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What DOES the First Amendment Say?
Once again, another court case is on the books regarding separation of church and state. This time due to high-school officials taking down a copy of the Ten Commandments from a student's locker. Fortunately, this was reversed and the student is now allowed to post the Commandments on his locker again.
Since It's Gross…We Can Admit It's Bad
Recently, I read a news article about the now famous (or infamous) abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell who was recently charged with eight counts of murder for abortions he performed. The story is not for the faint of heart, so if you're going to read the entire article, please be prepared.
Human Rights – Abortion
According to our founding fathers, there are certain rights we have that are attributed to the fact that we are human. These rights, according to the Declaration of Independence, are given to us by our Creator. The list in the Declaration is not exhaustive, as indicated by the preceding phrase "that among these are."
Prayer in Public Schools
Since I've apparently been stuck on the "separation of church and state" thing these past couple weeks, I figured why stop now? Besides, it's given me a lot to think about as far as what constitutes a violation of the First Amendment and what does not. Perhaps it's just me, but it seems as though there is a lot of gray area when it comes to this issue.
More "Separation of Church and State" Issues
Once again, the idea of the separation of church and stately is grossly misunderstood, mis-applied and mis-used. In a news article on OneNewsNow.com, Bill Bumpas writes about a problem at a Chicago school talent show. The problem? Two girls wanted to perform a song with Christian lyrics.
The Politics of Balance
The United States of America is approaching it's 250th year of existence. I hadn't really thought of it that way until just now. But, really, it's only 16 years away. That's not really all that far, when you think about it. It'll be here in the blink of an eye.
Abortion – A Religious Issue or a Secular Issue?
Ever since Roe v. Wade abortion has been quite a hot topic in the United States. It seems like every presidential election, Supreme Court Justice nomination, congressional election and senatorial election, this is one of the major topics of discussion. Where does each given candidate or nominee stand on the abortion issue?
Truth and Relativity
In the ever-present effort to keep religion out of politics (I actually don't think this is even possible, but that's a subject for another time) many Christians are not doing their faith much justice. I'd like to say that I am often surprised at how often people downplay the importance of their faith in their lives, but I can't.
"Obamacare" Will End Up Using Taxpayer Dollars To Fund Abortions
The first set of taxpayer-funded abortions under the new healthcare law President Barack Obama signed has been approved by the Obama administration. Even though Obama and his allies told the public that taxpayers would not be paying for abortions under the law, unsurprisingly they will be.
Hawaii Governor Rejects Same-Sex Civil Unions Bill
In a victory for the fight to maintain the definition of traditional marriage between one man and one woman, Hawaii's Governor, Linda Lingle, vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have legalized same-sex civil unions.


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A day at the beach with no water
It was a nice sunshiny day. There was fun. There was sand. There were even lots of little naked kids running around. The only thing that was really missing was the water. The tide goes out really far on the east coast of Korea leaving behind brown sludge. Someone said that the sand on most Korean beaches is imported from China. That seems plausible because the sand under the sea was not sand at all.
This was another trip planned by William. When William plans a trip there is lots of food, specifically grilled food. William has a Costco card and can get his hands on fine American cuisine like burgers and nacho cheese.
But if you don't have a Costco card and a William to carry all the food to the beach for you and cook it too, you can simple eat at the restaurant at the beach. They serve seafood and galbi (갈비). If you want to grill your own, the corner store in the park sells raw samgyeopsal (삼겹살) and mini grills. They also sell anything you would ever need except tents, so don't bring anything that would make your backpack too heavy.
Look, Horsies!
There were dune buggies to rent and ride, but they didn't seem like much fun. The area designated for riding was very restricted. Maybe when the beach isn't so crowded they let you go further.
We heard rumors that there were horses at the beach and set off looking for them. At first we couldn't see them, but we could sure smell them. They stunk!
If you ride horses a lot this wouldn't be worth it for you. I just wanted to get on a horse to get my picture taken, to say that I rode a horse in Korea, and so that I could have something to blog about.
It cost 10,000KRW for the short ride and 20,000KRW for the long ride, though the long ride wasn't very long. I took the short ride which involved the owner running along with the bridle of the horse in hand.
The 5 minute ride was totally worth 10,000KRW. Maybe…
The next morning when I woke up, I saw all the people who slept at the beach without shelter. They didn't seem to suffer any ill effects from roughing it the night before. In fact, they slept in later than I did. But it might have been because they were still pretty drunk.
Brittney and I were the only 2 awake/sober women on the beach that morning. We noticed that William left a lot of food from Costco at the beach. There were hot dogs, hot dog buns. and soda cans everywhere. We felt that since the people from our group left them and they were now gone, it was our responsibility to clean it up.
As we were cleaning up we noticed an unopened jar of salsa sauce. Then she found an unopened jar of cheese dip. Then I found a jar of dill pickles. Then we found more salsa and cheese dip and cans of soda; all unopened. My first thought was how to get this stuff back to William; he left before sunset the previous night. But then Brittney said that it was too much trouble to give it back to William, besides he left it here. He wanted us to have it. Since we were the only ones to clean up, we should divide it between us and keep it.
Her logic seemed sound to me.
South Korea
How to get there:
- You can enter by plane, boat, or train, though entry by train is rare if not damn impossible for most non-presidents of North or South Korea.
- Most citizens from many countries do not need to get a visa before going to South Korea.
- People of most nationalities will get a 90-day visa at the airport or ferry port.
- To be completely sure, check with the Korean embassy in your country.
- Useful Phone Numbers when in South Korea
- Tourist Complaint Center 02-735-0101
- Police 112
- Ambulance and Fire 119
- Eat Your Kim Chi – Life in Korea as lived by 2 Canadians
- Korea is a generally safe country. You don't really have to watch out for pickpockets,muggers, or scam artists.
- You should watch out when crossing the streets, beware of scooters on the sidewalk, and the little old ladies that will push you to get that last seat on the bus or subway.
- Use common sense and you will be okay.
- Things are generally inexpensive and there are many wonderful things to buy.
Enjoy Korea! I live there for 2 years and had a fantastic time.
How to get there:
From Seoul:
Go to Incheon Airport. To get to the airport you can either take an airport limousine which costs about 8,000KRW depending on where you get on or take the subway and transfer to the airport line. The airport line is a bit more expensive than the other subway lines. It costs about 4,500KRW to use. You can use your T-money card on both the airport subway line and the airport limousine for a discount.
In the future Incheon Airport will not be the last stop. They are building a new parking lot and the line will someday end there. But until they do, you will have to get off at Incheon Airport and walk over to the departures and arrival area.
Go to the 3rd floor and stand between sections 5 & 6. You can use your T-money card to take bus #222 to the Jam Jin Ferry Terminal (잠진도산작천). This bus comes by once an hour and it will be beyond packed during the summer.
There is heavy traffic during the peak season so if when you get to the little bridge, the bus isn't moving much, get out and walk. You'll get to the ferry faster.
The ferry to Muuido cost 3,000KRW for individuals and 20,000KRW for cars. It doesn't matter how many people are in the car. The trip is free coming back.
Make sure to have a 1,000KRW note for the bus ride to the beach and another one to come back to the ferry. The bus on Muuido island doesn't give change and you can't use your T-money card.
To enter the beach it costs 2,000KRW for an adult. If you bring your own tent you have to pay an extra 5,000KRW per tent in addition to the entrance fee. No one checks that you've paid your tent fee once you get in though. (I am in no way condoning skipping out on paying the tent fee, but if you manage to get in without paying don't freak out.)
There are bungalows for rent along the beach. They are very small and seem to be worth it more in the spring or fall since they have heated floors. Most people who did not have tents just slept under the stars on nice summer nights. Well, most of the foreigners did… well, mostly the drunk ones.
I don't know how much the bungalows cost.
There are showers that cost 2,000KRW to use. They're not that bad. It seemed to me that most of the people there used the free foot washing area to do all their bathing. If you are not Korean and you plan to do this be prepared to be stared at.
There was a time when the gate was closed and no one new could enter the park, but I don't know what time that was.
The bus on Muuido Island does not give change or use T-Money cards. You need to use exact change for each ride. It cost 1,000KRW per person per ride. You will need a 1,000KRW note going and another one leaving.


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With the vocals of LA funkmeister Big Bully heavy in the mix, 'She Is Moving' is a departure for Dinky. But because it's doused in a cocktail of tinny effects, the result is a familiar one—the vocals sounding not unlike Jorge González on Villalobos' '4 Wheel Drive'. The Chilean flavour is also present in the wriggling undercurrent, but the vocals are tamer. It's your standard stateside piffle about love and dancing or some such. Dinky tries to mix incongruous elements—clunky keyboard melodies, boompity house beats and androgynous singing—but this feels forced, and the result confusing and rather flat.
'Da 20s' more than makes up for it, dragging minimal jitters through deep-house girth, emerging slow and saucy like a Matias Aguayo number. Snatches of voices creep through the cracks, as do myriad ruffled samples, but it's the drums which captivate: big, bold creatures where mere hints are expected. This is perfect early morning chug material, a long low tool, and makes this release well worthwhile.
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I follow Courtney Josephs blog Women Living Well fairly regularly for awhile now. I read one of her blog posts that seemed to go "viral" in the Christian mom facebook realm. Then another and...When I first started to look at her stuff I watched her Rachel Ray segment in the side bar.
Women Living Well: Finding your Joy in God, Your Man, Your Kids, and Your Home- fabulous book! It is not so much another "how to" book, more of a refocus type. I loved reading it as a mom because it was easily broken up in sections that were quick enough to read in one nursing or rocking session;-). I truly really fully enjoyed this book and HIGHLY recommend it!
Here are a few of my favorite quotes as she talks about Your walk with God,Your Marriage,Your Parenting,Your Homemaking and Media:
" Do you want to be a better wife? Study your Bible. Do you want to be a better mother? Study your Bible. Do you want to be a better homemaker? Study your Bible."
"Why is it noble to help men in the workplace, help orphans, help widows, help your pastor, help the neighbors, or help your parents, but degrading to help your husband?"
"Ask yourself, 'If the pastor of my church put up on a large screen all the comments, status updates, and pictures I've posted for the entire congregation to see…is there anything that would embarrass me?"
"Yelling at the bud won't make it bloom."
"Take hope in this: it was flawed mamas who raised the greatest world changers. Abraham Lincoln reportedly said, "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother." The Statue of Liberty was modeled after the sculptor's mother. Hundreds of people each day go and visit Lady Liberty and look up at the sculptor's greatest influencer: his mom! Do Super Bowl football players look into the camera and say, "Hi, Dad!"? No! They say, "Hi, Mom!" We know of many famous women who have accomplished much in this world. Their names are in lights, but think of the many unnamed women who rocked the cradle of great men and women who changed the world. They will forever be unnamed, but their influence is forever with us.Dear mamas, do not lose heart. Do not grow weary of doing good (Gal. 6:9). We are raising the next generation, and we can't do it alone. We need to daily be on our knees in prayer, not just for our husband and children, but for ourselves! Walk with the King!"
"As I looked at my little guy, I saw a mirror. So many of my son's flaws were my own flaws. It was painful. I would tell him to be patient with his sister while I was impatient with him. I would tell him to use self-control while steam was pouring out my own ears when he got into trouble. But each year as he grew older, I noticed that I also had grown one year older. As he matured, I matured. It was during the preschool years that I realized together we were growing in our walk with the Lord and becoming more like Christ as God revealed our flaws through the flow of family life. "
So, what makes Courtney's book so much different than all the other christian "self help" books. Courtney is very clear that there is no cookie cutter answer and that our foundations should all be the same Biblical principles but how they are applied in our different marriages and homes may look differently depending on the people who are in them. For example some things are disrespectful to all men,whereas each husband has his specific things that he may say are disrespectful and those get to be defined by him,not you or anyone else.
Another thing I loved that she talked about was school choices. Normally when I think about Deuteronomy 6:7 which says "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up." I think of homeschooling, for our family that is the way I see I can BEST accomplish diligently teaching my children. My husband and I agree on it and although my kids can " drive me bonkers" I LIKE being home with them, I want them in my care, I enjoy teaching them things and for now as long as we feel lead that is what we are going to be doing. However Courtney actually has some very encouraging words on the schooling. She herself home schools but she speaks about her parents and how they diligently taught her and that they worked their best to protect her and her siblings and put their foot down when necessary with friends and just really had some good things to say about school choices. She is not judgmental, she is not rigid or legalistic. Here is a quote" I faced spiritual warfare in school, and my parents joined me in the battle. When we moved from our old house years ago I stumbled across this note from fifth grade that my mom had written to my teacher..." It goes on to talk about a film that was PG rated and how her mother did not want her to watch it, that the note made her squirm and she did sit in the hallway but that her parents made that decision for her when she was too young to stand for herself/needed help.
The other part I really enjoyed was how she talked about her parents in regards to media and other "strict" rules and something I found which explains why there was probably no rebellion in the house is that her parents followed the same rules for themselves as they gave to them in regards to media. Here is a exert of their movie standards:
1. If an unmarried couple came into your home, would you allow them to make love on your couch? Certainly not!....
2. If you were taking Jesus in the flesh with you to the theater, would you take Him to see this movie? Or would you be embarrassed about the sin displayed, for which Hew as beaten and then nailed on a cross?
3. Your eyes take in images that your mind cannot erase....(Philippians 4:8 "Whatever is true,whatever is honorable,whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is any worthy of praise,think on these things."
Courtney talks about the Media revolution and its affects our parenting, she talks about changing the atmosphere of your home, she talks about submission in marriage, just so much that is beneficial. I love that in each section she has a little list of overview points, I am tempted to print them all out and put them around my house;-). Really though, this book has been so helpful to me and I highly recommend it. You know how we talk about women being empowered with the women's movement, birth control, womens rights of all sorts and that type of thing? Courtney's book is true empowering a little more counter cultural-frankly its more CHRIST cultural-finding empowerment through what Christ intended for us as women. If we want something to empower us and make us feel great about our roles, maybe we should stop looking elsewhere for our fulfillment and start looking at Christ and what HE values. He values us having a relationship with him, and serving.
And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27


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The Mega Winger (メガウインガー Mega Uingā) is the personal mecha of MegaSilver which first appeared in a cameo appearance at the end of episode 35, but made its first actual battle debut in the following episode. Developed in secret by Yuusaku as an addition to the "Space Mega Project", Mega Winger could change from Flyer Mode (フライヤーモード Furaiyā Mōdo) to Fighter Mode (ファイターモード Faitā Mōdo) in phenomenal speed with the command "Blitzkrieg Transformation" (電撃変形 Dengeki Henkei).
Mega Winger's main weapon was the Winger Cannon (ウインガーキャノン Uingā Kyanon) a bow shaped four barreled blaster which required both hands to operate. It could also generate a hexagonal energy shield in front of itself and has the ability to donate its Mega Wing (メガウイング Mega Uingu) to Mega Voyager, transforming it into Wing Mega Voyager.
In episode 50, Mega Winger was badly damaged by Burning Yugande while defending the I.N.E.T. Moonbase. Though Yuusaku was able to get it moving and used it to free the Voyager Machines from the rubble of the Moonbase, the strain of doing so while damaged ultimately caused Mega Winger to break down for good.
Wing Mega Voyager
When Mega Winger donates its Mega Wing, Mega Voyager becomes Wing Mega Voyager (ウイグメガボイジャー Uingu Mega Boijā). In this form, Mega Voyager gains increased aerial flight capabilities and a new finisher called Winger Spartan (ウインガースパルタン Uingā Suparutan) where the Voyager Spartan is fired while in flight. During episode 39, the Megarangers were able to form Wing Mega Voyager without the Mega Winger being present.
Appearances: Megaranger Episodes 36-37, 39, 41, Denji Sentai Megaranger vs. Carranger
In Gokaiger, Mega Winger's Mega Wing serves as the Greater Power of the Megarangers, which is granted to the Gokaigers by Kenta. Ep. 39: Why? We're High School Students When Gokai Silver used the Mega Silver Ranger Key, it summoned the Mega Wing onto GoZyuJin's back, forming Wing GoZyuJin (ウイング豪獣神 Uingu Gōjūjin) and allowing it to perform the Gokai Spartan (ゴーカイスパルタン Gōkai Suparutan) where Wing GoZyuJin performs a flying drill thrust that destroyed multiple Zangyack ships. Ep. 50: The Day of Battle
Mega Winger's transformation sequence and jet mode are similar to Daidenzin.
See Also
- Mega Winger (In Space) - Power Rangers counterpart in In Space. See comparison page.


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Dr. Stelios Grafakos is an environmental economist with 15 years of work experience in the field of environment, sustainability and climate change. Stelios is currently working as a scientific advisor and researcher in the field of urban sustainability and climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS). His research interests and experience lie in urban sustainability assessment and evaluation, environmental decision-making and analysis, environmental economics and ecosystems valuation, and urban low carbon and climate resilient development and planning. He has been leading several advisory, research and capacity-building assignments for clients such as the European Commission, UN-HABITAT, The World Bank, Inter - American Development Bank, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Dutch government. He also coordinates the Urban Climate Change education activities in IHS, such as the Urban Climate Change Management (UCCM) specialization in the Urban Management and Development Master's programme, in addition to short postgraduate courses.


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A MEETING HOSTED BY RNA was held on December 12 with reps from the YMCA (Jesse Greenlee & Julius Agara), Ald. D'Amato & Johnson-Odom, and Sups. Johnson & Broderick about keeping the YMCA Community Development Corp. (CDC) office open at 604 E. Center St. and staffed during 2003. The CDC is funded by CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) funds from the city which were drastically cut by for 2003. Therefore, the Y has had to reduce staff and cut back on overhead. CDC Staff have included Jan Christensen, Community Organizer, who's position was terminated Dec. 31 due to funding cuts. Vince Bushell, Neighborhood Planner, INRS Coordinator (Integrated Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy), is the sole employee. The YMCA CDC planned to close the Center St. office and move the staff person over to the YMCA Holton Youth Center. RNA members, both Aldermen and both Supervisors disagreed with that plan and prefer to have the Center St. office remain open to provide a more prominent and visible location. The YMCA CDC has agreed to a one-month extension – the Center St. office will stay open until January 31. THIS GIVES US TIME TO ACT. We need your help. We would like to raise $5,000 towards office overhead costs. Donations are tax-deductible and any amount will help. ALL earmarked DONATIONS will be used only for the YMCA CDC -Riverwest office, so your money stays right here in the neighborhood to benefit the neighborhood. So sit down, pull out that check book, and make out a check payable to: YMCA. Mail without delay to: YMCA CDC-RIVERWEST 2003 OFFICE CAMPAIGN, 604 E. CENTER ST., MILWAUKEE, WI 53212 Riverwest Currents – Volume 2 – Issue 1 – January 2003
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an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or
Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL);or
Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand,,Australia,Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or
Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters' Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or
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Fast White-Bean Stew
Adapted from Gourmet January 2007
4 servings
2 large garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 (14- to 15-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1 3/4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 (19-ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained (3 cups)
1 (1/2-pound) piece baked ham (1/2 to 3/4 inch thick), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 (5-ounce) bag baby romaine or baby arugula (10 cups loosely packed)
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Cook garlic in 1/4 cup oil in a 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat, stirring, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Coarsely cut up tomatoes in can with kitchen shears, then add (with juice) to garlic in oil. Stir in broth, beans, ham, and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Stir in greens and cook until wilted, 3 minutes for romaine or 1 minute for arugula.


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Mumbai: Bargirls fool a dozen cops, escape through hidden rooms
Police left red-faced after 18-hr operation at Lovely Bar in Santacruz went in vain; they tore down wall after wall, only to realise girls had escaped after climbing the upper floor through a ladder in a secret room
A seemingly routine raid on Thursday night turned into a massive operation for a team from the Mumbai Police's Social Service (SS) Branch, which ended up breaking down three walls of a Santacruz bar in pursuit of the bargirls it had been tipped off about.
Lovely bar
Almost 18 hours after the operation began, the 12 officials realised they had been hoodwinked when the third wall was torn down and revealed a room leading to the upper floor, from where the girls had given the cops the slip. The cops carried out a thorough search of the other floor as well, but had to return empty handed.
Police had to call in construction workers to break down parts of the cement wall. After breaking down three cement doors, they reached a room that revealed a ladder leading to the upper floor
Entering the maze
The Social Service branch had received a tip-off that a lot of girls were present and indecent activities were taking place at Lovely Bar and Restaurant at Gazdhar Bandh road, Santacruz (West).
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Accordingly, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pravin Patil of the Enforcement Department asked a team of the Social Service Branch to secretively carry out a raid on Thursday night.
The tip-off seemed even more credible since Lovely Bar is located near two other bars Starnight and Lakshadeep where raids had been carried out earlier and a large number of bargirls had been found.
"We had confirmed information and accordingly raided the bar, hoping to find some girls there," said Sanjay Salunkhe, police inspector of the SS Branch. When the police raided the bar around 10 pm, however, they only found four girls there a number permissible for an orchestra bar.
Suspecting something amiss, the team spent hours examining every inch of the bar, and realised that one of the mirrors was mounted on a portion of the wall that was actually a cement door and could lead to a secret chamber for the girls to flee from, in case of police raids.
Workers at the bar denied this, and the police had to call in a team of construction workers to break down that portion of the cement wall. "We managed to tear down the cement door behind the mirror, but it took us around two hours," said Salunkhe.
Room two
In the wee hours of Friday, the police managed to enter the space that the cavity led to and reached a make-up room, which did not have any other evident exits. A search, however, revealed another mirror mounted on another cement door.
Room three
Tearing down a portion of the wall led the cops to an unadorned room, where they did not find the girls either. Their suspicions roused, the cops did not give up and found a small gap which hinted at another door in the opposite wall.
Room four
"After breaking down three cement entrances, we reached a room that led the girls to the upper floor. We realised that the girls had managed to flee from there," said Salunkhe.
A search of the first floor of the ground-plus-one structure confirmed that the girls had fled and the police were left red-faced as their hard work, beginning on Thursday night and stretching to Friday evening, had gone to waste. They ended up charging the bar owner under a minor section, which only carries a fine.
"We have booked the bar's licencee under Section 33 (W) of the Bombay Police Act as the licence holder was not present in the bar, and have also informed the Santacruz police about structural violations in the bar under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning (MRTP) Act.
They will inform the BMC about this," said Inspector Vilas Datir of the SS Branch. The police team, which had reached the bar at 10 pm on Thursday, left only at 6 pm yesterday.
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Those anarchists weren't anarchists and I was just trying to understand your perspective by asking about your politics.
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It's literally impossible to support vanguard hierarchy while being an anarchist. It's like saying "I'm vegan but I eat cheeseburgers".
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Fuel+ is a new fuel option that saves you time on your rental return. If you are renting from one of the select locations featuring Fuel+, you will have 2 options: Refuel the car yourself prior to return or utilize the Fuel+ option. If you choose not to refuel yourself, Hertz will refuel the car at the per gallon market price of fuel used, plus a flat convenience fee per transaction.
Where is Fuel+ available?
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What is the convenience fee and how is that applied?
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What if I empty the tank or only use 1-2 gallons?
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How do I explain this to my company to be expensed for business travel?
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I believe in hard-work – it's a good thing. However, too much of a good thing can be bad for you. Life should be a balanced experience – we all need to find (and keep on finding) our equilibrium.
Most people living in London (which is where I live) work super hard. Meeting up for a coffee is a challenge. You want to do it, but often don't because of work, family responsibilities, school or whatever else. So, you live in the same city but do not get to see the people you'd love to see or do the things you'd love to do for years, sometimes. Well, I want to be a lot more intentional about how I spend my time on this Earth!
Barcelona happens to be one of my favorite European cities. This week, I was blessed with 2 'take it easy' days in the city. The weather was beautiful and the trip, although not entirely recreational, so refreshing. I'm not sure what you do for fun (what do you do?), but I enjoyed the old town's beautiful churches, museums, colorful features and narrow streets. I only wish they were a little less crowded, but I guess there's no perfect place under the Sun. Sometimes, we need alone time to relax. At other times, we need to share it with the people we care for. Laughing, talking, eating and sharing my time with this lady here (plus the music, of course) made the trip super special. ♥
Back to the main point of this post – one morning, I was passing through the Las Ramblas boulevard and noticed La Equilibrista (The Balancer). She was petite and super focused which caught my attention. Of course, a yellow head-to-toe coverage and the fact they're standing on a bike's seat also helps you notice a person. 😊 I've digressed again, but check out her balancing act (the short video here). It may look like a passive activity, however, try this for about 30 minutes and I'm sure you'll know that it's not. Such is balancing in real life too – we cannot be passive if we're going to stay balanced.
We're surrounded by people and forces (sometimes intangible) pulling us in so many different directions. For most of us, our culture and surroundings encourage everything but a balanced life. Working hard is good, playing hard (reasonably) is good too and so is praying hard etc. However, we need a little bit of everything to be happy and fulfilled in life.
My recent trip to Barcelona was a treat indeed, so it was a little hard to say "Adios" in the end. But again, I remembered that balance is key and too much of a good thing can be bad for you…
When it's time to go it is time to go (ask the Spaniard in the picture – he knows) 🙂 There's a time for everything. Balancing is not passive, and it is an ongoing activity. So, take charge of your days and be intentional about how you spend or invest your time.
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Baler wrapper combination with variable chamber baling concept.
Bale diameter from 0.60m up to 1.65 and 2.00m
Integrated Baler Wrapper Combination
Vicon FlexiWrap has all the features of the standard RV 5200 series, plus the FlexiWrap system which bales and wraps in one go. The high speed wrapping ensures that wrapping will finish before the next bale is ready – fast and efficient integrated baling.
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Technical Specifications:
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Renewable Energy
Climate change is one of significant issues that have been considered in recent years. According to Anderson (2009), most climate researchers recognise it is essential to reduce 80 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to prohibit effects of climate change. Furthermore, carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most important causes to produce GHG which is combusted from heating, transportation and electricity generated by fossil fuels. However, one of the solutions for reducing CO2 emissions is using renewable energy to replace fossil fuel. In addition, renewable energy is generated by natural resources such as sunlight, wind and biomass which produce less or no pollution when generate energy. Furthermore, renewable energy will be demanded for approximately half of the worldwide electricity supplies to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050, which it is estimated by The International Energy Agency (Cited in Shi 2010).
This essay will focus on two forms of renewable energies which are solar power and biofuels. Firstly, solar energy has been widely used to generate heat and electricity recently. Moreover, it will show the benefits and also point out some drawbacks of solar energy. After that, the discussion will describe the second form of widespread renewable energy in the transport sector which is biofuels. Finally, it will reveal advantages and a disadvantage of this energy. This essay argues that renewable energies, which are solar power and biofuels have been extensively utilised in recent years. Furthermore, they have more advantages than disadvantages.
Solar Energy
The sun is the largest source of energy, which is transformed to solar power for generating heat and electricity and has been widely used in recent years. According to European Union (2011), there are several applications to use solar energy for heating such as hot water at home, heating in factory and building and swimming pool. In addition, a cooling system also...
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Oh! I love my quilting machine!
I was sent this Dragonfly Quilt Top in the mail,
and lo and behold!....
...my machine had a matching stitching pattern for me to compliment the applique on this quilt!
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We are NEVER ever going to win the war on addiction if we keep TRYING TO FIGHT THE ADDICT. We will not win the war on drugs, if we don't first become messengers of peace and understanding for the people in pain so driven to use them.
Addiction is about a brain disease. It is NOT about bad people! OK, I admit, their choices become increasingly worse over time when left untreated. Worse still, when coupled with mental illness, memories of a traumatic childhood (which is often), poverty, and above all neglect, condemnation, and a whole world which seems to be telling them at every juncture:
You are not worthy of success. You are not worthy of being loved. You are not even worthy of me paying attention to you. You know you're never gonna beat this. These are the unwanted demons that try and take up permanent residency in the addict's mind
This IS addiction: A brain disease resulting from a brain in the pain. It is a brain that runs low on an essential neurotransmitter chemical called dopamine manufactured in the nucleus acummbens of the prefrontal cortex of your brain. Without manufacturing of or release of it, you CAN NOT experience pleasure, or relief from pain or stress. This brain pain may be physical; often it's mental. It's almost always both. With addiction comes memory problems and learning difficulties, not to mention a disruption of stability in every life area: work, family, financial, personal, and spiritual. Often an addict will be adamant that without their substance of choice, they don't feel "normal".
This IS NOT addiction: A "bad" person. An addict it not someone who "is determined" to just keep screwing up or make the wrong choice. It is NOT something you can control in or for someone else simply because you have more willpower than they do. Addicts learn to be crafty because the disease drives them; if they were in the driver's seat, they wouldn't CHOOSE to be an addict. If you are an addict, chances are pretty high, you can't even control it yourself. Help is available; by all means seek it.
The addiction is the diseased brain. This part the addict can not control! The habit is the CHOICE that feeds it. This part CAN be changed!
When we tell an addict to just stop without understanding the severity of their illness (the longer the addiction, the sicker the brain) or the depth of their pain, we may as well be telling them to go part the ocean. It's not possible because they can't do this alone.
All is not lost. This does not mean an addict is condemned to stay that way. There is a better way. The brain has neuroplasticity! It can be "re-wired." Oh what great hope awaits!
But it takes this:
- Time (The reinforced circuits of your habit take time to heal and be rewired)
- Consistent, willing participation in the healing process (Usually a combination of medical care, rehab, recovery groups, therapy)
- Love, Compassion, & Acceptance from family and friends (This is NOT the same as enabling of habit or acceptance of bad behavior. SEPARATE your love for the addict from the bad behavior. This is hard!)
- Praise & Encouragement NOT judgment and condemnation.
- Prayers and Positive thoughts
If you or someone you love struggles with addiction, I implore you to read what a dear friend of mine has written about addiction below. Learn all you can about the disease! Because knowledge is power. When we understand the science of addiction, we can stop fighting with the addict. Instead, we can be a PARTNER IN LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT to the addict willing to seek help. It's only then that we can start tearing down the walls that hold the addict's mind hostage–a mind that is currently forbidden experiencing the joy that comes when we learn we can endure and triumph over our suffering.
If you're an addict or love someone who is, tell someone. Get help. Find an AA or Celebrate Recovery (if you're the addict) or an Alanon or Nar-Anon group if you love an addict. There is hope. One step at a time. Day by day.
May you live with the hope that comes from healing. And God bless you!
Please read what my dear friend, writer, and recovering addict of 14 years has to say about addiction here. Addicts are not junk. They are NOT a hopeless case. Above all, don't give up on them or yourself!!!
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In an interview Green MP Golriz Gahraman has revealed she has been the victim of domestic abuse – 'I got strangled' – and has again been the victim of reprehensible abuse on Twitter.
In an interview with Vice, the Green MP discussed the disproportionate amount of threatening messages she receives online – more, she says, than politicians much more powerful than her.
She said she's had first-hand experience with how verbal abuse can quickly spiral into physical violence because she was once in a deeply unhealthy relationship.
"I'd go out with my friends, there'd always be a massive fight," she said.
"I couldn't turn on my phone because every time I'd turn it on I'd just get a barrage of messages that would just be something like, 'slut-slut-slut-slut-slut,' or 'bitch-bitch-bitch-bitch-bitch-bitch'. And I'd just be like, 'oh well I've got to turn my phone off'."
The relationship got worse and worse, to the point where her partner began hurting her.
"Eventually, it got really physical. It was just like pushing and shaking and whatever. And then it got to a point where a couple of times I got strangled."
This is awful, but if you follow court news in New Zealand you will know that this sort of abuse and violence is not uncommon (and gets worse than as described here).
Here is the full interview:
Some of the responses:
It wasn't just on Twitter. SB at Whale Oil: Great News: Social Justice Warrior & virtue signaller extraordinaire may quit
It seems that the Green list MP we love to hate for her mistruths, incompetence, general stupidity and activism has finally seen the writing on the wall. However, given this nobody list MP's penchant for the limelight I suspect that she has zero intention of actually quitting.
In the article, the criticism and the facts revealed by critics were dismissed as baseless trolling likely fueled by racism. Golriz is portrayed as a poor widdle immigrant who just wants to be loved. A fragile figure, who needs protection from the harsh reality of life and who seems astounded that her words and actions have consequences in the real world. Why can't everyone just be nice?
The article also reveals another reason why we should be sympathetic towards a woman who spent her time as an intern helping defending violent and murderous men. One of her previous relationships was with a violent man and she is a survivor of domestic violence.
Atkins quotes the Vice account of the domestic abuse she has been subjected to and responds:
Her lying by omission and the role the Green party played in the deception is explained.
Given how much 'lying by omission' and deception Slater et al have been involved in this is hypocritical, and also sick.
And highly ironic given his recent post playing the victim and seeking sympathy and donations.
In comments, Nige:
She describes anyone who asks her about her past as a right wing troll.
Given Nige's prominence in supporting and promoting Whale Oil as self described 'super-blog' and still claiming to be 'the fastest-growing media organisation in New Zealand' perhaps it's time to starting asking questions about his past.
There are a number of typically nasty comments, with blog manager Spanish Bride joining in (in reaction to "Is she predicting the Greens will be wiped out at the next election?"):
If she and her fellow Gunts keep up with the economy wreaking and activist behaviour it just might happen ( fingers crossed).
She is deeply involved in an activist blog often intent on political career 'wreaking' (sic). There are a few fingers crossed that Whale Oil may be wiped out before the next election (I think it may survive in some form).
The Whale Oil post became a part of the Twitter attack on Ghahraman:
This is a crappy indictment on social media and political blogging in New Zealand, albeit just an extreme portion of it.
I expected some nasty comments on Kiwiblog, but there are no posts and no comments I can see in General Debate – perhaps David Farrar is moderating on this topic. If so, good on him, it should happen more there.
I've been critical of Ghahraman as an MP, and I have my doubts she will succeed in politics unless she learns from her mistakes and improves somewhat.
But I think there is no excuse for the levels of abuse (the latest being just more of the same old crap that has been thrown at her) that she has inflicted on her.
Domestic abuse is a huge problem in New Zealand. There are many victims scattered across all demographics. Abusing people who publicly reveal the abuse they have suffered is despicable, and with an MP it is dirty, dirty politics.
It is difficult to stop individual cretins using via social media (confronting and standing up to them is one way that may help).
'Media organisations' and blogs that join the fray – and lead the baying bullshit – should also be confronted for their crappy behaviour and their promoting of crappy behaviour.


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There is a terrible poignancy to WG Sebald's introduction to A Place in the Country, his collection of six essays originally published in German in 1998. His affection for his subjects, he wrote, "gave me the idea that I should pay my respects to them before, perhaps, it may be too late".
Three years later Sebald died in a car crash at the age of 57. The publication of this book, translated by his former University of East Anglia colleague Jo Catling, is a reminder of what we lost by the silencing of his distinctive voice. Sebald spent his working life as an academic in East Anglia but wrote in German. When his "prose fictions" – Vertigo, The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn and Austerlitz – were translated into English, their troubling originality and the contained brilliance of their prose elicited perplexed critical rapture and Sebald's name was mentioned as a future Nobel laureate.
Sebald's subjects are five writers – Johann Peter Hebel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Eduard Mörike, Gottfried Keller and Robert Walser – and an artist, his contemporary and schoolfriend, the realist painter, Jan Peter Tripp.
A tragic-comic leitmotif of these essays, which span a period of almost 200 years, is what Sebald calls the "awful tenacity of those who devote their lives to writing".
His subjects are intricately interconnected – with each other and with him. All have some relationship with the linguistically distinct "Alemannic" region encompassing parts of southern Germany (where Sebald grew up), Austria, Alsace and Switzerland. All shared experiences of exile – either voluntary, in the guise of a retreat from the world, or involuntary, in the form of banishment or madness – and "a certain unluckiness in love", as well as a habit of close scrutiny that produced works of haunting beauty.
Several of Sebald's subjects may be unfamiliar to British readers, so it is encouraging to find that the first, the 18th-century almanac author Johann Peter Hebel, was once pretty obscure in his homeland, where for decades his writing was regarded as fodder for children and peasants.
Hebel was admired by Goethe, Kafka, the critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin – who committed suicide in 1940 while attempting to escape the Nazis – and by Nazis themselves, who claimed Hebel was the authentic voice of the Volk.
The object of this eclectic range of admirers was a writer of folk tales and observations on natural history, moral philosophy and the order of the cosmos.
His homely observations on the cultivation of fruit trees, the orbits of the planets and the punctiliousness of Napoleon Bonaparte in paying a long-standing debt to a fruit-seller all have an irresistible strangeness.
"Despite his professional didactic inclinations," Sebald writes, "he never takes up a central role as preceptor, but always positions himself slightly to one side, in the same manner as ghosts, a number of whom inhabit his stories, who are known for their habit of observing life from their marginal position in silent puzzlement and resignation."
This distinctively Sebaldian trio of virtues – strangeness, resignation and the habit of observing life from a marginal position – recur in these essays. Considering Rousseau's years in exile, Sebald remarks that "the dégoût Rousseau now felt with regard to literature was not merely an intermittent emotional reaction but something that for him always went hand in hand with the act of writing… Of all individuals afflicted by the disease of thought," Sebald adds, "the writer is perhaps the most incurable."
The violent disturbances of Rousseau's life find a reversed reflection in the quietism of the poet, Mörike, whose life was spent narrowly confined in his native Württemberg, "trapped", Sebald writes, "within an all-female household" and dreaming of "Peregrina", a beautiful Swiss vagabond whom he loved but rejected, only to immortalise her loss in a cycle of poems, Schubertian in their exquisite melancholy.
This quality of suspension, of an almost inexpressible piercing resonance – a phenomenon more often found in music than in words – is repeatedly remarked by Sebald. To convey emotion his subjects work at the limits of language.
"Beneath the surface illusionism there lurks a terrifying abyss," Sebald writes of the paintings of Tripp.
"It is, so to speak, the metaphysical underside of reality, its dark inner lining."
The dark inner lining of reality is Sebald's realm, too. It is hard to think of a passage bleaker, or more tender, than the opening paragraph (10 pages long) of his essay on the Swiss novelist Walser:
"The traces Robert Walser left on his path through life were so faint as to have almost been effaced altogether… in truth from the very beginning, he was only ever connected with the world in the most fleeting of ways… How is one to understand an author who was so beset by shadows and who, none the less, illumined every page with the most genial light?"
Walser's prose, Sebald remarks, seems designed to foil the plans of anyone intent on categorisation. One could say the same of Sebald himself, for these essays range far beyond literary criticism. They are an intimate anatomy of the pathos, absurdity and perverse splendour of trying to find patterns in the chaos of the world.
Jane Shilling's most recent book is The Stranger in the Mirror (Vintage)
A Place in the Country by WG Sebald, tr by Jo Catling
202pp, Hamish Hamilton, t £18 (PLUS £1.35 p&p) 0844 871 1515 (RRP £20, ebook £11.99)


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Here are some of my super fun birthday prizes I received this year!!
I am one spoiled (but oh-so-thankful) lady!!
1 & 2 - prints by RetroWhale - so so in love (thank you momma)
3 - Q&A 5 year journal - it asks a question every day & has a place to answer for 5 years so you can compare - I can't wait to start!
4 - Wreck this Journal - I'm so excited to start & document this little project too!
5 - new sunglasses - UO
6 - the sweetest VW printed pillow - by helena carrington
[the belt in the first photo is from Anthro]
I feel so thankful to have such amazing, loving friends & family!! I couldn't be a luckier girl! I also can't believe I'm 28....seriously, I swear I just turned 21...how have these years gone by so fast?!?! Here's to another amazingly fantastic year, they honestly just keep getting better & better! hugs & cheek pecks! ♥
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Rollertoaster wrote:Every time you do a Tokyo DisneySea TR, I wish I could be there! That place looks like curry popcorn with two helpings of awesomesauce and a side of loaded cheesy fries! I probably won't ever get to go there myself, but the next best thing is seeing it here! Great TR !
I'm in the same boat, doubly so the whole resort, triply so after also watching TheTimTracker's video TR.