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Our Living Savior Gives Us Living Hope
A Hope that Can Never Perish, Spoil, or Fade…
A sermon based on 1 Peter 1:3-9
Sunday, April 27, 2014 – Easter 2A
Are you full? I hope you had a good breakfast, but that's not what I mean. I don't care if you're full of food as much I hope that you're full of faith, that you're full of joy, that you're full of hope.
Martin Luther once said, "Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No farmer would sow one grain of corn if he did not hope it would grow up and become seed; … no merchant or tradesman would see himself work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby." In other words, would you really go in to work this week, if there was no hope of getting paid?
Hope is important to all we do.
But hopes can sometimes leave you disappointed. The crop might be destroyed. The job might be lost. The class might be failed. The cancer might come back.
But we have a sure and certain hope that will not leave us disappointed. And we have a living hope that moves us to live differently. We have a living Savior. The resurrection of Jesus means we have a hope and an inheritance that will never perish, spoil, or fade. The apostle Peter, who saw the resurrected Jesus with his own eyes describes this hope for us in 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV84)…
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
I. A Certain Hope That Does Not Disappoint Us
"Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!" Do you believe it? Are you filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy at that truth? Do you feel it? How about during the week? Did you then? All week?
Or were you sometimes a bit distracted by the kids, by the bills, by the "to-do" list that didn't seem to shrink much, by the funny noise the car's started making again, by the mounds of homework? How about when you were suffering? When the flu left you wiped out, when you were in pain due to physical malady, some emotional hurt, or one more financial crisis—did you feel the inexpressible and glorious joy then?
Joshua Bell, quite possibly the best living violinist in the world—who gets paid $1,000 per minute to perform—played music written by Bach and Schubert on Stradivarius violin—worth $3.5 million!—for 45 minutes. But he wasn't wearing a tux. Nor was he in a concert hall. He was in a subway station. And during those 45 minutes 1,095 people passed by one of the most beautiful concerts to be played. And yet hardly anyone stopped for the free concert. It just wasn't that important to them.
Do we sometimes act like that as we walk by the Word of God too rushed and too hurried to stop and notice the great gift given to us—not just a great concert for free—but eternal life for free! How often don't we get so distracted by the minute and mundane of this life, that we fail to really stop to listen to the message, to marvel at God's mercy and love for us, to be filled again with an inexpressible and glorious joy?! Martin Luther once said, "You have as much laughter as you have faith." Have you been laughing much lately? Or have you been doing more whining?
The truth is, that for all the times we've passed by the Gospel message, brushing it off with a quick, "Oh, I already know all that," or "I have too many other things to do right now…" For all the times that we've read it, but only to cross it off our to-do list without pondering it again… For all the times that we've read it and understood it, but failed to appreciate the message there for us… well, we deserve to just go skipping merrily along on our path to hell.
That's what we deserve. But, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he [acted]!"
Do you remember that in the Gospel of Luke two separate men asked Jesus the same question. They asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" (Luke 10:25 and Luke 18:18). Now every time I read that I can't help but think, "What a dumb question!" What does anyone do to inherit anything? Nothing at all! Someone else dies and leaves it to you!
In his great mercy [God] has given us new birth into… an inheritance…"
You and I have been given a new birth "born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5 NIV84) in our Baptisms, through the Word. "[We] were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:13 ESV) We've experienced our own resurrection from the dead in our conversion—from spiritual death to spiritual life. And by that new birth, we inherit forgiveness of sins, not by anything we might do, but entirely by what Jesus has done. We inherit forgiveness of sins, that's what he left us in his death. We receive Jesus' very body and blood to strengthen our trust in this sure and certain hope. That's what he left us in his new covenant—his last will and testament.
And this inheritance of ours is, "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade…"
A recent ESPN documentary called "Broke" chronicles the lives of professional athletes who once earned millions of dollars but have now gone bankrupt. According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60% of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. Sucked into bad investments, paying child support and alimony to their broken families, saddled with medical problems, and naturally prone to showing off and living the high life, many pro athletes find that their riches just don't last.
And how many people don't win the lottery and then only a few short years later wish they'd never played. That kind of money allows them to buy things they don't need, to get involved in drugs they shouldn't use, and ruins relationships and the lives of the "winners" in general.
The riches of professional sports, of lotteries, of hard work and good investments, all spoil, fade, perish. They just don't last. And they certainly don't last beyond this life. As country singer, George Strait, has pointed it out, "You don't bring nothing with you here and you can't take nothing back. I ain't never seen a hearse, with a luggage rack." (Lyrics from You'll Be There by George Strait)
But that's not the case the inheritance we receive through Jesus. It's, "kept in heaven for you." It's kept far away from anyone or anything that could ever destroy it or even touch it. Satan cannot go there! And it's shielded for us, guarded and protected better than if it were in Fort Knox, better than it would be if a legion of angels were guarding it. It's "shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time." God himself will guard your salvation with his power until Judgment Day. And that truth that our inheritance can never spoil, fade, or perish, that it can never be lost or destroyed, gives us a sure and certain hope that changes how we live right now.
Martin Luther once told his congregation that he only plans for two days in his entire calendar: Today and that Day. Confident that he knew where he was going on that Day, thanks to his living Savior, Luther would get to work today to serve his Savior now. That's exactly how this hope of ours is a living hope…
II. A Living Hope That Does Change Us
Do you remember the three parts of faith? The Latin for them is scientia, assentia, and fiducia. Scientia is knowledge. You know what Jesus did—how he lived a perfect life for you, died an innocent death for you, and rose again from the dead. Assentia is agreement. You know this to be true. You nod your head to those historical facts. But fiducia is trust. It's having that sure and certain hope that this all applies to you. It is fiducia that saves and this faith alone saves. It's who you trust, not what you do. But you also know that this saving faith is never alone. It has to act. It's not some dead faith, but is itself living and active…
The term living water was used in Biblical times for water that was not stagnant like the water collected in a well or in a pool, but was active, moving, bubbling, "living," like water from a spring or a stream.
Likewise, "God… has given us new birth into a living hope." Our faith is not dead or stagnant, but alive. It doesn't just sit still, but has to act! Martin Luther once said that this faith (that is, this trust in this sure and certain hope that Jesus' resurrection brings) is not like the foam on his beer that just sits and does nothing, full of air. Rather it was more like the bubbles, that stir within and make it move!
Our faith in this sure and certain hope moves us. That's why Peter called it a living hope. And it moved Peter. It moved Peter to preach to the crowd on Pentecost. It moved Peter to write to the churches that had sprung up as a result. And it ultimately moved Peter to die a martyr's death for his Living Savior, confident that death would not win. That was his living hope.
And this is the same living hope that moves us. It moves us to die for our Living Savior, if we must, confident that death will not defeat us. It moves us to do what may be even harder still: To live for our Living Savior each day, even in the midst of suffering. It moves us to keep our focus in the Word, to read of his love for us again and to love him all over again, even though we don't see him physically. It moves us to be filled again with an inexpressible and glorious joy as we receive the goal of our faith: the salvation of our souls.
And it moves us to speak well of him; to praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! It moves us to praise him regularly in worship, to praise him in prayer, to praise him to others as we share with them the great mercy God has shown to us all until, "Jesus Christ is revealed… [and we receive] the goal of [our] faith, the salvation of [our] souls."
So be full, dear friends! Sure, you may be ready to get lunch at the end of our worship service today. But I still don't care that much how full of food you are. But be full of faith! Be full of hope! Be full of joy! Be full of God's grace. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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What's Daily15?
Daily15 is a phrase we use often at New Hope. What it looks like depends on who you are and your season of life.
Whether you're new to the idea of Daily15, or just looking for some fresh ideas, here are some resources for your Daily15 practice.
The Bible Project: Videos explaining the books and themes found in the Bible. Also a great reading plan.
YouVersion Bible App: Take the Bible with you wherever you go. Search by keyword and view different translations. Themed bible studies available.
God's Wisdom for Navigating Life by Tim Keller: a daily devotional book many of New Hope's staff read as part of their Daily15 in 2018.
Devotionals Daily: Website full of different devotionals and Bible studies. You can have these emailed to you each morning.
What on Earth Am I Here for by Rick Warren: We went through this book as a church in 2016, and enjoyed the way the readings enhanced our Daily15.
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Three weeks before Governor-elect Pat McCrory takes the oath of office, a new poll shows him enjoying a solid popularity rating.
Public Policy Polling finds McCrory has a 53% favorability rating among all voters surveyed. But more than half of those surveyed question the appropriateness of his decision to remain employed at the Moore& Van Allen law firm as he prepares to take office.
Here's more from PPP:
'Nevertheless voters are not happy with how McCrory is handling his transition into office. 51% think that McCrory's continued employment at a law firm that lobbies the state represents a conflict of interest to only 31% who think it is not. And 54% think he should resign his job immediately to 25% who don't think that's necessary. McCrory was elected due to his broad support from independents but they think both that the job is a conflict (51/36) and that he should leave it immediately (54/30).'
McCrory won the state's highest office in November promising to clean-up a "culture of corruption" and do things differently in Raleigh.


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In 1622, King James I issued instructions to the English clergy under the title Directions Concerning Preachers through Archbishop George Abbot, in order to restrict preaching on controversial issues. One of these directions reads as follows:
"That no preacher of what title soever under the degree of a bishop, or dean at the least, do from henceforth presume to preach in any popular auditory the deep points of predestination, election, reprobation or of the universality, efficacy, resistibility or irresistibility of God's grace; but leave those themes to be handled by learned men, and that moderately and modestly by way of use and application, rather than by way of positive doctrine, as being fitter for the schools and universities, than for simple auditories."
The Church of England divine John Edwards (1637-1716), whose works are crammed with a Reformed Orthodox understanding of predestination, criticized the king's instruction in vol. 2 of his work titled The Preacher (p. 131-136, spelling modernized in places):
1. I do not see how it can be presumption to preach of these points [of doctrine] in the pulpit, seeing the Holy Scripture so often mentions them. Surely it can be no fault to deliver those doctrines, even in a popular auditory, when the Holy Bible, which is put into the hands of the people, delivers these sacred truths to us. May we not hear the same things from the preacher's lips which we have from the mouths and pens of the inspired prophets and apostles? I believe I shall never be convinced that a minister of the Gospel, who is to take the matter [i.e. content] of his sermons from the Scriptures, is to be blamed for handling those very doctrines which he finds there; and especially seeing they are represented there as necessary to be believed, and of the foundation of the Christian religion.
2. It is observable that these doctrines of predestination, election, reprobation, etc., were held to be Orthodox in those times (viz. at the close of King James the First's reign) by our Church [i.e. the Church of England]. For we see here that no fault is found in them, yea, it is supposed that the things themselves are true, and according to Scripture, otherwise no persons would be allow'd to preach and handle them: but some are here allow'd and authorized to do it. Now seeing they are own'd to be Orthodox, it is very strange and unaccountable that they may not be preached by all the ministers and dispensers of the Gospel. Have any men power to cull and pick out of the Bible such and such particular doctrines for the pastors of the Church to discourse of, and to order that others shall be debarred the pulpit? If any warrant can be shewed for this, I shall be silent, but till then I must profess myself bound to believe that the whole will of God, that is, all doctrines in the Scriptures relating to salvation, are to be preach'd to the people by the faithful ambassadors of Christ. In the Form of ordering Priests in our Church, we find that the Bishop delivers to every one of them the Bible, saying, Take thou authority to preach the Word of God, but he doth not confine them to certain texts, and certain doctrines, and give them authority to preach only on them. No: the Bible in general is their storehouse, and they may furnish themselves with all sorts of divine truths, and communicate them to their hearers.
3. How vain and senseless is that, that a popular auditory must hear nothing of these doctrines of predestination, etc., but the schools and universities may ring of them? As if there were nothing but matter of dispute and controversy in these evangelical matters. This is a great mistake, for there is solid, undoubted and incontestable truth in them, abstract from all debates and disputes. And the vulgar and illiterate are as capable of this as the most learned, and therefore they ought not to be excluded from hearing these doctrines, yea, they are hugely concerned in them, because by means of these they have an occasion of improving their spiritual knowledge, of strengthening their faith, of heightening their love and affection towards the Holy Jesus, of admiring the sovereignty, and extolling the peculiar grace and bounty of God. Is there any reason then to confine these doctrines to the schools and universities?
4. That is very silly and weak that none but a bishop or dean must preach of predestination and election, and the like doctrines, that none but cathedral men must venture upon these points: as if the Gospel, which delivers these doctrines, had commission'd those persons, and none else, to treat of them. This is a palpable imposing on the Christian world, this is a plain lessening and debasing the commission of Christ's ambassadors, this is an unwarrantable confining the ministers of the Gospel, and the Gospel itself. Besides that it is a foolish intimation that a title or a dignity makes a man an able minister of Christ Jesus. But I think no more need to be said to expose this folly.
There are those that look upon these doctrines as wholly indifferent, and therefore advise that nothing should be said of them in the pulpit. But these men that talk thus, have either read the Scripture, or they have not: if they have, they can't but see that these doctrines are not of an indifferent nature; if they have not, it is to be presumed that they have little regard to those sacred writings, and look upon them as indifferent, as well as these points: and perhaps they reckon all as such, and think one persuasion as true as another. This sceptical sort of gentlemen, I hope, our clergy will have nothing to do with, and consequently will not listen to what they say of the foresaid doctrines.
Some others would have us believe that the doctrine of the decrees, and of divine concourse, and of the power of grace, etc., are philosophical speculations, and therefore are not fit for the people. And sometimes they call them philosophical disputes and philosophical hypotheses. At other times they are said to be scholastical notions, and therefore are not to be regarded: as one among us lately was against the applying the epithet idolatrous to the Church of Rome, because it was (he said) a Scholastick term.
There are others of our order that refuse to discourse to the people on any of these points, because they carry some difficulty with them, and they pretend that they are loth to perplex their hearers' minds. But this is a mere pretence, for on the same account some of the articles of our religion, which they themselves own necessary to be taught, are to be laid aside, as the doctrine of the Trinity, the Incarnation of the Son of God, etc. Therefore it is evident that the eternal decrees and the other truths so often mentioned ought to be preached, tho' they be difficult. This must not deter us from delivering what is truth, and what is adjusted to the Word of God. And yet here this ought to be inserted, that about the way and manner of handling these points there is caution and prudence to be observed. The mere disputative part should not be undertaken ordinarily in our sermons. The abstruse speculations that may arise from these doctrines are not to be the subject of our discourses to the people: but the substantial part of them must be. For this being plainly and expressly contained in the Scriptures, we are obliged to discourse of it, as well as of other truths contained in that Holy Volume. And let me tell you, if this were commonly treated of, with judgment and care, and with shewing what are the useful inferences that naturally flow from it, it would be easily apprehended, and readily embraced, and our auditors would call for frequent instructions and applications relating to these divine subjects.
Well then, be persuaded of the necessity of acquainting your flock with these truths. We have Philistines that stop up these walls, but do you open them, and let your people have free admission to them. Nay, account it no other than sacrilege to rob the Church of these holy doctrines, which are her right and due. They being part of the Word of God (as I said before), take heed that as you do not add to it, so you do not diminish ought from it, Deut. 4:2; Prov. 30:6; Rev. 22:18.


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Pic level 47a: Spreading from the ceiling you find infection bubbles. White lines show direction of shots starting up sides to clear. When you see the first infection bubble clear up center as well to stop spread of infection.
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Are you a hostage to your inner critic
Do you have those moments when you know that you would like to try something different in your life but your internal, critical voice – which I call the old black crow, starts squawking all the negatives about you and reduces you to depression and inactivity?
I had my own one last week, I have been working quite hard and it decided to pay me a visit . So I stopped going to the gym, had one wine too many and at least 4 bars of chocolate.
So I decided to do a bit of clearing out of my filing cabinets and came across a tape which was made by a mentor of mine, Dr. George Kohlreiser. He is a trained hostage negotiator and has worked with the U.N., you'll find him if you google the name.
Anyway,one of Dr. G.,s specialisms is bonding and the psychology and mechanisms behind bonding.
He uses this skill to great advantage when in hostage negotiations and it started to make me reflect on why at this moment was I not bonded to myself.
Actually, I was tired and I need to give myself permission just to rest and do nothing. I needn't have gone to the gym but I could have gone swimming as there is a lovely pool there.
When I was a young girl, chilling or idling was not encouraged – the instructions were don't be so selfish – go and do something constructive – and without thinking about me as a grown woman, I had temporarily allowed myself to slip back and use the old negative voice to make me miserable and headachy so I could isolate myself because of course in this case, the doing something constructive would have been to sleep or rest..
Now, having had some quiet time and rest, my thinking is better and I can reflect on how easy it is to stay hostage to your own inner critic when making a positive decision in recognition to your needs can be so easy.
The hard part for most of us that we don't remember to think about what we need or maybe even recognise the inner signals.
The fast pace of modern life means we have come away from our inner selves, not making the time to check in on what we want or even possess the ability to recognise it let alone act on it.
Then, when other people can't guess what we want we go around feeling a mixture of , depression, anger, exasperation, fury, misery – rather like two year olds who cannot articulate their needs because they don't have the language. They will have a hunger for something, whether it is sleep, food, cuddles or fun, often the hunger is fed by inappropriate means, the need for cuddles may be replaced by a dummy or doughnuts, fun, the television because it gives you something.
There is no blame attached here , it's what happens, but you don't need to stay stuck with these patterns.
So as we grow up we can find that we may still try to feed these hungers in ways which are not helpful. I fed my need for sleep by getting more tired – now is that daft or what!!
Most of us never learn this emotional language, the one which interprets are inner needs, gives us permission to have them and find a solution to fulfil them.
This is why in my jobsearch programme I concentrate on understanding yourself in the first module which gives you an opportunity to find out what really makes you tick with regards to what you want to do in the world.
So today, just reflect on one thing you really like to do or are interested in.
Lets see if we can make it grow.


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Another typical taiwanese breakfast (3 meals for me) today.
I tried a chocolate steamed bread (巧克力馒头). I tasted more like licorice than chocolate, and it was quite tasteless in fact. Not really good, but since it's steamed, i guess that's why it's like this. I really like the shape though.
Secondly, i tried a congpao (葱包), with a lot of pepper, onion and some other plants but i'm not really sure of what it is. The bread tasted like real western bread, maybe less salted but there was quite a lot of pepper so it was hard to say. On the top, there were some seeds. Quite good.
Then, i went for the famous fried thing called Youtiao (油條) for taiwanese breakfast. Oily, fat, and even if it's dough, that's really empty inside, not like churros at all. And it's salted. But just too oily for me.
Then tried the pancake i had last time but with cheese and bacon. They didn't do it the same way as the other shop, and the taste was quite different, but this is like a real omelette. And the other pics are some i took in the morning. The one on the right is people queueing for their breakfast in the famous shop. The one in the middle is the shop i tried today.
Finally, i chose a little cake called supin or something like that. I thought there would be mean inside but it's just like red beans execpt that's white and the inside is a little bit like "pâte feuilletée"/puff pastry.


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The latest Escada resort 2014 collection from creative director Daniel Wingate is in praise of nautical femininity in my opinion. With laser-cut leather, silk satins and basic knit fabrics, the intrigue of fashionistas who love to dress up while vacationing is charming. I love the soft pastels of cornflower blues and pinks. The evening gowns seemed to be designed for the sophisticated but yet easy going ladies who love fashion. There's something very easy about the silhouettes and the draping in this collection. My fave is the pink satin pant suit. Which one is yours? Follow and connect with us on Facebook for more pics and fashion.
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WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$10 million loan to Antigua and Barbuda to support the Governments efforts to improve public sector efficiency, strengthen capacity and institutions, and deliver better services to its citizens and residents. The Public and Social Sector Transformation Project seeks to:"Strengthen Antigua and Barbudas capacity to manage public policies and public services. "Improve ...Read More »
Daily Archives: June 6, 2013
Miss World announces new Guyana Franchise Holder
The Miss World Pageant which is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious beauty contests has announced that New York based Guyanese business woman and Financial Analyst, Natasha Martindale has been awarded the Miss World Franchise for Guyana. Ms. Matindale will now be tasked with organizing and hosting the Guyana leg of the international beauty event to find the ...Read More »
Linden, Agricola unrest won't hurt APNU at polls
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday shrugged off suggestions that the opposition alliance would lose votes because of unrests in Linden and Agricola last year. Insiders of the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) say they plan to crank up their electioneering campaign to show their traditional supporters that the opposition was bent on destroying the country and ...Read More »
"Common Entrance" results out today
The results of this year's National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) are to be made public on Friday, an education source says. The official told Demerara Waves Online News that Education Minister Priya Manickchand will present a report on the results at a press conference at 1PM. The results from this year's exam along with those from exams written at Grades ...Read More »
UN Rep. urges caution on foreign investment in natural resources
UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana Khadija Musa has sounded a warning about the exploitation of natural resources by cash-rich countries. She was speaking at the World Environment Day observance on Wednesday at the Umana Yana where she said natural resources could be the source of future conflicts. "Governments have to be really careful when powerful countries with plenty of money ...Read More »
Masked bandits batter, rob Port Kaituma businessman
A Port Kaituma businessman was late Wednesday night beaten in his head with a handgun and tied up after three robbers carted off a huge sum of cash and mercury, he said. Police have since arrested two suspects and found GUY$100,000 in possession of one of them. No firearm was reportedly found. Police were hunting a third man. Reynold Moore, ...Read More »
APNU joins AFC in opposing Cabinet role in contracts process
The APNU has joined the AFC in publicly stating its opposition to the president and his Cabinet retaining any role in the awarding of public contracts whenever the Public Procurement Commission is set up. The AFC last week vowed to oppose government's intention to amend the Procurement Act to allow Cabinet oversight to be retained. The Act, which was passed ...Read More »


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Our trade show department has been quite busy with the late spring and early summer bookings. As the show season is in full swing, we're getting knocked down a bit by allergies - if we're not sneezing into a tissue we're wiping down every surface with antibacterial wipes. Whoever came up with that idea was a genius!
Which reminds me...
Hey, there's a tradeshow for that!
Paper products have become a staple in global economic history, from the development of paper for writing letters and postcards to the evolution of cold, flu and allergy season necessities.
So why wouldn't there be a show or two dedicated to two of the most used and useful paper products today - the tissue and the wipe.
These fantastic, interactive events are where the movers and shakers of the personal paper products industry meet, greet, discuss, and share ideas - but never tissues.
Before we start sneezing again, take a moment to check out these amazing conferences and conventions for an industry we hold near and dear to our hearts, um, noses.
Tissue World
Hold on to your tissues!
Tissue World is one of the largest trade show and conference events in the world focused on sharing ways to serve the community and customer better. Tissue World holds several events around the globe, from Florida, to Milan and Istanbul to Sao Paulo. The stateside event is typically held in Miami and features over 150 vendors and exhibitors throughout the industry.
If you missed the 2016 event held in New Orleans this year, be sure to register for the 2018 three-day event being held at the Miami Beach Convention Center on March 21 through 23.
More information on Tissue World can be found here.
World of Wipes
From baby wipes to facial wipes – the wipes industry has grown significantly over the last few decades. So it's not surprising to find several trade shows and conventions across the nation specifically for this niche industry. World of Wipes is one of the largest international conferences in the world for the wipes industry, allowing professionals to exhibit and display their new products and talk about new markets and modern technology throughout the industry.
With thousands of visitors and hundreds of exhibitors attending the two-day event, professionals in this sector will enjoy networking with their peers on important topics like flush-ability, regulations, and formulations. Reserve your seat at the 2016 World of Wipes Conference, scheduled for June 6 and 7, or visit their website to see their full list of speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors.
Check out the World of Wipes by clicking here.
Remember, tradeshow planning isn't something to sneeze at. exhibiting at a trade show takes some serious planning. For top tips on trade show exhibits and planning, read Ask the Experts, our recent posting where we received tips from the top exhibt industry professional.
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Just whose side is ICTU on?
6 December, 2012
A letter was published in today's (London) Financial Times from Paul Sweeney, Chief Economist with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Ostensibly it was an attempted rebuttal of a provocative opinion piece called "the best reform of Corporation Tax would be its abolition" which the FT had the temerity to publish last Tuesday. The writer of the article was Michael Devereux of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
If Sweeney had restricted himself to the central issue dealt with by Devereux, that would have been fine. But he goes on to say "Ireland, Luxembourg and Holland, which exploit so-called "tax competition" to reduce taxes for corporations and rich people, must be persuaded to co-operate with other states in the EU if the single market is ever to be a level playing field for all businesses…..The dividing line between "business friendly" and "the public good" was crossed years ago in the area of corporation tax. The imbalance of taxation, which weighs heavily on citizens and lightly on multinationals, has been set by the agents of multinationals, their professional advisers and, in turn, their professional bodies, taxation "institutes" and commissioned "research" ".
It is (to put it mildly) disappointing to find ICTU trying to undermine our 12.5% Corporation Tax rate in such a manner. At a time of crisis in our national finances, some might even call it treasonable.


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WAMG Interview – Director Jennifer Lynch
Interview conducted by Tom Stockman November 5th, 2012
Director Jennifer Lynch's new horror film CHAINED will be playing at 7pm at the Tivoli this Friday night as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. Lynch, who will be in attendance, has lived through her own horror stories the past couple of decades since making her directorial debut in 1993 with BOXING HELENA. The dark comedy about a doctor who removes the limbs of his shapely neighbor and places her in a box on his dining-room table, was critically savaged, a financial flop, and led to a highly-publicized lawsuit involving its original star Kim Bassinger. Ms Lynch then went through a series of painful spinal surgeries, the result of being hit by a car when she was 19. It was fifteen years before she was able to mount another directorial outing with SURVEILLANCE (2008), a mind-bender about the quest for truth in a series of serial killing; HISSS (2010) about a snake woman; and the upcoming CHAINED (2012) about a serial killer and his young apprentice. Her next film, the thriller A FALL FROM GRACE, will be filmed in the St. Louis area in 2013. Her father David Lynch's influence is evident in her work, especially her penchant for the lurid, but Jennifer Lynch has emerged as a skillful director with her own voice. She took the time this week to speak with WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS about her new projects and her upcoming weekend in St. Louis as a guest at the St. Louis International Film Festival.
We Are Movie Geeks: You'll be bringing your film CHAINED to the St. Louis International Film Festival this weekend. I have not seen CHAINED but I did see BOXING HELENA at the theater back when it was new.
Jennifer Lynch: You are probably the only guy. Very hardcore.
WAMG: I always liked it. There was a 15 year gap between BOXING HELENA and your next movie SURVEILLANCE.
JL: Yes, have you seen that?
WAMG: I have not.
JL: Oh, you gotta see that. It's on Netflix.
WAMG: I will. What were you doing during those 15 years?
JL: I was having spinal surgery and raising a daughter as a single mother. I was doing a lot of writing and when I decided to have a baby I decided the best thing I could do is make sure she felt welcome because I had no partner. Then there was the BOXING HELENA debacle. In my opinion I made a very funny, interesting fairy tale. What everyone else said I'd done was become the world's greatest misogynist. The aftermath of that was upsetting so I spent the next 15 years finding my voice again and doing what I felt was not real work but different work. Then I realized that what I really wanted to do was to continue to tell stories and when my daughter was old enough, I did that as soon as I could.
WAMG: You referred to BOXING HELENA as a debacle. As a filmmaker, does it matter to you how the critics might receive a film while you're making the film?
JL: While I'm making the film, I can't think about that. While I'm making a film I'm thinking about telling a story. But afterwards, I'd be lying if I said I don't care. You can't please everyone but wouldn't it be great if they all dug it? The beauty of SURVEILLANCE was that people actually saw the film that I set out to make. I was very proud of it and it was very well received. That felt good. Not everybody liked it but everyone saw the film that I made.
WAMG: Let's talk about CHAINED. It's based on someone else's screenplay. How did it come to your attention?
JL: I was sent the script through two producers who told me good things about it. When I got it, I though it was a great idea, but where the idea went was a little too much for me. For lack of a better word, it felt more like "torture porn" than a thriller, which is more my bag. So I told the producers that I liked the idea of the script, it was very well-written, and I asked them why they thought of me and they said it's because I do violent things. And I don't! SURVEILLANCE had violence in it but it was a totally different thing. They asked what I wanted to do with it. To me, it's not interesting to just kill a bunch of people. What's fascinating to me is why people kill and I like this idea that day-to-day this man and this little boy are living together. I mean, what's that all about? I love "The Human Monster', those are the real scary stories.
WAMG: Do you know where the idea for CHAINED came from? Was it based on a true story?
JL: It was not based on a true story. It was based on an idea that writer Damien O'Donnel had about a serial killer. I'm more tickled by things that are universal and can scare me. If you can scare me in broad daylight, then you've won. If I'm sitting in a theater and I look at everyone around me and think "what's their damage. What's dangerous about them?, that's what's fun for me and that's what I try to create.
WAMG: How long did it take to get CHAINED made and where was it filmed?
JL: It was filmed in the same city where SURVEILLANCE was filmed, Regina Saskatchewan. They call it "Regina, the town that rhymes with fun!". It was shot very fast, less than 15 days and it was shot for less than $800,000.
WAMG: Are these dark stories like CHAINED, the type of films that what you like yourself?
JL: I like things that are different from my life. Because that's where my curiosities are. The same way with my next film A FALL FROM GRACE, I think it's an interesting way to create a dialog about child abuse and what we're ultimately doing to each other and how we have no business acting surprised when kids who get the crap beaten out of them turn out to be terrible people. It's not that I don't love romantic comedies, or comedies at all, I have comedy planned after A FALL FROM GRACE, but what interest me are things that scare me, that I'm not sure how I'll accomplish and are different than my own life which is very happy and laughter-filled and not as dark as one would think.
Vincent D'Onofrio in Jennifer Lynch's CHAINED
WAMG: I hear that you had some dealings with the MPAA concerning CHAINED. Can you talk about that?
JL: I did. They gave me an NC-17. There is a process you can go through, you pay a sum of money and you can go through arbitration where upon the group screens the film again and afterwards there's kind of a boardroom, or courtroom where you plead your case and they plead theirs.
WAMG: Were you there for all of this?
JL: Oh yes, I was there. It was really important to me because after seeing films like SAW and HOSTEL and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, there was no way they were going to get me to believe my film was as violent as those. And they concede. They said that it's not that you can see the violence, it's just that it felt too real. What was painful to me about that was that they punished me for making an authentic movie. I guarantee that if Brad Pitt had played the killer, it would have received an R, but Vincent D'Onofrio did such a great job of being real and believable that you lose sight of him being an actor and you just see this character. And I'm proud that it is unseen violence that is frightening because that's what I was focusing on. So I lost that arbitration, which was sad. I did receive several votes for overturning it but there weren't enough.
WAMG: Was cutting it down to an R an option?
JL: That's what I did. There's an R version, which swallowed up all of my budget for a director's cut. All I changed was a small amount of blood in one scene. Because the film was already finished, that required going into a flame room at several hundred dollars an hour and painting it out bit by bit. When I showed the film at a festival, no one could believe that's what they made me change. In SURVEILLANCE I dealt with violence in ales authentic manner. In CHAINED I wanted the violence to feel terrible because that's the situation and I many a specific decision to make it feel bad. It's not funny or sexy. A child is involved and it's horrible. I wanted to play with the senses because it's mainly what the child hears and what he sees, and that scared me and it scared the MPAA who said we made a great, effective film but children should never see it.
WAMG: Did your father (director David Lynch) see CHAINED and what did he think of it?
JL: Yes, he did and he said "That is a dark picture".
WAMG: That's saying a lot coming from him.
JL: He doesn't get that people think he's dark so I don't know what he and I are doing but apparently we're not as self-aware as we should be. I didn't think the MPAA was going to have a hard time with this and I thought it would get an R because of what I'd seen everybody else getting. I'm not cheering violence. I'm not saying it's cool or that this killer is a good guy. For me, if cinema isn't once in a while a really great proponent of change, then what's the point?
WAMG: How old were you when your father made ERASERHEAD?
JL: I was 2 when started and he finished when I was 7.
WAMG: Did you see that movie when you were 7?
JL: Oh yeah, I lived on the set. His favorite quote of mine is when we left the theater after seeing it and I said "Dad, that is definitely not a movie for kids!"
WAMG: Do you ever ask him for filmmaking advice?
JL: I think I did early on I did, but his advice was always the same: have a great time but use common sense. I'm a big believer that I'm not doing anything magical. I'm just telling the story the way I see it. It's the same way you would recount your day or an event to a friend. Tell it as it happens and as you remember.
WAMG: Let's talks a bit about A FALL FROM GRACE, your next project which you're filming here in St. Louis, correct?
JL: I sure am. I love it there. The original script which Eric Wilkinson had written, was 90 percent a different story. He had brought it to me three times and I politely declined. I he kept saying that I should direct this. I told him that I love the places he was telling me about but I felt like I had seen this movie. I was asked what I would do with it and I had some ideas about what I would do with it. I wanted to give a voice to things going on with children. Because I love The Human Wound and to me there's not a lot sexier in this world than a damaged man so I sort of put all those things together. I flew to St. Louis and fell in love with the old Chain of Rocks bridge. Fell in love with the old ghost parts of the city and the newborn parts of the city. Around every corner there seemed to be something new and I just can't believe the landscape and I thought "This is it !". The story was really born from that visit. So we banged out a script that still include the idea of a serial killer and police but this is more one detective's plight and the thought that he may not solve this is eating him away. Tim Roth is just gonna knock it out of the park. I'm so grateful and flattered about how excited he is about this role.
WAMG: There was a famous double murder on the Chain of Rocks Bridge about twenty years ago you may have heard about.
JL: Yes, I think that's what ultimately inspired Eric's original draft. Perhaps not that incident in detail but the fact that something creepy had taken place there. I know that's a story that's very sensitive for the family and I think Eric's investigating that if he can get the family's permission but he doesn't want to do anything that would hurt them so I think he's being cautious about that. For me, the beauty of that bridge is that there is still something unsolved there. It is not just a walking bridge. It's got this "once was" feeling about it. Just the shape of it, that crazy bend, the way it goes over land and water, I just can't get enough of it.
WAMG: When will you be filming?
JL: I hope to be prepping late February and March and shooting in April and May.
WAMG: And you've spent some time hearing scouting locales?
JL: Oh yeah, I've been scouting the hell out of that place. I love it there. I've been there five or six times since this process started and I just adore it.
WAMG: You'll be showing CHAINED this Friday night at 7pm at the Tivoli theater as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival and you'll also being doing a seminar where you'll be discussing A FALL FROM GRACE also at the Tivoli and that is Saturday morning at 11am.
JL: That's right and a short I directed is also playing in one of the shorts programs. I short called HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE. Also we're screening the teaser trailer I shot in St. Louis for A FALL FROM GRACE. We shot it under four days and Bill Pullman does the voice-over.
WAMG: How old is your daughter now?
JL: She's 17 which is amazing because I myself look 17 (laughs).
WAMG: You'll have a great time in St. Louis this weekend.
JL: I'm super-excited.
WAMG: Good luck with CHAINED and A FALL FROM GRACE
JL: Thank you.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams leads a discussion on the A FALL FROM GRACE project and its development with SLIFF guest Jennifer Lynch, screenwriter/actor Eric Wilkinson (a former St. Louisan), and producer David Michaels. The program includes a pair of shorts by the filmmakers: Lynch's "How to Have a Happy Marriage" (part of the compilation film "Girls! Girls! Girls!") and Michaels' "Chinatown." Free coffee and pastries are provided by Kaldi's Coffeehouse. This event is free and takes place Saturday morning, November 10th at 11am at the Tivoli Theater


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Beijing: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will recall 36,415 faulty automobiles in China from July 1, a statement said on Sunday.
The recall, filed by the Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Trading (Shanghai) Co., involves Jaguar XJ and XF models produced between March 29, 2012, and October 6, 2015, Xinhua cited a General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine statement as saying.
The producer spray-painted lids of the idle gears of the engines, and this may lead to fractures of screw bolts and separation of idle gears and engines, according to the statement.
The company will replace the faulty components free of charge.


text: The US missile system aims to protect against long-range missile attacks "I am pleased that today's test of our ballistic missile defense system appears to have been a success," Donald Rumseld, the US secretary for defence, said in a statement released after the missile test on Friday. The Pentagon's Missile Defence Agency said that an interceptor missile fired from California has successfully collided with a missile launched from Alaska. The successful interception of the warhead gives an important boost to a military program that has been widely criticized in the US for being too expensive and ineffective. In the nine or 10 full-fledged missile intercept tests to date, only five have shot down target missiles. The US spends over $10 billion a year to develop the missile program that is designed to shoot down limited numbers of long-range nuclear missiles fired from states like Iran or North Korea. More challenging tests ahead Rumsfeld said that the successful test of the interceptor missile was one step towards making the system fully operational and he said that more tests would be carried out. "Successful tests such as these increase confidence in the approach to developing an initial missile defence capability," he said. "While today's test was a success, the test program is by no means complete. Tests will continue, some of which will be successful and some will not. This was a challenging test, and the tests will become even more challenging in the period ahead." High speed collision In the final phase of Friday's test a refrigerator-sized "kill vehicle" separated from the interceptor. Moving at 20,000 kph (18,000 mph) it struck a 1.2 meter (4 foot) mock warhead released by the other missile. Both disintegrated more than 160 kilometers (100 miles) above the Earth. The interceptor's flight lasted 13 minutes. This was the first exercise involving a mock warhead target since interceptor rockets failed to leave their silos during tests in December 2004 and February 2005. It was also the first since the ground-based system, part of a layered shield that also includes sea and space-based components, was activated following ballistic missiles tests on July 4 and 5 by North Korea. General Henry Obering, head of the US Missile Defence Agency, has said that the interceptor missile system would have worked against a US-bound North Korean missile if a decision had been made to shoot it down. The US has spent more than $100 billion developing the missile interceptor system since 1983. SOURCE: Agencies


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LAS VEGAS — Rascal Flatts dealt country fans a winning hand Friday night (April 4), delivering more than a dozen hits at the ACM Party for a Cause at the LINQ, a new outdoor venue.
Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett , Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery and the Cadillac Three revved up the crowd starting at 6 p.m. The show, which was being taped for a television broadcast, wrapped up at 12:30 a.m. It was presented by Big Machine Records and Outnumber Hunger.
A six-time winner of the ACM's vocal group trophy, Rascal Flatts used the stage to remind fans of their impressive catalog. From "Life Is a Highway" and "Banjo" to their newest hit "Rewind" and their classic "Bless the Broken Road," they cherry-picked crowd favorites for the longest set of the night.
The band will release a new album, Rewind, on May 13. The title track is the only new song they played on Friday night, but to keep fans around after midnight, they wisely relied on familiarity for "Prayin' for Daylight," "What Hurts the Most," "These Days" and more.
Nominated in four categories, Florida Georgia Line played an abbreviated set, but just long enough to deliver "It'z Just What We Do," as well as the popular hits "Round Here," "Stay," "This Is How We Roll" and the inescapable "Cruise." You could see that crowd come to life, even the older fans who had a couple of beers in them.
"Thank you for changing our whole world," the duo's Tyler Hubbard told the crowd. "This has been an unbelievable ride for us."
Meanwhile, just before FGL's performance, Justin Moore emphasized his ACM nomination for top new artist about a half-dozen times through his set. Moore concluded his set with "Small Town USA," a No. 1 hit from 2009.
Five years is a long time to still be considered a new artist, especially because Moore has proven himself a hit commodity since then. Along with "Til My Last Day" and "Backwoods," Moore brought out Motley Crue's Vince Neil to sing "Home Sweet Home." Moore recorded the classic rock number, which he said is one of his all-time favorite songs, for an upcoming Motley Crue tribute album on Big Machine Records.
If I was a betting man, I'd wager that Thomas Rhett falls into the top new artist category next year. He's charismatic, writes catchy songs and his pitch is true. Dressed casually in a ball cap and jeans, he also makes it look easy — and it isn't. The crowd especially recognized the hits "It Goes Like This" and "Get Me Some of That," and there was even an odd moment of somberness when he delivered "Beer With Jesus." Of course, he reenergized the crowd with "Something to Do With My Hands."
Danielle Bradbery and Cassadee Pope are both winners of The Voice, although their styles are radically different. Bradbery is poised, gentle and sings like she's telling a story. Pope is more gregarious, ready to pump up the crowd with songs about bad romance. Fortunately for country fans, the label is finding room for both aspiring artists.
The Cadillac Three, a rowdy, rock-influenced band with a Top 40 hit called "The South," set the pace for the night as the first performer on the main stage. (Yes, it's a real band, even though they're the ones Rayna James couldn't sign on Nashville). Starting at 4 p.m., Chase Rice, Charlie Worsham and Will Hoge assumed the party stage in another corner of the parking lot, singing to the dedicated fans who arrived early.
Keith Urban, who is nominated in five ACM categories, will join fellow nominees Lee Brice, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Love and Theft Kip Moore and more artists Saturday night at the ACM Party for a Cause.View photos from ACM Party for a Cause.


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Earlier this week I wrote a lengthy analysis on the recent political crisis in Turkey- Turkish PM Erdogan: The Speedy Transformation of an Imperial Puppet and illustrated how U.S.-Installed puppets go from democratic presidents to despots and & terrorists when their time comes. I followed up the analysis with an exclusive interview on this topic: Click Here
Today, Washington Post dutifully provided a platform for three outspoken Israel Lobbyists who are jointly calling on the Obama Administration to overthrow the current Turkish Administration. That's right. You heard it right. Morton Abramowitz, Eric Edelman and Blaise Misztal jointly penned a hysteria-reeked article to declare Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan a despot, and a great threat to democracy and U.S. interests. Let's provide a few excerpts from this propaganda-ridden article [All Emphasis Mine]:
Whatever his achievements over the past decade, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is destroying his country's parlous democracy. That is a profound problem for Turks and Turkey's Western allies. Staying silent, out of fear that speaking out would harm some short-term interests, risks Turkey's longer-term stability.
Turkey's democratic decline creates a pressing dilemma for the United States. Erdogan's current course would take Turkey from an imperfect democracy to an autocracy. Such a fate for a close ally and NATO member would have profound implications for our partnership, the United States' beleaguered credibility and the prospects for democracy in the region.
U.S. policymakers should lay aside their reluctance to confront the disastrous impact of Erdogan's dictatorial tendencies and remind the Turkish leader of the importance the United States attaches to Turkey's political stability and democratic vitality. Particularly as their influence is greater than it appears…
Erdogan is doing great harm to Turkey's democracy. The United States should make clear, privately and publicly, that his extreme actions and demagoguery are subverting Turkey's political institutions and values and endangering the U.S.-Turkey relationship.
The article is geared to achieve several objectives by the CIA-State Department connected and avid Israel Lobby operatives: 1- Declare Erdogan as a dictator, despot & a great threat to Turkey's democracy; 2- Emphasize Erdogan and the AKP administration as a major threat to NATO and the United States; 3-Paint the Obama administration's lack of overt meddling (because covertly there has been plenty of meddling) as severely weak and consequential; 4- Pressure the Obama Administration for an overt action against Erdogan (Regime Change a la Obama).
In my article and follow up interview I emphasized the role of Turkish Mullah Fethullah Gulen, who has been residing in the United States since 1998, as a major operative for CIA-NATO operations, not only in Turkey, but also in Central Asia and the Caucasus. During the past few years I have been a lone voice in the United States when it comes to real coverage of Gulen and his operations under the CIA. Here are a few examples of my coverage since 2009:
Boston Terror, CIA's Graham Fuller & NATO-CIA Operation Gladio B-Caucasus & Central Asia
Turkish Intel Chief Exposes CIA Operations via Islamic Group in Central Asia
Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen Nabs George Bush PR Queen
The Sanitized Gulen Coverage Continues…
Now, let's review the strong ties that exist between the individuals who wrote this propaganda article for the Washington Post and Turkish Mullah Fethullah Gulen.
Mort Abramowitz, a known neocon, Israel lobbyist, CIA and State Department Operative, and PNAC signatory, has been one of Fethullah Gulen's main handlers and backers. In fact, when the FBI and Homeland Security Department tried to kick the Islamic Mullah out of the United States, Abramowitz was one of the first Gulen CIA-State Department handlers to step in:
After years of investigating him the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, due to his guardian angels in the State Department and the CIA, are prevented from bringing an indictment against him, so they try to kick him out of the US. But once again Gulen's CIA angels step in and portray Gulen as a scholar, despite the fact that Fethullah Gulen doesn't even have a high-school diploma and never went beyond the 5th grade. Among his angels who vouched for him were Graham Fuller, George Fidas, and Morton Abramowitz.
As for Eric Edelman? Let's go back nine years and check him out in my State Secrets Gallery: I presented State Department-CIA's Eric Edelman as one of the top culprits in my State Secrets Privilege Case when the government invoked the State Secrets Privilege and several additional gag orders to cover up the FBI's investigations and files pertaining to CIA-NATO terror operations in Central Asia & the Caucasus since the mid-1990s.
Just like Abramowitz, Edelman has been known as an avid Israel lobbyist and a neocon. Here are a couple of excerpts from an article that was written in 2007:
Edelman has close ties to Vice President Cheney and several other administration hardliners. He served under Cheney, then Secretary of Defense, in the first Bush administration. At that time, Cheney set up a "shop" to "think about American foreign policy after the Cold War, at the grand strategic level." The project also included Paul Wolfowitz and Scooter Libby. [New Yorker, 4/1/02]
From 2001-2003, Edelman served as a national security adviser to Cheney. In 2003, he was named as U.S. ambassador to Turkey, attempting to convince Turkey to cooperate with the Bush administration's plans to invade Iraq. Turkish columnist Ibrahim Karagul noted, "Edelman is probably the least-liked and trusted American ambassador in Turkish history."
While not as crusty as Abramowitz and Edelman, Blaise Misztal has also been making a name for himself as a Zionist operative. His recent operations have been mainly geared towards Iran: Click Here
We have three avid Israel lobbyists known as hawks and neocons with backgrounds connected to the CIA-State Department who have upped their operations and propaganda dissemination calling for a "regime change" in Turkey. Neither one has ever been known as pro democratic values, human rights concerns or peace advocacy. Just the contrary: All three have been known as great advocates for wars and regime installations in the Middle East and elsewhere. They are saying it is time for Erdogan to go, and for a new puppet to be installed. Will Americans fall for this; again? Will the people in Turkey counter this, and take matters into their own hands? Time will tell, and not much time is left. And with that I'll leave you with my in-depth interview on PM Erdogan & the Empire's Reverse Engineering:
Sibel Edmonds is the Publisher & Editor of Boiling Frogs Post and the author of the Memoir Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN Newman's Own First Amendment Award for her "commitment to preserving the free flow of information in the United States in a time of growing international isolation and increasing government secrecy" Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy and International Commerce from George Mason University, a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University.


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[From Tufts August 2010 Issue]
My 6-year-old black Labrador has recently been diagnosed with sebaceous adenitis. There is little information about this genetic skin disease and treatment seems to be varied. He is on 20,000 IU of vitamin A, takes Benadryl daily for itching and has twice-weekly medicated baths. He is getting a little better, but is there something else I should be doing?
Trudy Gaughran
Aiken, S.C.
Sebaceous adenitis is a poorly characterized condition, with very different presentations depending on breed and other factors. It can wax and wane, and various stressors can often make the presentation worse, but is often slowly progressive throughout adulthood. The condition doesn't often cause itching, so you may want to check with your veterinarian as to whether the diagnosis has been confirmed. A biopsy is required. Sebaceous adenitis is an inflammatory disorder that targets the oil-producing sebaceous glands, so it often results in patches of dry skin with associated loss of fur. Accordingly, the hallmark of treatment is often supplementation with dietary oils, such as omega-3-rich fish oils, and emollient topical therapy to replace the natural oils lost from the disease. The treatment often needs to be quite intensive, and sometimes anti-inflammatory agents need to be used, especially early in the course of the disease. While rarely the condition can go into complete remission, in most cases it requires ongoing treatment for the life of the pet.
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All you really need is a big sound system: just four dual cabinets and a mean bass. Put that in any venue, no matter the size or the cleanliness of the bathrooms, and the party will pretty much take care of itself. The stuff pumped through those speakers, however, is a matter of taste. Lately it might seem as if we're getting spoiled with some of the edgiest and freshest from the worldwide pool of bass-heavy inciters, thanks in part to a new club night put on by a show-promoting crew called Obvious.
"There is something that I had recognized for awhile, that there is this contingent of people who are kind of new to this type of music, who are going to these large shows," explains Ryan Walsh, one of Obvious' members. "They're focused mostly on what I call 'American-style dubstep.'"
However, Obvious — a four-person unit supported by its street team of Pitt students, sound-man Joe Kohan and VJ crew Legendary Androids — is not about to pander by booking wobble-bass brostep. You're also not going to hear any bass-heavy Britney Spears. The group's goal is to bridge the gap between the popular bangers and smashers and the more thoughtful fringe stuff that's taking the low-end to new places.
"We all wanted to educate on what music these kids could be listening to. It's kind of like a common ground that we all had," says Erin Cooper.
While aspiring to introduce new sounds to a seemingly eager crowd, Obvious is taking the word "dubstep" off the table by simply aiming for the aural pleasures of the low-end.
"There'll be less of this European-versus-American and more of just bass music," explains Victor Panza. "That's what the night's about. It's sort of genreless."
"We're guaranteeing you bass and a good time; ultimately that's what we're aiming for," Ian McGlumphy adds.
With an inaugural show featuring London-based dub-house producer xxxy and upcoming shows featuring New Zealand-based heavy hitter Truth and the Bristolian maverick Addison Groove, the Obvious crew have already proven its worldly reach. None of those artists sound the same, and none are from the same parts of the globe. Location and genre mean little because, as Cooper puts it simply, "We just want people to dance."


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Diversity, Civility & the Concealed Mind
In November of 2010, the Committee on Equity, Diversity and Civility explored unconscious assumptions about diversity.
Howard Ross, founder and chief learning officer of Cook Ross Inc., delivered the keynote address which captivated the audience and generated many meaningful discussions. His talk centered on the assumptions we make—often unknowingly—about diversity, civility and cultural competency in the workplace.
"Howard Ross is top-flight," said Robert Wm. Blum, MD, PhD, MPH, chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.


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In the end of the 80s and in the early 90s, Roxette, a pop-rock duo from Halmstad, Sweden, stood among the top bands in worldwide sales and notoriety, brandishing a simple yet effective blend of pop with a slight edge and occasional hints of dance. The group claims influences ranging from The Beatles to Blondie to new wave music to Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin. Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!.
Perhaps, years after the fact, Roxette's popularity can be difficult to understand or appreciate in light of what critics considered its infectious but nonetheless lightweight music, lightweight even compared to what was otherwise on the airwaves at the time. Regardless, there was a time in 1991 when Roxette could command an arena filled with tens of thousands of fans in places as diverse as Buenos Aires, Frankfurt and Sydney. The 1992 release Tourism: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms & Other Strange Places — with a recording of audience members singing along to the tune of the group's biggest hit, "It Must Have Been Love" — exemplifies this temporary but impressive hold Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had.
Though there is no firm figure, Roxette is believed to have worldwide sales of as many as 75 million copies of its albums and singles, no minor achievement for any pop act. The group's success in the United States alone was arguable. While seemingly not interested in doing so, even by default Roxette could not associate its image with the now-iconic ABBA, another swedish pop group that struggled for recognition in America while still intact in the late 70s, but that managed, through revisionism beginning in the early 90s, to grow into something more intriguing as a legacy.
ABBA did have some Billboard Top 10 singles and one No. 1 in the 70s. Even though Roxette couldn't ultimately leave behind the same legacy, the group did outperform ABBA on the singles chart, achieving four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1989 and 1991. Roxette also had two No. 2 singles and a few other Top 40 peaks until falling out of sight of the Hot 100 in 1994. Even so, by that token, Roxette can be considered a highly successful singles act. The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum albums — 1988's Look Sharp! (released in the U.S. in 1989) and 1991's Joyride — and two gold singles — "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love"
In October 2005 Roxette was honoured by the American musical publishing organisation BMI with an award for four million airplays on US radio of 'It Must Have Been Love'. Four million spins, on US radio alone, equals 36 years of non-stop airplay. Statistics show that the song is still so popular that there are always at least two American radio stations playing 'It Must Have Been Love' around the clock. It's hard to find a better definition of the word evergreen.
In sweden the group has had 17 Top 10 hits, and Roxette has developed a large following throughout South America.


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Repeat Prescriptions
We are able to supply your medication at the main surgery after your consultation. We also dispense your 'Repeat' items. If you have difficulties getting to the surgery to collect medication please ask about our drop off points – a courtesy service we offer if there is no other means of receiving your medication.
Which items are authorised for repeat prescriptions?
Each repeat prescription has a printed list of medicines. This is a list of the medicines which the doctor has authorised for you to receive by repeat prescription request.
- If an item is NOT on the printed list it has NOT been authorised by a doctor for repeat prescription. If you think that the item is missing from the list, please notify us in writing, by phone or by fax. You can order your repeat prescription directly through this site. Click on the link above and complete the simple registration form.
- Items which have not been requested for more than one year will not normally be issued without an appointment with a doctor. This is for your safety to check that the medication is still appropriate for your needs.
- Antibiotics are not normally issued on repeat prescription. You will usually be expected to see a doctor before receiving antibiotics.
How do i submit a repeat prescription request?
Hand your slip back to the dispensary when collecting your medication, ticking the items you require for the following month and write the date you wish to collect them. Alternatively you can call the surgery and ask the receptionist to order the medication you need, post your repeat request to us, send us a fax or order online (speak to reception regarding online ordering).
When the surgery is closed you can put the slip through the letter box marked prescription at the back door. If you have lost your repeat slip either phone and order your medication or ask the dispensary to print of another slip. You are not able to request a printed repeat slip for any patient other than yourself.
When will the medication be ready?
Medication will usually be ready for collection from the dispensary 2 working days after the prescription request has been received. If there is an unexpected delay, you will be informed. If this is a problem, you can collect your prescription to take to the chemist.
For urgent prescription requests call the surgery.
When Should I Make my Repeat Prescription Request?
Please allow at least 2 full working days as we do not carry every item in stock. Therefore if our suppliers have difficulties there will be a delay. Remember that we are dispensing urgent items during clinics throughout the day.
Collecting Medication
You may collect medication from Milton Abbas Surgery between 08:30 – 13:00and 14:30 – 18:00 Mon, Weds, Thurs & Fri. The dispensary is also open on a Saturday between 8:30 – 10:30 and until 7pm on a Tuesday. This is subject to change and you should usually check the website for any changes. Please note the dispensary is closed 13:00 – 14:30 everyday
Changes To Your Medication
If you have any problems, please call the surgery and if necessary make an appointment to see a doctor.
Sometimes a doctor at one of the hospitals will advise you that your medication and/or dosage should change. Since notification of these changes may take some time to reach us, please ask the doctor at the hospital for a note to confirm these changes and attach this to your repeat request. This will help the dispensary to process your request, if the surgery does not have this information it may cause a delay.
Extra Supplies Of Medication
If you think that you will need an extra supply, for example if you are going on holiday, please attach an explanatory note to your request.
We cannot guarantee that extra medication will be dispensed without a consultation with a doctor so please allow plenty of time for these requests to be processed.
All prescriptions have to be paid for at the time of collection and the declaration on the back of the form completed, dated and signed.
Medication Reviews
The doctor or nurse will need to review your medication regularly, and the due date is on your repeat slip. Please call the surgery and arrange an appointment near your review date. For some medications we may issue a prescription to cover you for a short period but you must have your review booked. If you think your review date is wrong please contact the surgery.
Telephoning The Dispenser
If you need to speak to a dispenser call the surgery and the receptionist will put your details on a call back list. A dispenser will return your call usually within an hour.
Waste Medication
Please return unused medication to the main surgery for safe disposal.


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Beasts of No Nation
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows the journey of Agu as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination. Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, painting a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.
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NEW YORK -- Carl Lewis sprinted 100 meters through 100-degree heat to shatter a meet record yesterday in the third New York Games, then coolly announced that this season might be his last one as a long jumper.
With another spectacular closing burst reminiscent of the way he chased Leroy Burrell to the 100-meter world record of 9.90 seconds five weeks earlier at Randalls Island, Lewis came back from a so-so start to win his race in 10.02 seconds.
At the finish, Lewis was two strides ahead of runner-up Mike Marsh, his Santa Monica Track Club teammate, and had brought considerable ruination to the former meet record of 10.21, set two years ago by Lee McRae.
For Lewis, the time was hardly as hot as the weather, which threatened to dehydrate the brave crowd of 8,118 throughout the sweltering afternoon at Columbia University's Wien Stadium, where the temperature on the infield was measured at 120 degrees.
Indeed, the six-time Olympic gold-medal winner created a bigger surprise later when he suggested that, at age 30, it might be time he left the long jump for events less likely to cause him physical damage.
Lewis is the most accomplished competitor in the history of the ** event, having extended his long-jump winning streak to 65 competitions last month in the USA/Mobil outdoor championships.
That streak, which includes the Olympic Games of 1984 and 1988, started in March 1981 and includes several last-attempt victories.
Lewis said he will shoot for Bob Beamon's world record of 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches on Aug. 1 in Sestriere, Italy, where the 6,600-foot altitude should be as much help as was Mexico City's 7,347-foot elevation to Beamon's record performance, in the 1968 Olympic Games.
"I think I'll be in great condition at Sestriere and ready to jump far," said Lewis. "My plan is to have the best meet I've ever had, as far as technique is concerned. If I do that, the distance will take care of itself. If I can't do it now, why continue? I don't take chances on my body."
Lewis' lifetime best in the long jump is 28-10 1/4 , achieved in 1983.
The day's best performance was turned in by the fashionable Sandra Farmer-Patrick, who scorched her way through the 400-meter hurdles in 53.77.
Her best this year is 53.54, set in Nice, France, on July 15.
Farmer-Patrick showed up for her event wearing a self-designed chiffon skirt over Danskin tights adorned with a touch of gold glitter.
The outfit and her flamboyant hairstyle aside, Farmer-Patrick made amends for her uncustomary runner-up finish in the national championships by winning the hurdles by an 8-meter margin over Kim Batten, the Florida State senior who out-kicked her at Randalls Island.
Batten this time visibly faltered when both runners hit the eighth hurdle; it was no contest after that.
The time marked the seventh occasion that Farmer-Patrick had beaten the 54-second barrier. No other American can make that claim.


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From coupons to the Amazon outlet, tech knowledgeable Kim Komando shows you the very best ways to economize while shopping on Amazon. It's just a little tougher to inform what Bloomberg has in thoughts for Bloomberg Present, now in beta and with only a bare-bones sign-up page , however judging by this web page created by its designers, it appears to be one thing similar: Individuals arrange pages for themselves with customized-designed news feeds and the power to speak with other users.
Although patent lawsuits are comparatively common in the US tech business, this marks the primary time Kickstarter has develop into involved in a case linked to a product marketed on its site, in line with the country's Pacer (Public Access to Courtroom Electronic Records) system.
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Supporting the Education of Unaccompanied Homeless Students under ESSA
February 28, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Description: In this interactive webinar, presenters will review key concepts related to the education of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness included in the McKinney-Vento Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Presenters will cover:
- The definitions of "unaccompanied" and "homeless", including ESSA amendments to these terms
- K-12 educational rights and supports for unaccompanied homeless students
- Supports for unaccompanied homeless youth transitioning to higher education
- Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with presenters and fellow attendees through polls and discussion periods.
Presenters: NCHE Staff
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Have you ever made a mistake? Did you ever hurt another person? Well, I have made many mistakes and even though I never meant to hurt anyone, I have. But, I have also been given 2nd, 3rd, 11th, and 23rd chances to do things right.
I am not asking anyone to become someone's doormat or whipping post. That would be called abuse. But, if someone did not do something correctly and it affected you in a negative way, what do you have to loose by giving them another chance? Nothing. It all goes back to the forgiveness thing I wrote earlier. There is a whole lot of relief and reward in giving folks another chance. I have yet to meet a perfect person on the planet.
Now if someone continues to do the same negative thing, you have the right to say, sorry no more.
Another chance gives people the opportunity to learn something, to have a clean slate, to make things better than they were before. Chances can actually help people start over. If it weren't for the many chances I have been given…I would not be writing this now.
Take some time to see who you can given another chance to. The rewards can be awesome.
Love & Peace
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Our bathroom sink clogs up every few months, and I have a hard time getting it to drain again. I have tried a plumber's snake, but the pipe runs into the wall and makes a very sharp turn, and the snake hangs up in the turn. The clog is beyond that point. Can you help? —Maggie
I have had the same problem with plumber's snakes. Sometimes you can free the snake and get it to move farther into the pipe by twisting it, but not always. I have found a better way to open balky sink drains like this, where the clog is fairly deep in the pipe. I use a tool called a Drain King, which is basically a rubber hose nozzle. The nozzle is screwed on the end of a short length of garden hose. The other end of the hose, using a threaded adapter, is screwed to a household faucet. I get best results by removing the sink trap and inserting the nozzle into the pipe close to the wall. The faucet is then turned on full-force; the hose expands inside the pipe, and a jet of water is shot into the pipe. You will sometimes hear a "glug" sound as the clog is pushed out of the way by the jet of water. I usually turn the water on and off in short bursts, which seems to have extra effect in pushing clogs out of the way. You can buy a Drain King at many home centers and hardware stores, and there are many sources on the Internet. The tool generally sells for $15 or less. Be sure and get a nozzle that fits 1 1 / 4 -inch pipes for a bathroom sink. Other sinks and fixtures might require larger nozzles. Also buy several new rubber slip-joint washers to use when you replace the trap (If you use the old washers, the trap will probably leak.) I have tried a couple of other water-pressure devices to open drains, but none worked as well as Drain King.
My house has steel siding, some of which is peeling badly. Can I repaint it and if so, how? —Joe
Your first step should be to remove all the peeling paint. The best way to do this is to use a pressure-washer with a strong house-wash solution. (Caution: Paint applied before about 1978 might contain lead, a health hazard. Visit epa.gov/lead for more information.) It is best to have this part of the job done by a professional painter.
When all loose paint is removed, rinse the siding thoroughly with the pressure washer. Secondly, you should look for rusty spots, a unique problem with steel siding. If you find rust, prime the spot with a rusty-metal primer or use a rust converter. Rust converters, sold at home centers, change rust into an inert substance that can be primed and painted. Use an oil-based primer on any bare areas where all paint has peeled off. Next, apply two coats of 100 percent acrylic house paint. Most do-it-yourself painters use a roller or pad to apply the paint. If you have some spray-painting skills, you can do a faster job with an airless sprayer.
I want to redo the floors in my two-family house so that I can't hear people upstairs walking around or making noise. I'd prefer wood flooring, not carpeting. —M. Bettineschi
Wood flooring or other hard-surface flooring will almost guarantee that you will be able to hear movement and other noises on the upper floors. A thick carpet and pad or soft flooring such as cork is by far the best bet.
If you insist on wood floors overhead, you could try dropped ceilings on the first floor with noise-deadening insulation in the cavity, but it is not very practical, might not work well and will be rather costly.
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