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Embarking on a journey of self-discovery: these days pilgrimages are about more than just "praying with your feet". They make you apply the brakes and rediscover a slow yet soothing pace, while readjusting to the tranquil setting and exploring new things. The St. James' Way route across Lüneburg Heath is a prime example of this.
In spring, visitors marvel at the cotton grass blossoms, creating a fluffy layer of white over the 8,000 year-old moor. See the unique heather blossoms in summer, get a sense of that Indian summer feeling when autumn paints its rainbow of colours and enter into the treasured tranquillity of winter: the nature on Lüneburg Heath moves visitors all year round, so the St. James' Way pilgrimage across Lüneburg Heath is always an experience. A total of 50 pilgrim badges were found in 2000, prompting the revival of the medieval route. Today the yellow scallop shell on a blue background takes pilgrims to historic sites with silent witnesses to the past: burial mounds, churches, abbeys and monasteries, to name just a few. And through tranquil forests and along heath streams with impressively clear water, through mellow lilac heaths, where onlookers become absorbed in thought. The St. James' Way pilgrimage through Lüneburg Heath starts at St. James' Church in Hamburg, visited by pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela since 1255. In Soltau, which boasts the only stave church in northern Germany, pilgrims must make a choice: should they take the path via Walsrode/Walsrode Abbey through the Aller-Leine Valley or the route through Südheide Nature Park, past Wienhausen Abbey and through the residence city of Celle? Regardless of the route taken, the surrounding serenity brings visitors renewed strength for the return to everyday life at the end of the pilgrimage.
Total length of route (both routes): approx. 390 km
Route from Soltau via Walsrode and through the Aller-Leine Valley to Mandelsloh, ending at Mariensee Convent: 4 daily stages
Route from Soltau through Südheide Nature Park, via Wienhausen and Celle to Mandelsloh, ending at Mariensee Convent: 10 daily stages
Pilgrim hostels along the route?: Yes
Starts: Hamburg
Ends: Mariensee Convent
Arrival options: Hamburg Central Station
Departure options: Celle
About the route: easily accessible, slight elevation
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One practical thought that immediately comes to mind is to conduct a small-scale pilot project, say first at the community level. How do you propose we do it?
DM: This is an eminent idea. Naturally, one must have a starting point, but in time there will be a multiplicity of such points that will serve as mini-epicentres of influence. I am already appealing to national governments as well as entities in the business sector, to champion this cause. With the blessings and resources made available, I would ensure that I establish action teams to commence interactions! The media should be invited to monitor the progress of such an initiative, for the initiative to garner publicity, build momentum, and inspire a flood tide in the hearts of people who recognize the brilliant incipience of such a worthy movement.
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A.R.S. §36-1603 - Permit for public display
A. Each governing body may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for granting permits for supervised public displays of fireworks within its jurisdiction, by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks and other organizations and groups.
B. Applications for a permit shall be made in writing not less than five days (see note below) prior to the date of the display. Every display shall be handled by a competent operator, and shall be of a character and located, discharged and fired so that it will not be hazardous to property or endanger any person. Before a permit is granted, the operator, location and handling of the display shall be approved after investigation by the fire chief of the city or town or the sheriff of the county as is appropriate. After a permit is granted, the sale, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for the display shall be lawful for that purpose only. No permit is transferable or assignable.
C. If a community, organization or group authorized under this article to obtain a permit for a public display of fireworks desires a permit for a locality more than fifty miles from the county seat and not within the limits of an incorporated city or town, application may be made to the justice of the peace of the precinct in which that locality is situated. The justice may issue the permit, subject to the conditions prescribed by this article, in the same manner as the board of supervisors. The constable shall make the prescribed investigation. The justice of the peace shall promptly report to the board of supervisors any permit issued by hnim pursuant to this subsection, and shall transmit the bond of the permitees to the board.
Application for permit must be made in writing not more than six weeks or less than five days (see note below) prior to the date of the display on the application form prescribed by the Gila County Board of Supervisors. Failure to provide all information requested on the application including the requisite certificate of liability insurance or surety bond may be grounds for denial of the permit.
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Music festivals are among the many things that COVID-19 has taken away from us. There is simply no way to cram into a sweaty mass of dancing people and preserve one's social distance. Yet event organizers are trying their best to find creative ways to keep the festival spirit alive.


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The Patriarchy reviewed the post and comments at Free Northerner's website regarding courting within the traditional conservative subculture. Our comments follow.
There is an exception to the rule, "No woman will ever take advice to date an uninteresting guy." Your daughter will take your advice. So, go make daughters – and sons.
Free Northerner provides a useful anecdote. It illustrates several mating problems within the traditional conservative subculture. Sadly, the narrative he supplied easily could have been a narrative out of a cult community, such as the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. Their approach is built precisely to discourage the success of young men, and to drive those young men from a community.
As others noted, he failed the test by respecting the opinion of a girl's father as relevant to his decision-making. Further, as others noted, the correct action was to focus the girl's attention away from her parents and toward himself. Ultimately, a traditional conservative woman wants to answer to her husband, not her father. If Free Northerner cares to be a husband, then he should insist that a woman who wishes to date him redirect her obedience to him, not her father. Ideally, Free Northerner's opinions will so closely match her father's that the difference is pedantic, but even a cataclysmic clash of values should result in loyalty in Free Northerner, not her father. Scripturally, she joins Free Northerner's household. He do not join hers. Not unless he want a hole drilled into his ear.
Regarding pornography, the Patriarchy recognizes only two viable moral positions: abstain entirely on moral grounds, or defend pornography fearlessly. Anything further is open to ridicule. We suppose, in Free Northerner's particular case, the correct answer to the question, "Do you watch pornography?" would be, "Not since I met your daughter." Lest there be any confusion, the Patriarchy defends pornography.
Generally, the notion that another man is capable of judging men – or that men would voluntarily abide such judgment – is completely alien to the Patriarchy. We discourage fathers from such dishonorable actions. Men either reach mutual agreement, or settle the matter with finality. Submission to authority is feminine, and we do not tolerate effeminate men within the Patriarchy, even among those that bugger men. Is Free Northerner both free and a man, or not?
Our advice to Free Northerner, in the sense of alpha/beta behavior, is this. If you feel your character was sufficient to date this girl, and you're still interested, go find her, and ask to meet for coffee. Explain to her that you are still interested. You are a man, and you want her as your wife. Explain that she can walk away, and you won't pursue, but if she wants a husband, she needs to choose that for herself – it's not the decision for her parents to make for her.
The above is the Patriarchy's advice for its daughters. We advise our daughter's, but our consent isn't necessary. Our daughters are the ones getting fucked, not us. They better be satisfied with their choice.


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The Village Pharmacy started at 473 Church Street more than 15 years ago focusing on helping people access HIV, PrEP and PEP treatments.
This second location of The Village Pharmacy at 535 Yonge Street will be one of only two pharmacies across Ontario that will be participating in a pilot HIV Point-of-Care Testing program – launching Nov. 29 – that will offer HIV testing to the public by a trained pharmacist.
The Grand Opening event on Nov. 30 will help kick off this HIV testing initiative, and at the same time, commemorate World AIDS Day. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam will be on hand to cut the ceremonial red ribbon at 11:30 am.
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Despite being busy with the upcoming X Factor semi-final, Rita Ora's still allowed herself a bit of time to let her hair down.
The 25-year-old headed out in London on Monday night to party with pals at the super-cool Cirque Du Soir nightclub.
She looked as hot as ever in a festive black and gold ensemble, working wide-legged black trousers, a matching blazer and a sexy sequin top.
This racy piece featured lace bra detailing – but it ended up getting her in a bit of trouble. Oo-er.
As she made her way out of the venue, the piece slipped down and caused her a rather embarrassing, er, nip slip.
Every girl's worst nightmare, right? But Rita (obvs) managed to style it out. She pulled her jacket in around her chest area to shield it from the cameras.
The stunning blonde still had a big grin on her face, which had been expertly made up with bronze eyeshadow, a flick of eyeliner and girlie pink lipstick.
See: Olly Murs Is Slammed For Interrupting Rita Ora On X Factor
Her locks had been teased into tousled waves that reached almost down to her waist.
It's no wonder Rita fancied a night off on Monday. She's been working hard on The X Factor, currently being the only mentor with two acts left in the competition.
Her girls Louisa Johnson and Lauren Murray will both be vying for a place in the final this weekend.
See: Rita Ora's X Factor Wardrobe Sparks Confusion On Twitter
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She's also teamed up with Sigma for new single Coming Home, which she performed to much praise on Sunday's show.
Rita celebrated her 25th birthday last week, captioning a Twitter photo of herself in a sea of balloons: 'I've got the best friends in the world thanks to everyone for my flowers & presents you know who you are! #25.'
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03.30.2018 – Old Testament: Jdg 1.22–26
To read the Bible in a year, read Judges 1–2 on March 30, In the year of our Lord 2018
By Don Ruhl
Cities change. Note how a city changed when Israel entered the Land of Canaan,
And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. So the house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city was formerly Luz.) And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will show you mercy." So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day (Judges 1.22–26).
With places like the Land of Canaan that have had someone there since the time of the Flood, it does not surprise us to see cities rise and fall and for their names to change and for survivors to go elsewhere and start over, using the old name of their previous city.
Also, note that the tribe of Joseph kept their word to that man and his family. The Lord expects us to keep our word, even if it hurts us.
- What is the history of the city where you live now?
- How old is your town?
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I'm all about trying new products that will help give me just a little bit more edge on race day. Over the years, I've tried all sorts of vitamins, minerals, protein drinks, nutritious powerhouse foods, and even drinking apple cider vinegar with lemon in the mornings. (Come on, admit it, you've done it too.)
This past training cycle I've added a couple new products as well as ones I've already been using for years.
The newest and best product I recently discovered is Nanohydr8. You guys, this stuff is amazing! I have never felt such a surge of energy from the start of my run until the end!
I first used it on an easy 10 mile run just to see how my body would tolerate it. I drank this shot of electrolytes just a few minutes before heading out the door, and my legs felt so good from the get-go. I cranked out 7:30s with no problem whatsoever. (Usually I run around an 8:00 pace.)
I then used it on a long run and again at the NYC Marathon. I definitely think it made a difference in my ability sustain a faster pace with less effort.
There are a bunch of vitamins plus 100mg of caffeine in these little shots. Since I drink decaf coffee 90% of the time, I think this also played into effect of how I felt. I'm not sure of the science behind all of the different ingredients, but I am sold.
I have been using Generation Ucan for years now, and I still love it. The biggest thing is that the powdered drink mix provides constant energy throughout a workout or race rather than having dips or spikes when taking energy gels and chews with simple sugars. I took 2 servings of the drink about 30 minutes before running the NYC Marathon.
I use the pre-workout drink before hard workouts and long run and follow it up with the post-workout protein drink right afterwards.
This is another new product I recently tried: HOTSHOT. I first remember Shalane Flanagan posting about these, but truthfully I didn't know what they were for. However, then one of my athletes told me he was using them to prevent cramping, and he swore by them.
To be honest, I've never had a problem with cramping during a workout or a race, but I was still interested if I would notice any difference. I used this mid-way through a long run this fall, and when I was drinking it, I know know how they get their name. The combination of the ginger and lime juice definitely leaves a spicy/hot sensation in your mouth!
I took the HOTSHOT, but I didn't notice any difference in how I felt. And like I said, I've never had problems with cramping, so it didn't surprise me that I didn't feel any different. However, if you have dealt with cramping in the past, I would recommend them based on other's experiences.
I have been using these Nuun tablets for years now, and I love them for replacing electrolytes after hot sweaty runs. I primarily use these in the summer since I don't sweat much in the winter, but if you are a heavy sweater, I would recommend them year-round. I will also use them during the winter months if I go on a long run or run indoors where I sweat more.
These effervescent tablets are very easy to add to hot or cold water after a run, and they also are also great to add to your water during a long run. Don't expect many calories from these though, as there are only a few calories per tablet.
I like the little bit of flavor that it gives your water, so when I'm tired of drinking plain water, I'll add one of these to my water bottle. I'm personally not picky about the flavor and like almost every flavor I've tried. There are also ones with caffeine in them if you are wanting an energy boost. I personally don't use them because I'm too sensitive to caffeine.
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I've tried all of the energy gels under the sun–everything from Clif gels to Hammer Nutrition to Huma, and of course Gu. While I've liked a lot of them, the Accel Gel brand, I think, affects my performance more than the others.
What makes Accel Gel different than others is that there is some added protein in the Accel Gel energy gels, and I think it helps with 'staying-power' and maintaining my energy levels.
This fall I discovered the Accel Gel 2nd Surge, which has 100mg of added caffeine in it, and since I'm so sensitive to caffeine (because I rarely drink caffeinated coffee), I definitely felt more of a surge of energy using this kind.
I used it on several long runs this fall and felt good through the end of the run, as well as during the NYC Marathon. While NYCM wasn't my sub-3 goal, I didn't have the dip in energy like I've had in past marathons, and I attribute some of that to this gel.
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5.45pm WATCH: Brown makes the case for Tony Blair to be EU President
3.30pm Harry Phibbs on CentreRight: "As everyone is urgently posting their Christmas presents in the hope they arrive in time may I suggest for those in need of inspiration a book by my friend Madsen Pirie? It is entitled 101 Great Philosophers and is only just over 200 pages so can be read in a day. Afterwards you need have no fear of finding yourself embarrassed at intellectual dinner parties. No longer need you worry if instructed to pick up Oliver Letwin from the station to attend your constituency annual dinner as to what to discuss on the car journey to the hotel."
12.45pm Lawrence Kay on CentreRight highlights Policy Exchange's success in moving Tory policy on housing
Noon Melanchthon on CentreRight updates his case for Tony Blair
ToryDiary: Grant Shapps promises incentives to turn NIMBYs into YIMBYs
Seats and candidates: Eric Pickles and not John Maples should draw up emergency shortlists
Charles Walker MP on Platform: Sir Christopher Kelly's review of MPs' expenses risks favouring independently wealthy MPs and giving the government whips even more power over their charges
Local government: Devon County Council spent £45,231 on overseas travel over four years
WATCH: Barack Obama signs Hate Crimes Bill into law
Tories warn of five-year war with EU over election of Tony Blair as President
"Europe will face a 'five-year war' with Britain if Tony Blair is installed as EU President, Conservative sources warned last night… Yesterday German diplomats suggested Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen as a key player in the appointment process, did not like the idea of 'having to listen to Mr Flash all the time'.
Former German president Richard von Weiszaecker, a conservative who is close to Mrs Merkel, added that Mr Blair's 'extraordinarily intensive backing' of the Iraq war would count badly against him." – Daily Mail
Timothy Kirkhope MEP warns that Blair would gallivant "around the world" rather than do the real work that Europe needs – Telegraph
Don't give Tony Blair the post of EU President, His presence would revive past battles rather than inspire a fresh approach – Charles Clarke MP in The Independent
On CentreRight yesterday evening Melanchthon urged a vote for Tony Blair as EU President: "If we must have a President, surely we want a good, strong, exciting, British one?"
British Legion poster defaced to attack Tony Blair – Photograph in The Telegraph
MPs demand five years to adjust to expenses overhaul – Guardian
Sir Christopher Kelly received pleas from 17 MPs who did not want him to ban them from employing relatives – Telegraph
"One of the wives who would lose her job if Sir Christopher Kelly were to ban MPs employing spouses has said she will take the matter to court if the new rules are brought in. Suzy Gale, who this year will have worked for her husband, the Conservative MP for North Thanet, Roger Gale, for 27 years, said: "I have taken advice from an employment lawyer and if this goes ahead I will be taking legal action for unfair dismissal or positive discrimination against whatever authority I can." – Guardian
MPs will no longer be able to cash in on lucrative resettlement allowances if they stand down at future general elections or are defeated – Telegraph
"Good riddance to the 200-odd MPs who may quit because they don't like the sound of the new regime" – Daily Mail leader
Labour's Tony McNulty will be told to repay around £13,000 and apologise to the Commons for claiming second home expenses on a house where his parents lived – Sky News
The Independent highlights Jonathan Isaby's campaign to encourage retiring Tory MPs to announce early
"Campaigners now hope to sidestep the threat of
all-women lists by writing to the 161 Conservative MPs who have not yet
announced whether or not they will stand at the next election, urging
them to do so before the end of the year. It could block Mr Cameron
from imposing any all-women lists before the next election. Jonathan
Isaby, the co-editor of the Tory members' website ConservativeHome, who
sent out the letters yesterday, said he had launched the campaign to
"ensure that their associations do not have to select under the
restrictive by-election rules", which dictate that the CCO can impose a
shortlist containing three or four names on local parties." – Independent
> Read the text of Jonathan Isaby's letter to Tory MPs
Deborah Orr says she'd vote for new Tory candidate for Penrith, Rory Stewart – Guardian | Seats & Candidates
The Sun castigates Labour over Nimrod
The Sun Says: "Saying sorry sounds distinctly hollow after Government penny-pinching caused the deaths of 14 servicemen. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth floundered again yesterday when cuts were blamed for the 2006 crash of a Nimrod spyplane in Afghanistan. An inquiry says 20 per cent defence budget cuts – applied with "Stalinist efficiency" – made the Nimrod a death-trap. Safety was sacrificed for savings, while danger signals were ignored through incompetence, complacency and cynicism… Labour's record on defence spending is appalling. Cash has been sprayed in every direction but the one that matters most."
The Government's chief drug adviser accuses Jacqui Smith of distorting the evidence on cannabis – BBC
"Ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes, the Government's chief drug adviser claims today. Professor David Nutt is calling for a new 'index of harm' to warn the public about the relative dangers of various substances. He says alcohol should rank fifth, behind only cocaine, heroin, barbiturates and methadone, while tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and Ecstasy." – Daily Mail
The BNP can expect to be on Question Time every year says BBC chief – BBC
And finally…
Email from Schwarzenegger spells out F-U-C-K-Y-O-U – Independent
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Here's the thing about reading:
There will be a book or two that you won't enjoy reading.
And most people would tell me to stop reading it then and choose another book to read.
Well, that's where the dilemma comes in. I can't make myself stop a reading a book the moment I start reading it. I can't leave a book unfinished once I have started it! Hence, I have no choice but to force myself to finish reading the book anyway. It is a torturous and arduous task to accomplish but that's me.
The Effect of Her by Gerard Stembridge is that book. Perhaps other readers may enjoy the book more than I'd have, but sadly, I didn't and I'm not afraid to say it. I liked the cover of the book though; blue is one of my favourite colours. But the story was enough to make me feel blue about it, and it's not one of my favourite coloured emotions.
Synopsis by Goodreads:
Mags Perry, a journalist, flees her marriage in England to create a new life in what she hopes is a different Ireland.
Francis Strong, a teenager obsessed with literature, leaves his family for the dizzying freedoms of the capital.
CJ, a disgraced politician in search of a way back to power, meets a woman who may change the direction of his life.
In his breathtaking new novel, Gerard Stembridge weaves together a cast of unforgettable voices to tell the story of a whole society in flux. As his characters struggle towards happiness and freedom, he asks where true change comes from: the individual or her political masters.
The synopsis at the back of the book failed to illustrate what might take place in the story.
Politically Challenging
It did not expand on what Margaret 'Mags' Perry had in mind when she was looking for a new life in a different Ireland. In the first half of the book, she was joined by other women who were protesting and fighting for women's freedom of choice and rights to choose what they thought was right for themselves. Upon doing some research, I had discovered that Ireland in the 1970s had some restrictions imposed that barred women from acquiring contraceptives and other birth control options. Okay, so Mags Perry was looking for some sort of freedom but not for herself. She does, however, find a new lease of life for herself.
Whatever soul-searching mission Francis Strong had undertaken for himself was very understated and underrated. Somehow, I felt that everything was all over the place, with no head or tail of what he had in mind when he wanted to search for freedom. It was a bit hard to pinpoint exactly what he was looking for. And the idea of what sort of relationship he was looking for comes into question. At least as a male, he was quite accurately portrayed. From being with different girls to maintaining a friendship with a girl whose older sister was married to his older brother.
And what about CJ, the poor disgraced politician? Apparently, the person he was having an affair with has a name that confused me from start to finish. What was her real name? Ann Teresa or Terry? One minute, Terry appeared. Next minute, it was Ann Teresa. Were they both the same person or does she have a split personality disorder?
Prior to this, I was stuck in another challenging read, The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers, where the characters were struggling to stay afloat in a dire financial and economical situation. So I went from investment and finance to politics, divorce and women's rights to freedom. Oh boy. All the topics that I found boring and uninspiring in my life.
I'm sorry to say but this is the most difficult book I've ever read. I suppose because of the Irish politics which I don't understand much of to begin with, and the plot that puts me to sleep every time I picked the book up to read. Sure, I had to go online and do some basic research about the restrictions on women during the 1970s in Ireland and I finally understood what the political part was about, but there were still some of the technical Irish jargon that made my brains go 'bzzt bzzt'.
So instead of leaving a book unfinished, I forced myself to finish it anyway, much to my chagrin. The first chapter almost had me there, but somehow the story began to slow down and I knew something wasn't right because each time I wanted to read, I'd go a few pages and then start yawning. I hope I never have to do that ever again!


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Belgrade – Serbian experts in combating cybercrime have recently received great international recognition at the seat of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the Special Prosecutor for High-Tech Crime, Branko Stamenković, was elected as a member of the governing body of the Convention on Cybercrime, the only convention in the world which regulates how to combat this type of crime.
According to prosecutor Stamenković's statement, at 11th session of the T-CY Committee of the Council of Europe for monitoring the implementation of the global Convention on Cybercrime, held from 17th to 18th June this year in Strasbourg, he was elected to the Bureau of this Committee. "This conference was attended by 80 countries. At the election for the new Bureau of the Committee, which is the governing body of this significant convention which sets the grounds for regulating the fight against cybercrime in the world, I was elected as the member of the Bureau, receiving large and strong support from the representatives of the countries which have ratified this document", said Stamenković.
According to his statement, great support for the Serbian representative, whose term in office expires in June 2016, shows a high level of confidence that the international experts have in the Serbian experts who deal with the issue of cybercrime.
"This is a testament to all the effort we have invested in this area, both the representatives of the prosecutor's office and the police and the courts as well", Stamenković stated. Great support received by the Serbian representative, emphasises Stamenković, will enable, apart from more active involvement in the work of the Committee, greater involvement of Serbian experts in the countries of not only Europe, but of the rest of the world when it comes to preparing their authorities for combating this type of crime. "With this type of support and the importance that has been attributed to this, we may be content with what our authorities have achieved in this area so far", Stamenković concluded.
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Aug 05, 2013
No wonder the NSA is upset. One by one, its secret illegal activities are being exposed, thanks to some of the people who work in those very programs. Some of their employees, who see what is going on, obviously disagree with what these government programs are doing to the Constitution.
Little by little, Mystery Babylon's secret government is coming to light. Apart from secrecy, it cannot survive, so it fights back as hard as it can. But time is against them, because God is in the process of setting the people free. The following is a Reuters report entitled:
DEA Special Operations Division Covers Up Surveillance Used To Investigate Americans: Report
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans.
Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement agents have been directed to conceal how such investigations truly begin - not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges....
The only reason they try to conceal their activity is because they know it is illegal as well as unconstitutional and don't want to get embarrassed by public exposure.
"I have never heard of anything like this at all," said Nancy Gertner, a Harvard Law School professor who served as a federal judge from 1994 to 2011. Gertner and other legal experts said the program sounds more troubling than recent disclosures that the National Security Agency has been collecting domestic phone records. The NSA effort is geared toward stopping terrorists; the DEA program targets common criminals, primarily drug dealers.
"It is one thing to create special rules for national security," Gertner said. "Ordinary crime is entirely different. It sounds like they are phonying up investigations."
It will be interesting to see what excuse they come up with this time. The NSA's previous claim was that the so-called "Patriot Act" made their suveillance legal, even though they used some creative interpretations of the Act that went far beyond the intent of the legislators who introduced the bill. This time, however, it appears that they are being caught red-handed doing things that are obviously illegal.
I have a suggestion. Just admit that the Constitution is "just a piece of paper," as one recent president called it. Admit that the government is no longer a nation of laws, but a nation of Executive Orders.
Then we will at least know where we stand.


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January Fresh Juice!
First off, we'd like to wish our whole fruit family a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. As we complete our fourth year of harvesting for the hungry across Southern California, we feel an incredible amount of gratitude for the volunteers, fruitanthropists, and other supporters who have allowed us to recover and donate over 530,000 lbs of fresh local produce in 2012 alone! This food has helped communities struggling with homelessness, poverty, mental illness, HIV/AIDS and many other issues. We feel grateful for being able to help pass on the abundance we have in our everyday lives to those in need.
If you appreciate what we do but haven't made a tax-deductibledonation yet to our end-of-year GO OUT ON A LIMB campaign – we are in our final days of the campaign and really hope you will consider us in your year-end giving. It's the one time we come down from the trees and count on you for your support. For the third year in a row we have a generous $10,000 match grant from The Plum Foundation, which means through New Years your contribution is worth double to us! For those of you who sent in donations already, or purchased a gift crate – we THANK YOU from the bottom of our juicy little hearts!
In between the much-needed recent storms, you may have been noticing the pop of orange against blue skies. Fruitland is on the verge of another outstanding citrus season, which we expect to take full advantage of. We are continuing our Fruit of the Month by celebrating the navel orange! Read more about this amazing fruit on our blog. Stay tuned for navel picking events in January by visiting our events page.
We will kick things off this new year with our annual tradition of FRUITSTOCK on January 5th & 6th. For the past 4 years, we have gleaned at amazing properties in Goleta, just a mile from the Pacific, harvesting tens of thousands of pounds of fruit from huge mandarin groves– some of the EASIEST FAMILY FRIENDLY picking of the year. It's a great opportunity for groups to come out, harvest for a few hours or all day, and then join us for a potluck in fine Food Forward fashion in near-by Montecito. (You may even choose to bring friends and camp out in Montecito as well and pick for a second day.)
This coming year will not only see the expansion of our Farmers Market Recovery Program (email email@example.com for more details or to become part of The Glean Team), but the expansion of our harvesting work in San Gabriel Valley. We have an incredible team and look forward to unleashing into SGV's orchards and backyards. We start 2013 with the final Huntington Gardens' harvest for a few months – where we have harvested over 32,698 lbs. to date. We will have several gleaning events in San Gabriel Valley every month. Should you be interested in being more involved as a Property Scout, Pick Leader or in some other way please email us email@example.com.
Lastly, due to the way the holidays intersected our normal scheduling and scouting in late December you will notice fewer picks in this edition of Fresh Juice. STAY TUNED as many more picks are announced on our Events page as the month rolls out and we start swinging from trees – all in service of feeding the hungry.
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Nicky Gibbons would love to give the Queen some new eyebrows and turn back time and style David Bowie's hair. Taranaki Community News caught up with her to hear all about microblading, hairdressing and her cute dog Toby.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
My name's Nicky Gibbons, I'm 27 years old. I'm currently the owner of two businesses. My first baby – Meraki Hair Collective, and the latest edition – Meraki Lash & Brow Co where I also operate my cosmetic tattooing business – Brows by Nicky.
I was 25 when when I started Meraki Hair Collective in 2017, which was such a terrifying and amazing year. We have been open more than two years now and I have never looked back. I had always wanted to have my own salon right from being an apprentice and have worked my butt off ever since to make that happen.
I moved to New Plymouth when I was 17 with my family and have fallen in love with this cool city, there are so many inspiring people and businesses to keep the creative minds pumping.
I currently have a little sidekick called Toby (Bichon x Poodle) he's my little fluff ball and quite often makes an appearance at the salon. I think the clients love him more than me!
You do a lot of microblading. What is this and how did you get into it?Microblading is a form eyebrow cosmetic tattooing that replicates natural hair strokes, creating fuller but natural looking brows.
I got into microblading while I lived in Melbourne. I've been cosmetic tattooing for about four years now.
I'm one of these people that can't sit still for too long, I'm always looking for something more. So when I came across a cosmetic tattooing academy near me in Melbourne I was off! I had always been looking for an extra service to be able to offer if I had my own salon one day and I really found a passion for creating brows.
What's your favourite hair trend at the moment?
If anyone's seen my work you would know I'm all about blondes! I like mixing it up and keeping things interesting with different toners for blonde – anything from pastels to metallic tones.
I'm also obsessing over big chunky braids right now. I love the texture they create in a hairstyle!
What's something you wish everyone knew about hair care?
Please regularly trim your hair! Even just (what we call) "invisible trims". Unfortunately we don't get a choice whether we get split ends or not, so regular trims (every 6-8 weeks) maintain healthy ends and stop split ends splitting higher and higher and eventually just snapping off.
Your hair doesn't grow because you're allowing it to snap faster than it can grow back. We always get regrowth don't we? Be kind to your hair always, it deals with a lot.
If you could do the hair or brows of any celebrity, who would it be and what would you do?
I would have LOVED to work on the late David Bowie's hair back in his prime! Such cool hair colours and styles. I definitely enjoy bright colours.
Also, I'd love to give the Queen some new brows. Unfortunately as we age we can lose our brows. Poor Elizabeth hasn't escaped this, plus new brows can be very youthful too.
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It was a little over a month after the 2010 Bassmaster Classic that Jerry McKinnis received official word from George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN, through Traug Keller, Senior Vice President of production and business divisions at ESPN.
Rumors of ESPN selling B.A.S.S. had been swirling for several months, but Bodenheimer told McKinnis not to worry. If ESPN was selling B.A.S.S., he would hear it from them. "They contacted me and said, 'It's true, we're going to sell it,' and I was disappointed," McKinnis said. "But then he said, 'The thing about it is, we want you to buy it.'
And closely behind that came, 'We have another gentleman we've been close to who we think you should buy it with.'" An agreement in principle was announced in August, but on Monday, Nov. 1, McKinnis, Don Logan and Jim Copeland officially became the new owners and operators of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. The organization founded by Ray Scott in 1968 will be on its fourth set of owners. In 1986, Scott sold B.A.S.S. to a group of investors headed by Helen Sevier, who sold it to ESPN in 2001.
The new owners
This wasn't the first time Logan had been interested in buying BASS. When the organization changed hands from a group of investors to ESPN in 2001, Logan told his friend Bodenheimer that ESPN had "stolen the magazine and the business I really wanted to do." "I've been interested in Bassmaster and the business for a long time, from all the way back when it was based out of Montgomery," said Logan, who grew up in Hartselle, Alabama. "I always told them if they were ever interested in selling to let me know. I am an avid bass fisherman and thought it would be fun and an interesting business to be involved in."
When ESPN bought B.A.S.S., Logan was wading through America Online's purchase of Time Warner. He had spent the previous decade as the CEO and chairman of Time, Inc., which was the largest publishing company in the United States. In 2002, Logan was promoted to chairman of AOL Time Warner's Media and Communications Group, overseeing America Online, Time Inc., and Time Warner Cable. He retired in 2005.
"I knew after I worked in New York for all those years, when I came back home to Alabama I wanted to stay busy and stay involved in businesses, and I wanted to match those businesses up with my passion and things I like to do," Logan said. "But I also wanted these things to be good businesses. It's not just a hobby or a play thing. It's a real business, but I wanted to intersect it with my passions so that it's hard to tell when you're working and when you're having fun."
Logan met Copeland through their wives while they were both working in New York. Logan said they were "both southerners who were on a sojourn to the big city" -- Logan with Time, Inc., and Copeland as the CEO of the financial services company Deloitte. They soon became fishing buddies. "We've been to Brazil and Mexico and a lot of lakes in the states," Logan said. "He has a fishing pond and so do I, so we spend a lot of time fishing together." Copeland, who grew up in Georgia, led Deloitte through a period of the greatest revenue growth in the organization's history, overseeing its move from the fifth to the second-largest professional services organization in the world. He retired in 2003 with same plan as Logan: move south, build a pond and fish for bass, among other things.
"This was an opportunity to do an investment with something I was interested in from a recreational standpoint," said Copeland, who still serves on the board of numerous companies. "I'm a bass fisherman. This was right in my wheelhouse as far as interest is concerned."
Logan was introduced to McKinnis through Bodenheimer, who fulfilled promises to keep both informed on the sale process. Unlike Logan and Copeland, who have lived lives of business with the hobby of bass fishing, McKinnis has lived a life of bass fishing with the hobby of business. "I could go get right in the middle of a group of anglers right now, at any level, and get lost," McKinnis said. "But I can then walk out of that group, come back to this situation and take care of business."
McKinnis was a minor league baseball player turned bass fishing television host, who connected with ESPN in 1979 when the company was in its earliest stages. McKinnis' show, "The Fishin' Hole", aired on ESPN from 1981 to 2007. McKinnis' company, JM Associates (now CSE), has produced all kinds of outdoor programming for ESPN, including the B.A.S.S. television shows, for three decades. Despite his close ties with all the players involved, McKinnis said he had no aspirations of buying B.A.S.S. until the idea was presented to him by ESPN. His first thought, he said, was "I can't afford that," but after a few meetings with Logan, McKinnis was ready to commit his money and his legacy to the project.
"George Bodenheimer has done an awful lot of things for me over the years, but the best thing he's ever done for me is introduce me to Don Logan," McKinnis said. "I guess this is my legacy. I always thought 'The Fishin' Hole' was it, but now I look at the show and realize it taught me a lot about television, got me closely associated with ESPN and made a lot of fishermen out there -- who I need now -- it made them my friend. This is by far the biggest thing I've ever done."
With Logan's experience in publishing, Copeland's experience in finance and McKinnis' experience with the bass fishing community, they believe they bring complimenting strengths to the group ownership. "Jerry knows a lot of the areas of B.A.S.S. that I don't have a lot of experience with on the television side and the tournament side," Logan said. "I understand those parts of the business, but he has the hands-on experience that makes us -- along with Jim Copeland, who has a lot of background in the financial community and seen a lot of businesses work and is also a passionate fisherman -- a good team."
While they have their areas of expertise, each stressed that they won't be staying in or out of a particular area of the organization. "You can't separate this organization up," McKinnis said. "Everything B.A.S.S. does is tied up with everything else. There isn't one thing that we can let fail that won't affect another part of the organization." The future of B.A.S.S. McKinnis kicked back in his chair in his Little Rock office and smiled at the question: What's the first thing you're going to do as owner? "I get asked that almost every day," he said. "And it changes almost every day. I wrote a list not long ago, just for myself. I listed six or seven things and get a title sponsor came up on the list three times. It was first, fourth and seventh."
Success with this endeavor, from the mouth of all three owners, was two-fold, but one was not exclusive of the other. B.A.S.S. needs to do a better job serving its membership/anglers, and it needs to do a better job obtaining and serving its sponsors.
"I've been through this several times with businesses that are having some trouble and you always take the same approach," Logan said. "The solutions aren't always the same because the problems aren't the same, but B.A.S.S. has a tremendous brand. They are the strongest brand in the fishing industry and lots and lots of people out there care about bass fishing. "Some of them -- not all of them and not enough of them -- care about the businesses that include B.A.S.S. That includes the membership, tournaments, the magazine and all the other elements of the organization."
Copeland said getting major sponsors, especially non-endemic sponsors, can only be accomplished by taking better care of the assets B.A.S.S. already has in place. McKinnis, despite the title sponsor to-do list, said he's spent a lot of time thinking about how to make B.A.S.S. a better work environment for the anglers.
"My goal is to have a group of professional anglers on the Elite Series that don't pay entry fees," he said. "And I think that will change everything because it will make those guys so secure and strong, and in a place where nobody's ever been yet. "If you do that, then all the steps below them -- like the Opens -- will get stronger because that's the only way you can get to the highest level. It's going to be difficult for that to happen, but it is possible. In my way of thinking, that would be the perfect world. If that were in place, the rest of it would blow up."
McKinnis talked about better serving the members and bringing a sense of pride back into the organization. He said he feels the expectations being put on him by the bass fishing community, and he is embracing them. Logan said their plan for B.A.S.S. can only be accomplished by getting back to business fundamentals and delivering on the promises B.A.S.S. has made. "If everybody is getting the value we hope they can get out of it," he said, "then we'll have a good business."
There was a lot of optimism among the new owners about where they feel the organization can go and what it can mean to the bass fishing community, but they said there was one thing they'll need from everyone involved to succeed: patience. "It's going to take some time," Logan said. "Patience is not always a virtue shared by all of us, but we will be patient and we'll go through everything carefully, making sure that we're making the right decisions. But we're definitely anxious to get started."


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Inside Microsoft Research Cambridge
Microsoft recently held an event at Microsoft Research Cambridge, inviting thought leaders and innovators from business and bringing them together with our own 100-strong team of researchers. Filling the labs auditorium and seminar rooms, it was in itself, an experiment in creative cross-pollination.
Founded in 1997, the lab's mission focuses on leading-edge research that advances the state of the art in computer science so that it can develop technology to transfer to the Microsoft business and help lead Microsoft into the future. But it's not a product-development facility; as you'd expect from a lab based in Cambridge, it works closely with academia.
The role of innovation
According to Clay Christensen, the author of The Innovator's Dilemma, large companies like Microsoft run the risk of being out-innovated by new market entrants who are not focused on optimising existing products. Instead, start-ups can focus on breakthrough technology that disrupts whole markets.
The pace of change is accelerating. As Rob Fraser, CTO of Cloud Services remarked, "S&P 500 companies have a half-life of seven years." In other words, half of them won't be in the list by the end of the decade, replaced by more successful companies.
Research and development labs like Microsoft Research Cambridge are the natural response. They turn a big company's resources into breakthrough innovations such as the Kinect motion sensing input device and the advert prediction algorithm used in Bing, both products of the Cambridge lab.
Academic links are very valuable. Consider the central role of Stanford University in Silicon Valley or MIT on the East coast. In fact, MIT as a whole "has generated nearly half as many entrepreneurial spin-offs as the entire UK university sector," according to a 1998 report by McKinsey. Cambridge is establishing itself as a similar hub for innovative companies.
Pure research, serendipity and competitive advantage
The body part recognition software in Kinect evolved out of research in a completely different field and it's a great example of the way that pure academic research can filter into the commercial world. Cross-fertilisation with academia has direct benefits for Microsoft.
According to lab director Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research has influenced virtually every product that Microsoft has shipped and some have gone on to be huge successes. For example, Kinect has gone on to sell 18m units.
Another example of profitable serendipity are the algorithms developed by Microsoft to analyse big data. They were tested on historical chess match results and the by-product of the research was eight lines of magic code that drives Xbox Live's player-matching technology. This tiny code fragment (and the deep thought behind it) is the secret sauce in Xbox Live. It makes the difference between a challenging game against a similarly-skilled opponent or an unsatisfying defeat or walkover.
It may seem counter-intuitive when everyone is trying to cut costs but in a recession, investing in R&D can be the smart move. A McKinsey study of the 1990-91 recession found that companies that the companies which invested in acquisition, R&D and advertising during the tough times emerged ahead of their competitors who cut back.
Four technologies to watch
At the event, researchers gave in-depth presentations about different projects at the lab. They are interesting in their own right but they are also prophets for future changes in IT.
- Big data and analysis. We live in an information society. The big question now is "how do we aggregate, analyse and present information," according to Kenji Takeda at the lab. This requires tools for working with large data sets, such as the Intellisense for Data tool that he is working on. It can pull information out of the World Bank's 1.5m data sets with a single line of human-readable code. Much of the value of data lies in how it is used so the lab is investing effort into economics research. For example, what is the optimum pricing model for cloud infrastructure (if you want to create a secondary market between buyers), insurance (if you know how well or badly people drive in real time) or electricity (in a smart grid)? Machine learning is also evolving and John Bronskill is working on tools that will create an optimised model of a problem to make it easier to apply this technology to existing data sets.
- Biological computing. It may sound Strangelovian but we're rapidly approaching the era of biological computing where living cells can be used to run software. The lab is developing tools to model molecular mechanisms underlying human cancer along with software for programming molecular devices and compile software to DNA code. These are the first steps towards understanding what cells compute, how and why and it's an extraordinary vision of the future.
- Natural user interfaces. New trends are driving evolution in user interfaces and the traditional windows, icon and mouse pointer paradigm is making room for touch interfaces and, soon, direct physical and gestural interfaces (think Tom Cruise in Minority Report) and, eventually, augmented reality. We saw demos of Microsoft technology such as Kinect Fusion which creates 3D models of the real world, Holodesk which combines input and output in 3D and tools to convert a series of 2D images into an articulated 3D model.
- Beyond the file system. Digital files, such as photos, are more than a collection of bits or a digital representation of a real world objects. As we move from the traditional desktop metaphor to a metaphor cloud-based, social media world, we need new ways of storing, searching and representing our data. Richard Harper and Richard Banks are working on new file systems that make help users do a better job of managing their files in this new world.
These talks were backed up by hands-on demos. Out of dozens, four in particulate stood out as examples of ways this new technology could impact real products.
- The A-Brain Project. This uses 'big data' techniques to analyse neuroimaging and genetic information using Azure and MapReduce technology.
- Project Colletta. This add-on for Windows pulls related documents and information together into a single collection that is easily accessible from the desktop, making it easier to manage your tasks, activities and related resources.
- Digits. This wrist-worn sensor captures the full 3D pose of the user's hand making it possible to control a user interface with gestures but without the need to wear a special glove.
- Bio Model Analyzer. This is an early prototype of the software needed to actually program living cells. It lets users draw out a biological system by dragging and dropping cells, their contents (e.g. DNA) etc. on to a canvas and then analyse them and determine cellular stabilisation.
These highlights and common threads were only a subset of what we saw in November but they show the breadth and focus of Microsoft's research. They also point to big innovations in IT that will soon affect businesses and consumers.
Next steps
More information: http://research.microsoft.com
To talk to the MS Horizons team, email: email@example.com
To find out more about how Microsoft technology is supporting innovation in the Enterprise visitwww.microsoft.com/en-gb/business/enterprise
By Tim Cozze-Young
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Frank, E. Health Sciences Online: an extraordinary opportunity for the democratization of health sciences knowledge. Fluids Barriers CNS 7, S53 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8454-7-S1-S53
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