is walking in the woods with Suzu. Suzu shouts that all that happened is Ako's mother's fault, and starts crying. Kanade tells Hibiki to give some space to her and they continue walking. Hummy has problems with the heavy Healing Chest and the Fairy Tones say that she will not get any cupcakes if she rests. Hummy gets wind up and runs to them, forgetting the Healing Chest next to Suzu.
Ako and Mephisto get to the castle, and they wonder how it is turned like that. Possessed Aphrodite traps Ako inside a bubble. Meanwhile, the other girls start wonder where Suzu is. Suddenly, Trio de Major appear. Back in the castle, Mephisto figures out that he has to sing Ako's favorite song to release her, but he does not remember it. Back in the woods, Hummy realizes that she forgot the Healing Chest, and goes to find it. Trio de Major then creates a Negatone.
The girls transform but the Negatone traps Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm. Meanwhile, Hummy thinks she has found the Healing Chest but it is really just a wooden chest. Trio de Major comes and say to give it to them. Cure Beat arrives and sees what is happened to Healing Chest. Trio de Major thinks that the chest is the Healing Chest and takes it. In the woods, Melody & Rhythm came up with an idea which works and they defeat the Negatone with Miracle Heart Arpeggio & Fantastic Piacere.
Suzu is in the theater, begging Healing Chest to revive her parents. Crescendo Tone tells her that Pretty Cure is there for it, and there is also something that Suzu can do. Back in the castle, Melody, Rhythm and Beat start fighting with Trio de Major, who transform into monsters. Meanwhile, Mephisto remembered Ako's favorite songs and they start to "sing" it together, and Ako becomes happy. The bubble breaks, and the Cures finish Trio de Major with Music Rondo & Heartful Beat Rock.
The soul of Aphrodite appears and tells Ako and Mephisto that the dark energy, Howling is trapped inside her heart and that by destroying her, Howling will also die. A sword appears, and Mephisto raises it. Melody, Rhythm and Beat arrive and they become scared about what Mephisto is doing, and he swings the sword, but it only breaks the roots around Aphrodite and Mephisto takes her and jumps out from a window.
Howling, being scared of dying, comes out of Aphrodite's body. Everyone are scared about what will happen, and Mephisto creates a slide to them. Suddenly Howling breaks it, causing Mephisto and Aphrodite to fall. Cures try to attack it with Music Rondo Super Quartet, but it does not work and Ako transforms too. Cures try Beat Sonic and Sparkling Shower but they don't work either.
Howling tells them that he is a servant of Noise. Then he creates a hurting drift around the Cures' heads and tells them that they can not stop him. Meanwhile, Suzu with the Healing Chest runs to Hummy and gives it to her. Hummy also gives Suzu's note necklase to her. Crescendo Tone tells Suzu to raise her necklase and guide her feelings to Pretty Cure.
Suzu raises her necklase and it starts to shine, and the beam of light attacks Howling. Meanwhile, Mephisto and Aphrodite wake up in the theater, and they see how the feelings of the people turned into stone fly to help Pretty Cure, as Suzu thinked for it. Hummy also tells everyone to wave their Miracle Lights. Suddenly a burst of light attacks Howling and it also frees the Pretty Cure. The Major Land also turns normal.
Suddenly howling starts sucking the energy and turns into his real form. It attacks the Pretty Cure and takes Cure Rhythm. Cure Melody starts attacking, but Howling blasts her, Cure Beat & Cure Muse away. Cure Melody gets up and tells Howling that she has to protect the music and save the Major Land, but Howling punches her away again. Hummy waves her Miracle Light with the Fairy Tones, and Crescendo Tone tells Melody to fight, and the Healing Chest starts glowing.
The light blinds Howling, and suddenly Cure Rhythm is gone. Howling watches at the sky, and he sees Crescendo Cure Melody holding Cure Rhythm. Howling tries to attacks them, but Crescendo Cure Melody punches him back, and attacks him, along with Cure Rhythm, using Passionato Harmony Crescendo. She turns back to Cure Melody, and with the help of the other Cures, finally defeats Howling with Suite Session Ensemble Crescendo. Later, Ako tells her parents that she wants to stay with the other girls in the Kanon Town, and they accept it, Ako starts smiling and everyone becomes happy.
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On November 9th, 2016 around 1:16am, I found out that the next POTUS would be Donald Trump. I can't even try to laugh at the fact, something I had joked the day before would bring such laughter. I didn't vote for Trump or ever support him. I am a black woman with immigrant parents, I have friends in the LGBTQ community and I don't believe in tearing down a group of people to try and appeal to another. But I will say this, ever since Trump announced that he was running from President, I laughed. I laughed from that moment all the way to the day of the election. Yes, I mistook Trump as a joke even when he officially became the GOP nominee, I laughed. I joined in on the jokes about moving to Canada. I joked that maybe it is our time to fall because every great nation has fallen. I joked with family that I even voted for him. Because to me it was all a joke, I never took him seriously, but honestly the way that both parties ran their election can you entirely blame me?
I voted for Hillary, I tweeted my #ImWithHer, I showed my support but truthfully I didn't. The truth is I desperately wanted to root for Hillary, I mean the possibility of having the first female president and being able to say I voted for her would have been remarkable. But just like some people, I don't trust her. I don't think she is fit to run the country and I only voted for her for two reasons the first being that I would have never voted for Trump. He is far from the ideal person who should be the next president. I can list off how he is a bigot, a racist, and all the other crappy things about him but I know you have already heard them all. The second reason I voted for Hillary is because she was the Democrat nominee, and I believe in a little bit of loyalty. I know I am not the only one what went to vote the other day and voted for everyone with their party's endorsement trusting their beliefs were aligned. But we have to start changing that moving forward. We have to start doing more research about who is representing us in D.C.


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AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government's prosecution of a far-right lawmaker for hate speech was upstaged by his continued racial vitriol on Monday before the trial could get underway.
The lawmaker, Geert Wilders, whose tirades against Islam, immigration and the European Union have made him one of the most divisive figures in Dutch politics, refused to attend the trial. Instead, he issued a series of inflammatory posts on Twitter, saying the Netherlands has a "huge problem with Moroccans" — an echo of the denunciations he made in 2014 that are at the center of the hate-speech charges.
NL has huge problem with Moroccans.— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) October 31, 2016
To be silent about it is cowardly.
43% of Dutch want fewer Moroccans.
No verdict will change that.
"To be silent about it is cowardly," Mr. Wilders wrote, distracting the news media and the public from the prosecution's opening of the case in court. Referring to a 2014 poll by his Freedom Party, he added in his Twitter post: "43% of Dutch want fewer Moroccans. No verdict will change that."
The trial has exposed deep fissures in Dutch society, which is known for its religious tolerance but has a more troubled recent past: More than three-quarters of Dutch Jews were deported and killed during the Nazi occupation in World War II.
The Netherlands was one of the six founding states of what became the European Union, but skepticism toward the bloc has been rising. In April, Dutch voters rejected a trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, and after the British referendum on June 23 to leave the bloc, Mr. Wilders proposed that the Dutch hold a referendum on withdrawing as well.
Mr. Wilders, 53, is charged with offending members of a group based on their race, and hate speech and discrimination. If convicted he could be sentenced to up to two years in prison, though people found guilty of such offenses are more commonly fined or required to do community service.
A conviction could affect his career in Parliament, where he has been the leader of the Party for Freedom since 2006.
Mr. Wilders announced on Friday that he would not attend the trial, which is being held in a secure courtroom near Schiphol Airport outside Amsterdam. He called himself "a politician who says what the politically correct elite do not want to hear."
The case revolves around two sets of remarks made near the time of municipal elections in The Hague in 2014. On March 12 of that year, Mr. Wilders told the Dutch national broadcaster NOS that he hoped the city's residents would "vote for a more safe and social city, and if it would be possible, fewer Moroccans." At a rally a week later, he asked, "Do you want more or fewer Moroccans in this city and in the Netherlands?" The audience responded by chanting, "Fewer, fewer!" Mr. Wilders responded, "Well, we'll arrange that, then."
The primary judge of the three overseeing the case, Hendrik Steenhuis, spent more than an hour of the trial reconstructing events surrounding the two appearances.
He said he wanted to establish whether the comments had been impulsive, off-the-cuff remarks or planned in advance.
One fact that could influence the outcome, Judge Steenhuis said, was that Mr. Wilders repeated the alleged offense after the first event, despite complaints. During the March 19 appearance, Mr. Wilders acknowledged that his comments could lead to prosecution.
More than 6,400 Dutch citizens filed complaints after that appearance, and prosecutors have said that they felt obliged to respond.
"There were so many complaints that police were worried that they would lose too much capacity over it," said Elianne van Rens, one of the other judges, who presented the facts of the case.
Mr. Wilders was acquitted on charges of hate speech in 2011, after complaints about his fierce criticisms of Islam.
The earlier case focused on hate speech against a religion or religious beliefs; this time, the target was a population group, according to a spokesman for the public prosecutor's service, Frans Zonneveld.
"Islam is an idea, a religion, but according to the public prosecution service, you have a lot of room to criticize ideas, but when it comes to population groups, it's a whole different matter," Mr. Zonneveld said.
As Mr. Zonneveld put it, the case is about a conflict between freedom of speech and the freedom from discrimination.
On Friday, Mr. Wilders denounced the proceedings.
"It is a travesty that I have to stand trial because I spoke about fewer Moroccans," he said. "Not because they despise all Moroccans or want all Moroccans out of the country, but because they are sick and tired of the nuisance and terror caused by so many Moroccans."
He added, "If speaking about this is punishable, then the Netherlands is no longer a free country but a dictatorship."
In response, Mr. Zonneveld said, "The fact that the politician has to appear before a court doesn't make it a political trial." He added, "The whole of Dutch society and the people who have made complaints on this issue, as well as Mr. Wilders, have a right to have a court verdict on this matter."
One of the chief prosecutors, Sabina van der Kallen, expressed irritation that Mr. Wilders had failed to inform them that he would not be showing up. "We would have appreciated if we had heard about his absence from the defense and not from the newspaper," she said.


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If your toddler doesn't love eating their green veggies straight up, try serving them in these yummy and easy mini meatballs recipe. They are moist, filled with classic Italian flavor, and make for a really nutritious toddler dinner!
Healthy Meatball Recipe
I don't make a habit of hiding vegetables in foods since I want my kids to know what they are eating. But since I can't yet convince my girl to eat sautéed greens or kale salad, these healthy toddler meatballs are a good alternative to serving up kale chips or green smoothies. We eat a lot of meatballs in our house and most of the time they include parsley—but it's nice to change up the green from time to time. And know that the bar for these meatballs in our house is high thanks to my solid Italian-American background. Rest assured that these taste just as delicious as you expect them to!
Mini Meatballs with Spaghetti
You can serve these Whole Grain Mini Kale Meatballs over pasta, polenta, and even toast for open-face sandwiches and top with a little melted cheese. If your toddler isn't totally on board with the texture of meat, you can mash a few pieces up in warm marinara sauce to help them take small, more appealing tastes. This is also an excellent way to serve meatballs to babies.
How to Make Easy Mini Meatballs Step-by-Step
I love making mini meatballs for kids since the serving size is much better suited to their appetites. And they can be a perfect finger food, which can make toddler meals much easier for everyone at the table. Here's a look at the easy process needed to make this recipe.
- Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with foil and nonstick spray to ensure easy clean up later
- Place the oats, breadcrumbs, kale (or parsley), onion, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to grind.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and grind until thoroughly minced and uniform.
- Form into small balls with a 1-tablespoon measuring spoon and place on the prepared baking sheet and bake!
- Drain on paper towels if necessary. Warm in your favorite marinara sauce and serve!
Can I make these meatballs without breadcrumbs?
If you need to make these easy meatballs gluten-free, try using favorite GF breadcrumbs or simply use cornmeal. If you'd like to use grass-fed beef to increase the healthy fats, that is a healthy option and one that will work well here.
Can I freeze mini meatballs to serve later?
You can bake a batch of these healthy meatballs, let them cool, and store in an airtight freezer bag for up to 3 months. Thaw right in a simmering pot of pasta sauce to serve!
How long should I cook mini meatballs?
This recipe takes about 18-20 minutes to cook, so you can make the whole thing in about 30 minutes. Not too bad for a healthy family dinner! You can of course also make the meat mixture ahead and stick it into the fridge until you're ready to bake. (Breaking steps up is sometimes necessary when cooking with toddlers around…)
Nutrition in Mini Beef Meatballs
These toddler meatballs have fiber and Vitamin C from the kale, protein from the beef, and extra antioxidants from the onion and garlic. The inclusion of oats adds extra fiber and B vitamins. If you serve them in tomato-based sauce, you'll add in more Vitamins A and C too! They'd be a great meatball to make for babies in the house too.
Easy Mini Meatballs
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 18
- Total Time: 28 minutes
- Yield: about 34 meatballs 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Classic Italian meatballs with kale tucked inside to help toddlers eat their greens! (You can of course use the more traditional parsley instead of kale if you prefer.)
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs
- 2–4 kale leaves, stems removed (or about 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves)
- 1 small onion, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 egg
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and coat with nonstick spray.
- Place the oats, breadcrumbs, kale, onion, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to grind.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and grind until thoroughly minced and uniform.
- Form into 1-tablespoon-size meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for about 18 minutes, or until brown and cooked through. Drain on paper towels if necessary.
- Warm in your favorite marinara sauce and serve with polenta, whole grain pasta, or alongside whole-wheat toast.
Use cornmeal instead of breadcrumbs to make these meatballs gluten free.
Use half ground Italian sausage and half ground beef for extra flavor.
Try with ground turkey.
Use baby spinach instead of kale.


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The Park Service didn't put my son in a coma
The lead story in High Country News Aug. 22 concerned a hiking trip gone tragically awry near Zion National Park in Utah. Two men died, and the survivors filed a $23 million lawsuit against the Park Service. This essay responds to the question the story raised: "Whose fault?"
My 24-year-old son's accident in Yosemite National Park in April 1987 occurred while he and his wife and her sister were hiking on the Snow Creek trail. Spring thaws loosened rocks from a monolith 2,000 feet above them, causing a major landslide. The crashing rocks destroyed over 20 switchbacks in the trail, knocked down trees and tumbled the hikers in its path. That the three of them were not killed in the slide was a miracle.
Evacuated by the Yosemite search and rescue team's helicopter, my son, Ben, was airlifted to a hospital where he underwent surgery to reduce swelling from a massive brain injury. When I arrived the next morning, I felt totally helpless seeing my comatose son surviving on a ventilator, his vital signs registering on the monitor.
Two days later, a representative from the park came to the hospital to express her concern. At the time I thought, "What a nice gesture. I wonder why the Park Service sent someone to check on an accident victim." I was too traumatized to recognize there might be another motive.
Now I know the agency's visit had more to do with fears of a lawsuit than concern over the accident. But to sue the park would never have entered our minds. Even two years later, after bills of nearly $1 million and against the advice of well-meaning people, we rejected the idea of suing Yosemite National Park. Why? Certainly the federal government has more money than we and would be better able to pay the costs involved.
The question is, who is responsible? Ben and his companions chose to take the hike. While their hike was not designed to be a "bold adventure into the wilderness," like the hike taken by the Explorer Scout group in Utah, no person or agency can be held responsible for an act of nature.
Experiencing the wilderness has always been a high priority for me and my children. Ben has been an avid skier, mountaineer, rock climber and adventurer his entire life. While his recovery was a long, difficult process over a number of years and his accident resulted in many profound changes, it did not change his lust for the wilderness. As soon as he healed enough to travel, Ben was off on new adventures - to Alaska and more recently to India.
I am grateful to Yosemite National Park, to the competent and efficient search and rescue team whose quick actions saved my son's life and supported his companions during the crisis. I believe in the mission of national parks to preserve and protect the wilderness for us and future generations. It is clear that national parks have an obligation to educate visitors about the special features of the park, to inform people about seasonal conditions, and to warn about potential dangers. But then what? I believe it is up to each person to evaluate the advice and to make his or her decision.
National parks aren't our parents, and I resent regulations designed to "take care of me in the wilderness." I am also outraged when people sue parks for monetary gain. I don't want my freedoms infringed upon by a Park Service that worries about being sued.
Let us not burden the Park Service with responsibilities we need to take for ourselves. With the privileges of wilderness adventure comes responsibility. Would you rather be stripped of the privileges or accept responsibility for your actions?
Joyce G. Gellhorn works for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, where she directs teacher-training programs.


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When Energy Secretary Rick Perry stated to employees at a coal-fired power plant in Maidsville, West Virginia, "Here's a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow," he wasn't flubbing a fundamental lesson of economics. He was setting his gunsight on the world's largest uranium producers.
Developing nations determined to grow and developed nations committed to energy security are calling uranium's bluff while making tentative commitments to coal. Uranium isn't chess. It is poker. And the major producers are concealing their peak, plateau and especially their decline statistics by folding. Unless a nation with nuclear bargaining power can be assured of rigorous and demonstrable future supply, it will not build-out. Instead, it will stretch present military and civil stockpiles and phase-out, as is the case presently (Voluntary: South Korea, United States, Germany; Involuntary: Japan).
Uranium isn't an intuitive industry or investment: higher prices are only guaranteed if producers are able to prove a sum of reasonably assured and inferred resources that will meet demand to 2100 and beyond. Unfortunately, they can't. Although we may have been wrong about Peak Oil, Peak Uranium may be a reality.
Make no mistake about it, Perry's riff on "build it and they will come" was squarely aimed at Cameco and Kazatomprom, the last two heavyweights at the table. In other words, he looked up over the rims of his Jean Lafont's and said, "I call."
If the major producers continue to fold, the coal industry will be the chief beneficiary, here in the United States and abroad. Is Trump's Paris pullout making sense yet?


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Away In A Manger
By Kevin Herrin
Away in a manger. Not in the big city. Away… in a barn. It should have been in a palace. It should have been in a king's chambers. He was a descendant of King David, after all. He would become known as the King of all kings, as a matter of fact. But, no – it was away…in a manger. Not in a mansion, not in a castle, not in a luxury hotel, not even in a house. There was no room for Him in the Inn. No…a cave, a stable, a feeding trough filled with hay – away… in a manger.
Symbolic it was. Symbolic of the distance between God and us. Away. The God who made mankind for fellowship with Him. The God who walked with Adam in the cool of the day – now separated from His creation by sin and rebellion. He would not – He could not touch sin as the perfect Sovereign. A gap lay between them. Who would bridge the canyon between God and man? Separated. Away from God. Blocked. Inprisoned. Walled out. Away from God because of sin. Away.
And so God would take on flesh and become a man, but how?
A baby, you said?
A seed planted in the womb of a teenage girl…by the Holy Spirit? Come on.
God…a Baby?
Born where? Away…in a manger.
Not in the focal point of all society. Not in the who's who of births that day. Only lowly shepherds would come. His birth wouldn't even register on the social scene for about another year, when wise men from the east would come searching for the prophesied King of the Jews.
Could it be? The Messiah had come? Emmanuel? God with us! Imagine that! God in a manger! The separated Sovereign – the away God – come near…in a manger.
Could it be that this Baby, away in a manger, would be A WAY in a manger?
A way through sin? A way through darkness for humanity? A way past depression? A way past fear? A way past sickness and disease? A way past divorce? A way past suicide? A way past hell? A way past Satan? A way past our past?
God came near. The cast of Christmas looked into the eyes of the Babe away in a manger, but would eventually realize they had been looking at a way in the manger. This Baby would grow up and be the very One who would declare to His disciples, " I AM the Way."
Whatever form sin has taken in your life by way of a separating wall of awayness from God, I encourage you to look again at the Baby in the manger. He is the Way. You have been given direct access through the darkness, back to God, through a Way in a manger.
(Special thanks to my friend, Marty Varnell, for the inspiration for this thought.)


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The Max CFM you are supposed to enter is the actual CFM of your fan when at max fanspeed, while operating your solar collector. (It is not the max CFM rating of the fan on the fan data-sheet.)
The standard fans we use and deliver with our Okapi Systems have a data-sheet rating of 110 cfm: this is when the fan has zero airflow impedance.
When a fan is pulling air through any solar collector, there will always be some level of airflow impedance, making the max CFM when the fanspeed is at 100% a little less than 110cfm, for instance. As each collector design is different giving different levels of impedance, this 100% fanspeed CFM must be measured.
To get this measurement, you will need an anemometer (-They are easy to find and quite inexpensive... also fun to play with!)
Once you have downloaded the Solar Heater Output Calculator App, use "open with" your "Java(TM) Platform SE binary".
1. Ignore the other input boxes, for now...
2. Type in the FPM measurement you make using your anemometer, when fanspeeds are at 100%, into the FPM box for both heaters (they may give different readings being of different design, if you have two heaters... and you may get a few different readings depending on how and where you hold the anemometer... getting a nice estimated average is good enough!)
3. then type in the diameter of your outlet vent, or if it is square, you can type in those dimensions...
4. and finally, look down at the CFM results box, and that is your calculated "max CFM" for your fan for your solar collector, right there for you!
(Oh, and have some fun playing around with all the other features of this calculator app, too!)
Troubleshooting Adding your Okapi as a "Device":
You were able to Add Okapi as a Device, but are having trouble Connecting using the Okapi Viewer App?
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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
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In 2010, there were 18 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 72 posts. There were 4 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 143kb.
The busiest day of the year was December 15th with 155 views. The most popular post that day was Pashto Naat.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were pukhto.net, ageofjahiliyah.wordpress.com, search.conduit.com, en.wordpress.com, and youtube.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for pashto naat, sheikh idris abkar, main bawaqt e sahar, maulana sudais, and pashto naat mp3.
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Earlier this week, I made and listed a whole bunch of simple, pretty pieces with gemstone vials and/or cabochons, all priced just $9-$12. Many of these are still available in the special deals section of my shop, along with some recently marked-down older pieces.
You can also still save 20% on all regularly-priced jewelry using the code "BYE2015" through the 31st, and don't forget that you can snag a deal on a grab bag or a discounted gift code through our GoFundMe fundraiser. I'm also still looking for donations for our upcoming Facebook fundraiser, if you'd like to make a contribution there.
Thanks so much for reading! I hope that you've all had a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate (or not). ❤


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Risk management blog
Winter Fatigue
Last summer, we published a blog about worker fatigue that focused on the fact that summer usually brings a higher workload for many companies due to higher construction demands in the summer months. Today, it was brought to my attention that this is not just a summer issue. When temperature remains below zero for extended periods of time, HVAC contractors, mechanical contractors, overhead door contractors, and many more are pushed to the max to keep homes and businesses safe and sound in the frigid temperatures.
Below is a winter recap about worker fatigue that many employees may find useful to review this season:
- Sleep: Encourage employees to catch up on sleep. According to Harvard University, it is possible to "settle short-term [sleep] debt" by getting extra sleep to make up for lost sleep.
- Nutrition: With the holidays comes an overindulgence of not too healthy foods; what often follows is fatigue from poor nutrition. Ask your employees to set personal goals or remind your employees about the importance of fueling their hard working bodies with nutritional foods.
- Overtime: Overtime cannot be avoided when people are depending on your company. Supervisors must be conscious of how many extra hours people are working and how much rest time they are getting. For example, if Joe agrees to work late into the night for an emergency job, he may not be able to replenish his energy enough to work safely by 6am the following day. He could be walking into work already fatigued and more likely to have an accident due to inattention. Supervisors must think about the human consequences of overtime and not just getting customer demands met. Your company needs to decide a policy on overtimes that work for your employee's well-being and your production demands.
History has shown that significant accidents like the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger and the BP Texas City oil refinery explosion indicate fatigue was a contributing factor. Those industries are known for their robust safety program and controls, but human factors can affect all workplaces including yours. Take time today to train you supervisors on recognizing fatigue and how to react to it.


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Lodge House, Hilston Park, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, sleeps 6-10 in 3 bedrooms.
Great location to 'get away from it all' and enjoy the great outdoors.
The Lodge house is set in its own grounds within the larger setting of Hilston Park, in a rural location, surrounded by farmland. The 3 Castles walk and 4 Castles cycle route both pass close by. Immediately opposite The Lodge there is access to a network of footpaths offering walks with lovely views extending to Garway Hill and beyond into Herefordshire.
There are numerous other outdoor attractions in the area. Fishing is possible in the Rivers Wye and Monnow plus there are a number of nearby lake options. The 3 Castles walking route links Skenfrith, Grosmont and White Castle and can be accessed directly from the Lodge. Nearby is Offas Dyke, Wye Valley walk, the Black mountains, Garway Hill, and the Monnow Valley circuit.
The River Wye provides some of the best canoe touring available in Britain, with canoe hire available in Monmouth. Symond's Yat rapids give a good introduction to white water and in the winter the River Monnow is a great canoe river. About 20 minutes drive away, the River Usk has some classic grade 2 and 3 sections including Mill Falls.
The Forest of Dean has mountain biking routes suitable for all abilities, with bike hire at Pedal a Bike Away and a family cycle route which is great for everyone. If you want something a bit harder the Verderers and Freeminer are not to be missed. Downhill fanatics will also find the freeride area, with its 14 runs, a real blast!
For road cycling enthusiasts, try the 4 Castles run, the Wye Valley Wanderer or head for The Tumble with its famous climb- finishing with rewarding views over the old coal mining valleys and Brecon Beacons.
There are also plenty of rock climbing opportunities, with single and multi pitch, bolted and trad at Symond's Yat, Shorncliff, Wyncliff and Wintours Leap.
Relax at the end of your day with a drink and a meal at one of the nearby pubs, both with great reputations for good food and fine ale.
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We believe that the Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired, and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction; and it has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture of error for its matter; that it reveals the principles by which God will judge us, and therefore is, and shall remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried.
We believe the Scriptures teach that there is one, and only one, living and true God, an infinite, intelligent Spirit, whose name is Jehovah, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; equal in every divine perfection, and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.
We believe that the Scriptures teach that Man was created in holiness, under the law of his Maker; but by voluntary transgression fell from the holy and happy state; in consequence of which all mankind are sinners, not by constraint but choice; being by nature utterly void of that holiness required by the law of God, positively inclined to evil; and therefore under just condemnation to eternal ruin, without defense or excuse.
We believe that the Scriptures teach that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace; through the mediatorial offices of the Son of God; who by the appointment of the Father, freely took upon him our nature, yet without sin; honored the divine law by his personal obedience, and by his death made a full atonement for our sins; that having risen from the dead, he is now enthroned in heaven; and uniting in his wonderful person the tenderest sympathies with divine perfections, he is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a compassionate, and an all-sufficient Saviour.
We believe the Scriptures teach that the great Gospel blessing which Christ secures to such as believe in him is justification; that justification includes the pardon of sin, and the promise of eternal life on principles of righteousness; that it is bestowed, not in consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely through faith in the Redeemer's blood; by virtue of which faith his perfect righteousness is freely imputed to us of God; that it brings us into a state of most blessed peace and favor with God, and secures every other blessing needful for time and eternity.
We believe that the Scriptures teach that the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the Gospel; that it is the immediate duty of all to accept them by cordial, penitent and obedient faith; and that nothing prevents the salvation of the greatest sinner on earth, but his own determined depravity and voluntary rejection of the Gospel; which rejection involves him in an aggravated condemnation.
We believe that the Scriptures teach that in order to be saved, sinners must be regenerated, or born again; that regeneration consists in giving a holy disposition to the mind that it is effected in a manner above our comprehension by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the Gospel; and that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance and faith, and newness of life.
We believe the Scriptures teach that repentance and faith are sacred duties, and also inseparable graces, wrought in our soul~ by the regenerating Spirit of God; whereby being deeply convinced of our guilt, danger and helplessness and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with unfeigned contrition, confession and supplication for mercy; at the same time heartily receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as our prophet, priest and king, and relying or him alone as the only and all-sufficient Saviour.
We believe the Scriptures teach that election is the eternal purpose of God, according to which he graciously regenerates, sanctifies and saves sinners; that being perfectly consistent with the free agency of man, it comprehends all the means in connection wit~ the end; that is a most glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, being infinitely free, wise, holy and unchangeable, that it utterly excludes boasting and promotes humility, love, prayer, praise, trust in God, and active imitation of his free mercy; that it encourage! the use of means in the highest degree; that it may be ascertained by its effects in all who truly believe the Gospel; that it is the foundation of Christian assurance; and that to ascertain it with regard to ourselves demands and deserves the utmost diligence.
We believe the Scriptures teach that Sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness; that it is a progressive work; that it is begun in regeneration; and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, the Healer and Comforter, in the continual use of the appointed means especially the word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer.
We believe the Scriptures teach that such only are real believers as endure to the end~ that their persevering attachment to Christ is the grand mark which distinguishes them from superficial professors; that a special Providence watches over their welfare; and they are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.
We believe the Scriptures teach that the Law of God is the eternal and unchangeable rule of his moral government; that it is holy, just and good; and that the inability which the Scriptures ascribe to fallen men to fulfill its precepts, arise entirely from their love of sin; to deliver them from which, and to restore them through a Mediator to unfeigned obedience to the holy Law, is one great end of the Gospel, and of the means of Grace connected with the establishment of the visible church.
We believe the Scriptures teach that a visible church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the Gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ; governed by his laws; and exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word; that its only scriptural officers are Bishops or Pastors, and Deacons whose Qualifications, claims and duties are defined in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus.
We believe the Scriptures teach that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, into the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost; to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem, our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, with its effect, in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of a church relation; and to the Lord's Supper, in which the members of the church, by the sacred use of bread and wine, are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ; preceded always by solemn self-examination.
We believe the Scriptures teach that the first day of the week is the Lord's Day, or Christian Sabbath, and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes, by abstaining from all secular labor and sinful recreations, by the devout observances of all means of grace, both private and public, and by preparation for the rest that remaineth for the people of God.
We believe the Scriptures teach that civil government is of divine appointment, for the interest and good order of human society; and that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored and obeyed; except only in things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the Prince of the Kings of the earth.
We believe the Scriptures teach that there is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked; that such only as through faith are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and sanctified by the Spirit of our God, are truly righteous in his esteem; while all such as continue in impenitence and unbelief are in his sight wicked, and under the curse, and this distinction holds among men both in and after death.
We believe that the Scriptures teach that the end of the world is approaching; that at the last day, Christ will descend from heaven, and raise the dead from the grave for final retribution; that a solemn separation will then take place; that the wicked will be adjudged to endless punishment, and the righteous to endless joy; and that this judgment will fix forever the final state of men in heaven or hell, on principles of righteousness.
This Church adopts the Holy Bible, King James Version, as our rule in our faith, practice and methods of operation. No Bylaw or procedure shall ever outweigh the Scriptures.
This Church adopts the
Baptist Church Covenant
as follows:
"Having been led, as we believe, by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour; and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now in the presence of God, angels and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge and holiness; to give it a place in our affections, prayers and services above every organization of human origin; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrine; to contribute cheerfully and regularly, as God has prospered us, toward its expenses, for the support of a faithful and evangelical ministry among us, the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel throughout the world. In case of difference of opinion in the church, we will strive to avoid a contentious spirit, and if we cannot unanimously agree, we will cheerfully recognize the right of the majority to govern.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotion; to study diligently the word of God; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintance ; to walk circumspectly in the world; to be kind and just to those in our employ , and faithful in the service we promise others; endeavoring in the purity of heart and good will towards all men to exemplify and commend our holy faith.
We further engage to watch over, to pray for, to exhort and stir up each other unto every good word and work; to guard each other's reputation, not needlessly exposing the infirmities of others; to participate in each other's joys, and with tender sympathy bear one another's burdens and sorrows; to cultivate Christian courtesy; to be slow to give or take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, being mindful of the rules of the Saviour in the eighteenth chapter of Matthew, to secure it without delay; and through life, amid evil report, and good report, to seek to live to the glory of God, who hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.
When we remove from this place, we engage as soon as possible to unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's word."


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The Guardian published some documents and video yesterday that were taken from a sacked state security office in Benghazi and handed to Human Rights Watch's Peter Bouckaert.
Among them are a video of the public execution of Sadiq Shwehdi in 1984 at the Benghazi basketball stadium. Shwehdi had studied in the US and met with Libyan exile groups critical of Qaddafi. When he came home to Benghazi in 1984, he was quickly arrested in a crackdown on political dissidents following a failed assassination attempt on Qaddafi.
A "revolutionary court" was assembled (the sole membership qualification being rabid fealty to Qaddafi), the stadium packed with jeering Qaddafi supporters and busloads of schoolchildren. The events that culminated in the murder of Shwehdi and others were beamed live on state television. In Benghazi, most of those old enough to remember have vivid memories of the horror of that day. Spreading that horror around was Qaddafi's point.
Though the video at The Guardian is better quality, I found this grainy old network news report on Shwehdi's execution far more interesting. It captures the way Qaddafi has used mob violence and state terror, while telling Shwehdi's story.
It is graphic in parts, so be warned (after the 2-minute mark, it shows the hanging of Shwehdi).
Libyan martyr executed publicly on May 1984 in Benghazi , Libya while his brothers and family were watching during Ramadan ....
Here is a recap of my other DKos diaries on the Internet, North Africa and Anonymous:
Have Libyan Rebels Committed Human Rights Abuses?
Tripoli Green Square Reality Check
Behind the Green Curtain: Libya Today
Gilbert Achcar on the Libyan situation and the Left
NATO slammed for Libya civilian deaths NOT!
Qaddafi's Million Man March
NATO's Game Plan in Libya
February 21st - Tripoli's Long Night
Did Qaddafi Bomb Peaceful Protesters?
Tripoli Burn Notice
Libyans, Palestinians & Israelis
'Brother' Qaddafi Indicted plus Libya & Syria: Dueling Rally Photofinishs
An Open Letter to ANSWER
ANSWER answers me
No Libyans allowed at ANSWER Libya Forum
Are they throwing babies out of incubators yet?
Continuing Discussion with a Gaddafi Supporter
Boston Globe oped supports Gaddafi with fraudulent journalism
Doha summit supports Libyan rebels
Current Events in Libya
Who's running Egypt?
Amonpour Plays Softball with Gaddafi
Californians Support North African Revolts
Google Supports Revolts | Anonymous does too!
Secret U.S. Intelligence Source on Middle East Revealed !
Arming Gaddfi
Are "mutinous officers" are being executed in Egypt now?
Algeria's 19 year long State of Emergency to end soon, President says
Senior Egyptian Army Officers Ordered Massacre!
Tales of Tyrants: Ben Ali, Mubarak & Suleiman
The Mubarak Screw Up & the Suleiman Danger
BREAKING: Mubarak is Defiant
The Google Search for Wael Ghonim
Tunisia's Revolution Continues
Google Goes Rebel, Supports Egyptian Protest
Tunisian Anonymous activists take on Egyptian cause
Protesters roar back with "Day of Departure" for Mubarak
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More! w Petition
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More!
They Should Have Helped That Street Vendor
Million Egyptian Protest Planned as Resistance Continues
Huffington Post Disses the Jasmine Revolution Redux
No Internet? No Problem! Anonymous Faxes Egypt
Egypt is on Fire!
North African Revolution Continues
Egypt Protests Continue, Tunisia Wants Ben Ali Back
BREAKING: Protesters Plan Massive "Day of Wrath" in Egypt Today
Tunisians Thank Anonymous as North Africa Explodes
Huffington Post Disses the Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia: A Single Tweet Can Start A Prairie Fire!
Anonymous plans Op Swift Assist in Tunisia
Arrested Pirate Party Member Becomes Tunisian Minister
Is Libya Next? Anonymous Debates New Operation
Tunis: This Photo was Taken 66 Minutes Ago
The WikiLeaks Revolution: Anonymous Strikes Tunisia
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Love drumming but hate to create a din all around you? There's the V Beat Drumsticks that helps you unleash your creative fury without causing any noise at all to enrage your neighbors. This is made possible because the drumsticks themselves come with built-in motion sensors, responding to your flailing drumming movements alongside a pair of pedals for the hi-hat and bass. The £29.95.kit is equipped with a couple of sticks, two pedals and a base unit. All you need to do is wire it up and start banging that imaginary drum along to preloaded tunes. Alternatively, you can drum according to your MP3s or simply wave your sticks in the air.
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For Spring 2008 Billabong is launching it's new Design For Humanity initiative. Design For Humanity is Billabong Girls charitable division that seeks to generate funds from the sale of limited edition products to donate to environmental and humanitarian causes. It has been created to give Billabong the opportunity to utilise its resources to empower and promote awareness of various charities.
The charity chosen for this project is SurfAid International. It is a non-profit humanitarian aid organisation that runs community based health, education and disease prevention programs in Mentawai in Indonesia.
This season Billabong has enlisted the help of three renowned European artists – Andy Ward, JM Tixler and Blami. They have created a series of four limited edition t-shirts and a tote bag to go on sale, the proceeds of which will go to SurfAid initiatives in Mentawai. The fabulous designs here are the first installment of the Design For Humanity collection, and will go on sale in stores in Spring 2008.
PLUS, one talented aspiring artist will have the opportunity to join the ranks of these celebrated artists and have their work printed and sold as the 5th t-shirt in the series! The competition opens in January 2008, the entrants will be judged by the artists and the winner will be announced in March 2008. The winning t-shirt will become part of the Billabong winter sun injection range.
"The Design for Humanity concept has been a huge accomplishment for our brand and the money raised with the sale of a limited edition range should prove to be very beneficial for the work SurfAid is implementing to help the populations in Mentawaiis. We are very proud to be part of this project," says Christelle Kipping, Billabong girls marketing manager.
Freesurfer, actress and ambassador for the Billabong team, Sanoe Lake, says: "I am very proud to be a part of what Billabong is doing through Design For Humanity. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to give my voice and support to this beautiful cause. It is my hope that through our efforts, more people will jump on board and get involved. My dream is that this will become more than a project, it will become a movement".
Keep your eyes peeled for the dedicated Design for Humanity website, set to launch in January 2008. In the meantime, go to the Billabong website for further info.


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Avid Ships Latest Versions of Avid Unity Shared-Storage Systems
Company delivers 192 TB capacity for Avid Unity ISIS, sets new benchmarks across the line
Published Jun 29, 2006
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Tewksbury, Mass. – June 28, 2006 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the immediate availability of its new Avid Unity™ shared-storage solutions – the Avid Unity LANshare 4.2, Unity MediaNetwork 4.2, and Avid Unity ISIS™ 1.1 systems. Announced at NAB 2006, all of the latest versions of Avid's shared-storage systems offer significant increases in storage, doubling the capacity of Avid Unity LANshare and MediaNetwork systems, and tripling the capacity of the Avid Unity ISIS system. The Avid Unity family also supports Avid® Interplay™ – the world's first nonlinear workflow engine (scheduled to ship in Q3 2006) and Avid's Open Storage Initiative (OSI), which enables customers to run virtually any third party Mac OS X or Windows XP content creation system, including nonlinear editing, compositing, 3D animation, and script writing tools, on Avid shared storage.
"Whether deploying high-resolution workflows or pursuing broader team-based collaboration, our customers need more capacity, flexibility, and functionality with their storage systems," said Andy Dale, senior product manager for storage and networking at Avid. "While many broadcasters and post facilities are primarily Avid-based for editorial, they also want to tie other creative applications to their storage network to maximize efficiency. Our new Avid Unity product line addresses headroom and connectivity better than ever before with massive capacity increases, support for third party creative applications, and support for Avid Interplay, Avid's nonlinear workflow engine. With all of these new capabilities, we're looking forward to expanding our shared-storage customer base – within Avid content creation environments and beyond."
The new Avid Unity systems offer new file system innovations to deliver increased performance, and 500 GB drives to boost overall capacity. Highlights of specific systems include:
Avid Unity LANshare system version 4.2 – provides turnkey real-time collaboration with twice the storage capacity – up to 8 terabytes (TB) – of previous versions using the new LANserver LP (Low Profile), an integrated storage and server device featuring 16-drives in a three-rack unit (3U) size. All Version 4.2 systems offer Fibre Channel and Ethernet connectivity. Pricing for Avid Unity LANshare systems starts at $24,995 USMSRP.
Avid Unity MediaNetwork system version 4.2 – offers twice the storage capacity – up to 40 TB – of previous versions using the new three-rack unit (3U) MEDIArray™ LP array with 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel connectivity for mid- to large-size facilities handling multi-stream, high-resolution projects in a real-time collaborative environment. Pricing starts at $57,215 USMSRP.
Avid Unity ISIS system version 1.1 – offers three times the storage capacity – up to an unprecedented 192 TB – of previous versions, with support for 150 active users, compatibility with Mac OS X (Tiger) and Windows XP workstations, and the extraordinary resiliency of Avid's distributed intelligence architecture for 24/7 availability. Pricing starts at $106,995 USMSRP.
For more information, please visit www.avid.com/unityFamily.
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I grabbed some Pick-a-Brick at a Lego store a little while ago, and I made a little memorial/monument out of the parts!
It has heavy inspiration from some of the classic American memorials, like Lincoln and Jefferson.
Partially damaged by the fierce fighting in Virginia Landing, the memorial still stands, albeit with a bit of damage to its roof. Some have argued that the extra light makes it easier to see the names carved on the walls.
It's probably better-sized to something like 2p scale so that it can be a large, cavernous hall like the buildings that inspired it, but I still think it works in 5-7p scale, it's just a small memorial made by fledgling colonists.
And yes, the ground has suffered a bit of damage as well. I don't know whether or not to tamp it down flat.


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In this blog post "Report Viewer wrap text", we are going to learn an important trick of text wrapping in SSRS reports for long texts (without space and any separator) exceeding the width of a report column's defined width and being rendered in a Report Viewer control of .Net Application. Below is the problem explanation in more detail;
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Five months ago, it landed on the Martian surface — and into our hearts. It gave us soil analysis data, photos of the sky from the red planet, and even hope of extraterrestrial life. Now, with its power deteriorating, its sunlight exposure shrinking, and Martian temperatures dropping to almost -100°C, the Phoenix lander's time may be up. Project manager Barry Goldstein admitted "we're towards the end," and Phoenix even bid us a fond goodbye on its Twitter page. But that's the charm of robots; they never truly die. Phoenix might not literally rise from the ashes, but you can make sure its spirit never leaves you.Pictured above in all of its youthful glory, this hardworking machine has more than paid its dues. Originally, the Phoenix mission was supposed to last just 90 days. It has fulfilled that goal and then some, remaining in operation for 125 sols (that's 128 days for you Earthlings). Its funding was extended to last through mid-November; during their attempts to squeeze out more time from the lander, mission engineers came up against vicious Martian weather — and the trouble began. On Tuesday, NASA announced that they planned a gradual shutdown of four of Phoenix's heaters. This was an effort to keep the camera and basic meteorological data collection running for as long as possible; with the frequent dust storms and the changing seasons at the polar landing site, Phoenix hasn't been able to collect much solar power. Mission engineers tried to send commands to the lander, only to find that Phoenix (its battery power almost gone) had entered its safe mode. It was hours more of waiting before Phoenix woke up and communication returned. As of Thursday, engineers are still assessing the lander's condition, but Goldstein pointed out that "when the vehicle is in its last days, it will go through [safe] mode erratically. There's nothing we can do about it." Those last days have no doubt arrived. If you're feeling choked up with sentiment, you should let some of it out at Wired, where they're having an Phoenix epitaph contest with official mission gear for prizes. And you can spend a couple of hours in memoriam, flipping through all the fascinating images that the intrepid lander has collected in its five months of life. A farewell bonfire wouldn't be out of place, either. Phoenix itself does not despair at its demise — check out this optimistic update from the NASA-operated Twitter page:
Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I'll be keeping an eye from here. Space exploration FTW!
Space exploration FTW, indeed. Phoenix faces final curtain [Nature News] Phoenix Mission Status Report, 10.30.08 [NASA]


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Ian Renton
Software & Systems Engineer
I am an experienced developer of unmanned maritime systems for global Naval forces, and my company's lead engineer for unmanned vehicle command & control and autonomous navigation systems. I work within the company, with other industry players and with international groups to help define the future of unmanned systems at sea. I have experience of the full engineering lifecycle, from the bid phase through to in-country support, and provide technical leadership to our in-house software development team.
Fancy trying out an interactive version of my CV? You can pan and zoom around a map to check out where I've worked and what I've done over the years. Click here to try it! You can always head back here for more detail.
Technical Skills
Domain knowledge
Autonomous/unmanned vehicles, maritime navigation, naval combat systems, mine countermeasures, RF & sub-sea communications, GIS applications.
Engineering processes
Requirements capture, system & software design and modelling, User Interface design, usability testing, configuration management, integration & testing, post-sales support. Agile, V-model & waterfall lifecycle. IEC 61508 SIL2 systems.
Programming languages
Java, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Ruby, JavaScript, Python, C, C++, PHP.
Specific packages
DOORS 9 & N.G., RQM, Enterprise Architect (UML), Eclipse & NetBeans IDEs, Atlassian JIRA, Bitbucket & Confluence, Git & Subversion, Maven & Ant, Jenkins, SonarQube, MySQL & Derby DB, Microsoft Office & SharePoint, Apache Web Server, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Professional Experience
Feb 2014 — Present
Principal Software Engineer at (Current Employer)
Currently System Architect for the company's internally-funded Combat System software framework, aiming to improve software re-use across the company and allow us to enter new markets with the ability to produce larger-scale systems. As well as core development work on the framework, I am rolling it out as part of ongoing projects in the mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare spaces.
I also continue to lead development of the company's Unmanned Vehicle Command & Control and Autonomy systems, including bidding for work, management of requirements, design, implementation and test, as well as supporting in-service systems.
I have recently completed work leading £1M+ of software effort on a major £15M+ "game-changer" project for the company through the full project life cycle, including hiring several new members of the team to improve our capability.
Oct 2009 — Feb 2014
Software Engineer at (Current Employer)
Lead developer of my company's vehicle autonomy software and front-end GIS application, with responsibilities including requirements management, cost estimation, test & evaluation and roadmap planning.
Specialised in user experience and User Interface design as part of the company's newly-created HMI & Control team.
Led small teams of developers on a number of larger projects.
Continued involvement in all areas of the project lifecycle, and contributed expertise on tools and techniques to improve the company's engineering processes.
Responsible for the management of the company's source code repositories, issue tracker and build server.
Experience working with parallel software teams in Germany and customers in the Middle East.
Jul 2006 — Sep 2009
Software Engineer at QinetiQ
Worked on a variety of projects for defense and commercial customers, primarily in the naval arena.
Responsibility for the complete engineering process from requirements capture to commissioning on a number of smaller projects.
Worked to increase the adoption of configuration & issue management tools at the Winfrith site.
Summer 2004, 2005
Summer Student at QinetiQ
Applied scientific and programming knowledge to projects in a variety of disciplines including rail transport and biomedicine.
Sep 2002 — Sep 2003
Year in Industry Student at QinetiQ
First experience of the engineering process. Alongside working on a major QinetiQ project, I also took on a spin-off development and saw it through from initial R&D work to demonstration of a prototype and patent application.
Academic Qualifications & Memberships
2012 — Present
Member of the Institution for Engineering and Technology (MIET). Presently working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
2003 — 2006
BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University of Southampton.
2002 — 2003
BTEC Working with People from Pershore College, earned whilst on my Year in Industry placement at QinetiQ.
1995 — 2002
Attended Bournemouth School for Boys. Achieved A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Electronics, as well as a certificate in Japanese Language & Studies.
Marine Qualifications
VHF DSC Short Range Certificate
STCW Personal Survival Techniques
Published Work
Renton, I., Motson, D., Dart, F. and Lane R. (2017). Approaches to testing of COLREGs-Compliant Collision Avoidance Algorithms for Unmanned Surface Vessels. In: Undersea Defence Technology. Bremen, Germany: UDT.
Mediavilla Varas, J., Caharija, W., Smith, R., Bhuiyan, Z., Naeem, W., Carter, P. and Renton, I. (2016). Autonomous COLREGs Compliant Ship Navigation, Using Bridge Simulators and an Unmanned Vessel. In: 15th International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries. Lecce, Italy: COMPIT, pp. 280-286. Available at: http://data.hiper-conf.info/compit2016_lecce.pdf.
Cowling, D., Kanouras, A., Renton, I. and Stinchcombe, D. (2004). Apparatus and method for sorting objects by colour. Patent application PCT/GB2003/005027. Available at: https://www.google.com/patents/WO2004045781A1?cl=en.


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Arts & Entertainment for April 11
For Arts & Entertainment:
Details are needed by noon Wednesday to put local arts and entertainment information in this column. Contact Caryn Haller at firstname.lastname@example.com, at 782-5121, ext. 210 or by fax, 782-6132.
Karaoke with Anthony Janssen 8 p.m.-midnight Saturdays. Buckaroos is at 1435 Highway 395, Gardnerville. Information, 782-9693.
Sharkey's Casino
Robert Miller Entertainment hosts karaoke 8 p.m.-midnight today at 1440 Highway 395 in Gardnerville. Information, 782-3133.
Watercolor classes
Douglas County Senior Center offers a watercolor class 9 a.m.-noon the second and fourth Thursday for all levels. Cost, $20 per class includes materials and picture to take home. Information, Lada Trimble, 882-6061.
Vickie Kingman is offering a color class using watercolor 1-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the UNR Cooperative Extension Building on Waterloo Lane. All levels of artists are welcome. Call 265-0320 for more information. Cost is $35.
CVIC Hall
Presidio Brass performs today in the CVIC Hall for the Carson Valley Arts Council's concert series. Doors open 6 p.m., concert 7 p.m. Tickets, $25 in advance, $28 at the door, students with ID and children, $5. Information, 782-8207, or http://www.cvartscouncil.com.
Flight Restaurant
Metal Echo plays 7:30 p.m. today. Christian concert and spaghetti dinner fundraiser for interdenominational Christian retreats 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets, $12 adults, $24 per family. Open mic hosted by Buk Taco 7 p.m. Saturday at 2244 Meridian Blvd. Information, 782-1333.
Live entertainment at CVI
Entertainment presented in the Carson Valley Inn's Cabaret Lounge 6-10 p.m. Sunday- Wednesday, and 8 p.m.-midnight Thursdays and 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Midnight Express entertains with classic rock, country rock and blues – everything from ballads to dance music today-Saturday. Elvis Impersonator Brian Andrews presents his King and Friends show featuring Elvis and the people he performed with Sunday-Wednesday. Information, cvinn.com or 783-6606.
The Annex
Professional comedian, Kat Simmons is hosting a six-week comedy workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 30-June 4 in the Annex, 1527 Highway 395, Minden. This class is not only for the aspiring comic, but anyone wanting to gain some confidence and improve their public speaking skills. This workshop culminates with a public showcase, where you are the star. This is the last class until the fall, and space is limited to 10 students. Cost is $250. Information,registration, 721-8864.
David Walley's
Live music by Catfish Carl 5-9 p.m. Sundays Happy Hour daily from 4-6 p.m., with drink specials and bar menu at 2001 Foothill Road, Genoa. Information, 783-0788 or http://www.1862davidwalleysrestaurantandsaloon.com.
Thirst Parlor happenings
Buk Taco hosts open mic 7:30 p.m. today. The Genoa Bar, Nevada's Oldest Thirst Parlor, offers free juke box 6-10 p.m. Wednesdays. Free pool 6 p.m. every Thursday. Information, 782-3870.