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How Much Influence did Former Nazis Wield in Postwar Germany?Posted: November 14, 2012 in All Posts, Nazis
Tags: BND, Nazis, Nazism
By Marcel Fürstenau
Deutsche Welle, November 11, 2012
How much influence did former Nazis wield in establishing and operating Germany's postwar democracy? That's what parliament debated. But tackling the issue was not easy, since many files still remain classified.
It almost seems a bit antiquated. More than six decades after the end of the murderous Hitler regime, members of the German parliament debated to what extent federal ministries and public offices in the country have dealt with their Nazi past. It comes after the opposition Left Party's parliamentary group submitted a formal request to the government for information about the post-war era.
The parliamentary debate coincided with a separate event – prosecutors bringing formal charges against supporters and the sole surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell suspected of committing ten murders between 2000 and 2007.
The revelations about the neo-Nazi gang, the National Socialist Underground (NSU), are a hugely pressing and current issue. By comparison, the debate about postwar Germany's Nazi past seems so outdated. But the past is constantly catching up with Germany as it struggles to find out how the neo-Nazi cell could have evaded authorities for more than a decade.
The charges against NSU member Beate Zschäpe mark a decisive phase in long-running efforts to shed light on the group's suspected racially-motivated killing spree.
By contrast, the question of just how far West German authorities were riddled with former Nazi party members seems nowhere near resolution.
That impression is strengthened by the government's 85-page response to the Left Party's request about old Nazis in the halls of power. It's an interim summary of ongoing research conducted by historians in the archives of many ministries and federal agencies.
Shredding files not new
The debate in the German parliament was marked by constant references to the current neo-Nazi scandal that has rocked the country.
Since the NSU's discovery, Germany's national security apparatus has come under intense scrutiny for its failure to connect the dots and apprehend the suspects. Earlier this year, it was discovered that intelligence files on right-wing extremists had been destroyed the same month the NSU was discovered on the orders of an official in the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence service.
The shredding of important files pertaining to far-right extremism has sparked outrage and shock, raising suspicions that incriminating information was covered up and that the perpetrators may even have been protected.
But it's not the first time it has happened. In the late 1990s, files on mass murderer Alois Brunner, a high-ranking SS officer, disappeared. The German intelligence service (BND) was said to have destroyed files containing conflicting information as to whether Brunner had worked for the BND at some point.
Adolf Eichmann lived undercover in Argentina for several years.
Brunner was a close aide and confidante of Adolf Eichmann who organized the Holocaust from his desk in Berlin. He was sentenced to death in 1961 in Jerusalem. Though the BND knew Eichmann's location, he lived undetected in Argentina for several years.
The BND is also believed to have protected war crimes criminal Klaus Barbie who was responsible for sending hundreds of Jews in France to their death. Just like Eichmann, Barbie went underground in South America. He even worked as an agent for the BND in the mid 1960s.
Opposition calls for change
The fact that files on Barbie, Eichmann and others responsible for war crimes still remain classified has sparked anger among several German politicians and led to heated exchanges in parliament.
Wolfgang Thierse, president of the German parliament, has appealed to members of the ruling parties – the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) – to stop blocking the opening of the files.
Volker Beck, head of the parliamentary group of the opposition Green Party, said it could not be in the public's interest to block publishing files with references to the Nazi past in order to "protect the work of our intelligence agencies." And especially not in light of the current debate about right-wing extremism in Germany, Beck added.
Jan Korte, from the opposition Left Party, spoke of a "second guilt" of Germans, a reference to a book of that name written by Ralph Giordano, a German writer and publicist. It focuses on the denial and suppression of Germany's Nazi past.
But not everyone sees things that way. Armin Schuster, a member of the CDU, said Korte was too one-sided in his criticism of West Germany's Nazi past. Former communist East Germany, too, had several ex-Nazis in leading positions, Schuster added.
Foreign ministry investigation a model
The one thing that politicians across party lines agreed on, however, was that an increasing number of ministries and federal agencies have been willing to commission investigations to investigate their Nazi pasts.
One of the most high-profile efforts was undertaken last year by historians Eckart Conze and Norbert Frei who looked into Nazi involvement at the foreign ministry. The no-holds-barred report was commissioned in 2005 by then-Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.
The controversial study on Nazi involvement at the foreign ministry was marketed as a bestseller.
Several ministries and agencies have followed the foreign ministry's example and initiated research projects to dig around in their past. That includes the BND, the Federal Crime Office (BKA), as well as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).
The German government, by its own admission, says it "wholeheartedly" supports such research projects. It is important that "the results of such work lead to a critical discourse in the public sphere," it said.
But critics, such as the Left Party's Jan Korte, have raised doubts about the independence of the scientists and researchers commissioned for the investigations.
Korte has pointed to the conditions laid down by the government for investigating the Nazi past at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, including a ban on researchers making any public statements during the project phase. Each statement also must be discussed beforehand with the head of the project at the BfV. "That is censorship and not befitting of what's at stake here," Korte maintained.
AC's "Anti-Fascist Encyclopedia" Rebranded "The Constantine Report" – New URLPosted: August 8, 2012 in Far-Right
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Feds Tear Down Neo-Nazi Biker Gangs Ready for Race WarPosted: August 5, 2012 in All Posts, Nazis
Tags: Aryan Nations, Nazis, Neo-Nazis
" … The underlying aspect through all of it was that they were obtaining explosives and explosives expertise, and they intended to use them to kill people in the United States. … "
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Authorities in Florida dismantled two white supremacist gangs this year that they say were havens for domestic terrorists readying for a race war. In both instances, agents infiltrated and even helped establish the groups before bringing them down.
In two separate cases publicized only this week, agents working out of the Sunshine State penetrated rings of racist, neo-Nazis motorcyclists who regularly constructed homemade weapons and allegedly plotted hate crimes against minorities. Investigators first began establishing a case against the white supremacists all the way back in 2007, and documentation detailing their probe has been given to the Orlando Sentinel, which they say stretches all the way through this past May.
In their original report of the investigations, the Sentinel says that agents targeted two separate sects of white supremacists and racist bikers in Central Florida, but that the FBI made their own motorcycle gang to get to the heart of their community of hate.
Through adopting a false name and alias, an unnamed officer from the Orange County Sheriff's Department assumed the identity of a hate mongering neo-Nazi that made his way to the top ranks of the Aryan Nations, even becoming close with the organization's leader, August Kreis III. From there the agent helped establish a phony biker gang — the 1st SS Kavallerie Brigade Motorcycle Division — that would eventually operate out of St. Cloud, Florida and attract new recruits from across the state. Not before the FBI could install their own undercover agents, though, to further infiltrate the community and assist in the investigation.
The Sentinel reports that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force began monitoring the Kavallerie Brigade and the happenings inside of their clubhouse with the help of "enough hidden microphones and cameras . . . to stage a reality-TV show." By watching closely, they say they were able to tie key white supremacists close to the Aryan Nations with criminal activity conducted in coordination with the phony group.
"The underlying aspect through all of it was that they were obtaining explosives and explosives expertise, and they intended to use them to kill people in the United States," Orange-Osceola State Attorney Lawson Lamar tells the Sentinel. "We have a duty to stop what they were doing."
In a completely seperate instance, the FBI once more got to the heart of another alleged hate group, but this time relied on only a convicted drug dealer to act as an undercover informant. In nearby Osceola County, the Joint Terrorism Task Force installed a mole within the neo-Nazis group American Front and had him file daily reports on the organization's activities. This past May, however, the informant became concerned for his safety and told the FBI he didn't think he could last much longer.
"If I find out any of you are informants, I will (expletive) kill you," the mole says he recalls suspected American Front higher-up Marcus Faella warning others.
The agency began making arrests on May 4, 2012 and by June and arrested 20 individuals total from both groups.
Nina Rhodes-Hughes To Testify In Defense Of Sirhan SirhanPosted: July 14, 2012 in All Posts
Tags: Assassinations, Robert Kennedy assassination, Sirhan Sirhan
By Carey Vanderborg
International Business Times, July 9, 2012
Nina Rhodes-Hughes, a key witness to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, has agreed to testify for Sirhan Sirhan's new defense team.
Rhodes told CNN earlier this year that she believed Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone in the assassination of the former U.S. senator.
"What has to come out is that there was another shooter to my right," Rhodes-Hughes told CNN in an exclusive interview published online in April. "The truth has got to be told. No more cover-ups."
Rhodes-Hughes, 78, who now lives in Vancouver, said she has been contacted by Sirhan's lead lawyer, William Pepper, of New York. "He asked me if indeed I would testify that there was another shooter and I said yes, I would."
"There were more than eight shots, and it's interesting that you read whatever the FBI issued, everybody else said eight shots," Rhodes-Hughes said.
Rhodes-Hughes, who was serving as a volunteer fundraiser for Kennedy's campaign when he was fatally shot in a kitchen pantry at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968, is an American-born television actress and local theatre enthusiast.
Forty-four years after the shooting, Rhodes-Hughes has brought one of the great American tragedies back in to the news spotlight, as she told CNN in an exclusive interview that she heard at least 12 shots that day — not eight as argued by the California prosecutors who convicted Sirhan as the lone gunman.
In the 1969 trial of Sirhan Sirhan, the defense at no point made an attempt to challenge the prosecution's case that he was the one and only shooter in Kennedy's assassination.
Sirhan went on to testify that he had killed Kennedy "with 20 years of malice aforethought," and was convicted and sentenced to death, which was eventually reduced to life in prison in 1972.
It was only after the trial that Sirhan then recanted his courtroom confession.
Despite the recent court filings by Sirhan, state prosecutors argue that even if Rhode-Hughes' testimony was confirmed, Sirhan would still be guilty of murder under California's vicarious liability law.
Nonetheless, Sirhan's new legal team has chosen to dispute the assertion about the statute and will call Rhodes as a witness.
Rhodes-Hughes' recent recollection, which has never been argued before a judge, is one of the main pieces of evidence being brought forward by Sirhan's new lawyers.

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The first time I went to Chicago I was ten years old, wearing Limited Too and pretending to be a Harry Potter character in the comforts of my Uncle and Aunt's attic. It was Thanksgiving, and there were cousins raking leaves into piles, younger cousins destroying said piles, quick kitties, and piles of pie.
If you had told my denim backpack-dotting self that fourteen years later I would be returning for afternoon hot whiskey drinks and crunchy leaves, my imagination would have gone buck wild. I liked to wonder (and still do) about the future, often with great imagination. And as much as I like to play this game, I could not have fathomed a more perfect excursion.
I made the trek back to the Windy City last week for a small reunion with the eight women I once shared a home with. Chris Palmer and Kristen Hanes were our hosts, and we made sleeps in one bed, two air mattresses, one couch, and a papasan. Bras, blankets, and wine glasses littered the floor while leaves tumbled off the trees and down the ivy-lined walls. We watched Lo, Hocus Pocus, Beetlejuice, and The Room while avoiding burning off our eyebrows when lighting a fire. It was the epitome of cozy.
We lay on anything that can be consider comfortable, our legs link in order to stay warm.
Chris chops mushrooms and sautés tomatoes. Maps and cookbooks are discussed, and we take many sips from glasses of Pinot Noir.
Kaitlyn plays with the camera while I play with a kitty. Italian aromas dance through the air as we sit on countertops and kiss each other's faces.
After a breakfast of tea-smoked duck benedict, togarashi bacon, and huckleberry waffles with sake maple syrup (!!!!!!!!), we take our full bellies on a stroll through the Logan's Square farmer's market.
There are pumpkins as big as Santa's bum and homemade chai marshmallows and fleece on fleece on fleece.
Sunday shoppers find ways to stay warm in their layers of flannel and thermal leggings. Beards and vegan baked goods are everywhere. Baby lattice pies steal my heart. And goodbyes are hard.
I really like this whole taking pictures thing. I like the simple form of capturing a story and the clicky-click of the shutter as each snapshot is taken.
Yesterday a friend told me that the only consistent things we have in life are ourselves and change. But if we look for it, there's beauty. Whether it be falling leaf, an old sheet tray, or an empty stool waiting at the bar.
Also, I can no longer say I've never missed a flight, because I did, and it led to one of the c-o-z-i-e-s-t days in history. Kaitlyn and I worked from Chris and Kristen's office with lit candles and an at-home happy hour. In the evening we drank $1 Milwaukee's Best and ate steamed eggplant buns. Chicago is no stranger to the foodie world.


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Manjusha art is believed to be the only art form in the history of art form in India which has a sequential representation of the story and is displayed in a series. This is also called a scroll painting. Manjusha art is a folk art of Bhagalpur, Bihar, and has been dated back to the 7th century.
Introduction of Manjusha Art – This art is originated from a folk story of Bihula-Bishari. It is the folk art of Ang region, this art belongs with religious significance of Bishari Puja.
Colors in Manjusha Art – This art is restricted with use of colors, mainly three colors are used. Pink, Green and Yellow are the three colors used in Manjusha Art.
History of Manjusha Art – In Ang region this art has been practiced by artists from a long time although the historical proofs found in Sindhu Ghati Civilization.
Story of Bihula-Bishari – Manjusha art is based on story of Bihula & Bishari.
Borders in Manjusha Art – Their are five types of Borders – Lehriya, Belpatr, Srp Ki ladi, Tribhuj and Mokha.
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If you've never seen a true Parisian runway show do yourself a favor and check out the links below to two of my favorite designers, Chanel, and Alexander McQueen (Sarah Burton designed Kate Middleton's wedding dress that's a little street cred for you).
These shows are just that, shows. A merging of fashion, art and storytelling. The staging and setting of these shows rival the sets of Oscar winning movies. Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen tells a dark fairytale reminiscent of Little Bow Peep and Little Red Riding Hood.
The Chanel show was so true to Mademoiselle's vision, the democratization of fashion. As models peruse a grocery store art installation in comfortable, sportswear separates, you can't get any closer to everyday apparel than that.
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Welcome to the British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting 2019
On behalf of the Programme Committee and Organisers, I am pleased to welcome you to the BCA Spring Meeting 2019. Please check back for further information including further details of prize and plenary lecturers. The traditional early-career prize session will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday 17 April. Throughout the rest of the program there will often be three sessions running in parallel in addition to a range of workshops. Brief details of the planned sessions are below, along with some practical information concerning deadlines and abstract submission. We very much look forward to seeing you at Jubliee Campus, Nottingham University, UK.
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Friday, November 22, 2013
{This Moment}
If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. Inspired by Soulemama.
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I wish I was there. I hope you have a fantastic weekend :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh how wonderful that would be. I would love to have you join us for a hike Karen :)Delete
a lovely quiet moment. Have a great weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
It was! You too Kathleen :)Delete
That is a beautiful picture!ReplyDelete
Our moment is a kid on the fence:-)
Have a lovely weekend.
Thanks Karen, you too!Delete
Beautiful, so peacefull, be wellReplyDeleteReplies
It was very peaceful :)Delete
how peaceful...have a great weekendReplyDelete
here is ours
Thanks Jannine, you too!Delete
Another gorgeous moment, dear friend! xoReplyDelete
I would love to join y'all. It is going to be 78 degrees here today, that is so wrong!ReplyDeleteReplies
That would be lovely Tracey. Snow coming here tomorrow :)Delete
Beautiful pic! Makes me wish I was there with my little ones. Have a wonderful weekend! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! They would love this spot, so much fun!Delete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 2:59 PM
Beautiful, it looks so peaceful :) here is ours http://kmbowers.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/this-moment-56/ReplyDeleteReplies
It was pretty peaceful. It is a lovely spot, we visit it often :)Delete
I love the colour contrasts! Have a great weekend.ReplyDelete
Wish we were there! Love his coat :). Here's ours: http://1000hoursoutside.com/2013/11/22/this-moment-10/ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 5:55 PM
Very peaceful, but looks chilly! My Moment: http://lifewiththecrew.typepad.com/my-blog/2013/11/this-moment-modeling-for-mom.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
It was very chilly, a perfect November day :)Delete
Beautiful colors. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 7:04 PM
Oh to be by the water! Beautiful and a little jealous :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It really is a beautiful spot, we hike here often.Delete
Looks peaceful.ReplyDeleteReplies
Very, especially when you are the only ones there :)Delete
Fantastic composition Kim! Well taken. I can hear the silence though the photo! If that makes sense.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks KC! Yes, totally makes sense :)Delete
How peaceful and sereneReplyDelete
Ours poole.kiwi.nz/this-moment-26/ a very special moment, meeting nana off the plane - it's been 10 months.
Oh that's a great shot Kim. I sat looking at it, taking it in, and then broke out in a huge grin :)ReplyDelete
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orald wrote:A Thing of Eternity wrote:was not my most proud moment when they ripped off all my clothes in front of a thousand people. ops
Oh, the humanity!
Oh, and Omph, just for the record, I think the costume is great, and not just because I'm trying to get her to post some pics of her wearing it*.
*You had to ruin it, didn't ya?
See what happens when you fail to clue us in to your real motivations?
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Chapter 1
God uses the unwilling.
Of all the stories in the Bible, Jonah must be right up at the top of my list of favorites. I love Jonah. I love everything about his story. I not only love him in the story, but I love God in the story. Indeed, for me, the story of Jonah is the Old Testament's Gospel—there is so much good news about God in it.
It hasn't been too long ago that I was discussing the story of Jonah with my mom, and during our talk, it dawned on me that God—who knows us waaaayyyy better than we know ourselves—must have known Jonah was going to run. In fact, I think it may be likely that God called Jonah to go to Nineveh precisely because He knew he would run.
Maybe God knew there was a little boat down at Joppa with a crew of sailors who had open hearts to the Spirit. After all, once they'd encountered the storm and Jonah and Jonah's God, their lives changed: "Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once! The sailors were awestruck by the Lord's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him." (vs 15-16)
And there you are. God was using Jonah, unwilling servant, long before he ever made it to Nineveh. Even though he didn't want to go, even though he ran away, even though he was rebellious, God was still willing and able to use him in reaching others for the kingdom.
And God still uses the unwilling today.
So, it really doesn't matter if you've heard God's call and headed in the opposite direction. It really doesn't matter if you're still waiting to hear God's call. And it really doesn't matter if you don't believe there is a God to make the call. You may be unwilling, unrepentant, and unmoved, but God can still use you.
He's got divine appointments for you today. You may attend some of them even while He's in the process of bringing you around.
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One of my favorite poets, Thomas John Carlisle, wrote a book of poetry about this story titled You! Jonah! I love his poems so much that, each day during our journey through this book, I'm going to share a couple of them that correspond to the chapter.
I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do!
Whither shall I flee
from Thy presence?
presents no problem
when one ignores
who owns
the sea
and the sky.
I will demonstrate
my immediate
providing You comply
with my demand
for a more satisfying
Chapter 2
God is just a genius.
I mean, really. What else can you say? God is simply a genius—both in the way He interacts with us and the way He brings us along in our understanding, teaching us all the things we need to learn in exactly the right way and in the right time. He is a master teacher.
You know, God is never just doing one thing or two things or even five things. His dealings with humanity interplay on so many levels, we might just spend eternity figuring out how all the little threads were woven together in just the right way.
Take Jonah, for instance. The more I read Jonah, the more I wonder if sending Jonah to Nineveh even had anything to do with Nineveh . . . or if it was all about Jonah. Well, of course the Ninevites needed God, too, but for all his Biblical knowledge, Jonah doesn't seem to be much further down the road toward the kingdom than the heathens he hates.
And that's why I found what God was doing in this chapter totally fascinating.
Here was part of Jonah's prayer to the Lord from the belly of the great fish: "The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit." (vs 5-6)
Jonah began his brief Biblical story by turning his back on God and running away. It wasn't like he was naive or uninformed about God. He was downright rebellious. Then, after his encounter with the big storm and his trip into the sea, Jonah experienced a bit of repentance. He came to see the error of his ways, and he cried out to God for salvation.
God heard Jonah. He listened to him, and indeed, He saved him. And there's the kicker: When Jonah repented, God relented. When Jonah repented, God saved him. Thus, whether he realized or not (and it seems he did not, at least not right away), Jonah was a little walking, talking Nineveh. What God had done for him was the very thing He wanted to also do for Nineveh!
In His own genius way, God sent a prophet who had just been through his very own "from rebellion to repentance to salvation" experience to preach to a rebellious people that they could find salvation through repentance. Surely, eventually, this irony was not lost on Jonah.
As he picked himself up off the shore and headed to Nineveh, he must have been a little humbled at the thought that he had just benefited from the very graciousness of God which he was so reluctant to proclaim to his enemies, the very graciousness that had so frustrated him in the past. But I bet the graciousness didn't seem quite as frustrating when Jonah was on the receiving end of it.
And therein lies the genius of God.
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If You just rescue me
from this unpalatable
just fish me out
of this hot water,
get me off the hook,
You can just bet
I will not only
be excessively
obliged but also
gladly go
wherever You
oblige me to
even if it means
that tour
to Nineveh.
Distress did it.
Not Easy Street.
Not Acrilon Avenue.
Not Prosperity Place
or Brightview Boulevard.
Not Fair Haven
or the Bay of Serenity
or the Island of Tranquility
but off-course winds
and the Straits of Adversity
and the tempests of disaster
that howled to Charybdis.
The deep was round about me.
Emergency exits were barred.
I was pitted against perdition.
In a ravenous cavity
I was swallowed up.
Better late than never
I remembered the Forgotten.
My troubles put me in touch.
Chapter 3
God starts where we are.
And the plot thickens. Once he was finished with his whale of a ride, God sent Jonah to Nineveh a second time. (By the way, Bible commentators note that the Hebrew wording in God's second command to go to Nineveh is exactly the same as in His first command. How wonderful it is that God is not unwilling to give us a brand-new beginning whenever we need it! Most of us need more than one!)
This time, Jonah does as he's told and goes to Nineveh. He walks about halfway into the city (probably near where the palace would have been located) and preaches God's warning message: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown." (vs 4) And lo and behold, everybody listened: "The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth." (vs 5)
I bet the prophets would have done anything to have had such great success in Israel! I mean, this rapid repentance is almost comical, especially when you have just trudged through the Old Testament, featuring prophet after prophet after prophet begging the Israelites to repent . . . and having no luck.
But, according to many Bible commentators, the rapid repentance shouldn't come as a big surprise. You see, one of the most prominent gods of Nineveh at the time was Dagon, the fish god. When Nineveh was rediscovered and excavated in the mid-1800s, images of Dagon were found all over the place, in palaces and temples. In fact, the symbol of the city of Nineveh meant "house or place of fish."
In light of that, it seems like Jonah—who "magically" appeared from the gullet of a big fish—had the deck stacked in his favor. Scholar Clay Trumbull wrote, "What better heralding, as a divinely sent messenger to Nineveh, could Jonah have had, than to be thrown up out of the mouth of a great fish, in the presence of witnesses, say on the coast of Phoenicia, where the fish-god was a favorite object of worship? Such an incident would have inevitably aroused the mercurial nature of Oriental observers, so that a multitude would be ready to follow the seemingly new avatar of the fish-god, proclaiming the story of his uprising from the sea, as he went on his mission to the city where the fish-god had its very center of worship."
Other scholars speculate that Jonah's three days in the belly of the fish (with all those digestive acids) would likely have bleached his skin, hair, and clothes a ghostly white and that this would have been a great help to his cause. If so, are you getting the picture? A ghostly-looking man comes straight out of a fish, claiming to be a messenger from god sent to the people who live in the "house of fish" and worship Dagon.
God sent Jonah to the people of Nineveh in the very way He knew they would accept him. And what's even more astounding about this is that He took their heathen misunderstanding and worked with it. He didn't send someone in there to proclaim that Dagon didn't exist. They thought Dagon was real, so God sent them someone from "Dagon."
To me, this is incredible. God is not so pretentiously self-important that He can't stoop to meet us where we are. He not only allows our misconceptions and misunderstandings, He uses them for our benefit! He starts where we are—even if that means letting some other, non-existent god "call" the people He loves to repentance. He doesn't want the credit; He just wants us.
Once again, I am in awe of God. The way He is able to reach us—no matter how far we are from Him—leaves me speechless. The more I study the story of Jonah, the more I think God had the whale planned all along. He was just itching to talk to the people of Nineveh, and if the only way they would "hear" Him would be because the words came from the lips of a guy who had been vomited out of a fish—yeah, God could make that happen.
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It is exasperating
to be called
so persistently
when the last thing
we want to do
is get up and go
but God
to keep on
like some
holy ghost.
Abraham interceded for Sodom
but Jonah couldn't have cared less
if Nineveh had harbored one
relatively innocent inhabitant
or even one hundred and twenty.
They all looked alike to him—
seeing he hadn't tried to see them.
But God's vision is better than twenty-twenty.
God changed His mind
because they had changed
their hearts.
He repented
because they repented.
That is the way
we word it
But always
He is limited
only by
His limitless love.
Chapter 4
God follows us.
I really couldn't think of any one title for this blog that would do justice to this chapter. There are a lot of people who claim that the story of Jonah didn't actually happen, but the picture of God in this book is far too astounding, far too complex, and far too conciliatory to have been conjured up by the human mind. I mean, if you're going to fabricate an all-powerful deity who can whip up sudden hurricanes and summon great sea creatures for transport services, why would you have him waste time trying to reason with an arrogant fool? In fact, why have him tolerate insurrection at all?
No, the God we find in the book of Jonah—I am convinced—is the real deal. Yet even to say that is, for me, to once again be awestruck with who He is.
- He is a God who cares for those who can't or won't care for themselves.
- He is a God who values and encourages our total honesty.
- He is a God who isn't angered by anger.
- He is a God who finds inventive ways of teaching us where all our blind spots are.
- He is a God who doesn't hold grudges.
- He is a God who talks back.
- He is a God who encourages thinking by asking questions.
- He is a God who starts where we are.
- He is a God who follows us.
That last point was the new thing that struck me as I read this well-known chapter again today. I couldn't shake this feeling of deja vu, the feeling that the whole scenario was somehow familiar. Of course, the story of Jonah itself is familiar to me, but it was something more than that.
And then it hit me.
Not only is Jonah the Old Testament's gospel; it's also the Old Testament's Parable of the Prodigal Son. All the elements are here: the lost who became found, the repentance, the forgiveness, the acceptance, the angry elder brother who stomps away from the party, and—most important—the Father who follows him out into the backyard to reason with him.
The story of Jonah is left unresolved, as is the Parable of the Prodigal Son, but you can't help but hope that Jonah finally realizes that he needs to repent as much as his younger brothers in Nineveh. And you can't help but hope that Jonah finally understands that the "far country" can be in the backyard and that the ones who have "always lived at home" don't necessarily know the Father any better than the ones who have run away.
But if Jonah ever realized these things, it was only because he served a God who was willing to follow him—to follow him when he ran away to Joppa, to follow him into the belly of the fish, to follow him to Nineveh, and to follow him out into the foothills and keep talking to him.
This is our God. He will not give up on us. If we refuse to come to the party, He will follow us. If we insist on holding a grudge, He will reason with us. And if we resist all His invitations to come to Him, He will come to us.
This is the good news about God.
This is the gospel.
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The generosity of God
displeased Jonah exceedingly
and he slashed with angry prayer
at the graciousness of the Almighty.
"I told You so," he screamed.
"I knew what You would do,
You dirty Forgiver.
You bless Your enemies
and show kindness to those
who despitefully use You.
I would rather die
than live in a world
with a God like You.
And don't try to forgive me either."
And Jonah stalked
to his shaded seat
and waited for God
to come around
to his way of thinking.
And God is still waiting
for a host of Jonahs
in their comfortable houses
to come around
to His way of loving.


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Headshot Photography by Dino Mosley
Having a charming personality and breathtaking looks doesn't guarantee a gig unless everything is perfectly captured and reflected in your headshot. If you are a professional actor or a model, your headshot is your most important calling card. It takes an experienced and insightful eye to get headshots impressive and impactful enough to enchant the beholders.
Your headshot should be worth 1000 words and a second glance.
I have invested many years to master this art. And today, I stand as one of the best headshot photographers in LA. My job is not just to take photos, but to help aspiring actors professionals and models like you to find their path to stardom.
If you wish to be taken seriously and professionally, please consider the following when planning the construction of this most paramount of banners.
What It's Worth
Out of thousands of people who aspire to make it big in show business, only a handful find the success they desire. One of the most important reason behind their failure in this field are attempts to cut corners where you should invest the most – like in your headshots.
Having worked with a wide number of actors now enjoying fame and fortune, I believe that however much we invest into our craft will determine how much more we will receive in return. As an actor, model or in the professional industry, you may have invested in seminars, classes, and grooming, so as a Los Angeles headshot photographer my forte is to make sure the results are reflected in your headshot.
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Ian Busher
Born and raised in Toronto, urban and industrial landscapes have long been a subject of intrigue for Ian Busher. In his mixed-media works, rough, industrial textures are juxtaposed with glossy finishes, photography with painterly intervention. Busher is a professional carpenter with a formal education in painting from OCAD, whose works can be found in private and corporate collections.
"I enjoy experimenting with bringing colour, shape, form and texture together as the subject. Realizing the aesthetic I could achieve by breaking with conventional photographic rules and playing with mounting techniques, I was drawn to seemingly abstract images mounted and covered in resin to resemble a painting. In photographing subjects with little to no depth of field, I create images that have a distinct painterly quality, enticing viewers to take a second look at both the format and subject matter. I seek to examine and showcase the beauty in destruction and neglect, leading viewers to be drawn into what they may have previously walked right past."
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One of the best ways to get started serving in an apartment complex is to join with other believers already connecting with people! Apartment Life's CARES teams do just that, and you can volunteer with them.
Below you'll find all the DFW teams. Obviously, every CARES team is different - get to know them, and decide if what they're doing is a "fit" for you.


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What is a teaching kitchen?
While Pino Alto is a teaching kitchen, you can expect high-quality meals, professional service, and a great dining experience.
What is your best wine?
What are Pino Alto's hours of operation?
Where are you located?
Cabrillo College Main Campus
6500 Soquel Drive
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How can I make a reservation?
Lunch: Pino Alto does not offer reservations for lunch. However, to reserve a table for 6 or more for lunch, please call (831) 479-5750 to book your party.
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I would always recommend conducting interviews in person, in a quiet room, with a good quality audio recorder placed on a table between the interviewer and respondent… but we all know that in the real world that isn't always possible. Sometimes you have to do interviews in noisy cafes or echoey boardrooms. And sometimes you can't actually get in the same room, and you have to conduct your interview over the phone.
Phone interviews present a unique set of challenges in terms of transcribing. As both a researcher and transcriber myself, I've tried a number of ways of recording phone interviews to make the transcription as easy as possible. While I still haven't mastered the art of getting perfect quality audio from a phone interview, hopefully this will help you to see what the various options are.
The best options:
If you're in a quiet office with a landline and are willing to spend a small amount of money, you've got a number of choices.
Some offices with high tech phone systems have a call recording facility built in, and this is great if this is available. The only downside I've found to these is the complexity to entering various codes and PINs and constantly being concerned that it's actually recording, but this has generally worked well for me in the past. Audio quality is not perfect, but definitely good enough for transcription.
If your phone system doesn't have a conference calling/ recording function, there are relatively low cost services you can buy. I've found Powwownow to be fairly simple to use, and they make it easy to access your call recordings on their website afterwards. But if you're looking for a way to record calls that is actually free, don't be fooled. Powwownow's "free" plan requires you to call into an 0844 number (which they estimate as 4.3p per minute from a landline but 12.5p per minute from a mobile).
Finally, if you're in a private office, you may want to just put the call on speakerphone and use your audio recorder as normal. I've generally found that if both the interviewee and I are on landlines, this option works pretty well.
"Making do" options:
If you've only got a mobile and/or don't want to spend any money for call recording, there are still ways to record phone interviews. Unfortunately, the iPhone doesn't allow you to record phone calls, which has really frustrated me. My solution to this – which hasn't always worked perfectly – is to use the speakerphone and audio recorder trick. The iPhone speaker isn't great, and if the person at the other end of the phone is also on a mobile, sometimes the audio is muddled, but adequate.
There are some apps available that allow you record your iPhone calls, such as iPadio. I haven't tried this out yet, but it looks fairly straightforward.
What I don't recommend:
Recording Skype or Google Hangout interviews. I've never conducted an interview via Skype myself, but I've transcribed a number of these, and the audio quality is often really terrible. There is certainly a benefit to the interviewer and respondent being able to see one another, but the connection quality is often so terrible that I'm not sure it's worth it.
Tips for improving your phone interview
1. The biggest problem with phone interviews is that the audio is often a bit muddled, which makes it difficult to discern between letters like S/F, N/M, and P/T/D, in particular. If you're talking about any acronyms, it may be worthwhile to repeat these for the benefit of the transcriber.
2. It's always a good idea to try and take good notes during the interview, just in case. You may understand your interviewee fine at the time, but there might be interferences in the recording.
3. This should probably go without saying, but try and conduct the interview in the quietest room possible.


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Determine the Value of Your Mom Blog
Determining the value of your mom blog can be a very subjective number, especially when you can consider all of the factors. The accepted standard you can use to determine a baseline value to work with is as follows:
Total the monthly revenue of your blog from ongoing advertising revenue, affiliate revenue, and ongoing product or service sales (such as membership fees, classified ad listings, downloadable purchases, and so on).
You can only count revenue that can be earned by anyone. Any consulting fees, personal sponsorships, or opportunities you received because of your blog are not likely going to transfer over with a new owner.
For example, $500 advertiser revenue + $250 AdSense revenue + $250 in product download sales = $1,000 per month.
If your revenue has steadily grown over time, use an average amount from the last three months.
If your income fluctuates or is seasonal, you'll have to determine your annual income instead of your monthly income.
Multiply the monthly income by 24 to determine two years' revenue.
For example, $1,000 per month x 24 = $24,000.
Two years' revenue is a commonly accepted starting point to determine the estimated earnings a buyer can expect after they take over your site, so this calculation assumes it will take them two years for them to break even.
Of course, a new owner can be expected to work on growing that revenue, so they may break even sooner.
For small sites that change hands between individuals, two years may be too long a time to use in this calculation. In that case, you may only get 12–18 months' worth of income. When the economy is great and you have multiple parties interested in buying your blog, you may get three or four years' worth of income.
And again, this is a starting point. If you have a mailing list with 100,000 subscribers, have a sophisticated application up and running, or you've lucked into a highly coveted domain name, you have a lot more negotiating room beyond just your blog's monthly income.


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Organization Spotlight: Core Element
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This month we are excited to spotlight Core Element, a local nonprofit promoting quality teaching in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). We sat down with executive director Jan Brenan and operations director Andrea Walker to learn more about their mission and programs. Here is some of what we learned:
Core Element is a regional collaborative effort to improve the caliber of math and science education in schools. They provide professional development training and resources to teachers, and work directly with them, through questionnaires and focus groups to that help identify training needs. Based on this feedback, Core Element provides STEM resources and education that make it easier to promote classroom activities where students are actively involved.
These programs support "moving away from traditional textbook teachers, to the model that emphasizes students being involved in the learning process." explained Jan.
Core Element also offers a "Hands-On" STEM Summer Camp model, where teachers receive, on the job training working side-by-side with teachers and students. This approach provides practical and tested application skills for the classroom. Their professional development opportunities are free to teachers and offer the opportunity for them to meet and exchange ideas with teachers from other parishes and schools. The "Hands-On" STEM Summer Camp also offers full and partial need-based scholarships for students to ensure access to a diverse group of participants.
In conclusion, Jan noted that "by training teachers to be effective in the classroom we can efficiently reach thousands of students who gain confidence and interest in STEM fields."
Core Element has trained more than 625 teachers from 345 schools and impacted more than 62,650 students since 2007. To find out how you can get involved with and support Core Element, please visit their website here.
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The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River flows into the Gulf of California, (the Sea of Cortez). The delta is part of a larger geologic region called the Salton Trough.[1] Historically, the interaction of the river's flow and the ocean's tide created a dynamic environment, supporting freshwater, brackish, and saltwater species. Within the delta region, the river split into multiple braided channels and formed complex estuary and terrestrial ecosystems. Use of water upstream and the accompanying reduction of fresh water flow has resulted in loss of most of the wetlands of the area, as well as drastic changes to the aquatic ecosystems.
Until the early 20th century the Colorado River ran free from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico, where it flowed into the Gulf of California. Significant quantities of nourishing silt from throughout the Colorado River Basin were carried downstream, creating the vast Colorado River Delta.
Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, the Colorado River fed one of the largest desert estuaries in the world. Spread across the northernmost end of the Gulf of California, the Colorado River delta's vast riparian, freshwater, brackish, and tidal wetlands once covered 1,930,000 acres (7,810 km²) and supported a large population of plant, bird, and marine life. Because most of the river's flow reached the delta at that time, its freshwater, silt, and nutrients helped create and sustain a complex system of wetlands that provided feeding and nesting grounds for birds, and spawning habitat for fish and marine mammals. In contrast to the surrounding Sonoran Desert, the Colorado River delta's abundance was striking.
Early explorers reported jaguars, beavers, deer, and coyotes in addition to the abundance of waterfowl, fish, and other marine and estuary organisms (Spamer, 1990; {Aldo Leopold, 1948}). Early explorers also encountered local people known as the Cucapá, or the people of the river. The Cucapá are descendants of the Yuman-speaking Native Americans and have inhabited the delta for nearly a thousand years. Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcón made the first recorded contact with the Cucapá in 1540 and reported seeing many thousands. The Cucapá used the delta floodplain extensively, for harvesting Palmer's saltgrass, a wild grain, and for cultivating maize (corn), beans, and squash.
On the map the Delta was bisected by the river, but in fact the river was nowhere and everywhere, for he could not decide which of a hundred green lagoons offered the most pleasant and least speedy path to the Gulf.
- --Aldo Leopold, from A Sand County Almanac, describing the Colorado River Delta as it existed in 1922
Today, conditions in the delta have changed. Like other desert river deltas, such as the Nile Delta and the Indus River, the Colorado River delta has been greatly altered by human activity. Decades of dam construction and water diversions in the United States has reduced the delta to a remnant system of small wetlands and brackish mudflats.[2] As reservoirs filled behind dams and captured floodwaters, freshwater flows no longer reached the delta.
The construction of Hoover Dam in the 1930s marked the beginning of the modern era for the Colorado River Delta. For six years, as Lake Mead filled behind the dam, virtually no freshwater reached the delta. Even spring flooding was captured. This ecologically devastating event was repeated from 1963 to 1981 as Lake Powell filled behind the Glen Canyon Dam. With these reservoirs now filled, the dams are used to regulate flow so that water can be reliably apportioned among the users of the Colorado River Compact, and its use maximized. Most flood flows can be contained, regulated, and added to the river's capacity to sustain the Western United States' urban centers and agriculture. Floodwaters are released only when the Bureau of Reclamation, the agency managing the dams, predicts flows that exceed the system's capacity for use and storage.
The loss of freshwater flows to the delta over the twentieth century has reduced delta wetlands to about 5 percent of their original extent, and nonnative species have compromised the ecological health of much of what remains. Stress on ecosystems has allowed invasive plants to out compete native species along Colorado River riparian areas. Native forests of cottonwood and willow have yielded to sand and mudflats dominated by the nonnative tamarisk (also known as salt cedar), arrowweed, and iodinebush, a transformation that has decreased the habitat value of the riparian forest (Briggs and Cornelius, 1997).
Full reservoir conditions coupled with a series of flood events throughout the 1980s and early 1990s resulted in flood releases that reached the delta. These flows reestablished an active floodplain and revegetated many areas of the floodplain within irrigation and flood control levels, and helped to reestablish riparian forests.
The delta supports a variety of wildlife, including several threatened and endangered species. Mexico's Environmental Regulations on Endangered Species lists the following endangered species found in the terrestrial and aquatic regions of the delta (Diario Officiel, 1994):
Although not extensively studied, the delta's significance for migratory birds is indisputable, as it is the principal freshwater marsh in the region. A total of 358 bird species have been documented in the Colorado River Delta and upper Gulf of California region. From these, two are listed as endangered, six as threatened, and sixteen are under special protection in Mexico. Two wintering species and five breeding species have been locally extirpated, including the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, the Fulvous-whistling Duck, and the Sandhill Crane.
The Gulf of California lies within the jurisdictional boundaries of Mexico and its states of Baja California and Sonora. In 1974, the Mexican government designated portions of the upper Gulf and lower Colorado River Delta as a reserve zone.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) designated over 3 million acres (12,000 km²) of upper Gulf of California and the Colorado River Delta as a Biosphere Reserve in June 1993. Within this 3 million acres (12,000 km²), over 1 million acres (4,000 km²) nearest the Colorado River Delta are designated as the Reserve "core area", with the remaining 2 million acres (8,000 km²) of open water and shoreline designated as a "buffer area".
UNESCO considers areas for designation as Biosphere Reserves only after the nation in which the site is located submits a nomination. Once designated, Biosphere Reserves remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the countries where they are located. Federal Mexican governmental agencies with administrative authority over the Biosphere Reserve include the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP) and the Secretary of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP) .
In addition to designation as a Biosphere Reserve, 2500 km² (618,000 acres) within Colorado River Delta (Humedales del Delta del Río Colorado) are designated as a Ramsar Wetland under the U.N. Convention on Wetlands. Ramsar Wetlands are wetlands of international importance in terms of their ecology, botany, zoology, limnology or hydrology. The U.N. designation is considered following a nomination by the nation in which the site is located.


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If I were a Boy Again
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here is no harm to be freared. If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return. Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. "shuts love out ,in turn shall be shut out from love." If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy. If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable. Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would , if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.
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Melissa at Miss Molly's who is giving a mystery parcel valued at $50. Please note the winner is to pay $8.50 for Registered Post within Australia. Scroll down to enter;
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3. Go back to the Chicoco wall on Facebook and tell me what prize Melissa was offering under this image in her game;
You have 5 minutes to enter. This is our last prize for tonight. All winners will be announced shortly so please look out for the next post revealing the winners.
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AV Concepts Captivates Nike Audience with Holographic Illusion
AV Concepts, a holographic and immersive technology provider, partnered with Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE, Inc. to power the Aug. 3 launch of the Jordan Super.Fly 2 sneakers at the Santa Monica Place Central Courtyard.
The shoe was unveiled to thousands of fans as an 8-by-12-foot holographic illusion while spokesperson and professional basketball player Blake Griffin discussed the footwear's design, inspired by his high-flying style.
AV Concepts also was the company behind brining rapper Tupac Shakur back to life on the Coachella music festival stage. It was an illusion that had the media and Internet buzzing for weeks.
Daniel Roth, creative account manager at AV Concepts, said that Nike was looking to set their shoe launch apart from others. They wanted a high-tech promotion for their high tech shoe.
The giant holographic shoe allowed the brand to display and deconstruct its Flight Plate technology to fans. The type of technology the consumer cannot see just by looking at the shoe.
"We're so pleased at how these visual effects helped relay what's new and unique about the product in such a powerful way," said Jeron Smith, marketing manager for Jordan Brand West.
He added, "It was incredible, the moment the holographic shoe exploded onto the stage, nearly everyone in the audience pulled out their camera phones."
Roth agrees that there is a wow factor when using holographic illusions, but that there is also ROI associated with it.
"It continues the conversation. It spurs a word of mouth and that increases knowledge retention because they are describing it over and over to friends and co-workers," Roth said.
The launch event took place outside, but the holographic illusion did not occur until the evening portion of the event. "Controlling ambient light is very important. We created a special blackout curtain to block the ambient light," Roth said. "We worked with the mall and Jordan brand to make the event as dark as possible."
If you are thinking about using this type of technology at your next event, Roth outlined several things to consider. "Outside events during the day are no good. Then there are other environmental factors to consider," he said. "The weather that time of year, wind conditions, which direction is the stage facing, load in times, stage space and rigging ability."
Roth encourages you to plan early, because it will affect the staging and event design. "We want to be as involved as possible. We've built content for dozens of holograms, know what works and what doesn't," he added.
If you are looking to surprise your audience, or looking for another way to display your information with a 3D feel, a holographic illusion is something to consider.
If done right, it will certainly be something your audience will share via social media during the event and then keep the buzz going after sharing the experience with their friends and colleagues.


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Rock Salt supplies from Bawden Managed Landscapes
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Bawden offer free delivery on orders throughout Wiltshire as well as Nationwide. Those areas where supplementary charges apply are detailed below.
Brown Rock Salt Pricing:
40 bags - £200.00 plus VAT.
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Customers are welcome to visit our Amesbury Wiltshire premises to collect salt and grit supplies. Single 25kg bags of Brown Rock Salt are available for collection at a cost of £5.65 including VAT.
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Merry Christmas Everyone and Best Wishes for 2013!!!!!!!
Salem has had a great Christmas but has still kept up his dancing even though his dance school is having a break until after the summer holidays.
He has been practicing up at the gym five days a week as he has a few things he wants to work on and to keep his fitness up for Summer School which is held at The New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington.
Summer School is held over five days with dancing from 8 am til after 4 pm.
He's going to be exhausted as we have to travel in by train and bus.
At the moment Salem is working on the Peasant pas de deux second male variation from Giselle Act I.
He has got some great ideas from the video below of David McAllister from the Australian Ballet's production of Giselle from 1990.
His teacher will be choreographing a more appropriate version for his level.
Last week Salem did a floor barre class with Louis Solino at Thistle Hall in Upper Cuba Street in Wellington with the Freelance Dance Community. It was a class with all adults but he did fine.
He really enjoyed the class, Louis is such a good teacher and Salem said it was the best ab workout he has ever done.
Then on the 22nd we were able to pick up his RAD Ballet exam results.
He got Distinction for both his Grade 5 exam and the Solo Performance Award exam.
He was really pleased with himself as he was worried that he made some mistakes during the Grade 5 exam.
Well done Salem!!!!!
So it was back to the gym today, luckily the weather has cooled down a lot today so it was a lot more pleasant for him.


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I once again woke up this morning with a heavy heart.... hubby hasn't been feeling so great the last couple of days, is vomiting too much and can't really hold any food down. I'm hoping he'll have a better day today.
So with my heavy heart and achy body I dragged myself out of bed and out the door to Qi Gong practice... and then something wonderful happened.... I had such an amazing practice... With the first breath I took in at warm up, I felt my heart lifting little by little, and the day looked brighter and brighter... And as my heart opened up I felt so calm and in tune inside, and lost myself completely to the swaying of the movements. After the closing meditation, I felt recharged once again and able to face the day with a happier and lighter heart.
I learned something new today.... when we keep our hearts open through the day, we leave an open path to our soul, a window of opportunity if you will, for the wonders that await us each day. Have you ever noticed, when you are in a bad mood, filling your head with negative thoughts and nagging throughout the day.... more and more bad and unpleasant things happen that day.
Well today such a wonder, a heartfelt gift found it's way through that window, traveling that path to my soul, and filled my heart with so much joy, warmth and love.... But, I was willing to receive that gift because my heart was open... often our eyes see things that our hearts miss because we are not open to accept them.
I stopped by Alice's for what may seen like a mundane chore... a hair trim for Arman. Alice was the voice in my head that suggested I start this blog, (thanks again Al for being the messenger from the power above). But what was just a routine visit... turned out to be an incredibly pleasant experience for me. Her daughter Nicole , who is blessed with an amazing singing voice and the talent to compose her own music and write her own lyrics, had written a song for me. As she sang this song with the greatest of passion in her voice and the music vibrated out of her piano.... I was lost in an ocean of tears, these were not tears of pain or sorrow, but of love and joy that had filled my heart. I was stunned and frozen in my seat, to think that this 15 year old can create such words that would touch my heart so deep.... did I really deserve such a brilliant gift.... (I'm crying, even now as the words echo in my mind)..... Thank you Nicole for giving me this priceless treasure that will warm my heart forever.
Such wonders can be felt each day, and can fill our hearts with so much love....if only we would keep our hearts open to receive these gifts..
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Frank Pooler, an Emeritus Professor of Music at California State University of Long Beach, is well known in both academic and music circles for his mastery of contemporary choral repertoire. He received his MA and MFA degrees from the University of Iowa and did postgraduate work at Mills College in California and the University of Oslo. Frank sang, conducted, and lectured around the world; received numerous citations, honors, and distinguished service awards; wrote three books; mentored the musical group the Carpenters; and produced albums and composed music that have been awarded gold and platinum records. Frank wrote the song entitled "Onalaska" for the City of Onalaska's Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2001.
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Oh, today just keeps getting better. Of course, we're all still reeling in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings. Then I read about the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ban on partial-birth abortion. It's not that I'm thrilled by the idea of partial-birth abortion; I'm not. But I think upholding the ban is a horrible, horrible idea. It takes options away from doctors who, I would venture to guess, know (and care) a helluva lot more about women's health than politicians do. Moreover, this is a sign of regression. I'm terrified that the scenario proposed by Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, may come to pass (as quoted by the Times):
"With today's Supreme Court decision, it is just a matter of time before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 will also be struck down by the court."
And here's the next bit of misogynistic bullshit. Apparently, some ultra-Orthodox bus lines in Israel require that women move to the back of the bus or potentially face harassment or violence. Sound familiar? Now writer Naomi Ragen has rallied a group of women to file a lawsuit, earning her the moniker "the Jewish Rosa Parks." Good for her. There may be hope yet.


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