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Duan Mu An Guo, This Imperial Daughter Will Give you a Grand Gift
She practically believed that she had misheard. She wanted to ask, but the hidden guard from the North had already pushed the door and entered. The person behind her moved to a different position. Only then could he ensure that he did not get seen.
The two stayed hidden in the rafters for a bit until they were certain that the person had left. Feng Yu Heng sniffled then suddenly opened her mouth and bit down on the arm that was still wrapped around her neck.
The person trembled with pain but did not dare let out the slightest bit of sound. They could only grit their teeth and endure this trial. Only after Feng Yu Heng had bit down enough and let go did he let out a long sigh, "I saved you out of goodwill, and you still bit me." It truly was too exhausting. How did he end up with such a troublesome master.
Feng Yu Heng waved her fist at him and lowered her voice, saying: "Ban Zou, with you being injured to that degree, why have you come to the North instead of recovering back in the capital?" Back when he had spoken up the first time, she was already able to tell that the person behind her was her hidden guard, Ban Zou. Only then did she cooperate with him. It was just that the sudden shock and the crime of this guy not staying in the capital to recover left her with no choice but to punish him severely.
Ban Zou snorted, having no intention of speaking with her any further. Right now, the rafters of this building was truly not the place to speak. He held Feng Yu Heng at the waist and reminded her: "Hold onto me. I will bring you out."
Before Feng Yu Heng could agree, they were already soaring through the air, heading straight for a window that Ban Zou had broken ahead of time.
Feng Yu Heng was already very accustomed to being carried around by someone using qinggong. In fact, she could even empty her mind and think about something else, for example: "Ban Zou, fly a little slower. I finally managed to come to this palace, and I need to take a look around at the sights and sounds."
Ban Zou always felt that his master was extremely brash. This sort of impression grew even more at this time. He gritted his teeth and said: "Do you truly know just how dangerous this place is? Even just bringing you out, I need to be extremely careful, yet you want to look at the scenery? Do you not want to live?"
Feng Yu Heng waved her hand, "I definitely want to live, but I was just thinking. I am the dignified imperial daughter of Da Shun. Since I was kind enough to make the journey to the palace in the North, no matter what is said, I can't possibly come empty-handed, right?"
Ban Zou reminded her: "You really didn't come empty-handed. You gave him a grandniece to be his new wife. This gift is already enough. Let's not cause more of a stir, alright? If you have anything else to do, there's no need for his Highness to skin me. I'll just bash my own head in."
Feng Yu Heng felt that this hidden guard was too lacking in courage, "Ban Zou, in any case, you've been with me for over a year. Why is there not the slightest bit of improvement?" She said with dissatisfaction: "You had the courage to sneak over to the North, so why do you not have the courage to make a lap around the palace? Tsk tsk!" She reached out and pointed back, "Little nuisance, if you didn't come, this imperial daughter would have played around even more happily."
Ban Zou was so angry that smoke billowed from his head. Gritting his teeth, he said: "You really don't have a conscience. I chased over here from so far away and finally managed to catch up; however, I heard that you pretended to be a maidservant and went North. I chased along with great difficulty until I reached this palace; however, I saw that you ended up causing this much trouble, yet you call me a nuisance. Just now, if I did not save you, you would have been noticed by them."
Feng Yu Heng grimaced. There was no getting around that, but when she looked down… "Since we've already come to this large palace, if I don't leave something behind, it will be fine to ignore whether or not it's beneath my dignity, but it would not be good to ruin Xuan Tian Ming's heroic name."
A bad feeling welled up inside Ban Zou's heart. He nervously asked Feng Yu Heng: "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing." Feng Yu Heng casually replied; however, her right hand moved to her left wrist and entered her space. "Say, what would be the best way to prove that this imperial daughter was here?"
"Don't know." Ban Zou replied frankly. Was this not just bullying? He had to use qinggong while keeping an eye on the lay of the land, and he had to avoid the countless hidden guards in the palace. As a master, you're actually just chatting idly. This is too problematic.
Feng Yu Heng also felt that this was problematic, but she did not want to cause a problem for Ban Zou. Rather, she wanted to cause a problem for this palace.
She said: "This imperial daughter also represents his Highness Prince Yu. Right before leaving, let's leave a bit of a souvenir!" After this was said, Ban Zou watched the girl pull out ball of fire after ball of fire, throwing them all down. In the blink of an eye, a fire suddenly broke out in the areas that they had just passed. It came with a pungent smell, as it quickly spread.
Ban Zou suddenly recalled Xuan Tian Ming's favorite method for expressing his displeasure. It seemed that whenever he saw someone that he disliked, he would start a fire. In the past, Ding An Palace had been burned down twice. It turned out that the way Feng Yu Heng had said to "prove" their arrival was this? Ban Zou curled his lips up, finally saying: "Well done!"
The palace suddenly catching fire caused a panic down below. The hidden guards all came out, which finally caused Ban Zou to reveal that he could not endure the pressure.
But the two did not seem to be afraid. Ban Zou was a classic case of needing to be pressured. The more danger there was, the more joyful he felt. As for Feng Yu Heng, she felt secure in knowing that she had a strong backing because she knew that she would always have the pharmacy as her last resort. Duan Mu An Guo's people would not be able to touch her.
The two dipped and weaved while escaping. Feng Yu Heng, however, never stopped moving her hands, as she threw out cotton balls that had been soaked in alcohol and set on fire. One room at a time, the fire began to spread. Snow fell from the sky, while a fire burned on the ground. It was as though there was a contest to see which would outdo the other.
In the end, the snowflakes lost. Even if the king of heaven spilled even more snow, there would be no way of suppressing the fire that had suddenly started. The fire became fiercer and fiercer, melting a great deal of the accumulated snow. During this season, it was rare for the ground to be seen.
The palace descended into chaos. At first, Duan Mu An Guo had ordered for the palace to be closed up in order to find the girl that was meant to be the new wife. And it was because of this that the palace's main entrance, two side entrances and three minor exits were all tightly shut. The people that had come to celebrate the birthday filled the courtyard had to watch the fire slowly creep toward them from the backyard. In fact, they could even feel the heat coming from the air; however, they were unable to exit through the main gate.
For a while, shrieks and screams filled the air. It was a heartbreaking sound, and the entire palace became frightening like a scene from purgatory. Feng Yu Heng was quickly carried away by Ban Zou. She faintly saw Duan Mu An Guo in the middle of the crowd shouting "Don't panic" while glaring at the gate. It seemed that he was contemplating whether or not it should be opened.
But how could people act as he desired. As the heat drew closer and closer, what thoughts of rank, what Duan Mu An Guo, what northern provinces, what defection, these thoughts were all cast to the back of their minds. They worked as one to begin ramming the gates. Rather, it would be the people in the back that desperately ran against the people in the front. Again and again, the people in the front were plastered against the gate, and their injuries were not light, but the desire to live was strong.
Finally, the gate was broken open, but the people could not handle the momentum, and countless people were knocked over. Even Duan Mu An Guo could not control this chaos. After all, the fire was burning at their butts. If he wanted to keep them behind, that would mean that he wanted to burn them all to death. He knew that there was nothing else he could do aside from letting them run away. Fortunately, Song Zhou's city gates were shut tight. Even if these people ran away, they could not escape from the palm of his hand.
Without any resistance from Duan Mu An Guo, everyone began to squeeze out through the gate. Once they were out, they dispersed, and some people even had the idea of using this opportunity to escape the North. They already began to drag their families toward the gates.
As for Ban Zou and Feng Yu Heng, this trip was not very smooth. Their movements had been exposed, and Feng Yu Heng had even exchanged a glance with Duan Mu An Guo. Just this glance caused Duan Mu An Guo to become furious. To Feng Yu Heng, this appearance was similar to that of a furious Ox King. His eyes bulged out roundly, and the anger could not be vented. It seemed that his body was about to explode.
Countless hidden guards soared into the air to kill them, and Ban Zou's personality had been completely awakened. Holding Feng Yu Heng in one hand, he pulled out the blade that he had at his waist. After just a few swings, he cut down numerous experts from the North.
Feng Yu Heng did not dally. Holding one tranquilizer gun in each hand, she shot at anyone that she saw. These martial arts masters might have been able to catch thrown hidden weapons, but they had no place to hide against this weapon that they had no understanding of. Many people would fall while midair after being hit by this tranquilizer gun. The majority of the people in this battle at the palace died from the fall.
Duan Mu An Guo cried out in anger; however, he also knew that the two could not be held down. In addition to this, the fire burned fiercer and fiercer. Some servants had already come to report that they did not know what had started the fire, but water could not put it out very well. The concubines all came out crying. The head madam from Qian Zhou hurriedly came to the front yard, the entire family surrounding Duan Mu An Guo. They were waiting for him to make a decision.
Duan Mu An Guo's anger was just anger. Faced with this sort of outcome, he was willing to protect these people. He waved his hand and loudly said: "Everyone, retreat!" The servants immediately gathered together with the hidden guards and normal guards. The servants and guards surrounded their masters, forming a protective circle then quickly left the palace.
Unfortunately, the fire had started suddenly, and they did not have a chance to prepare a carriage. In fact, half of the horses had been burned to death. The stablehands only brought over a handful of horses that had clearly been injured, asking Duan Mu An Guo if he wanted to ride one.
Duan Mu An Guo angrily kicked that person a large distance. When that person let go, the shocked horse neighed then went out of control and rushed into the streets, running for its life.
Without horses or carriages, they could only walk through the snow. When the concubines had run out, they did not have time to put on thick clothes. When they were being chased by the fire in the palace, they did not feel cold, but now that they had come out, their faces turned pale when the cold winds blew.
Duan Mu An Guo had never hated so much in his life before. Even back when the situation had occurred with the third prince or Duan Mu Qing, even if he was angry, he was not in as sorry a state as today. With things as they were, no matter how stupid he was, he would be able to guess who that girl was. That was Da Shun's imperial daughter Ji An, the girl engaged to the ninth prince. Aside from her, there would be no other girl in this world that dared to set up that sort of scam under his watch. It would be even more impossible for them to set fire to his palace.
He fiercely clenched his fist, turning around to stare at the uncontrollable fire and the palace that was about to be burned down. The hatred inside his heart had reached an all-time high.
Duan Mu An Guo swore to himself that his Duan Mu family would swear that they would personally execute that girl surnamed Feng. They would personally execute that ninth prince!
TN: I believe the Ox King mentioned here would be Chi Chi's father from Dragon Ball.


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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Polka Dot Fun!
11 comments:
- Cherry Lane Jane said...
you did a beautiful job making this dress!
- August 6, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Uneekdolldesigns said...
I love the Victorian era, the clothes, the authors from that era, and the history too. Your blog looks very interesting...I will pass it on!
- August 7, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Sandy said...
What a lovely blog. I will certainly return and have a good read.
I can relate to much of the Victorian times as I had a Grandmother that never moved out of them.
I was brought up with Victorian values. Gas lighting when visiting and staying with her and much else.
- August 7, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
You made this dress??? Thats just fantastic:D
Love your blog:)
- August 7, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Channah said...
How beautiful! Great job!
- August 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- Lisa Nelsen-Woods said...
I love polka dots. I didn't realize that polka dots were period. That gives me ideas...
- August 7, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Sheila said...
The ball gwon dress is beautifull! Great job!
- August 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Gypsy at Heart said...
I agree with Sandy. It is a lovely blog. I found you through Entrecard. Love the dresses. How talented you are. I'm more partial to the regency period but I also love the Victorian era. I'll visit again.
- August 9, 2008 at 8:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
That is just gorgeous! Wow! Can you teach me how to sew ;)? Excellent work! WOW!
- August 11, 2008 at 9:31 AM
- sarahanne said...
Thanks everyone! You've all been such an encouragement.
- August 11, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
I have to say, I so want one of your dresses!
- August 13, 2008 at 3:54 AM

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Judging from the picture at the right, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had himself a pretty great Christmas. Irving tweeted the photo on Christmas day before deleting it and going into a totally inept mode of damage control:
Ah yes, the "Internet," always taking control of our Twitter accounts and tweeting out photos of us hanging out with @VuhJynaSaurus. That "Internet" is a real bastard. Despite Irving's panicked response, his wife seemed to take the whole situation in stride:
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Last week Bol.com launched their new online magazine 'Stijl' at MBFWA in Amsterdam. I was invited to the event and also got to visit the SIS by Spijkers & Spijkers fashionshow!
The day started with rain and clouds, but once I stepped of the bus, the sun started shining! The magazine is all about fashion, beauty & lifestyle, trends and inspiration. It makes it really easy to find and choose the right products that you are looking for, wether it's beauty, accessories, or jewelry.
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Initial test results have revealed why a Tampa family mysteriously fell ill earlier this week: they ate steak contaminated with LSD.
The family bought the meat from a local Walmart, which has been very cooperative with investigators and has turned over all of the bottom round steak that was on their shelves at the time, Tampa Police said Friday in a news release.
It was not immediately clear how the steak that Ronnie Morales, 24, his girlfriend Jessica Rosado, 31, and her 7-year-old and 6-year-old daughters ate Monday night became contaminated with LSD. Test results provided Friday showed the presence of the hallucinogenic drug, police said.
Morales, 24, felt sick soon after eating dinner at 2744 Bel Aire Circle and called 911. But he felt so ill that Rosado, who was 9 months pregnant, drove him to St. Joseph's Hospital. That's when she felt sick and was rushed across the street to St. Joseph's Women's Hospital and was induced into labor, police said.
Shortly thereafter, her daughters Elyana, 7, and Rayna, 6, began hallucinating and felt ill as well. Both girls and Morales were given tracheal intubations and were hospitalized, according to police.
They were released from the hospital in good condition two days later, on Wednesday.
Rosado, who gave birth to a boy, was released with her healthy son on Thursday, police said.
Authorities are still waiting for toxicology test results that were taken from the family members. Those are expected in the next three weeks, police said.
The meat was purchased at the Walmart at 1501 N. Dale Mabry Highway, and the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office is testing all of the steak that the store turned over, police added.
"Like everyone else in the community, we are deeply disturbed about this situation and are taking it very seriously," Walmart spokesperson Dianna Gee said in a statement. "We want answers and we're committed to working with officials to get to the bottom of this."
She said it was unclear where the food was tampered with, or how.
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Answers of Mr. Adnan Oktar to the questions of Kourash Zibari from Iran, August 24, 2010
Bloodshed and oppression will be neutralized under Imam Mahdi's leadership: Harun Yahya
Kourosh Ziabari
Dear Mr. Yahya; is the Israeli regime, in your view, militarily capable of launching an attack against Iran? What would be the consequences for Israel of a strike against Iran?
We are now living in the End Times, in the age of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Our Prophet (saas) has told us about all the events that will take place during this time in great detail. There will be no great war after this time. The movement of the dajjal wants bloodshed in the Middle East, but, by Allah's leave, we will not permit it. There can be no question of Israel attacking Iran, or Iran attacking Israel. Any attack against innocent people with no true justification is unlawful according to the Qur'an and it is also unlawful according to the Torah. Every Jew who obeys the rulings of the Torah is also obliged to abide by Allah's commandment, "Thou shall not murder." No matter how much certain circles in Israel favor conflict, bloodshed and disorder and no matter how these circles sometimes prevail, it is obvious that the great majority of Israel will not accept a physical attack on such a large and powerful country as Iran.
We know what the real aim is of those who want to set sincere, devout Jews and Muslims against one another, and we have exposed their sinister tricks. So neither Iran nor Israel will fall for them. It is therefore essential for Jews and Muslims who genuinely believe in Allah, who love the Prophets, who believe in the Books He sent down and who know that the Hereafter exists to form an intellectual alliance against irreligion, Darwinism, atheism and materialism. Atheists and Darwinists easily ally themselves around their own beliefs and try to crush believers, whatever their faith, with all their might. It is extraordinary how people who love Allah and want the moral values commanded by Him to prevail are unable to form an alliance while the alliance between Darwinists and materialists seeks to drown the world in blood. When true believers are allied they will obviously totally neutralize those who want war. It is therefore essential that our devout Iranian and Israeli brothers should treat one another with affection, love and understanding and wage a great intellectual struggle against irreligion, materialism and Darwinism using knowledge, science and culture. When that happens, nobody will be able to speak of war, assault, fighting or conflict.
In the case of an Israeli attack against Iran, what would be the reaction of the Islamic world? In particular, what is your estimation of Turkey's possible response in case of an Israeli attack against Iran?
I do not believe Israel will choose to do such a thing. True, devout Jews in Israel will not permit such an attack either. Turkey's policy has always been to support justice, the rightful and the innocent. But there is an important phenomenon to be noted here. Dajjal is trying to set Muslims and Jews, who are actually brothers and who are all descended from the Prophet Ibrahim (as), against one another. It aims for the destruction of both Jews and Muslims. It is very important to expose the movement of the dajjal and neutralize it, insha'Allah.
Why doesn't the international community take effective, practical steps to stop the unlawful actions of Israel such as the collective punishment of the Palestinian people, building illegal settlements on Palestinian lands and destroying the Palestinian constructions, mosques, schools and homes?
The only way for the suffering of our Palestinian brothers to come to an end is for the Islamic world to be united and act as one. So long as Muslims are not united around a spiritual leader, neither Palestine, nor Iraq, nor East Turkestan nor Afghanistan can be freed. Sanctions by international bodies, punishments and the like will change nothing. You have seen that over the years. Many decisions have been taken against Israeli actions, and what have they changed? There is terrible oppression going on under the influence of a handful of atheist Zionists in Israel, not only of our Palestinian brothers, but of devout Christians and Jews, as well. There is only one thing for those who want that oppression to end to do, and that is to mobilize all their resources for the establishment of Turkish-Islamic Union. When the Islamic world of 1.5 billion people is united, no harm will befall a hair on the head of a single Muslim anywhere in the world, insha'Allah. ButTurkish-Islamic Union will mean salvation for all mankind, not just Muslims, because it will be the system in which the moral values of the Qur'an are fully applied. It will be a union based on love, affection, beauty, art, science and democracy, and Jews, Christians, Buddhists and atheists will all be treated as first-class human beings under its roof. Everyone will be free to speak his mind and perform his religious obligations. In the same way that love and justice reigned in the time of our Prophet (saas), and in the same way the People of the Book lived at ease and Muslims enjoyed well-being and security, so it will be again when Turkish-Islamic Union is established, insha'Allah.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently called for an international action to bring to an end the lawlessness of the Zionist regime. What efforts should an international movement include in order to hold Tel Aviv accountable for the crimes its commits?
I have set this out many times before. Telling someone who has made oppressing others his life's work "have pity on us, and please stop" will have no effect at all, and may even encourage him still further. Our Muslim brothers are following a wrong path here. They say the international community should take action, but would not a comprehensive solution that does not require action from the international community be better? Instead of asking Israel not to engage in unlawful actions, would it not be better to build an environment in which Israel would never dare do such things? Just imagine, if the Islamic world of 1.5 billion people were coalesced around a spiritual leader, if they were to act as a military, cultural and economic giant, would Israel or any other country dare to adopt such policies? It would never even cross their minds or enter their heads. They would display huge respect for our Palestinian brothers and devout Jews and Christians. There would be nothing for the international community to intervene over. It will be possible to neutralize those who seek bloodshed, ruthlessness, murder and oppression with the founding of Turkish-Islamic Union under the spiritual leadership of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Of course, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will neutralize them with love, affection, culture, art and science. He will save them from their errors. He will protect them, too. He will lead them to the true path, too, insha'Allah.
What roles can Turkey play in order to isolate the Zionist regime politically, culturally and economically? How can Turkey assume leadership in an international movement against the illegalities of the Israeli regime?
Isolating Israel and forcing it into solitude is no solution. It is not compatible with the Qur'an and the Sunnah either. We are looking at an unjust practice and mistaken policy on the part of a few Godless, irreligious, atheist Zionists who do not abide by the Torah. But there are also many devout Jews and Christians. There are many innocent women, children and elderly people. It is incompatible with good conscience to force all these people into isolation and condemn them to conditions in which they cannot survive. We will be their savior and protector too, insha'Allah. The People of the Book are entrusted to us by the Prophets Musa (as) and 'Isa (as). We will ensure they live in the best manner. We will shelter them in the finest way, the same way that the Prophet Muhammad (saas) treated them with justice and affection and that Hazrat Omar (ra) watched over and protected them. We do not want Israel to be destroyed, wiped off the map, impoverished or to have its resources limited. We just want an end to atheist Zionist oppression. That will be possible through an intellectual struggle against irreligion, atheism, materialism and Darwinism.
How do you estimate the growing relations between the two brother nations of Iran and Turkey? How can these two countries shape a powerful coalition against the bullying superpowers and their colonies such as Israel?
Iran is Turkey's long-time friend. We love our Iranian brothers as we do ourselves and will never permit them to face difficulties or problems. We will protect and watch over them as we do ourselves. For Iran and Turkey to be allied in love, affection and peace would be to the benefit of the entire region. For two great and powerful countries to act together to establish the well-being, peace and security of mankind will be a huge blow to the movement of the dajjal. A just, compassionate and loving alliance that excludes none, and supports right instead of might, will bring great ease and comfort, not just to Islamic countries, but to all the nations in the region and people of all beliefs. I want to tell my brothers once again that I love and value my Iranian brothers very highly. We are in the age of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a blessed individual descended from our Prophet (saas) and started work, as the Prophet (saas) says, in the Hijri 1400s. Hazrat Mahdi (as) is at work now. We will also see the Prophet 'Isa (as) in the next 10 to 20 years, insha'Allah. I say these things on the basis of the hadiths of our Prophet (saas). All the portents of the End Times foretold by our Prophet (saas) have come about. We will soon see other glad tidings, the global dominion of the moral values of Islam, insha'Allah. It is therefore very important, in such a climate, to keep to the path shown by our Prophet (saas). It is most important to seek Hazrat Mahdi (as), strive to be his supporter, forerunner and follower, to wage a cultural struggle against irreligion and Darwinism in order to support his struggle, to strive to improve love and friendship among Muslims and to strive to sincerely live by Qur'anic moral values. Allah's promise is a true one, and Allah will never break His promise. By His leave, we will all witness the promise of the global dominion of Islamic moral values come true in the next 10 to 20 years, insha'Allah.
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A group called NumbersUSA in Arlington, Va., ran full-page ads in two Northwest Florida newspapers this week criticizing Florida Senate President Don Gaetz for doing �the wrong thing� on illegal immigration.
A group called NumbersUSA in Arlington, Va., ran full-page ads in two Northwest Florida newspapers this week criticizing Florida Senate President Don Gaetz for doing �the wrong thing� on illegal immigration.
Gaetz wonders why it bothered.
�Gaetz voted FOR House Bill 235 to make it easier for illegal immigrants to get driver�s licenses here,� states the ad, which ran Thursday in the Northwest Florida Daily News and the Panama City News Herald.
House Bill 235 passed that chamber 115-2 during the last legislative session. It was accepted by the Senate as written and approved 40-0.
Read a copy of the bill. >>
The measure would have allowed immigrants brought into the country as children � those who had applied for but were still waiting on a determination of �deferred action� citizenship � to seek temporary driver licenses.
Gaetz�s support of the bill apparently didn�t sit well with NumbersUSA, which the Arizona Daily Star reported has a budget of about $6 million and �tens of thousands of devoted supporters.�
�If Florida wants to reduce illegal immigration, why would Gaetz make it easier for illegal immigrants to enjoy the benefits of citizenship here?� NumbersUSA asked in the ad.
The fiery language seemed to be backed up, at least in part, by NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck.
But Beck, who was contacted through a media liaison and commented by email, didn�t single out Gaetz the way the ad did.
�We were alarmed at how easily members of the Florida Legislature abandoned concerns for the jobless citizens of the state while making it easier for illegal foreign workers to compete for jobs, and wanted to send a message to leaders to try to prevent the same thing from happening next year,� Beck said.
Gaetz and his son, state Rep. Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach, view the ad skeptically. Don Gaetz of Niceville said he thinks somebody local �sent NumbersUSA money and used them as a front to confuse people in Northwest Florida.�
He said he thinks the person or people behind the ad is attempting to throw dirt not on him, but on Matt Gaetz, who has signed up to seek his father�s Senate seat when it comes open in 2016.
The elder Gaetz noted that the ad mentions him by name only once, but uses �Gaetz� six other times, always in bold or large type.
�It seems to be an obvious attempt by some shadowy group to confuse people about Rep. Gaetz and his vote and Sen. Gaetz and his vote,� Don Gaetz said.
Matt Gaetz was one of the two legislators who opposed House Bill 235.
There are certainly some things about the ad that raise questions, not the least of which is that Gov. Rick Scott vetoed the legislation June 4, more than six weeks ago.
Don Gaetz also pointed out that he was the only senator or representative mentioned in the ad, and that nothing similar has been run outside of his Senate district.
�Why target me, who is not eligible for re-election, and none of the other 39 senators, half of whom are up for re-election?� he asked. �Why not target the bill sponsor, or those on the Senate committees that would consider the bill?�
And why wait until well after the legislative session has ended to spend money targeting a legislator or offering a critical opinion on a particular piece of legislation?
�This is certainly not a group that has provided any testimony before the Senate, and they have never contacted me about this bill,� Gaetz said. �I have contacted the Republican Party of Florida and they don�t know who this shadowy group is.�
The NumbersUSA website offers significantly more praise than criticism of the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature.
There is no mention of any opposition against House Bill 235 before or during this year�s session.
Peter Robbio, the NumbersUSA liaison, deflected some of the questions raised by Gaetz and a review of the group�s website. He said he would contact Beck again in an effort to get additional answers.
He said when contacted a third time that Beck would respond by email. Beck had not responded as of Thursday evening.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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Former Co-op Student Tony Granville '97 Designs Polymers in Australia
Stevens alumnus Tony Granville (B.S. in Chemistry, 1997) is a 20-hour flight away from Hoboken, but his alma mater is never far from his mind.
A lecturer and academic fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, Granville credits his experience in the Stevens Cooperative Education Program for awakening him to his dream job (running an chemistry lab), pushing him to pursue his doctorate (which he earned in 2004 from the University of Akron), and landing him beach-side in the South Pacific (where he spends his free time scuba diving).
Originally from Coatesville, Penn., Granville said his childhood could be described as cliché for a future chemist.
"I had a chemistry kit as a kid and was constantly tinkering and blowing stuff up," he said.
At Stevens, Granville was torn between majoring in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering until he began his first Co-op assignment at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Synthesizing and researching polymer composites in the FAA's fire safety branch was fascinating, and he knew from then on that he had to be a chemist.
"After that I geared all of my electives at Stevens and my placements in Co-op toward polymer chemistry," he said.
Granville also knew that working with polymers would make him marketable in the workforce. It worked. After a second Co-op placement at the FAA – and one in AlliedSignal's micro-optic devices branch doing complex research on polymer coatings for optical materials like waveguides and backlights for LCD screens – Granville was a no-brainer to be hired for his first full-time, post-graduation job. He went to work at Mitsubishi Chemical America as an organic chemist responsible for developing aftermarket charge transfer polymer coatings – the materials that make laser printers work.
"I definitely had a massive edge over other applicants," he said. "The job was a blend of basic research and pilot plant work, taking everything I had learned and pushing me even more."
Granville worked for Mitsubishi for two years, but missed constantly getting his hands dirty in the lab. Having kept in touch with one of his former Co-op managers, Granville took his advice to leave industry and pursue his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry.
"It was the research and lab work that I loved, and the only way to really keep doing that was to run a research lab, and you have to have a doctorate to do that," Granville said. "It was easily the most valuable bit of advice I've ever gotten."
Today Granville is living his dream. At USNW's Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design, he's involved in advanced research in the areas of biopolymers for sensors, electronics, and nanomedicine – research that he says has the potential to lead to earlier disease detection, faster treatment and improved survival rates.
"Implementation is a long ways off, but the potential is there so it's pretty exciting," Granville said. "I'm confident that we're right on the cusp of some really big breakthroughs."
He's also teaching graduate-level polymer synthesis courses at UNSW and working to develop a polymer engineering course that combines a number of different research fields, including water membrane systems, catalysis research and food science.
"I'm trying to show the students just how important a basic understanding of polymers can aid them in virtually any career path they take," Granville said.
And fittingly, Granville is involved in USNW's own Co-op program, as a coordinator for its Industrial Chemistry stream. He primarily serves as a liaison between academia and industry, ensuring students fulfill their course requirements and also get valuable work experience at the companies they work for.
"It's my little way to give back for how rewarding my own Co-op experience was," he said.


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by Alaina Mabaso
Mt. Airy couple Linda Slodki and Arleen Olshan thought their upcoming trip to Vienna would be an ordinary vacation. But a visit to the Montgomery County courthouse earlier this month, where Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes began issuing same-sex marriage licenses July 24, has transformed the couple's plans into a honeymoon.
Locally, Slodki and Olshan, a master leather crafter, are best known as the founders (in 2009) of Mt. Airy Art Garage, a public hub of music, arts and culture on Mt. Airy Avenue with more than 160 members. One of their most visible undertakings has been the Rain Barrel Project. In May of this year, the second year for the project, representatives of CW Henry, Homeline, PA School for the Deaf, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and the Germantown HS Stained Glass Project were able to create and paint 10 rain barrels for the Northwest community. The barrels, combined with 15 more that were produced last year, now line Germantown Avenue. The barrels are used to water planters in an effort to show homeowners and businesses how to save money while protecting the Wissahickon Watershed.
But this summer's sudden journey into matrimony for Slodki and Olshan has been a personal one. They met about 15 years ago at a Commodore Barry Club benefit event. Speaking last week about her groundbreaking Pennsylvania nuptials, Slodki remembered that the Dukes of Destiny, the great Northwest Philly rockin' blues band, were playing that night. Olshan first saw Slodki sitting with mutual friends.
"I was totally smitten," said Slodki, who has referred to her spouse as "the butch of my dreams." Linda, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, became one of Conrail's first female railroad engineers in the 1970s. (She once told an interviewer, "I admit to my moments of joy sticking my head out the window and seeing people go, 'Oh my God, there's a woman driving the train!'") Linda still has relatives in Germany (she learned to speak German before she learned to speak English), and she has a cousin who is the founder and executive director of the Gay Museum in Berlin.
Olshan, a former owner of the country's oldest LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans-gendered) bookstore, Giovanni's Room in center city, took a little longer to seal the deal. "I was more difficult. I really wanted to get to know Linda and be friends with her."
A few years later, Olshan moved out of her Germantown home and joined Slodki, who has lived in Mt. Airy for over 30 years. "Linda has a sense of humor, she's really bright and wonderful," Olshan said.
Slodki reciprocated. "When I think of Arleen, I think of someone who is absolutely one of the funniest people … she's smart as a whip, she's a leader, she's a really good artist. She is such a dreamer that she floats out into the skies."
"I saw it on TV," Olshan said of getting the Montgomery County news, after Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced that she would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibits gay marriage, in an ACLU court challenge. "It was Linda's birthday, and I proposed to her."
After a 15-year partnership, Slodki was thrilled at the chance to make it official. "We would've been married way before this," she said. "We felt really strongly that this was an issue of civil rights and of love and of justice.
"It was really wonderful on the day we were there," she went on, describing their trip to the courthouse, where a pro-gay marriage demonstration was going on. After the mandatory three-day wait, Slodki and Olshan married in a tiny private ceremony on Aug. 12, with the help of a grown-up flower girl and their longtime friend, a mischievous rabbi, who said, "This looks like an act of subversion. Want me to marry you?"
But for all their joy, the couple knows that challenges are coming. Even those who wholeheartedly support their partnership have voiced misgivings about the wedding itself.
According to Slodki, some people have tempered their congratulations with worry, saying, "I can't believe you did this; don't you know that if Pennsylvania doesn't support your right to be married as a couple, then this is something you've done in vain?"
Olshan acknowledged that there are still many people who aren't comfortable with same-sex relationships. She said it may be impossible to change their minds, but she aims for what she calls "a life of integrity," without worrying about what others have to say.
For her part, Slodki thinks questions about what they'll do if DOMA prevails in Pennsylvania are "rhetorical." As of July 30, Hanes has been facing a Commonwealth Court lawsuit from the Pennsylvania Health Department, which would overturn his decision to issue the same-sex marriage licenses. But Slodki and Olshan agreed that the legal uncertainty means little compared to their personal decision to take action on behalf of their partnership: "For us it just made sense."
"If you love somebody that much and you were going to do it all along anyway, how could you not seize the opportunity and say, 'This is how I feel?'" Slodki added. "We know and expect doors to close … if there's going to be a fight, we're ready."
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Is God of Jesus, the God of Old Testement?24 Apr
I saw this post in one of the blogs here. I cant resist myself from replying to it..!
"The purpose of this article is not to offend anyone. But, ifit does, Ireally don't care. Iam sure lots of christians out there will probablly be praying for my soul. Don't, pray for your own.
Well, here goes.
Is the god of Jesus the god of the old testament? My answer is no. The god that Jesus speaks of is a loving, compassionate god. A father who loves all his children. A god of peace. The god of the old testament is nothing like this. This is a god that punishes mankind for eternity for some thing the first man and woman did. Their crime was disobeying god and gaining. A god that wanted us to remain ignorant. Jesus on the other hand said "seek the truth, and it will set you free". the god of the old testament tied to wipe out humanity with a flood. this god tells his people to go into villages and kill every man woman and child. Where is the Love in that? what Kind of god tells his people to commit such atrocities. That's another thing, why would a kind and loving god favor one race over all others? This is a rascist god.
God tells Abraham to murder his own son, then when he was about to do it , god pretty much says, I was just kidding, but now I know that you are obiedient. this is a sadistic god. in the old testament, when it talks about how the Pharoh fed the hebrew children to the crocidiles, every one says how evil it was. but when god curses Egypt, and kills evvery first born son. it's alright. So, it is bad if we do it, but it is ok if god does it. The god of jesus would never be like this.
So, Is the god of Jesus the god of the old testement? No.
I rest my case."
To read fully click here.
I would have answered this post in its comments area..bt it needs a good explanation..so I decided to bring it here.
The first thing which I appreciate is that the author recognises JESUS (Peace be upon him) IS NOT GOD. There was a God for Jesus (Peace be upon him) himself.
When I hovered the comments area..I could see that no one answered the author's questions directly. Those were appreciable questions in my view. They just bombarded him with quotes from bible(s) without explaining them.
When I read this post..my faith increased..yes it is true..the God who sent down AlQur'aan has sent down these previous scriptures Taurah (Old Testement you say), Injeel (New Testement)…otherwise u wouldnt be having these certain incidents in it..which Qur'aan speaks about it clearly.
In numerous verses in AlQur'aan, God states that this book affirms the books which came before it..lemme quote few of them.
And We have sent down the true Book upon you (O Muhammad), confirming the Books preceding it, and a protector and witness over them [AlQur'aan 5:48]
[Allah] said, "O John, take the Scripture with determination." And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy. [AlQur'aan 19:12]
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. [AlQur'aan 19:30]
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided. [AlQur'aan 23:49]
And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good. [AlQur'aan 46:12]
But what should we take into consideration is.. ARE TODAY'S OT AND NT GOD'S WORDS?
Speak from ur heart..do u say they r God's words?
We review it, we add to it, we delete from it and still we say THEY ARE GOD'S WORDS?
Lets be truthful to ourselves, lose is going to be for us and not to others!
God admonishes this by saying,
So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah ," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn. [AlQur'aan 2:79]
And this is the main reason for all these confusions you got. You agree the words of God but you cant agree the words of human beings in the cover of 'Godly man'.
Now lemme come to your actual questions.
A loving, compassionate, peaceful God:
I agree with u in all these qualities of God. But when u say that a loving God can never get anger or a compassionate God can never punish you thats where I disagree with you.
See you believe that when you do good God loves you, then why cant you believe that God can punish those who transgress too?? Do you think He cant do that? Do you think He cant get anger?
Come on now, where is the logic here?
In addition you can read my posts:
Is Love God?
Can God instill' Fear'?
And see whether u can agree with my views.


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I am interested in a variety of different topics including cosmology, gravitational waves, black holes, and exotic crystals (including choreographic crystals and quasicrystals).
I am interested in attempts to find an underlying mathematical framework that better captures the unexplained patterns and features in the standard model of particle physics.
Recently, my collaborators and I proposed a new cosmological model, the "CPT-Symmetric Universe," in which the universe before the bang is the CPT mirror image of the universe after the bang. We have presented some of the observational predictions of this model, and are currently busily working out others.


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An invention filed with the U.S. Patent Office allows pregnant women to partially insert a balloon in the vagina and push it out, in order to practice giving birth.
According to the patent, when inflated in the vagina, the balloon tapers conically toward the waist, which "causes the orifice of the birth canal to dilate in a manner similar to that caused by the emerging head of a baby." Pregnant women can then "exercise by pushing the balloon out of the vagina in preparation for giving birth." Supposedly repeatedly birthing the balloon will make the real thing easier and less painful, but is better to just do it once and get it over with? [Inventor Spot]


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