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The Houndslayer and his comrades make their way through Nektulos Forest, encountering something unexpected.
The Kithicor rangers, the Leatherfoot elite and Gumpy Nattoo paused on the edge of Nekutolos Forest. They had all heard the fireside tales of ash-filled trees dropping clouds of life-choking pumice on unsuspecting travellers. After conferring about their route, the ranger who had befriended Gumpy nodded toward him: "I say let the Houndslayer lead the way, for he is crafty and shall surely lead us unscathed through these perilous woods."
Everyone was quick to agree with the ranger, and they pushed Gumpy to the fore of the group. Gumpy had given up trying to explain himself to the admiring rangers, ever since that incident with the dread wolf. After being considered a bumpkin for most of his days, the adulation was rather pleasant. In fact, maybe the rangers were the only folk who saw his true worth! Gumpy's heart swelled with pride as he led the way.
Three days later, Gumpy heard one of the gnomes (they were being carried in rucksacks on the Kithicor rangers' backs) say, "I had no idea Nektulos Forest was this huge! I always thought it pretty small." Another gnome in another rucksack further away agreed. Gumpy heartily wished an ash-laden branch would break over the little chatterboxes' heads. They came to the edge of a clearing and stumbled into another group of Leatherfoot halflings.
The Sarge took over all the talking, never explaining why they were in Nektulos Forest, but apparently asking the way to Neriak. The Kithicor rangers frowned at the Sarge and one of them whispered to Gumpy, "Has he no shame, to stop and ask for directions thusly? Your way is much better, for it confounds those who would follow us. I name you 'Pathfinder,' friend."
It seemed rather odd to Gumpy that the Kithicor rangers kept "naming" him, yet none of them ever gave out their own names. He'd asked a couple of them, but they merely laughed and said that the Kithicor rangers left their names behind with their families. An odd group, but Gumpy was getting used to their peculiar ways. Whatever strange habits they had, there was one thing for certain: they were generous in sharing their rations.
One of the Leatherfoot scouts they'd found camping in Nektulos Forest accompanied them the rest of the way through. "There's that river again," Gumpy heard one of the gnomes comment from the protective covering of its rucksack. At that moment, in accordance with Gumpy's earlier wishes, the branches of the tree above it cracked and poured thick ash and pumice on its head. Unfortunately, the ranger carrying the gnome did not survive either.
"We're down to three gnomes," the Sarge grumbled. His rucksack bulged with the array of sprockets, gears and flizgigs taken from the deceased gnomes along the way. "One of these little fellows has got to make it to the First Gate or we won't know how to put their mechanamagical thing to work." The Kithicor rangers concurred and decided to gag the gnomes to keep them silent for the remainder of the journey. Gumpy was not alone in his glee.
Dawn the next day found the Leatherfoot elite and the Kithicor rangers within spitting distance of the Foreign Quarter. They could see (and smell) the trolls that inhabited the sector. A dark elf patrol wandered close by and Gumpy was very glad he had the ivy-covered gladius given to him by the rangers at hand. These dark elves looked particularly fierce.
A rustling from the nearby brush caught the attention of both dark elves who turned quickly on their heels in one coordinated, fluid motion. Gumpy could swear he saw their pointed ears prick up like a cat stalking a mouse. One of the gnomes, inexplicably out of its rucksack, stumbled out of the woods pulling the gag from its mouth. Barely had it said, "Whew!" when the dark elves surrounded it and sliced it to ribbons.
Now they were down to two gnomes. No one else among them knew how to put together the mechanamagical device meant to ensure no dark elves reinforced the forces attacking Felwithe. Things were looking mighty grim. At that unfortunate moment, Gumpy's stomach gave a loud and irritated grumble. The dark elves stopped stabbing the fallen gnome and pricked up their ears again. Gumpy pushed on his gut with his free hand and thought, "Whoops."


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Early last year, while driving Chile's Carretera Austral, I photographed this bumper sticker – plastered onto the back side of a highway sign – denigrating environmental philanthropist Douglas Tompkins in hopes that he would get out of Patagonia, where he helped create new protected areas in Argentina as well. While small, strong opposition to Tompkins came from local and even national government officials, and even some paranoid nationalists who even imagined that he was a Zionist.
In a sense, Tompkins's opponents got their wish – "Patagonia without Tompkins" – when the North Face founder died Tuesday after a kayaking accident on Lago General Carrera (pictured above), a short drive north of the Parque Patagonia created by his widow Kristine McDivitt Tompkins. Ironically, in a 2012 interview in which he defended his conservation activities in Chile and elsewhere, Tompkins made the comment that "This is where I am going to croak."
I met Tompkins a few times, but never really got to sit down and talk with him, though I did have an extensive interview several years ago with Kris Tompkins about Parque Patagonia and their other properties. Given their legacy with Parque Pumalín and similar projects, there may never be the "Patagonia without Tompkins" that his detractors hoped for.
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On Tuesday, before hearing of Tompkins's death, I paid a brief visit to Argentina's Parque Nacional Monte León, on the Atlantic Coast of Santa Cruz province. This was another Tompkins/McDivitt project, created by purchasing the Estancia Monte León sheep farm from its owner Silvia Braun (pictured below with her husband, Juan Kuriger).
Silvia belonged to the Braun-Menéndez wool-growing dynasty but, in my contacts with her, she was something of a free spirit. While donating the park to the Argentine government, the Tompkinses retained a small section that includes the former big house as what is now Hostería Monte León. There, Silvia was contented to tend her organic garden as a Tompkins employee, so long as it let her remain in a place she loved – living in the simple trailer pictured here.
Sadly, the same day that Doug Tompkins died, I learned from Silvia's husband that she had also died several months ago. While I didn't know her really well, I always looked forward to seeing her at Monte León, where "Patagonia without Silvia" will be as much an oxymoron as "Patagonia without Tompkins."


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Things are looking up for a former Florida inmate who was cheated by his own lawyers and abandoned in prison, the Raw Story Reports.
Patrick Coulton claims he was forced to accept a 15-year plea deal for drug conspiracy charges in 2008, his attorneys, Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy, promising that they could get the sentence reduced. But instead, the man was ripped off and abandoned in prison.
According to Raw Story, the duo took Coulton's last $275,000 in cash and even picked up some of the belongings he owned.
Another lawyer, Paul Petruzzi, says he took it personally to find out that lawyers were treating their client this way.
"Guys like them are the reason people hate lawyers," Petruzzi told the Sun-Sentinel, according to the news site. "They took everything from him and his family … I took it personally because this is what I do for a living. Lawyers are supposed to help people."
Petruzzi, a Miami lawyer, got Coulton out of prison and helped him to regain his footing in life. In addition to successfully halving Coulton's sentence, he also found out that Coulton should have never paid more than $50,000 for the original "services" that he was provided by cunning lawyers.
But now, Coulton is not only rebuilding his life but witnessing the punishment of the two men who almost ruined it. After years of hearings, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled that the two attorneys can never work the South Florida Federal Court again, calling their conduct the "most outrageous" he had ever seen in his 25 years as a judge.
Another judge made Roy and Mayas fully reimburse Coulton the stolen money plus another $100,000 to cover Petruzzi's legal fees. Coulton also got a new cushy start in Mayas' three-bedroom house.
"Even though they threw me under the bus, there's a certain sense of unease about acquiring a house in this fashion," Coulton noted. "I almost feel sorry for them."
Read more at Raw Story.
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Thesis presentation went well – woot! Class paper finally done – woot! Final thesis turn in is … uh oh, back to campus then.
Yesterday morning I walked to campus, taking the same route I always do. Walk walk walk. As I was climbing a set of stairs in the park, a guy in a black suit walked by. Weird, but it barely registers. Walk walk walk. More guys in black suits. Huh? Eh, whatever. Walk walk walk. Woman in white puffy wedding dress. Walk walk walk. WAIT. WOAH NELLY, WHAT? Stop. Double take. Stare. Gaggle of women in sage green dresses walk by. They stare back. Oh, I get it now. Wedding pictures. They're not actually crossing the park to get to Harlem, they're just using the park and stairs as a backdrop. But still … woah.
I know it's not that weird, since it's a park and the weather is AMAZING and it's wedding season, but it was still surprising, maybe because my walk to campus is usually done on autopilot. After I made it out of the park I was still thinking to myself: That was weird, right? And then I was confronted with a children's carnival. Right there along my normal path. It was set up in the street with pony rides and face painting and inflatable bouncy castles and OH MY GOSH IS THAT A LLAMA!?!
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We didn't think it was possible, but this morning Mayor Mike Bloomberg held a news conference that was even cooler than his public appearance with the cast of Gossip Girl earlier this year.
The secret weapon? Muppets. Four talking Muppets. You can't make this stuff up, folks!
In perhaps the silliest Bloomberg press conference this reporter has ever been to, the mayor, standing in front of a huge screen displaying the words "NYC Family Fun With the Muppets," announced that the city's tourism agency is partnering with the Muppets in a new marketing campaign. That's right, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, and Pepe the King Prawn are going to be the new spokes-puppets for the Big Apple.
And what better way to announce this unique human-puppet partnership than to have the Muppets themselves come out and share a few words to reporters, who remained wide awake and alert during the news conference at the city's Official NYC Information Center in midtown.
But first, anticipation! After six whole Muppet-less minutes of chit-chat (Bloomberg saying that families are a big part of the city's tourism industry, pointing out they contributed $14 billion to the economy last year, calling the city's museums and parks great, bla, bla, bla), Kermit the Frog made his entrance as the mayor made jokes that were equally as (um) hilarious as the ones he made at the Gossip Girl press conference.
"Having Kermit as a 'Family Ambassador' for New York is pretty exciting," Bloomberg said as Kermit entered. "And I know it's going to make other cities — listen carefully — just green with envy." Hilarious.
Earlier in the conference, he said, referring to a scene he once did with Miss Piggy on a TV special, "I have to confess I did [pause] ham it up a bit," followed by polite chuckles, which prompted the mayor to say, "Ah, good…I had to underline that." (Smart move — a poorly-delivered joke at a recent Bloomberg press conference was followed by complete silence).
"Oh boy, you have a huge podium!" Kermit said as he made his way to the mic. "You know it's not easy to actually bring tadpoles on vacation. You have to keep them in a jar. It's very strange."
Sounding very promotional, Kermit continued, "We're very excited to tell the more than 50 million people a year who visit New York City about all the great places in all five boroughs where your families can have one-of-a-kind fun. There are so many landmarks and great cultural sites, eating and shopping…"
"Did someone say eating and shopping?" interrupted Miss Piggy who joined the press conference with her recognizable high-pitched squeals.
"You meet everyone. You eat anything you want," Miss Piggy said. "Mayor Bloomberg even says it's okay to have trans fats! Just this once, just this once," she continued, gesturing to a half-smiling, slightly uncomfortable mayor. "I'll be telling everyone about Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway," she said.
After Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great made his entrance, emphasizing the arts scene in his comments: "I'm hear to reach out to all of the one-of-a-kind artists like myself from around the world. If folks where you live think you're a bit strange, come to New York, and you'll feel right at home."
Pepe the King Prawn apologized for being late because he was down at the Fulton Fish Market visiting his family. "New York is a non-stop party," the final Muppet said.
The promotional effort and ridiculous spectacle is part of the city's Family Ambassador Program, which started in 2009 — and will be branded with the Muppets throughout 2012. The initiative is designed to highlight family-friendly activities and provide offers to tourists for discounts at different destinations. Since the program's inception, family visits to the city have increased by 14.4-percent, according to the mayor's office.
Former Family Ambassadors include Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and the Smurfs.
Before the conference ended, Bloomberg made sure to get in a nice photo-op worthy smooch with Miss Piggy.
"Can I give Miss Piggy a kiss, because we're old friends?" the mayor said, before giving the Muppet two quick pecks. And never, ever missing an opportunity to reference his kiss with Lady Gaga, the mayor quickly added, "You know one day Lady Gaga, and then Miss Piggy. You're both great people, great women."
"Which is the better kisser?" Miss Piggy said.
"Uhh, I never kiss and tell," the mayor responded.
In an on-topic question and answer session, a reporter asked, "Mayor Bloomberg, are you a man or are you a muppet?" to which Bloomberg replied, "I have a Muppet at home that is a wonderful characterization of me."
"I like to think of Mayor Bloomberg as an honorary Muppet," Kermit chimed in.
A second reporter asked him about the Lady Gaga vs. Miss Piggy thing, and Bloomberg responded this time, saying, "They were both wonderful."
He added, referring to his girlfriend Diana Taylor, "But a kiss with Diana is better. Just to get me through the evening."
After the conference, photographer and reporters bickered with one another and tripped over each other as they all tried to get close-up shots of the mayor and the Muppets.


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Owning properties give an individual an ownership sense. Properties are acquired I different ways. Parents give their children properties as a way of acquiring properties. The problem properties may be a family property which in the family premises. Property may be sold for different determination. Persons may have found a better place to live, and they end up selling their property be able to move to the area. Most persons sell their properties to buy others. Persons may acquire the problem lands without their knowledge. Persons ought to sell their problem property. The following are the few ways to sell the problem properties fast.
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Newspapers are sold at a price that most characters can afford. Improved transportation has enhanced easy transport of newspaper every day. Marketing can be done fast with the use of the newspaper. The newspapers will make sure that the information will reach different persons who can manage to buy the property. Person will be motivated to buy your property when they see it in the newspapers.
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Most persons who will see the 'for sale 'will be motivated to ask about the property. For example, if the problem property you are selling is a car makes sure that it has a visible written word to show characters that you are selling the car. It is also important to leave a phone number that person can contact you when he is interested in the property. The post will be seen by most individual in all places that you will go with your car. It might be your lucky day that you will manage to have an individual who is interested in your property. Use of post in marketing properties save a lot of energy and time.
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The following is a response to the Republican ramrodding of a bill giving a federal court jurisdiction over the case of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo. The Senate, operating under unanimous-consent rules, passed the legislation March 19 with no debate and with only three members present. The House voted 203-58 at 12:42 a.m. March 20 to approve the measure, and rushed it to President Bush. He signed the bill into law at 1:11 a.m.
By passing this bill, in this form, we will be intruding in the most sensitive possible family decision at the most ill-opportune time. It will be hard for this member to envision a case or circumstance that Congress will not be willing to involve itself in under this precedent.
By passing legislation which takes sides in an ongoing legal dispute, we will be casting aside the principle of separation of powers. We will be abandoning our role as a serious legislative branch, and take on the role not only of Judge, but of Doctor, Priest, Parent and Spouse.
By passing legislation which wrests jurisdiction away from a state judge and sends it to a single preselected federal court, we will abandon any pretense of federalism. The concept of a Jeffersonian Democracy as envisioned by the founders, and the states as "laboratories of democracy" as articulated by Justice Brandeis, will lie in tatters.
By passing this legislation, in the complete absence of hearings or a committee markup, and with no opportunity for amendments, in complete violation of what we used to call "regular order," we will send a signal that the usual rules of conduct and procedure no longer apply when they are inconvenient to the Majority Party.
By passing this legislation, and taking this sensitive decision away from a spouse and giving it to a federal court, we will make it abundantly clear that all the talk last year about marriage being a "sacred trust between a man and a woman" was just that — talk.
My friends on the other side of the aisle will declare that this legislation is about principle, and morals and values.
But if this legislation was only about principle, why would the Majority Party be distributing talking points in the other body declaring that "this is a great political issue" and that by passing this bill, "the pro-life base will be excited"?
If the president really cared about the issue of the removal of feeding tubes, why would he have signed a bill in Texas that allows hospitals to save money by removing feeding tubes over a family's objection?
If we really cared about saving lives, why would the Congress sit idly by while 40 million Americans have no health insurance, or while the president tries to cut billions of dollars from Medicaid — a virtual lifeline for millions of our citizens?
When all is said and done, this bill is about taking sides in a legal dispute. Last year, the Majority passed two bills stripping the federal courts of their power to review cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act and the Pledge of Allegiance because they feared they would read the Constitution too broadly. Last month, the Majority passed a class action bill that took jurisdiction away from state courts because they feared they would treat corporate wrongdoers too harshly. Today we are sending a case from the state courts to the federal courts even though it is the most extensively litigated "right to die" case in our nation's history.
There is only one principle at stake here — manipulating the court system to achieve pre-determined substantive outcomes. By passing this law, it should be obvious to all that we are no longer a nation of laws, but have been reduced to a nation of men. By passing this law, we will be telling our friends abroad that even though we expect them to live by the rule of law, Congress can ignore it when it doesn't suit our needs. By passing this law we diminish our nation as a democracy and ourselves as legislators.
John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is minority leader of the House Committee on the Judiciary, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the second most senior member of the House. This statement was originally published by truthout.org.


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My CEO, who is also a director in a venture capital firm, made an interesting comment recently. He said that the reason why most local SMEs don't grow is not due to the lack of talent, but the fact that too many local bosses have a "control" mentality.
These bosses, who used to handle most functions when their company was small, can find it difficult to delegate some of these functions to their subordinates as their companies grow. What usually happens is that they get too stretched, and before long, things fall apart.
Edit: I left the company. Ironically, he's a control freak himself.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO CALL FOR THE CORPORATIZATION OF THE USPTO: In a report summary being circulated by NAPA, a recommendation is being floated to reorganize the USPTO as a federal corporation. The idea behind the reorganization is to insulate the USPTO against fee diversion (which is always a good idea), and to set the USPTO loose in establishing its own performance milestones.
Under the proposed reorganization, the CEO position would take the place of a board of directors, and an "advisory board" could be set up to provide input from people interested in patent policy.
A PTO spokesman had no comment on the recommendation but said an official response will be included in the final report when it is released in the near future.
Calls were previously made to incorporate the USPTO (the last serious attempt was in 1997) , but it never panned out, mostly dues to resistance from independent inventors and federal employee unions (POPA). I doubt it will go anywhere this time either, but I still think it's a good idea.


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I know that it isn't exactly gardening weather right now. Far too much rain and wind! But the weather will change, and you can prepare for some outdoor fun right now while you wait. Like stocking up on toys, such as this In the Night Garden gardening bag with tools. Mail Order Express has reduced this to £4.99 from £19.99. And if you use the promotional code DISCOUNT (enter this in the appropriate box at checkout) then you'll get another 75p off, taking the price down to £4.24. The standard delivery charge is £1.99.
This set features brightly coloured tools and seeds for planting and is just the thing for little gardeners. The set is decorated with images of the garden and characters from the CBeebies TV show In the Night Garden, including Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka. It is recommended for children aged three years and plus.
The site doesn't say exactly what sort of seeds you get, but still it is always good to encourage little ones to learn about growing.
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I've been going on about improved energy efficiency and low power consumption for a while now, and here are finally the measured power consumptions with each card. The most interesting this time is obviously the comparison between the Pitcairns and the HD 6970 and in this comparison the HD 7870 consumes 64 watts less at full load and the HD 7850 copes with a full hundred watts less. Also the idle power consumption has lowered by 10 watts.
The HD 6870 and HD 6850 consume just about the same amount of power as their follow-up models, but seeing how badly they got ran over in the benchmarks this is also good news for the Pitcairns' performance per watt-value.
In the recent years AMD's mid-range gaming cards have been offering very good value for money and performance per watt, and the Pitcairns sure keep up the reputation. The cards perform very similarly with the last generation HD 6970, while consuming 60 watts less power. One thing we've also noticed with the HD 5770, HD 6850 and HD 6870 is that they've all been decent overclockers, and the newcomers didn't let us down on this area, either. Both GPUs overclocked by 15% without any problems, which made the performance numbers even more impressive.
That's the HD 78-series, but what about HIS's versions of the cards? These models come from HIS's basic "Fan"-series of cards, so they run at reference clock speeds and don't feature HIS's excellent IceQ-coolers. That said, they are rock solid cards and can be recommended without any reservations.
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Trill Sammy flips TayK 47's "The Race" for a remix of the hit song. Although not directly affiliated, both are Texas natives. Trill Sammy hails from Houston while TayK 47 is from Dallas, only a few hours away from each other.
On why he decided to remix the song, Trill Sammy said "Cause he from Texas an I ran into him a couple time comin up doing shows in Dallas."
Trill Sammy is currently on the rise. He released his latest project Sorry For The Sleep in November of 2016.
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I have Adobe CS5. When using Illustrator, the drop down menu for fonts only shows the name of the font and not the sample. I tried changing it in the preferences but it still did not show the samples. After researching this problem on the internet, I know that I am not the only one having this problem. It was a problem in CS4 and Adobe did not fix it for the new version. I then contacted Adobe through their Help Chat and after waiting ten minutes for the tech. guy to get his act together and reading though his broken English, he finally told me that #1 he really couldn't talk to me since I didn't pay for extended service and #2 he was sorry I was having this problem but he couldn't help me. This is very frustrating. Adobe is the industry standard for professional graphic design software. We have to use their software because that's what our clients demand. One would think Adobe could get this issue fixed. One would also think they could afford to hire tech. support/customer support who speak English clearly.
The best solution I have come up with for this problem is to go to the following Adobe site. Obviously Adobe is aware enough of this problem to devote and entire interactive website to it but not willing or able to fix the problem in the software itself. You can go to this site and preview font samples, pick one you want and write down the name of it, go back to your illustrator project and look through the menu for the name of that font. http://www.adobe.com/type/fontfinder/ Please leave a comment if you have come up with a better solution.
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Publish your blog on Kindle
I just signed up to make my blog available in the Kindle store. Guess I will have to start posting regularly now. I found out it gets more than 400 page view per month. That's not much compared to a lot of others but I'll take it. If you have a blog you would like to publish for kindle go to https://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/gp/vendor/sign-in/191-7310010-7961706?ie=UTF8&originatingURI=%2Fgp%2Fvendor%2Fmembers%2Fkindle-blogs%2Fdashboard
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Translation for Beginners – Japanese Translation Agencies
I previously mentioned my studies as an MA student doing translation at SOAS in London. The biggest disappointment has been the lack of vocational information, in other words, useful information for working in the real world, such as with Japanese translation agencies (or agencies in general). There is a large focus on the academic side when 95% of the students are unlikely to become academics. I attended a free Q&A recently with a translation agency in London (who dealt with a variety of languages) who are finding it hard to get good translators. Their Q&A sessions was a way to … Continue reading Translation for Beginners – Japanese Translation Agencies Read More…
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Skip to 0 minutes and 5 secondsMy name is Mike Dunn and I am a member of the Teaching and Learning Team in Information Services, so I spend most of my time helping people with IT in training and support. I used a popular search engine and I looked in the image search for the word "digital" and what I got out of it was
Skip to 0 minutes and 23 secondsreally interesting: I got lots of pictures that were sort of swirling shapes -- tunnels of noughts and ones -- strangely enough all in blue. It made me think that digital is so... I don't know... magic! But it's not. Digital literacy isn't a sort of mystical experience.
Skip to 0 minutes and 43 secondsBeing a digital citizen is about very very practical things: It's about choosing and using. It's about choosing the right sort of devices. If you are in the middle of nowhere doing an archaeological dig, you wouldn't want to take a desktop PC with you. And if you were needing to work collaboratively with people, you need to choose an application that works collaboratively. The trouble is, many of us find it difficult to make the choices because we don't know which to choose. And it's a truism to say you don't know what you don't know.
Skip to 1 minute and 20 secondsLet me give you some examples: word processors have been along for a long time so we all know how to use them, right? Maybe? So a student comes along to me wanting some help with their dissertation. They have written their dissertation and you know it looks fantastic! And they want to add a table of contents and they want to put some numbering on the headings; and they know the word processor does that but it won't work for them. They haven't spotted that actually you have to tell the computer something about the structure of your document, it's not enough just to give visual clues. And they didn't know that because you don't know what you don't know.
Skip to 2 minutes and 0 secondsOr a colleague of mine came to me with a spreadsheet, and they wanted some help because they had some dates in there and they wanted to sort the spreadsheet by the dates, but it wouldn't work. So I had a look, and in the date column it's got things like "a week on thursday", "week three", "sometime early January"... And what they hadn't understood was
Skip to 2 minutes and 20 secondsthat a computer can't deal with things like that: you have to be very precise with data types if the computer is going to be able to make sense of that. And they didn't know that because, well, you don't know what you don't know. Or another colleague of mine took a great photograph with a digital camera and put it up on a webpage. They couldn't understand, then, why the webpage was taking so long to load. They hadn't understood that if you are putting a huge great digital image onto a webpage, you need to optomise it to make sure that it's the right size for the webpage. And they didn't understand that because, well, you don't know what you don't know.
Skip to 3 minutes and 1 secondSo it's about choosing -- choosing the right device and the right application -- and it about using -- using the applications as they were intended to be used so that you can get the best out of them. So it's about finding out what you don't know, and getting to know it.
You don't know what you don't know
"…there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know….it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones." - Donald Rumsfeld
If we don't know what we don't know, how can we ever get to know it? Teaching and Learning Advisor Mike Dunn tries to find the answer.
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BISMARCK, N.D. – Today the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and North Dakota Department of Emergency Services announced that federal and state assistance funding for public infrastructure repairs following the 2013 winter and spring floods has surpassed $18.6 million.
On May 29 President Obama issued a major disaster declaration for the winter snowmelt flooding. On July, 12, a second declaration was made in response to flooding caused by a series of heavy rainfall events. Both declarations activated the Public Assistance program, providing assistance for emergency work, debris removal, and repairs to or replacement of infrastructure, including roads, bridges and schools.
FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) Program provides funding to local government jurisdictions and eligible private non-profits for the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged infrastructure as well as costs incurred for disaster cleanup or emergency actions taken to protect lives or property. The federal share of recovery costs is 75 percent. The remaining share is the responsibility of the state and local government or private non-profit organization.
To date, $16.4 million in federal funding has been obligated for 349 infrastructure projects. Of that amount, $9.2 million is for roads and bridges throughout the state, $3.7 million is for emergency protective measures, $850,000 is for debris removal and $2.5 million is for other projects. The state is providing an additional $2.2 million as its cost-share toward all projects.
PA projects fall broadly into two categories, small projects (total project cost of $67,500 or less) and large projects (total project cost greater than $67,500). Applicants receive funding for small projects as soon as funding is obligated and receive funding for large projects when receipts and cost documentation for work completed is provided to the state. FEMA provides funding to the state and the state in turn awards the funds to the applicant.


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4 Funny, Touching and Totally Honest First-Day-of-School Stories from Mom Authors
1. Brigitte Quinn, author of [Anchored](http://www.amazon.com/Anchored-Brigitte-Quinn/dp/0692473513/ref=tmmpapswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)
When I left my morning anchor job at the Fox News Channel to take care of my family, I was delighted at the prospect of being able to escort my daughters, then 8 and 5, to their 8 o'clock bus on the first day of school.
This was harder than it seemed.
Turns out, I was much better at having my hair styled than doing anyone's hair myself. While my daughters' babysitter whipped their hair into elaborate braids or buns, adorned with sparkling "pretties," I barely managed to give them straight-up ponytails. Wardrobe, for them, was easy: They'd confirmed their first-day outfit selections the night before. But for me, it was tricky. I didn't want to scare anyone, so I needed a little makeup to go with an outfit that said, "Yeah, I'm home now, but I'm not ready for shorts with a 14-inch zipper."
After strapping their baby brother into his stroller, my girls and I arrived at the stop at 8:02, just as the bus was pulling away and the "together" moms were wiping tears, or, in one mom's case, kicking her feet in the air in the manner of a leprechaun who's just scored a box of Lucky Charms.
I guided my kids to the mini-van, sniffling, clearly a failure at this stay-at-home-mom thing.
2. Lene Fogelberg, author of [Beautiful Affliction](http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Affliction-Memoir-Lene-Fogelberg/dp/1631529854/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438806785&sr=1-1&keywords=beautiful+affliction)
My two small daughters' hands clung to mine as the yellow school bus approached. Seven and nine years old, and not yet speaking English, they were starting school in the US. We had recently moved from Sweden, but had already declared this country the Promised Land of Chocolate Chip Cookies, and marveled at strange new creatures; fireflies glimmering in the garden, cicadas buzzing above us in the huge maple tree by the bus stop.
"Mamma, can't you come with us?" My girls looked up at me with their worried eyes.
"I wish I could." My heart swelled as I watched them climb aboard the school bus.
The lady driver greeted them with a wide smile: "Hello, pumpkins!" The girls hesitated and wrinkled their noses, trying to figure out the meaning of this strange language. The driver fell into a booming laugh and my girls giggled. As the bus pulled away I could see their pale faces behind the bus window, smiling at me. I waved and smiled back, holding back the tears and grateful for the unexpected gift of laughter, taking the edge off the boundless bravery it takes to be a kid.
3. Leanna Lehman, author of [Vote for Remi](http://www.amazon.com/Vote-Remi-Novel-Leanna-Lehman-ebook/dp/B00WVTQNCW/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438806798&sr=1-1&keywords=vote+for+remi)
For over a decade, the first day of school for my sons came and went like the tide, steady and inevitable. There were no false starts, tears or desperate tugs on my pant leg. That was, until 11th grade, when my youngest son announced he intended to graduate a year early (and the tears were mine). No one tells us when we have our children that someday we will have to let them go.
My saving grace was that he would be attending the alternative high school where I worked. On his last "first day," we entered the building together, his arm casually flung over my shoulder. Unabashed even in the presence of his peers, he was letting me know that it would be okay. And it was. He easily fell into the ranks of the other students, both the under and overachievers, misfits and mavericks, who ultimately became the inspiration for my recently released novel, Vote for Remi.
4. Kathleen Shoop, author of [The Road Home](http://www.amazon.com/Road-Home-Letter-Book-ebook/dp/B00WV6JLAQ/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438806817&sr=1-1&keywords=the+road+home+kathleen+shoop)
First days of school for my children are always fantastic. Beth and Jake both meet each first with enthusiasm and smiles. But last year marked Jake moving onto 7th grade, which is located in our high school. Waving to him as he practically ran out of the house that day was exciting, but later that morning, when I walked Beth to the 6th grade first day of school photo shoot, it really hit me. I'm always pleased to see my children move up and on, so I wasn't expecting to suddenly feel it—an unsavory pang.
With dozens of younger children milling around, eager about their next year in elementary school, I realized that the first day of school that year was truly an exercise in letting go. The goal of parenting is to create fully realized people who can and want to function independently and it was in that moment that I understood my discomfort didn't stem from fear of letting him go on to do better things; it was the sting of being left behind that suddenly took my breath away.


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An enjoyable few days on the Gold Coast last week for the Association for Sustainability in Business conference "Taking Care of Business: sustainable transformation". The event brought together a diverse group of people representing organisations working towards a better way of doing things.
Expanding on recent blog entries related to social media and sustainability, here's a further snippet of what I spoke about in my presentation, "The Evolving Landscape: sustainability and trends in social and legal influences on Australian business".
With improving internet infrastructures (broadband, cloud computing), increasing access (cheaper and lighter computers, smartphones, tablets) and innovative platform development (blogs, apps, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest) we can expect this online landscape to continue its rapid evolution and become more common place.
Businesses, at the very least, need to assess whether or not engaging online is right for them. If it's a fit, they need to learn how to utilise and adapt to this changing environment. Here's some suggestions from the four leaders in the ASX200 that are actively using social media to promote their sustainability initiatives: Read the rest of this entry »


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We offer to your attention a photo report of a tireless treasure hunter calling himself Trac-TOR, who shares his experience and impressions after having made interesting findings together with his colleagues. He uses Garrett ACE 250 in tandem with MarsMD Goliath search coil, owing to which we can now admire the trophies that were remaining underground during many decades and were patiently waiting for those romantic treasure hunters who finally got them out…
Good day, ladies and gentlemen! I'is me again!!! Last month there were two or three field works. Honestly speaking, I do not have too much time for writing reports, but under pressure of my fellow colleagues (fanatic treasure hunters) I agreed that it would be wrong not to share these photos with you… So I am gladly sharing with you all positives from communicating with good old friends and wonderful moments which are the results of perfect detection of non-ferrous targets. So enjoy viewing!
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Other things found on the farmstead.
It's a rare stroke of luck for a metaldetectorist – to find a whole Christian cross.
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By Pam Chamberlain
In a third-year criminology class at Augustana, professor Geraint Osborne invited two Wetaskiwin probation officers to talk about their vocation. Upon hearing their presentation, one of the students, Megan Patenaude, knew she had found her career path.
Megan had been interested in criminology and corrections since junior high, but until that day, she wasn't sure where that interest would take her. Afterwards, Megan talked to professor Osborne, and he connected her with the officers. That summer, she volunteered at the Wetaskiwin Probation Office.
In her fourth year, Megan took a Community Service-Learning course, which included a practicum placement at the Wetaskiwin office, and a directed study with professor Osborne, which allowed her to continue volunteering in the program.
Today, Megan is a correctional service worker—better known as a probation officer—working for the Alberta government in Westlock. Megan supervises offenders and meets with them regularly to ensure that people are adhering to the conditions of their probation. She also refers them to counsellors or agencies as needed.
"The most rewarding part of the job is to see clients take the help we are offering and make changes in their lives," reflects Megan. For example, one of Megan's clients, who was once addicted to heroin, is now in a methadone program and hasn't failed a drug test in over a year. Megan says, "Although her success is due to decisions she's made herself, I've played a part in helping her to maintain this healthier lifestyle by connecting her with the supports she needs to stay clean. I am proud to be part of a program that helps people who need it and keeps communities safe."
There are challenges, though. Small towns such as Westlock often lack the necessary resources and agencies to provide much-needed help. However, Megan is committed to working in rural communities. "Because I am from Sexsmith, which is a very small town, I am used to a rural setting and don't want to move to a big city."
Augustana's neighbourly atmosphere was what first drew Megan to Camrose. "Since I'm from a small town," she recalls, "being on a small campus felt like home. In my classes, I could be myself and I never felt lost in a crowd."
Megan remembers how Augustana helped her on her career: "The community service-learning components of classes were especially helpful because they allowed me to gain experience in the field, which helped me get my position after graduation. The professors—like Dr Osborne—were amazing. They knew me and cared about me as an individual. They helped me tailor my studies to prepare me for my chosen field, and they helped me make the connections I needed to take me where I wanted to go in life."


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"Amman's Roman Theatre is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia."
"Amman's Roman Theatre is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia."
"The Hill of the Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a) in the middle of Amman was occupied as early as the Neolithic period, and fortified during the Bronze Age (1800 BC). The ruins on the hill today are Roman through early Islamic. The name "Amman" comes from "Rabbath Ammon," or "Great City of the Ammonites," who settled in the region some time after 1200 BC. The Bible records that King David captured the city in the early 10th century BC; Uriah the Hittite, husband of King David's paramour Bathsheba, was killed here after the king ordered him to the front line of battle. "
"The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion."
"In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors. Surrounded by a 900-m-long wall, the city contains palaces, churches, monasteries and unique public and private buildings marked by Hindu and Arab influences, subsequently transformed by the Baroque style brought to Gondar by the Jesuit missionaries."
"The Lake Tana area was important in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in view of its role in maintaining the Christian faith against contemporary pressures, and the rise of the Solomonic Dynasty which patronized the building of churches and monasteries."
"The most important pilgrimage centre of the city of Shiraz is the Mausoleum of Mir Sayyed Ahmad, the son of the seventh Emam known as Shah-e-Cheragh (the Shrine of the lord of the light), which is situated near the Masjed-e-No. Mir Sayyed Ahmad came to Ahiraz at the beginning of the third Islamic century, and died there.
After the shrines of Imam Reza in Mashhad and Fatima in Qum, the third most venerated pilgrimage destination in Iran is the shrine of Shah Cherag in the city of Shiraz."
"Pasargadae (from Ancient Greek: Πασαργάδαι from Persian: Pāsārgād) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great who had issued its construction (559–530 BC); it was also the location of his tomb."
"The magnificent palace complex at Persepolis was founded by Darius the Great around 518 B.C., although more than a century passed before it was finally completed. Conceived to be the seat of government for the Achaemenian kings and a center for receptions and ceremonial festivities, the wealth of the Persian empire was evident in all aspects of its construction."
"Naqsh-e Rustam (Persian: Naqŝ e Rostam [næɣʃeɾosˈtæm], "Rustam Relief") is an ancient necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran, with a group of ancient Iranian rock reliefs cut into the cliff, from both the Achaemenid and Sassanid periods. It lies a few hundred meters from Naqsh-e Rajab, with a further group of Sassanid reliefs."


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A Dog's Journey
A Dog's Journey (PG)
Release Date: May 17th, 2019
Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Gail Mancuso
Cast: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Prescott
Synopsis: Audiences are invited along on A DOG'S JOURNEY, the next chapter of the beloved bestselling series by author W. Bruce Cameron. The family film told from the dog's perspective serves as the much-anticipated follow-up to the soulful story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
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Saint John, Bishop of Suzdal
Saint John, Bishop of Suzdal, entered one of the monasteries of Suzdal while a youth. For his virtuous and humble life, the saint was made the first Bishop of Suzdal and Nizhegorod in 1350. Bishop John merited a great mercy of God: Prince Boris of Suzdal saw how an angel of God attended the saint during the Divine Liturgy.
Saint John was known for his love towards the destitute and the sick; he interceded for the poor before the princes to lower their taxes. He also built poor houses and hospices for the sick. The saint was very concerned about enlightening the pagan Mordvians with the Christian Faith. After the annexation of Suzdal to the Moscow Diocese, Saint John took the monastic schema and withdrew to the Bogoliub monastery. He lived there in seclusion and died in peace. Numerous miracles took place at his grave.


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Action, Adventure, Drama
The movie Unbroken tells the true story of Olympic athlete and war veteran Louis Zamperini who survived a plane crash during the World War II and clung to life on a raft in the Pacific for 47 days. He was captured by the Japanese and served two years in a Japanese POW camp.
Exodus Gods And Kings
Drama, History
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver, Christian Bale, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Joel Edgerton
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The Woman in Black 2
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Taken 3
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Olivier Megaton
Stars: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Taken 3 finds Liam Neeson , the hunted prey after hes framed for the murder of someone close to him. Bryan Mills served his country faithfully, but now even they are after him. They must not like me.


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Taxi and buses in Thailand - bus timetables
Taxis outnumber commuters in Bangkok
It is true to say there is a bus to every corner of Thailand and a taxi on every city street corner waiting for you. Thailand's ubiquitous tuk tuks are waiting everywhere and it doesn't take long to hail a cab in Bangkok. In the smaller provincial towns informal minibuses, mostly known as songthaews, roam the main roads with frequency. Buses depart almost hourly to even the smallest of towns, and are the lifeblood or locals to get about.
More on buses in Thailand.
Thailand taxis
These are found everywhere where tourists are, and can sometimes be a pain with their persistent offers for a trip. Fortunately it's not as bad as India or Vietnam and you use them at your leisure to get around. One of the advantages of visiting Thailand is that taxis are cheap and you needn't think twice about catching them from airports, across town, to a far flung tourist site or even for a whole day to show you around.
You do have to often insist on using the meter, but the drivers are mostly honest and safe, and proper metered taxis must display a drivers official taxi ID. Some offer you free trips, which usually involve time wasting side excursions to aggressive salesmen, tailors and gem shops, so avoid these at all costs. A proper 20-minute journey across town should cost no more than 150-200 baht out of rush hour.
Metered taxis are the norm in Bangkok, easy to hail and the best option with their air conditioning. Be prepared for a long journey during rush hour, or opt for the Metro and Skytrain. They are found more and more in major centres like Phuket, Chiang Mai and Samui but the more touristy the area the more likely they are to refuse a 'metered ride', especially in Samui where a the taxi mafia is notorious for ripping off airport arrivals.
The famous Thai tuk tuk three wheeler is the official mascot of the 1stop travel series and a ride in one of these is a 'must do' activity when in Thailand. It can be fun, once you've finished haggling with the driver, but better in non-congested traffic, since you are at the mercy of car fumes.
Songthaew taxi buses are cheap and easy
In small towns songtheaw minibuses are the local public transport option and these can be commandeered for a private outing for roughly 60-80 baht for a short trip. Taxis will willingly take you long distances, for example from Bangkok to Pattaya, for a negotiated fee which might be more than the meter but affordable anyhow.
Taxis from Bangkok Airport are easily caught on the ground floor exit, after a short wait, but are levied a 50 baht parking fee. We advise you to avoid the officially promoted AOT (Airports of Thailand) Limo services which are no different but three times the cost and unfairly pushed onto naïve visitors. Their touts are the first people to greet you when you exit arrivals, which is quite a shame. More on getting about Bangkok.
Buses in Thailand
Tourists mostly use long distance buses to get from one town to another and opt for taxis to get about town rather than civic buses which are slow and impractical. VIP bus services link Bangkok and all the main tourist centres, they are comfortable, quick and come with hostesses, snack and drinks, movies and freezing air-conditioning (remember a jacket for overnight trips).
It's not difficult to arrange a bus and pre-booking is seldom needed. Travel agents most typically arrange these, with transfer pickups to the bus stations. Some buses leave directly from Khao San Road and ferry piers as part of a well oiled network, which many a traveller has tread before you. Seldom is any real thinking needed, a ticket is sold to you which includes all necessary connections of various transport forms, plus transfers and meet-and-greet staff.
Mor Chit is Bangkok's main bus station, located in the north of the city and buses depart from here to the north and northeast of Thailand with a few to southern destinations. The Southern Bus Station, across the river in Thon Buri, services southern destinations, while the Eastern Bus Station, at Ekkamai Skytrain Station, is where buses depart for Pattaya, Koh Samet and Koh Chang. Buses from competing private companies leave almost hourly, and travel through the night. More on Bangkok buses.
Local buses also depart regularly throughout the day from provincial towns, for example from Chiang Mai to Pai, or Krabi to Surat Thani. You don't need to pre-book although the earliest departures can often be full. Over Thai long weekends, particularly Songkran out of Bangkok, the buses do get full. So try to avoid travelling at this time. More on Chiang Mai buses.
Since buses are cheap (600 baht for an 800kms journey) there is no need to travel on anything other than VIP or air-conditioned (first class) buses unless you really want to experience hardship in Thailand. If you can't afford to fly to Phuket then catch the overnight VIP. Travelling by local bus, however, is a good way to see the real Thailand.
More on buses in Phuket.
Buses are sometimes the only option, for example, if you want to travel to Ayutthaya or Pattaya. It can also be a bit of riddle if you are travelling a long distance across country involving bus changes in the middle of nowhere. Since bus is bar far the most important transport option for Thais, the network is well developed, fairly reliable and frequent. It's also very affordable. More on buses in Pattaya.
City bus transport is seldom used by tourists, except perhaps in Bangkok for reaching the Khao San Road and Grand Palace areas on a budget (the Skytrain and Metro do not penetrate this historic area). Buses from airports are offered but hardly worth it considering the price of a taxi.
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The Zonta Club of Hilo is accepting applications for its 2017 Nursing, Math & Science Scholarships, the Jane M. Klausman Women In Business Scholarship, and the 2017 Young Women in Public Affairs Award (YWPA).
Each scholarship awards $1,000; the YWPAA awards $500.
The Nursing Scholarship is open to women enrolled in a nursing degree program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) or at Hawaii Community College (HCC).
The Math & Science Scholarship is open to women enrolled full-time at UHH or HCC, working towards a degree in mathematics, physics, engineering, technology, computer science, pharmacy and astronomy.
The YWPAA recognizes young women who are committed to volunteering, demonstrate leadership skills and are dedicated to empowering women and girls. YWPAA applicants are asked to reflect on their volunteer work and the problems limiting the advancement of the status of women in their community and worldwide. YWPAA applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 19 on April 1, 2017, and be a resident of Hawaii County.
The application deadline for scholarships and the YWPAA is Friday, March 31, 2017.
Applications are available at zontahilo.org or through Zonta Hilo's Service Chair, Julie Tulang at email@example.com.
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1. I haven't gone this long without blogging in I don't even know how long. It feels wrong.
2. While I was not blogging here, I was blogging here and here.
3. I had the most epic weekend of my 24-years-and-10-months of life and I will most certainly be blogging about it, but..
4. I got a cumulative four hours of sleep since Friday and my eyes look like I just came from a Slightly Stoopid concert, so be prepared for several photo dumps in the next couple days.
5. I hiked about 30 miles this weekend and saw at least three creatures I didn't know existed.
6. Not showering after hiking 30 miles is pretty much the worst.
7. My lips have never been this sunburned before.
8. All weekend nobody giggled about the fact that 'crampon' rhymes with 'tampon,' so I did it for them.. silently.
9. The only place in Inyo National Park that I got cell phone service was at the very top of Mount Whitney (the highest point in the lower 48 states), so I took the opportunity to check in on Facebook and call my mom.
10. While trying to figure out where I actually was all weekend, I heard the words "Tuolumne Meadows" and convinced myself that they were in the Eisley lyrics below. I was wrong. The actual lyric is "humming meadows" but for a second I was pretty stoked on my discovery.


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Christian Gold House Chapel is an evangelical, Pentecostal Charismatic Church based in Liverpool. We abide by the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. We aim to live the word as expressed in the Bible and we focus on evangelism and promotion of Christian love across communities. We emphasize the emminent return of Christ, deliverance, speaking in tongues and holiness in our preaching and worship. At Christian Gold House Chapel we value people and provide a welcoming space for everyone who walks through our doors.
Greetings, I am Rev. Samuel Frempong Sarpong the General overseer of Christian Gold House Chapel, a Christ Ministry filled with the oil of influence. The message I carry centers on the Holy Ghost, righteousness, discipline and order in the Body of Christ. I am known for speaking boldly, yet compassionate in preaching with an edge that emphasizes deliverance and the establishment of people in foundational doctrinal truth. Christian Gold House Ministry's beginnings can be traced from February 2010 when the LORD spoke to me about planting a church in Liverpool and he gave me this scripture;
Our Mission
Christian Gold House Ministry aims to make Christ known to the community, country, and the world through preaching and teaching the pure word of God; thereby helping to transform souls into the likeness of Christ. Rev. Pastor Samuel F Sarpong the Overseer of Christian Gold House Ministry Intl. Is an Evangelist with Fire in his belly. He is a Masters Holder in Theology, a Bible tutor & Scholar. A celebrated author, broadcaster, communications innovator, and bridge builder. Pastor Samuel Sarpong remains committed, more than ever, to preaching and teaching the Amazing Christ Gospel. The immovable Word of God. The Word that promises signs and wonders through the mighty and miraculous power of the Holy Ghost!
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To produce Victorious Christians having the evidence of consistency, spiritual growth and developing into practical Christians who live by the word of God in their daily lives demonstrating the power of God and the effectiveness of his word!
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You are always welcome Christian Gold House Chapel Ministry is a welcoming community of non denominational Christians! Our Headquarters are located in Liverpool – Merseyside, United Kingdom. We also have a Branch in Accra Ghana. We welcome anyone who wishes to Worship the Lord God Jehovah without judgement or bias. All we ask is that you are open to share and receive the word of God. And you respect other's in the same community!
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Summer is here, which means that it's time to recommend some of my favorite reads for the summer!
If you're looking for a good book to bring along with you on a vacation or to the beach, check out some of these recommended titles and give them a try!
So, those are my summer reads recommendations! Give some of them a shot and let me know what you think. Also, comment down below with some of your own summer reads recommendations!


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Humans across Dublin woke up to grey clouds and lashing rain this morning. Take it from us - it ain't pretty out there, and we were verrrrrry tempted to just hibernate under the duvet this morning.
However, we've got some good news from our pal's at Met Éireann about the weather to come later today.
This morning a spell of heavy rain will soon clear eastwards to scattered showers with sunny spells. The showers will become isolated by evening. Top temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees. Southwesterly winds over the southern half of the province will be fresh at first and just light elsewhere and winds will become moderate westerly with the clearance.
Tonight will be mostly dry with good clear spells. Lowest temperatures will fall to around 7 to 9 degrees. Westerly winds will fall light and back southwesterly overnight.
Met Éireann website
So fret not, pals, because sunny spells are on the way!


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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
Two UP gangsters killed in encounter with Mumbai police
June 05, 2003 04:23 IST
Two gangsters of Uttar Pradesh, wanted in 15 cases of murder, were shot dead by the police in an encounter on Wednesday night near a cinema hall in suburban Juhu, police sources said.
On a tip-off that Anurag and Rupesh, members of Munna Bajrangi gang, were to come Chandan cinema,�the police laid a trap and asked the duo to surrender.
The gangsters, however, fired on the police drawing retaliation in which both were killed, the sources said.
Anurag Singh and Rupesh Singh were allegedly involved in the murder of some senior police officers, BJP leaders and a police constable in Uttar Pradesh, the sources said.
A team of UP police had recently come to Mumbai in search of the duo, but went back empty handed.
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