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How I turned a recipe book into a successful business. My
father's recipes helped me building a site that is getting me with more than
$1,000 a month in commissions from affiliate programs.
I have to admit it, I got my degree in Computer Sciences, because I just
couldn't stand working at my parents' restaurant. While I was studying, I helped
them in almost every possible job you can imagine in a family restaurant:
cleaning fish, washing dishes, serving tables, preparing the bills, you name it,
I've done it! I just could not bear with it, so every time my computer vocation
fainted I remembered what it was like to work at the restaurant, and I instantly
found motivation: I am proud to say that the restaurant made me a good student!
I ranked in the top 10 on my promotion at university!
After getting my degree, I got a job as an IT consultant, and I believed the
only contact I was having to have with a restaurant or anything related to it
would be as a customer. But I was wrong: life changes, and sometimes does it in unexpected ways: my restaurant experience was going to help me develop a
steady additional income source, and has even lead me to consider the idea of
going full time into it!
Years later, when I was already working as an IT Project Manager for a big
consulting firm, I was quite fed up with my job: long hours working (as in the
restaurant, by the way), lots of traveling, boring projects... It was time for a
change in my life!
I had the need to do something different, something that I really liked,
where I was my own boss, where I could express myself. I needed to be creative,
to take some risks. I was quite lost on the corporate labyrinth, and I needed to
find my own way.
So I started searching. I was not looking for a new job - my current one
wasn't a dream, but it paid my bills and I wasn't bad at it. I wanted something
additional, where I could start at my own pace, without having to quit my
current job at the very beginning (that was back in 2004, right after the 'New
Economy' crash, and I was quite concerned by the failure of Internet start-ups).
I started to research the Net, and I found an interesting concept:
affiliate programs. The idea behind them was quite simple; 'You bring us
customers, we pay you a commission on their purchases'. However simple the
idea, the implementation of it wasn't that easy. I did not have any customers to
deliver to anyone. So a little more research was needed.
I kept looking, and I ended up searching for 'affiliate programs' at Google
(where else? ;-). And I found it!
Yes, on top of my results page, I found something different from all I had
seen before. Many of the affiliate programs promised incredible results in
record times (you've already seen them: 'Earn $10K+ in a week!' and things like
this). They all sounded like miracle solutions, and, if you read a bit about
them, were more or less sophisticated scams. They all were saying 'pay first,
and all the secrets for affiliate marketing will be revealed to you'. I did pay
for some of them, and I got deceived once and again.
But there was another one that was not like that: It was
Dr. Ken Evoy's
SiteSell. It
promised success, of course, but in a different way. There was
a method. There was a process to make money on the Net. And it was absolutely
free. The only thing you had to pay for was for the usage of
SiteSell toolsets.
But the methodology, the Affiliates'
Masters Course - an incredible 200-page pdf file
- was there to be used. I downloaded it, printed it, and
read it cover to cover. I just could not stop! It made sense. Every single
chapter made sense. It was written in a didactic way, with clear examples, and
it was even funny, full of sense of humor!
After reading this e-book, I just could not stop. I was in my way. I found
the 'system' I needed to develop my Internet business. And I did start!
After reading the Affiliates' Masters Course, I just could not wait to put
into practice what I had learned. I was seeing it! The only thing was that - to
take full advantage of the Ken's techniques - you needed to purchase
Site Build
It!, and I found it quite expensive ($299 at the time of writing this
article). So I did not buy SBI!. I believed I had all the technical background
needed to set up a site on my own, without having to use any kind of tool...
That was a mistake. To make a long story short, what I tried to do was
replicating manually something that SBI! would do automatically. I created my
own site, developed my own content - Spanish recipes - and started trying to
promote it in the net. It worked to some extent, but I found it very
disappointing: lots of work with little short-term results. It was quite
So in the end, I had to admit it. Ken Evoy was right. You needed a method,
but a toolset like
Site Build
It! was necessary to make everything work. I finally purchased it, and the
only thing I can say is that they overdelivered what they had promised me... In
a single word: WOW!
After getting my SBI!, I started creating content for my first SBI site (spain-recipes.com),
and I began to see results: traffic was growing by the day. I followed
Ken's process,
and the number of visitors started to climb. With no need for an expensive
campaign! Just by building more and more content, that in my case were Spanish
recipes, it happened just like Ken had promised. I just could not believe my
Soon afterwards, I wanted to go one step beyond. I had content, I had
traffic, but I wanted money. This is where Presell & Monetize techniques came
into. I followed Ken's advice, prepared my pages for preselling and selected a
few merchants related to my site's theme. I did it, and it worked (once more, I
have to say). Money started to roll in. Just a little at the beginning, but it
grew month by month.
Nowadays, I'm a happy SBIer (I'm not the only one, check out
this page). I've got
two recipes sites (spain-recipes.com
and tapas-recipes.com),
and I'm getting about $1,000 in commissions a month. It's not much, but one
thing I haven't said is that some months I work exactly 0 hours in any of these
sites. SBI! just keeps bringing traffic in, and new visitors are discovering
Spain, and its recipes!
What else can be said? Well I could describe in detail SBI's process, to
illustrate, in a practical way how to build your own recipe site. I'll do it, I
promise, but that will be another article, so stay tuned to my RSS (see the top
of this page) to find out when I publish it.


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Growing slowly is totally fine! Inspiration card using Digital Stamps + Our Winner!
Happy Monday! I wanted to stop by and share a new card with you. This one strikes a sensitive chord, because it reminds me of where I come from, and how I got here! I illustrated this stamp during the first week of the new year, and I knew this was going to be a […]Read More

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Sybrina's Unicorn Book Pick
For YA Readers
Today's Unicorn Book Feature is
The Unicorn's Tail
By A. W. Exley
This novella is a Victorian romance with a steampunk twist. It is a
standalone read that compliments the Artifact Hunters series.
Amy Hamilton is a good girl. She always did exactly as society demanded,
kept her eyes downcast, never spoke out of turn, and hid the myriad of
questions swirling in her brain. In return for shutting off her
intellect she landed an abusive fiancé and was cast aside by the ton.
Disgraced, she seeks refuge at the Lyons' country estate. There she is
given a bracelet made from a unicorn's tail and told it contains enough
magic to grant one wish. She knows what she wants, someone to love the
true her, and not the shallow image that smiles back from the mirror.
She never expected the unicorn to send her two men…
Lachlan Hawke – dashing airship pirate and notorious rogue.
Jackson Jackson – the scarred henchman and enforcer for the Lyons Empire.
The two men have a bet, who will be first to win a kiss from the delicate
rose? The loser to be tarred and feathered. Loki is sure of a quick
victory and that Jackson will be impersonating a chicken by the end of
the week. Jackson doesn't even know why he agreed to the stupid bet, the
girl shudders whenever he enters a room. But the men are about to learn
you should be careful making bets when a unicorn is involved….
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The only way we know the difference between seasons is by counting tourists on Ocean Drive. The common dialogue:
"Snowbirds have arrived"
"Hey, it must be snowing up there!"
Together, in one voice: "Aren't we lucky we live in Florida!"
And if it sounds a little unkind, to say the least, just hop into your car, leave your sweaters, coats, and boots behind, and start driving south. Florida is big, beautiful people, there is enough land for everybody! Some of it might be real close not only to flora, but also to our exciting fauna.
These two five-foot long guys came over to greet me as I was having an outdoors lunch in college before teaching a class. They begged for some poached salmon with spinach, but – sorry guys! – can't feed you cooked human food. Contrary to all urban legends, no matter how big iguanas grow, they are stanch vegans.
Jokes aside, in my "seasonal" memories, it is still listed as Summer Soup. It could be served hot or cold, with a healthy dollop of sour cream – Tofutti for me! – and some fragrant fresh dill. While you are getting your ingredients ready, let the incomparable First Lady of Jazz and The Ambassador of Jazz bring Summertime into your kitchen.
To make this soup truly summery, you'll need all fresh ingredients. I hope you've raided your local farm store or market and got these:
Young cabbage with the outer leaves still bright green. For two quarts of soup, you'll need about a third of a head, shredded. To preserve the rest, peel off the outer leaves and wrap the remaining two thirds in them before wrapping it tightly in plastic. It only works with young cabbage, though.
Some of the vegetables will have to be prepared in advance. Carrots need to be grated, tomatoes diced, and I hope you have been saving beet juice whenever you have done something with beets. If not, fresh beets could be grated together with carrots. Fresh or fresh frozen corn and sweet peas – no cans for this soup, please. A couple of garlic cloves and dill, glorious dill! As I have mentioned in an earlier post (Colorful Lentil Soup), you can do it the long way or take a shortcut. The long way involves sauteing carrots with garlic and adding them to the rest of ingredients while the soup is cooking. I prefer to take a short cut – pareve consomme powder.
Just throw everything into a pot in no particular order, but hold on to dill. Fill the pot with water, bring it to boil and reduce heat. Now you can add soup powder and season with cinnamon, salt and pepper. Dill, chopped roughly, comes last. Gently mix, cover, and leave on medium heat.
Cook a few more minutes until cabbage and carrots are soft enough to your liking. We prefer veggies al dente, so I only cook it for a couple of minutes, and it's done. Looks like summer and smells like a vegetable garden – yum! Where is my Tofutti?
- 1/3 head of cabbage or 4 packed cups, shredded
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1 cup fresh corn kernels
- 1 cup fresh sweet peas
- 1/2 cup diced tomato including juice
- 1/3 cup beet juice or 1/2 small beet, grated
- 2 – 3 garlic cloves
- Large handful of fresh dill, stems included, roughly chopped
- Alternative: Consomme powder
- Pinch of cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Place all vegetables, including beet juice, into a two-quart pot, fill with water.
- Bring to boil, reduce heat.
- Add consomme powder, cinnamon, salt and pepper.
- Add dill.
- Cook on medium heat for 5 – 10 minutes until the cabbage and carrots soften.
- May be served hot or cold, garnished with sour cream and dill.


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Join us for this episode as we discuss Rebuilding Black America. . My special guest tonight will be Dan Moore Sr. the founder of the APEX Museum who is launching a new 'Black Pages" application that developed by Whitty Apps. This free downloaded mobile application will allow black small businesses to list their services to market their business for a very small fee.
My other guest is Dr. Earl Holiday (Doc Holiday). "Doc" Holliday has been a building principal for more than four decades (1970-2000) in Ohio and Georgia at the middle- and high-school levels. His schools have long been characterized and recognized for exceeding academic expectations because of his willingness to take acceptable risk, Through Boys Transitioning, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, Dr. H.E. Holiday is committed to identifying many of the academic, physical, emotional, and psychological transitions boys must navigate during their formative years by suggesting new strategies to assist boys in negotiating these radically different stages in life.


text: So lovely when Alec said at his 'unveiling' at Leicester University that the two hour sittings had actually felt like 15 mins! He had been pretty apprehensive about 'wasting' valuable time when he could be in the lab, but he was so entertaining with all his stories of his childhood escapades (blowing things up!) that I didn't notice the time go by either!


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Sometimes it's the oddest things that can give us hope! This past week the North Kent Recycling Center re-opened after being closed for weeks due to the fear of COVID 19 spread. I had some outdated magazines that had been sitting in my car as a result of my quarantine sorting. So I joined the long line of cars that were dumping off recyclables we had stockpiled in garages and sheds.
My hope soared when a new license plate arrived in the mail over the weekend! It was a replacement plate I had ordered more than a month ago. It was a nightmare to navigate the Secretary of State site when all offices were closed because of the pandemic. My license plate literally fell off my car and was lost on the last outing I made the day before our governor shut down the state. My husband's technological skills ultimately prevailed as we ordered a new plate on-line…but then we waited. Nothing was in production anywhere in any form, it seemed. I borrowed my husband's car for the few outings I made in the past weeks, feeling like a 16-year old waiting for my own set of wheels. So when the license plate arrived in the mail I rejoiced that some regular productivity is resuming in some factory where new license plates are forged and sent out to liberate captives like me! Sometimes it's the oddest things in times of trial that can give us hope!
Let me just start off my introduction to the text from Jeremiah with an attestation of adoration: I love Jeremiah! Like all prophets, he was plucked from an otherwise happy life to serve as God's spokesperson. When God Almighty handpicks you for the job, there's no saying no. He could not have known that total destruction of the beloved city of Jerusalem would happen on his watch. As the Babylonians soared in strength and numbers, they marched into terrified towns, extending their vast empire. The Jews in Israel didn't escape their notice. For 12 difficult years Jeremiah thanklessly preached doom to a people who had long since forgotten to trust in God. Before we judge them too harshly we would do well to admit that clinging to faith in God when faced with mortal danger on a global scale is seldom our first instinct. Rather, we look to our own resources that we can manipulate and assume that we can make the difference. We can manage quite well on our own, thank you very much. It's only when all our human efforts fail us that this nagging afterthought occurs to us: Maybe I should turn this over to God? For 12 years Jeremiah pointed to God as the only hope for their salvation but the Jews weren't buying it.
So then this odd thing happens. God shows up in the form of a cousin who asks Jeremiah for financial help to retain land that was at risk of being sold out of the family. It's difficult for us to remember the great value placed on keeping the farm in the family in our transient society where big business produces much of our food. But land was wealth and identity for Jeremiah's people and the impending national defeat by menacing soldiers put their inheritance at risk. Faced with certain attack and probable exile, all local properties were greatly devalued. Who would buy a condo or a plot of land in Wuhan, China right now? Warren Buffet suggested optimism in the U.S. economy recently but only after he divested his staggering wealth from all airline stakes. One video that went viral last month was a flight attendant doing the usual welcome and survival instructions that kick off each flight. You know, the reminders about oxygen masks falling out of the ceiling should our plane meet up with trouble? Stewardess Jessica personalized her opening monologue to the one passenger on the flight from Washington, D.C. to Boston. That's right. On April 20 Sheryl was the only passenger on the plane, receiving the full attention of two flight attendants. No one wants to get into a closed cabin these days and fly through celestial territory while invisible Corona assailants might be circulating through the plane. So Buffet dumped his airline stakes and struggled to find any kind of investment that looks attractive in a global pandemic. Who would invest in a dying enterprise?
For Jeremiah's cousin to ask him to cough up some cash to keep the family plot in their name was ludicrous. But God nudged the prophet to do precisely that. "Buy the field," he was instructed. His action would be symbolic, offering hope for a return to the homeland one day. This land would have value for them later even if right now it seemed like a wasted investment. So, after 12 years of doom and gloom preaching, signing on a property deed turns Jeremiah's message around. Following God's foolish directive to believe in a future worth living gives him hope which he offers freely to his people. They carry it with them as they are marched away from their homeland and held captive for half a century. Though Jeremiah would not live for the return, he died with the satisfaction of knowing that his descendants might one day return to that field and resume the work of their ancestors, planting crops for another generation. Sometimes the oddest things give us hope when we are marched away from the life we know and love.
Today is Mother's Day. Restaurants are closed in much of the country so there are no lavish brunches for well-deserving moms. Many of us aren't even able to be in the same space as our children since the Corona virus continues to stalk us. No hugs from sweet grandbabies. Only zoom calls with mothers who live in the nursing home one town over or across the country in a time when no one is getting into planes. Fortunately, mothers don't do the job for the recognition. This national holiday isn't going to be cancelled because we can't honor our moms in our usual manner this year. The investment of a mom is probably the most costly she will make. It will literally take over her body. It will cost her a good night's sleep more times than she will ever wish to count. She will wash more dishes, fold more laundry, cook more meals than she ever could have imagined. She may well work outside the home to provide an income so that she will be able to pay the estimated $235,000 it costs to raise one child in our country from birth to age 17. This kind of commitment is not predicated on having the right kind of treatment on any one particular day of the year. It is the full investment in shaping joyful, healthy, well-balanced children who will be able to contribute well to our world as adults.
There are plenty who say it's not worth the cost! There are too many traps that potentially ensnare our dear children, breaking our hearts and emptying our wallets! In 2017 the birthrate declined to the lowest number seen in 30 years! Much of our society determined that babies are not a worthwhile investment. But those who will not be treated to an extravagant brunch or large family gathering aren't going to check out of their role as mother because of that! We just have to look in on a few scenes to understand what lies at the root of being a mom. I think of the parents who rejoice when they discover that horseback riding opens up previously non-existent lines of communication between them and their autistic son. I think of the parents who weep for joy as their learning-disabled child receives her hard-earned diploma. I remember the fierce love of parents who walk alongside of their child as he fights cancer, as she battles depression, as he fights social rejection, as she struggles with addiction.
Many would say it's not a good investment but the love that shines out in so many mother-child interactions assures us that no gift could be more meaningful. Where was Sheryl, that single passenger on a plane, traveling on April 20? To be with her mother in a hospice facility where she was in the final stage of her life. Treated like a queen on the flight, she disembarked and made it to her mother's side so that she could be there as she breathed her last a day later. An investment made with love yields a harvest that will bring hope out of the most discouraging situations.
When God first commissioned Jeremiah to prophesy to his people, he was told that his job description was to plant and to build. Sounds great, doesn't it? But, as is often the case with divine communication, we misunderstand God's intent. We sign the contract with no guarantee of what lies ahead. The field we are to plant may need first to be cleared of stones. The soil may have impermeable clay. The seed may be old and our tools outdated. But God works alongside of us at each daunting juncture so that we can plant and build in challenging seasons. Our investment is completely reliant on our faith in a powerful God who directs the universe. Rather than despairing in desperate times, our investment in the God of Jesus Christ breathes new life and resurrection joy into us. It offers courage to those who share in the journey. When God is at work, it is the oddest things in times of trial that give us hope!


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It's Spring but I am not feeling the happiness that I normally do around this time. Health issues in the family have over shadowed the beauty and excitement of rebirth this season.
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Opportunities and risks of processing
What to do with the old hardware in the company? Throwing all the data onto the growing mountain of electronic waste of 51 million tons or parking it in the storage room forever? IT processors have better, sustainable and legally secure solutions.
Every company is under pressure to develop further. The focus on digitization is bigger than ever. Decision-makers see the major investments here above all. IT refurbishers create partial relief and enable companies to act sustainably and to achieve high residual values by selling used IT. Because there is more to old devices than you think!
IT processors are real all-rounders
By selling decommissioned IT, additional income can be achieved or new acquisitions can be partially refinanced. In addition, every company can use it to do something good for the environment. System houses and lessors have already recognized the added value and refinance by handing over old devices to specialized companies. At the same time, the partner solves problems and relieves their own IT. Advice, unpackaged collection at locations, logistics, inventory, testing and evaluation of the EDP are standard with the professionals. The difference is in the details. Check whether there are contracts, a license as a waste management company and, ideally, whether your partner is a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher.
Data protection is a top priority - also in terms of liability!
- Ask for the exact solutions and the IT security conceptswhat automatisms exist and how they Deletion documentation takes place.
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Use of the circular economy IT in the company
The manufacture of new products requires a high use of natural resources and large amounts of CO2 are released. Much less energy is required for processing for the second life cycle and for reuse.
Nowadays, specialized IT processors can offer quality and warranty periods like new goods and can be purchased up to 70% below the former sales price. More for less with a positive impact on the environment. Car, property or machine - renting or leasing new devices is nothing new. Short-term IT needs can be implemented cost-effectively with prepared IT. The advantages are apparent. Immediate availability, fast integration and significantly cheaper and more flexible than competing new products.


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An eastern Iowa company that makes shrink film used to wrap food and consumer goods is under new management. Clysar is being sold to a private firm and the corporate headquarters will be moved to Clinton from Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Clysar general manager Bill Hare says their main factory is already in Clinton. "It was really just a matter of deciding whether or not we wanted to have a separate office location somewhere else, be it Chicago or Wisconsin or wherever it might be," Hare says.
"We made the management decision that we felt that having the entire team here in Clinton was the best functional situation." Clysar employs about 280 people at its facility in Clinton. With the move of the headquarters to Clinton, the number will rise over 300.
That move should take about a year. Hare says the company intends to grow by challenging other forms of packaging, like cardboard and chipboard.
"Especially in the beverage market," Hare says. "We believe that when you go to the grocery store and you buy a four-pack of V8 juice or a four-pack of Starbucks cappuccino, we believe there are opportunities for shrink film to replace the chipboard that you currently purchase those items in."
Clysar was founded in Clinton 50 years ago as a division of DuPont and was sold to the Bemis Company in 2002. The new owner is a private investment firm, Cove Point Holdings, based in New York.


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City of Pacifica Parks, Beaches & Recreation Case Study
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In coordinating and running recreational activities, City program personnel are often spread across different locations and not at desks. City of Pacifica needed a solution that provides real-time voice communication with each other in a one-to-one capacity, and as a group. With Orion's voice-first, intelligent platform, City of Pacifica Parks, Beaches & Recreation has been able to improve scheduling reliability for participants and staff.
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- Eliminating hassles of coordinating teams with texting and calling
- Easy-to-use apps for Android and iOS devices
- Efficient collaboration for events coordination


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The meeting between the two at Raj Bhavan lasted an hour and issues relating to conduct of elections to panchayats and urban local bodies were also discussed, an official spokesman said.
The state government is planning to hold panchayat polls in the month of December with mainstream political parties activating their cadres and hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani urging the people to boycott the elections.
The spokesman said Omar briefed the Governor about the situation in the state and the measures being taken to restore normalcy in the Valley.
Various other issues pertaining to governance, particularly the implementation of the related state laws for establishing full fledged functioning of statutory bodies responsible for enhancing accountability, promoting efficiency and curbing corruption in the administrative system were also discussed, the spokesman said.
He said the governor reiterated his concern about the prevailing situation affecting educational institutions and called for measures on an urgent basis to restore full functioning of the schools, colleges and universities in the Valley.
Asking people to boycott the panchayat elections, Geelani in a statement here said, "Though elections won't hamper our ongoing movement, it creates doubts about our cause at the diplomatic level. It has been the Hurriyat's standing policy to boycott the elections and we hope the people will respect the sacrifices and stay away from the process."
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Our elders say that it is only when a tall Palm tree falls that women would climb it. They also say that when you tell a fool to point to the head of a tomb he would rather point at the legs.
On Monday, June 05, 2017, Dr. Vitalis Orikeze Ajumbe remembered once again his estranged boss, former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, in his recent interview with an Owerri based newspaper, wherein he impugned the hard earned integrity of the former Governor. He claimed that Ikedi Ohakim did not win the governorship election of 2007; that the election was rigged to favour the former Governor because his kinsman and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Maurice Iwu, insisted on him. He merely rehearshed the old bear parlour cliche and tale of consolation people had rehearshed and abandoned because it held no water. This claim is contrary to the myriads of court judgments in respect to the 2007 governorship election. And it seems to me that Ajumbe does not know that his accusation that Prof Maurice Iwu rigged the election of 2007 amounts to libel. But he went further to disparage Dr. Ikedi Ohakim and accused him of fighting with all his benefactors.
Ajumbe, according to recent history was among the officials that worked for Dr. Ikedi Ohakim for his 2011 and 2015 governorship elections. He was Ohakim's agent during the December 2014 PDP governorship primary election in Imo State. It was Ajumbe who called a press briefing at his office in Owerri where he presented figures of the primary election and asserted to the press that Ohakim did not lose the primary election; that he was rigged out. He said it was unacceptable. But he has proved that he is truly an unreliable man by turning around to say the exact opposite of what he had said.
Before Ajumbe served Ohakim in the various capacities as he did in 2014 and 2015, he had granted this writer some interviews where he made very beautiful comments on Ikedi Ohakim. In one of the interviews he emphasized that Ohakim did not lose the 2011 governorship election. Ajumbe said: "On January 7, 2012, barely seven months after Chief Ikedi Ohakim left office, I visited him in his Owerri residence to seek his support and blessing for my 2015 governorship ambition. In that meeting I told him that I would want to run for the governorship of the state come 2015 to complete his good projects, but if he would want to run again in 2015 as I would not want to run against him, [I would withdraw]. And he told me that he would run. And as I knew that he NEVER LOST that election, which is true." Did Ajumbe really want to run for governorship in 2015? It was all games.
He continued: "But when he (Ohakim) finally declared to run, I closed my camp and resigned my position as the National Publicity Secretary of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) to come back to the PDP to support him and be part of this success story. Not only that I have re-joined the PDP, over two million members of the defunct ANPP which I chaired for 9 years, my associates, admirers, have all joined the PDP so as to deliver Ikedi Ohakim." Did the defunct ANPP have two million members in Imo State, almost half the population of the state? If that was the case why did the ANPP not win election in Imo State? But that false claim was the only way Ajumbe could show he had large followers. But it was a ruse.
But a side-by-side reading of the interviews by Ajumbe would convince one that Ajumbe is unreliable person who says anything that gets him favour. And like the Igbo would say, the dog has gone back to its vomit. Men who go back to their vomit lack integrity. It is worth stressing here that Ajumbe's claim that Ohakim rigged the election of 2007 is a mere bear parlour cliché and a political boos statement and makes no meaning whatsoever. It is mere bear palour gossip and one of the several lies told against Ohakim that have since been laid bare as falsehood. Rehearsing this bear palour gossip has only portrayed Ajumbe as a man not to be trusted. And as people say in the streets, anybody listening to Ajumbe is merely wasting his precious time.
Men like Ajumbe are why Imo State is in a bad situation today. They are chameleons and rattlesnakes and more dangerous than the night-snake whose head you cannot easily see. They dine with you today and tomorrow become your meanest enemy. My father advised that we should hold a long spoon when dining with such men so that when they strike you leave the spoon for them, else they grab you by the arm and drag you down. My father maintained that if you cannot hold a long spoon, don't dine with them at all.
Dr. Ajumbe uses his words to bargain his way out. His words are sweet and appear innocent, and he has proved he is not a steady character. For example, years before his appointment by the Okorocha government in Imo State, Ajumbe never hid his disdain for Okorocha. In one of his interviews, he said: "If you know Rochas very well, he won't allow you to advise him because he knows it all". He described the Governor's free education as "robbing Peter to pay Paul or using it as a means to enrich [himself]." He had also condemned the caliber of people appointed by the Governor, but he later joined the bandwagon as he was appointed into the government few years later.
Not minding that he comes from Owerri Zone, Ajumbe supported the Governor on the demolition of Eke-Ukwu Owerri and condemned Ikedi Ohakim for raising his voice against it. He also supported the demolition of people's property in Owerri Municipal in the name of urban renewal. He did this in order to keep his job, before he was booted out by Okorocha with ignominy for non performance.
Ajumbe had approached Ikedi Ohakim once he lost his re-election in 2011 and began to work for him. That lasted till 2015. He ditched Ohakim after his 2015 PDP governorship primary election and after Ohakim had declared support for Emeka Ihedioha for the governorship election of 2015 under the PDP. Ajumbe had claimed he was not consulted and carried along. Like Smart Aleck, he saw the greener pasture and rushed to Governor Okorocha and struck a deal with him alongside his cohorts, including Chief Charles Amadi of OZOPOLF.
Political jobbers like Ajumbe like to keep the shine on themselves and never like to leave the stage. Using the media as a veritable tool, they present themselves as political Maradonas who can turn water into wine. But their worth ends on the pages of the newspapers as many of them cannot even win their booths and wards in a free and fair election. They see politics as business and therefore can do anything to remain in business, including cursing their mothers and their birthdays. To hypnotize their victims, they tell tales of their political exploits. And if you watch very well, such tales are cropping up in the media, of who did what and who single-handedly made Achike, Ohakim or Okorocha Governor in Imo State. These political jobbers (they are many in Imo) don't take blames. They are always the heroes and heroines and not villains.
For example, in the said recent interview of Ajumbe, he painted himself as a saint and accused Chief Amadi of OZOPOLF of selling out and collecting material inducement in the form of nine plots of land and undisclosed cash rewards from Okorocha. He became the saint and did not collect money. But just wait for Chief Amadi to open up on Ajumbe.
This is Ajumbe's revelation on Chief Charles Amadi: "When Charles Amadi of OZOPOLF then would go to collect money from Hope Uzodimma of Orlu Zone and collect money from Araraume of Okigwe Zone promising each one of them the same thing, it was going to be difficult to have any Owerri Zone man as Governor. .. I told him (Governor Okorocha) that I won't be coming alone, that we were going to be 10 in number. I (Ajumbe) later got people, 3 from each of the zones, and there at Spibat we met with his Excellency…However, in the same meeting, Charles Amadi asked for land and 9 plots of land was given … That was where they (Ajumbe not involved now, even though he co-opted them) sold the agitation for Owerri governorship to Orlu."
From the statement above, one can conveniently assert that Dr. Ajumbe and his cohorts destroyed Owerri Zone's chances of becoming governor in 2015 because they wanted their own pockets lined with cash and their CVs built up. The idea of equity means nothing to them. They just use it to achieve their purpose. Because exactly what they are doing now, deploying the media to keep the shine on themselves, was what they did in 2011 and 2015 and as soon as the price was paid they joined the bandwagon.
Okorocha rewarded Ajumbe for destroying Owerri Zone's chances of producing the Governor in 2015 by appointing him three times, culminating in his appointment as the Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Public Utilities. But people are asking what impact he made in the areas of Public Utilities, Tourism and Information? Did Ajumbe fix any water facility in the state, including those destroyed in the course of their urban renewal programme? Did any home in Imo State get access to public water whike he was commissioner? Did any community get electricity? He became Commissioner by stabbing his own people in the back and marching on their corpses to public office. That was exactly what Judas Iscariot did, betraying his master for filthy lucre!
But when Ajumbe was disgraced out of office by Okorocha in September 2016 following Ohakim's letter "bomb" he confessed that he was selfishly motivated. "My only request [to the Governor] is that you win this election so that I will be in a ruling Party as I have not been in a ruling Party before… Today, I shall be addressed as the former Chairman, Interim Management of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation; Former commissioner for Internal Resources and Pension Affairs and Former Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Public Utilities." The selfish motivation becomes more glaring when you recall too that in 2014 Dr. Ajumbe said that he never liked Governor Rochas Okorocha.
Knowing Ajumbe's mannerism, Imo people should do well not to buy into his pontifications, but should rather watch men like him who go about sowing seed of discord and plundering the state, as if it were their fiefdom. They should watch men who support evil. Many people are saying that Ajumbe has come again, sizing all the politicians in the state to know whom to "devour". They say he does not mean well for the state as many think he has not exhibited exemplary public conduct that is needed to drive the state forward. If you did not know, Ajumbe has begun his 2019 politics, and he is looking up to brighter deals. That is all that matters to him. He confessed that he worked for Okorocha in 2015 just to get a chance to work in a ruling party. He got just that. In 2019 he might be looking for someone to run with as deputy governor, or someone to appoint him campaign manager, or someone to appoint him the Secretary to the Government or the Chief of Staff.
On the other hand, if Ajumbe and others like him in Owerri Zone have the political magic wand they give to others and make them governors, this is time to apply it on themselves, so that, for the first, the physician could heal himself. This is the time to demonstrate that "charity", truly, "begins at home". "Medice, cura te ipsum!" – "Physician, heal thyself!"
Nevertheless, if Imo people want to enjoy a better future devoid of mischief makers, there are certain people to beware of and not associate with, going into 2019 and beyond. And Orikeze Ajunbe is one of them. They are the political jobbers who frolic with all politicians. They use the media to recycle themselves.
For the interest of Imo State, therefore, this writer will begin to unveil them in series of articles so that politicians in Imo State will be aware of the dictum: CAVEAT EMPTOR: BUYERS BEWARE. If buyers become aware and not take them seriously Imo will get it right in 2019.


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This week's question of the week: Who saw Jesus first after the empty tomb — Mary Magdalene or Peter?
- Mark says that Mary Magdalene, along with two other women, find the empty tomb on the third day. But the original Mark stops there and has no appearance stories at all. Interesting side note: We say "the original Mark stopped there" because most scholars think verses 9+ from the last chapter, depicting appearances of Jesus afterward, were … how do we say … appended later by someone else.
- Matthew and John both have Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene before any of the disciples. Mary Magdalene and the 'other' Mary find the empty tomb, and later on Jesus appears to the women. It is not until after the disciples escape toGalilee that Jesus appears to them.
- Luke leaves the women out of the picture, writing that Jesus appeared only to the male followers. But Luke also wrote Acts, Paul's major marketing pamphlet. And Paul did not like women to have any kind of power in the church, let alone be the first to see Jesus. Paul's sparse account of the resurrection also makes no mention of the women, and succinctly says that Jesus appeared fist to Peter.
This Peter vs Mary thing continues in some of the "other" gospels that did not make the cut. For example, in the Gospel of Thomas, Peter asks Mary to leave because, "women are not worthy of life." And in the Gospel of Mary, Peter argues that surely Jesus would not have revealed his secrets to a woman.
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There is a similar prayer by the nāgapatnī (wives of the Kāliya serpent), in the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 16th Chapter, verse 33. The nāgapatnī say there, "My dear Lord, the dust of Your lotus feet is very wonderful. Any person who is fortunate enough to achieve this dust does not care for heavenly planets, lordship over all the planetary systems, the mystic perfections of yoga or even liberation from material existence. In other words, anyone who adores the dust of Your lotus feet does not care a fig for all other perfectional stages."
There is a similar statement in the Tenth Canto, 87th Chapter, 17th verse, when the Śrutis, the Vedas personified, prayed to the Lord as follows: "My dear Lord, it is very difficult to understand spiritual knowledge. Your appearance here just as You are, is to explain to us this most difficult subject of knowledge of the spirit. As such, Your devotees who have left their domestic comforts to associate with the liberated ācāryas (teachers) are now fully merged in the devotional service of Your Lordship, and thus they do not care for any so-called liberation."
In explaining this verse it should be noted that spiritual knowledge means understanding the self and the supersoul, or superself. The individual soul and the supersoul are qualitatively one, and therefore both of them are known as Brahman, or spirit. But knowledge of Brahman is very difficult to understand. There are so many philosophers engaged in the matter of understanding the soul, but they are unable to make any tangible advancement. It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā that out of many millions of persons, only one may try to understand what is spiritual knowledge, and out of many such persons who are trying to understand, only one or a few may know what is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So this verse says that spiritual knowledge is very difficult to achieve, and so in order to make it more easily attainable, the Supreme Lord Himself comes in His original form as Śrī Kṛṣṇa and gives His instruction directly to an associate like Arjuna, just so that the people in general may take advantage of this spiritual knowledge. This verse also explains that liberation means having completely given up all the material comforts of life. Those who are impersonalists are satisfied by simply being liberated from the material circumstances, but those who are devotees can automatically give up material life and also enjoy the transcendental bliss of hearing and chanting the wonderful activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
In the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 20th Chapter, 34th verse, Lord Kṛṣṇa says to Uddhava as follows: "My dear Uddhava, the devotees who have completely taken shelter of My service are so steadfast in devotional service that they have no other desire. Even if they are offered the four kinds of spiritual opulences,* they will refuse to accept them. So what to speak of their desiring anything within the material world!" Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa says in another passage of the Bhāgavatam, Eleventh Canto, 14th Chapter, 13th verse, "My dear Uddhava, a person whose consciousness is completely absorbed in My thought and activities does not aspire even to occupy the post of Brahmā, or the post of Indra, or the post of lordship over the planets, or the eight kinds of mystic perfections, or even liberation itself." In the Twelfth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 10th Chapter, verse 6, Lord Śiva says to Devī: "My dear Devī, this great brāhmaṇa sage Mārkaṇḍeya has attained unflinching faith and devotion unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such he does not aspire after any benedictions, including liberation from the material world."


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Eddie Zacapa is the author of Principles and Practices of Nonviolence, a book that offers 30 meditations on living compassion and practicing nonviolence.
The book provides a foundation of principles and practices of nonviolence and offers a way to practice nonviolence in our current times and in our day to day lives. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi are remembered as pioneers for nonviolence and for their social justice and civil rights movements. Yet, both of them believed wholeheartedly that nonviolence was a lifestyle.
Eddie, too, believes that nonviolence is not just for a season—it is a way of life. Nonviolence as a way of life means cultivating qualities like compassion, empathy, peace within yourself and with people in your daily life. It also means engaging in practices like meditation, journaling, Nonviolent Communication, etc., to support you in exploring the personal and interpersonal dimensions of nonviolence.
Eddie is based in Sacramento, California and is a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication.
"With each chapter, comes wisdom and a clear invitation and request of how to practice these principles of Nonviolence. This book is enriching to the soul, nourishing to the spirit and essential for our individual and collective healing. A book for our times!"
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"Eddie is our modern-day Gandhi, beautifully sharing 30 approaches for all of us to listen, empathize, and love. He eloquently fills each chapter with moving quotes and sayings from his mentors and heroes, relating them to his own experiences and then leaving us with an inspirational and stimulating skill builder. These skills enable us to identify strengths and areas of growth as we strive to reach our place of joy and unconditional happiness. Eddie is not telling us that this growth and change is easy, but he is telling us that it is so worth
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"This book is a compilation of ideas and tips for transformation into the Nonviolent Communication mode of interacting and showing up. Eddie's use of relevant quotes and easy to follow steps make it an effective learning and teaching tool. The message is timeless."
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In the past year and a half, many have experienced multiple layers of trauma.
The "Healing Past & Present Trauma" webinar will equip clergy to lead both themselves and their congregation. The webinar will be Tuesday, September 21 from 10 am to 1 pm. The cost will be $10. Click here to register online.
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Dr. Bell's practical "four promises" are effective tools for the journey through complex present trauma (or, as many clergy experience it, secondhand vicarious trauma), whether it is related to race, environment, economic factors, culture, or sex. These promises enable us to endure and survive and will help clergy lead both themselves and their congregation forward. The workshop will be based on Dr. Bell's new book, "The Four Promises: A Journey Healing Past and Present Trauma," available on Amazon.
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At an event near Lake Tahoe, California, today, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman unveiled what may well be the products that make or break the company. He finally showed off Karma, the drone that GoPro first announced last December, as well as two new Hero5 cameras, the next in its line of portable action cameras.
Here's a rundown of everything from the event:
Waterproof cameras
GoPro announced two new cameras, the Hero5 Session, and the Hero5 Black. The Session is an update of its smallest camera, which it first introduced last summer to tepid sales. The Hero5 Black is the company's new top-of-the-line action camera. Both cameras are water resistant (up to 1o meters or 33 feet), have digital image stabilization, and can be voice-activated. According to Woodman, the cameras respond to commands in seven different languages: Onstage he demonstrated this by taking a selfie using the Hero5 Session while speaking Spanish. Both can shoot 4K video at 30 frames per second, and can automatically upload footage to GoPro's cloud when they're being charged.
The main difference is that the Hero5 Black has a 2-inch touchscreen, built-in GPS, and can shoot 12-megapixel still images. It costs $399. The Hero5 Session has no GPS, can only shoot 10-megapixel images, and costs $299. Both are available for sale now and will be compatible with GoPro's new Karma drone when it's released Oct. 23.
New software
One of the biggest criticisms levied against GoPro in recent years has been that it's always been difficult to take whatever footage you've captured and easily edit and share it. Woodman had some answers for this: He announced GoPro Plus, a new $5-a-month cloud service where cameras will automatically upload footage to when they're changing and connected to a wifi network. Subscribers will then be able to access that footage from GoPro's mobile and desktop apps, and edit it wherever they are. Plus will also give subscribers access to a stock music library to soundtrack their extreme sports videos, as well as discounts for GoPro accessories, according to The Verge.
Woodman also showed off a new device called the Quik Key, which will allow GoPro owners to transfer footage right from their cameras' SD cards to an iPhone. They can then quickly edit and share clips, and add effects like soundtracks and filters from GoPro's app.
Karma drone
Given GoPro's stagnant sales and lack of new products for over a year, investors had hoped that GoPro's new drone would be a major shift in consumer drones. In reality, it seems that Karma isn't massively different than what other companies have shown off in recent months.
The Karma folds up and fits into a backpack, which Woodman walked off stage wearing, making it marginally more portable than the newest drone from market leader DJI, which fits into a slightly larger backpack.
The drone will cost $799, but that doesn't include a camera. It'll work with a Hero 4 camera, but if you want one of the latest models, you'll have to shell out either $999 for a bundle including the updated Session camera, or $1,099 for one including the Hero5 Black. That puts the Karma in the same ballpark as the DJI Phantom 4, and only somewhat cheaper than a Yuneec Typhoon H—both of which have similar video-capturing capabilities, but also more advanced functions, like the ability to autonomously avoid obstacles.
The Karma will also be controlled like almost any other drone—through a bulky controller with two joysticks. There are drones that can be controlled with smartphones, and ones that can simply figure out where you are and follow you around. Karma will have some follow-along capability, according to the video GoPro played at its event, but it's unclear how exactly it'll follow you around.
One advantage the Karma has over its high-end rivals: You can remove the gimbal from the drone, with the GoPro still attached, and strap it into a handle that provides image stabilization from the ground. DJI offers a system like this, called the Osmo, but it isn't included with its drones, and costs over $600.
Woodman didn't spend much time differentiating the drone's capabilities from what's already in the market during his 30-minute rapid-fire presentation. But he said multiple times that to him, "Karma is much more than a drone." Whether customers, or Wall Street, think so is still up in the air. (At the time of publishing, GoPro's stock price was up about 3% on the day.)
Woodman said there have been over 20 million GoPros sold in the company's history, and GoPro will likely be banking on that brand loyalty to win over drone enthusiasts. However, it's not entirely clear whether Karma will be simple enough—or provide enough utility—for the average GoPro user, or even the average person, to justify picking one up.


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Welcome to this month's diary entry. I had planned to post this entry last Saturday but life got in the way somehow, and I even had to cut some material that was going to make it into this month's diary. Still, there is some interesting I want to show you this month and it has to do with the process of rewriting material, so let's get to it!
3rd Time's The Charm
I have mentioned in past diaries that I try to avoid having to rewrite material I have uploaded as much as possible, simply because the cost of opening that door leads to infinitely readjusting old material, and as the project advances it just becomes unsustainable. And yet sometimes it is precisely what the doctor ordered. A good case is that of Renly's leitmotif, which is now in it's third iteration.
Renly's original leitmotif had some things I liked a lot and somethings I was so thrilled about, but overall, I enjoyed the leitmotif in the context of the three Baratheon brothers. Renly's main divergence from the Robert and Stannis was the fact that it was in A major instead of a minor, and there are some good reasons why I wanted it that way. The main reason is that it is much easier to create something welcoming and "shinny" in major than in minor. With Robert a seasoned warrior and Stannis a expert grinder of teeth, Renly is but a charming and dazzling young man, so the original theme was set in A major (fig. a).
But as it happens sometimes I made a mistake by not double checking the assumptions I had when I wrote the leitmotif. Somewhere in my mind it was obvious that all three Baratheon brothers are knights, when in fact, Renly is not a knight. This means that the knighthood motif (fig. b), represented by a triplet was very misplaced in the motif and needed to go.
I caught this mistake early this year and reworked the leitmotif to do away with the triplet while keeping as much as possible. The end result was a theme that kept the flashiness of Renly's original theme at the expense of not sounding as close to Robert's leitmotif (fig. c), which is something that bothered me a little, since Renly is supposed to look a lot like a young Robert Baratheon.
But it wasn't until I recently started to work on the Baratheon bastards seriously that I couldn't justify anymore having Renly's leitmotif in A Major and not a minor. A pivotal moment of "A Game of Thrones" comes with the reveal of the true fatherhood of Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen, whose leitmotifs are all in E Major. The dichotomy of the minor scale representing black hair and the major scale representing blonde hair is something I had in my mind for the longest time, but Renly's A Major leitmotif kept throwing the whole idea off the rails. Eventually I bit the bullet and reworked Renly's leitmotif in a minor, since consistency of Baratheon = a minor is more meaningful to me than Renly's charming nature = A Major.
This third (and hopefully, final) version of Renly's leitmotif (fig. d) relies more on orchestration to convey his dazzling but shallow persona, but it does for a more consistent and coherent set of leitmotifs, which takes precedence over pretty much anything else.
Reweaving A Tapestry
So, why the fuzz over a simple rewrite? Because when weaving a tapestry with leitmotif it is hard to replace one single thread without having to do a major rework of the whole thing. Renly's leitmotif connects to other leitmotifs, most important of all Loras' leitmotif, which is in C Major, and the amount of acrobatics I had worked on to fit them together meant that now I had to throw most of it away. This is a theme I had never finished, as every time I sat down to work on it new ideas came and went, but overall many hours had gone into tuning everything so that it came off nicely.
I want to clarify what this means in case you aren't very familiar with music theory. Basically, all you need to know is that A Major is not harmonically close to C Major even though they can be connected using some cool tricks composers have used for centuries like pivot notes and secondary dominants. This use of the distant keys of A Major and C Major effect was something I was happy to have as to me it reflected Renly's and Loras' difficulties in sharing their love while keeping it a secret: their secret love was a fight that paid off for them in spite of its inherit challenges they faced. But now all of this was out the window and as such I needed to rework their love theme "The Rose Knight and the Stag" from the ground up. The good news is that a minor and C Major are basically the closest to tonalities could ever be, so I changed gears and reworked the idea from struggle to secrecy, which also works very well in context.
The new goal was to create a love theme from the point of view of Loras that hinted at a deep love for someone without it being too on the nose. Taking advantage of the fact that a minor and C Major share the exact same pitches, slipping in and out Loras' leitmotif to insert a modified version of Renly's leitmotif was the way to go. It took almost time to rework their love theme and have it finished in almost a personal record for myself; so at least I'm happy about that.
As Loras is the character from whom we see their relation, "The Rose Knight and the Stag" (fig. e) begins with Loras' leitmotif (light blue notes) only to hear a version of Renly's leitmotif (dark blue notes) in a rhythm that completely obscures its melody, but is still recognizable upon close listening.
I'm not alone in thinking that Loras has one of the most memorable moments in the whole series when he recalls Renly in A Storm of Swords – Tyrion II:
"When the sun has set, no candle can replace it."Loras Tyrell
I hope you enjoyed this month's entry! See you soon!


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Release Date: June 4, 2019
Until she meets Jake.
The spark she feels when she spends time with him makes her promise harder and harder to keep.
Surely her brothers would understand breaking this promise if it means following her heart.
Wouldn't they?
Until he meets Jordan.
As soon as Jake sets eyes on her, he wants her.
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Mission 18 - The Philosophers' Stone
Do not use Sparda (unless you have a Gameshark or a death wish). You will get to use it later.
Unless you want to fight more Frosts, or stay in this section of the castle, go to the teleport pad and warp back to the small study on the top of the stairs. Another picture will activate and show a sunken portion of the castle. Jump into the other painting. As with the sunken ship, swim out from the cell and be sure to ivestigate each cell for barrels and other items. A Blue Orb shard is in the jail cell area.
In the next area, kill all three Sin Scissors with the Needlegun and jump out of the water.
In the next dry area, you'll find yourself in a very familiar room, the tower-like room with the Death Sentence. Keep in mind that there are no enemies in this room, so try to get the Blue Orb shard in the room before leaving. Begin by attacking the circular shield switch and flood the room with water. Swim under the first protruding platform to activate the shard.
The real goal is to reach the top of the room where the Death Sentence was and pick up the Philosopher's Egg before the water drains out.
When you get the egg, head through the red door mid-way through the tower-like room and Dante will be in the Fountain Room, only the room is reverse, like in a mirror.
Before you do anything stupid, look for an unlocked door on the second story of the Fountain Room and head inside to find another Blue Orb shard.
Remember the Lion statue where you placed the Pride of Lion at the start of the game? Well, place the Philosopher's Egg in there to cook it. Nightmare from the Cathedral attacks you again. The strategy is basically the same, though, do don't worry.
Nightmare - Hard
Nightmare is definitely a Doosey. He is kinda scary to look at too. In general, practice hit and run, but when you hit, hit hard. Also, in every room where you fight him, there are the circular shield switches you need to attack to "brighten" the room. Without these on, he cannot be hurt, so keep at least one of them on at all times.
Here are his attacks. When you don't have any circle runes filled, he will try to swallow you. It's your choice, but the 2nd and third fights I prefer not to let him. Inside of him are minibosses, and sargassos. His first form has Phantom in it, the second has Griffon, the third has Nelo Angelo. They will most likely give you green orbs if you beat them, but it's not a guarentee, and I don't think it's worth it. Just keep the runes lit, and you can dodge this attack. It looks like a mound of ooze closing on you. He will often draw electricity from the circles on the floor, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't hurt you. He will summon little orbs to shoot you that can be shot down if you like. They don't do too much damage. However, while they are shooting he will do several other things. The weakest of which are his little slime things, that go after you, and eventually make ice crystals to hurt you where they land. Just run from them and you'll be fine. Even if one catches you, keep moving and you won't get hurt. He will also shoot rock spears out of himself 3 times for a lot of damage, so dodge these.
His most damaging attack by far is his blue beam. You will know it's coming when his sphere comes out and white lines start flowing across the floor. AT this time, try your best to either get on top of him, or behind him. If you are behind him, be ready to jump over it, as he will keep it out for awhile. The farther back the fight, the longer he keeps it out. In the third fight, he will keep it out for a good five seconds, so be wary.
Damaging him is fairly simple, or so it would seem. With the runes lit, he will often let his sphere out. It is a bigger orb than the ones that shoot you, and it has runes on it. Attack it, and it will shatter more and more until he dies. Getting on top of him is best for this, but Air Raid is good too. Don't use Ifrit in this fight, as it's too slow. If you do go inside him and come out alive, he will lose one quarter of his life. That is a lot, but it's hard work. There's also the chance of green orbs from the monsters in him.
Griffon- Medium/Hard
Griffon attacks primarily from the air and on the ground as before, but is a lot weaker and takes more damage. It is not a guarantee that it will drop green stones, so don't get hit too much. Griffon only attacks when all the Sargassos are killed.
With Nightmare defeated, pick up the egg and you are done with the mission!


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Brief Encounters With Bob Crewe!
June 2, 2007
Long before, "Lady Marmalade", "Devil With The Blue Dress On", and "Cant Take My Eyes Off You", Bob Crewe, was one of my favorite songwriter and producers. When I was starting out in the music business. "Silhouettes", "Luck Ladybug", "Walk Like A Man", were the kind of songs I wanted to write and "Palisades Park" and "Tallahassee Lassie", were the kind of records I wanted to produce.
I remember being introduced to Bob for the first time, by publicist/ manager Harriet Wasser in front of 1650 Broadway. We all talked for a few minutes, then he invited me down to Allegro studios, which was in the basement of the building. He was recording a few demos for the Four Seasons and as the afternoon progressed, Bob became more and more dissatisfied with the vocals.
Harriet suggested that he give me a try on vocals since she was familiar with the demos I was doing for publishers around town, that required using a lot of falsetto and singing all the background parts. Although he wasn't a musician, he was a singer and was able to tell me exactly what he wanted, as well as instilling the confidence in me to execute it. He truly was able to bring out the best in everybody he worked with…like a great director!
He loved the results and a few days later, Bob asked Harriet if she would see if I'd be interested in "being" the Four Seasons for one record? It seems that Bob was having a dispute with the group, and owned the rights to the name and could put out whatever he wanted! Although I was flattered, and wanted a hit record…I wanted to be a solo Rock and Roll Star!
Over the next few years, I'd run into Bob at parties and industry functions, but it wasn't until a few years later that I had a chance to sit down and talk to him at length. It was up at Motown records in Hollywood, where he had an exclusive production deal. He was up there to play a new mix on a record that Berry Gordy kept turning down, which he played for me,"My Eyes Adored You" by Frankie Valli. I sat there stunned by the incredible record I was listening to…then Bob started to pace back and forth, becoming more and more agitated, then he confessed that he was there to give Gordy an ultimatum!
( To Be Continued )
Copyright 2007 by Artie Wayne
l -r Bob Crewe, Bobby Darin and Ellie Greenwich
Photos at the top- Bob Crewe…Bob and singer/songwriter Eddie Rambeau
To reach Eddie Rambeau
Special thanks to Rosemarie Edwards
Stax Records And A Paranormal Connection!
January 27, 2007
The Memphis sound intrigued me so much that Stax Records became the first stop on my publishing tour of the south. When I was general manager of Warner Brothers Music in 1970, my longtime friend and sometime collaborator, Steve Cropper, who co-wrote "In The Midnight Hour", "Dock Of The Bay", "Knock On Wood", etc., took me around his town, winding up at the offices and studios of the legendary record and publishing organization, East-Memphis music
The company occupied an old movie theater in the ghetto, with a markee that simply said STAX.The reception area, was the place where refreshments were sold, and the recording studio was where the second run movies were once shown.
I was humbled to be in the same studio where Booker T. & The M.G.s, Otis Redding, The Mar-Keys, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, The Barkays, Eddie Floyd, Johnny Taylor and Isaac Hayes made all of those mega-hits!
I've always believed that every studio has its own flavor, due to the collective consciousness and spiritual vibrations from all those who have poured out their hearts and souls within its walls. This place was no exception. I walked around mesmerized with the sounds of the late Al Jackson, Jr.'s solid drumbeat from, "Hold On I'm Comin'" running through my head. I even had the urge to yell out, "Play it, Steve!", but I restrained myself!
Before I had to leave for my next stop, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Steve invited me into the control room to hear some remixes he was doing on the late Otis Redding. It was a spectacular ending to a day I'll never forget.
Since I became interested in music, I always believed that more than just music is captured in the recording process. Primitive tribes correctly believed that a photographic image of them takes a piece of their soul forever…I believe a recording essentially does the same thing. More than sound and musical content are recorded, retained and reproduced…so are the inaudible vibrations, thoughts, emotions and energy of the lead performer as well as every participant in the studio.
I accepted the psychic fact years ago, that each of us carries with us spirits of our family, friends and ancestors…who carry with them the spirits of their family, their friends and their ancestors. Some of these entities that surround the artists, musicians, and other contributors to the process, mingle with other entities they encounter there. Some like their new environment so much, they stick around and become part the studio's collective creative consciousness.
As a songwriter/ singer/ producer and publisher, I've had the chance to visit recording facilities all over the world where historic sessions have taken place…including Allegro, Associated, Bell sound, Olmstead, Sound factory, Mirasound, A+ R and Atlantic studios in New York, The Sound Factory, A+M, Gold Star, American, M-G-M studios and Cherokee studios in Hollywood, Apple, Trident, Rak studios, EMI studios in Abbey Road, London, the legendary Motown studios, The Record Plant in New York and L.A., Stax, Hi and Sun studios in Memphis, RCA and Columbia recording studios in Nashville, London, New York, and San Francisco to name a few.
Although most studios are routinely cleaned, few, if any are spiritually cleansed. Like a well – used grill at a restaurant, there is a spirit buildup over time that gives each studios end product a distinct flavor.
I've been asking artists, musicians, producers and engineers, if they ever experienced any paranormal phenomena in the studios where they worked. If you have any first hand experience please let me know about it.
Thanks and regards, Artie
Copyright 2007 by Artie Wayne
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Every August we make a list of things we want to do before school starts. We finished our list just in time!
Our list of events over the past month.
- Kiddie pool (and ice cream ) with friends.
2. Gooeys at the Coeur d'Alene Resort (with Grandma and Grandpa who are in town right now!).
3. Sunnyside Park!
4. Lunch at McDonald's (but we couldn't find parking, so we went through the drive-thru and found a park for lunch).
5. Uniontown Park
6. Sweet Mutiny
7. Skateboard Park
8. Boyer Park
Lainey starts school in two days, and the boys start in eight days! We're ready for a great school year!


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CANCELED: An announcement April 25 said the Annual Seminary Dinner scheduled for May 3 has been canceled.
Days after John Paul II is canonized in Rome, seminarians and Denver faithful will gather for the annual seminary dinner to share how the saint influenced their lives.
This year's May 3 seminary dinner to benefit St. John Vianney Theological Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary will become a chance to remember the late pope's inspiration on the very campus named after him.
"We're asking everyone to share, because it will be six days after the canonization of his holiness," said Melissa Crowley, director for development at St. John Vianney.
The dinner will celebrate his inspiration and raise funds for the two seminaries on the John Paul II Center campus at 1300 S. Steele St. in Denver.
The night will begin with a cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. and continue with dinner, entertainment and a live auction. Archbishop Samuel Aquila will attend and give a "state of the seminary" address.
Crowley said this is the first year the dinner will be hosted on the campus in the quad of the seminaries. Ticket prices were reduced to half the amount to enable more faithful to attend and reflect on the soon-to-be saint.
"We're trying to get the community a bit more involved," Crowley said.
Tickets are $125 per person or $75 for a junior patron at 35 years and younger. Clergy pay $100 per ticket. There is no deadline to register at www.sjvdenver.edu/donate.
For more details, call 303-282-3441 or email email@example.com.
John Paul II's inspiration
Throughout the year, the seminaries invite faithful to share how Blessed John Paul II has influenced them. Use the hashtag #JPIIinspiration and share it on the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary Facebook page, on Twitter or Instagram.
Here are the stories of a local seminarian and priest.
"John Paul II's holiness and his invitation for others to be holy will always be a source of inspiration for me. I will never forget attending World Youth Day in Toronto in 2002. … I knew John Paul II cared about me even though I never met him. The way he lived his life helped me discern my calling to enter the seminary and study to be a priest for the Archdiocese of Denver. – Josh Meier, seminarian at St. John Vianney
"One of the ways John Paul II has inspired me is through his perseverance. He came out of some of the most difficult areas on earth at the time, and one step at a time he followed the Lord faithfully. It was a journey that took years and through his faithfulness the face of the whole Church was changed." -Father Robert Keller, O.P.


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A great deal of confusion exists concerning the subject of fallen angels and the Nephilim. With the release of the new Noah movie on DVD and Blu-Ray coming up, that confusion will likely increase. I've already seen and heard many … Continue reading
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I'm finally back to the blog. It's been a little over two months since I've posted anything, but I've been fairly busy during that time. In early September I completed the Nation's Tri (an Olympic distance triathlon – 1.5k swim, … Continue reading