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In the last few days, outgoing President GoodluckJonathan has engaged in what many Nigerians refer to as mass sacking of all public officers, especially political appointees who were perceived as enemies of the regime at a critical time of election.
The enmity here, according to analysts, is defined in terms of the inability of those heads of agencies to collaborate in the rigging of the just concluded elections or their failure to deploy sufficient resources to fuel the campaign machineries of the government which according to their thought was partly responsible for the massive defeat suffered during the elections.
Beginning with the former Inspector General of Police Sulaiman Abba, who was alleged to have refused to deploy the force to rig the polls in most of Nigeria to the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), many theories are flying all over the place as factors responsible for this show of shame from the president and his government.
When people who were sympathetic to Jonathan and his partycame soon after the president saw defeat and owned up by congratulating General MuhammaduBuharidecided to dress him in borrowed robs as a nationalist for having submitted to a defeat that was eminent, many of us kept mute because given the nature the president and his patty conducted their campaigns of hate and desperation, the mere fact that defeat was seen palpably and concession made, in no way conferred any iota of heroism on Jonathan.
What else would he have done? Refuse to accept the result of an election that was watched and monitored by the entire globe both at home and abroad? Impossible! President Jonathan was merely clever by half and it was necessary for him to accept defeat when he did.
People speak about saving the nation from crisis;between who and who? An election where more than 70 percent of the country went one way was too obvious to be rejected by less than 30 percent. Out of the six contraptions making up the country, four had voted unanimously one way and even the two left had some patches of support in them. How could these partial two go astray and cause crisis?
The point in this piece is basically to show that there was no statesmanship in Jonathan's conceding of loss in the elections and this is clearly shown in the manner he is firing any officer identified as having any role in his electoral defeat. Removal of officers and appointing new ones at the end of his tenure is certainly unacceptable in view of the fact that he lacks the moral authority to make fresh appointments for a new government just as his is about to depart.
Before Sulaiman Abba, who was initially overzealous and behaved crazy and unprofessional in the discharge of his duties, especially when the president and the PDP had issues with House of representatives Speaker, AminuTambuwal to General MartinsAgwai,whose sack from Sure-P was said to have emerged from his Abeokuta birthday bash of General OlusegunObasanjo. The actual case against General Agwai was after all said to be his refusal to open the purse of Sure-P to the presidential campaign thieves for plunder. The General was trailed until something little was found against him before the government came knocking. The reality as we understand wasn't about the statement about change made but unwillingness to deploy resources to the PDP campaign funds.
Again, the president-elect must look into government departments that dipped their hands into their coffers and looted monies for the campaign. Another major casualty in this case was KabirMashi, the acting CEO of the Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS), whose tenure for more than three years was in acting capacity. An illegality orchestrated because Dr. NgoziOkonja-Iweala did not want him confirmed as substantive chairman. He too was accused of failure to give as much as the size of his empire to the presidential campaign organisation and in the end he got the booting just before the elections.
The executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, who was a little over a year in that position, was also a casualty. The reason for his sack was what I am not aware ofbutcoulditalsobeas a result of his inability to play ball as he ought to? The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a fine man I met just but once and who exhibited radiance of diplomacy and professionalism,wasalso suspended for reasons we are made to understand revolving around the South Africa Ambassador's recall to the sack of the MD of NPA and his replacement with the PDP candidate for the Kanoemirship.
If the government were serious why would they want to embarrass someone they claim to love? To me the appointment of Mr.Bayero is a ridicule because I expect the new government would fire him as soon as it comes on board in the next few days. The APC government has told Nigerians severally that they would appoint highly skilled people to run the differentsegments of Nigeria. The prince is not in that category and does not possess the technical capability to remove the ports industry from the rot that it has degenerated into in the last few years. To me, the appointment is diversionary and wicked on the part of the government. It is a case of adding salt to injury.
Somebody there should call this outgoing president and his government to order. He shouldn't rock the boat just because his time is up. Let him stop this brazen and arbitrarysack just because Nigerians have sacked him. He should take our honest decision in good faith and allow the incoming government take proper stock and assessment of the realities on ground so as to make Nigeria better.
A conspiracy theory going round suggests that the mass sacking of suspect political appointees is aimed at covering the massive looting that has taken place and that is going on as the old government disengages. In my view, it is unnecessary and uncalled for. President Jonathan should simply prepare his handing over notes and leave the incoming government take decision on its appointees. This sackings and replacements in my view is a diversion whose objective would not be realised in any case.


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Who hasn't been there? You have a guy friend or a girl friend that you question if they like you more than a friend....
I'm writing this article to help you erase doubts and your curiosity.
Flirtation is a key sign that somebody likes you more than a friend. If you have a friend the same sex as you, you'll know that the activities of flirtation are much different than what you would do with just a regular friend or best friend. Normal friends don't tickle each other, wrestle, or feed each other things. Activities of flirtation often include physical contact of some sort. Flirtation is a key indicator that a person likes you beyond just friendship. So if they are flirting, this is a key first sign that you know they like you more than a friend.
Never rejecting you, a phone call, or event with you. This person will want to spend all the time they possibly can with you. Sure very important things can make exceptions to this rule, but in general they wish to spend hour upon hour with you. This time spent with you is another indicator that they really like you beyond friendship.
High interest put on your personal life, beliefs, family, & deep conversations. This person is trying to get to know you much deeper than just a normal friend may. Deep discussions on religion, children, life or philosophy. Things that wouldn't be discussed commonly with normal friends. Discussion about your family and/or an interest in your family as well.
Willingness to be there through times of sadness or trouble. To take time for you, and go the extra step to make you feel better. Yes, normal friends can do this as well, however, this will be accompanied with the person going the extra steps beyond what a friend would. They will be happy to help you and be there with open ears and arms at all times through your problems.
If all else fails, just ask them. Tell them its a normal thing for close friends of the opposite sex for something to exist beyond friendship. Just let them know that you are curious and just want to be honest with them. Be ready to answer the question back! Good Luck!


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1965 Kirkham / Shelby 427FE Big Block Cobra - Supercharger - 750+bhp
- Location: Cooksville, Maryland, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Shelby
- Model: Kirkham 427
- SubModel: 427FE
- Type: Roadster
- Trim: 427
- Year: 19650000
- Mileage: 2650
- Color: Polished Aluminum with Brushed Stripes and Roundos
- Engine size: Shelby 468FE Supercharged Ford Aluminum Big Block
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Manual
- Drive type: Tremec 5-Speed
- Interior color: Black
- Safety options: Fire Suppression System, Rollbar
- Vehicle Title: Clear
- Options: Car Cover, Roadster, Sidepipes, Leather Seats
19650000 Shelby Kirkham 427 427FE description
We have a large private collection of iconic American race cars, uper cars, ports cars, estomods, uscle cars, ollector cars, nd antiques. We are not a dealer, ut a true collector. We are typically are adding cars to the collection, ut have considered making a few changes.The car has just 2,650 miles since new. It looks as pretty on bottom (stainless chassis, illet suspension, tc.) as it does on top. This is an opportunity for someone to own a very exotic, conic Cobra, ith a very bad-ass (and bad sounding) big-block heart, t a very fair price. Videos are posted on Youtube.com (turn it all the way up!):
Almost New! Awesome!"There is nothing nice about a Cobra. It is stripped down to the essentials- a big engine, small car, nd four wide tires to keep the whole business on pavement. Its loud, mells like gasoline, nd shakes, hudders, nd bucks. It makes your arms tired and your feet hot. You nearly crash about once every 10 minutes. It's so damn wonderful that you can't believe it" - Automobile Magazine 2004
Overview: Here is an opportunity for those that want the Best of the Best.
I have owned three of the few fully-optioned, est of the best Kirkhams in existence. I have owned Kirkham KMP 491, MP 504, nd Kirkham KMP 373. My wife would not drive KMP 504, o it is now in Houston, exas. Last year, wo men began a bidding war of KMP 491 - a car that was not for sale. At the end of the conversation, here was a large pile of money on the table, o I sold KMP 491. I now have KMP 373 which has three items beyond my first two cars – a dropped footbox (for which I have made raised inserts), djustable seats (that sit low), nd a Vortech supercharger (sweet). These vehicles are clearly works of art and engineering marvels (I am an engineer). My cars have a real mirror-like finishes. The Kirkhams have hundreds of hours in preparing this car and do a good job. In addition, have hundreds of hours polishing them (I am a perfectionist and quite capable with my hands) via a lengthy cyclo-polishing with a specialized aircraft polisher and cleaner to eliminate the typical "swirl" issues with these cars. I do not think many, f any, re my equal in finishing these. The final finish is so "sweet" that it allows you to read the fine print on the newspaper on a cloudy day! No paint can do this! I am offering KMP 373. I have a private car collection to which I typically only add cars. Hard assets are safe and are performing much less volatile than the stock market. I am very successful and postured very well in the current market, o please understand that this is by no means a fire sale. I have several Corvettes and Vipers. I am currently making room for a perfect grade 1, 967 427-435hp Corvette and a Mosler MT900S. I am also buying in other cars for my collection, o contact me if you have any deals on truly collectable cars. If I sell this car I will start to build another when a body becomes available through Kirkham (everyone has to have a hobby). Pictures and details are provided below. Many pictures (lots of really cool ones) and additional information are available to real buyers upon request. An Italian, rench, rabic, nd Spanish translator is available (if needed) to help answer any questions and reduce communication problems.
KMP 373 is nearly new and only has 2650 miles on the odometer - just enough to break it in. This car is listed in the most recent version of SAAC's World Registry of Cobras and GT40s. If you are the lucky new owner, will also educate you on the car and provide guidance on how to properly operate it. These are not cars for novice drivers.
Read thoroughly to truly understand everything that is included with the KMP 373 car! Dreamers with deep pockets may apply!
Also included is a brand new California Car Cover that has yet to be on a car and all documentation available. A third set of brand new 17" DOT racing tires / wheels are available if interested. These were for the 504 car I previously built. The car is a fully optioned street / race car. Just get into it and drive it – if you can! Own your own piece of Americana. These cars are hot and this opportunity will not last long. This is the 50th anniversary for the Shelby Cobra! Delivery is not included in this cost. Ships from Central Maryland / Washington, DC, SA. An Italian, rench, rabic, nd Spanish translator is available for questions. VEHICLE SUMMARY Priced at: $169,000 US Registry: SAAC – Shelby American Automobile Club Registry Performance: 0-60 mph in well less than 4.0 seconds / 0-100 kmph in well less than 4.0 seconds 170+ mph / 288+ kph Top Speed Mileage: 2650 Miles VIN: #KC4FNLC0373 /Car #373Color: Extreme Mirror Polished Aluminum with Brushed Stripes Engine: 427 Aluminum FE Shelby CSX Block - Fully Dressed Done to 468 Cubic Inches (Shelby American Designed and Built) 750+ HP / 700+ FT*LB Torque (@3800 rpm) with Vortech Supercharger (9lb of Boost by Design) with 750 cfm Downdraft Demon Carburetor Transmission: Tremec TKO-600 5-Speed Close Ratio (.82 OD) with Blow Proof Bellhousing
Special Options: Best of the Best - Top All-Options Car (Items are Itemized Below) Aluminum Body with Mirror Polished Finish
Brushed Main Stripes, oundos, nd Pit Stripes
Hood Scoop, 27, luminum
Stainless Steel Frame/Chassis
Stainless Roll Bar
Jack Hooks, ainted BlackTribar Halogen Bright White Headlamps
Brake Scoops, iberglass
Heat Shield for Foot Boxes
Dropped Driver's Foot Box with 2" and 4" Inserts
Polished Stainless Door Ferrules Set of 8
Fuel Tank Straps, illet Aluminum
Fuel Tank, 2 Gallon
Wheel Well Foam
Premium Wool Carpet
Plexiglas and Aluminum Sun Visors
Plexiglas Wind Wings
Pedal Assembly: Brake & Clutch, illet Aluminum
Original Type Wood Steering Wheel, 5"
Premium Leather Seats
Leather Covered Dash
Seat Belt, pgrade to 6 Point Harness
Halon Fire Suppression System
Tri-bar Lucas Headlights with Halogen Bulbs
Adjustable Driver Seat
Adjustable Passenger Seat
Driver Fresh Air Ventilation System
Passenger Fresh Air Ventilation System
Battery with Mounting Tray
Battery Cutoff Switch
Stainless Steel Radiator Tube Set
Coolant Tank, illet Aluminum Round to Clear Supercharger
Oil Cooler, omplete Assembly
Motor Mounts, E Block, et of 2
Distributor Hold Down, illet Aluminum, E
Alternator Bracket, illet Aluminum, E
Throttle Spring & Billet Bracket
Stainless Air Cleaner Cover
Air Cleaner Element, &N E-1025
Cold Air Box as Part of Supercharger
Fuel Filter and Fittings
Oil Vapor Separator Tank
Fuel Return System
Stainless Steering Shaft / U-Joints
Transmission Mounts - Tremec
Kirkham differential, luminum with Mounts
Drive Shaft
Half Shafts, et of 2
Drive Shaft Safety Loop
Penske Shocks with Hyperco Springs
Big Brakes
Reservoirs, rake and ClutchBlack Side Pipes Tremec TKO 600 5-Speed Transmission Lakewood Blowproof Bell Housing McLeod Clutch/Pressure Plate
Wilwood Billet Brakes
Set of 15" Halibrand Knock-Off, in-Drive Wheels with GoodYear Billboard Tires (OPTIONAL)Set of 17" Halibrand Knock-Off, in-Drive Wheels with Low Profile Performance Street Tires with DOT Slicks
- Aluminum Body with Mirror Polished Finish
- Brushed Main Stripes
- Mirror Polished Stainless Side Pipes (2nd Kirkham from factory)- Hood Scoop, 27, luminum
- Stainless Steel Frame / Chassis
- Stainless Roll Bar
- Jack Hooks, ightweight Aluminum
- Tribar Halogen Bright White Headlamps
- Door Ferrules Set of 8
- Plexiglas & Aluminum Sun Visors (Aluminum Mounted)- Plexiglas Wind Wings - Wheel Well Foam DRIVETRAIN - 427 Aluminum FE Shelby CSX-528 Block - Fully Dressed 468 Cubic Inches (Direct Design and Build from Shelby Engines)
750+ HP / 650+ FT*LB Torque (@3800rpm) 9.5:1 Compression by Design to Supercharger- Vortech V-2 Supercharger (9lb of Boost by Design) with 750 cfm DowndraftDemon Carburetor
(overall creates approximately 16:1 Compression) - MSD 6AL Adjustable Ignition System
- Tremec TKO-600 5-Speed Close Ratio (.82 OD)
- Lakewood Blow Proof
- McLeod Clutch / Pressure Plate
- Fuel Tank, 2 Gallon
- Kirkham differential, luminum with Mounts
- Coolant Tank, illet Aluminum
- Oil Vapor Separator Tank
- Fuel Return System
- Oil Cooler, omplete Assembly
- Aluminum Heim-Joint Shift Linkage
- Distributor Hold Down, illet Aluminum, E
- Alternator Bracket, illet Aluminum, E
- Throttle Spring & Billet Bracket
- Air Cleaner Element, &N
- Fuel Filter and Fittings
- Stainless Steel Radiator Tube Set
- Drive Shaft Safety Loop
- Premium Wool Carpet
- Premium Leather Seats – Slight Patina
- Halon Fire Suppression System
- Adjustable Driver Seat
- Adjustable Passenger Seat
- Driver Fresh Air Ventilation System
- Driver Fresh Air Ventilation System
- Pedal Assembly: Brake & Clutch, illet Aluminum
- Wood Steering Wheel, 5"
- Leather Covered Dash, eriod Correct Layout
- Seat Belt, pgrade to 6 Point HarnessTRUNK
- Dry Cell Racing Battery with Mounting Tray
- Battery Cutoff Switch
- Trunk Mat / Pad
- Hot Shot Contacts
- Rear Fluid Fill / Reservoir
- Custom Trunk Mat
- Stainless Steel Frame/Chassis
- Awesome Billet Suspension
- Penske Shocks with Hyperco Springs
- Big Brakes Upgrade
- Wilwood Billet Brakes
- Set of 15" Halibrand Knock-Off, in-Drive Wheels with Goodyear Billboard Tires
- Set of 17" Halibrand Knock-Off, in-Drive Wheels with Low Profile
Performance DOT Slicks / Street Tires
- Brake Scoops, iberglass
- Heat Shield for Foot Boxes, olished Stainless- Fuel Tank Straps, illet Aluminum
- Stainless Steering Shaft / U-Joints
- Drive Shaft
- Half Shafts, et of 2
- Reservoirs, rake and Clutch, illet
- Roller Assembled by Kirkham
Power-to-Weight Ratio: 2,140 pound / 750 horsepower anatomy makes my Dodge Viper and my Ford GT twin turbo feel very tame by comparison. You cannot imagine how spectacularly fast this serpent is until you drive it. The aluminum flywheel provides instant power. When you exit the car you have the same feeling as three hours of killer sex. Well, lmost.
The car is awesome! It has been meticulously maintained, ever been scratched, nd is absolutely beautiful. You would spend over $140,000 to gather the parts for this awesome aluminum, ully-optioned beauty (www.kirkhammotorsports.com), hen you would have to properly polish it again at about $12,000 ( I just completed over 100 hours on the updated polish), ave built a supercharged big block and Tremec transmission $38,000, ssemble it at about $10,000, nd you would have to ship it at $2,000 (and then ship it home). This totals you out at $202,000 – but only if one is available timely from Kirkham, hich they are not. The 50th anniversary Shelby cars (aluminum Kirkham) are well above this amount.
This deal sounds is a no-brainer!
$169,000 USD Value
Located Near Washington, CThis is not a "Fire Sale". If it does not sell at a proper number, hen it will remain in the collection (note house in the background). With this said, e hope to see the car go to a good home, o be enjoyed, sed more, nd continue to be properly maintained. Please email us with any questions, e will also provide a phone number if requested. Trade / Deals may also be considered on another Kirkham, en-V Viper, ord GT, leanor Mustang, tc. Main goal is to move money from one hard asset to another hard asset. To note, am two hours south of Hershey – for those attending the fall event and desiring a top end car for here or Europe.


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We always remember the killers. No matter how brutal the suffering of any victim, it's the killer's names that stick. The alien idea of cold murder allows us to enjoy the exciting stories it creates which can make us quick to assume. We embrace the doubt that lurks in our minds and unfortunately, this seems to remain when it comes to the recent updates on Amanda Knox.
The fate of her future depends completely on how we the judge, prod and perceive her innocence which is concerning, particularly as the case introduced her to us as a sex manic, pot-head, and psychotic knife-killer. The media loved it and so did we.
So, now Knox, like her former boyfriend Raffele Sollecito, has to move on from four years of imprisonment for a crime she apparently did not do. Amanda Knox was like any other student enjoying life studying abroad though has now suffered a life changing event that will see her future, in whatever way it goes, crumble for the sake of media frenzy and a hungry public demand.
Fuelling our games of hatred filled gossip has not been hard though. Knox has been cleared of her murder charge but is not fully innocent. Rightfully, she and her family have endured charges of defamation against Patrick Lumumba whom Knox claimed was responsible for the death of Meredith Kercher. Her alibi was also not helping matters for her as she and Sollecito claimed they could not have killed Kercher due to spending the evening smoking pot and making love.
With such drama to have come from a seemingly normal high school student, it's no wonder publicist and agent companies are already badgering the girl. It would make for an exciting movie.
However, it's about time I mention Kercher eh? Take that as a reflection of the hype. Is it really the future and possible fame and fortune that awaits Knox and her family that is important here? As I said, the killer is always remembered and where we can find any kind of connection with someone, guilty or innocent, we will strive on the consumption of their negative press. Perhaps and sadly, the only way to ever give Kercher media publicity to the same extent is through unravelling any negative suggestions towards her.
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Meddling Mediums
One of the concerns* I have about people who call themselves psychics or mediums is that, on occasion, I have heard about these 'mediums' offering advice to people that is apparently based on their reading of mystic tarot cards, or the word of a spirit guide and is actually taken seriously by the person who has gone to consult the medium.
I am disheartened by the fact that people are willing to take this advice seriously and unimpressed that the advice is imparted with apparent sincerity. Sometimes though, this advice (however well-intentioned) will adversely affect the person who takes it – and what is, in my opinion, worse is that this advice can also adversely affect those close to the person who has consulted a medium. If a friend or relative of mine (or yours) acted on bad advice given to them by somebody claiming to be communicating with the spirit world or reading tea leaves (or tarot cards, or whatever) then I (or you) might also suffer from the consequences even though I am (you are) not the one who sought the advice of someone purporting to be psychic.
That there are people 'open-minded' enough to believe in the psychic powers of women from Ilkley or Hebden Bridge** who call themselves Crystal, Angel, or Serendipity is one thing. That Crystal, Angel, or Serendipity might encourage them is another. That a medium might take it upon themselves to tell the 'open-minded' how to live their life is really something else.
There is probably no such thing as a genuine psychic or medium (however sincere they may be), there is no need to pay for special advice from these people, and there is no reason to think that a stranger who claims to see the future or talk to dead people will give you useful lifestyle advice.
*OK, maybe it's a bugbear or an irritation rather than a concern.
**I have no knowledge of psychics from Ilkley or Hebden Bridge, but they are reputed to be "havens of woo" and I expect there are a few Crystals, Angels, and Serendipitys knocking around.
YouTube video of BBC3 on mediums.
Some people even believe that Derren Brown, who has debunked the idea that mediums are psychic, is himself psychic: here is a post from Sanders the Great (who thinks that Derren "must be turning in his camel hair coat").
None yet, but I can foresee other people finding problems with this article. Inaccuracies great and small. I'm not psychic, I just know that I often make mistakes and I expect I've made some while writing this.
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Mojo said,
"Some people even believe that Derren Brown, who has debunked the idea that mediums are psychic, is himself psychic: here is a post from Sanders the Great (who thinks that Derren "must be turning in his camel hair coat")."
I can't find the post in question, but there was someone on the JREF forum a while back who thought that Shirley Ghostman was a genuine psychic.
Warhelmet said,
Doris Stokes, wasn't she a lovely lady?
AndyD said,
Doris was, as I recall, the subject at the centre of the dummy spit when Don Lane told Randi what he thought of him on Australian TV.
That segment is still replayed every year (at least once a year) on those "golden moments" type shows.
Mojo said,
"Apparently "being able to write horoscopes" doesn't imply psychic knowledge."
Isn't it the job traditionally given to the most junior member of staff on provincial newspapers? All they need to do is to randomly pick phrases from previously published horoscopes and paste them in…
Nash said,
"Apparently "being able to write horoscopes" doesn't imply psychic knowledge"
I used to be into astrology. Psychic knowledge is not required. It's all in the chart. Just calculate the angles and all is revealed. Astrologers tend not to claim phychic powers.
Having said that, both are shit.


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Discussion held on Khan Sahib's autobiography
KARACHI: Book lovers at a gathering organised by the Readers Club enjoyed discussion on In Search of Sense — My Years as a Journalist, the autobiography of Dawn's longest-serving former editor Ahmad Ali Khan at the Defence Central Library here on Thursday.
Khan Sahib, as he was known among his colleagues at Dawn, had been editor of the newspaper from 1973 to 2000. He returned as caretaker editor for a few months in 2003 as well. Khan Sahib began writing his memoirs after retirement but unfortunately he could not complete his life story before his death in 2007. By that time he had penned seven of the book's nine chapters.
Now his daughter, Dr Naveed Ahmad Tahir, has published the book. To make it a complete piece of writing, she had to carefully go through Khan Sahib's published articles and rough notes while selecting those which carried the account further from the point where he had left. She also requested journalists who had known him and worked closely with him to write about him.
The introduction to the book has been written by I.A. Rehman, columnist and secretary general of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Some family members have also contributed personal accounts about him. The book includes some letters he wrote in Urdu to his noted writer wife Hajra Masroor with their translations.
Dr Tahir said her father was in the habit of conveying his thoughts to them in writing. "I have several notes from him that he would leave for me to read on the kitchen counter, too," she said.
About the material she eventually used for the book, she said: "It was very difficult selecting matter from his rough notes. I was continuously faced with the dilemma about what to take and what to leave out. I hope he won't be too angry at me for using them to take the story to conclusion. I also had letters which he had written to my mother and including some of them also made me feel guilty because my father was a private man who would not have appreciated this. But as I.A. Rehman Sahib told me, the letters would help bring out his personality," she said.
Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, the Readers' Editor at Dawn, said that when he learnt about Khan Sahib's plan on starting work on his autobiography, he advised him to employ a technique that would narrate his life's story but with the unfolding of historic political events as he witnessed them in his life. "And Khan Sahib has begun with Ataturk's death," he said.
When he became editor of the paper at a very crucial time in 1973, there was constant pressure on Dawn from the government to toe its line or close the newspaper. The editor of the paper at the time was Altaf Gauhar, who was in jail due to the turmoil. But Khan Sahib saved the newspaper and brought it out of those testing times as he believed that if the paper was to close down, it should be on principles and not on a whim of the government.
"As the editor of Dawn he groomed many journalists. He would urge us to think before asking questions. He would tell us little things that no one would even care noticing. There is a letter by him, which I have with me about how to deal with human beings. I have made copies of it for my sons and daughters-in-law," Mr Siddiqi said.
Senior journalist Babar Ayaz said he admired the way Khan Sahib would stand up to the newspaper management. "He kept them at a distance when it came to the running of affairs at the paper. Interference was just not allowed," he said.
The evening was conducted by Dawn columnist and former assistant editor Zubeida Mustafa, who said that she liked to sit and listen to Khan Sahib because just doing so helped her learn a lot from him. "He was a very good teacher with an impressive personality and so much integrity that he could easily convince people to follow his point of view," she said. "Going through his book one is reminded of the values and ethics of journalism."
Later, Khan Sahib's daughter engaged the audience with reading from the book, including a very wise and touching letter that he had penned for his wife.


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Let's Chat About Thyroid Issues…
Posted by healthyforhim
I have friends with thyroid imbalances… but never had mine tested before this year.
Why would there be a need to? I've never felt sluggish… or "off" after a pregnancy… I really never felt off until I stopped nursing our last child. Oh wait, my body never really had a break from nursing or pregnancy, 12 years prior to that. Pregnancy WAS my normal.
My maternal grandmother had thyroid cancer… my maternal grandfather had Graves disease… but I never realized this. Apparently BOTH major markers of me having mine checked on a regular basis.
I remember when I was pregnant with our 7th, I had every hypo-thyroid symptom in the book… but I just "knew" it was pregnancy… after all, I didn't have problems with my thyroid.
Or so I thought.
After everything that happened last year, and my motivation took a nose dive… I assumed it was all related to everything I was trying to tackle – not my thyroid working against me.
Then I continued getting worse… and more tired, and less motivated. I thought it was the Sjogrens symptoms, and fibromyalsia… chronic fatigue. Check, check and check – those were all dead on. My vitamin level (lows) all prove to be tied to these symptoms… but again, how many doctors are truly skilled on nutritional needs of the body?
I went to an endocrinologist – one I really loved… and she looked for my (non-fasting) TSH my PCP ran a month prior – and said I was fine. She ran tests for auto immune thyroid disease (which checks for IgA for those diseases), and not surprisingly… I didn't show positive for that. Remember, I barely make IgA – so none of those tests can be trusted… I'm unsure WHY they run those, knowing that.
My symptoms have been ignored as normal:
Low body temp
Low BP
Low energy/motivation
Troubles swallowing/breathing sometimes (thyroid sonogram showed nothing, attributed this to Sjogrens)
Cold Hands/Feet
Hair falling out/Dry Hair
Constipation/Hard Stools
Low Sex Drive
Dry Skin
Brain Fog
Gaining weight despite eating at a deficit
Crabby? Who me?
and on and on and on… I guess these are all classic signs. But my thyroid checked out ok – with my TSH just below a 3, and no auto immune disease blood results – I was sent on my way.
Yes. THANKFULLY.
Several months ago, I had a fellow like-minded health-aware mom tell me that IF my thyroid was a problem, make sure I went to a functional medicine Dr., preferably a woman… because the last thing I would want to go on – having celiac, was SYNTHROID.
Hmm… I remember that conversation in the back of my mind now… but I never really "got it" until most recently.
Almost everyone I know, who has thyroid imbalance… is ON Synthroid.
Is it bad? Well, apparently it shuts down your thyroid so you have to be on it…. for life.
Sounds like a pretty good deal.
For drug companies.
So much that some doctors won't take patients that refuse it. They bad mouth other, more natural options, as "old-fashioned" – even if patients feel better on it. Some are even ignored, who don't feel better on it… What a hopeless feeling that must be.
READ MORE ABOUT issues with Synthroid and unheard thyroid issues here. There are gobs of natural healing websites that discuss healthier options that don't include Synthroid as the treatment.
When my latest thyroid numbers came back, alongside my cortisol test that tested my saliva 4x throughout the day… a notation was made. "May need thyroid therapy."
My reverse T3 was through the roof… and apparently my body knew it was stressed, because the numbers that were showing up for my T3 and T4 were low, and they weren't accurate on their own – as those other elements were adding into why I felt so horrible. On this path – my adrenals would be burning out. Exactly what I suspected was happening – and asked the endocrinologist about last October. Apparently your ratio of Free T3 to RT3 should be above 20. Mine was 9.3.
Originally, my TSH and Free T3 and Free T4 weren't checked with my RT3. They really still look at that one number… and not HOW your body is getting that number. Since your thyroid fluctuates… it's not some "snap shot" answer. If symptoms are there, something needs to be looked into. Many people still don't feel well on T4 only treatment – and feel like they don't have any other options at health.
Can I tell you how thankful I am for my naturopath Dr? Very.
I'm not sure where things will go from here… but after studying some, I did start a "NOW" brand "Thyroid Energy"… and am taking that once a day around noon – to avoid my drop out in the afternoon/evening… as I await my appoint with my naturopath in a few weeks. I can tell a difference, but I'm not sure if it's enough – for now, it's a positive I need.
Knowing we're continuing on the right path – to health, is a HUGE blessing to me. It's that HOPE for this year, that has made all of the difference.
I think part of it, for me, is realizing I am a partner with my doctor – and they encourage you to learn to be well. It's not a doctor offended that you're trying to learn about what is going on inside your body, out of a power-trip they that know more about a speciality than you do, due to scientific case studies which don't include the right here and now of YOU – it truly is a partnership, where you feel heard – and helped.
YOU are the expert of your body. You live in your body, and you know how you feel. Something that is normal for you, might not be an abnormal level to someone else.
I spent 12 months explaining how I was continuing to go downhill… with blood results that wouldn't match up with the truth of what was going on. It reached a point – I didn't even feel like talking about it anymore. I guessed this was just how I was going to be… forever.
I was beginning to see why many women just end up on antidepressants and anxiety medications.
Praise God for how much improvement I have made in just a month! I truly can't even believe it myself. Each day in the right direction is a huge encouragement. For anyone out there suffering from similar symptoms – such as fibromyalsia, low IgA or chronic fatigue, or any other "auto immune disease" issue… if you have hypo-thryoid symptoms but your TSH looks "within range"… then save yourself some major time and pain. Find a licensed doctor in functional medicine and find the reality you CAN be well again.
You'll be glad you did.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 12:28-29


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It's pouring rain — a rushing-through-the-downspouts, whipping-down-the-palm-leaves, rainforest rain. We dash out of our rental car and duck under the tin canopy of a modest roadside stand, where the downpour rat-ta-tat-tats like a snare drum on the metal roof. Our nine-year-old twins Michaela and Talia are laughing and shaking off like puppies, when we all look up and see that we're face-to-face with a whole, golden-brown, spit-roasting pig.
We've been driving over Puerto Rico's Sierra de Guardarraya mountains, crawling up and down the steeply peaked, brilliant green hills, looking for lunch. Our destination? Route 184, also known as La Ruta de Lechón — the Roast Pork Highway.
Along Route 184, lechoneras (pork stands) crowd cheek by jowl, like a spirited roadside carnival. Except instead of Ferris Wheels and cotton candy, there are whole pigs circling over the coals and puffy mounds of mofongo, garlicky mashed plantains.
Confronting our first pig, my husband Alan, the girls, and I settle on our pigout plan: to taste a representative sample of lechón, we'll visit four lechoneras, ordering one meal to share from each.
It's only 11:45 on a Sunday morning, and despite the heavy rain, there's already a crowd chowing down under the precariously-angled tin roof of Lechonera El Monte.
The pig master, a patient older gent in a starched white apron, suggests that we start with a half-pound of pork. He approaches the pig–impaled on a metal rod with its front and hind legs tied, warming over an open fire–and with his machete-like knife, hacks off some meat and piles it on a paper plate.
From the ample buffet of side dishes, including rice, beans, and many variations on the fried-banana theme, we choose arañitas, crispy fritters made from strips of grated plantains. The name, we later learn, means "little spiders."
The twins take our plate over to a picnic table and begin grabbing fistfuls of meat, stuffing it into their mouths as if they hadn't eaten in years.
"Use a fork, please," Alan admonishes. "Don't be piggy."
When the girls pause to roll their eyes at Dad, I take my turn nibbling the falling-off-the-bone-tender pork. It's salty and juicy, tasting of smoke, and well, pig. It's delicious.
Wiping our now-greasy fingers, we call "muchas gracias" to the counterman and dart across the road through the downpour to Lechonera El Rancho Original. A tour bus is unloading its cargo of Sunday-dressed grandpas and grandmas in front of the cafeteria line. When we duck inside to wait our turn, we find an actual sit-down restaurant. The walls are decorated with cowboy pictures, and there's an indoor restroom. This apparently counts for upscale on the lechón trail.
From a similar selection of pig and side dishes, plus a row of longaniza — long sausages dangling above the rotisserie — we opt for another half-pound of meat. Perhaps the busload of patrons raised our expectations too high, but this pork tastes drier and blander.
Up the road at the even more modest El Tabonuco, our next stop, the sign boasts, "Sin musica, pero con cariño" — "Without music but with love." A pig roasts over a kettledrum grill, and the other customers are a group of nuns, dressed in luminous white habits. The unadorned pork we try, seasoned only with salt and pepper, is simple, almost spare. Perhaps it's the lechón version of the nuns' life.
Several other lechoneras line this stretch of the highway, but they're empty and rather forlorn, so we get back in the car and continue along Route 184 until we spot a banner advertising Lechonera Los Gemelos — "The Twins."
It must be a sign. We stop and unload our own twins from the car.
Under another seemingly makeshift picnic shelter, this one plastered with posters advertising cigarettes and beer, we order one more half-pound of pork, along with a mound of what looks like pale roast potatoes. They turn out to be sweet, creamy yams.
And the pork?
The moist, juicy meat is scented with smoke and nicely seasoned with plenty of salt and pepper. A shake of vinegary hot sauce is the perfect complement.
The lechón at our first stop was excellent, but here at the end of this pig tale, as we pile back into the car and continue on through the rain toward the urban bustle of San Juan, all four of us are in hog heaven.
If you go…
Puerto Rico's lechoneras cluster along Route 184, between KM 29 and 27. From San Juan, take Highway 2 south to Route 184, then head east. It's about an hour's drive.
Mid-day on Saturdays and Sundays are the busiest pork times. Some lechoneras are open weekends only, while others are open Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday.
It helps to speak some Spanish, but since service at most lechoneras is cafeteria-style, pointing works pretty well, too.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company can give you more information about travel to the island.
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Of all the times I have bitched about DeKalb County and Georgia Courts being corrupt as hell, I ain't the only one saying it! I knew that GA Power bought and paid for Judge Becker in DeKalb County Superior Court. It was a cut and dry case, we won. GA Power claimed to have an easement over our property. They had a document that had the wrong Land Lot and wrong District, the street was spelled wrong. She would not rule on the document, and GA Power claimed that we wanted a ruling on the ultimate issue. There was only one issue, whether or not they had a legal easement. The didn't.
In the end, Becker gave GA Power easement over our whole property, when we had been dismissed with prejudice two years before she ruled. She only dismissed with prejudice because she would not grant recusal, and she ended up being named a defendant in our Federal Court case. She can't rule over our property, when there is no longer a Plaintiff, and the case was not an in rem case. I am curious how much she was paid to do all that she did to us.
Now… check this out:
From: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/judge-in-dekalb-schools-corruption-case-responds-t/nh4f4/
Judge in DeKalb schools corruption case responds to criticism
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker on Monday acknowledged that she was the subject of a state judicial investigation but she also disputed allegations that she had met improperly with attorneys for a former school construction official and her ex-husband who were convicted of racketeering.
Becker has been at the center of a back-and-forth of rulings, orders and motions concerning her decisions in the misdemeanor case against former DeKalb School Superintendent Crawford Lewis and the felony cases against Pat Reid and architect Tony Pope, who prosecutors said manipulated school construction projects to enrich themselves. The State Court of Appeals has weighed in several times in response to orders Becker has issued and motions filed by District Attorney Robert James, who accused the judge of 14 years of improprieties.
It began when Becker refused to support a plea deal of 12 months probation in exchange for Lewis' truthful testimony against Reid and Pope; Lewis struck the deal to avoid a possible felony racketeering case and decades in prison. Becker sentenced Lewis to jail, instead of probation, because she said she did not believe him, setting of the flurry of legal filings over the past year.
Last Friday, James wrote a filing with the Georgia Court of Appeals that Becker was biased and had tipped off defense lawyers before throwing out Reid's and Pope's convictions and ordering the two released from prison immediately. That would give Pope's lawyers a chance to recall their notice of appeal and replace it with a motion for a new trial, which would keep the case under Becker's control.
On Monday, in a statement emailed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Becker responded to some of those criticisms.
Becker said there was nothing improper about contacting Reid's and Pope's attorneys because she was only asking for information about where they were serving their prison sentences so she would know where to send the order that they be released pending a new trial.
Becker overturned their convictions because she said they were based on testimony she thought was untruthful, but the state Court of Appeals followed up by saying her order should not be enforced until a hearing.
In her statement, Becker ticked off the allegations raised in the DA's filing but she also acknowledged that the Judicial Qualifications Commission was investigating "the procedural actions in case." But she learned of the JQC review weeks before the back-and-forth that started with the court of appeals last month. She did not elaborate on what issue was before the JQC and she declined to comment beyond what she had written.
"To my knowledge, prior to last week, no allegations of misconduct had been filed by anyone," Becker said.
Becker wrote that the district attorney had filed a "written, supposedly confidential, complaint with the JQC" that the media reported. "The confidentiality of that process has been breached by others. I stand by my decisions and I will accept any lawful correction of any purported errors," Becker wrote.
The Court of Appeals said Becker had to list the reasons she believed Lewis lied during his testimony, which she did in a subsequent order. The DA countered in another brief, saying she did not give specifics.
"I have, in each and every case before me, made findings of fact based on the evidence as I heard it," Becker said. "I have then applied the law to those facts in making my decisions. I have never considered the position any individual held, who the lawyers were, the socio-economic status, political agendas or any inappropriate matter. I have made decisions based on the law, period."
Becker then writes about conversations she had with Reid's and Pope's lawyers before she issued an order overturning their convictions and setting a new trial. Becker ruled that the two should be released from prison in the meanwhile. Reid was sentenced to 15 years and Pope was serving eight years. They were convicted of manipulating school contracts to benefit Pope and his firm.
"I called their attorneys to verify the exact locations of each defendant," Becker wrote. "It was important that the orders (for their release) go directly to those prisons…. There was no need to involve the DA's office in that procedural communications, just as there had been no need to involve the attorneys for Pope and Reid months earlier when the district attorneys and defendant Lewis' attorneys met with me in my office with the proposed plea deal.
She wrote that while some had said this issue could end her judicial career, it has long been her plan to resign from the seat she has held 14 years because she is getting married next spring.
"I am happily exchanging the very public life of a judge for a very private life with my husband," Becker wrote.
The judge said she will give the governor "my letter of resignation after closing out professional obligations later this year as planned."


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6 Cool Watch Faces for Your Android Wear Smartwatch
If you've read our guide to picking an Android Wear smartwatch Which Android Wear Smartwatch Is Best For You? In the market for an Android Wear smartwatch? Let's compare all the options available now and make the decision easy. Read More and have a shiny new toy on your wrist, congratulations! While Android Wear hasn't really become a must-have yet, it has lots of cool functions that are only getting better as time goes on.
No matter which device you're rocking — perhaps the LG G Watch (our review LG G Watch Review and Giveaway Does the LG G Watch suck or does it manage to justify its $229 price tag? Read More ) or the Moto 360, which we've also reviewed Motorola Moto 360 Android Wear Smartwatch Review and Giveaway The $250 Motorola Moto 360 Android Wear smartwatch fuses beautiful and sleek design with functionality. Read More — Wear allows you to set a custom watch face. The default ones are cool enough, but you go with Android because you want to customize Want to Customize Your Android Device, But Not Sure Where to Start? Android's openness is one of its greatest strengths and makes it possible for most devices to be modified in a number of ways. Customizing your device can add new features and make it feel like... Read More , right? Let's take a look at the coolest faces for your watch.
Secret Agent Watchface
Fans of the N64 classic Goldeneye 007 will recognize this one right away. Coming from a licensed video game that's actually good Licensed Video Games That Were Actually Good [MUO Gaming] If there is one thing licensed games are not typically known for, it's quality. More often than not, licensed games are rushed to market to coincide with a movie or other major media release. It's... Read More , this face duplicates Bond's watch that serves as the in-game pause menu.
In Goldeneye, the bars on the left represent the player's health, while the right shows your body armor. This is cleverly implemented into the watch; the left bars show your phone's remaining battery life 10 Proven and Tested Tips to Extend Battery Life on Android Suffering from poor battery life on Android? Follow these tips to get more juice out of your Android device's battery. Read More and the watch battery shows on the right. Otherwise, there's a digital clock in the center with a faded analog display behind it, along with date display. The developer also plans to feature Google Fit integration when it's available by showing your progress towards your step goal in the bars at the bottom.
Video game fans will obviously love this face, but even if you're not a gamer, this is a cool choice. You can grab it on the Play Store for free.
Fallout Round
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Another gaming-themed watch, this one borrows from a scene in Fallout 3, where you have a basic watch on your wrist instead of your Pip-Boy computer. It features a simple design with Vault Boy's hands as the hands of the watch. The date is displayed in typical watch fashion, too.
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Matrix Face For Android Wear
This Matrix-themed face features the animation code from Neo's computer screen in the movie, giving it a sharp look. It doesn't include any information other than the time, but it's still a cool and eye-catching option. This is a great choice for showing off your new watch to friends, and it's the only one on this list that is animated.
The Matrix is no stranger to computer customization; it's also available as a screensaver for Windows (as well as a WordPress theme The Top 10 Science Fiction Wordpress Themes Read More ), but it no doubt looks cooler on your wrist.
Another option from Facer, this one doesn't reference any pop culture. Instead, it features a no-frills design with words instead of numbers. The date and current battery life are listed at the bottom, so all the info you could need is accessible to you at once.
Watch purists won't be happy with this one, but if you're willing to try something a bit different, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Plus, the black background means you won't be blinded when you use your watch in the dark.
Aviator Watch Face
The most standard watch face out of the group, the Aviator watch face mimics the full-featured watches pilots relied on in the early days of flight 5 Websites On Aircrafts & The History Of Flight Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; that wasn't just the title of the 1965 British comedy film but also the title that should be bestowed on those fearless men who managed the modern miracle... Read More . It brings not just the time, but also a battery indicator, date and day of week dial, and the current weather and temperature. You'll feel like a real pilot 3 Best Free Flight Simulators To Pretend You Know How To Fly For me, there are only two kinds of simulator games which actually get me interested - city management games and flight simulators. However, anyone who's looked at getting a simulation game will have quickly discovered... Read More !
Even if you aren't into aviation, this face still features a slick, modern look, and will be more appropriate in formal situations than some of the above. If you aren't willing to compromise on style for your smartwatch, this is the choice for you. Aviator Watch Face is $1 on Google Play.
Rebecca Minkoff Watch Face [No Longer Available]
Featuring another classy style, this watch face is clean and doesn't show anything more than the time. By using "studs" instead of numbers, it creates a chic look, so it's perfect if you have a fancy band on your watch. The Minoff design is also more feminine than the others, if that's a consideration.
Got The Time?
These six choices are far from the only offerings that Android Wear offers for telling time in style, but they're a good sampling for everyone. Google is rolling out a big update to Android Wear which means even more watch faces will be popping up soon. For a sneak peak at some of the first, check out the new page on the Play Store devoted to watch faces.
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As you search for a Christian therapy school for girls in Apopka, Florida, it may be helpful to consider Lakeland Girls Academy. LGA is a Teen Challenge program, well known for over 60 years as one of the most effective therapeutic programs for teenagers in the country, Christian or not. Teenage girls attend our program from states across the nation, including from Apopka, Florida.
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With 2017 drawing to a close, Triptease is taking a look back at the past year in hospitality and to make some predictions for the coming 12 months.
Neither is an easy task when you consider just how different the industry looks today than it did on January 1st; who would have thought that by December we'd be talking about the potential for direct bookings to come through OTAs? But since we love a challenge, we've given it a go anyway. Here goes!
What will 2017 be remembered for?
The explosive growth of Google Hotel Ads.
It's been a big year for metasearch, but we've singled out one platform, Google Hotel Ads, because
it's now become a compelling investment for hotels of all shapes and sizes. Plus, it's Google after all — an advertising juggernaut with the most sophisticated bidding capabilities. Hotel Ads is integrated with other Google tools like Maps, so there's little need for consumers to navigate to the hotel website. The tech giant sees further progress in travel via its Assistant technology, which is already built into 100 million devices, so watch this space.
What event or trend do you expect 2018 to be remembered for?
The rise of messaging.
At the last count, more than one billion of us are using messaging apps. For most, the likes of WhatsApp and WeChat are primarily for communicating with friends and family, but businesses are trying to change that. They have been making inroads — the ability to chat with businesses has been creeping into search engine results recently — but we expect 2018 to be the year that messaging goes mainstream in the commercial world.
What investment should hotels think about in 2018?
Using live chat on websites.
Given the number of people using messaging, live chat is an unmissable opportunity for hotels to create direct and personal connections with guests. Hotels already using it say it smooths the booking process, drives conversions and enhances the guest experience. What's more, with advances in technology like artificial intelligence, chat is becoming more viable for even small hotels or independents.
If you want to know how to make the most of live chat, read our interview with Thomas Griffiths, the product manager behind Front Desk, Triptease's chat feature designed specifically for hotels.
What will be the biggest challenge for hotels in 2018?
Stamping out rogue distribution.
The time hoteliers are having to dedicate to policing how their rates are being sold remains a major concern. Whether its wholesalers passing on rates to Amoma or undercutting by OTAs, its a drain on resources that detract from what hotels do best — serve their customers. It's a long-standing problem and one we will be working with our hotel partners on in 2018.
What will be the biggest opportunity for hotels in 2018?
Improving guest experience.
Book direct campaigns so far have largely centred on price, but hoteliers are now looking at the next piece of the puzzle — competing on the entire guest experience. Technology is enabling hotels to create frictionless online interactions, analyse data to provide personalised service, better advertise their rooms and speak to their customers at their convenience. There is only more innovation to come and the most successful hotels will be thinking now about how to use that to their advantage.
If you're thinking of addressing your online guest experience, check out our introduction to user experience design.
Ok, that's probably enough crystal ball gazing from us for now. But do you agree or disagree with our predictions? We'd love to hear what you think has left its mark on 2017 and what you will be bracing for in 2018. Get in touch at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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(Hard) Cradle Of Filth
From The Cradle To Enslave
Two thousand fattened years like maniacs
Have despoiled our common grave
Now what necrophagous Second Coming backs
From the cradle to enslave?
Sickle constellations
Stud the belts that welt the sky
Whilst the bitter winter moon
Prowls the cloud, dead-eyed
Like shifting parent flesh
Under silk matricide...
Watchful as she was upon Eden
Where every rose arbour and orchard she swept
Hid the hissing of a serpent Libido
In an ancient tryst with catastrophe
Soon the be kept
Hear that hissing now on the breeze
As through the plundered groves of the carnal garden
A fresh horror blows but ten billion souls
Are blind to see the rotting wood for the trees
This is the theme to a better Armageddon
Nightchords rake the heavens
And what use are prayers to that god?
As devils bay concensus for the space to piss
On your smouldering faith
And the mouldering face
Of this world long a paradise lost
This is the end of everything
Hear the growing chora that a new dawn shall bring
Danse macabre 'neath the tilt of the zodiac
Now brighter stars shall reflect on our fate
What sick nativities will be freed when those lights burn black?
The darkside of the mirror always threw our malice back...
I see the serpentine in your eyes
The nature of the beast as revelations arrive
Our screams shall trail to Angels
For those damned in flames repay
All sinners lose their lot on Judgement Day
We should have cut our looses as at Calvary
But our hearts like heavy crosses held the vain belief
Salvation, like a promised nation
Gleamed a claim away...
This is the end of everything you have ever known
Buried like vanquished reason
Death is season
Drive like the drifting snow
Peace, a fragile lover, left us fantasising war
On our knees or another fucker's shore
Heiling new flesh
Read, then roared
To a crooked cross and a Holy Cause
What else be whipped to frenzy for?
This is the end of everything
Rear the tragedies
That the Seraphim shall sing
Old adversaries
Next to Eve
Now they're clawing back
I smell their cumming
As through webbed panes of meat
Led by hoary Death
They never left
Dreaming sodomies
To impress on human failure
When we've bled upon our knees
Tablatures of gravel law
Shall see Gehennah paved
When empires fall
And nightmares crawl
From the cradle to enslave....
This is the end of everything
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Around the Florida and the nation, police and parents are seeing a growing trend for teenage girls to settle disputes with their fists. According to statistics, one out of every four episodes of teen violence is perpetrated by teenage girls, up from just a generation ago when it was one and 10. The Justice Department said that it is not just boys anymore but violence among girls is increasing.
In Winter Haven, Florida, two teenagers were accused of beating a girl in a fight and posting the fight online. The alleged perpetrators were Walter Bouiye, 18, of 1695 Marshall Road and his 16-year old sister. Bouiye was booked Wednesday into Polk County Jail and charged with child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His sister was charged with battery and taken to the juvenile detention center; the police withheld her name because she is a juvenile and charged with a misdemeanor-level crime. Of course, any person including a juvenile charged with a crime will be entitled to defend himself or herself against the charges through the legal representation of a Florida criminal defense lawyer or the services of the Public Defender's office.
The incident occurred on Monday about 4:30 p.m. on Marshall Road when the brother and sister approached the 14-year-old victim in the neighborhood. According to the police, Bouiye's sister and the 14-year-old began to fight over a boy. Bouiye jumped in and punched the 14-year-old in the head, and then at one point kicked her on the right side of her face, police said. Someone broke up the fight and the crowd ran away as the police arrived. Officers were able to identify the brother and sister through witnesses at the scene, but the video of the fight online also helped.


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May 20, 2007
Sally Kathryn Miller Young, 85, passed away peacefully in her home Sunday, May 20, 2007, surrounded by family and friends.
The family will receive friends and relatives from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Wayne Boze Funeral Home.
The celebration of her life will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 23 at First United Methodist Church, Waxahachie, with interment at DFW National Cemetery, Dallas.
Donations may be made to Ellis County SPCA, 2750 FM 878, Waxahachie, TX 75165; Baylor Hospital Auxiliary, 1405 W. Jefferson, Waxahachie, TX 75165; First United Methodist Church, 505 W. Marvin, Waxahachie, TX 75165.
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I was getting soaked to the skin in my white dress and scarf, as I had been walking for several blocks in this torrential downpour in an effort to just get back to my friend's house. The white scarf on my head was doing pretty well to protect my hair from the elements, but my white dress was ruined by the rain. So there I was, lost and alone in a city I didn't know, getting hopelessly soaked by the rain, and I still had at least a mile left to go before I reached my friend's house. Just as I had given up on ever finding a taxi in this weather, I saw a man rushing to get inside of his limo.
I remember a time, not so long ago, when I had gone out one evening and got caught in the rain. I had been walking, so I thought I was stuck out in the bad weather. I was getting soaked to the skin in my white dress and scarf, as I had been walking for several blocks in this torrential downpour in an effort to just get back to my friend's house. The white scarf on my head was doing pretty well to protect my hair from the elements, but my white dress was ruined by the rain. So there I was, lost and alone in a city I didn't know, getting hopelessly soaked by the rain, and I still had at least a mile left to go before I reached my friend's house. Just as I had given up on ever finding a taxi in this weather, I saw a man rushing to get inside of his limo.
Out of sheer exhaustion and desperation, I ran up to the man and explained that I was hopelessly lost and was trying to make it back to my friend's house. I asked him, "Would you be willing to come to my rescue and give me a ride to my friend's house?" He was dark and handsome and there was something about the way that he smiled up at me that put me unnaturally at ease. My common sense told me to be wary of him, but he was so handsome as he said, "Your chariot awaits you, my lady." He was charming too. I was in trouble for sure. LoL. I got in the limo with him and thanked him for picking me up. He looked me right in the eyes as he told me, "It's my pleasure to be of service to you, my dear." Our eyes locked for what seemed like a long time. The more he looked at me, the more it felt as though he was looking right into me. In an incredibly soothing voice he said, "You should relax." I instantly felt completely at ease. He invited me to come to his villa for the night and, before I could think to say anything else, I found myself saying, "Okay."
The next thing I remember is pulling up to his estate, which could only be described as beautiful. When we pulled to a stop at the front of the mansion, the gentleman exited the limo first and then extended a hand to help me get out. Things are fuzzy after that. I don't remember going into the house, or what it looked like, though judging by the exterior, the interior must've been equally impressive. The next thing I clearly remember is sitting on the end of his beautiful four post canopy bed, which was covered in red and black satin sheets on the mattress, and which had sheer red curtains draping down the posts of the bed. I looked up at him and saw that his shirt was off but that he was still in his dress pants. It was immediately apparent, even in my disoriented state of mind that he had a massive hard on in his pants.
Everything happened in a blur of sensations and flashes of memory, like I was moving through a waking dream. I remember him suggesting that I make myself more comfortable on the bed by laying down on it. Somehow doing as he asked felt like the most natural thing in the world. I lay my head down on the black satin pillows as he crawled up to me on the red satin sheets. The next thing I remember is the feel of his cool hands on my skin and I realized that I somehow wasn't in my soaking wet white dress anymore. I was naked and I became aware of his long fingers running through my golden hair, down my neck in a feather lite touch as he made his way to my heaving chest. He rubbed and massaged my massive tits and sucked on my hard nipples as his fingers danced expertly inside my soaking wet pussy.
He kept his mouth on my nipple as he moved to take off his belt and remove his pants. He gently put his hand on my inner thigh as he said, "Open for me, my sweet. Let me come into you and I promise you bliss unlike any you have ever known before." My desire burned so hotly for him that my legs began to part even as he was still speaking to me. He moved on top of me, careful to place all of his weight on his hands as they dug into the red satin sheets. He gently and slowly slid his hard cock inside of my throbbing pussy. His thrusts inside of me were careful and measured as though he feared that he might break me if he wasn't exactingly careful with my body. But I could feel the force he exerted on the mattress as his hands dug into the bed on either side of my head. I could feel the rock hard strain in his every muscle as he so carefully pushed in and out of my slick pussy. He began to move faster and faster inside of my tight pussy hole. Just as he shot his unbelievably hot load inside of me he brought his mouth down to my breast and sucked it so hard that it almost hurt. That was when I felt his teeth sink into the tender flesh of my breast, which filled my entire body with thrilling pleasure that was beyond any I had ever known before. My body felt so incredibly good, in so many places all at once, that it overwhelmed my dazed mind and I passed out.
I woke the following morning and found myself alone. On the black pillow beside me there was a single red rose and a handwritten note that said, "Thank you my dear, for a wonderful night. You will find your clothes cleaned and pressed and laying on the settee at the end of the bed. When you are ready, make your way downstairs and food will be prepared for you. Once you have finished eating, my car will take you anywhere you wish to go. Eternally Yours, Baron Greycastle."
I remembered just enough of the following night to know that I would go crazy if I never experienced him again. So I left a note of my own telling him that he could find me on Phone Sex Kingdom. It was the most strange and erotic experience of my life and he still calls me to this day for hot phone sex that always promises to be more, but which I know will never be. If you have a hot story to share or you just want to have a great time, call me, Loraina. Until next time dear readers, *kisses*.


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African Americans
An African-American generally refers to a person who lives in the United States and speaks English, but whose ancestors were from Africa. It could also describe a first generation African immigrant who has citizenship in the United States. More rarely, it is used for people of African ancestry who live elsewhere in the Americas.
The term is usually associated with "black people". This is because of many African-Americans' dark skin due to having Sub-Saharan African ancestors. Many Africans were brought to the United States in the slave trade. Many of the U.S. population (especially in many urban or city areas) are African-American. Many others live in rural areas in the Southern United States. Detroit has the highest percent of blacks in the nation, and many live in other big cities. Cities with the highest percent of African Americans are Jackson, Mississippi; New Orleans; Memphis; Miami Gardens; and Savannah, Georgia.[1] New York and Chicago have the largest population of African Americans. Other cities with a high African American population is Baltimore, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Baton Rouge, Washington, D.C. and Dallas. States with the highest percentage of African Americans are Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. The British, the Dutch and the French imported African-American slaves to United States. African-American slaves worked on cotton plantations for white people in the South. Discrimination and racism against African Americans is common in the United States especially to White Americans around the Jim Crow laws along with Mexican Americans.[2] The first African slaves brought to the British colony Jamestown, Virginia were from Angola sent on a Dutch slave ship. They were kidnapped by the Portuguese.[3][4] African slaves were brought to the Americas after the genocide of Native Americans by the British settlers. Their oppression and enslavement is similar to Gypsies in Europe.[5]
African-American refers to a specific range of diverse cultures with a common thread of ethnic connection to Africa. This term was created to describe an ethnic/cultural link to Africa for people who are American, much as in the case of Italian Americans, Irish Americans, or Polish Americans. The difference is that Italian Americans and Polish Americans know they are Americans of Italian or Polish (not general European) descent.
The 'African' in African-American acknowledges the connection to a number of African cultures, not one in particular. The 'American' shows the nationality and culture of the United States. A person born in Nigeria is still Nigerian even if he or she comes to the United States and lives here for the rest of their life. If that person wants to say that they are an American citizen, they would simply say "I am an American citizen". His American-born children could correctly call themselves Nigerian-American OR African-American.
Some Caribbeans such as Jamaicans do not identify as African American, even if they have African ancestry.[6]
Language and societyEdit
With their American born children came the first generation of English speaking African Americans. But this development was not the same all over the country. For example; even today the Gullah of the Sea Islands off the Carolina and Georgia coasts still speak a language that is a blend of several African languages. They are the descendants of slaves from different countries in Africa.
In the United States when Americans say African-American or Black, they are referring to the same people. Both terms describe an ethnic group that came to exist in the United States. The Africans who were brought to America as slaves were from different nationalities and did not all speak the same language. They became a new blended ethnic group with a new language that was not their own: English.
Blacks used to be segregated in schools but since the 1960s were able to join major schools, colleges and universities. In the second half of the 20th century, reading-ability rates for blacks increased.
African Americans have European ancestry along with Native American ancestry. African American men took Japanese women as war brides during the war in Japan.[7] Interracial marriage with white people and Hispanics such as Puerto Ricans is common.[8]
In America, and from an American point of view, the term 'Black' is often applied to other ethnic groups throughout the world who do not necessarily see themselves as Black, such as Australian Aborigenes, for example. African American culture was born in the United States and is distinct from any single African culture.
African-American is a term that many Black people chose to call themselves because they found the term "Negro" offensive.
In America there are many immigrants of mixed race that includes African descent, like Cape Verdeans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. These groups, by and large, do not think of themselves as Black or African American and object to these labels.
Many mixed race Americans also resist pressure to identify themselves as Black or White. Blasians and Afro-Hispanics also resist pressure.
African Americans have influenced various forms of music, including Hip hop, R&B, funk, rock and roll, soul, blues, and other contemporary American musical forms while older black forms of music included blues, doo-wop, barbershop, ragtime, bluegrass, jazz, and gospel music. Michael Jackson, an African-American pop singer, released an album called Thriller in 1982 which is the best-selling album of all time. In the nineties Beyonce Knowles became famous as the lead singer of the R&B girl band Destiny's Child. In the 2000s she started releasing music on her own. Her first album Dangerously in Love sold 11 million copies and won five Grammy Awards. African-American rappers Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Drake are considered one of the best selling artists.
Black culture has been the subject of documentaries. For example, the award-winning Black Is, Black Ain't explores black identity. Good Hair discusses the significance of having 'good hair' for black women in American culture.
There is a National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.
Protestant Christianity is the most practised religion by African Americans.
Soul food is eaten by African Americans. An example of soul food is fried chicken.[9]
Related pagesEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to African Americans.
- ↑ https://www.infoplease.com/us/race-population/ten-cities-100000-or-more-highest-percentage-blacks-or-african-americans-2000-and
- ↑ https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/racism-america-black-african-american-culture-news-latest-world-news-today-20126/
- ↑ https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
- ↑ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/20/roma-african-americans-common-struggle
- ↑ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/21/black-history-african-american-definition/1002344001/
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerethnhist.39.1.0035?seq=1
- ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/conjugal-misconduct/blackwhite-intermarriage-the-backlash-against-miscegenation-and-the-push-for-racial-amalgamation/3DB547DFC50517F39484D6D454579144
- ↑ https://aaregistry.org/story/soul-food-a-brief-history/


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Nadine returned from the US, picking up her own Secret Santa gift and bringing me a number of items that I had ordered, including:
* A starter box of Netrunner
* The ten box starter deck of Middle Earth CCG (seemed pretty cheap at $36)
* Oxford A to Z of Word Games (looks amazing)
* Polyominoes
* some other books and Hanukkah presents for the kids
I'm going to my cousin's son's Bar Mitzvah this weekend, and I'm bringing: Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Saboteur, Set, Netrunner (just to read the rules), For Sale, two decks of cards, and Tichu. That should cover most combinations of sizes, ages, and relatives in groups.
Welcome NPR readers, and all have a happy weekend. Stay tuned for my fives and tens of the game group, and I'll see you on the other side of shabbat.