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My role in to evaluate the submitted Arabic blogs - and other social media entries - and select the best of them in the different categories of the competition. I am proud of the choices I made in each category and I find them all good representatives of the Arab social media scene and blogsphere this year.
- Best Video Channel: In this category I chose Mosireen (مصرين). They define themselves as "a non-profit media collective born out of the explosion of citizen journalism and cultural activism in Egypt during the revolution". What is special about them is the quality of the videos they publish covering the incidents in Egypt, the interviews they make and their impact is clear in the number of views they have, about 3 million viewers. There's also their frequent updates and the fact that mainstream media rely on their videos a lot.
- Special Topic Award Education and Culture: In this category I chose 7iber (حبر). In their about page the website is described as a platform that "provides original, creative and interesting content, seeking to better inform our audience of untapped Jordanian issues as well as providing local perspectives and first-hand accounts of news, politics, arts and culture". Although they encourage debates and contents whether they are political or cultural one, it's clear that the coverage of the cultural matters on the platform are distinctive. They list calendars of upcoming cultural events taking place in Jordan. There are sections there discussing issues such as theatre, environment, photos and videos from Jordan. They also host debates offline under the name Hashtag Debates to discuss political, cultural and social issues. They offer fresh content whether on the website or on their YouTube channel, the site's design is excellent and easy to surf.
- Best Use of Technology for Social Good: In this category I chose Harassmap (خريطة التحرش الجنسي). It's meant to fight sexual harassment in Egypt. They allow victims to reports harassment incidents and tie them to their location and type on a map. Reports can be done via the website or via SMS. They also sponsored campaign to raise awareness for the issue via hashtag on twitter and tweets are displayed on the website or by asking people to blog for the cause on a special day. They uses Ushahidi platform.
- In the Best Blog category comes Jou3an (مواطن جوعان), in the Best Social Activism Campaign category comes FreeRazan Facebook Page (الحرية للمدونة رزان غزاوي), for the Reporters Without Borders Award comes Trella (مدونة تريلا), and for the Best Arabic Blog category comes 11 blogs where you have to choose one of them.
I find it a good chance for us to get to know blogs from outside our own region, and that's why I invite you to read the brief about the different entries in each category, and it would be better if you can also read their own language and visit them, and then vote for the best entries in each category. Voting is allowed once per category per 24 hours per network, so you can (and it's good to) vote everyday in the blue box on top of this page. Also spread the word about your favourite entries in the competition and invite others to visit them and vote for them if they want to.
I will be in Berlin for The Best of Blogs related meeting and I will also participate in the re:publica. I will be participating in a panel with Leila Nachawati, Claire Ulrich and Zulfikar Abbany.
May 7, 2012 - Update:
Related Links:
DW: 2 out of 6 winners of The BOBs jury awards are Arabs
DW: Re:publica - Has the Arab Facebook revolution lost steam?
Best of the Blogs 2012: Winners Announced
A Global Voices Guide to re:publica Berlin 2012
Re:publica 2012: libertad y vigilancia, tecnología y futuro
Berliner Zeitung: Blogger leben gefährlich
Blogger: Internet in Ägypten wichtiger als klassische Medien
Re:publica 2012: Die Medienlandschaft nach dem arabischen Frühling [Video]


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Am gonna write a long review today, please have the patience to read through..
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She was extremely clean and neat also, knew exactly where I needed to reach.
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Have been with Taxshe for over six months now... what an inspiring bunch. Though Suman is the Office Manager at Taxshe, I have had the luxury of having Suman be my Roo. Today, I realized what makes her special is not only the exemplary commitment or the ability to navigate confidently through chaotic traffic criss-crossing on busy roads, but also the elegance with which she reacted to a punctured tyre. Suman coolly parked the car to a side, opened the boot, freed the stepney and started to operate the jack like a pro, until help came along and saw the process of changing the tyre through for us: I saw Suman practice her refrain of, "Don't panic, stay calm" in action.
What a luxury it is to catch up on a few z's or make productive use of time on the long commute to work and back each day... thank you, Suman!
Vijaya is another awesome Roo; such an inspiring person!
Hats off to Vandana for this brilliant idea and impeccable execution! Congratulations on the great team you have put together! Kudos to Taxshe! May it live long and prosper! 🙂
Availing TAXSHE services for the last 3 months. What I like about TAXSHE and their Roos is punctuality, courteousness and helping nature. Roos are well trained and operate independently only when customers are comfortable with their service. Their top most priority being driving passengers safely to their destination.
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Now that longer term results for the gastric banding are available, I can present this option to my patients with a realistic discussion of what to expect in the very near future, should they opt to undergo band placement. Armed with this information, my patients can make an informed decision and have with them my wholehearted support. The data shows us that the banding is indeed a simpler operation than the gastric bypass, with less serious peri-operative (meaning right around the time of surgery) complications. (You can read about long-term complications below.) For anyone who is considering the gastric banding, it is important to recognize that the weight loss is much slower, occurring over a period of 2 and occasionally 3 years. Difference between Gastric Sleeve and Gastric Band. Gastric sleeve and gastric band are two most followed procedures of bariatric surgery.
For commoners, both the terms might seem similar, however they are different in many aspects. Reduce Body Weight with Bariatric Surgery. Sleeve gastronomy is a type of surgery that helps in losing body weight by removing a part of the stomach, which however helps in restricting the amount of food taken.
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All You Need To Know About Bariatric Surgery. According to Wikipedia, bariatric surgery is commonly known as a surgical treatment that helps a patient lose weight.
Bariatric surgeons in San Diego perform the surgery on patients who want to get rid of obesity. Obesity has been a major health issue in the US. Mentioning the severity of obesity, the website www.factslide.com says, "Every 1 in 3 Americans is suffering from obesity." Bariatric Surgery Benefits besides Weight Loss. Bariatric surgery can work wonders if you are an obese person, as it will make you feel full after eating food in just small quantity.
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Obesity is one of the serious health problems, which is observed till date. It is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that can impair health. Such disease is affecting children in early age and adults. With the rise of such problems, people are increasingly opting for bariatric surgery. Obesity and overweight has been also one of the major reasons for mortality rate. For adequate healing, the belly balloon doctor vigilantly sets diet intake of the patient post-surgery, so as to heal operated intestine and long-term weight maintenance. Increasing Incidents Of Gastric Bypass Surgery Due To Widespread Obesity In Population. Gastric Sleeve San Diego. Gastric Balloon Surgeon San Diego. Vbloc Therapy San Diego. How to Prepare For Gastric Bypass Surgery in San Diego? View 800% 400% 200% 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% Full Width Full Height Full Page Show Text Download as...
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How to Determine If You Can Go for Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric surgery, in general terms, is a weight loss surgery that includes a series of surgical and non-surgical procedures to help a patient get rid of obesity. Here, by non-surgical procedures, I want to mention the assessments that are carried out before and after the treatment. Technically, in bariatric surgery in San Diego, weight and fatness of a patient is reduced by decreasing the size of his/her stomach. If you want to undergo this weight loss treatment, you should visit only an experienced bariatric surgeon in San Diego. Having an inexperienced or unknown surgeon perform this surgery can be a little risky. There is no denying that not every patient of obesity is suitable for bariatric surgery. Your ideal and average body weight is more than 100 lbs.Your body mass index (BMI) is above 40.If you have a BMI of 35 or around, and you frequently live through severe health related issues.
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GWEN IFILL: And, finally tonight, an extraordinary honor for an extraordinary deed.
Jeffrey Brown has our story.
JEFFREY BROWN: By November 2010, U.S. Marines were nine months into the first big push of President Obama's Afghan surge to retake Marjah, a Taliban- held district of Southern Helmand Province.
Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter was 21, part of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.), Medal of Honor Recipient: We were tasked with pushing south into an enemy stronghold territory. And it was pretty simple. I mean, we were just tasked with taking over a new compound.
JEFFREY BROWN: But things didn't quite go that easily, right? The enemy was getting closer and closer?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): They were. We knew it was going to be bad. We knew we were probably going to take casualties. We didn't know how bad, but, when we got down there and, very shortly after moving in, got our first grenade attack, it became even more real than what we had anticipated.
JEFFREY BROWN: More real. Tell me, what does that mean?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Well, I mean, up until that point, for months and months, our worries were IEDs, stepping on IEDs, and pretty much from sun up to sundown on most days, we were in firefights.
Usually, it was very uncommon to see hand grenades, because those are very вҖ" more of a hand-to-hand, you know, very short-range-type weapon. So for them to get that close, really no fault of our ownвҖҰ
JEFFREY BROWN: And that tells you how close they were.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Very вҖ" yes, sir.
JEFFREY BROWN: The Marines knew it was a question of when, not if, grenades would be thrown on their position. On November 21, it happened.
Carpenter was stationed on a rooftop with a fellow Marine when the grenade landed. He dove on it to save the life of Lance Corporal Nick Eufrazio.
So, how much do you remember about what happened on that day when you were wounded?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Well, it's kind of opposite what most people think. I don't really remember anything of the entire day, and especially the moments leading up to being injured by the grenade.
All I remember is a few brief seconds before I went unconscious after I was injured.
JEFFREY BROWN: Carpenter had absorbed much of the blast. His arms were mangled, his jaw and mouth nearly destroyed. His skull was fractured. He lost his right eye, and had a collapsed lung. He was losing massive amounts of blood.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): I couldn't really hear anything, and my vision was if you were looking at a TV and it didn't have cable hooked up to it, and it was just that white and gray static look. The next thing I remembered is feeling like warm water was being poured all over me from the blood that had started to come out.
JEFFREY BROWN: And that was your blood?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Yes, sir.
And then, after вҖ" after that, I thought about my family and how devastated and upset they were going to be that I was killed in Afghanistan.
JEFFREY BROWN: You were realizing at that moment that you might well die? CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Very much.
JEFFREY BROWN: Carpenter flatlined in the medevac chopper. When he arrived at the field hospital, he was labeled PEA, patient expired on arrival, so grievous were his wounds.
What lay ahead was another grueling campaign for Carpenter, two-and-a-half years in hospitals and rehabilitation, dozens of surgeries, painful reconstructions and skin grafts. He says it got him down.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): But that was just a few times, going into the pre-op, something I had done so many times, and getting stuck here and getting stuck there and knowing you're going to be all cut up and bandaged up and hurting when you get out.
JEFFREY BROWN: You had to learn to do a lot of things again, right, normal everyday things, from walking to brushing your teeth.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Well, starting out, my mom brushed my teeth for a long time. And then, kind of when I got to be able to do it, I would.
And then months and months down the road, I finally learned how to put my socks on, so I started doing that. So it's still definitely a learning process, I mean, just this past week, you know, doing things that you learn how to make it happen.
JEFFREY BROWN: Really, even up to today? What about the physical scars? Was that hard to get used to changes in the way you looked or maybe even the way that people looked at you?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): No, one, because my time at Walter Reed really helped me, being with all the other injured military service members that I was.
And it's never really been hard. I look at it more as, if I have to have these scars, I got them in defense of our nation and raising my right hand and volunteering to go into harm's way for people back here at home, just like everybody else in the military does. So I would say I'm more proud of them.
JEFFREY BROWN: Really?
His extraordinary courage and sacrifice had not gone unnoticed, Carpenter's name was put forward by his commanders for the Medal of Honor. And this past February, he received a phone call from the president.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Based on the recommendation of the secretary of Navy and secretary of defense, I have approved the award of the Medal of Honor to you.
JEFFREY BROWN: When you first learned you would be receiving it, you struggled a bit with it. Why?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): I'm supposed to wear this medal when, every day, I would go down to the cafeteria in the building I lived at, at Walter Reed, and me and all my Marine buddies would be there, and you look around and you see one or two quadruple amputees, guys that have no limbs.
And I'm sitting here getting ready to be honored in front of the entire nation. ButвҖҰ
JEFFREY BROWN: That can be hard.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): I did struggle at first, but now I have the mind-set of, I can wear it for them, and I can try to do good things for them, and, really, I guess my honor is their honor.
JEFFREY BROWN: And earlier this afternoon at the White House, Carpenter became the third Marine and 15th overall recipient since 9/11 of the nation's highest military honor for conspicuous gallantry.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The man you see before you today, Corporal William Kyle Carpenter, should not be alive today.
But we are here because this man, this United States Marine, faced down that terrible explosive power.
You'll notice that Kyle doesn't hide his scars; he's proud of them, and the service that they represent. And, now, he tells me this, and so I'm just quoting him вҖ" he says, the girls definitely like them.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: So he's kind of вҖ" he's working an angle on this thing.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to say that in front of mom.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: But there's a quote there.
Anybody who has had a chance to get to know this young man knows you're not going to get a better example of what you want in an American or a Marine.
Keep in mind, at the time, Kyle was just 21 years old. But in that instant, he fulfilled those words of Scripture: Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends.
JEFFREY BROWN: A number of Carpenter's family members, friends, and comrades looked on. One not there was the man he saved. Nick Eufrazio suffered brain damage in the grenade attack and remains disabled.
These days, 24-year-old Kyle Carpenter speaks to young audiences about his experiences. And he's in school himself, a psychology major at the University of South Carolina.
This all happened to you when you were so young. You're still so young. Does it make you feel like you have a вҖ" I don't know, a second lease on life or a mission for the rest of your life?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): It has made me really want to experience and I guess feel life every single day.
JEFFREY BROWN: Feel life?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Mm-hmm. I mean, just things like driving around with the windows down in my car, or the doors off, which drives my mom crazy, but just simple things likeвҖҰ
JEFFREY BROWN: You're still her young son, right?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
Just simple things like that, if it's something new or something that, you know, is going to get me excited or get the adrenaline going or whatever it is to make me really feel like I am really making this second chance that I have been blessed with worth it, I absolutely do that, and I try to do everything I can.
JEFFREY BROWN: I understand you're even skydiving now.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): I have once. I'm still letting mom recover from the first time. And then I will do the second one.
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, you're being honored as a hero. Do you feel like a hero?
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): No, sir.
I feel like I'm on an even playing field and an even platform with everybody else, awards or not, with everybody else that raised their right hand and said, you know, I will going into harm's way.
JEFFREY BROWN: Well, Corporal Kyle Carpenter, thanks so much for talking to us.
And on behalf of all of us at the NewsHour, we wish you the very best.
CPL. KYLE CARPENTER (RET.): Thank you very much. I appreciate your time.
JUDY WOODRUFF: They don't come any finer.
GWEN IFILL: That's why they call it conspicuous gallantry.
JUDY WOODRUFF: That's right.
And we have an extended interview with Corporal Carpenter. You can watch that on our Rundown.
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About me
Indra Bekti is a self proclaimed model, actor, singer and best known for being a television host. His career started at a young age in junior high school where he dubbed a voice for an anime named Candy-candy. At the time, the anime was a popular show. Although he had just worked as a dubbing, he was happy because it was his first paycheck ever, and that means he did not have to ask more money from his parents.
Going into high school, Indra tried becoming a radio announcer and finally landed a role as a television host. On appearing in the TV show Tralala Trilili alongside Agnes Monica, offerings for becoming a radio announcer came. His big break was during his appearance as a host with Indy Barends in "CERIWIS".
Pursuing his interest in hosting, Indra decided to study in London School of Public Relations, Jakarta. He graduated in 1996 and received a Diploma 1 in Public Speaking. He hopes that he will be able to get a scholarship to continue his studies in The London School of Public Relations, Jakarta for a bachelor's degree.


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Where did you get the inspiration for your Connected series?
I've always followed Hollywood gossip, I've always found it interesting seeing bits and pieces inside of the rich and famous and thought it would be fun to write inside of that world.
Was your story the way you envisioned it from the start?
Kind of, there were some plot points that I considered changing up but ultimately felt how things turned out to be the best for the story,
Did you think to change direction at all? And if so what would have been the outcome?
I entertained the idea of getting Luke and Alexia together and him "taming" her, but I don't know. In the end it just didn't feel right.
What are your plans for future books outside of the Connected Series?
I'm currently writing another college romance book, Because of Us, as of right now, I think it will be a stand alone.
Did you always want to write in the Romance genre?
I actually started writing on a paranormal book before I started on Reconnected but got a bad case of writers block on the story and put it aside, I might revisit in the future.
How long did it take you to write Reconnected and Disconnected?
I started writing Reconnected in February and finished it at the end of April. Then started writing Disconnected in May and finished it in July.
Which of your characters is your favorite and why?
I think Kate and Krista are my favorites because they remind me of me and my best friend, there's a lot of me in Kate and some of my best friend in Krista. It's easy to relate to them for me.
What advice do you give someone starting out?
Don't give up. Don't let those automated rejection letters from publishers make you think it's not worth it, because it is. Chances are someone out there will love your book if you put it out there.
What is the hardest part of writing for you?
Getting stuck on a part of the story and having to figure out how to get to where I want it to go.
Has your husband always been supportive of your writing?
He has! When I first started on Reconnected I didn't even tell him because I wasn't sure I was even going to finish it. But once I felt more confident with it, I let him read it and he has been a big encouragement and supporter.


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UWB Radar/SAR systems, Phased array antennas, Advanced signal processing techniques for radar/SAR data
Significant Publications
- A. V. Alejos, M. Dawood, and L. Medina, "Experimental dynamical evolution of the Brillouin precursor for broadband wireless communication through vegetation," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Progress In Electromagnetic Research, PIER 111, 291-309, 2011
- A. V. Alejos, M. Dawood, and H. U. Mohammed, "Analysis of Brillouin precursor propagation through foliage for digital sequence of pulses", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan. 2011, pp. 59-63
- A. V. Alejos, M. Dawood, H. U. R. Mohammed, M. Garcia Sanchez, and I. Cuiñas, "Educational System to Approach Teaching of Bi-static Noise Radar," The Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, ISSN 1392 – 1215), No. 6(102), 2010, pp. 71-74.
- M. Dawood, H. U. R. Mohammed, and A. V. Alejos, "Experimental Detection of Brillouin Precursors Through Tap Water at Microwave Frequencies", Electronics Letters, 46, 1645, 2010.


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We are pleased to announce that on July 24th, History Press released California and the Civil War, the story of the Golden State's experience of the great national crisis.
Many people – Californians included – believe the state played little part in the conflict and that life flowed on as usual on the Pacific Coast. In reality, California's Union Volunteers took over the role of the entire pre-war army in the West – while its gold saved the nation from disaster.
From California's pre-war dalliance with the Deep South, to the efforts of Confederate partisans to pull the Pacific Coast into the conflict, California and the Civil War sheds light on one of the least known eras in the tumultuous history of the Golden State.
Learn more about California and the Civil War...
As the South breaks away, Californians must make a fateful choice…
Will the Golden State stay with the Union? Will she declare herself a sovereign nation? Or will she split in two, half slave and half free?
At Missouri House, a stagecoach stop in the gold fields of the Sierra Nevada, Ida Hatfield and her mother, Molly, are surrounded by danger as Yankees, Rebels, and outlaws vie to possess the glittering treasure of the Northern Mines. In nearby Nevada City, Will Stafford, a young Virginian attorney, finds California becoming as dear to his heart as his Southern homeland. When the War of Rebellion rages on, his loves and loyalties are put to the ultimate test.
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Since the last set up updateson 16/09/2014 for "Update for WIndows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB2976719), (KB2989647) and (KB2984006)", I have been getting an error everytime I start up my computer stating that "changeicon MFC application has stopped working". It states the issue as an "app crash" and that the relevant program is "UMonit64.exe".
I traced to program to its directory and ran all my virus/malware/etc scans on it and they all said it was fine. I then attempted to run the program and it came up with the same error that pops up on startup and a second error message saying it wasn't able to run because "ustor.dll" was missing.
I did a system restore to before I did the windows update and sure enough everything worked fine. I then ran the windows update again after restarting to complete the update the "changeicon MFC application has stopped working" error message started popping up again.
So my questions are:
1. What is UMonit64.exe/ChangeIcon Application?
2. Did my windows update cause the issue?
3. How do I stop the error message from popping up everytime I start up?
4. Do I need UMonit64.exe? I haven't noticed any programs malfunction when I click the "close program" option when the error message pops up.
5. If I do need it, should I download the missing DLL file to fix it? If so where would be a safe place to download the replacement dll file?
6. Anything else I need to know to fix the issue or whether future windows updates will fix it for me and I should just ignore it for the time being.


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By Gary Watton
May 12 2019
As if by some miracle, Chelsea emerged from a lowly sixth several weeks ago to scale the heights of third position in te Premier League, just in time for the season's end. Their exploits were assisted considerably by the failings of their three main rivals for a Champions Laegue space. Now all that remains is for the small matter of keeping their nice neighbours of Arsenil out of next year's Champions League by winning the Europa League final. This task will be all the more difficult because the Blues are goal shy on these big occasions, as this result and Thursday night both demonstrated. Arsenic, by contrast, possess an excellent strike force that is more than likely to deliver them at least one goal in Baku, thus obliging goal shy Chelsea to find at least two goals of their own.
This damp squib at Leicester City was further proof that Higuain is a has-been and that Chelsea cannot rely upon his accuracy nor speed in front of goal. How he might end up being preferred next season to lethal, young Tammy Abraham will be beyond comprehension, but then silly old Sarri takes perverse pleasure in sticking his two fingers up at logic. Meanwhile, Eden Hazard remains marooned on nineteen goals for the season. It would be a fitting end to his season and probably his distinguished Chelsea career if he can reach twenty goals in Baku. There isn't much evidence of anyone else scoring, except possibly young Loftus-Cheek or Pedro.
Meanwhile, a hearty congratulations is extended to our nice friends of Liverpoo who have successfully avoided winning the league for the twenty-ninth year in succession! Now that is some history to brag about.
CHELSEA: Caballero; Alonso; Azpilicueta; Luiz; Zappacosta; Jorginho; Barkley; Loftus-Cheek; Higuain; Pedro; Willian. Used substitutes: Hazard; Kovacic; Giroud
Hazard nineteen
Giroud twelve
Pedro twelve
Loftus-Cheek ten
Morata nine
Willian eight
Barkley five
Higuain five
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It was a big deal when Brendan Burke came out in the largely homophobic sports world in 2009. When he died tragically in 2010, his father and brother picked up his torch and continue to push for change.
The "You Can Play" project has just that goal, to change attitudes and to build allies in and outside of change rooms. Brian and Patrick Burke, and eight other NHL players, are lending their voices to the campaign with this new video.
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The first dojo in the Midwest dedicated to Aikido, Chicago Aikikai offers comprehensive training in Japanese Martial Arts.
Our Instructors
Marsha Turner Sensei anchors the Chicago Aikikai as its chief instructor and its dojo-cho. A long-time aficionado of aikido, she is known in particular for her strong weapons work. "Weapons work has been a particular fascination of mine since I studied fencing in college. In aikido, weapons work teaches distance and timing in an explicit way that often gets fuzzed over in open hand training. By going back and forth between open hand and weapons we are able to study clean lines and clear movement that add to both the beauty and effectiveness of basic technique." Turner Sensei began her study of aikido in 1986 under Kevin Choate Sensei, and has spent the past three decades studying, training and teaching. In addition to Choate Sensei, Shihan Hiroshi Ikeda and Shihan Mitsugi Saotome have been very influential in her aikido development. Her extensive background in ballet, gymnastics, and traditional fencing (foil) allows her to bring elements to her current training that make her aikido unique among her peers. "Aikido caught my attention and pulled me away from fencing. I loved the rigor of fencing, but the physicality and the opportunity to throw around people bigger than me sealed the deal for aikido." In addition to aikido she has studied ballroom dance, competing in and winning several pro-am competitions. Turner Sensei also holds a shodan in Iaido. She is a past instructor for Winter Term at Oberlin College, and has supervised a number of dojo in the Midwest. Turner Sensei received her rokudan in aikido from Shihan Mitsugi Saotome in 2017.
Edward Reiff is a yondan in Aikido and has been training for over 30 years. Edward is also a runner and cyclist and student of Feldenkrais movement. Now in his retirement, he looks forward to continuing to move and roll for many years to come. Aikido continues to capture Edward's imagination. He enjoys introducing others to the beauty and exhilaration of the art. "In Aikido we don't fight, but we also don't flee. We transform the energy of conflict into something potentially positive for both parties. Aikido is a martial art, but its principles apply to life off the mat as well."
Andrew Vitale is a yondan in aikido and has been training for over 20 years.
Daniel was promoted to nidan at the Chicago Aikikai in 2006, and previously to shodan while a member of the US Naval Academy aikido club. He began aikido training at the University of Chicago.
Photo credit: Luke Sims
Michael Baraz has been training since 1995, across many aikikai-affiliated organizations and mixed in a couple years of Yoshinkan as well. Baraz started his aikido training under Judy Leppert and Akira Tohei Shihan in 1995. He earned his shodan rank in 2009. Baraz spent 2011 at City Aikido in San Francisco under Robert Nadeau Shihan and has been a member of many dojo across the country. Once in a conversation, a visiting sensei told him "with so many instructors you have many ideas and that will be confusing for a while; eventually, you will sort them out and that will become powerful." Baraz reports, he is still waiting.
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Here's a little-known fact: early Pentax Optio compact cameras used to come with a 3D mode and a pair of cardboard glasses for viewing your home-made prints in three dimensions. Now Fujifilm's found a way to view 3D pictures without the specs, thanks to the ground-breaking, stereoscopic FinePix Real 3D W1, which is available for around £480.
Easy 3D
When it works, the 3D effect produced by this camera is quite striking, and yet it's no more difficult to use than a typical point-and-shoot compact. A button on the back switches between the 2D and 3D modes (yes, you can use it like a normal camera), and that's pretty much all you need to know. The camera has to adjust the parallax of the two lenses (the angle they converge at) depending on the subject's distance, but that's automatic. If you do see double outlines, there's a pair of parallax-adjustment buttons to fix the problem before you shoot.
The LCD display shows you a 3D view live, as you compose your shots. There's no in-camera trickery going on later to conjure the 3D effect out of your captured images -- you can see it right from the start.
You're not restricted to 3D stills, either -- the W1 can shoot 3D movies too. You can play back stills and movies on the camera's own 3D LCD, on the separate FinePix Real 3D V1 viewer or as special 3D prints ordered via Fujifilm's online 3D printing service.


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In an almost unprecedented public admission that Iraqi security forces who took over sole responsibility for Baghdad in July have not been up to the job, Iraqi officials are investigating 11 security commanders for negligence.
On Wednesday, trucks loaded with huge plastic containers of explosives managed to approach two government ministries on major roads despite a ban, resulting in the capital's deadliest bombings in 18 months.
"We are investigating them because the violations happened in areas under their control," says Baghdad security spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammad al-Askari, adding that he believes Iraq can still maintain security in the capital. He says they are not contemplating asking for help from American forces, who pulled out of the city on June 30 in line with the US-Iraqi security agreement.
The bombings outside the foreign and finance ministries killed more than 100 Iraqis and wounded more than 500 in the most devastating attack in the capital since February 2008. Less than two months after US combat forces withdrew from Baghdad, the attacks have also weakened many Iraqis' belief that the improved security of the past year would last.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki and senior officials met late into the night after the attacks to reassess security measures. The government had pledged to remove concrete blast walls from the city's main roads and reopen streets closed to traffic by mid-September, but now residents expect them to stay.
Less than 48 hours before the expected start of Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan, security forces blanketed the city, imposing tighter security around government buildings and increasing searches at checkpoints. Many of the victims of the bombing were buried Thursday. At other ministries and some businesses, Iraqis fearing more attacks stayed away from work.
Truck bombs made from fertilizer
Askari, the military spokesman, earlier told Al Arabiya television that seized documents showed that an alliance of Sunni insurgents and Saddam Hussein loyalists planned the attacks after June 30 in an attempt to force the Iraqi government to call US forces back in. He said that was aimed at allowing the insurgent groups to resume attacks on American soldiers and showing that Iraq was not committed to a US withdrawal.
In what appeared to be the first details of the coordinated bombings, Askari said that the truck bombs had been assembled in an industrial area of Baghdad and consisted of common sodium nitrate and chemical fertilizer as well as mortars and rockets that exploded when the suicide bomber detonated the vehicles.
The explosive agents were packed into large fiberglass containers of the kind sold in many streets in Baghdad. The hand-held detectors used at checkpoints to identify explosive agents apparently are ineffective against fiberglass.
Trucks are not allowed on major roads in the city during daylight. Askari said traffic police had tried to stop the truck bomb on the road to the foreign ministry. He said policemen on motorcycles pursued it and alerted the ministry but the suicide bomber managed to reach the building and detonate the truck. The traffic police who had been pursuing the suicide bomber are presumed to have died in the explosion.
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Fallen Ones is a Hungarian (with English versions available) web comic series made by Lycanthrope Studios. At the time of this review there is a successful Indiegogo Campaign that is seeking funds to produce a physical 90-page edition that combines the current five issues available. The hard copy version is available for $25 while the digital only edition is $5. There are various other bundles that involve posters, autographs, digital wallpapers and more.
Fallen Ones takes place in the Unseen Domains universe in the 17th century. Magic has awakened along with the undead and plagues that have obliterated and scattered the human race. Along with zombies, there are werewolves and witches disguising themselves as humans. Needless to say, once their true form is discovered they are quickly cast out or killed.
The three main characters are Brom, an outcast werewolf, Clemence, an assassin, and Tobias a lonely inventor. Though they all have different backgrounds, they share a common enemy; a demonic dark sect that must be stopped in order to save the remainder of humanity.
Like many comics, violence is a given and there is no shortage of bloodshed in this comic book series. Almost every issue has nudity as well and female breasts, male genitalia, and rear ends from both sexes are shown. Sexual encounters are present and leave little to the imagination. Cussing and blaspheming is also prevalent in this series as well.
After the creators reached out to me for coverage, I clicked on the freely available web comics on my lunch break at work. I was shocked by the nudity and content. There should be a NSFW warning for this series. These comics are gritty, smutty, and don't portray Christianity in a positive light. I recommend steering clear of them if you have struggles with pornography. This series certainly goes against Philippians 4:8 and I recommend any Christian considering supporting this series read that verse before doing so.


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From Peru with Love
When Lori and John Amar met Belle in Iquitos, they knew they had to bring her home to Canada. It was love at first sight. When the two met Pili, another special canine at the Amazon Cares sanctuary a few hours later, there was no doubt on their minds that she too needed to be a part of their family.
BellePhoto by: Ursula Vari
John and Lori are exceptional humans from Canada who periodically travel to the Iquitos region of Peru to help strays and injured animals. They single handedly funded a spay and neuter program through Amazon Cares, a local rescue organization who took in Belle after she was hit by a car and left on the road for dead.
Lori and Belle
Luckily, the world is home to wonderful humans like those at Amazon Cares and the 'Amars', who- though with limited resources- work around the clock to make a difference in the lives of the abandoned, discarded and injured. After months of rehabilitation and tedious preparation to fly the two dogs between countries, Pili and Belle arrived in Canada in September and were reunited with John and Lori as well as Negrita, another one of the Amar's Peruvian rescues.
Aside from their country of origin, the canines share another common trait: their impressive ears. Belle and Pili adapted to the cooler climate without difficulty, though they had to be quarantined for a few weeks. Belle and Pili are living happily in the company of Negrita, Yuki and Osi the feline family members, all part of the beyond loving home of John and Lori.
The world needs more people like these two and the ones at Amazon Cares.
A huge thank you to the team at Amazon Cares who work around the clock to make a difference in the lives of thousands of strays.
To help more dogs like Pili and Belle you can donate at Amazon Cares.
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Josh Duggar Posts Father's Day Message While Jill & Jessa Make First Public Appearance Since Brother's Scandal
Josh Duggar showed his appreciation for his dad, Jim Bob Duggar, in a Father's Day video message uploaded to YouTube over the weekend.
WATCH: Josh Duggar Breaks Silence For First Time Since Molestation Scandal
"Happy Father's Day," Josh says with pregnant wife Anna by his side. "I can remember as a little boy riding the tow truck with you and spending all those hours together. As I grew up a little bit, we were at the car lot together and I can remember how to do business deals and fill out the paperwork and all those things. Later on, when we built a house together, we spent three and a half years learning about construction and all the joys and sorrows of all that. I can also think of all the moments where you've been there for us -- through the hard times and through the good times. I know that your investment in each one of our lives is priceless and we're so grateful for you."
"Thank you for raising such an awesome husband," Anna chimes in at the end.
Josh and Anna were originally scheduled to appear at the ALIVE Christian Music Festival on Saturday, but skipped the event. Josh's sisters, Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald, did attend the festival, however, making it their first public appearance since Josh's molestation scandal broke last month.
"We're not a perfect family, we mess up," Jill told the crowd. "Imagine what life is like with a family with two or three kids and multiply that about 10 times over and that's what you get."
NEWS: Josh Duggar Moving Back to Arkansas, Hires Kate Gosselin's Bodyguard
Jill and Jessa avoided directly discussing the news that older brother Josh had molested them when they were all minors, but Jill's husband, Derrick, did talk about what it was like to be thrown into such a huge family.
"I was actually the mascot in college, so at birthday events, events for little kids, I'd have kids climbing all over me and so I kind of felt the same way whenever I'd go over to the Duggars' house before we got married," Derrick said.
In its 28th year, the Alive Festival is one of America's premiere Christian music festivals and summer destinations, featuring seminars, workshops, swimming, volleyball, basketball, hiking trails and more than 200 acres of camping.


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Actress Frances McDormand has been trying to get an adaptation of author Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Olive Kitteridge off the ground for years, and it looks like things are now finally moving forward. Deadline reports that The Kids Are All Right director Lisa Cholodenko will helm a miniseries adaptation of the novel for HBO in which McDormand and Richard Jenkins will star. The story focuses on a retired schoolteacher and the characters that surround her, as the various tales of affairs, suicide, and emotional problems in her small Maine town are told through her eyes. McDormand will star as the schoolteacher, Olive Kitteridge, while Jenkins will play her husband.
Cholodenko had previously been attached to direct an adaptation of the childrens book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, but she recently dropped out. Jane Anderson wrote the screenplay for the four-hour miniseries. Hit the jump to read a synopsis of Strout's book.
Here's a synopsis for Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge:
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life–sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition–its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires. [Amazon]


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Although many individuals have heard of chiropractic care, many people do not know how it works or what it is about. Please see below our list of Frequently Asked Questions for further information.
The official definition of chiropractic according to the General Chiropractic Council, is "a health profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, and the effects of these disorders on the function of the nervous system and general health".
Therefore, chiropractic care uses manual therapies (the hands) to treat disorders of the bones, muscles and joints. Although we use a range of techniques and treatment methods, there is an emphasis on manipulation of the spine. At Coventry Chiropractor we also offer advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle, together with providing rehabilitation exercises for patients to do in the comfort of their own homes.
Chiropractors use the main method of 'adjustment' or 'manipulation', which is the use of their hands to adjust or manipulate the spine and other areas of the body where restriction of movement is found. Chiropractors also use other therapies, such as acupuncture, massage or heat/ice packs, to help alleviate any pain felt.
A chiropractic adjustment, such as spine manipulation, should not be painful. Our chiropractic team are highly qualified in treating the misaligned vertebrae without causing any form of pain or other complications. More often than not treatment such as spine manipulation actually improves symptoms of pain in many patients.
Yes, chiropractic treatment is very safe. Our team of chiropractors are highly qualified and are easily able to recognise situations where certain chiropractic treatments would not be suitable, for example when pain is caused by an infection.
Where chiropractor's use manipulation or adjustment methods to alleviate restricted movement, physiotherapists use mobilization techniques, which help to increase blood circulation and relax the affected muscle or joint. Like chiropractors, physiotherapists will also issue patients with particular exercises they can complete at home in order to aid their recovery.
If you are uncertain as to whether you should visit a chiropractor or a physiotherapist for your condition please contact our Coventry based practice and we will be happy to arrange a consultation for you as soon as possible.
There is good evidence available that shows chiropractic care is an effective treatment for low back pain in particular, which is confirmed by the NHS.
There is also some good evidence that shows chiropractic care is an effective treatment for other musculoskeletal problems, such as frozen shoulder, acute back pain, chronic and acute neck pain, headaches and migraine that originates from neck pain, and knee pain.
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URL - http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2014/06/fathers-day-gifts-mothers-are-fathers.html
Gone are the times when gifts were a surprise, coming are times where
you list your gift choices on Amazon or some such site - to make it easy
for the loved one's to order it. Whatever happened to "I
know my father" and "know what he would enjoy"? The surprise factor is
still good! There was a time, when my son and I had exchanged the exact
same gift which we both cherished.
Let me not forget and be
insensitive to those who do not have a father, abusive father or ashamed
to be associated with one. I admire you for being who you are without a
father or a father figure. All of us would find our own balance in one
way or the other, that is the law of life, and I admire you for being
who you are - a good giver, even though you may not have been a
recipient of such love.
God willing, I will write a small
article on father's day to appreciate my father M. Abdul Rahman and my
father figure Everett A Blauvelt, who have showered tremendous affection
and caring. I hope you would reflect on such blessed figures in your
life - a sense of gratitude seeps in when expressed, and brings serenity
in life.
To rekindle that beautiful connection, of knowing
what your father would like and want, my friend Dr. Amer Suleman floated
a great idea. When his kids asked him what he wants for Father's day,
he said to them, "the greatest gift would be to speak to me in my
language - Urdu; at least three sentences." Now the kids can surprise
their fathers in their own language… it takes effort and thought process
to figure out the surprise.
This is also a great idea to keep our Children's earth green.
I admire all those mothers who have been a great father to their
children, through a variety of life situations. My wife Yasmeen has
been a good father besides a great mother to her daughter Maheen, and I
know a whole lot of other mothers who have raised their children with a
lot of caring and affection - they deserve a big appreciation on
father's day
Share are your thoughts, together we can create a few good moments in our lives to cherish?
Share are your thoughts, together we can create a few good moments in our lives to cherish?
Mike Ghouse


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VISIT TO PLUTO: Dwarf planet Pluto is a world of mystery waiting to be visited for the first time. NASA's New Horizons probe is racing across the solar system for a close encounter that could dramatically alter what researchers "know" about Pluto and other small worlds. [story] [video] [artist's concept]
WEEKEND AURORAS: " I can tell that this aurora season is going to be mind-blowing," says photographer Brandon Lovett of Fairbanks, Alaska. "Night has completely returned to Fairbanks, and the aurora borealis has come out to take the place of the midnight sun." He took this picture on Sept. 3rd:
"The night began with scattered clouds and only a hint of the display taking place behind them," he says. "As the clouds cleared the aurora showed itself in full force. In a matter of seconds a thin glowing strip exploded into a display of pink and green dancing curtains. The ground matched the sky, casting shadows of my tripod and myself. It was spectacular to say the very least. All images are in un-retouched jpeg form."
more images: from Fredrik Broms of Kvaløya, Norway; from Helge Mortensen of Rekvik outside Tromsø, Norway; from Frank Olsen of Tromsø, Norway
A COMET AMONG THE STARS: As September begins, green Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) is gliding across the star fields of the Milky Way. Tonight it will pass by Brocchi's Cluster, also known as "the Coathanger." Italian astronomer Rolando Ligustri photographed the approach on Sept. 2nd using a remotely-controlled 20" telescope in New Mexico:
"Comets are such beautiful objects," says Ligustri. "With the Milky Way as a backdrop, there seems to be a nice photo-op for Comet Garradd every night."
For now Comet Garradd is a telescopic object. It is, however, approaching the sun and brightening. Recent projections place it at peak magnitude 6, on the threshold of naked-eye visibility, in February 2012. Because Comet Garradd is a first-time visitor to the inner solar system, it could behave in unexpected ways, perhaps exceeding those expectations. Stay tuned--and meanwhile browse the image links below.
more images: from John Chumack of Yellow Springs, Ohio; from Kosma Coronaios of Louis Trichardt, Limpopo Province, South Africa; from Günther Strauch of Borken, NRW, Germany; from Parks Squyres of SaddleBrooke, Arizona; from Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona; from Tamas Abraham of Zsambek, Hungary; from Efrain Morales Rivera of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico;
finder charts: from Sky and Telescope, from Seiichi Yoshida
August 2011 Aurora Gallery [previous Augusts: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002]


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Burpee Burn and Burpee Education
Hello all!
I hope your Thursday has been wonderful and that you are ready to get your burpee on. 🙂
Note: The workout is still uploading. YouTube estimates that it will be ready to go at around 10:30PM central time.
When researching different burpee variations, I discovered that I have been cheating (I am ashamed :-() when doing a standard burpee. I cannot believe that I have been doing the move incorrectly for so long.
Let me explain.
What I thought a burpee was:
1) squat
2) jump back into plank
3) jump feet forward to hands
4) stand up and jump up with arms reaching for the ceiling
What a standard burpee actually is:
1) squat
2) jump back into plank and let body briefly hit the ground (this is the part I was unaware of)
3) jump feet forward to hands
4) stand up and jump up with arms reaching for the ceiling
There is a ton of conflicting information out there so I contacted my cousin who is a CrossFit coach and she cleared things up. Thank you Courtney!
All that being said, from now on, I will be doing a standard burpee the correct way which I have discovered is quite difficult. Although the move is challenging, I did my best and am looking forward to improving. I appreciate the fact that the correct standard burpee engages the arms, shoulders and chest more than the version that does not include touching the body to the ground.
You learn something new everyday. I hope you enjoy today's workout. Let me know what you think!
And for today's workout breakdown:
Workout #20 Burpee Blitz
-rep challenge
-untimed/ 10 exercises/ 10 reps of each exercise
1) standard burpee
2) right legged burpee
3) left legged burpee
4) x legs burpee
5) candlestick burpee
6) lateral jump burpee
7) tuck jump burpee
8) right side burpee
9) left side burpee
10) dumbbell lift burpee
Watch the video once through to learn each exercise and complete the workout. If our paces aren't matching up, feel free to do the exercises on your own.


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I'm sure I'm about to ruffle some feathers on this one, and that's okay because what I'm about to say is true and that's all that really matters. There are tons of myths floating around from folks and I'd like to put one of them to rest today.
The myth in question, is that revolvers don't malfunction.
Read my lips, er, words — that's just not true.
It may not be malicious. They may just be misinformed people saying things they think to be true but aren't. Or, maybe because they've never had a malfunction with a revolver they group them all together as being the ultimate non-breaking mechanical device.
Let me be clear, I've never had a mechanical revolver malfunction, myself, and I own a few and shoot them regularly. (I say it that way, because I have had the front sight fall off a 627 PC)
But revolvers do fail.
Maybe not as often, but when they do break they usually have a catastrophic malfunction that cannot be fixed as you're using it or defending yourself against an attack with it.
Yes, they do break less often. They have less malfunctions than a semi-auto handgun does, but they DO have them.
Now, I'm not beating up on the revolver here, I do own a few of them and carry them on a semi-regular basis. I'm just trying to fix something untrue that's caught on like wildfire: the myth that revolvers never malfunction.
How can I prove it to you? It's not scientific, unfortunately. Remember I've never had a revolver malfunction myself.
However, I'm a member of a Facebook Group called Wheel Gun Fun. A question was recently posed by a member:
That person asked a very serious question in the private group, and there are hundreds of comments so far. The answers ranged from people saying that they've never experienced a revolver malfunction of any kind, to people experiencing several.
Please note that the following screen shots are from actual people in the group, though I have chosen to hide their identity because it took place in a private group.
This first comment is from someone who has had multiple revolvers fail —
And, if there were a couple of themes I feel like I noticed, it's that "hammerless" revolvers seem to have more problems, in general, than their hammered brethren.
By the way, I'm not the only one who has heard the myth that revolvers don't fail, here is someone who has heard the same thing, to the point where he yelled at everyone —
Here's another —
It is a common myth and something I've unfortunately heard many times.
This next one was a DA/SA (double action / single action) gun–a S&W 686 in 357 Mag that seemed to only want to fire single action. On one hand, at least the gun still worked.
But, I can't imagine having to defend myself with a gun that only worked each time I pulled back the hammer —
This next one lists out multiple different issues that a revolver can have, from a certified S&W armorer. While many gun failures, for both revolvers and semi-autos, are ammo or operator error, sometimes mechanical parts just break —
Then again, sometimes it's just a maintenance issue, like we see in this next screenshot —
And of course, we have ammo failures like we see here —
The point of all this is simple and not to pick on revolvers. Revolvers do malfunction. Maybe not as often as semi-autos, but they do fail. To say otherwise, to say that a mechanical thing won't or cannot break is false.
The key with all firearms is to keep them well maintained and in tip top shape, especially if your life depends on it.
The reason why I'm addressing this, is because false information can be deadly. Imagine if you will, someone new to guns buys a revolver for self-protection and one day actually has to use it. Only, for some reason it goes out of time.
The person then has to stop defending himself with a dumbfounded look thinking to him or herself, but revolvers aren't supposed to malfunction. What happened?
What happened is that well-intentioned people misinformed you.
I mentioned above that I carry a revolver on a semi-regular basis. When I do, and for a few of my semi-autos as well, I tend to carry in a JM4 Tactical Quick Click & Carry Holster. They are definitely worth checking out.


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Texas Governor Rick "What Month Is This?" Perry has filed suit in U.S. District Court to challenge the signature requirement to get on the Virginia Republican primary ballot.
"Virginia ballot access rules are among the most onerous and are particularly problematic in a multi-candidate election" said Perry Campaign spokesperson Ray Sullivan. "We're challenging the signature requirement under the Federal handicapped access laws. No one can reasonably expect a person of Rick's limited intelligence to understand, let alone fulfill these draconian requirements."


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Very little original material has been written for the ukulele, compared to the piano and other instruments. As such, most of the music for the ukulele consists of transcriptions. The journey to make a song sheet work for ukulele groups to read and use is one of reducing and simplifying the musical material to its barebones. After interviewing various transcribers who share their song sheets online for my research, I now share my way of transcribing songs for the ukulele.
Continue reading "Transcribing songs for ukulele: September in the Rain"


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Organic Consumers Association wants to
Neonicotinoid pesticides (also called "neonics") are killing bees; that's why Europe is banning them.
Earlier this year the OCA, Friends of the Earth and other groups gathered more than a half-million petition signatures to Frank Blake, CEO, Home Depot and Robert Niblock, CEO, Lowe's, asking them to stop selling plants pretreated with bee-killing pesticides. A representative for Mr. Blake and Home Depot has reached out, and we are in discussions with Home Depot about how to source plants…
No strawberries, no honey -- without bees Valentine's Day just wouldn't be the same. Bees pollinate two-thirds of our global food crops and they are in trouble. Last year U.S. beekeepers reported 40-100 percent losses in their hives, and right now they are likely facing another winter of historic bee die-offs. That's why we're asking you to join thousands of people coast-to-coast to swarm Home…
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public…Read More
Will you join me in pledging to take one simple action to save bees in our own backyards and deliver a valentine to Home Depot and Lowe's…Read More
This article clearly points out the major issue with unregulated pesticide use. Neonicotinoids are probably not the single cause bee…Read More
Back in 2010 I wrote a four part series that was published in the Teton Valley News, in Driggs, ID, located on the "other side" of the Grand Teton Mountain Range (over the hill from Jackson, WY) after I received a riveting e-mail that starkly portrayed what our food supply would be like without…Read More
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Sweet treats galore
Brings the weekend near
Packed with festivities
And few more holidays.
It started already today
With meeting the dear ones
Seeing the smiles of mama
As she met her brother dear.
Chocolate I indulge in often
Then bake it in my favorite cake
Sometimes, little tangy sour
Sometimes, heavenly sin it is.
This weekend might be different
For a new friend just went off
Infatuation is making inroads
Spent it will be, thinking alone.
Conversations give me sweet smiles
He pulls me near, by pulling pranks
In a new place, I found hopes somehow
Autumn break I like, yet soul will search.
Amidst the poems, and some work
Sweet will be the smile of remembrance
Of moments the mid week brought along
Amidst games, found some love intact.
Written as part of OctPoWriMo Writing Prompt Day 3: Its Friday… SWEET


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text: Hello This is Sid from India. I am planning to explore Malaysian peninsular by motorcycle between 08 Oct 16 to 16 Oct 16. My flight is from Kuala Lumpur. Anyone interested to join me? I need some advice/ assistance on my trip. How easy is to rent motorcycle in Kuala Lumpur? Which are the reliable places where I can rent? Is it possible to parcel the motorcycle in train/bus? How is the weather in Malaysia during October? Can you suggest any route for my road trip? Eagerly waiting for your response. Thanks in advance. Regards Sid


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Over the past six weeks, readers of all ages have been hitting high notes by reading for incentives this summer season. We've hosted book clubs, we've read together, and we've given out hundreds of prizes. And we're not done yet.
The benefits of summertime reading are immense. Children who read over summer avoid the dreaded "summer slide". They are primed and ready to learn on Day One when school resumes.
For us grown-ups, summer is a perfect time to rediscover the joys of reading (and listening to books) for pleasure. In this world of wonders, our hunger to learn can—and should—continue as we grow older. Libraries are a resource for our whole lifetime.
There are just a couple weeks left in the Summer Reading Program, and it's not too late to pick up a reading log. Music, sound and rhythm are inspiring 2018's energetic theme: Libraries Rock. Several of our biggest programs are happening this month, as we celebrate how fun and fulfilling summertime reading can be.
If you've ever wondered what it's like to attend a children's stortyime session, you'll delight in the All-Ages Music Storytime on Thursday, July 26 at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited: kid, grown-ups, and even grown-ups without a kid. It's a perfect opportunity to see the magic that happens during a library storytime, as we welcome local musicians and read musical-themed children's books, all neatly packaged into one half-hour of delight.
Expect to leave with a irrepressible smile and a song in your step. Register your spot today at estesvalleylibrary.org.
Storytime teaches us to be good listeners. A worthy skill indeed. But it's also about activities and hands-on creativity. This summer, we have a time place just for that, not to mention the perfect bandleader.
You're invited to join the All-Ages Music Jam cheerfully led by music therapist Nancy Bell on Tuesday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m. No musical ability is required—this 45-minute session is all about simple and easy expression.
And you can bring any instrument of your choosing. You might bring the Diddley Bow you made at a Library workshop. Or any instrument you have at home. If you don't have an instrument to bring, no problem. We'll have plenty of percussion pieces on hand you can borrow and share. You can register now at estesvalleylibrary.org.
Kids ages 6 to 11 still have a chance to Make a Musical Instrument at our craft workshop this Thursday, July 19 at 2 p.m. (registration online).
Many thanks to the Estes Valley Library Friends & Foundation for making all these programs possible.
We look forward to sharing more highlights—plus a big music-themed announcement—in our Summer Summary next month. May all of this joy—reading and music alike—endure this summer and beyond.


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