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The core of my practice is individual psychotherapy with adults of all genders and sexual orientations. I have experience working with people in the various professions such as law, finance, business, and the arts. I also have expertise with LGBT concerns.
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With the 2018 NFL Draft and the signings of undrafted free agents now behind us, it's a good opportunity to look at the Dallas Cowboys roster and what they have in stock for the upcoming season.
There are still a lot of changes that could come between now and the start of training camp, let alone Week One of the regular season. But the vast majority of the 53-man roster is already here and preparing to participate in mini-camps and other activities in the coming weeks.
What might the 2018 roster look like when the Cowboys head Charlotte, NC on September 9th for the season opener against the Carolina Panthers?
Dak Prescott, Cooper Rush, Mike White (R)
With no questions about Dak's role in 2018, the intrigue here is in the two backups. Rush and White will certainly be competing for the number-two spot on the depth chart. Could the loser find himself off the roster completely?
The Cowboys have typically tried to keep just one backup QB on the roster, freeing up a spot for another position. While they did carry three to start 2017, they eventually cut Kellen Moore once there was a need and they were confident enough in Rush to handle the job.
Cooper's back this year looking to build on his unexpected rise from undrafted rookie to preseason darling. But now he's got to fight off Mike White, a fifth-round pick who many felt was a tremendous value with major potential.
Whether both guys make the roster or not could depend on who wins the backup job. If it's Rush, Dallas probably still keeps White on the 53 to preserve his four-year rookie deal. But if White beats Rush, the Cowboys might decide they can afford to risk him on the practice squad.
Running Back (5)
Ezekiel Elliott, Rod Smith, Tavon Austin, Bo Scarbrough (R)
Jamize Olawale (Fullback)
We all know who the bell cow will be for the Cowboys offense next year. Hopefully with all personal issues in the rear view, Zeke returns to retake the throne as the league's best RB. One might wonder how many carries will be left for the other backs.
Rod Smith emerged last year as a very capable reserve, mixing power and athleticism and even flashing receiving skills at times. He could be especially dangerous behind Elliott, able to exploit a battered a defense with fresh legs and versatility.
But if you want to batter a defense, Alabama's Bo Scarbrough is a wrecking ball. At almost 240 pounds, he could be a menace with the lanes that the Cowboys' offensive line can create. Some of his tape reminds you of Marshawn Lynch.
The real change of pace will come when Dallas works veteran Tavon Austin into the offense. Converting to RB, the sixth-year speedster was picked up in a trade for a sixth-round pick. If nothing else, he should serve as the primary return man. But the Cowboys will be looking for various ways to get Austin the ball, wanting to add a speed element to the offense that has been missing for a few years now.
At fullback, Jamize Olawale returns to Dallas after six years with the Raiders. Undrafted in 2012, Olawale was on the Cowboys' practice squad but got poached by Oakland. He brings more of a receiving threat to the FB position than Dallas had in Keith Smith, plus has the size to play a little tight end. We'll get to that shortly.
Wide Receiver (6)
With Dez Bryant released and Ryan Switzer traded, the receiver corps for 2018 is already looking very different from what we'd have guessed a few months ago. For those who have returned from last year, how much could their role change?
Allen Hurns, who was clearly signed to be Bryant's replacement rather than running mate, will hopefully return to the 1,000-yard form he once showed in Jacksonville. But he won't have an Allen Robinson playing on the other side of the field, so it may be asking too much for Hurns to now be the top target.
In 2016, Cole Beasley was Dak Prescott's favorite target and the team's leading receiver. But team's figured that out and schemed against Beasley last season, which was a key cause for Prescott's regression. Unless someone like Hurns or Terrance Williams starts to take advantage, it could be another down year for Cole.
Hopefully, third-round pick Michael Gallup will help in the fight. The Cowboys should give the rookie plenty of opportunities to make an early impact. This is a time of change in Dallas and there will be less emphasis on tenure. If Gallup can develop early chemistry with Dak, he could have a large role quickly.
Veteran free agent Deonte Thompson is a wild card here. Like Brice Butler in recent seasons, Thompson has intriguing speed but will have to show he can consistently produce. Thompson has only recently emerged as a solid NFL player when in Buffalo, but is now 29 years old. He was signed to a minimal contract, and may not even make the roster if younger guys show up.
Noah Brown is one of those young prospects who could push into the mix. He looked like a young Dez Bryant at times during the last preseason, bringing physicality once the ball is in his hands. Brown will need to find a role on special teams to secure a roster spot.
Tight End (3)
Geoff Swaim, Blake Jarwin, Dalton Schultz (R)
No, I didn't forget about Rico Gathers. But I have a feeling that the hype around this kid is misplaced, and many Dallas fans will be disappointed when they find out he's no longer in the team's long-term plans.
The Cowboys have a run-focused offense, which puts a premium on blocking ability. Gathers didn't learn how to take on pass rushers when he was grabbing rebounds at Baylor, and that's not his fault. But it makes his ability to make any NFL team, and especially one with a more old school approach, a longshot at best.
Because of the ability of guys like FB Jamize Olawale and perhaps WR Noah Brown to play as smallish tight ends, it allows Dallas to keep just three. Swaim is the experienced player who should get the first crack at the starting role, and the unenviable task of trying to fill Jason Witten's shoes.
The Cowboys liked Blake Jarwin enough last year that they signed him off the practice squad to avoid him being stolen by the Philadelphia Eagles. He will compete with Dalton Schultz, a fourth-round rookie, for the backup role.
There are several known entities like Antonio Gates, Julius Thomas, and Coby Fleener still out there in free agency. Dallas may wind up bringing in one of them before the offseason's over. But for now, we'll work with what we've got.
Offensive Line (8)
Dallas loaded up on versatile players this offseason, giving them options as they decide on a new starting left guard and backups for 2018.
Second-round pick Connor Williams will likely get the first look as the fifth starter. A college tackle, Williams should move inside to try his hand at guard. But Dallas could also consider moving La'el Collins back to that spot if they feel Connor is the better right tackle.
If the rookie isn't ready for full-time work, the Cowboys could also go with one of the veteran interior linemen in Looney or Martin. They have both played guard and center during their careers and this will be Looney's third season in the Cowboys' system.
It's also possible that Cam Fleming, probably the most talented of the backups, would be the best option to join the starting lineup. That would also mean moving Collins back to guard, which both he and the team have said isn't their first choice. But ultimately, Dallas will do what it has to get their five best offensive linemen on the field.
The good news is that the team isn't trapped. They left themselves several ways of filling the need and bolstering their depth from last season.
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Do Or Die: Chidobe Awuzie Must Improve Sunday, Or Cowboys Season Could End
Coming into the season there was a lot of hype surrounding the Dallas Cowboys' cornerbacks. With Byron Jones moving from safety full time, and now second year player Chidobe Awuzie playing opposite Jones after a promising rookie season, there was a lot for Cowboys fans to be excited about.
Through the first 10 weeks of the year, though, only one of those two has maintained fans' excitement. While Byron Jones has been arguably the best cornerback in all of football, Chidobe Awuzie has been damn-near an automatic completion when thrown at.
Awuzie has a -5.8 coverage rating this season, 65th among cornerbacks in the NFL. Coverage rating is a metric which factors in how often a cornerback is targeted as well as how many passes they've defensed per target. Quarterbacks also have a 116.6 passer rating when targeting Awuzie, compared to just 64.5 when targeting Byron Jones. For comparisons sake, Jones' coverage rating is a +45! So you can see why "cornerback opposite of Jones" is becoming a need for the Cowboys.
What's perplexing about Awuzie's season, though, is that he is only giving up an average 0.95 yards of separation, 27th in the league (courtesy of playerprofiler.com). So while Awuzie is playing relatively sticky coverage, he's still being targeted often, and he's still allowing completions way too often.
This week, Chidobe Awuzie will be tested once again, this time by the dynamic passing game of the Atlanta Falcons. The match-up many fans are focusing on is that between Byron Jones and Julio Jones, but how Awuzie does against Calvin Ridley and Mohamed Sanu may play a bigger factor in the result.
Both Ridley and Sanu are solid supporting receivers, and considering how much attention the defense typically has to pay to Julio Jones, they tend to get man coverage often. This allows for a precise route runner like Ridley to take advantage of opportunities, and come away with the types of big plays we've seen from him this year.
When matched up with either of these weapons, Awuzie will need to continue to stay close, but play and defense the ball better. He must continue to make it hard on these receivers and force them into contested catches, but hopefully he can improve on his play when the ball gets to the catch point.
Sunday will be another big test for the Cowboys' young defense. And as well as they have played most weeks, this game has the potential to be a season ender if certain guys do not step up. One of those guys who will certainly play a key role in influencing the result in Chidobe Awuzie.
Cowboys Defense Faces Tough Matchup vs Falcons Passing Attack
When you're a 4-5 team in the NFL with preseason expectations of making the playoffs, the last half of the season has a lot of of must-win games. This week is no different. The Dallas Cowboys face another 4-5 team in the Atlanta Falcons who is also looking to keep their playoff hopes alive. Both teams are still in the hunt, but have slightly different paths to get there. The Dallas Cowboys would probably have to win the NFC East to make the playoffs with the Falcons only real chance coming via the wild card. The New Orleans Saints look to be the kings of the NFC South this season.
In order to stay in the hunt, the Dallas Cowboys are going to need a huge defensive effort against a fierce Atlanta Falcons passing game. Through the first nine games, the Cowboys have provided reason for optimism that they can slow down Matt Ryan and company, but they've also had some porous efforts this season.
The front seven of the defense has played pretty well through the first nine games of the season and Byron Jones has been one of the best corner backs in the league. They've had problems on the left sde of the defense with Chidobe Awuzie and with the safeties.
The Cowboys will face a really difficult challenge as they travel to face the Atlanta Falcons passing game led by Matt Ryan and Julio Jones.
Matt Ryan is in the top five in most passing categories including yards, touchdowns, passer rating, completion percentage, and leads the league in passing yards per game. In yards per attempt, net yards per attempt, and air yards per attempt, Matt Ryan is sixth in the NFL.
As you can see from the chart above provided by Next Gen Stats and NFL.com, Matt Ryan has been average to better than average throwing to every area of the field this season. Particularly troubling is what he's doing when he's throwing to his right, which happens to be the side of the field occupied by Chidobe Awuzie. Awuzie is allowing a passer rating of 129.7 this season, which is the 15th worst number in the NFL among corners who have played a minimum of 92 coverage snaps.
What's potentially more troubling than how efficient Matt Ryan's been throwing to Awuzie's side of the field is the fact that Julio Jones will play all over the formation and can beat you in every area of the field.
The chances are high that we'll see Awuzie lined up against Julio Jones on several occasions on Sunday. Pray for Chido, y'all.
Jones has only scored two touchdowns this year, but through nine games, he's already over 1,000 yards receiving, which is leading the NFL. Julio is fourth in the NFL in receptions and is averaging more than 15 yards per catch. He's third in the NFL in yards per route run at 2.99 sitting behind only Michael Thomas and Albert Wilson among players with at least 20 targets on the season.
From Jones' chart against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in week six, you can see that they lined him up all over the formation and they ran him on a large variety of routes to a large variety of depths. Julio Jones is one of the best route runners in the NFL, which is scary considering he provides huge size and athleticism to go with it.
As good as he's been this season, the secondary receivers for the Falcons -- Calvin Ridley, Mohammed Sanu, and Austin Hooper -- have also played well. Each of them has more than 400 yards receiving on the season. To put that in perspective, Cole Beasley leads the Dallas Cowboys in receiving yards at 403. Each of the Falcons' top four targets have more receiving yards than Beasley does.
Not sure if that speaks of how good the Falcons passing game has been or how bad the Cowboys passing game has been.
The Cowboys will be facing the player that fans wanted the team to select instead of Leighton Vander Esch at 19th overall; Calvin Ridley. Ridley's been excellent this season with 500 receiving yards and seven touchdown receptions. He's averaging 13.2 yards per reception. Ridley's second on the Falcons in receptions for first downs and Matt Ryan has a passer rating of 138.9 when targeting Ridley.
Austin Hooper doesn't get the same publicity that Jones and Ridley do, but he's been effective this season as well. Hooper is second on the Falcons in receptions with 46, which is the fourth most among tight ends in the NFL. Hooper will test Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch in the middle of the field as well as Xavier Woods and Jeff Heath down the seem.
Mohammed Sanu will be the matchup to watch for Anthony Brown in the slot. Though Calvin Ridley and Julio Jones will run routes from there on occasion, Sanu is the primary slot receiver. He ranks 22nd in the NFL in receptions and yards from the slot. Of his 45 targets, 33 have come while in the slot and 25 of his 34 receptions. When Matt Ryan throws Sanu's way, he's got a passer rating of 125.8.
And if all that wasn't bad enough, you have the Dallas Cowboys defense as one of the worst in the NFL at getting off the field on third down. The Atlanta Falcons are second in the NFL at getting off the field on third down.
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The Dallas Cowboys are likely going to give up some long drives to the Falcons, and that's ok. What they don't want to do is give up big plays to the Falcons passing attack. The Cowboys rank sixth in the NFL in red zone defense allowing teams to score on only 48.1% of their trips inside the 20 yard line. The Falcons are seventh in the league at scoring in the red zone, but have had their issues scoring touchdowns when getting inside the 20. If the Cowboys can hold them to three instead of seven, I'll count it as a successful drive for the defense.
The Dallas Cowboys defense is playing really well this season and it ranks in the top 10 in most team defensive categories. However, if they have a weakness it's been in their pass defense, primarily Awuzie and the safeties. If they want to win this game and continue to get themselves back into the playoff picture, they're going to need better performances from their defensive backs not named Byron Jones, Anthony Brown, and to a lesser extent Xavier Woods.
Facing the Atlanta Falcons prolific passing attack is a huge test for this defense and one that could define the rest of the Dallas Cowboys 2018 season.
Cowboys’ Revenge Against Atlanta Hinges on These 3 Key Matchups
With their seasons hanging in the balance, the Dallas Cowboys (4-5) and the Atlanta Falcons (4-5) know all too well the importance of this matchup. The Cowboys however might have a little extra incentive to win this game, revenge. The Falcons absolutely throttled them in 2017, but Dallas is looking to turn the tables on them this year.
Playing in hostile territory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium isn't the ideal place to secure a victory, but I believe the Dallas Cowboys have a excellent shot at coming out of this contest with a "W". This time around the Cowboys will have Ezekiel Elliott and Tyron Smith at their disposal and they should pay huge dividends. Having these two players in the lineup will certainly factor into the outcome of the game, but there are other matchups worth keeping an eye on as well.
Here are the three matchups I believe will decide the outcome of this game:
Amari Cooper vs. Falcons' Secondary
If the Atlanta Falcons secondary continues to play the way they've played for the majority of the 2018 season, the Dallas Cowboys should be able to find quite a bit of success in the passing game. That's why I'm expecting Quarterback Dak Prescott and his receivers to have a big game, especially Amari Cooper.
The Falcons are surprisingly giving up 294.4 passing yards a game, which happens to be third worst in the NFL. But what's more surprising is they are also the worst at defending their opponents best receiver, ranking 30th in Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA). That's why I think Amari Cooper could end up having his best game to date in a Cowboys uniform.
Cooper's ability to threaten an opponent's defense all over the field has already made the Cowboys offense better and that should continue to improve as his bond with Prescott develops. He has already become one of the most highly targeted WRs in the NFL since coming to Dallas and that is not only helping improve their passing game, but the running game as well.
Ezekiel Elliott vs. Falcons' Run Defense
As much as I'm excited about the damage Amari Cooper could do to the Falcons secondary, I'm even more excited about how dominate Ezekiel Elliott can be against Atlanta's defensive front. A lot of that has to do with the way both of these teams played in these areas a week ago, and it's a matchup that heavily favors the Cowboys.
The Cowboys are coming off their best rushing attack of the 2018 season. The offensive line completely manhandled the Philadelphia Eagles top ranked run defense last week, allowing Zeke to rush for 150+ yards. We could see a repeat performance, especially with the way the Falcons failed to stop the run last week against the Cleveland Browns.
Rookie Running Back Nick Chubb had a career day against the Falcons a week ago, amassing 176 yards and a touchdown on the ground and another 33 yards and a touchdown through the air. If that's an indication of what we can expect from Atlanta's run defense, Zeke should have a huge game. Controlling the clock with the running game would more than likely secure a much-needed victory.
Cowboys' Defense vs. Falcons' 3rd-down Offense
As good as a Dallas Cowboys defense has been this season, they have really struggled to get opposing offenses off the field on third down. In fact, they're currently the fourth worst third-down defense in the league, allowing offenses to convert a first down 44.07% of the time. That's not good, especially if you factor in that the Falcons convert 51.26% of their third downs, ranking second in the NFL.
The matchup between the Cowboys defense and the Falcons third-down offense could end up being the most important. Dallas absolutely have to find a way to get Matt Ryan and his offense off the field and the ball back in the hands of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. They can't allow Atlanta to get out to an early lead, because they're not a team who's built to come from behind.
Hopefully the Cowboys can capitalize on the Amari Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott match ups (previously mentioned), that way they're play on third-down becomes less of a factor. But if it ends up being a close game, they will without a doubt have to improve their third-down defensive efficiency.
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So, have you seen it yet?
They’ve announced it, but have you seen it?
I had all sorts of questions. Why did she call the girl Annabelle? Was the demon inside of the little girl then transferred herself into the doll?
WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR?
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SOLUTION: For Fedora core 3, at least, switch to tightVNC-server,
(tightvnc-server-1.3dev7-1.i386.rpm from http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html).
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Witness sea of clouds without the hiking. Buy souvenir dark chocolates Davao is famous for but first, discover how chocolates are made from tree to bar (cocoa tree to chocolate bar). Be entertained and educated by a bird show. Have lunch where the 16th president of the Philippines eats. All these in less than 24 […]
Charmed but dangerous. This volcano’s appeal comes from being boastfully lovely with the whole world knowing how tough it can get when necessary… it whispered an art-of-war tip: make forecasting what you’ll do next a challenge even for experts.
It’s less than 24 hours before my flight. Classes are actually suspended in the Metro as well as in Bulacan (some parts) because of bad weather. God-willing tomorrow, I’ll be heading to Macau, then later on to Hong Kong, for my second out-of-the-country trip. The first was last year, to Vietnam and Cambodia, around the […] | <urn:uuid:2d82540c-df4e-40c7-b825-fe6408d0f479> | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | http://journalyn.com/tag/itinerary/ | 2018-11-19T05:15:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039745281.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20181119043725-20181119065725-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.955074 | 211 | [
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We congratulate our students who have been selected to participate in the District Cross Country Carnival on Friday this week. They have been preparing themselves for this event by attending Running Club each week and special training sessions. We wish them all the best and lots of fun on the day.
Molly Nicholls has recently won gold at the State Trampoline Competition held in Rockhampton. She was awarded medals in the following categories:
Double Mini Trampoline – Gold
Synchronised Trampoline – Gold
Individual Trampoline – Bronze
Molly will now compete at the Nationals in Melbourne later this year. We wish her all the best.
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Think becoming a stand-up comedian is tough? Try doing it as a single mother. Katherine Ryan talks to Marie Claire about her journey from Hooters waitress to top comic, her brand-new tour and why married friends can be a financial drain
In the early days of her comedy career, someone told Katherine Ryan she should stop telling jokes about celebrity culture and dress a little less glamorously. If you’ve watched Ryan in action, most recently in her Netflix special Katherine Ryan: In Trouble, you’ll know she ignored this advice completely.
‘I love fashion, beauty and celebrity. The more people told me not to do these things, the more I knew there was a place for them. I think it’s really tribal to talk about celebrity stuff. It’s what women used to do in tribes, they would share information – “Those cherries are poison and, by the way, did you hear about Jane over there?”’
I’ve come to interview Ryan in her north London home and we’re sitting in the kitchen with her very own tribe: seven-year-old daughter Violet, who is busy Googling ways to save an ailing orchid that sits on the kitchen table, and three tiny dogs, Megan (a teacup Shih Tzu), Manny (a teacup Yorkie) and Dolly (a Tibetan Spaniel).
London has been Ryan’s home since she and Violet’s father moved here from her native Canada nine years ago. The pair split amicably when Violet was a baby, and after working in a small string of office-based roles, Ryan decided to make the stand-up comedy that she’d first started doing back in Toronto a full-time job.
Although she seems a resolutely glass-half-full type of person, the early days of gigging sound hard, rocking Violet to sleep in the green room before going out on stage, and carrying her home on the Tube afterwards (‘Yep, my arms got pretty buff,’ she says).
But the slog has more than paid off. Ryan is now the only comedian in the UK besides Jimmy Carr to have her own Netflix special, she’s an in-demand TV host (most recently with The Fake News Show and How’d You Get So Rich?), as well as a brilliantly droll panel-show regular on programmes like Mock The Week and 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
This autumn, Ryan is heading back on the road with a brand-new stand-up tour, called (in an appropriate middle finger to that original comics-shouldn’t-be-glamorous naysayer) Glitter Room. If the pair of sparkly Gucci heels sitting by her front door is anything to go by, she’s got the footwear covered.
You joke a lot about pop culture in your stand-up. Is there always a battle to keep it fresh?
‘I never write the show too early because I talk a lot about celebrities, probably less so in this show, but it’s still there. With Twitter now, we have this ecosystem where it blows up one day and it’s done. They used to say if your story’s in the Sunday papers two Sundays in a row, you’re in big trouble. Now you could do the worst thing ever, it blows up on social media one day and the next day it’s fine.’
Who is your biggest source of inspiration?
‘I love the Kardashians. I do think it’s a stretch to call them underdogs because they are very powerful and they have everything, but people say, “Oh, they’re famous for nothing, they do nothing,” and we know that’s not true. [I think] Kris Jenner is a visionary. You have to make some terrible compromises to find that level of success, so who knows what deals she brokered, but I love them.’
Does Violet ever come on tour with you?
‘She used to when she was a baby. I would read her stories while the support act was on. We’d bring a blanket and pillow and she’d fall asleep on the couch. Now we have a tour manager and a driver, so she can come on weekends, but I go home every night to do the school run in the morning, so that bit of touring is a little bit… The [male comedians] I know – and I hate to draw the comparison because they’re wonderful feminist men I really love – tend to go, “Why don’t you stay in a hotel?” like they do before their next gig. I feel like I don’t know any [male comedians] who come home every night to do the school run.’
Was there ever a point in the early days when you thought of quitting and doing a nine-to-five job instead?
‘I worked nine-to-five on a website called Fashion Monitor. I was the person ringing up going, “Hi, do you want to renew your subscription?” Then I got into account manager stuff. It just wasn’t suited to me, and it was also next to impossible to live in London on that salary because I was very junior. I’ve never forgotten how hard it is to be on a nine-to-five, every day, working for someone else.’
You worked as a waitress at Hooters when you were still living in Canada. What did you learn from that experience?
‘That you can turn anything into a matriarchy. It’s interesting with power and the pay gap. If you looked at the big picture, then at Hooters men were in charge of us and men probably earned more than us, but within our restaurant setting we were all-powerful. I also found the women there who had the most intelligence and the most chat made the most money, got the best shifts and were the most liked. Because I’m a product of my generation, I went into that job thinking that the best thing you could be is pretty.’
Was there a single moment when you realised you could make people laugh for a living?
‘No, I’m totally a comedian by accident and I’m not that funny in a group setting. I was never a class clown. I meet all kinds of people who go, “Jamie here, he should be a comedian, he’s funny.” But I’m like, that’s not the guy who ends up being a comedian. It’s actually that strange, weird, introspective person who has a funny way of looking at things. I was doing stand-up comedy [in Canada] just for fun, like a Zumba class. I never thought it would be my job. I come from quite an academic, traditional background. My parents were like, “You have to go to university, then you should do something technical.” I purposely chose a big city to go to university – Toronto – and that’s when I got into doing stand-up.’
You do a lot of TV panel shows. How do you find that jostling environment?
‘I love the panel-show format. There’s this whole conversation that it’s suited to men, but with stand-up comedy or a panel show it’s not really masculine, it’s alpha. I think the confusion is for so long we’ve equated masculinity with being alpha. You just have to be prepared to interrupt someone a little bit and raise your voice to get your joke in. Anyone can do that, man or woman.’
Besides the tour, what’s on the cards?
‘Well, I’m going to be single for ten years. I’m on a manbatical, [a term] coined by my friend Claire. In ten years, I’ll be the same age as, like, Louise Redknapp, who’s an absolute babe. And if I don’t have a boyfriend until I’m 75, that’ll be fine. I want to do up the house and I don’t need to get sign-off on wallpaper from anyone – it’s amazing. Are you married?’
‘A lot of my friends are married. I do think companionship is a lovely thing to have. My friend has this incredible partner who I call rent-a-husband, because I take him to some red-carpet things, or he changes the light bulbs. But we do have to hide Botox from him. I wanted to go with my friend to have Botox and she was like, “I can’t really. I’m not allowed.” So I was like, “I’ll pay for you and that can be your Christmas present.” So we go to have Botox, but then she rings me up going, “Oh, Steven’s asking what you got me for Christmas and I can’t tell him it was Botox, so you’re going to have to get me something else.” I’m like, “Why is your marriage costing me all this money?”’
We’re talking a lot about happiness in this issue. What are your tips for staying happy?
‘Never argue with an idiot, otherwise people won’t know which of you is the idiot; don’t try to make everyone see things from the same point of view as you – some people will never understand you and they don’t have to; you can design whatever life you want that makes you happy, so long as it’s not hurting anyone else. But most of all, I’ve found happiness in gratefulness. Back when I had just left Violet’s dad, things were really scary. I didn’t have any financial support and I had no idea how I was going to live as an immigrant single mum in one of the most expensive cities in the world. I was just covered in anxiety. But then I stripped everything back and thought about what I did have: I had my health, and my mental health (which so many people don’t have) and my daughter was healthy and happy. I decided to just start with that and build things up from there. When you live your life like that, flip things around and see what you do have, then I think you can always find happiness.’
Katherine Ryan is currently touring the UK with her new stand-up show, Glitter Room.
Your Face Or Mine series 2 premieres on Comedy Central on 4th October at 8pm.
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I’ve heard of saying it with flowers, but when it came to his proposal, today’s groom said it with coffee! Which is kind of the perfect city living touch for Henrietta and Ross, who also picked a classic city location for their wedding (the historic Cape Town Club) and took it as their cue for a celebration that was infused with 1920s vintage style. The reception was class all the way – candlelight bouncing off wood-panelled walls from the elegant black tapers, gorgeous arrangements of white flowers from the amazing Neva at Bright & Beautiful (who actually DOES know how to say it with flowers!), and the sweetest menus with a dog motif from our friends at Blooming Wonderful. All captured perfectly by Duane Smith.
The truth is (even though she was a bit of a cow), there’s a big part of me that still wants to be Daisy Buchanan – flitting about in her beautiful dresses with her voice full of money, breaking hearts all over West Egg. Maybe that’s why every time I see a wedding gown sporting art deco embellishment and a slinky, satiny silhouette, I have a full-on, hold-on-to-your-chaise dress swoon. Or why designers like Johanna Johnson and Jenny Packham always have me dying over their latest collections of Gatsby wedding dresses. Forget princess dresses – for a glamorous bride, there’s no better way to go than with a touch of 1920s vintage. Especially when its complemented with gorgeous retro hair, a red lip, or a spectacular hairpiece. I went on the hunt for some of the most breathtaking glam wedding dresses for the Gatsby bride, each of them worthy of Daisy herself. *Links in bold denote affiliate links. The cost to you remains the same, but SBB may receive a commission for any sales made.
A little while back, I wrote a post on Gatsby-style bridesmaid dresses, thinking it might interest a few people, but holy moly, it went on to be one of our most viewed posts of all time (and still is). Clearly the embellished flapper look is one that brides have fallen in love with, and who could blame you, because wow, these dresses are gorgeous and even better, they’re so much easier to find on the high street (or in the mall!) these days. You don’t even have to be having a 1920s or Art Deco wedding for these to make sense – they’re pretty enough to work with any elegant wedding style. (Although I do love a Gatsby wedding. After all, a little party never hurt nobody, right?) I recently became familiar with a UK brand that is taking this look to the next level, Frock and Frill. This label carries a wide range of flapper style dresses in a range of colours – all knock-me-down gorgeous – that would not only work for a bridal party but actually could work for a laid-back bride as well, or as a reception dress. I’m in love with the beaded embellishments, the flattering cuts, and the range of colours, so I’ve just had to dedicate today’s post to my top wedding-appropriate Frock and Frill dresses. Good luck picking a favourite – they’re all GORGEOUS! (Oh, and PS: You can also find all of them on our Bridesmaid Boutique board over on Pinterest!) Click on any of the dress images below to shop.
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I told you we were on a winning streak with two gorgeous weddings today, and here we are with Part 2! Lindi and Morgan’s celebration was twice as nice – an intimate celebration with elegant Delft-inspired decor (see it here), and then a blowout 1920s influenced cocktail reception for their wider circle in what has to be one of the coolest and most unique venues I’ve seen – a converted antique showroom full of the most incredible mirrors and chandeliers – wow! I love that Lindi used her contacts as a designer to come up with something a bit different, and it’s just perfect for the Gatsby vibe that the couple were trying to create. Add a few tables groaning with treats, guests jazzed up for the Jazz Era theme, and just as much love and joy as in the first wedding, and you have an absolutely incredible sequel. Pics are by the fab Alfred Lor.Read More
Fact: I am more than a little bit obsessed with Gatsby right now. Although it’s not a new thing – the novel is one of my favourite books, and I have had a huge crush on the ’20s since I read it as a teenager. And I am also a huge, huge Baz Luhrmann fan. After the movie tanked with reviewers last year, I was so nervous to see it, but I ADORED every second of that film. No kidding, I watched it three more times on the flights from the UK to Dubai and Dubai to Durban last month. Now I won’t go into the many reasons why it’s one of my new favourite movies, except for one – Gatsby styling is awesome. The dresses, the hair… wouldn’t we all want to play dress up as Daisy Buchanan for one night? Incredibly flattering. So it’s really no surprise that I love the 1920s trend that has made its way into weddings (and stayed) – what is surprising to me in a way is just how popular it has been with everyone else. The post I did a couple of months ago on Gatsby bridesmaid dresses turned out to be one of your all-time faves, and it got me thinking that maybe it would be fun to do a hair feature on 1920s and 1930s-inspired styles. They’re not period replicas, but this series of beautiful (very flattering) styles incorporates some 1920s trademarks – finger waves, bobs, beautiful hair accessories, soft buns curled into the nape. I dare you not to fall in love with one, or several… old sport.Read More
Hello lovelies, are you all ready for your weekend? I have a rare personal post coming up today, but first, it’s time to look at another awesome bridesmaid dress trend and this is one I’ve been looking forward to highlighting for a while. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE The Great Gatsby. Ever since I read it, I’ve been a little bit obsessed with the roaring ’20s. I’m also a little bit obsessed with Baz Luhrmann – Strictly Ballroom is my ALL TIME favourite film, with Romeo + Juliet coming a close second (although, let’s not talk about Moulin Rouge or Australia, kay?). So as you can imagine, I am dying to see the film. And the timing is perfect, because fashion and wedding world have been jonesing for this for ages – 1920s keeps being a trend, and it keeps getting better, especially with all the gorgeous embellished dresses around at the moment. Seriously, could someone doing this please make me their bridesmaid? Because I so want an excuse to wear one of these beauties. Full disclosure: it’s not the most budget-friendly look, but it is mismatched (or even matched), glam, perfection. You don’t need to be having a vintage or Gatsby-themed wedding to pull it off either, but it will add a gorgeous touch of dapper flapper to your wedding style. This post contains affiliate links. SBB may receive a commission for any sales made.
Looking for a hen party/bachelorette theme that’s glamorous and fun? Well, look no further! Great Gatsby bridal showers are all the rage! After all, a little party never killed nobody :) 1920s themed parties are always super fun – let’s be honest, haven’t we all secretly wanted to dress up as a flapper and Charleston the night away? It can’t just be me. It’s perfect for a bridal shower as well, because you can start off with a sedate 1920s-style tea party, and then dig into the bootleg gin once moms and grans have left for the evening for a roaring ’20s-style bachelorette (the end of prohibition LOL!) It’s also relatively easy to dress up for, and not something your girls will feel too embarrassed to wear either. Plus, the ’20s are all about glamour and wild abandon, which is exactly what a hen night should be, imo. SO… How to do it? Here’s a quick guide to getting started with decor, food, invitations, activities, etc. And along the way we’re sharing images from a real Gatsby bridal shower from photographer Suzanne Swart!
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There are days when writing this blog feels a little like wish fulfilment. Ask and it shall be given unto you, kind of thing. Because it was just a few weeks ago that I was all “I am dying to see someone with a giant chess set” and now here today are the lovely Bennie and Carla and their giant chess set (amongst other awesome lawn games). I don’t know why, but that makes me ridiculously excited. (Come on. It’s a giant chess set!) And that isn’t all! Because I have also been on about how much I love Great Gatsby and the 1920s, and you guys, that is the whole theme of Bennie and Carla’s wedding. Eek! What can I say, you stylish brides and grooms make mama very happy. :) And that STILL isn’t all. Because not only did this couple have the most gorgeous, gorgeous flapper party ever with their friends (who were all fun enough to dress up), but the lovely was captured by Nastassja Harvey, who you may remember from this amazing wedding (yeah, I know you do, because it’s our most viewed wedding EVER). Nastassja is a total superstar in the making, and I am thrilled to have her on Cap Classique again. SO. Get your glad rags on and crank up the gramophone, because trust me, it’s time for a happy dance!Read More | <urn:uuid:32081dcc-51ac-4aa2-b93d-4e72e0967917> | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | https://southboundbride.com/tag/1920s/ | 2018-11-20T16:08:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039746465.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20181120150950-20181120172950-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.954711 | 2,234 | [
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Wisner said she often goes online to check the flow downstream of the dam, one of Michigan's oldest hydroelectric facilities. The dam generates electricity by harnessing the Muskegon, Michigan's second longest river.
Though she has mixed feelings about a structure that fundamentally altered the river, Wisner said she believes Croton Dam is, on balance, good for the community.
"I don't like the non-natural aspect of it but the dam controls the flow of the river and keeps water levels up in (dry) times like these. I would get very nervous if anyone started talking about taking the dam out," said Wisner, whose family has operated Wisner Rents Canoes on the Muskegon River since 1969.
Wisner's canoe livery will be one of dozens of Newaygo County businesses celebrating Croton Dam's centennial this weekend.
A series of events are planned in Croton -- including free dam tours, a 1907-era baseball game and a community ice cream social -- to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of a historic dam that is loved by locals and loathed by some conservationists.
Completed in 1907 by an up-and-coming power production company now known as Consumers Energy, the 40-foot-high dam generates electricity for 6,000 residences by holding back 7.2 billion gallons of water in its 1,209-acre reservoir.
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While wandering the internet I stumbled across a blog advocating that women cover their heads. Naturally, 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 was the author’s text—
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. So if a woman’s head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.
I read the post and some comments. Discussion topics included the usual suspects. The pro-head covering camp argued for a literal reading of scripture. They were also concerned about obeying God’s word rather than bowing to modern social conventions. The argument I hadn’t heard before was that women wore head-coverings as a matter of course in the early church. The author cited the writings of Tertullian to support this.
On the other side, people said we aren’t bound to the directive about head-coverings; it had to do with the culture in Paul’s day and no longer applies.
I’m not going to wade into the weeds of all this. For me, there’s a more basic question, one rarely brought to bear in such debates: Does God intend for the New Testament to be another law or an addition to the law?
As Paul points out, the law of Moses says, “the one who does these things will live by them” (Gal. 3:12; Lev. 18:5). Is the new covenant a “live by doing” covenant like the old?
A covenant defines the nature of our relationship with God. If the new covenant is a “live by doing” covenant then it is the same covenant as the old. Granted, Jesus replaces Moses as the figurehead, and we restyle rituals and traditions around Him. But the covenant itself—the nature of our relationship with God—is unchanged. We have merely redressed Judaism in Christian garb.
This begs the question: Why make any distinction between the old and new covenants if they are the same?
Changing figureheads isn’t enough. Figureheads changed a number of times under the old covenant: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, etc. Practices, too, changed between Genesis and Malachi. None of these changes in figureheads or practices amounted to a change in covenant.
If we accept that the covenant under Jesus is new in reality (not just in name) we must abandon the “live by doing” relationship. This means looking at the New Testament (and the Old) with different eyes.
Years ago, the Lord said something that continues to shape my understanding of covenants and scripture: “In the scriptures, you either see things Jesus fulfilled or things you have to fulfill.” This statement speaks to how scripture must be read. It also illustrates the difference between the old and new covenants. The new covenant is based on what Jesus fulfills; the old is based on what you and I fulfill. This is less a matter of Old or New Testament than about which covenant informs our reading of either testament. We can read Old and New Testaments with an old or new covenant mindset (Luke 24:27).
Back to head-coverings. Do we put this instruction on par with “Do not have other gods before Me” or “Do not murder”? (Ex. 20:3, 13). Do we add head-coverings to the 600-some commands of Moses? The Pharisees added a bunch of commands to Moses, and we see where that got them. Will adding commands about head-coverings, tithing, or baptismal formulas help us know Jesus better than they did?
Jesus is our covenant or He isn’t. People who mixed the old and new covenants made Paul super grumpy. He sarcastically wished they would take circumcision further and emasculate themselves! (Gal. 5:12). (Being emasculated, I suppose, they could then wear head-coverings…or not…probably not).
Christ is all and in all. In Him, “There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). That is covering enough for all of us.
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Numerology information Sing:
Name Number: 4 Meaning: Stability, Sameness, Regular, Rules, Condition, Responsibility, Routine, Frame, Detail, Order
Definition funny of Sing:
(v.) To use one's vocal chords to make musical tones. What most tv talent show contestants cannot do very well.
You're a lousy singer.
to rat on someone, or to report on them, usually to the police
Leave the singin' to Sinatra you fuckin canary!
SING stands for Sorry Im Not Gay. Its when young girls say something like, I love you! and then they say SING though! to tell the other person that it is in a no homo way.
Person 1: Hey man! I love you, but SING! Person 2: SING too :)
A theater competition where everything is student-run, meaning its student-written, student-directed, and all the acting, dance, and tech crews are students. The competition is between Seniors, Juniors, and Soph-Frosh. While the quality of the shows costumes, sets, etc are lower than that of normal theater productions, and it's generally a contest to see how many half-naked girls they can get on stage and how many sex jokes can be crammed into 55 minutes, it is in fact a lot of fun. Performed at Stuyvesant, Midwood, and other schools.
Songs about Sing:
Sing by Ed Sheeran from the Album Sing
Sing by Ed Sheeran from the Album x (Deluxe Edition)
Harki! the Herald Angels Sing by Mark James from the Album Christmas - What a Feeling
Sing by Ed Sheeran from the Album x
Why We Sing by Kirk Franklin from the Album Kirk Franklin and the Family
Do You Hear The People Sing? by Aaron Tveit from the Album Les Misérables: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe (Deluxe Edition) [+digital booklet]
Sing For The Moment (Album Version) [Explicit] by Eminem from the Album The Eminem Show (Explicit Version) [Explicit]
Books about Sing:
Sing by Tom Lichtenheld and Joe Raposo (May 28, 2013)
Sing Me Back Home (Montana Born Homecoming Book 1) by Eve Gaddy (Sep 21, 2014)
Felony Fruitcake (When The Fat Ladies Sing Cozy Mystery Series Book 5) by Linda Kozar (Oct 13, 2014)
Sing-Along Construction Song by Louise Lintvelt and Julie Sneeden (Aug 12, 2014)
Sing You Home: A Novel by Jodi Picoult (Sep 23, 2014)
Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night by Barbara J. Taylor (Jul 1, 2014)
Sing Me Awake: A Memoir of Friendship by Linda Katz (Oct 6, 2014)
Movies about Sing:
Barney: Sing & Dance With Barney 2014 TV-G CC - Runtime: 55 mins Directed by: Lionsgate
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 2008 - Runtime: 43 mins Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, et al. Directed by: Joss Whedon
Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947) 2009 NR CC - Runtime: 18 mins Starring: Three Stooges and Virginia Hunter Directed by: Jules White
Sing Along with Barbie 2010 NR CC - Runtime: 43 mins Starring: Kelly Sheridan, Kira Tozer, et al. Directed by: NBC Universal
The Sound of Music Sing-Along Edition 2010 G CC - Runtime: 2 hrs 55 mins Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, et al. Directed by: Robert Wise
Frozen Sing Along Edition 2014 PG - Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, et al. Directed by: Jennifer Lee Chris Buck
Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland (Sing and Play) 2010 NR CC - Runtime: 31 mins Starring: Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, et al. Directed by: Hugh Martin
Wiki information Sing:
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, in the U.S. state of New York. It is located about 30 miles north of New York...
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Nottinghamshire County Council
Engage Falls Programme
What is it?
Come and join in our brand-new ENGAGE (Everyone Health & Nottinghamshire Get up and Go Exercise) at a venue in Nottinghamshire near you.
Nottinghamshire County Council is working in partnership with Everyone Health to launch ENGAGE, a new group exercise programme for adults aged over 55 who may have mobility or stability challenges. You can either be referred to us by a healthcare professional, or you can ask us to assess whether or not ENGAGE is right for you.
The classes involve a number of chair-based exercises and OTAGO – which blends seated and standing exercise sessions designed to improve your balance, strength and co-ordination. You don’t need to bring anything with you – all equipment is provided – but it’s a good idea to bring along some comfy shoes or trainers.
Classes are held on a weekly basis, lasting between 1 and 1 ½ hours and, as well as the physical benefits, the ENGAGE programme will also help improve or maintain your memory, mood, sleep pattern and duration as well as your social contacts.
How do I join?
You’ll find the classes all over Nottinghamshire and running throughout the year, with plenty of tea, biscuits and opportunities to meet new people at each one.
If you’d like to join in, contact your healthcare professional, or contact our Falls Prevention Officer on 03330050092 or via email on [email protected]
Services are FREE
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Our Mission, Goals, & Vision
The main purpose of the J. Everett Light Career Center is to provide the education and training needed by students to succeed in a chosen career and to bridge the gap between the school and the work force. Career-Technical Education (CTE) provides students options that combine the theory of a particular career with hands-on practice.
We are dedicated to preparing students for economic independence, personal fulfillment, and the ability to make a contribution within a global society. By building upon the interests and capabilities of our students, we create a culture of competency that is inclusive and defined.
Our curriculum is driven by both current industry practices as well as best practice methodology. Technology is a strong component of each and every career cluster. We are dedicated to the principle that Career-Technical Education complements the student’s total curriculum and expands opportunities and choices upon completion of the Career-Technical program. It is dedicated to those students who need, want, and can profit from this type of educational opportunity.
JEL Mission Statement
The J. Everett Light Career Center, with the commitment of its staff, parents, advisory committees, and business community, prepares students with skills training for success in college and the workplace.
MSDWT Mission Statement
The mission of Washington Township Schools is to develop lifelong learners and globally-minded citizens by fostering the academic, creative, and social skills needed to achieve excellence in a multicultural environment.
Who We Serve
Please allow us to introduce the high schools that partner with JEL. If you are interested and do not see your school below, please contact us for more information. (Click here)
Meet the Director,
Marion High School (Marion, Indiana) Class of 1983
Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) Class of 1988
Butler University (Indianapolis, Indiana) Class of 1994
Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), Vocational Director’s License
I have been the proud Director of J. Everett Light Career Center since 2006. I am so excited about being a leader in Career-Technical Education. It is an exciting time, as J. Everett Light Career Center continues to improve, modernize and expand programs to best meet the needs of an expanding workforce.
JEL Management Team
Shawn Wright-Browner, Director
Brian Funk, Assistant Director
Carrie Dodd, Supervisor of Student Services
Nicole Cooper, Supervisor of Health Services
Diane Steffey, Supervisor of Program Development
Brittany Kirschner, Special Services Coordinator
Todd DeLey, Supervisor
Lara Pastore, Assistant Supervisor
• Monday, November 25- Friday, November 29
Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)
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Language: Contributions in English, French or German
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Thursday 26th May, 6.30 - 8.30pm in North Site Hall
Bring and share food from your own culture or one you enjoy.International quiz in teams, bonus points for wearing national dress.
Tickets £2 or FREE ENTRY if you bring a dish to share.Drinks on sale.
We are also looking for any students / families who'd like to perform a traditional item - a song, play music, dance, reading - for the 'international showtime' or 'busk' informally during the evening. If you'd like to take part, please email [email protected] by 19th May so that the programme can be organised (places are limited).
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Canteen Vending is Nearing A Successful Completion
After a fast and furious five months, the Canteen project is in its final stages. The project team is tying up the loose ends and the tenant will soon be able to install furniture and complete their branding elements.
The 128,000 square foot office and industrial space comes equipped with several truck entrances and a large parking garage with proper floor drainage. Each parking stall is marked and has a charging unit for the vehicle refrigerators.
Throughout the warehouse space there is a coin vault, vending machine parts storage station, picking station, and a vehicle dispatch room. Within the office interior, there are 16 employee offices, three conference rooms, a server room, printer room and storage room. Adjacent to the lobby, there is an innovation room where new product and creations will be showcased.
Thank you to the project team who persistently held to the construction schedule and ensured the overall project’s success. We greatly value the partnership that has been built with Interstate Development, Lampert Architects, and bdh+young; we look forward to working together on future projects.
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Cleanse,Tone & Moisture - £25
This is a light facial with a very gentle cleanser applied to the face, neck, and décolletage to remove any traces of makeup and dirt. Using warm water with a facial sponge, muslin cloth, or cotton pad, the cleanser is removed. The skin is then toned and moisturised.Leaving a fresh healthy glow to the skin .
Gentle Exfoliation Facial - £30
Exfoliation, helps to reduce the occurrence of acne and blackhead breakouts. Acne-prone skin sheds extra skin cells more than other skin types, but the cells do not fall away.
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Dr. Bolte, a chiropractor for over 25 years that provides chiropractic health through adjusting techniques like: Diversified, Gonstead, Activator, Arthorstim, spinal manipulation, and drop table spinal adjustments.
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A therapeutic technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, energy medicine, or breath work.
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The Highbreed are a supreme alien race who think they should be the only lifeforms in the universe they use DNAliens to do there dirty work. Their number one enemy is Ben 10. How they destroy a target's planet is send a small number of highbreed to that planet then they turn the planet's people into DNAliens to make a hyperspace jump gate that will summon many highbreed warships to destroy the target planet. The Highbreed are the main antagonists of the first two seasons of Ben 10: Alien Force.
The Highbreed are tall white humanoid life forms with four red eyes on their chest, They had black hands with two fingers and a thumb on ease hand and black feet with two toes on ease foot. They had a purple face with four red eyes or some had three red eyes, They also has orange wings.
Powers and Abilities
- Enhanced Strength: The Highbreed possesses great physical strength strong enough to defeat Vaxasaurians such as Humungousaur.
- Enhanced Durability: The Highbreed possesses great durability.
- Flight: The Highbreed can fly into the air by using their wings.
- Dart Projection: The Highbreed can fire claw darts from their fingers.
- Root Projection: By opening their chest, The Highbreed can released roots that are similar to tentacles to find water in the ground and drink the water in the ground.
The Highbreed need to stay cold, if the Highbreed were in a environmental with heat and can't find water, it will cause they to dehydrate.
The Highbreed's greatest weakness is diseases and sterility which will cause they to be on the verge of extinction. This has been caused by generations of inbreeding with the intention of keeping their blood "pure".
Ben 10: Alien Force
The Highbreed first appear in "Ben 10 Returns: Part 1", a DNAlien went into the DNAlien lair and inform the Highbreed Commander that someone has been leaking the alien's operations to the authorities for several months, The DNAlien revealed Highbreed it was Max Tennyson. The Highbreed commander ordered to destroy Max Tennyson.
In "Ben 10 Returns: Part 2", The Highbreed commander revealed himself to Ben and his teams after they defeated some of the DNAliens, The Highbreed demanded Ben and his team to tell him how them sneak into his ship. Kevin Levin and Gwen Tennyson attack the Highbreed, but the Highbreed easy beat them and Ben as Humungousaur desired to fight the Highbreed on his own since the Highbreed was too strong for them to fight and tell them to leave the ship. When Gwen and Kevin leave the ship, Ben as Humungousaur and the Highbreed started to have battle.
In "Max Out", The Highbreed plan to use an egg machine to create more Xenocytes to make more DNAliens to create an army, but the plan failed when Max Tennyson use the Null Void Projector as a grenade to vaporize the Highbreed (who was in charge of the machine) along with the egg machine. However, there were still more DNAliens out there and they won't got up neither the Highbreed.
In "Darkstar Rising", Darkstar break in the DNAlien hideout and force the Highbreed Lord to make a deal with him. At night, The Highbreed Lord ambused Gwen and Kevin, They tried to fight back, but the Highbreed was too strong for them to fight. The Highbreed attempt to kill them, but Ben transform to Humungousaur and interrupts and stop the Highbreed Lord.
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
The Highbreed make no physical appearance in the third series and they never return since Ben 10: Alien Force.
In "Fame", A Highbreed briefly appear on a footage on TV fighting Ben Tennyson as Humungousaur.
In "The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2", a Highbreed briefly appear in one of Ben Tennyson's flashbacks.
- The way that his name is pronounced can sound quite similar to "hybrid."
- The Highbreed are similar to Daleks.
- Both believe all other life forms are inferior to race.
- Both voices sound similar.
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Texas Teen Sentenced to 20 Years for Trying to Recruit for Pakistani Terrorist Group Lashkar-e-Taiba
At 18, most kids should be looking at colleges, trade schools, or starting a career. What they shouldn't be doing is trying to recruit for Pakistani terrorist organizations.
I guess no one told 18-year-old Michael Kyle Sewell of Fort Worth. He was arrested back in February and confessed to conspiring to provide material support for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - a cadre of very bad dudes who believe in waging jihad, particularly against India.
On Monday, Sewell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Investigators say he had an AR-15 style rifle and other weapons and had researched ways to carry out attacks while making threats online. He also tried to recruit someone and told his contact at LeT that he'd kill his co-conspirator if it turned out he was a spy.
Fortunately for us, Sewell's contact turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. When Sewell began making arrangements to fly to Pakistan and join LeT, authorities swooped in.
“Sewell conspired with another individual to provide material support to LeT and assisted his co-conspirator with his plans to travel overseas to join the terrorist organization," said Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of National Security. "Today’s sentence provides just punishment for his crime. The National Security Division is committed to identifying and holding accountable those who conspire to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations.”
U.S. Attorney Nealy Cox said Sewell's case demonstrates how an American citizen can be radicalized and highlights the measures federal authorities are taking to crack down on would-be terrorists at home.
“Eighteen years after 9/11, combatting terrorism remains the FBI’s top priority," FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno said in response to the sentence. "Here, the defendant, a natural-born American citizen, helped recruit a fellow American to fight for a group responsible for unspeakable violence across South Asia. The FBI Dallas Field Office and its partners who make up the North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force will work tirelessly to bring to justice those who offer their support to terrorist organizations, both at home and abroad.”
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Boyd: Community schools a way to improve education for all
Over the years of being very actively involved in our public education system, it has become clear to me that not all education solutions can be solved solely within the classroom.
In 2008, a few of us in Knoxville created a program called knoxAchieves that recruited private donors to pay for community college tuition for students who could not afford to go. We required a day of community service each semester and matched them with a mentor. It led to my work with Gov. Bill Haslam to create the Drive to 55 and the Tennessee Promise scholarship program.
However, then as now, even though we had increased college access, too many of our high school graduates were not prepared to be successful in college. We needed to intervene earlier to truly help these students succeed.
I had the idea of launching a new charter school. But, then I met Dr. Bob Kronick, a UT-Knoxville professor. And he shared his vision for a new Community School, to be assisted by the University of Tennessee.
To help me understand the challenges many students face, Bob took me to Norwood Elementary School early on a Tuesday morning the day after Martin Luther King Day. During my visit, school leaders shared stories of how many of their students come to school hungry, with dental pain, with bad eyesight and no glasses, living in violent neighborhoods, with some who are beaten and abused at home.
It became clear to me we can have the best teachers in the world, led by the greatest principals, but if children are living in a toxic environment, it is nearly impossible for them to be successful in school.
In 2010, Kronick and I launched the first “University Assisted Community School,” a public and private partnership, at Pond Gap Elementary school, an inner city school in Knoxville with 94 percent free- and reduced-lunch, and at that time with children speaking 19 different languages.
In our program, about 100 of the most at-risk students stay an extra 3.5 hours at the end of the school day. Programming includes an extra hour of reading, math, and “circus” (teaching physics and physical education, but that the kids just think is fun).
We also have a hot dinner, and there are mental health and dental services. From local churches to Boy Scouts and Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the school becomes the hub for the community and the access point to reach parents and children.
Based on Pond Gap’s experience, Knoxville’s Great School’s Partnership has now helped Knox County establish 14 more community schools. Each has a resource coordinator to recruit and align community resources. Each has a site-steering committee to ensure that decisions are community-based and not top-down. Community schools in Knoxville have become a strategy, not just a fancy after-school program.
Students who participated in the after-school programming at community schools had nearly five fewer days of absence from school. They also scored 7.6 scale points higher in math and 6.1 points higher in reading. Eight-six percent of school staff agree that this strategy is paying off for their students and their schools.
Turning around Tennessee’s lowest-performing schools will require a team effort. Community schools may be one place to start.
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The gym is removing a ‘motivational’ sign from the wall after a disabled student claimed it was ableist
She called it ‘subtle ableism’
Anyone who's been to the fitness centre on campus will have inevitably seen the sign on the stairs that reads: "There is no shortcut to success. You have to climb the stairs".
Yet one student, Ruby Jones, has called this out as "subtle ableism".
everyday subtle ableism at the gym 🙃 pic.twitter.com/0i7KSyW9Zi
— Ru🌻 (@chr0nicallycute) January 19, 2018
Ruby has said that the sign made her feel "invalidated" and "unsuccessful", because as a disabled user of the gym, she has to use the lift. As a result, she contacted the Sports Park regarding the sign, noting that the response was quick and that she felt like they really valued her feedback.
The university have agreed to remove the sign and replace it with a new, yet undisclosed one.
I JUST GOT A REPLY FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND THEY ARE REMOVING THE SIGN 😭👏
SPEAK OUT AGAINST ABLEISM. YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN. https://t.co/Wk2rbo7PIQ
— Ru🌻 (@chr0nicallycute) January 26, 2018
Ruby also stated that she was proud of the response from the university, as it "speaks volumes for the university itself and its outlook on disability". And while the response from others has been largely positive, she has received some hate for her initial tweet highlighting the issue.
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Vice President Cheney has regularly attacked the national security credentials of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), calling him weak on terrorism. But according to a new report, it was Cheney who actually did business with terrorist countries and traveled abroad to attack America’s counter-terrorism efforts in the 1990s.
As The American Prospect documents, Cheney oversaw Halliburton’s effort to do business with Iraq and Iran in the 1990s, despite American sanctions against those countries. During his time as CEO, he oversaw Halliburton’s $73 million worth of business with Saddam Hussein.1 This, despite his claim that he had imposed a “firm policy”2 of not doing business with Iraq. Similarly, details of Halliburton’s Iran business during Cheney’s tenure was so egregious, it is being investigated by authorities today.3 Halliburton today admits one of its subsidiaries still “performs between $30 [million] and $40 million annually in oilfield service work in Iran.”4
On top of evading U.S. sanctions laws against terrorist countries, Cheney actually attacked the U.S. government in a series of trips abroad, demanding sanctions be lifted on terrorist countries so he could do business with them. In trips to Malaysia and Canada, for instance, he insisted the Clinton administration lift sanctions on Iran, despite that country being listed by the U.S. State Department as a state-sponsor of terrorism.5
You can see the full American Prospect piece at www.prospect.org.
- “The Greed Factor,” The American Prospect, 9/15/04.
- “Firm’s Iraq Deals Greater Than Cheney Has Said,” Washington Post, 6/23/01.
- “Halliburton probed over Iran ties,” CNN.com, 7/20/04.
- “Halliburton’s Work in Iran Stirs Democrats,” Washington Post, 7/21/04.
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Rainbow Pasta Salad
- Prep: 15
- Cook: 15 mins
- Serves: 4
- 300g green beans, ends trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces
- 200g spiral or bowtie pasta (3 cups cooked)
- 420g can reduced-salt corn kernels, drained
- 420g can no-added-salt four bean mix, drained
- 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 rmedium red capsicum, seeded and cut into 2-3cm pieces
- ½ red onion, peeled and finely chopped
- ½ cup fat-free semi-sundried tomatoes, drained and chopped
- ½ cup flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
- ½ cup basil leaves, shredded
- For the dressing
- 1 ½ tbs dijon mustard
- ½ tbs honey
- ½ tbs white vinegar
- ½ tbs water
- Bring a medium-sized saucepan of water to the boil. Add beans and simmer for 2 minutes until they are bright green. Remove beans with a slotted spoon and refresh under cold water. Alternatively cook beans in the microwave on HIGH (100%) for 2 minutes with a tablespoon of water in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Add pasta to the boiling water and cook according to packet directions until just tender.
- Drain well and add to a large serving bowl with drained beans and remaining salad ingredients.
- In a small jug, mix together dressing ingredients then pour over salad. Toss until well combined.
- Serve immediately or enjoy cold the next day.
- Replace tinned corn with kernels removed from 1 fresh cob which has been steamed or microwaved on HIGH (100% power) for 3 minutes.
- Add a small chopped avocado just before serving.
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Men have always been portrayed as the rough and tough gender which has no liking whatsoever for the beauty regimen followed by girls, to keep their skin glowing and younger looking. Men who took extra care of their skin and tried to follow anti-aging skin care, were looked upon as sissy's and non-macho types. Even the cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies had an extensive line up of anti-aging skin care products and wrinkle creams for women. The skin care market concentrated solely on women and anti-aging skin care products for men took a back seat.
Today, a whole new generation of men has revolutionized the entire skin care and anti-aging industry by becoming conscious. Men no longer shy away from getting beauty treatments and skin care therapies that enhance their rugged looks and help them maintain a younger looking skin. Men have become more concerned about their skin and take anti-aging skin care quite seriously. There are number of beauty companies that have an exclusive line up of beauty products and anti-aging products for men.
Skin Care Tips
Research has proven, that men although have tougher skin than women, are still prone to aging just like women. The reasons that make men more susceptible to the signs of aging are:
- Men have rougher skin than women, as they shave almost daily, making it more prone to premature aging. One of the first anti-aging skin care tip while shaving is to frequently change the shaving blades. Cleanse the facial skin before you begin shaving. Use warm water (not hot) to make the outer layer of skin soft. Apply shaving cream that soothes the sensitive skin and prevents inflammation. Create plenty of lather to make the skin moist and soft. Never shave without applying shaving cream. Shave in the direction of hair growth and rinse the area often. Rinse your face after shaving with cool water. Apply a non-astringent, toning after shave lotion to soothe the skin. Apply an anti-aging face cream with moisturizer to keep your skin young and smooth.
- Skin remains firm, elastic and pliant with the production of collagen and elastin. As one ages, the production of these hormones decreases, making the skin sag and wrinkled. Thus, men should opt for skin creams that help in building collagen and elastin in their skin.
- Men tend to expose themselves to the harmful ultraviolet rays of sun more often than women. UV rays damage their skin leading to early aging. Thus, anti-aging face creams with UV ray protection are the right choice for men when looking for anti-aging products. Anti-aging skin care products containing sunscreens with UV blockers, consisting of 25% titanium dioxide and 20% zinc oxide or SPF 35 help combat the UV ray effects.
- Men tend to perspire more than women and thus lose more amount of water from their body. This dehydration of the body leads to dry skin that is damaged and more wrinkled. Thus, anti-aging skin care should include more fluid intake, to help their body make up for the loss due to perspiration and for rejuvenating the body.
- Men also tend to neglect their eating habits and do not follow a healthy diet regime. Thus, lack of proper nutrients makes their skin dull and prone to aging. Anti-aging skin care includes intake of fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, etc. to help maintain the nutritional and vitamin A and vitamin E levels in their body. These vitamins are very essential in delaying the unwanted signs of aging.
- Deep cleansing the face removes all the impurities from the skin pores and controls the excessive oil production. Thus, helping men to flush out the dirt, debris, dead skin cells from their skin pores, making their skin clean. This helps in preventing acne and wrinkles.
- Smoking is another factor that makes the skin age before time. Vascoconstiction of veins due to nicotine in cigarettes causes poor blood circulation. This reduces the distribution of nutrients to the skin and hence, causes damage to the skin, leading to unhealthy and wrinkled skin. Thus, anti-aging skin care includes cutting down heavily on the cancer sticks.
- For sensitive skin men should include use of organic anti-aging creams. Glycolic acid from alpha hydroxy acid which is extracted from sugarcane, malic acid extracted from apples etc. are organic anti-aging wrinkle creams and the ingredients are beneficial for men with sensitive skin.
These are a few anti-aging skin care tips, that help minimize the signs of aging in men. It is important to follow anti-aging skin care regime, to maintain a healthy and good-looking skin. It is advised to take good care of the neck area as well, as it is the skin on the neck that shows the tell-tale signs of aging more, than any other part of the body, according to dermatologists.
Use a sunscreen and moisturizer daily to maintain a younger, fresh looking skin. It is no longer strange for men to take care and be worried about aging skin. Anti-aging skin care is just as important as the physical regime followed by a macho man. It is no longer a taboo for men to participate in skin treatments and use anti-aging skin care products. Adapt this and enhance your handsome face.
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by Clara Lim
In the unlikely corner of a bustling Toastbox and with 5 minutes to spare for my coffee run, I found Jesus. Opposite, my colleague R, extended her hands and gestured, ‘Shall we pray?’. I was moved. Here I was praying week-long for a clear sign of encouragement to not give in to the tidal wave of my self-imposed pressures and insecurities, and the Holy Spirit lead me to R for our blessed (and first!) open chat about faith amidst work.
Jesus as our source
I have always been daunted by the word “mission”. In school, even the idea of mission trips never appealed to me, how do I care for others when I myself needed that care?
Mission begins at the source of our desire, Jesus. We need to first recognise God’s love. Salt comes from the sea, borne out of the depths of God’s love. Light comes from the burst of a flame, like an encounter of God’s love. And within this heart of a relationship with Jesus, bears a relationship with others. Like salt, we preserve and flavour each other’s lives in and with faith; like light, we reflect and radiate the goodness of Jesus.
Each of us has a mission in life. Jesus prays for His disciples to his Father, saying “As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” (Jn 17:18). Do we claim that we are sent into the world by God, be it at our work stations churning out reports, in front of 40 wide-eyed students, or perhaps, in the clinic dispensing medicine?
Evangelise by attraction, by witnessing
“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” Pope Paul VI
At the heart of our faith is love, and at the heart of love, is Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus draws all to himself by the power of his love, we attract others, by loving them in Jesus.
Salt preserves and flavours; its purpose is used in its pure form (i.e. authenticity) and it enriches the main dish (other people’s lives). No one will compliment the salt when they enjoy the dish. Likewise, our lives are not just for ourselves. How are we adding that flavour to others? Do we actively seek to share our lives with our peers, reports or bosses at work?
Light cuts through the darkness to illuminates; we have been blessed with grace to know/see/encounter the truth; the purpose of light is to help others in the house to find/discover Jesus. How have we been illuminating? I reached out to R simply because she was never afraid to show she is Christian; upon closing her business deals, she would unabashedly express aloud “Thank You Jesus!” (even in front of her boss!). And she was ever so ready to ground me in truth when I swayed amidst the waves of doubt, by steadily reminding me “Jesus is your supply”.
In my life before conversion, my curiosity was stirred when I saw how friends clung unto Jesus in spite of their heartbreaks, claiming that He is their rock, and carrying themselves with such certainty of hope (which I later discovered it to be joyfulness). It was not an immediate desire to know Jesus, but as I look back, I knew that these moments were lighting my return to Him.
To be salt and light, we attract others by being living witness in the following ways:
1. Living out one identity
We are all too familiar with the phrase “work-life balance”. I have long applied the same balance and separation of the spheres of my life to my faith, always wondering how I can balance my faith with work, like juggling 2 balls. But that resulted in me having different faces for different situations in life. I struggled for a long-time reconciling the separate identities until I realise that the answer was to integrate my life. And this integration is not about merging and having some overlap, but rather a full integration within Jesus. We believe that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, faith is not a subset of our life. Our life is our faith; our life is IN Jesus. I place a cross on my work desk to remind myself of who I am, who I am truly working for, and who I am loved by. I start the day with a simple prayer for grace, or in between meetings to be sensitive of His presence in my words and actions.
Our one identity is the foundation of being a living witness.
Separate and disconnected identities
Merging some parts of my life, and having some areas untouched by Jesus
Integrated life in Jesus
2. Being fully present
There is a popular personality spectrum on “people-oriented” or “task-oriented”. Sometimes, I daresay we hide under the pretext of being “task-oriented” out of convenience. However, behind every goal or task, there is a person. As Christians, we are to respect the dignity of each other. When I am pressed for time or refuse to move out of my comfort zone (I much prefer eating alone), I would only interact with colleagues when a need arises, and ‘use’ them accordingly. Could we use our coffee and lunches to be fully present with others, checking in and sharing with each other about our lives? I also invite you to step further and remember what is important to them – their children’s upcoming exams, parents’ health, etc. Or, if our colleagues are pulling a long face, or feeling angry, do we ‘siam’ or stand our ground and ask how they are doing? The conversations that I come out feeling the most alive, is in the open sharing about life itself beyond the KPIs/OKRs, and recognising that everyone desires truth and freedom.
Some practical tips – choose small groups or 1-1 chats; initiate sharing before others. Also, be fully attentive and put away the phone, or the ringing outlook calendar (even better, block out these blessed minutes responsibly on your calendar). Hallmarks of spirit-lead conversations should leave others with the fruits of the spirit – love, joy, peace, hope!
3. Speaking truth with love
“Let your speech always be with grace, as thought seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person” Colossians 4:6.
Before conversion, I was a “yes-man” and going with the flow of the world. Let’s face it, it’s much more convenient and easier to blend in. But that’s not what we are meant for.
One of the biggest things I struggle with is workplace gossip. I actively remind myself that words are meant to build, and not to tear others down. On another front, it is also a challenge to speak with gentleness in a way that God’s love can be shown instead of being self-righteous. I was once giving advice to a dear friend to pause her pursuit of relationship in order to discover herself first, but I was insistent on her following the “right way” and “my way” immediately and failed to care entirely about her. Since then, I have learnt, to take a paced approach, and to keep fanning her with affirmations of herself and sprinkled with pointed questions at the right moments. Truth is good, but without love, it is reduced to self-righteousness. Love, without truth, is reduced to self-indulgence. We constantly have to be in tune with God’s spirit to provide counsel and wisdom to act in these situations.
4. Pointing to Jesus
“Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him the name that is above every name.” Philippians 2:9
The hardest and yet most beautiful and most important is introducing Jesus. There is no Christian, without Christ. How amazing is our God to be given a name for us to call on Him. Sometimes, it might be too stark for others to digest the name Jesus, especially for non-Christians, so I would start by sharing values – love, compassion, mercy that others can relate to, or my own story. These usually would gather more questions, and slowly traces down the path to Jesus. Another way to ground all conversations is to pray together (Yes! That’s right!). People will very rarely say no to prayer, and if they are comfortable, we can pray together with them on the spot. Once, upon hearing a colleague was leaving, I knew that I wanted to pray for her and yet was worried that it might be awkward. For the next 2 weeks, this kept tugging my heart until finally, I mustered the courage and asked (actually, whispered to) her if I could pray for her in our office pantry. She responded with such gratefulness that I knew that the Spirit’s prompting was right and much needed. Thank you Jesus!
Being Christian is not easy, but it is necessary, especially in this day where materialism, self, secularism are all fighting for our hearts. Our faith that captures the true essence of life, can easily turn insipid alone. Only with others can we preserve and fan the flame of Christ Jesus.
Jesus, you called and chosen us to be your living witness in the world. We are sent by Love and with Love, may we anchor our hearts to you as our never-ending source. As we live out our mission in the world, we pray for courage and boldness to proclaim you through our words and deeds. May our lives be a living testimony to your Goodness and to attract others to desire to follow You. Amen!
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Tragedy was thankfully averted after a school bus slammed into a railroad overpass on Trinity Church Road in Dinwiddie, Va. Monday morning. The school bus was traveling westbound on Cox Road when the single-vehicle crash occurred.
There were 20 elementary school students on the bus when it hit the bridge and police say they have no report of any injuries at this time. Families were notified by school officials and picked their children up at another location.
The driver, who has been employed as a Dinwiddie school bus driver since September 2015, has been placed on administrative leave with pay while the investigation into the crash takes place. Police have charged her with failure to maintain a vehicle.
Just one year ago, another Dinwiddie school bus driver was fired after causing a crash that resulted in the bus flipping over and sending 14 children to local hospitals with injuries. The driver was convicted of reckless driving and failure to maintain control. She lost her operator’s license for 30 days and that resulted in the termination of her commercial driver’s license (CDL). The driver had previously been charged in another school bus accident in 2013 with reckless driving and failure to maintain control but those charges were dropped.
School Bus Accident Claims
Getting a call from the school district telling you your child has been involved in a school bus crash can be one of the most frightening experiences for a parent; the experience of the crash itself even more horrifying for your child.
If your child was in a school bus accident, whether the at-fault party was the school bus driver or the driver of another vehicle, you may be able to recover financial compensation for any injuries your child sustained. A Virginia personal injury attorney can explain just what damages you may be able to recover based on the circumstances of your child’s case. Some of those damages can include medical expenses, as well as pain and suffering your child went through. Other damages can include emotional distress, scarring or disfigurement, and loss of normal life activity.
Contact a Virginia Accident Attorney Today
School bus accident claims can be complex, possibly involving school districts and private bus companies that are contracted by the municipality to transport children. A skilled Virginia school bus accident attorney will be able to investigate the accident and determine what the best legal course of action is. At Shapiro & Appleton, our legal team works diligently for each client to make sure they receive the best possible outcome for their injury case and would be happy to meet and discuss how we can help your family. Call us 800-752-0042 today at for a free case evaluation. | <urn:uuid:173c14be-8219-4cc5-a908-bf7cc2377db9> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.hsinjurylaw.com/blog/school-bus-slams-into-railroad-overpass.cfm | 2019-11-12T01:45:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496664469.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112001515-20191112025515-00554.warc.gz | en | 0.975049 | 533 | [
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If you're in the mood for traditional Southern cooking, Bluegrass Barbeque is the place to go to be served up a heaping plate of down home country cooking as well as some of the best BBQ around!
Try one of our plates or sandwiches!
Have some barbeque - we'll even serve up meat by the pound!
We can do catering for your parties, weddings, and other events!
If you ever have any questions or concerns, you can reach us at 205-640-1227
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Senator Cruz, Rep. DeSantis Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Impose Term Limits
This is an amendment every rational thinking conservative and libertarian can and must support:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) today proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress. The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms.
In other words, if the amendment is eventually added to the Constitution, congressmen can remain in office for a maximum of six years while senators can do so for 12 years. Presidents are already bound to two four-year terms.
As Senator Cruz explains, term limits are one of the most effective ways to break the Washington cartel -- the group of insiders who divvy up political power between themselves:
The American people resoundingly agreed on Election Day, and President-elect Donald Trump has committed to putting government back to work for the American people. It is well past time to put an end to the cronyism and deceit that has transformed Washington into a graveyard of good intentions.
The time is now for Congress, with the overwhelming support of the American people, to submit this constitutional amendment to the states for speedy ratification. With control of a decisive majority of the states, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, we have a responsibility to answer the voters’ call-to-action. We must deliver.
This is an example that should be followed everywhere in the developed world. Many structural problems that Western countries face are caused by politicians who seem to have a lifetime position. No matter what they do, no matter how many times they betray their constituents, they're always reelected. The reason is simple, of course: they make it so difficult for outsiders to make a move on them that they literally can't lose.
It's gotten so bad that many congressmen and senators seem to believe they're appointed for life, just like Supreme Court justices are.
If you want to break the Washington cartel, this is an amendment you've got to support. It's the only real way to drain the swamp.
President-elect Donald Trump has said in the past that he supports term limits. If he is serious about that, he needs to back Cruz and DeSantis right now. This is one of the few issues he should use his political capital (after just being elected) on. Draining the swamp starts with term limits. There is no other way. | <urn:uuid:b6d8cf7e-cbb2-4a6d-83ec-9b2813542f9b> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/01/04/senator-cruz-rep-desantis-introduce-constitutional-amendment-to-impose-term-limits/?singlepage=true | 2019-11-15T02:48:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668561.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115015509-20191115043509-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.964568 | 538 | [
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I wonder how long it took you to get here this morning? I wonder who has come the furthest? I wonder who has been on the longest journey this Christmas?
Life is a journey and we are all travelling on that journey. We sometimes use the word to describe the way we come to meet Jesus. Not everyone is brought up in a Christian home. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have been to a Sunday club like ours. You may be here for the first time or perhaps you don’t get to come very regularly. Perhaps you were not involved in the life of Christ Church a year ago, but you’re here now and you want to find out more. Then stick around. No matter where you are in your journey toward God, Jesus welcomes you too and delights in your desire to come and worship him. In our story today we learn about some other wise people looking for Jesus. They traveled a long way searching for Jesus.
We can learn several lessons from their journey of a lifetime that will help us in ours. Three in particular.
1. This was a Journey to Jesus (Matthew 2:1-10)
God helped people find Jesus in three ways. What were they?
A star pointed the general direction to Jesus
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” (Matt. 2:1-2)
A bright new star in the sky was understood to point to the birth of a great person. That’s why these three kings came searching. But they needed more information. What else did God provide to help?
The Bible gave the specific direction to Jesus
“But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.” (Matthew 2:6)
The star got them as far as Israel, but they needed the help of the Bible to know that it was in Bethlehem where Jesus could be found. The prophecy of Micah is just one of many signs in the Bible. Like the stars in the sky – God uses the Bible to guide us to Jesus. But the wise men didn’t have a Bible? So,
Teachers gave the personal direction to Jesus
“When Herod had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied “For this is what the prophet has written” (Matthew 2:4-5)
Who are some of the people God has sent to help us find Jesus? Parents: Sunday Club leaders: Children, Youth & Student Pastors. What about your friends? Who might God send to them? God might use a film like Narnia but its more likely he will send them a Christian friend. A friend like you to explain from the Bible how they can know Jesus too. Summarize three points. The journey to Jesus is the most important we can take. The journey of a lifetime…begins with a journey to Jesus and…
2. Leads to the Worship of Jesus
“On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.” (Matthew 2:11)
These wise, grown adults bowed before the baby Jesus and worshipped him. Now this was no impulsive thing. Earlier on in the story when they arrived in Jerusalem they had said,
“Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the East and have come to worship him.” (Matthew 2:2)
Clearly they had been thinking about what they were going to do for a very long time. People do not normally worship Kings or Queens. The wise men worshipped Jesus because as they looked at the signs in the sky and the bible prophecies, they realised God had come to earth. That’s why we worship Jesus too. Everything we do in life will be influenced by our worship of Jesus.
Worship shows that he comes first in our lives. The journey to Jesus led to worship of Jesus. How?
3. Through the offering of gifts to Jesus
“Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11)
What gifts did the wise men bring? Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. These were treasures of great value, and great significance also.
Gold = Royalty = Born to be King of the world
Frankincense = Divinity = Born the Son of God
Myrrh = Mortality = Born to die in our place
The wise men gave of their very best, because God had given His very best. In traveling so far, to worship Jesus they were really giving themselves to Jesus. Today is our opportunity at the start of a new year to offer ourselves to Jesus, or maybe renew our commitment to Jesus. Those wise men traveled a long way to find Jesus. But their journey was worth it, and so is ours. The coming to earth of the Lord Jesus was a journey no one had ever taken before. But he came to rescue us from sin and death.
He came to give us meaning and purpose in a life that will never end. To know that our home is with him in eternity. When we take that first step to kneel and worship Jesus, to recognize him as our Lord and Saviour, a miracle happens. Like the wise men, we discover our purpose in life. Our purpose is to know him, to love him, to serve him and to share him with others by serving them and introducing them to Jesus. Like the wise men, God has entrusted each one of us with time, with treasures and talents.
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2019 Expansion Project
Over the last several months, the Board has been working with community members, local design firms and national artists to expand the memorial site. The planned expansion includes replicas of the Twin Towers and Pentagon at a 1/100th scale, limited edition bronze statue of first responders and story boards that will serve to educate future generations of the largest terrorist attack in human history. Both the Twin Towers and the Pentagon will have the names escribed in stone of all the first responders and military personnel who died in the attacks. The thoughtful design expansion incorporates the position of the sun to cast light on bronze statue at the exact time of the first attack (8:45am) and a shadow on the Pentagon at the exact site of impact. The expansion will also include a water feature to represent design elements from the National 9-11 Memorial in New York City.
“We are honored to be working with such a committed group of citizens to realize this Memorial expansion. We believe that this memorial will beautifully represent America’s spirit of bravery, honor and service. As a board, we work to ensure that our community will never forget the events of 9-11 and with this expansion, we will continue to remember, honor and educate.” said Mr. Jerry Cook, chair of the Board of Directors.
When the expansion is complete, the memorial will be fully ADA compliant allowing more people to visit the memorial. All costs associated with the expansion are being paid for through private donations.
The 9-11 Memorial site, located in Clovis, CA was spearheaded by former Pelco CEO David McDonald, as a permanent monument to honor and remember the 2,977 people killed during the most horrific terrorist attack in history. The site of the memorial was gifted to The California 9-11 Memorial to ensure that the legacy started by Mr. McDonald, and the promise to never forget, be realized for generations to come.
A very special thank you to the design and construction team.
September 9, 2019
The Memorial Expansion is nearing completion of the first phase. Dozens of local crews have worked around the clock dedicated to making this happen in time for our annual remembrance event. We had our ribbon cutting and unveiling of some of these beautiful new features on September 9th at 4:00 pm.
What began as a dream and a drawing is now a reality. We are so happy to have this beautiful place for our community to come out to honor all those we lost that tragic day in 2001 | <urn:uuid:3928eb91-d203-409f-9eb2-61cc322fb13e> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.california911memorial.com/2019-expansion-project | 2019-11-15T03:42:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668561.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115015509-20191115043509-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.963055 | 505 | [
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Well so far it is going well. We are trying to get settled in, and are feeling a bit under the weather, but we don't have any complaints so far.
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After much research, I found this to be the best value. Most other retirement communities have large entrance fees but no refund when you leave, It was important to me to leave my children and grandchildren at least a small legacy.
I have found that I have been at peace here. The community is lovely and I am making new friends.
God willing this will be my last earthy home.
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Fletcher Park Inn (FPI), offers seniors a 500 acre retirement haven nestled in the tranquil and pristine splendor of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. This primely located Christian Retirement Community offers affordable, spacious apartments (700-1,000 sq. ft.), villa homes with garages (1250+ sq. ft.), wireless emergency call system, and a Home Care staffed with a 24/7 on-call nurse. Within walking distance of a hospital, pharmacy, skilled nursing facility, market, frozen yogurt shop (special discounts to residents), aquatic/fitness center, and the city bus stop, FPI is designed to meet all your lifestyle needs. To ensure optimal health, FPI is an alcohol/tobacco-free community offering vegetarian, vegan, and meat options at our lunch buffet. Only 10 minutes from the airport and extensive shopping centers. FPI is owned and operated by Fletcher Academy, Inc. which is celebrating 100 years of Christian education. The students lift the spirits of our residents as they serve in the work/study program. FPI offers many more benefits and features, but most importantly it is where you get an outstanding value and a community that has a spirit that enhances both privacy and companionship. Let FPI enrich your golden years! | <urn:uuid:c786d53c-82a4-475d-afbb-9acf2abf7eec> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.senioradvisor.com/local/fletcher-park-inn-hendersonville-nc | 2019-11-15T02:27:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668561.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115015509-20191115043509-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.958465 | 609 | [
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Nan Charcoal Grill
Northern Spain's Basque cuisine of coal-grilled meats takes center stage in Sathorn.
Competition among Bangkok’s Spanish restaurants is heating up, and Sathorn’s latest dog in the fight is Nan Charcoal Grill. Found on a leafy corner of Narathiwat Road, the restaurant champions a Basque-style of smoky, coal-grilled meats and fish indigenous to northern Spain—Rubia Gallega beef tenderloin (B890), grilled tiger prawns (B620) and Galician prime rib tomahawk (B5,000/kg).
A nearby university prohibits alcohol sales, but with corkage at a very reasonable B250 it’s easy to bring your own. Inside is an eclectic mix of soft industrial decor and casual touches. Large steel support beams lined with used wine bottles loom over bright orange booths, and vast windows create an airy atmosphere while the smoke and sizzle from a semi-open kitchen bellows into the main dining area. The soundtrack here is all ’80s hits and modern pop tunes. If that’s your jam, you’ll love the vibe.
While the aesthetic stands out, the flavors on the tapas house platter (B390) do not. Aside from delightful juicy bites of chorizo on toast, it’s mostly an uninspiring and mushy assortment of fried potato bomba and iberico croquettes. Redemption is found in the Norwegian salmon tartare (B270), which is balanced and tangy with support from soft chunks of avocado and a bed of almond cream.
Chef Vimvadee Piyavanich’s presence is hard to miss. She spins multiple plates as lead host and head of the kitchen, and seems to share a lot of hugs with the stream of regulars that pour in each night. Coming off a stint at the two-Michelin-starred L’Espadon in Paris, she displays her fine-dining chops through attempts at flashy, Nouvelle-style presentation. But the flavors, and prices, don’t seem to match.
On our last visit, the grilled waygu steak with roasted bell peppers and potatoes (B590) was so salty it was hard to finish with any enthusiasm. The same goes for the classic pan-cooked rice paella (B395), which was watery and came with chewy, overdone clams. The tender pork presa shoulder (B520) is better thanks to a nice grilled sear and subtle tinge of garlic, but still lacks the sufficient “wow” factor to justify its size-to-price ratio. That’s pretty much the story throughout. Nan Charcoal Grill has produce as good as anywhere in town, but unbalanced flavors and small portions don’t do justice to the amount of money you’ll spend eating here.
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Name: Honey Opal
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St. Louis Christian College continues to prepare men and women for ministry largely from the gifts of supporting churches. We are very grateful that churches partner with SLCC to train kingdom workers.
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ZD10LCD-K Stepper Motor Controller launched!
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the ZD10LCD-K kit version of the popular ZD10LCD stepper motor controller. The ZD10LCD-K builds on the success of the ZD10LCD but offers OEMs and product designers significantly more flexibility in how they are able to mount the user interface and the controller.
We’ve listened to feedback from customers who very much liked the functionality and overall performance of the ZD10LCD stepper motor controller but needed to be able to mount the motor in a separate location to the user interface. That’s why we’ve created the ZD10LCD-K enabling users to mount the user interface wherever they need and simply connect up using the onboard box headers and ribbon cables.
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GLOBAL DIALOGUE Volume 11 ● 2009—After Georgia PREVIEW
George Hewitt is Professor of Caucasian Languages at London University and has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 1997. Since 1989 he has written widely about the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict.
The events that occurred in or around both South Ossetia and Abkhazia from 7 August 2008 were astonishing in many ways. What could have possessed the Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, to launch a military assault on the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinval, and its environs as that day was drawing to a close and locals were taking to their beds shortly after he had issued a televised assurance that rising tensions would be peacefully resolved? Why did the United States and British representatives at the United Nations Security Council block in the immediately following hours a request from the Russian delegation that the council issue a press statement demanding a halt to hostilities? Why did much of the Western media allow themselves to be so gullibly beguiled by Georgia’s spin-machine that the Georgian-wrought destruction in Tskhinval was occasionally even presented as the result of Russian bombing of Gori (Stalin’s birthplace), a town which was never directly targeted by Russian forces (though a residential block there was hit, with tragic consequences, when a bomb aimed at a local military installation went astray)?
How did Russia’s response to the killings in South Ossetia and its pre-emptive action in Abkhazia, intended to forestall a similar Georgian assault there, come to be so widely described as the pre-planned invasion of a sovereign neighbour, with the Kremlin consequently being condemned for acting in such a way as to make likely a possible return to the Cold War (if not actually to pose a threat of World War III)? Why was the conflict lazily portrayed as a Russian–Georgian affair? And following the fighting, why was Russia’s recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia basically dismissed as a land-grab, with little, if any, analysis of what lay behind the decision?
Anyone watching, listening to, or reading the news throughout the month of August 2008 will be familiar with all of the above. Less well-known are the issues that have plagued Georgia’s relations with both South Ossetia and Abkhazia for decades (not to say centuries) and which led to wars in both regions as the Soviet Union collapsed. This article addresses these issues (especially with regard to Abkhazia).
The first official contacts between Russians and Georgians occurred towards the end of the sixteenth century, as Russia began its drive south. By this stage, the once-powerful medieval Georgian kingdom, in the creation of which at the turn of the first millennium a crucial role had been played by the kingdom of Abkhazia, had fragmented following the Mongol depredations of the thirteenth century. One result was that there was then no single state-entity bearing the name “Georgia”. The various minor statelets and principalities in Georgia became prey to incursions by the (Ottoman) Turks in the west and the (Safavid) Persians in the east. And it was the Georgian Erek’le II, ruler of the central kingdom of Kartli and the eastern kingdom of K’akheti, who gave tsarist Russia its first foothold in Transcaucasia when, in a move to gain respite from unwelcome Persian attention, he signed in 1783 the Treaty of Georgievsk with Catherine the Great. Improvements began to be made to the Daryal Pass, which linked the (North) Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz to the Transcaucasus (via Kartli’s capital of Tbilisi, then known as T’pilisi, which is source for the older English version Tiflis). As the Georgian Encyclopaedia of 1985 notes, the pass acquired a greater strategic significance after the formal annexation of Kartli–K’akheti by Russia in 1801, around which time the route was redesignated the “Georgian Military Highway”.
It is important to avoid the mistaken belief that these events of 1783 and 1801 represented a contractual relationship between Russia and (a then non-existent) “Georgia”; the western province of Mingrelia under the Dadiani princes, which traditionally had formed a buffer between Abkhazia and Georgian-speaking territories (for the native language of Mingrelia was Mingrelian, sister to, but not mutually intelligible with, Georgian), came under Russian protection in 1803, followed in 1804 by the western Georgian kingdom of Imereti. Abkhazia was taken under Russian protection on 17 February 1810. However, Abkhazia continued to administer its own affairs until June 1864, one month after the end of the Great Caucasian War, at which point the rule there of the Chachba princely dynasty was abolished and Abkhazia restyled the “Sukhum Military Department”; the south-easternmost province of Samurzaq’ano, largely but not exactly coterminous with today’s Gal(i) District, had come under Russian control in 1845 as a result of Abkhaz–Mingrelian squabbling over rights to the region, the Mingrelians, too, being allowed to look after their own affairs until 1857.
With allies in the Orthodox Ossetians, who occupied the central portion of the North Caucasus, and the Orthodox Kartlians and K’akhetians across the main Caucasian mountain ridge, the tsars sought to win control over the freedom-loving mountain peoples who lived either side of the (North) Ossetians. Immediately to the east were the Chechens and Ingush, relatively recent converts to Islam, and further to the east the various tribes of polyglot Daghestan, where Islam was long established. In the west were the North-West-Caucasian-speaking Circassians, Ubykhs, and Abkhazians, related peoples whose adherence to Islam was shallower and coexisted (certainly among the Abkhazians) with Orthodoxy and elements of paganism. The brutality meted out over decades to the mountaineers by a succession of Russian military commanders, most notoriously by Mikhail Ermolov between 1816 and 1827, has been richly described in several accounts, of which mention may be made of those by John Baddeley (The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus, 1908, republished by Curzon Press in 1999) and Lesley Blanch (in the less academically orientated The Sabres of Paradise, 1960). The North-East Caucasus was notionally pacified with the surrender of the resistance leader Imam Shamil in 1859. Thereafter, the whole of Russia’s military might was concentrated against the North-West Caucasian alliance, which yielded to the inevitable on 21 May 1864.
Mass migrations were to decimate the North-West Caucasian peoples and leave but rump populations behind on their native terrain. Reporting from Sukhum on 17 March 1864, British (Vice-) Consul Charles Hamer Dickson reported to Earl Russell in London: “As the Russian troops gain ground on the coast, the natives are not allowed to remain there on any terms, but are compelled either to transfer themselves to the plains of the Kouban or emigrate to Turkey.” Most of the Circassians and Abkhazians together with the entire Ubykh nation chose to migrate in what is commonly known in Russian as the maxadzhirstvo (exile). As a result of these population shifts, the majority Circassian and Abkhazian populations today live not in the Caucasus but in diaspora communities based in Turkey; the last fully competent speaker of Ubykh died there in 1992.
The specific consequences for Abkhazia of these tumultuous events were abolition of home rule under the Chachbas, and being placed, as the “Sukhum Military Department”, under the control of the Russian governor-general of Kutaisi (capital of western Georgia’s Imereti province).
In the wake of an 1866 revolt against land reform, twenty thousand Abkhazians underwent their own amhadzhyrra (as this “exile” is known in Abkhaz) when forced to vacate the Dal Valley and Ts’ebelda (in the K’odor Valley). Following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–8 and a further uprising, the entire nation was branded “guilty” and forbidden to settle along the coast or live in the towns of Sukhum, Gudauta and Ochamchira. Another reform was introduced in 1868 when the Sukhum Military Department was divided into the regions of Pitsunda (from the town of Gagra to the K’odor Valley) in the north and Ochamchira (from the K’odor to the river Ingur) in the south. In 1883, the Military Department was downgraded and renamed a Military District, which from 1903 to 1906 was made directly subservient to the Russian authorities responsible for the Caucasus (based in Tbilisi). From 1904 to 1917, Gagra and its environs were re-assigned to the Sochi District of the Black Sea Province. Given this history, one might have predicted that the same kind of virulently anti-Russian sentiment would characterise the Abkhazians as has remained potent among the Chechens ever since 1859. But attitudes in Abkhazia were to change.
The Georgian Factor
Abkhazia after the purging of its autochthons was well described by the distinguished English alpinist, Douglas Freshfield, in his magnificent Exploration of the Caucasus, where he writes on the theme of “The Solitude of Abkhasia” thus:
What is to be the future of this Earthly Paradise? Its ancient and primaeval inhabitants are gone. They have been exiled for a quarter of a century; their dwellings and their tombs are alike lost in the glorious vegetation that feeds nothing but bears and mosquitoes and fevers. A people that had lived the same life in the same place since the beginning of history has been dispersed and destroyed. The Abkhasians have vanished, leaving behind them no records, and hardly sufficient material for the ethnologist who desires to ascertain to what branch of the world’s ‘families’ they belonged.
Georgian educationalist Iak’ob Gogebashvili had an answer to the question of what should be done with the depopulated Abkhazia, which he propounded in a series of 1877 newspaper articles entitled vin unda iknes dasaxlebuli apxazetshi? (Who should be settled in Abkhazia?) that were brought together in volume 1 of his collected works, published in 1952. The fact that “Abkhazia will never again be able to see its own children” moved him to ask which group could serve as “colonisers”. Gogebashvili argued that, because of the extent of malarial marshes (since drained) “to which the Abkhazians had become acclimatised over many centuries in their own region”, the obvious colonisers were the neighbouring Mingrelians. In addition, they were the most adept of the Kartvelians (viz., Georgians, Mingrelians, Laz and Svans) at adapting to new conditions; there was a shortage of land in Mingrelia; and they had already gained control of commerce in Sukhum and Ochamchira (given the prohibition on living there placed on the Abkhazians).
One could be forgiven for seeing Gogebashvili’s proposal as entirely unobjectionable; after all, if attractive land is vacant, should not someone make use of it? But Gogebashvili’s works contain the seeds of what was to develop into something much more sinister, namely, the questioning of Abkhazian rights to the very territory. Calling the Mingrelians “in every respect the ideal colonisers for Abkhazia”, Gogebashvili in his 1877 articles said that “from the viewpoint of historical rights” they were also “more the legal heirs of the Abkhazians who have emigrated”. He claimed that the Mingrelians, “in the not so distant past”, had held the eastern part of Abkhazia, but “after the taking of Istanbul by the Turks and the Ottomans’ strengthening in the Black Sea, the Abkhazians, with the Turks’ support, expelled the Mingrelians beyond the [river] Ingur and occupied part of what was then Mingrelia’s territory”. It would be no more than “an act of historical fairness”, Gogebashvili argued, to allow the settlement of Abkhazia by the Mingrelians—a restitution of “what was snatched away and its handing over to a people who are the co-religionists of, and faithful towards, Russia”.
The early years of the twentieth century were not exactly calm ones for Abkhazia, and in 1907 L. Voronov published a booklet Abkhazia Is Not Georgia (in Russian) to counter attempts already under way to distort local history. But it was probably during the turbulent years in the wake of the Russian Revolution that Georgia finally replaced Russia as the central object of Abkhazians’ suspicions and fears, a shift in perspective which subsequent Georgian actions have only strengthened. Abkhazians had no sense of belonging to any Georgian entity and chose in September 1917 to enter the Union of the United Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus. Shortly afterwards, in November 1917, they established an Abkhazian People’s Council as a legitimate organ of power.
Georgia declared independence on 26 May 1918 and on 11 June signed a treaty with Abkhazia, thereby recognising its non-Georgian status. But thereafter, by a mixture of political intrigue and violence under General Mazniev (Mazniashvili) and his lieutenant, T’ukhareli, Georgia forced Abkhazia into its orbit. In August 1919, Sir Oliver Wardrop, the British representative to Georgia, then under Menshevik rule, sent to the Foreign Office a “Memorandum on the Abkhazian Question” by an Abkhazian officer, one Lieutenant Khasaia, written on 10 June. In it we read:
The Abkhasian nation threatened by Bolshevism concluded a temporary treaty with Georgia on July 11th 1918. This treaty was signed without the knowledge of the majority of members of the Abkhasian People’s Council; when the Abkhasian nation heard of that factitious treaty it criticized and rejected it … Later, during the … elections [to the Abkhazian People’s Council], the most open pressure upon the will of the electors was made and the elections themselves took place under threat of Georgian bayonets … [W]e beg the representatives of Great Britain to inform the British Government that the Abkhasian Nation requests Georgia to lead Georgian troops and [the] Georgian Administration away from Abkhasian territory.
Georgia’s Menshevik constitution of 1921 mentioned Abkhazia as an autonomy within Georgia without specifying the nature of any state–legal relations between the autonomy and the centre, but, before promulgation, the government collapsed as the Red Army seized control.
Georgian troops applied Georgia’s policy of “fire and sword” also in South Ossetia during this period (1918–21), which witnessed a number of bloodily suppressed uprisings against Menshevik rule. It is, thus, hardly surprising that the newly constituted Soviet Union felt compelled to assign special status to both Abkhazia and South Ossetia in recognition of their respective histories.
The Soviet Years
The Abkhazian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed on 31 March 1921 and recognised by Georgia’s Revolutionary Committee on 21 May. On 16 December, Abkhazia and Georgia contracted a treaty of alliance. On 13 December 1922, the Abkhazian SSR entered the Transcaucasian Federation (in treaty-alliance with the Georgian SSR). In February 1931, with the position of Georgia’s most prominent son, Ioseb Besarionis-dze Dzhughashvili (aka Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin), finally unchallengeable in the Kremlin, Abkhazia was reduced to an autonomous republic (ASSR) within Georgia, the status it retained until the Soviet Union’s collapse; Stalin, of course, had been Lenin’s long-serving appointee for nationalities’ policy. Even during the 1920s, steps were taken to play down the importance of Abkhazians within Abkhazia. Daniel Müller’s comprehensive analysis of demographic data shows inter alia how the thirty thousand or so Samurzaq’anoans, the inhabitants of south-eastern Abkhazia, who were designated as Abkhazians in the 1926 Soviet Encyclopaedia, were summarily reclassified as “Kartvelians” in the 1926 census. (Note that some time around 1930 all Mingrelians were officially designated as “Georgians”.)
Subsequently, as Stalin’s Terror got under way, it no longer became merely a matter of manipulating the ethnic categorisation of Abkhazia’s established population. Stalin’s Transcaucasian overlord, the Mingrelian Lavrent’i Beria, later notorious as head of the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, instituted a policy of forced transplantation of mostly Mingrelians into Abkhazia to swamp the native residents. In fact, as the 1952 Georgian editors of the afore-mentioned 1877 work of Gogebashvili unashamedly acknowledge, “Gogebashvili’s ideas on the settlement of Abkhazia’s empty territory by Georgians achieved their actual realisation under the conditions of Soviet power”! The anti-Abkhazian measures, following Beria’s appointment as Stalin’s NKVD chief in 1938, continued under the direction of his successor in Tbilisi, K’andid Chark’viani (father of Mikheil Saakashvili’s first London ambassador). The Abkhazian script (like that of Ossetic in South Ossetia only) was shifted to a Georgian base in 1938; schools teaching in the Abkhazian language were closed in 1945–6 and replaced by schools teaching in Georgian; publishing and broadcasting in Abkhaz in effect ceased.
The Abkhazians only narrowly escaped deportation in the late 1940s. Seemingly to provide an “academic” pretext for such a measure, Georgian literature expert P’avle Ingoroq’va manufactured the fictitious theory, published first in the journal mnatobi “Luminary” (1949–51) and later as part of his book giorgi merchule (1954), that “modern-day” Abkhazians migrated to Abkhazia from the north Caucasus only in the seventeenth century, replacing and taking the name of history’s “true” Abkhazians, who were a Georgian tribe—ergo, Abkhazia is Georgian territory. Though lauded by a range of Georgian academics, otherwise distinguished in their various fields, Ingoroq’va’s absurd hypothesis was bravely condemned by Georgia’s Abkhaz expert, Ketevan Lomtatidze, in the debate that followed the 1954 publication. (The manuscript of giorgi merchule had been handed to the printers in 1951, well before Stalin’s death in 1953.) After Stalin’s demise, his anti-Abkhazian policies were reversed, with a new Abkhaz script devised and schooling and publishing in Abkhaz reintroduced. (Interestingly, Gogebashvili’s 1877 articles were omitted from the 1955 edition of his works.)
Nonetheless, Abkhazians periodically (roughly every decade) mounted demonstrations against their homeland’s subordination to Tbilisi. The most serious of these (prior to the era of the Soviet collapse) occurred in 1978, when 130 intellectuals wrote to the Kremlin to request Abkhazia’s removal from Georgia and its inclusion in the Russian Federation; in one night all Georgian names were painted over on road-signs. Moscow was so alarmed that Georgian party secretary Eduard Shevardnadze was despatched with instructions to cool tempers. This was achieved in part by the establishment of the Abkhazian State University, with its three language sectors: Abkhazian, Russian and Georgian (the largest). However, the 130 intellectuals lost their jobs, and Abkhazia’s status remained unaltered. The Kartvelian (mostly Mingrelian) population in Abkhazia continued to grow, so that by the time of the last Soviet census (1989) Kartvelians outnumbered Abkhazians by 239,872 to 93,267, though they still fell below an absolute majority at 45.7 per cent (Abkhazia’s population includes significant numbers of Armenians and Russians).
Late- and Post-Soviet Conflict
When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power and encouraged public discussion of grievances through his policy of glasnost, it is hardly surprising that the Abkhazians took the opportunity to reassert their displeasure at their territory’s subordinate status within Georgia. Matters began to turn nasty (and not only for the Abkhazians) when the anti-communist opposition in Tbilisi started sowing the seeds of nationalism in the all-too-fertile Georgian soil. The popular rallying cry of “Georgia for the Georgians” was unhealthy when in 1989 Kartvelians amounted only to 70.1 per cent of Georgia’s population. But, as Ingoroq’va’s ideas were resuscitated and Georgians started to refer to the Abkhazians as apsuebi, not out of respect for the Abkhazians’ self-designation (apswa) but as an insulting suggestion that they were interlopers on the land of the “true” Abkhazians, self-delusionally argued to be a historically Kartvelian tribe, the threat was all too obvious. The fatal clashes in Sukhum and Ochamchira on 15–16 July 1989 over the opening in Sukhum of a branch of Tbilisi University (to rival and undermine the Abkhazian State University established there in 1978) were a foretaste of the bloodshed to come. Soviet troops had to restore order after at least sixteen people were killed and more than one hundred injured in violence between Abkhazians and Georgians.
In the 17 March 1991 referendum called by Gorbachev on the renewal of the Soviet Union, which was boycotted in Georgia proper, Abkhazia’s citizens voted in favour by an absolute majority, which meant that some Kartvelians must have supported preserving the Union. It was clear that the majority of voters within Abkhazia rejected the idea of becoming part of an independent Georgia, and when Georgia gained that independence in the wake of the Soviet collapse in late 1991, the countdown to war began.
The preceding historical background-information indicates two things: (1) nineteenth-century history hardly makes the Abkhazians natural candidates to be the pro-Russian puppets they are often portrayed as being (by Georgians and their Western sympathisers); (2) the Georgians have only themselves to blame for acting over many decades in ways that have induced distrust and resentment among the Abkhazians (and South Ossetians). Georgian apologists prefer to blame the Kremlin for Soviet misdeeds, but the inescapable fact remains that the grossest anti-Abkhazian policies were dictated by a Georgian (Stalin) in what he deemed Georgian interests.
Despite Abkhazian objections to the policies that subordinated them to Tbilisi and that by 1989 had reduced them to a 17.8 per cent minority in their ancestral homeland, on a personal level relations with the Kartvelians living alongside them were good, with many Abkhazians being fluent in Mingrelian (less so in Georgian). Had a wiser course (that of federalisation) been adopted by its anti-communist oppositionists and post-Soviet leadership, Georgia might have carried all its minorities along with it into a peaceful and prosperous independence. But such a dream was never realisable, given the majority’s chauvinist orientation and arrogant assumption that Stalin’s frontiers for Georgia would outlive the larger state he had crafted. Russia needed to do nothing to frustrate Georgian aspirations; the Georgians did that themselves.
Georgia’s first post-Soviet president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, a Mingrelian, was deposed in a coup in January 1992, and Eduard Shevardnadze was invited home from Moscow to lead the ruling junta. The West had wisely refrained from recognising Georgia under the unstable Gamsakhurdia, who had instigated a war against South Ossetia. But it unwisely rushed to offer recognition as a favour to the former Soviet foreign minister. Stalin’s Georgian borders thus received international approval, although a civil war was raging between Gamsakhurdia’s foes and his supporters in Mingrelia and tensions were rising also inside Abkhazia.
After participating in negotiations to end Gamsakhurdia’s war in South Ossetia via the Dagomys Accords (June 1992), Shevardnadze celebrated Georgia’s accession to the United Nations by launching war against the Abkhazians (14 August). Diaspora Abkhazians and volunteers from the north Caucasus (including Cossacks) rushed to aid the threatened minority, and victory was achieved at the end of September 1993, when most (but not all) of the Kartvelian population fled before troops of the triumphant alliance reached their settlements. The Georgian authorities have done little to improve the lot of the resulting refugees, apart from exploiting them for propaganda purposes (vastly exaggerating their numbers in the process).
Shevardnadze’s political neck was saved by subsequent Russian intervention inside western Georgia to prevent Gamsakhurdia’s forces from marching on Tbilisi and retaking control; this operation by Russia elicited none of the Western squeals of horror occasioned by its actions in August 2008. A formal Abkhazian ceasefire was signed in Moscow in the spring of 1994, when a demilitarised zone along the river Ingur was established and a contingent of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, but essentially Russian) troops assigned to Abkhazia as peace-keepers. At the time, the West was quite happy with such Russian involvement, just as it had been with the creation of a tripartite (Georgian–Ossetian–Russian) force to secure the earlier ceasefire along South Ossetia’s borders. The West’s attention was concentrated on the Balkans in an odd reprise of the situation in the mid-nineteenth century.
The following years (up to, and beyond, Shevardnadze’s ousting by Saakashvili in November 2003) were characterised by:
• charges that the war had actually been between Georgians and Russians (not Abkhazians) and that the Abkhazians were guilty of “aggressive separatism”, whereas events are seen more accurately as Georgian aggressive state-integrationism;
• Georgia’s offer to the Abkhazians, by way of a permanent settlement, of nothing more than “maximal autonomy” (namely, a return to the status quo ante, which had led to war in the first place);
• accusations that Russia was frustrating each step towards resolution, whereas the maximum concession the victorious Abkhazians themselves were prepared to consider was, naturally enough (given that the war imposed upon them had cost the lives of 4 per cent of their people and ruined so much of the country’s infrastructure, for which reparations have yet to be paid), a confederal relationship with Georgia, something that Georgian negotiators rejected;
• introduction of a CIS blockade on Abkhazia and closure of its northern border over the river Psou with Russia to all but holders of Abkhazian documents or Russian passports;
• repeated acts of sabotage and terrorism inside Abkhazia by groups operating out of Mingrelia such as the “Forest Brethren” and the “White Legion”, culminating in May 1998 in a renewed resort to military force by Georgia, successfully repulsed. Terrorist acts were still being perpetrated in the spring of 2008.
Exasperated by all of the above, annoyed at the West’s constant refusal to take seriously their demand to exercise their right to self-determination, and suspecting that they were being punished for having had the effrontery to defeat one of the West’s (then-)darlings, the Abkhazians finally declared formal independence at the end of 1999, when amendments were introduced to the constitution they had promulgated on 26 November 1994. In practice, little changed, and life remained difficult in conditions of isolation and economic stringency. Sukhum’s airport, the largest in the entire Caucasus, stayed idle, and the single-track railway-line, the only such link to Russia for even Georgia and Armenia, was inoperative. Georgia itself, however, was attracting more attention once the export of Caspian oil over its territory came on the agenda.
Prospects for Abkhazia began to brighten when Vladimir Putin during his first term as Russia’s president enabled Abkhazian citizens to apply both for Russian pensions and passports. Those able to afford the latter had renewed possibilities of travel beyond Russia’s frontiers. Perhaps 80 per cent of Abkhazians currently hold such passports, now available more cheaply.
The Saakashvili Era
Saakashvili snatched power in November 2003 in the so-called “Rose Revolution”; he subsequently won presidential elections in early 2004, promising to restore Georgia’s territorial integrity within his first term. The West, especially the United States, immediately dropped Shevardnadze and blindly switched allegiance to his usurper. Hopes were high for the new president, whose cabinet was packed with young, Western-orientated, English-speaking ministers like himself. Predictably, the administration of President George W. Bush (so susceptible to anti-Russian Cold War thinking) was smitten, and US investment in Georgia increased, together with military training and the provision of military equipment. It had long been naively assumed that the South Ossetian problem would be easier for Tbilisi to resolve than that of Abkhazia, the larger and better defended of the two disputed territories, and it was not long before Saakashvili started agitating in South Ossetia. Then, in spring 2006, he introduced hundreds of troops, mendaciously described to the outside world as a “police force”, into the Upper K’odor Valley, the only part of Abkhazian territory not taken back into Abkhazian control in September 1993; this rightly caused the Abkhazians to break off all negotiations, as it violated the 1994 ceasefire agreement.
Georgia, despite the nature of its earliest ties with Russia, had long become a byword for anti-Russianism, and Saakashvili seemed to regard it as part of his mandate to voice such sentiments, taking particular relish in baiting Putin. In these circumstances, it was not surprising that relations between the two states rapidly deteriorated. In 2006, the Russian border with Abkhazia over the river Psou was finally opened to normal traffic.
Meanwhile, another cloud was developing on the horizon. Whether any assurance had been given to Moscow on the reunification of Germany that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) would not expand eastwards, membership was eventually granted to a number of former Warsaw Pact states and even to the (former Soviet) Baltic republics. This cannot have pleased the Kremlin, but it is no secret that it particularly resented the suggestion of a yet further NATO advance into Georgia (and the Ukraine). Thus, for President Bush to urge at NATO’s Bucharest summit in April 2008 a proposal to admit these two former Soviet republics was both to ignore a range of persuasive counter-arguments and to provide one more illustration of his administration’s dangerously cavalier approach to international affairs. The proposal should have been summarily rejected, but the insistence of some of NATO’s former eastern bloc members (exercising their own anti-Russian agenda) resulted in a decision to review Georgia and Ukraine’s entry bids at the alliance’s December 2008 summit. The part played in the events of August 2008 by that foolish promise of ultimate membership will long be debated. Since NATO membership is not open to countries with territorial disputes, Abkhazia and South Ossetia nervously wondered what the summer would bring.
Abkhazia announced that evidence of an abandoned Georgian spring offensive had been uncovered, as unmanned military drones (acquired from Israel) started to fly from the Upper K’odor Valley, a further infringement of the ceasefire. On 19 May, a Georgian website carried an article by journalists Ian Carver and Joni Simonishvili entitled, “Georgian War Footing Takes Concrete Form—Literally”; the accompanying photo showed a concrete unloading bay for tanks on a refurbished stretch of the railway line near the river Ingur on the Mingrelian side of the border.
But on 7 August it was the South Ossetian capital Tskhinval that bore the brunt of the attack by Georgia. As stated above, the US and British delegations at the United Nations blocked the call for an immediate ceasefire. Did they do so in the hope that Georgia would achieve a quick victory in South Ossetia, speedily overrun Abkhazia, and thus finally end the stalemate of fifteen to sixteen years of “no peace, no war”, allowing for quick Georgian entry to NATO? Russia eventually reversed Georgian gains in South Ossetia, and decisive Russian and Abkhazian action in the Upper K’odor Valley ejected (amazingly, but mercifully, without resistance) the Georgian troops lodged there. Russia’s destruction of Georgia’s command centres in Gori and Senak’i and its sinking in Poti of the vessels that threatened Abkhazia’s exposed coast were perfectly proper in terms of military logic: Georgia’s capacity to mount further acts of aggression was removed.
A host of Western politicians, UN representatives and NATO spokesmen angrily condemned Russian “aggression”, ignoring the fact that Russia held an international mandate for peace-keeping in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and that several of its peace-keepers had been killed in the Georgian assault on the latter territory; it is hard to believe that any Western power would have acted differently from Russia in the same circumstances.
The Gordian Knot of the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia was then boldly cut by President Dmitry Medvedev’s recognition of their independence on 26 August, a move that immediately brought universal (and noisy) rejoicing in both republics, but which occasioned much indignation among Georgia’s backers, though, as of the start of 2009, the hysteria seems to have evaporated (along with Georgia’s chances of NATO membership).
Lessons to Be Drawn
The West made a catastrophic error in deciding in 1991 that no lower entity than a union-republic was worthy of recognition on the break-up of the Soviet Union. Recognising Georgia the following year within its Stalinist borders helped to make hostilities inevitable by sacrificing Abkhazia to Georgian territorial integrity. After Abkhazia’s military victory in 1993, the West pursued a simplistic (not to say retarded) policy of giving unconditional support to virtually every demand by Georgia, which has resulted only in Abkhazia’s being driven ever more firmly into Russia’s embrace—quite the opposite of what was intended. In recent years, the West seems to have believed that if Georgia, as a “beacon of democracy” (a description at which Saakashvili’s many Georgian opponents would baulk), could also be helped to become an economic powerhouse, not only would Georgia’s independence be strengthened, but the Abkhazians and South Ossetians would be weaned away from their attraction to Russia and throw in their lot with Tbilisi for financial benefit. Strangely, here again are nineteenth-century echoes.
On 1 February 1855, a British official, one Jas. Brant, sent a confidential “Memorandum Respecting Georgia” from the Turkish city of Erzeroum to the Foreign Office in London. In it he suggested expulsion of the Russians from Georgia and the establishment of a British-mandated Georgian state to “embrace the Government of the Caucasus, as defined by Russia”. Brant urged that the “first and chief advantage” of this step would be “a material guarantee that Russia shall never be allowed to regain her influence in the East . . . Georgia will soon become the emporium of a vast commerce . . . and the new road thus opened to trade between Europe and Asia would enrich and civilise all the countries through which it would pass”. But Russia’s consolidation of its position in the Caucasus over the next 136 years (with an interruption in 1917–21), for good or ill, turned the whole region very much into Russia’s back yard. And, for all its anti-Russian clamouring, Georgia was to achieve one of Brant’s aspirations by becoming perhaps the most prosperous, and certainly most attractive, of the Soviet republics.
Although the Kremlin accepted the loss of the non-Russian Soviet republics with remarkable sang froid, the level of its attachment to this very special part of Russia’s “near-abroad” seems to have been woefully underestimated by those who, like NATO, thought to encroach. No one would argue that Russia’s actions in August 2008 were motivated by pure altruism (what state ever so acts?). A specific set of circumstances existed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia which licensed Russia’s action; there is no compelling reason to suppose that other neighbours need fear similar incursions.
Russia’s acceptance of the reality that neither the Abkhazians nor the South Ossetians would ever consent to a return to rule from Tbilisi (based on a deeper knowledge of the area than possessed by Washington or Whitehall) and its recognition of their independence should be welcomed and emulated so that serious thought can belatedly be given to how the international community acting together (i.e., along with Russia) might improve the lot of the whole Caucasus, needlessly blighted now for two decades and deserving of a brighter future. To do otherwise would amount to continuing the failed policies of the past (including siding with the aggressor).
Is there a lesson in all of the above that the Georgians themselves might profitably learn? We have seen how one bit of Gogebashvili’s 1877 advice was put into practice by Stalin and Beria in the 1930s, when they promoted the settlement of Abkhazia by Georgians. If another precept offered in Gogebashvili’s articles had been followed by Georgia as it strove for independence during both the Menshevik and post-Soviet periods, its goals might have been more successfully achieved: “A state is the stronger and more steadfast to the extent that the well-being of the people entering it stands at a high level, and vice versa.” South Ossetia, which in the long term is likely to unite with North Ossetia within the Russian Federation, and Abkhazia are lost to Georgia. Gogebashvili’s sage counsel should serve as Tbilisi’s future guiding principle regarding the remaining minorities living compactly around Georgia’s borders (such as the Armenians of Dzhavakheti, the Azerbaijanis of Dmanisi-Marneuli, and even the Mingrelians) before the danger arises of those borders shrinking even further.
1. Note that the spelling of the city, and of the Abkhazian capital, Sukhum, is a sensitive issue. The terminal “i” often used in the West for both cities is the Georgian nominative case-ending. Therefore, to use it is (for some unwittingly) to support the Georgian claim to the two territories. Consequently, the South Ossetians and Abkhazians vehemently object to its use, preferring respectively “Tskhinval” and “Sukhum”.
2. For details of early and medieval Abkhazian history, see my “Abkhazia: A Problem of Identity and Ownership”, Central Asian Survey 12, no. 3 (1993), pp. 267–323. (Also available at [http://www.apsny.ru/special/special.php?page=content/hewitt.htm].)
3. Dickson’s report was one of a number of “Papers Respecting the Settlement of Circassian Emigrants to Turkey” presented to the House of Commons on 6 June 1864.
4. Douglas Freshfield, The Exploration of the Caucasus (London and New York: Arnold, 1896), p. 211.
5. The 1952 editors of the collected edition felt obliged to gloss this term thus: “Gogebashvili here and below uses the word ‘coloniser’ not in its modern sense but to mean the persons settled there.” Obviously, they saw it as awkward that one of the leading Georgians of the 1870s should describe as “colonisers” Kartvelian settlers on territory that by 1952 had long and strenuously been argued to be Georgian soil.
6. See Anita Burdett, ed., Caucasian Boundaries: Documents and Maps 1802–1946 (Cambridge: Archive Editions, 1996), pp. 528–37.
7. Daniel Müller, “Demography: Ethno-Demographic History, 1886–1989”, in The Abkhazians: A Handbook, ed. George Hewitt (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1998), pp. 218–39.
8. Burdett, ed., Caucasian Boundaries, pp. 91–2.
9. A distinguished Georgian intellectual, while making a toast to my native Great Britain back in the 1980s, alluded to Georgia’s never having been the subject of a “worthy” imperial power, by which I assumed he meant that Georgia would have benefited had it been part of the British (rather than the Russian) Empire.
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My wife and I have a couple of friends with a five-year-old. He’s a pretty nice kid, but every time I’m around him, I’m overwhelmed by how much he reminds me of me as a little kid. That’s not really a good thing, and it’s not really a bad thing, it’s just an observation thing. He’s one of those particular little kids who is very into certain things, and not at all into others. I’m not explaining it well, because it’s kind of an intangible quality, but when I talk about it with Sarah, she knows what I mean because I haven’t fully grown out of it.
We both agree he’s a lot like me. We also have both agreed that we can’t really tell his parents that. While we don’t mean it as insulting, I’m not sure it could be taken as non-insulting by them. They’re politically conservative, and Christian. Neither of these is the issue either. The issue is that if you’re a conservative or someone who considers them self Christian, I am something of a nightmare scenario for their child to grow into. (While this may sound like some somber self-realization, it’s something that we both laugh about.)
Now, like I said they’re my friends, so obviously there is a degree to which they like me, but there is a big difference between liking a guy you see at most once a week for a couple of hours, and your child.
This couple reminds me in a lot of ways of my parents when I was a child, and this got me thinking about that aspect of this situation. Now, I get along pretty well with both of my parents, but there is a big difference between my parents in their fifties, and my parents in their late twenties/early thirties (which they were, when I was 5).
My parents read this blog, along with witnessing other aspects of my life, they have a pretty good idea of who I really am, and they’ve mostly accepted it, and I’ve never doubted for a second that they love me. However, 33-year-old me went back in time and met the 30-year-old version of my Dad, or the 28-year-old version of my Mom, and I was as open with them about who I am as I am now, and then told them “I’m your 5-year-old son all grown up,” I have to believe they’d be pretty panicked, maybe a bit furious, and they’d probably start reevaluating everything they know to be true.
The key is, that I’ve had 33 years to break them in, for us to grow together, and so in their 50’s they’re not panicked, or furious about who I am. While obviously, they have helped to mold me into who I am (I’m not sure they want that credit) my sister and I have helped shape who they’ve become too. It’s kind of an amazing process, and one that I’m not sure we reflect upon enough, and I’m really grateful for it.
Now, back to my friends for a minute; I have no doubt that they will love their kid no matter what, and if he turns into a loud-mouthed liberal who enjoys saying shocking things, they’ll end up being fine. But I’m not sure they deserve to be burdened with that possibility at this time. (I should mention, they will absolutely know this is about them if they read it, but I’m pretty sure they’ll never see it.)
The reason I even write about it here, is because of how it has allowed me to reflect on my own family. For a long time, I wasn’t open about who I am with my parents, like most of us, I tried to keep a more ‘innocent’ or ‘polite’ face around them. I never feared that they wouldn’t love me, but I worried for a long time that if they knew the real me that they wouldn’t like me very much.
Once I began to allow myself to be MYSELF around them (I still try to watch my language around them, my dad has read the word ‘fuck’ in my writing many times, but I think the only time he heard me say it was when my son was squirming while I changed a poop diaper), I started to feel more relaxed, and more at peace, and I finally began to accept who I am.
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New Orleans, La. -- The Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) has declared a quarterly dividend of 83 cents per common share. The payment date is June 1, 2015, to stockholders of record on May 14, 2015.
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In the early 1990s, Mark Attwood was intrigued by the concept of limited edition artists' books that were a collection of work by a 'randomly' selected group of artists. Whilst studying at Tamarind he put together a book titled Another day in Paradise. On returning to South Africa and after setting up The Artists' Press he fell into conversation with Wayne Barker and Robert Weinek who had opened a gallery space in the centre of Johannesburg in a collapsing building. Way ahead of their time, the space held a number of pioneering exhibitions, exhibiting among others William Kentridge and Steven Cohen.The gallery was called FIG (Famous International Gallery) despite being almost completely unknown. It was decided to do an artists book titled GIF (Fig spelt backwards) and a play on the street slang word gif, which means poison in Afrikaans. The book would be a non-commercial project and would be in an edition of 101. Word was put out and people were invited to submit work (in whatever format they chose, the only limit was size) in an edition of 101. In return, they would get a copy of the book. Income generated from sales would cover paper, binding and distribution.
Across all four books, the range of work is madly eclectic and includes a banana print, octopus print, Formica and rivet, frottage, photocopies, etching, lithography, plastic shopping bags and embroidery, linocuts and monoprints.
GIF 1 was launched in 1992 and sold for R 50 per book. Artists who contributed include Kendall Geers, David Koloane, Brett Murray, Durant Sihlali and Minette Vari.
GIF 2 was launched in 1994 and sold for R 425 per book (the cover consists of two bronzes by Guy du Toit and he needed to help to pay for the casting, so the price helped him to recoup his costs). Artists include Wayne Barker, Kim Berman, Lisa Brice and Sue Williamson. One of the books was included in The Smithsonian exhibition An Odyssey in Print.
GIF 3 appeared in 2015 with twenty-eight artists contributing. Artists include Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Claudette Schreuders, Hanneke Benadé, William Kentridge, Conrad Botes and Colbert Mashile. The price of the book was R 5 500 excl VAT and it quickly sold out.
GIF 4 belongs to 2018 and has work by twenty six artists from around the world in it. These include Hanneke Benade, Conrad Botes, Joni Brenner, Jared Ginsburg, Anton Kannemeyer, Luan Nel, Sam Nhlengethwa, Richard and Robyn Penn and Diane Victor.
Each book costs R 7 245 excl. VAT and comes in a beautiful clamshell box handmade by bookbinder Jana Pepin.
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Actor Morris Chestnut was under pressure to drop weight before filming "The Best Man Holiday" in 2013.
With the help of his trainer Obi Obadike, Chestnut was able to lose more than 30 pounds in 12 weeks.
"It was challenging but to me it's all about what you want...I feel that we control our own destiny to a certain extent," Chestnut told ABC News’ Mara Schiavocampo on a recent episode of "Motivated."
After his success, Chestnut decided to team up with his trainer Obadike to share their top fitness and nutrition tips. Their new book, "The Cut: Lose up to 10 pounds in 10 Days and Sculpt Your Best Body," features gym and home exercise programs for all fitness levels but there's also a big focus on diet.
"Eighty percent of weight loss is what you put into your body. So if you're doing all the right things and putting in all the right the right nutrients into your body and you're following a sensible workout program, even at home you can lose weight," Obadike said.
The book also hopes to dispel popular fitness myths.
"Abs are made in the kitchen," Chestnut said. "You have control of your body...if you want to change the way you look. Just be disciplined with your diet."
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I attended the funeral service today of Greg’s aunt, who was a nun. Gathered together were her family of blood and her family of choice, as well as many others who’s lives she touched over the years she served in schools and hospitals.
She was 89, and her mind had started to slip in the last few years. I didn’t know her well enough to say for certain but I’m guessing she was aware that was happening early on and it must have been terrifying. But of course that’s the perspective of someone outside her belief system. Maybe with her faith she simply accepted it without question and with grace.
The beautiful St. Peters in Joplin was filled with people who remembered her from the many years she worked there. The breast care center at St. John’s hospital where she served was named after her some years ago. There’s a garden there dedicated to the memory of her mother.
She was the last of her generation, The last of a family of five brothers and two sisters.
I am so proud of Greg and how he conducted himself the last week and a half. When he got word she was nearing the end he took off to Omaha, where her order has a retirement facility. Greg was by her side for the days and nights, holding her hand and talking to her about anything pleasant, and assuring her of the love of her family, mentioning people by name. Greg was with her when she died.
It is an honor to attend the dying, but it is not easy. Some are more equipped to deal with such things than others. But it’s not easy for anyone. Greg simply knew it was a gift to be able to be present for those you love in times of need.
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See the following organisations which offer financial support for parents and carers. This is not an exhaustive list, but a hand-picked selection of really useful sources of help. For the most comprehensive, searchable guide to services for disabled children and their families please see the Royal Borough of Greenwich's Local Offer website.
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The Welfare Rights Service advises Royal Greenwich residents on tax credits and benefits.
You can find advice and information, as well ad advice leaflets, on a range of benefits and other forms of financial support on this website.
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Amanda gave us a run-through of all of her beautiful skincare products and of course, our arms were covered in everything you can think of after a while! The scents and textures of the products are simply divine, which is because Amanda only uses the highest quality ingredients that she either grows or buys from top-quality producers. We did a few tests to show just how different certain ingredients can be from oils, essential oils and herbs. Below you can see on the left some calendula herbs which look perfectly fine on their own, which would’ve been picked probably about a year ago. Then in the silver tin on the right you can see the calendula that Amanda is currently using in her products – look at the colour difference!
Just because a product is natural, doesn’t mean it is all the same quality. Amanda showed us three different varieties of olive oil – from a supermarket blend to a fairly well-known olive oil brand and then finally the olive oil she uses. The difference was incredible – the first was clear in colour and tasteless which would have no benefits for the person using it in their skincare, however some brands would simply go for this option as it’s easy & cheap to buy. I now realise even more, how important it is to research the brands I’m using and find out exactly where they source their ingredients from.
We then had the opportunity to make some soap which was very exciting! I didn’t have any photos of this on my camera as I was busy sharing videos on my Instagram stories…sorry! We made the Honey, Tea Tree & Lemon soap though and Amanda is going to let it cure for five weeks before sending us both some in the post which I’m really looking forward to!
Amanda also offers treatments in the beautiful Treatment Room which I’ll definitely have to pay a return visit for. The products are simply gorgeous and I did get to take home an Orange Blossom Aromatic Water which I’m so, so excited to incorporate into my skincare routine.
“We spend four memorable days every April picking orange blossom in Cyprus and 3 days distilling it. It’s a labour of love, surrounded by thousands of placid bees and less placid snakes. The scent is quite simply sublime, floral, heady, warm and earthy like Inhaling the scent of the Mediterranean.”
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VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of New Paltz will take place on March 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at New Paltz Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue, New Paltz N.Y. for the purpose of discussing the Tentative Budget for the fiscal year 2015-2016 and for any other lawful business of the Village of New Paltz.
The Village of New Paltz will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Village Clerk.
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Lucky Wander Boy (Plume, 2003) is a novel that starts with the protagonist rediscovering the videogames of his youth through the MAME arcade emulator. But the game that he most wants to play, an obscure Japanese game for which the book is named, lies beyond his reach — it can’t be emulated, since its innovations required a specially built arcade cabinet. This epic quest might drive the story, but its strengths are the loopy humour and the opportunities it offers the author, D. B. Weiss, to play with concepts of childhood and obsession.
I read the book a while back and emailed the author to thank him. Finally, someone had brought up the existential question: for the brief time between Pac-Man disappearing from one side of the screen and appearing on the other, where does he go? Weiss suggests a few possibilities in the novel (that the pixelated mouth goes to Pac-Man Valhalla, where there’s a infinite amount of dots to gobble, was my favourite) and was equally generous with the questions I had for him.
What kind of response have you gotten from gamers having read Lucky Wander Boy? Was it what you expected?
I was really pleased to find out through experience that the statistics were right: gamers run the gamut from 13 (the youngest person to write me about the book) to 50, and indeed, they have retained the ability to read and like books. Or read and dislike books, in a few cases. Either way, it was gratifying to see that, in the eyes of most of the gamers who read the book and either wrote or spoke to me about it, I’d gotten something right, captured something of our group experience in a way they found funny or meaningful.
What’s your personal relationship with games, past and present?
Growing up, games were just as important to me as books/movies/ music. Except, unlike books and movies, games usually involved a social element. Gaming is often portrayed as some sort of anti-social activity, but when I was nine or 10, it was my cops ‘n’ robbers, or whatever the hell idealized ’50s kids were supposed to play.
I fell out of it for a long time once I got to college, which I regret — thanks to emulation, I’m getting a taste of all the games I missed, and realizing how many of them are infinitely more fun than reading Michel Foucault. But PS2 and Xbox won me back, and now it’s amazing that I get anything done.
Nostalgia for videogames is fairly recent — they’ve just been around long enough for the kids who played them to look back. Is there anything different about the nostalgia for games and the nostalgia for, say, pinball?
Yeah, I think there is. My dad has great nostalgia for pinball. He’s got a pinball machine in the basement, he plays it a few times a week… but honestly? The mechanics, look and gameplay of pinball are pretty limited. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s pretty much an extinct evolutionary line, you know? Gaming nostalgia, on the other hand, will end up being like moving picture nostalgia, I think — which is to say, it’ll morph into “gaming history,” and become respectable, and end up (as it already has) as the topic of various scholarly articles, retrospective documentaries and half-assed appreciations in The New York Times.
Has anything in recent games inspired you like the MAME emulator?
Katamari Damacy (Namco, 2004) was certainly an inspiration — it really captured the whacked-out, topsy-turvy experience I got from playing early Nintendo games, but scaled up (literally) to take advantage of current hardware, but not too much advantage, and I liked that too. The designers chose a visual simplicity that works in the game’s favour. I haven’t been able to adequately describe the game’s appeal to people, I don’t think, but I still try every chance I get.
The surrealist game in question in your book was also Japanese. Do you think Asian games are inherently of better quality or just more interesting due to the cultural difference?
I don’t know, man… after finishing Katamari Damacy, I’m inclined to say they’re better… but that’s a pretty unique game by any standards. Honestly, I just found the store near me that sells Japanese imports. Let me play a few more of them before I develop a real opinion about that. It does seem that there’s a hell of a lot more variety over there than over here. I like a good racing game as much as the next guy, but how many dozen can you make? | <urn:uuid:31c28e17-4a16-4d33-959f-63bc73c8e554> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://culturalgutter.com/2004/12/09/a_novel_approach_to_games/ | 2019-11-17T13:04:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668954.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20191117115233-20191117143233-00354.warc.gz | en | 0.978 | 1,017 | [
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The New Foldermini will bring a piece of our virtual world back into reality – it helps to bring the known order of your PC into your daily routine and your home. The new folder doesn‘t only mean liberation of desktop symbols but it can also be used as a storage place for postcards. It is a real-life counterpart to the first virtual archetype.
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Complete WordBrain Pig Level 17 Answers key. These Pig 17 cheats include all Android & IOS letters/words and a video guide with all the solutions at the bottom.
WordBrain Pig Level 17 Answers = SQUARE, STRING, ELEPHANT, TWINS
Also, check out the video below to see the correct WordBrain Pig 17 cheat path on each of the Pig 17 solutions. Note: All the letters you see in the crossword picture and in the video are the same for Google Play & Apple/Itunes.
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Notable Search Terms:
WordBrain Pig 17 Solutions
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The de Young Museum in San Francisco is a world-class fine arts museum, located in Golden Gate Park. The museum often hosts special, traveling exhibits like King Tut and the Orsay Impressionists, and houses a permanent collection of amazing variety.
The de Young Museum reopened in its new building in 2005, after being closed for five years; the original Deco-Spanish-style structure at the same location was damaged in the 1989 earthquake. The decision was made to construct a new home for the de Young, instead of trying to shore up the old one.
The new building provides an attractive setting inside for its varied collections, but the outside appearance of the museum stirred some controversy (especially the tower...didn't we seen something like this on Tatooine?).
The de Young has a huge collection of art from many eras: prehistoric art up to the latest fashion designs. It's impossible to list even a fraction of what they have to offer, but here's a sample:
Fascinating Mayan and Mexican ceramics from 200 B.C. until the time of the Spanish conquest.
This section also contains a roomful of murals from the Aztec capital of Teotihuacan.
This collection of American paintings and furniture spans the period from colonial times to the early 20th century, including works by Winslow Homer, Paul Revere, Mary Cassatt and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Both traditional and modern works; large collection of Inuit and Eskimo sculptures.
American and international modern art, from the early 20th century on, including works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Grant Wood, Diego Rivera, and Willem de Kooning.
I think this section is one of the highlights of the museum.
The collection of masks and other figures from Africa and New Guinea is impressive, and is presented in a very striking way. The dramatic lighting in the Oceania Gallery really enhances the eerie, other-worldly feeling.
Stroll outside the museum near the cafe and explore works by Joan Miro, Claes Oldenburg and others. Oldenburg was one of the original Pop Art guys.
The de Young Museum in San Francisco is one of the limited number of U.S. museums that get the really great exhibits that travel internationally. Very convenient for San Franciscans and our visitors!
Some are annual events: one of my favorites is the delightful Bouquets to Art exhibit which takes place in March every year. Florists and others artists create beautiful and strange flower arrangements to mirror specific works of art in the museum. The floral creation is placed next to the piece that inspired it, and there are hundreds of them all through the de Young galleries.
It's a good idea to check the de Young Museum schedule to see what's in town.
There's always at least one special exhibition happening at the de Young.
Museum docent tours are a great deal and really enhance enjoyment of the collections. They are free and there are usually around five tours to choose from every day, including "Three Masterpieces in 30 Minutes" and "Highlights of the de Young".
There are also a couple of additional tours relating to the special exhibits of the moment.
I went on one of the Three Masterpieces in 30 Minutes tours and really enjoyed it. The tours are different each time; it's up to the docent to pick the art works they want to talk about, so it's likely to be something they have some personal enthusiasm about.
Check the current docent schedule.
There are audio tours available at the front desk that relate to the permanent collection and the special exhibits. In English or Spanish, $8 ($7 for members).
There is an observation deck on the top of the tower (the tower that is so loved and hated by the locals). The view is great and it's free to go up there. Closes at 4:30 pm.
There is a nice cafe inside the museum with interesting globe lights and great food. Open for espressos and pastries in the morning and lunch starting at 11:00 am. Try their porchetta sandwich with a glass of wine - delicious!
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Special Exhibitions cost more; typically around $21-25.
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Buy your ticket through City Sightseeing to save $2.
Membership. If you plan to come often, it pays to become a member; admission is then free and includes most of the special exhibitions. And you can bring a guest. Individuals are $119 per year and families $199. Membership in the de Young includes the Legion of Honor Museum as well.
Get a multiple-attraction pass that includes the museum:
The de Young Museum is located on JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park, next door to the Japanese Tea Garden and across from the Academy of Sciences building. See map below.
Parking can usually be found on JFK Drive within reasonable walking distance from the museum. On busy days (sunny weekends and days of very popular special exhibits), parking is trickier. You'll have to park farther away on JFK or MLK Drives, or try the parking spots around Stow Lake nearby. Outside the park is much tougher.
This section of JFK Drive (roughly from 19th Ave/Crossover Drive to the eastern end of the park) is closed to cars on Sundays, and is also closed on Saturdays in the summer (April through September).
As a last resort: there is parking garage under the de Young Museum, a bit expensive ($3.50 to $4.00 per hour), but not terrible for a few hours. There is one entrance on 10th Avenue at Fulton, on the north side of the park, and another just off MLK Drive near the Academy of Sciences.
The sister museum for fine arts in San Francisco, the Palace of the Legion of Honor, also has an incredible collection.
Look there for Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, van Gogh & Rodin, Andy Warhol, and lots more.
With a ticket to the de Young Museum, you can also explore the Legion of Honor for free on the same day, and vice versa (if you have the stamina for two art museums in one day!)
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Nave Pegos yard is located within a 5 min walk from Faro railway station, on the southern edge of the City, by plane you can catch a bus or taxi from the airport its only 10 minutes away.
The boatyard is very close to some of the big marinas on the Algarve including Lagos, Portimão, Albufeira and Vilamoura marina. On the Spanish side you have Ayamonte marina on the Rio Guadiana and Huelva then there are all the ports around the bay of Cadiz including Rota, Porto sherry and Puerto America Marina which is part of the ports of Andalusia group, below Cadiz you have Barbate and furthest marina away from us within a day’s sail is Gibraltar about 120 nautical miles after that your into the Mediterranean you can always contact the boatyard via Email or telephone to find out availability.
Having passed through the entrance at Cabo de Santa Maria, the island of Culatra will be to starboard of you. Follow the red buoyed channel, until the Faro channel opens up to port, then follow the well buoyed channel to Faro docks, deep water all the way, even at low water. Pass Faro docks, on the starboard, and continue to follow the green buoys to green buoy no.23. You can continue if you wish to the private mooring area , being careful of the sand spit, or anchor out of the channel and contact Bruce. Bruce will then let you know when he will come out and guide you in. It would nice if you had your anchor up and waiting for him. Be prepared to berth port side to the small landing stage next to the lifting bay (see videos and photographs ). You may not be able to swing all the way round due to the narrow channel, but have your warps at the bow and nudge your bow on and hand your warps to the yard crew who will then warp you round into position for warping stern first into the lifting bay. | <urn:uuid:42b91c81-1f36-4e8d-a790-fee919a5ff3d> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://www.navepegos.com/how-to-find-us/ | 2019-11-22T03:16:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496671106.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20191122014756-20191122042756-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.948748 | 433 | [
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KRONOS is an innovative turntable that breaks the rules of conventional audio design, earning the reputation of being the first of its kind. It employs two identical high mass platters, one above the other rotating in opposite directions and moving at precisely the same speed. This engineering completely eliminates torsional forces. Since the turntable is protected from mechanical and environmental vibrations, it can therefore be suspended without any negative outcomes. Finally, the judicious use of materials helps minimize the transfer of remaining mechanical vibrations emitted from the bearings and stylus friction. The result is a turntable platform with unparalleled stability. A solution so innovative that two separate patents applications are presently pending with more to come. The Pro model uses and upgraded set of German-made Maxon DCX series motors for even better performance.
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Roses the flower of love, it has been a proven fact that roses are the unique way to say “I love you” without having to say the words. There’s no getting around it, the rose says romance like no other flower. If course roses are the most popular types of wedding flower that are used in weddings.
The ancient Romans used roses in festivals. Roses petals were mixed with wine for a decandent flavor or petals were showered over guests to give them a warm welcome. In Egypt it is believed the Cleopatra kept rose filled pillows in her boudoir and once received Mark Anthony in a room knee deep in rose petals. History proves that the rose has always been revered as a symbol for the celebration of love.
An all-star in the world of weddings, the rose is far from boring, particularly when it comes to color: the rose is available in solid colors and bicolor varieties, and there are striped roses and tipped roses as well. More than three thousand varieties of roses are grown commercially, many available year-round and that are surprisingly affordable. And though roses are associated with luxurious fragrance, not every rose is scented.
Roses have a specific reason behind their use in marriages. They are the best admired choice of couples. A white rose signifies purity, innocence, charm and bliss. This is a symbol portraying the bride. Red roses stand for fervor and strong love from the heart. When dark pink roses are used by a couple they stand for thankfulness to each other for finding themselves. Ivy colored rose can signify a couples loyalty and faithfulness amongst each other. Every couple craves for it.
Roses offer a showy and irresistible fragrant option for bridal bouquet and reception centerpieces. Who can resist the temptation of the first thing being is to smell the intricate rose? All roses are not the same so be sure to use your sniffer and find the fragrance you like best.
Roses can impart either a formal or a casual atmosphere, depending on the varieties and colors you choose. For your wedding in the Italian Lakes, a rose theme wedding pairs the vibrant fragrances and colors of roses with the beautiful colors of the lake for a casual, yet unique celebration. After all, roses are a very popular flower choice with their array of beautiful colors and fragrance. | <urn:uuid:cbf1690b-17a5-4901-b562-491de3632dd8> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.italianlakeswedding.com/blog/wedding-flowers/love-is-a-rose/ | 2019-11-22T01:56:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496671106.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20191122014756-20191122042756-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.934256 | 483 | [
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This thread is for those that are interested in general photography(not necessary motorcycle related) and would like to share their works/skills/passion with the rest of us. I have done this on other motorcycle forums before and there don't seem to be a thread like this here.
The only rule is to post your own work. Oh and maybe share a location(optional).
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It has been a very busy stock week for me and many other investors alike. Due to the election this week, the stock market was faced with quite a bit of fluctuation and volatility. With fluctuations and extreme volatility come great entry points for investors. Nothing feels better then purchasing into a stock when it is in the red. I have quoted it before but my favorite time to get into the market is when others are selling out
I did just that this week and I was able to take advantage of a great sale in a company I have been waiting on the side lines to enter into. That company is Pepsi. I wrote an in depth article highlighting my love for this company in the beginning to this year and all these values still hold true to this day,
One of the best safety nets investors like my self can employ to help protect my portfolio is diversify. This is exactly what Pepsi has managed to do with it's company. Pepsi is diversified in a LOT of products. To name a few, Gatorade, Doritos, Tostito's, Lipton, Mountain Dew, Quaker Oats and Lay's.
If you haven't heard of any of these brands, It may be safe for me to say that you live under a rock. Although I don't consume any of the products Pepsi owns I do know that the rest of the world does. This company has continued to grow sales consistently from year to year.
Here is a list of amazing facts that really make me feel secure about this purchase. The dividend yield is at 2.92% which is not the highest, but is still a great number. That makes it a payout of $3.01 per share and per year. The payout ratio is a little higher then I typically like but it is still within the a healthy level for dividend payout increases. Earnings per share is at an amazing $4.80 and the company has consistently been growing dividend payouts for 43 years straight! If these facts weren't enough to make you like the company here are a few more. Market cap is at 148B, EPS growth of 35% and revenue of 62B.
To say the least, this is a solid company with a solid balance sheet. They have amazing diversification within the consumer goods sector and this company is has the ability to grow and payout dividends for years to come.
now the fun facts on the addition to my Independence Fund. On 11/11/2016 I purchased 9 shares of PEP at 103.57 a share. I'm very happy with this entry point and it gives my position a lot of gas to grow with investment gains as well. With this new addition to my portfolio I have added 27.09 to my annual dividend Income. With this purchase it puts my portfolio's projected annual dividend income at $756.93 per year! I'm climbing closer and closer towards my year end goal $800 per year. It is becoming increasingly harder for me to hit this target by the end of the year but I'm very determined to hit this goal! I'm going to have to hit it out of the park with my next investment since I'm only $43.07 off from my goal. This is a very reasonable target and I have full confidence I will hit this goal with my next purchase.
I have also already broken another one of my yearly goals of owning 10 companies by the end of the year. I still have one more goal left for me to hit by the end of the year which I'm sure I will be able to surpass. With December approaching quickly I may not be able to put much extra into the account next month but we will see what I can do!
I'm really looking forward to the rest of the month as I still have two more dividend payouts to receive.
December will also be a very nice month for dividend payouts and I',m very excited for the rest of the year and what the market has in store for all of us.
How is everyone else's month going? Hopefully some others have taken advantage of some great buying opportunities this month. Photo courtesy of Pepsi Co. All Rights Reserved. | <urn:uuid:9ba2b370-7489-4cfe-b92f-0f6d1f5b35fa> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://diligentdividend.com/blog/2016/11/12/new-stock-purchase | 2019-11-12T11:03:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665521.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112101343-20191112125343-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.977898 | 842 | [
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By Deanna Minich, PhD, FACN, CNS
The word “detox” has taken on a much broader and more dynamic meaning over the past two decades. Instead of simply referring to the withdrawing from drug and alcohol use – we now know it to mean assisting the body with the removal of everyday physical and emotional toxins. This change may be because we find ourselves living in a heavily industrialized time. Pollutants regularly permeate our food, air, water, personal care products, even the clothes we wear – all impacting how the body functions.
More than five decades ago, toxins weren’t as visible on our medical radar. Increasing recognition came after the launch of Rachel Carson’s book titled, Silent Spring (1962), in which she pointed out the detrimental effects of modern pesticides – compared with what was used in the past, they are significantly more potent, slowly decompose, and concentrate in fatty tissue. She stated: “For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.” Indeed, the entire span of one’s life is vulnerable to these effects, especially the unborn, young children, women of all ages, especially pregnant women, and older adults. If an individual has a depressed immune system, such as a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy, they may be even greater risk.
It has been estimated that there are over 80,000 chemicals presently used in the United States. Some of them have not yet been extensively tested for their effects on human health. Research shows that we even come into the world with a toxic load. Up to 232 toxic chemicals have been found in the umbilical cord blood of 10 babies. These findings constitute evidence that infants are exposed to a host of dangerous substances while still in utero. As we age, our toxic load continues to compound – scientists estimate that everyone alive today carries within her or his body at least 700 contaminants. Medical literature continues to support the growing association between exposure to popularized toxins such as heavy metals (e.g., mercury, arsenic, lead), exogenous hormones (e.g., recombinant bovine growth hormone and synthetic estrogens), and industrial plasticizers (e.g., bisphenol A) and the rising incidence of neurobehavioral, reproductive, and musculoskeletal diseases – everything from attention deficit disorder to autism to infertility to fibromyalgia.
Some toxins are thought to play a role in metabolic disturbances such as insulin resistance, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, which is why these disrupting substances are even referred to as “obesogens.” When it comes to a well-rounded detoxification program, it’s also important to consider not just the physical removal of toxins, but also the emotional aspects that may need to be released as well. Toxicity can build in many areas of life – from the social networks we keep, to the stress we experience, to the quantity and quality of our sleep. Research continues to support the idea that “…humans are simultaneously biological and cultural beings, which means that physical and ideational networks are enfolded in and unfold from one another.”
Of course, as our knowledge about toxins grows, it becomes essential to assess one’s exposure. However, the point is not to become overwhelmed by fear of toxic exposure, but to take health into your own hands by finding safe ways to keep the body vital and capable of optimally processing and excreting environmental toxins. The five organs responsible for orchestrating good clearance of toxins include the gut, kidney, skin, liver, and lungs. Here are four essential steps to get your body on the “clean” path:
Be Good to the Gut
It’s best to begin any type of cleansing program by first ensuring that the intestines are in good shape so that you can excrete toxins without difficulty. Constipation leads to toxin buildup - the longer it takes for the body to remove toxins through the bowel, the greater the possibility that they will be reabsorbed into the systemic circulation. Normal bowel movements are at least once a day in the form of soft, well-formed stools. Fiber is critical to effective detoxification. It not only “traps” toxins within its matrix, but assists with generating movement in the intestines so that toxins are promptly eliminated. Fiber sources include: legumes, non-starchy vegetables, beans, fruit, seeds, nuts, and flaxseed meal. Otherwise, dietary fiber supplements like, psyllium, cellulose, oat fiber, and rice bran work well. The general recommendation for fiber is about 30 to 35 grams daily.
When it comes to the emotional aspects of the gut, consider any outdated emotions that are stored in the body and need to be “excreted.” When we don’t properly “eliminate” unhealthy emotions, we can experience increased levels of stress. Stress not only causes inflammation, but can elicit poor digestive function. Those who experience chronic stress have a difficult time maintaining a positive outlook on life and are at greater risk for disease and premature death.
Deep breathing is an example of one way to not only rid the lungs of stagnant air and contaminants, but also aid in moving the gut. When we breathe in deeply, the diaphragm moves down gently, massaging our intestines, and when we exhale, we create space in the gut area, allowing waste to move through us.
Let the Fluids Flow
If toxins aren’t being excreted in stool, they can end up in urine and sweat. For this reason, drinking adequate water is an imperative for healthy detoxification. Fiber works best with fluid, and being properly hydrated allows toxins to move in and out of cells freely. Monitor fluid intake by assessing the color of urine. If it is dark to medium yellow, more water may be needed. It is important to note that certain vitamins may also darken the urine. A general guideline for fluid intake is just a little over 2 liters for a 70 kg person. Ensure that water is purified and consumed throughout the day (not just at meals) in a non-plastic container, preferably glass or stainless steel. Sweating is another form of detoxification. If possible, spend time in a sauna (preferably an infrared one), to maximize toxin excretion through the large surface area of the skin. It is important to check with your healthcare provider if you have high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease or if you are pregnant, before using a sauna.
Aside from “cleaning” aspect of water washing out physical toxins, the water element represents emotions and creativity. During detoxification, consider any emotions that may need to be released – tears or sadness bottled up inside. Tears are thought to help the body release inflammatory cytokines. In one clinical study by Dr. Ishii and colleagues at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, they showed that being easily brought to tears is associated with a better response for the immune and neuroendocrine systems. Engaging in creative activities can assist in emotional expression -- listening to music, singing, painting, and dancing, for example.
Liven the Liver
The liver is the classic “hub” of metabolic detoxification and acts as the head of the army of attack against toxins. It is important that phase II enzymes are working efficiently because the phase I compounds can often be more chemically toxic to the body compared to the form they were in when they started out. Some people have an overactive phase I system in their liver and an underactive phase II process. One of the basic requirements for these enzymes is protein, which is why a juice or water fast may impede effective liver detoxification. High-quality, hypoallergenic protein such as rice protein with added amino acids is one example of a protein source that can provide the raw materials to get toxins packaged for their exit out of the body.
Other substances that can help streamline the processing of toxins through the liver include: green tea, curry, and cruciferous vegetables. Epigallocatechingallate, otherwise known as EGCG, found in green tea, can assist with boosting phase II enzymes, as well as providing antioxidant protection against phase I metabolites. Another powerful substance for liver detox is curcumin, the active compound of the yellow root, turmeric, used in Indian curries. Curcumin is an anti-inflammatory substance that balances phase I and phase II activities. Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, and Brussels sprouts are excellent in supporting liver detoxification. It is recommended to get at least one serving daily.
When it comes to emotions, traditional medicine would say the liver is about action, which is why anger is often associated with this organ. Anger is simply a “call to act.” It is a catalyst that prompts us to change something or make a statement about our boundaries. During the detoxification process, note the presence of anger. Is it easily expressed or stuffed down inside? Finding healthy ways to vent anger can be more beneficial than just reacting in a volatile way.
Detoxification is an essential process for most individuals nowadays due to the increased toxic burdens we carry. There are ways to make the most of daily detoxification through foods and drinks that assist in the functioning of the gut and liver. Whether one consumes foods for daily detoxification or undergoes a targeted, more intensive program with a healthcare professional, consider the benefits of approaching detoxification in a more holistic way. Include the emotions in conjunction with the physical body for a deeper elimination. My detox program, Whole Detox, address the physical and emotional aspects of detox for a full-spectrum transformation! Learn more at whole-detox.com.
Deanna Minich, PhD, is a functional nutritionist and mind-body medicine health expert and author of Whole Detox. See her website, www.deannaminich.com, and Facebook page, Deanna Minich, PhD, for more details.
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Come up with the right formula
Firstly, the last thing that you want to do is to produce a video that feels like it is a paid announcement (or anything like that). That is the very same guideline that uses to composed material. You don’t want to compose advertising content because blatant selling is a huge no-no when it comes to marketing your brand. People will not appreciate it and you will not prosper with that sort of approach.
The reality is that you are constantly offering your brand and yourself (in relation to your organisation). Nevertheless, if you are smart about it, you will not stumble upon as somebody whose only focus is selling. That is really crucial in service. Now, back to the concept of videos and how popular yours will end up being, there are particular principles that you can apply, which will assist your videos to go viral.
Don’t knock them over the head with promo: If you have any hope of your video going viral, you will want to provide your viewers with valuable, educational, engaging info. The one thing that you do not wish to do (ever) is to sell anything in your video directly. That implies that you don’t speak about your products and/or services straight in the video. Instead, you will want to tell your story and apply concepts to that story. The story is essential and can be exceptionally reliable if done properly. Stories have lots of feelings. When other individuals hear your story, they will react emotionally, one human being to another. That is how you begin to build your relationships which is what will eventually get the other person to buy what you are offering. Naturally, that is only after you have been able to persuade the other individual that you are the most educated person in your specific niche and that the other person discovers you to be very reliable and credible. That may take a while but it will be well worth it.
Inform your story in the most engaging method possible: Your story is important to your success. It needs to catch the interest of the viewer and hold it there up until your story is completed. Your story must keep the other person engaged and your story must make the other person feel that you genuinely comprehend how he or she feels because you have experienced what the other person has experienced. That is the human connection that everyone is searching for. You have so much potential to inform numerous different compelling stories. After all, you have had various experiences in your life as much as this point and those experiences must be shared with individuals with whom they can do the most great.
Let your feelings become bound to the other individual’s feelings: The relationship that you share with the other person will not only begin with some sort of psychological connection but, with time, more and more psychological connections will be made in between you and the other person. That is how you grow your relationship together and it is how you preserve that special connection that exists between you. Obviously, it is safe to say that not all of the emotions that you reveal will be positive ones. There will be times when other feelings are gone over. That is not a bad thing at all. It simply shows further how human you actually are. It is also essential to keep in mind here that the feelings that you reveal in your stories will connect back directly to your brand. You have the capability and the right to pick which stories (and which feelings) you want to show your audiences. You will want to think carefully about what you wish to put into your videos.
Surprise your viewers: When it comes to video content, you want to be anything however ordinary. The more intriguing, compelling, and unexpected you can make your videos, the more other individuals will have an interest in hearing what you have to say. They will likewise be obliged to share your video with other people they know and rely on if they think that what you are stating and how you are stating it deserves providing to others. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being creative and with thinking beyond package. Stretching limits is a good concept when it pertains to videos as long as it is done appropriately. If your video content is surprising, you will be producing buzz and people will discuss it. That is exactly what you wish to take place. Not just do you want other people to discuss your video however you want them to think of your video as well and you want them to be influenced by what you are sharing with them.
Well, if you follow the tips that have been discussed here, you have a great shot at your video becoming viral. At the very same time, remember that you only have three seconds in which to capture the interest of your viewers. If they like what they saw in those 3 seconds, they will want to keep enjoying. That is exactly why those three seconds are so vital. Naturally, you will constantly want to make certain that your video is amusing in addition to catching those other critical ideas. However, it is likewise crucial for you to comprehend that there is no assurance that your video will go viral. However, the formula has been proven to work so there is no reason that it won’t work for you. If you are genuine and you connect with your audiences on concerns that are very important to you, they will listen and they will relate to what you are showing them.
Michael Cohn is the creator and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CompuKol Communications. He has more than 25 years of experience in IT and web technologies. Mr. Cohn spent a considerable quantity of time at a major telecommunications business, where his primary focus was on starting and leading synergy efforts across all organisation systems by considerably improving efficiency, online collaboration, and the company’s Intranet abilities, which accelerated gains in company efficiency. He likewise minimized company travel and travel costs by introducing and carrying out numerous cooperation innovations.
His expertise includes organisation analysis; job management; management of global cross-matrix teams; systems engineering and analysis, architecture, prototyping and combination; technology assessment and assessment; systems development; efficiency assessment; and management of off-shore development. | <urn:uuid:1cc2660d-cd00-4aec-a0c9-192de0c80641> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://fotoworlduk.co.uk/how-to-make-your-video-go-viral/ | 2019-11-13T23:30:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496667442.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20191113215021-20191114003021-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.973711 | 1,337 | [
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The project and its financial affairs are regularly overseen by a steering committee of three – the project leader (Johannes Haarhoff) and one representative each of South African Institution of Civil Engineers (Johan de Koker) and Transnet Freight Rail (Yolanda Meyer) – the co-signatories of the MoU. EFT payment details are as follows:
Bank Capitec Bank
Account holder T Haarhoff
Account name DRISA Project
Account number 14 5921 1721
Branch code 470 010
Reference [please provide your own name]
Cheques have to be made out to “T Haarhoff” and deposited at any Capitec Bank branch by providing the details above. For any difficulties, please use the contact provided at the end.
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Scoops I bale to fill the
slices that I fragmented of love,
empty and dull of color.
You smile as I hold
in my palms the moonlight
that filled the terrace.
“Herbs, trees, cattle, birds, and other animals that have been destroyed for sacrifices are reincarnated in higher existences.”
Manusmriti : Chapter V, 40
The silent jangle of disjointed bones is muted in the breeze over the field of salt where on rainless months grasses grow for the cattle to feed.
There is something to a dead wing of a butterfly that tells stories of forests where sunlight dappled on dry leaves in flight: gold coins bobbing on the breath of the foliage where you grazed in silence.
The marigold is the orange warmth of my heart, but the edges are a little frayed, bleached pale as pearly shells, the folds under the flared nose moist and dipping into that eddy of ivoryness.
The day hangs on a bird’s cry, the time between life and death suspended on the hook of a song; you tear with impatience like a coat filled with wind ready to blow away.
The leaf twitches in the breeze, a bird trills away in the drugged heat of day, as the moon fills into the sadness of your eyes.
You knot yourself into the umbra of existence, ball of fear rolls away as the whites of your eyes take the color of the placid blue sky, painless like a mirror emptied of reflections.
I toss a coin into the river for you, I watch the disc fold in the light like your eyes before they closed the final time, when they rested on the grass field outside my window.
Dearest, what happens to words that drop between us
like dust to build a hill; the curves and loops of letters that
travel to my throat to stifle me into silence, breathlessness.
I emerge from the lake, clear the algae that fall over my eyes,
but find you have turned away. And the sand has wiped my name:
kisses and caresses went to print my name there in you.
I hold the emptiness in my palms, hollow of words take the
shape of pain. I hold your name in my mouth, roll it in my tongue,
let love soak through my bones as I rebuild you breath by breath.
I grope in the depth of my boat
for memories of you – texture of skin,
blemish in neck that breathes. In black silt
I fish grains of stars that glint
in the moon lit night, arc of silver
on my hand is a perfect pearl of pain
probed by your hands minute
after minute. The arching of sky
to meet the sea is enabled by storm
you create in my heart. Wearied
I turn back to the shore, open my fist
and watch star dust sink to the sea bed.
Photo credit: Jill Kraft
your eyes turn grey brown
take the colour of the distant hills
rolling away from me in a blue haze,
the smell of almond blossoms soft
wraps me into its milky presence;
a shard of moon I pin to my blouse
and walk my path alone carrying
dust from your feet as my prayer
and travel mate in my journey
Blossoming Almond Branches by Vincent Van Gogh
the stranger from distant mountains
entered my grove of fragrant guavas
bee sick with nectar hovered by him
i held my gaze on the trail it left
with lacy wings on his skin
scorched by my cursed thirst
In the path dull light mists as a snail’s breath;
I see no further, dig my feet in the warmth
of your love, the slant of your gaze on me
wrapping me in quietness of embrace. Just then
as though hundred heavens have opened
sky is washed red with sinking sun, garnet
beads of tears prick my eyes as you touch
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What does a nice Catholic school girl do to make her way through college? Get a day job? Host bake sales? How about becoming a prostitute?
That's Alyssa's solution, in a roundabout way. From a chance encounter at the mall to a fateful association with an older man named Gary, Alyssa learns how easy it can be to get what she wants while she's on her knees. But when she convinces Gary to hold an online auction to sell her virginity, Alyssa is introduced to an entirely new world by a charismatic and powerful man named Ian Holloway.
Through Ian, Alyssa discovers the exciting life of a high-priced call girl. But it's not always glamorous, Alyssa discovers, when she realizes that she is selling much more than her body...
Cleo's words echoed in my mind: "Even your own mother wouldn't recognize you when you're all dolled up. Trust me."
She wasn't kidding, I thought, staring at my reflection that Wednesday evening. I barely even recognize myself!
Cleo had shown me how to apply my new makeup, which resulted in a dramatic, startling transformation. My cheekbones were brought out and made sharper, making my face seem more narrow as it tapered to my chin. Almost cat-like, in a way, I thought. Very sexy, yet playful at the same time.
The new base gave my skin a soft golden glow that blended with my light tan. The costly mascara and eye liner brought out the hazel in my eyes, making them vivid. With my hair in a professional bun, secured by a golden clip, I did, indeed, look totally different. I still looked like a teenager, just a really, really elegant teenager.
I giggled. Well, hello Miss Rockefeller . . . .
I felt excited about my first official date, despite my anxiety. All I knew about the man was his name. I wondered what Mr. Thomas Dunson was expecting from me.
I smoothed down the silky blue dress I wore. It hugged my body and delved really low in the front, showing off practically half my breasts, and was essentially backless. The hem of the skirt stopped about three inches above the knee. I wore some of my new jewelry, including a couple bracelets, the pendant Ian had given me (the sapphire matched the dress perfectly), a gold ankle chain, and of course, under my dress, my new gold waist chain. Four-inch heels completed my outfit. No underwear. "Escorts only wear undergarments if specifically requested," Cleo had told me.
My arousal was growing. The dress was so sheer I felt practically naked. Anyone giving me even a casual glance would be able to tell I wasn't wearing panties. I smiled naughtily at the thought.
Alyssa Green, sex kitten, I thought. Only, I'm not Alyssa right now.
"Yvette," I said carefully, watching my lips move in the mirror. Cleo had told me that it was necessary to use a different name, just in case I met someone I knew. She assured me that with a different name and a different way of moving and talking, I would be able to deflect any suspicion of my real identity.
"Yvette," I said again, and grinned. I had always thought the name was perfect for a porn star. Or an escort. Suitably sultry, and a little mysterious.
I smoked a cigarette as I waited, practicing my posing. Cleo had taught me how to sit in a way that was both elegantly charming and sensually teasing. Everything about the way I acted when on a date was to "exude sex," as she put it. Not to be obvious that I was being paid for sex, I nevertheless had to convey the idea to others that I was a sexually skilled and confident woman. The kind of woman men desired.
When the knock sounded, I was startled, my heartbeat suddenly increasing in tempo. I got up, looked through the peep-hole, and saw a man in a chauffeur's hat.
Showtime, I thought. I grabbed the long, simple coat I had hung on the wall and slipped it on. It covered me from neck to calf. Cleo had told me that I should always wear the coat to and from the car when leaving or coming home, to reduce suspicion about my activities, as well as to hide the elegance of my appearance.
I opened the door, making sure I had my little purse and keys. The man on my doorstep was in his early thirties, I figured, and had a very professional air about him.
"Miss Yvette?" he asked.
I smiled. I really liked the way my new name sounded. "Yes."
He gave me a curt nod. "Your car awaits, Miss."
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Surpassing the Love of Men
Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present
Pub. price: $16.99
Used - Standard: $8.99
ISBN10: 0688133304 ISBN13: 9780688133306 Publisher: Perennial Published: Jul 1 1998 Weight: 1.50lbs. Height: 9.25" Width: 6.00" Depth: 1.25" Language: English
Draws a variety of sources from the writings of Henry James to the Ladies Home Journal to explore 500 years of friendship and love between women and to cast light on shifting female sexuality theories. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award. Reissue. | <urn:uuid:046586c0-e67c-4a50-a52d-8b993d733609> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.magersandquinn.com/product_info?products_id=1669688 | 2019-11-20T17:23:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670597.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20191120162215-20191120190215-00554.warc.gz | en | 0.798371 | 143 | [
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Advocating to Improve Your Community
There are many ways to address community needs, whether through awareness-raising, fundraising or just by doing it yourself. Sometimes these approaches work, but many times, the only way to ensure that the government takes responsibility for creating long-term, sustainable solutions to community needs is through the policymaking process. And citizens, like you, have a role to play in influencing the government to respond with the specific solution that you and your neighbors would like to see implemented. This is called advocacy.
If you are someone who has a vision for how to improve your community by working with your neighbors to influence local authorities, then this online course can be useful for you. Through this course - Advocating to Improve Your Community - you will learn how to plan for and implement an advocacy campaign that can help you influence local authorities to take action and make positive changes in your community.
This course is divided into five lessons:
- Introducing Advocacy
- Planning for Advocacy
- Developing Advocacy Messages
- Implementing Your Advocacy Campaign
- Conclusion: Learning from Your Efforts and Looking to the Future
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The Kiwanis Club welcomes visitors from all over the world to Calle Ocho where visitors numbered 1-1.5 million. NBD. On the streets, there is music stages on every block, dancing, and conga lines, food, vendors, children's areas and more food.
Posts from the ‘Miami’ Category
SoBe-South Beach, Miami -Travel Thursday
Part 2 of Miami 3; 1. Little Havana, 2.The Everglades 3. So Be
Warm weather, awesome beaches, food to die for and a chance to knock out one of my U.N.E.S.C.O. bucket list wishes. I found a four leaf clover. There is that association with; Ferrari’s, clubs, Kardashians, yachts, overall hectic frenzy, plastic and bro-filled streets. There is that, but with an open mind one can spend some time finding peace and beauty.
The beaches here are ridiculous. Warm water, soft sand, safe and sunshine. Away from the party.
Characters are plenty.
This photo shows a lemur, in a diaper, in a bike. No big deal. (Thanks to Macaira L for this photo)
Lots of wealth. A place where; Bentley,Porsche, Ferrari,Maserati’s are pretty much like Toyota and Chevrolet in the real world. Then, there are the fast and furious, so pretty much everyday I saw some type of crash where airbags were deployed. . The last photo was someone crashing into a bus stop. Fortunately, no one was in this bus stop.
Lots of food choices. Espanola way has a beautiful setting. I ate there a few times and had one good meal and one overpriced meal with meh service.
A side trip to deep sea fish with a hometown friend. Deep sea fishing was on my bucket list. Check!
Art and culture is abound. I really loved my visit to The Holocaust Memorial. In memory of six million martyrs. Fact, Miami has one of the largest Holocaust survivor populations in the world. Built with Jerusalem Stone and surrounded by a reflecting pool of still water.
This path was meant to give an illusion of the diminished self. The names of death camps are listed on the side walls and are meant to “stare out at you.”
A Memorial Wall filled with names of those lost. Many in groups of families and from different places in Europe.
Would have loved to take photos there with my good camera. Simply moving. I took a million photos so check out my instagram at [email protected]
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.-Desmond Tutu
Last of all, take in a sunset or two.
I really LOVED my time here. I give my whole experience on SoBe 5 MEGASTARS *****
1. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
2. People watch, better yet bring a friend and share some laughs. this place can be a trip.
3. Due to traffic, it can be difficult to drive on and off SoBe. Either stay for the beaches and sightseeing or, plan your trips at non traffic peak times. I saw so many accidents and I was there for one week only.
4. If you are a walker and most humans should be, one can walk nearly anywhere or use public transportation quite easily. There are rental bike spots everywhere, just put in your credit card. I was going to bring my bike but changed my mind. After seeing so many car accidents, I would caution bikers to be very very careful
5. Have a big wallet? Go to Smith and Wollensky for a sunset dinner. Go a decent time before sunset and asked to be seated outside by the water.
6. Like quiet? Research quiet areas. I stayed SoFi or South of fifth and had excellent stay. Great location. Try to find a place with parking included. Towing of luxury cars is an entertainment best enjoyed watching. As usual, I did get one ticket.
7. Traveling to South Florida? DO buy a Sun Pass. You will save a LOT of time and traffic headaches.
Tasting food in Little Havana was on my Miami Bucket List. Before this trip, I found a great article on “11 Latin Dishes in Miami To Try Before You Die.” http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/featured-articles/native-latin
The Versailles Restaurant seemed to pop up on every article that I read. i really loved it! There is a bakery room where you can pick up the most amazing foods and that great coffee! I give Versailles 5 MEGASTARS *****
Yum Take your number and shop while you wait.
Sandwiches to die for! The Cuban Sandwich was on my list and in my belly. Cuban Coffee, Cuban pull, Cuban espresso, cuban shot.
Just what is cuban coffee? I learned it is a specific roast from Bustelo or Pilon brands, owned by Cuban exiles. It is an expresso like drink brewed with demera sugar in the beginning and it forms a syrup, topped with a head called espumita. I found it in many places and on the cheap. You can also buy these little cups, I mean tiny like smaller than a shot-glass. There are entire blogs written about the ways to order your Cuban Coffee. Me, I went for the double double Cortadito, which has a bit of milk. I had a second thanks to the two days and two red eye flights. The second cup, I ordered with sugar free sweetener. Of course it was best with the sugar, but a girls gotta be careful when chowing her way through Lil Havana.
On that note, I had breakfast one morning at Versailles and I was curious about the Cuban toast. I felt ashamed of myself for eating the entire piece slathered with butter, I got over it. So Good! Perfection.
Down the street from Versailles on Calle Ocho I ate at Exquisito. This restaurant was recommended by The Travel Channel website for traditional Cuban meals. I tried their suggestion of Vaca Frita with a side of Malanga, which is described as an edible ornamental, sub tropical plant. The portion of the root is fried and served with garlic sauce. What’s not to like about that? 5 MEGASTARS *****
Across the street is this super cool artisanal ice cream and sorbet “boutique” called Azucar. I was reading an article about Cuban Sandwiches, and this place was mentioned as a celebration if Miami’s diverse cultures. I learned the flavors rotate weekly. With flavors such as sweet plantain and rum cake with walnuts, it’s tough to be just passing through. 5 megastars for Azucar *****
1. Go straight to Versailles. It’s good and the prices are reasonable. Nice service and a fun menu.
2. Flying in and out of the Miami Airport on the red eye? Great Cuban coffee to be found there.
3. Azucar was pretty special-save room for this place.
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Until August 30, you can send a free postcard from the Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) to any country of the world. It is reported by the airport press service. The project is aimed at promoting Ukraine in the world, developing tourism potential and promoting the #UkraineNOW brand.
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The marriage rate in the United States has consistently declined in the past 50 years while the percentage of children growing up with one parent has increased. If this doesn’t seem alarming to many of us today, it’s because we have a very different idea of marriage than the one that existed in the past. Until recently, marriage has been regarded as the means for starting a family and raising children. A decline in marriage means a decline in the only institution that can raise a new generation of people and ensure that they have the personal qualities and support necessary to succeed and be good individuals.
Whereas some traditionalists point to the expansion of marriage to same-sex couples as the cause of its degradation, other social attitudes and policies have had a far greater negative impact. On the one hand, those who consider the debate over gay marriage “settled” have probably not given much thought to what marriage actually is. But those who think gay marriage weakens the traditional family have become distracted from the greater marriage crisis—that of the high rate of divorce and single-parent households. While we’ve been focusing on the tiny percentage of Americans who would directly benefit from legal gay marriage, we’ve turned our backs on the most common household configuration. It’s in bad shape.
The nuclear family was a hallmark of American society since colonial times. In America there existed a kind of geographic mobility and freedom that was unrivalled anywhere else, and it allowed a break with the traditional norms of aristocratic Europe. This change constituted a redefining of marriage. It was no longer about “the uniting of goods,” as Tocqueville wrote, but rather “the similarity of tastes and ideas that brings man and women together . . . and fixes them beside one another.” In short, it was about the people.
For a long time, marriage being “about the people” meant that it was a route to the greatest and most respected joy in life: raising children. It also involved a sense of obligation. As Mary Beth Norton writes in Liberty’s Daughters, women in the early American republic had the esteemed, if confining, role of raising and educating the next generation of citizens. As long as a thriving family remained the ultimate American goal, personal happiness and the good of society enjoyed a close bond.
Since the 1960s government policies and social attitudes—especially radical individualism—have begun to marginalize the role of the family not only as the foundation of a good life, but also as the central unit of society. The expansion of no-fault divorce in several states has made it easier for men and women to leave their families, while also making marriage a less serious decision than it used to be. “Til death do us part” is an absurdity when you consider the number of marriages that end when the partners get bored with each other.
Meanwhile, federal welfare programs have encouraged absentee fathers by providing greater benefits to single-mother households. Progressives want to replace the family with the state, but don’t realize the consequences of doing so. They’re under the impression that there’s only one good way to raise children, and that we can’t just allow any average American to take on that responsibility. There’s no better example of this than Barack Obama’s “Life of Julia” online campaign advertisement, which tries to portray the government as a legitimate replacement for a family.
But the most significant cause of the marriage crisis is also the hardest to see. We don’t think of marriage in the same way anymore because we can’t conceive of a higher purpose than our own personal satisfaction. In this light, marriage isn’t about fidelity or obligation or raising good children. It’s about me. Who are we to judge people who rushed into bad marriages? It’s their decision, their prerogative, their consequences. But we know that’s an oversimplification.
The marriage crisis can’t be fixed by laws. We need to have the confidence to not only believe in social values, but to promote them. The process is uncomfortable: it involves judging people, stigmatizing certain behaviors, and being able to adequately defend values in terms of both morals and practicality. If we’re serious about marriage as a positive force in society we need to be concerned about the trend of diluting the institution into a temporary arrangement for personal interest. The greatest threat to marriage right now isn’t its expansion to same-sex couples, but the apathy toward marital obligations and a lack of regard for the importance of the family. | <urn:uuid:df7e2622-1977-41f5-9b20-6d9fceb66cd0> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://www.ahienquiry.org/writing-collect/2015/9/15/ending-the-marriage-crisis | 2019-11-12T15:31:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665575.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112151954-20191112175954-00194.warc.gz | en | 0.962518 | 965 | [
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There are a few lessons to be learned from our experience yesterday. (Click link for the full story)
>King was calm when he got out of the car. I heard him gently ask the girl if she was okay. He was gentle in speaking with each person concerned, from the witnesses, the neighbor, to the mom. In hindsight, I realize how well he handled all of it. If I were the one driving, I would have freaked out, mad as hell at myself, the situation and everyone else. Yes, I would have felt first before I would have thought. The outcome would have been very different, I imagine. Thank God I wasn’t driving, and I caught myself before I started ranting. IN TENSE SITUATIONS, EVEN AS THE ACCOMPANYING PARTY, WE MUST REMAIN CALM AND USE OUR HEAD.
>King was not and could not have been driving fast given the tight space of where the accident happened. It was not a case of King not seeing the girl cross in front of us because she WASN’T in front of us. She came from the side and hit King’s door. It was clearly not carelessness on our part, but we could not walk away from something like that. We could not walk away from Angel. It did not even cross our minds. We had to take responsibility despite the facts. We just had to do the right thing. PROVING WHO IS RIGHT OR WRONG MATTERS SO MUCH LESS THAN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.
>”You can’t use that as an excuse. How can a girl hit a car? All expenses should be paid!” I was already starting to get riled up hearing these words from Angel’s mom when she arrived, especially since we did not even think for a second not to take care of the expenses. I actually sort of laughed to myself and told the girls (and myself) to be quiet. I know myself too well. If I start, I may not be able to stop. So I chose not to start. Arguing would have made things worse. It would have made the mom angrier, more defensive, and she would never have accepted anything we had to say. SOMETIMES, IT IS BETTER TO BE QUIET EVEN WHEN WHAT WE WANT TO SAY IS TRUE AND RIGHT.
>Upon talking to the mom, she mentioned that there were a couple of people who kept yakking when she arrived at the scene. She didn’t even know them, but they were telling her to sue us. And to think those people weren’t actually there when it happened! Some people just don’t know that they are not helping, that they are merely adding fuel to the fire. Or maybe some people just want to cause trouble for others. I thank God she did not listen to them, though clearly she was upset with us at first. I thank God she chose to get the facts, instead of letting her emotions rule. Her main concern, she told me, was the welfare of her child. There are many people with different opinions, beliefs, and intentions. WE MUST BE WISE IN CHOOSING WHO WE GIVE OUR EAR TO.
>Even though it was not our fault, I can totally understand why others would immediately think it is. It does sound silly when we say a girl hit our car. How is that even possible? Well, believe it or not, it is. It just goes to show that what we think, based on what makes the most sense, may not actually be correct. IT IS EASY TO ASSUME AND TO JUDGE, BUT YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW MUCH IF YOU WEREN’T ACTUALLY THERE YOURSELF.
>Accidents happen. Nobody ever plans to get into one, but we can certainly plan to somehow prevent them. What happened with Angel just reinforced what we have been teaching our kids. I get graphic when I tell them that disobedience can cost a life. Crossing the street is no joke. Danae already did that once — she refused to hold my hand and she dashed to the other side of the road as a van was slowly approaching. Thankfully, nothing happened, though it was a potentially disastrous scenario. I am sure that Angel and our experience are now ingrained in my girls’ minds, that they will be extra careful around cars and on streets. TEACHING OUR KIDS IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE, BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED FOR LIFE.
>I learned later on that their neighbors who helped us was not even close to their family. They only knew Angel because she frequently bought goods from their small store. It was perfect timing that they just happened to pass by on their motorcycle within those ten minutes, and dropped their plans, so they could help Angel out. The witnesses whom Angel was walking behind, willingly recounted the event to the neighbor who stayed with us. It didn’t have to be a “our word vs their word” type of thing. Add to that, King discovered that Angel’s mom is also a Christian! In all of it, God’s grace was evident. We are completely thankful that DESPITE OUR INABILITY TO COMPREHEND WHY BAD THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN, WE CAN BE SURE OF GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY AND HIS FAITHFULNESS. | <urn:uuid:0e503193-0c9b-44cc-9327-8e6a6341eac4> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://phoebelucero.com/2012/08/14/lessons-learned-from-yesterday/ | 2019-11-14T04:14:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496667945.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20191114030315-20191114054315-00354.warc.gz | en | 0.985945 | 1,132 | [
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Patience brought Ogden to the brink of the State Tournament.
Two bases-loaded walks proved to be the difference in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Pella Christian in a Class 2-A Regional softball semifinal.
Up next is a Monday final against Earlham.
“We’re okay,” coach Mike Moses said after the Bulldogs improved to 24-7. “If Denali (Loecker) can keep pitching like that and we can muster some runs, I think we have a chance against anybody.”
Loecker allowed just a single run while tossing 14 postseason innings, including an 8-0 triumph in the quarterfinals against I-35 Truro.
Her bid for a shutout Saturday ended when Pella Christian capitalized on a couple of defensive gaffes in the third inning.
Ogden regained control in the bottom of the fourth.
Reagan Church led off with a single. Amber Braniff drew a walk and Loecker was given a free pass to first base.
Lauren Kennedy followed and worked the count full before being walked, plating a run. After a pitching change, Meredith Adreon drew another bases-loaded walk.
After collecting nine walks while beating I-35, the Bulldogs continued to be selective.
“I thought we were a lot more patient tonight than we were Wednesday night and it helped us a lot,” Moses said.
Faith Mohr delivered a run-scoring single to right field in the second inning, to get Ogden on the board. Gabby Ross also contributed a base hit in that frame.
Loecker, meanwhile, shows faith when opponents refuse to challenge her.
“Every time I get on base, I know I’m going to move around somehow,” said Loecker, who entered the weekend with a .786 on-base percentage. “There’s a pretty good chance when I get walked, I’m scoring.”
The Bulldogs struck the ball hard several times, but were never able to deliver the knockout blow.
“We had some really nice hits, but their outfield is fast,” Moses said. “They ran some down.”
Ogden seemed a little jittery early, but with a core of juniors to rely on, began to embrace the moment.
“We’ve just got to play together and keep each other calm and focused,” Loecker said. “This year, we’ve become really close as a team and we’ve gotten a lot better.”
Moses also does his part to keep things loose, even if it requires a little improvisation and teasing.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens and Papa John’s teamed up this past season to donate $40,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore.
According to a Ravens release, Papa John’s originally gave $20,000 to the Boys & Girls clubs, as well as pizzas for events and parties throughout the season.
The Ravens then matched the donation to support the efforts, the release said.
“On behalf of the young people we serve, we are deeply grateful for the generous support of the Ravens and Papa John’s and their ongoing commitment to Baltimore,” stated Jeff Breslin, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore. “We are proud to be the beneficiary of the consistent community leadership shown by the Ravens and their willingness to engage strong partners like Papa John’s in our work to ensure young people across Baltimore are engaged in positive and enriching activities.”
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70 Hungarian postcards to the 70-year-old Israel
Hungarian engineers making aliyah
By Zsuzsa Shiri - 2018-03-09
Translated from the Hungarian original: Bea Sara Goll
In 1903, 24 university students in Budapest had a great idea and founded Makkabea, the first Hungarian Zionist student association. The initiator Nisan Kahan from Transylvania was a law student, who had already become acquainted with the ideas of Theodor Herzl. He, together with Samuel Krausz, Herzl's personal delegate, joined the other founder, Mór Bisseliches. Krausz became the first president, soon followed by Bisseliches, who brought in new members from the non-Zionist, Jewish Youth Association that had previously been founded in opposition to the far-right Turul Alliance.
Makkabea, 1913 Budapest
With the help of Makkabea, several new Hungarian Zionist associations were born: Jehuda, of the office workers and sales clerks, Ivria, of the high school students, Deborah, of the Zionist women, Akiba, of the rabbinical seminary (which also operated a high school at that time), the Fencing and Athletic Club (VAC) of athletes, Kadima of the Jewish Scouting Movement, and the Aviva-Barissia Movement with specifically socialist doctrines: Aviva for girls, and Barissia for boys.
In Makkabea, not everybody was ready to move right away to Palestine to found a State, but those who were seriously committed to the idea of studying Hebrew and returning to the ancient New Country, organized independently as Bar Kokhba. After World War I, Trianon, and particularly after the White Terror and Horthy's entry on a white horse as the Regent, many of them felt that the time had come to leave Hungary, and in the early twenties dozens of young Hungarian intellectuals, mostly engineers made aliyah together to Eretz Israel ,helping each other. While still in Pest, they had formed the group Mehandes to prepare for the big voyage.
The first wave came in June 1920 with Jenő and Imre Brünn (Shlomo and Nathan), Imre’s future brother-in-law, István Török (Jacob), Béla Szívós (Eitan), Moses Sternheim (Moshe) - all engineers. A lawyer from Pozsony, a Dr. Unger, had come up with fake papers: according to their documents, they were all born in Palestine, just returning home, since back then Sohnut was not yet there to arrange the paperwork for them.
Jenő and Paul Brünn
A Palestine Office was set up in Pest the same year, and within a few months, the next group of forty was allowed in officially, among them engineers, technical specialists, students and builders. The start was still not easy for them: the engineers Aszod and Katzburg became victims of the 1921 riots.
Their Zionism did not end with the landing in Haifa: in Palestine, under the leadership of Jenő Brünn (izraelinfo has recently written about one of his grandsons), they formed a group called Hagomel. They kept helping each other with money, accommodation, work and mutual protection. They were well organized, constantly corresponding; as soon as one of them had learned of an engineering job, he told all his colleagues. They have created a fund for those who were unemployed or needy, to help them live and survive, and be able to stay, if they had already committed to a re-start. Their first job was a wage-earner’s simple physical work: building terraces, reinforced with stone walls in Kiryat Anavim. Meanwhile, they lived in a rented house at the edge of the old town, threw their money in a common kitty, and together they cooked, did the laundry, led a common household - boys and girls mixed, which, at that time counted as a very revolutionary idea.
Hungarians on a Friday night in Jerusalem in the twenties.
They soon found employment as engineers; the Hungarian engineers began to invade the Palestinian Mandate. Urban engineers have moved from Tiberias tru Hadera to Jerusalem, leading projects in swamp drainage, city sewerage and construction works everywhere. Not everybody was an engineer, but people with other skills, too, found work: Pál Brünn was a specialist in vehicles; he began to organize public transport, and with his fellow drivers he created the future Egged company.
The construction of the Rex cinema in Jerusalem based on Hungarian engineers' plans
There were also many architects among them; lots of their buildings still stand as mementos of their work. In Jerusalem, the quarters Talpiot and Beit Hakerem are home to their first houses, and in Rehavia they have also built several buildings. In 1927, after the earthquake, the Mosque of Al-Aqsa was damaged, and by the way, the not exactly Jew-friendly Hadis Amin al-Husseini Chief Mufti had asked them to save the building. Based on the design of Jenő Brünn, in a six-month-long project, the building became supported by a reinforced concrete ring between the dome and the supporting walls. And at that time on Fridays, the anti-Semitic mufti offered abundant meals to the Hungarian specialists at the Mosque.
The engineer of Ármin Beregi, who had made aliyah in 1921, remembered the heroic time later: “Back then, there were no tools in the country; I had made the first tools with a Ukrainian village smith. When I pulled the first iron-structure 16-meter binder up to 14 meters high, and in one day I had it put together with a team of former teachers, lawyers and clerks as my crew, and they could only look at it after work, one of them shouted: Un das ham mir gemacht? (And it is us who did all this?)”
The photo above: the HaGomlim commune of Jerusalem in the twenties.
Source: David Giladi: Pesti mérnökök – Izrael országépítői [The engineers of Pest – the builders of the State of Israel], Budapest, 1992.
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Play safe: We significantly contribute to a safe and smooth operation in the field of public transportation and of national and international intercity transportation by means of the high-quality products we continiously develop for railway vehicles in the field of fire detection systems, and which have been successfully used for many years.
Even under the most difficult conditions our smoke and fire detectors ensure a maximum of safety due to early optical and acoustical alarm, thus helping to save cost.
In addition, there is the simple handling and an excellent price/performance ratio.
Of course, all our products meet the requirements of the European standards:
plus the requirements of the railway standards:
RWS smoke and fire detectors increase the safety of the train because minimum response time means minimum damage caused by fire!
Technical faults will be spotted rapidly. Detectors alert on site and in the central fire alarm system optically and acoustically.
For several years we have been gaining some experiences in the field of retrofitting fire detecting systems even under most difficult conditions.
The RWS company operates several fire detecting systems in different railway vehicles. Their servicing and maintenance, respectively, is of the essence for the future safety of the passengers to be also guaranteed.
In connection with the maintenance you use the term „wear“ when it causes the reduction of the so-called wear reserve. This process extends to a wear limit either agreed upon or stated. As soon as this wear limit is reached a breakdown will be as likely as not. Therefore, the servicing and maintenance is necessary in order to delay the reduction of the wear reserve or in order to repair the system.
Improvements are measures taken in order to increase the functional reliability without modifying its mode of operation.
Wear is not avoidable and it is affected by deterioration and by physical environmental conditions like humidity, temperature, mechanical and chemical factors.
Fire detectors have to be checked on a regular basis with good cause because the sensitivity of a detector can change. In order to safeguard the functionality you have to make sure that they will be checked on a regular basis and in accordance with the applicable standards as adjusted from time to time. The operator has to take the respective responsibility as has the contractor.
Conclude a maintenance agreement!
Therefore and in accordance with the applicable standards (DIN VDE 0833 and DIN EN 14675) fire alarm systems have to be subject to servicing measures as for example inspections and maintenance works which are related to the electronical function as well as to the technical function of the sensors.
Fire detectors gradually lose their sensitivity and therefore alert either delayed or not at all. A common reason is the contamination of the detector.
Functional checks are essential after a professional cleaning and the readjustment.
The operator or his representative are responsible for regular visual inspection and on-site inspection of the fire detection system.
Certified specialist companies only are allowed to do the servicing and maintenance of fire detection systems with alarm forwarding.
Talking fire detecting systems the cost issue is an important but should not be the only topic - neither with fire detectors nor with testing devices and aerosols – as fire detecting systems protect lives and safeguard material assets.
Please find a choice of our references in the field of Fire alarm systems.
|66 Fire alarm systems||DB Autozug GmbH||Germany|
|26 Fire alarm systems||DB Railion||Germany|
|54 Fire alarm systems||CityNightLine AG||Switzerland|
|45 Fire alarm systems||Alstom LHB||The Netherlands|
|20 Fire alarm systems||WS Travel||Slowakia|
|19 Fire alarm systems||Siemens||Austria-Canada, USA, Italy|
|141 Fire alarm systems||DB Autozug GmbH||Germany|
|54 Fire alarm systems||Alstom Frankreich||France|
|12 Fire alarm systems||Max Planck Institut||Germany|
|2 Fire alarm systems||Dänische Staatsbahn||Danmark|
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Recorded: August 20-27, 2014
Writer(s): Sam Luong
Producer: Sam Luong
Operation T.O.T.D. (Taking Out that Detonator) tells the story of a virtual game character fighting their way to save someone from a (metaphorical) detonator.
Experimenting with electronic sounds, song structure and narratives through the production of sound.
*Feel free to download and remix this song!
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Data Research for a B2B SaaS Company
As a rapidly growing company, our client’s data needs skyrocketed as they on boarded thousands of new clients. Nearly 2 billion IP addresses had to be paired with corresponding company attributes. To maintain their brand promise, the company needed to implement a scalable data process that ensured data accuracy. Unfortunately, completing data research in-house was costly and unrealistic as the demand for data fluctuated. Third-party data providers offered competitive pricing, but struggled to live up to the company’s strict quality standards. It sought a strategic business partner that could supply verified company attribute data, at scale, with cost efficient pricing. | <urn:uuid:1e4478ca-535f-410a-a060-d9520065fa52> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.taskus.com/download-white-paper-v2/?f=3093&t=&d= | 2019-11-22T13:06:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496671260.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20191122115908-20191122143908-00034.warc.gz | en | 0.953168 | 136 | [
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As a consequence of many world components, including floating alternate rates, the abolition of capital controls, the deregulation of monetary markets and advances in information know-how, the sector of international finance has turn into increasingly essential over the past three a long time. Liu Tinglong thinks, invest a product with respect to the finance inside international limits and character, at present of gold go up already opposite larger, andStockOf the market go up still do not calculate very tall, predict in future 6 nonetheless have ascendant space to the stock market inside 9 months.
Deutsche Financial institution, ANZN Financial institution and IndisInd Bank Ltd are just a few of the main companies who make use of Essex Enterprise School graduates Our alumni also safe thrilling roles in quick-growing SMEs, corresponding to monetary publisher Capital Markets Intelligence and business funder Credit score Knowledge Analysis.
In a press release , a gaggle of indigenous peoples’ organisations and non-governmental organisations urged the Council to urgently consider, and provide steerage on, the human rights obligations of multilateral finance institutions, a problem of key significance as these institutions evaluation and replace their safeguard programs.
This academic collaboration permits Master in Worldwide Finance college students to check a part of their programme at the LSE, reinforcing the worldwide aspect of their coaching. Spring term: you are taking Finance for Development • Monetary and Time Collection Econometrics • Financial Idea and Policy • Analysis Methods. We welcome many worldwide students yearly – there are presently college students from more than 80 nations amongst our pupil group. Our International Finance recruitment consultants have effectively established relationships and networks which lengthen throughout Europe, North America, Africa and Asian nations. Mohd Farizal Haron graduated from the MFin in Worldwide Finance programme in 2009.
In the project finance and infrastructure areas our legal professionals have broad expertise in representing Japanese and worldwide sponsors and lenders in cross-border natural resource, energy, pipeline, and oil and gas/petrochemical tasks and undertaking financings as well as representing Japanese traders in worldwide venture finance and infrastructure funds. | <urn:uuid:5bc3f3ba-3163-4b49-9606-8172ec913cf0> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://rf-summit.com/accounting-finance-taxation.html | 2019-11-12T21:14:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496665767.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20191112202920-20191112230920-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.923012 | 417 | [
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There is a place called Manjarin that has only one habitant; his name is Tomas, he is a legend. He is called the last Knight Templar. He is a very kind person. He offer a place of rest, also food, drink and his place to pilgrims that want to spend the night.
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Morning meeting at Maeve's today. While the person that I was meeting with was in the loo, I decided to take some photos with the phone. I realized I never would have noticed the checkerboard floor if I hadn't been fooling around with these photos. I was so caught up with trying to capture an image of myself that the floor escaped my notice.
Does the photo have a greenish tint to it? Well that's just because the world today is trying to complement my outfit which happens to fit this color scheme perfectly. Not that you can really tell by this photo. Just trust me on that. | <urn:uuid:73110228-65ff-4f69-964a-e151bfb3f89d> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://www.midwestlotus.com/2014/12/maeves.html | 2019-11-14T09:35:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668334.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20191114081021-20191114105021-00234.warc.gz | en | 0.988222 | 127 | [
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This is a beautifully detailed, laser engraved and precision cut topographical Map of Lewis and Clark Lake in straddling Nebraska and South Dakota with the following interesting stats carved into it:
Length: 25 Miles
Shoreline: 90 Miles
27 Recreation Areas
Named for the first documented explorers of the Louisiana Territory
Interesting factoid: Gavins Point Dam, SD is the smallest of the six Missouri River main stem dams and the southernmost dam on the river. (Not all of this information made it onto the map, we just love to read up on the lakes we design).
This map can be personalized (at no additional charge) with up to two lines of engraving. Leave notes during checkout and we will email a graphic proof to you for approval prior to production. Example:
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Ethernet Prices Drop as Cisco, HP and Juniper Competition Intensifies
Cisco Systems is facing increasing pressure from Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks in an Ethernet switching market that saw revenue decline in the first quarter, due to pricing competition, cutbacks in public spending and seasonal softness, according to market research firms Canalys and Dell'Oro Group.
In separate reports issued June 1, analysts with the both firms said they expect pressures on revenue to continue in the second quarter and throughout 2011, though they noted that the growing 10 Gigabit Ethernet market will remain strong as data center administrators continue the move from 1GbE environments.
"With most segments expected to decline in 2011, 10 Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack switches will be the strongest-performing sector as servers are still in the initial stages of migrating from multiple Gigabit Ethernet connections to two 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections," Alan Weckel, director of Ethernet switch market research at Dell'Oro, said in a statement.
Canalys said the 10GbE space saw 69.9 percent revenue increases over the first quarter in 2010. Meanwhile, revenue of 1GbE ports grew 12.4 percent.
"We expect the battle for data center networks to intensify, as leading vendors aim their fabric strategies at creating simplified architectures," Matthew Ball, director of enterprise services at Canalys, said in a statement. "The battle for campus and branch-office environments, however, should not be ignored."
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Axel J. Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Sexual Health and STIs
Telephone: 020-7612 7842 Email: [email protected]
Dr Axel Jeremias Schmidt is an epidemiologist (MPH) and clinician (Dr. med.) who joined LSHTM as an honorary research fellow in 2012. He was the co-ordinator and lead scientist for the original EMIS Study (2009-2011), working in close collaboration with Sigma Research. Since 2012 he has co-ordinated the EMIS network and related publications. He has nine years of experience in offline and online sexual health surveys among MSM and worked for the German Robert-Koch-Institute and Social Science Research Centre Berlin, and has repeatedly served as a consultant for the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC). As an epidemiologist his research has focussed on hepatitis C transmission, MSM-populations, and MSM-specific outcomes such as HIV/STI prevalence and incidence. As a clinician he has several years of experience in diagnosis and treatment of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, as well as in sexual health counselling. Since 2012 he is based at the Swiss Federal Office for Public Health (as an epidemiologist). He has worked for four years in German and Swiss gay health centres, and between 2014 and 2017 he led the STI service within the Infectious Diseases Department of the Cantonal Hospital of St.Gallen, Switzerland. In May 2017 he joined Sigma and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as regular staff and is centrally involved in EMIS-2017.
Recent journal articles
- Barrett P, O’Donnell K, Fitzgerald M, Schmidt AJ, Hickson F, Quinlan M, Keogh P, O’Connor L, McCartney D, Igoe D (2018) Drug use among men who have sex with men in Ireland: Prevalence and associated factors from a national online survey. International Journal of Drug Policy, published online first 1 December 2018 ;64:5-12 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.11.011).
- O'Donnell K, Fitzgerald M, Quinlan M, Hickson F, Keogh P, Schmidt AJ, McCartney D, Barrett P, O'Dea S, Igoe D (2018) Inequalities in HIV testing uptake and needs among men who have sex with men living in Ireland: findings from an internet survey. HIV Medicine, published online first 20 November 2018 (doi:10.1111/hiv.12694).
- Tran H, Ross MW, Diamond PM, Berg RC, Weatherburn P, Schmidt AJ. (2018) Structural validation and multiple group assessment of the short internalized homonegativity scale in homosexual and bisexual men in 38 European countries: results from the European MSM internet survey. Journal of Sex Research, 55(4-5):617-629 (doi:10.1080/00224499.2017.1380158).
- Pachankis JE, Hatzenbuehler ML, Berg RC, Fernández-Dávila P, Mirandola M; Marcus U, Weatherburn P, Schmidt AJ. (2017) Anti-LGBT and anti-immigrant structural stigma: an intersectional analysis of sexual minority men's HIV risk when migrating to or within Europe. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 76(4):356-366 (doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000001519).
- Pachankis JE, Hatzenbuehler ML, Mirandola M, Weatherburn P, Berg RC, Marcus U, Schmidt AJ (2017) The geography of sexual orientation: structural stigma and sexual attraction, behavior, and identity among men who have sex with men across 38 European countries. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(5), 1491–1502 (doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0819-y).
- Schmidt AJ, Bourne A, Weatherburn P, Reid D, Marcus U, Hickson F, & The EMIS Network (2016) Illicit drug use among gay and bisexual men in 44 cities: Findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS). International Journal of Drug Policy, 38:4-12 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.09.007).
- den Daas C, Doppen M, Schmidt AJ, Op de Coul E (2016) Determinants of never having tested for HIV among MSM in the Netherlands. BMJ Open, 6(1):e009480 (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009480).
- Schmidt AJ, Bremer V (2016) Response to the calculation of population attributable fractions (PAFs) of risk factors for hepatitis C transmission. AIDS, 30(10): 1683-4 (doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001090).
- Kramer SC, Schmidt AJ, Berg RC, Furegato M, Hospers H, Folch C, Marcus U, & the EMIS Network. Factors associated with unprotected anal sex with multiple non-steady partners in the past 12 months: results from the European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS 2010). BMC Public Health, 2016, 16: 47 (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2691-z).
- Kohler P, Schmidt AJ, Cavassini M, Furrer H, Calmy A, Battegay M, Bernasconi E, Ledergerber B, Vernazza P and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (2016) The HIV care cascade in Switzerland: reaching the UNAIDS/ WHO targets for patients diagnosed with HIV. AIDS, 29(18): 2509–2515 (doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000000878).
- Pachankis JE, Hatzenbuehler M, Hickson F, Weatherburn P, Berg RC, Marcus U, Schmidt AJ (2015) Hidden from health: structural stigma, sexual orientation concealment, and HIV across 38 countries in the European MSM Internet Survey. AIDS, 29(10): 1239–1246 (doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000000724).
- Berg RC, Weatherburn P, Ross MW, Schmidt AJ (2015) The relationship of internalised homonegativity to sexual health and well-being among men who have sex with men in 38 European countries. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 19(3): 285-302 (doi:10.1080/19359705.2015.1024375).
- Marcus U, Hickson F, Weatherburn P, Furegato M, Breveglieri M, Berg R, Schmidt AJ and the EMIS network (2015) Antiretroviral therapy and reasons for not taking it among men having sex with men (MSM) - Results from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS). PLoS One, 10(3): e0121047 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121047).
- Berg RC, Schmidt AJ, Weatherburn P & the EMIS Network (2015) Transactional sex: Supply and demand among European men who have sex with men (MSM) in the context of local laws. International Journal of Sexual Health, 27(3): 286-302 (doi:10.1080/19317611.2014.982263).
- Schmidt AJ, Falcato L, Zahno B, Burri A, Regenass S, Müllhaupt B, Bruggmann P (2014) Prevalence of hepatitis C in a Swiss sample of men who have sex with men: whom to screen for HCV infection? BMC Public Health, 14(3) (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-3). | <urn:uuid:23e20e22-9410-4274-8151-51e537c9fb57> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | http://sigmaresearch.org.uk/about/profile/axel-j-schmidt | 2019-11-18T02:30:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669422.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20191118002911-20191118030911-00554.warc.gz | en | 0.784148 | 1,669 | [
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