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(They will be) on couches inlaid
Reclining on them, facing each other
Round about them (serving), eternal boys
With goblets, beakers, and cups (filled) from
clear-flowing fountains
No after-ache will they receive therefrom,
nor will they suffer intoxication
And with fruits that they may select
And the meat of fowls, any that they may desire
And Companions with beautiful,
big, and lustrous eyes,
Like unto pearls, well-guarded.
-Quran: Al-Waqiah, 15-23 *
"Do we get dick in heaven?"
My best friend's Aunt Maryam whispers to me during the ladies' Quran study halaqa at the Jersey City Mosque. We are doing "The Merciful," the chapter of the Quran where all the sexy virgin babes are promised to men in paradise. "Men get pussy. Do we get dick?" Maryam says. I snort laughing, but turn it into a coughing fit and cover it with the scalloped edge of my headscarf.
"Ecksi-kuse me?" the assistant imam says in his excessively Egyptian accent. "Does zi sister have a question, inshallah?" Dark-skinned and muscular, he's sitting next to the visiting sheikh and fielding the questions. This session, for ladies exclusively, had been scheduled on the visiting dignitary's agenda at the insistence of Nany Elhamadany, the matriarch of the sisters' Quran group.
"Yes, brother," Maryam says. Oh my God. I can't believe Maryam is going to ask it out loud. Then again, it shouldn't surprise me; that's Maryam for you. "Do women get to have sex in paradise too?"
"Ecksi-kuse me?" The dark-skinned assistant flushes an even darker shade under his manly thick beard. Beards turn me on; it's a Muslim girl thing, I guess. We are all sitting on the prayer floor after maghreb, with our legs tucked to one side under our caftans, at a safe distance of about three yards away from the two men — but still close enough to smell the sandalwood scent from the stocky body of the assistant imam. He sits semi-kneeling with his ankles tucked up under his butt, his pants straining against the posture. I try not to look at his crotch. Carpet. Carpet. I look at the curlicues in the carpet instead. Maryam, who'd come to the mosque straight from her factory shift and is in black jeans and a long purple turtleneck, sits cross-legged at one end of the horseshoe half-circle we form, a prayer rug laid over her lap where her legs are apart. Her bushy black curls push out from underneath the edges of the purple and black checkered headscarf she's wearing.
When Maryam asks her question, her niece, my best friend Reyann, who's sitting on her rump with her arms circling her bent knees, ducks her face down behind her knees. I'm not sure if she's cringing or hiding a smile. Reyann is like that, half old-school and half hip; I never can tell which way she'll cut on something.
The assistant imam leans toward the visiting scholar from Egypt and whispers something, his eyes downcast, his long eyelashes lying down and surrendering on his cheeks. He is unaware of the grace of his half-turned torso. Glory be to God. Carpet, not crotch, I will my eyes. Sex on the mosque floor, a flash fantasy, to try out tonight in bed with my brand-new husband, the packaging still fresh, yes. I memorize the curlicues in the carpet. Thank you, God.
The sheikh starts visibly. "Any woman who wants such a thing is not likely to make it to paradise," he says drily. The other ladies titter.
"What about the aya that says 'round about, boys of eternal youth shall serve them?' What about that?" Maryam says. But the circle is breaking up.
Maryam lights up just outside, on the stoop of the mosque, and starts to pace at the bottom of the stairs while Reyann goes to get the car from the back lot. "It's just that I follow all the fucking rules," she says to me, inhaling her first draw. "I never had sex before marriage. I don't screw around on my husband. And let me tell you, habibti," she says, jabbing her cigarette at me, its end a point of orange light in the night, "it's not because I haven't had ample opportunity. This bod," she says, using her free hand to tap her J-Lo jello rear-end, which the purple turtleneck falls over but does not entirely obscure, "this bod has had some opportunities thrown at it."
Some of the ladies floating down the mosque stoop in their caftans glance at her, standing in the street emphasizing her booty. "Hurry home to your husband, woman," Nany Elhamadany, the Egyptian grandmother of the halaqa, calls out to Maryam, clucking and wagging her head as she walks heavily across the street leaning on her two daughters-in-law, her beige caftan sweeping the ground majestically. But a smile is twitching at the corners of her mouth.
Reyann drives up in her tiny battered Geo. Maryam lifts the front passenger seat forward and waits for me to get in the back. I nestle next to stacks of old Azizah magazines and Reyann's smelly sneakers and workout clothes.
"Drive to Hoda's," Maryam orders. She isn't ordering, really; that's just how she talks. What she means is, "After we just got the blow-off like that, don't you girls want to go let off steam at Hoda's Hookah House and Cafe with me? C'mon."
Maryam's only seven years older than Reyann and I, at thirty more like a big sister than an aunt to either of us. She danced at my wedding in Paterson, with a red silk scarf tied across her curvy hips, and pulled a reluctant Reyann out to dance with her. We're Gaza girls, came over in the 1980s with our parents, old enough to remember Israeli soldiers beating twelve-year-old kids with slingshots to a pulp, young enough to break in the English language for our use like a pair of red high-top Converses.
It's Friday night and Hoda's is hopping. We get an outdoor table so we can do hookah. The Hudson River flows nearby underneath the terraces of the cafe but is not visible at night. It's a young man who comes to light up for us, with pearly skin and heavy eyebrows like Waël Kfoury, the Lebanese hottie. The band is covering one of Waël's old girlfriend's songs, Nawal's hit "Layali." The nargileh is beautiful, old blue glass with faded gilding and a tightly coiled red and purple pipe with fur trim. Our pipe boy has our coals glowing and Maryam picks up the water pipe and draws to get it going.
"Here — have one of these," our gorgeous Waël lookalike says, handing her a mouthpiece. God be thanked for creating him for us to look at.
"Mmm," Maryam says, "thank you." She looks demurely down her purple and black checkered headscarf as she inserts the mouthpiece into the end of the long coiled pipe and draws again. "Him I want," she says when he leaves.
"Ecksi-kuse me?" Reyann says in a mock-Egyptian accent.
"Fuck," Maryam laughs, "I'd fuck him in a Muslim minute." We all cuss in English; somehow it seems less bad than cussing in Arabic. She blows smoke out her nostrils. I love the apple-y tobacco smell; it reminds me of my grandmother, whom I saw for the last time when I was five, back in Gaza. My grandmother loved smoking the shisheh, but life under a military occupation doesn't allow many evenings of unhurried pleasure. "Not for real, I mean. I wouldn't do that to my Hamudy. I am not an adulteress. But just for fun. Fantasy time. I'd do the pipe boy. Wouldn't you?"
"I'm satisfied with what I'm getting, honey," I bluster. I'm still a newlywed, three months and counting. We just got to oral sex a week ago. There's still plenty of territory left to explore. Maryam passes the nargileh to me. I pick up a mouthpiece and draw on the pipe several times in a row. I want to get to the good stuff.
"I'm not like you, Batool," Maryam says. "I got married right out of high school. I been married thirteen years, see. You know how it was for me, with Abi dying of lung cancer and he wanted to find me a nice boy before he went. Your mom helped," she says to Reyann. "And I like my Hamudy. He's good to me." She inhales and exhales with obvious pleasure in the taste, the smoke hanging in the night air like curlicues. "So, it's not that I'm complaining about what I'm getting. But, you know, I just wonder. Like, how many different ways can you do it with just one guy? Is this the only dick I'm ever gonna get? In my life? This is all I'm getting?"
"I'm not getting any!" Reyann moans. "Twenty-three years is long enough to be a virgin, Aunt Maryam." Reyann and I both graduated from Jersey City Community College last year. "Find me a guy to marry, you guys. Palestinian, so my mom and dad will be happy, but like, a cool guy, too."
"You ladies ready?" The waiter is forty-something, broad-shouldered, cleanshaven, crinkly smile, Rajiv Gandhi-esque in face and physique. Maryam kicks me under the table.
"We are so ready, uyooni," Maryam says. Rajiv smiles at her winsomely. She orders a fruit salad with two varieties of melon and three kinds of berries. I'm having mint tea with three sugars, and a piece of knafeh. Reyann orders kibbeh, the kind shaped like fat cigars. "I need meat," she sighs.
"You do, uyooni," I say, taking a very long, satisfying puff. The water is really bubbling now. The music is changing over to Western, Bruce Springsteen, Glory Days. "I hope you get some soon."
"Look at us," Maryam says. "We don't drink. We don't fuck outside marriage. We are Good Fucking Muslim Girls," she pounds the table on each of the last four words. People glance up from their drinks.
"Alls I'm saying is, we better get some damn dick in heaven. Along with all those glasses of tequila we keep passing up." Maryam closes her eyes and draws. She's getting that itty bitty buzz that the nargileh has to offer.
"What about those 'eternal boys?' " Reyann says.
"According to the sheikh, the boys are for the men," I state. I heard him saying it sotto voice to the dark-lashed assistant imam as we picked up our pocketbooks and shuffled out of the prayer hall.
"Come again?" Maryam says. "The girls are for the men, we get that. What the fuck do nice Muslim men need boys for?"
Reyann busts up laughing. She pulls the nargileh toward her, its long snaky pipe, its furry trim. She puts on the sheikh's voice: "Zi good woman who pleases her husband, her reward in paradise is to be married to him forever."
"Damn," I say, "they don't want to have mercy and they don't want to let mercy come from God either."
"Alls I'm saying, girls," Maryam goes, "is I want to do our Pipe Boy in heaven. And that Irish boy I liked in twelfth grade but couldn't date, Paulie Corrigan. And the floor supervisor on the swing shift, who always comes in when I'm punching out."
"The black guy with the dreads, really? You go for that?" Reyann says.
"Mmm." Even though you can't see the river from here, you feel it moving when Maryam is talking, a black curl escaping from her scarf here and there around her animated face. "Then can I have my freshman comp teacher from college, Mr. DePetruccio?" I say. "And the waiter. Don't forget the waiter. In a sexy older man sort of way."
"Him too, habibti," Maryam dispenses him for me with a wave of her hand. "And Ricky Martin."
"Ricky Martin's gay," Reyann says.
"I don't fucking care. In heaven he'll be straight for me. And George Michael, you girls are too young to remember, I want him lined up ready to go, gay or not, right there at the door of paradise."
"And George Clooney," I add, while we're on Georges.
"And George Wasouf. With his beard."
Maryam is on a roll. "Yeah but when he looked good — before the drugs. And Jay Z. And oh — the assistant imam. Please."
"Mmm, dark chocolate. Yummy."
"And Edward Said." We're Palestinian girls, we adore Edward Said. May he rest in peace. "But before he got sick, habibi Edward."
"Yeah, in his Richard Gere prime, miskeen," Reyann murmurs. "And I want Yusuf Taguddin from Sunday school at the Paterson mosque when we were fourteen. Remember what a babe he was, Batool?" She's finally mellowing out on the nargileh. Wisps of hair are coming out from under her scarf. Her meat comes. Maryam tastes fruit of every kind. The knafeh is sweet in my mouth. The pipe boy comes around to make our coals glow orange and purple again and again. He and the eternally handsome waiter orbit, serving us. Beneath us a river flows. George Wasouf croons for us, and Bruce glorifies our days. Thank you, God, for nights of manifold pleasure. Thank you.
* Author's note: The Quranic epigraph is from a 1985 edition of the Abdulla Yusuf Ali translation, with a few changes. I changed his youths of perpetual (freshness) to eternal boys, following the original more closely; couches encrusted (with gold and precious stones) to couches inlaid because there are no actual stones or gold in the Arabic; his flesh of fowls to meat of fowls because when we sit at table we eat meat, not flesh.
Originally published as part of the "Sex and The Ummah" column on the site Muslim Wake Up!
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Forward Renaldo Major scored 20 points, Damion James had 11 rebounds and guard Diante Garrett had 10 assists Friday to lead the Bakersfield Jam to a 102-86 victory over the Reno Bighorns at the Dignity Health Event Center.
It was the sixth straight victory for the Jam, who improved to 17-7 and lead second-place Santa Cruz by 11/2 games in the NBA D-League's West Division.
Guard Walker Russell scored 19 points, and Dar Tucker added 18 for Bakersfield.
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text: Dan ReillyWhile the Horror small press has seen numerous high-profile anthologies over the past few years, few of them have been as satisfying as the ones Dark Arts Books have been quietly publishing. Their latest, Swallowed By The Cracks, continues the tradition of high quality multi-Author anthologies, with four Authors contributing four stories apiece. No theme, anything goes….and once again, Dark Arts brings out the best in its anthology contributors.


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NEW YORK (AdviceIQ) -- Most people think inflation is bad on its face. But one school of economic thought holds that a little inflation is a good thing, if it is confined to assets such as stocks and real estate. It's when it spills over to the supermarket or gas station that no one is an inflation fan.
Our central bank's policy is to goose asset prices, thus getting the sluggish economy finally moving, but that kind of precision is a tall order and there are other factors in inflation -- such as the weather distortions this year, which created more than just travel and meeting interruptions. The extreme drought in the West led to the loss of cattle and crops. This in turn spurred commodity prices higher.
The bill at the grocery store is rising faster than many household budgets are prepared to absorb. I asked my wife what she thought about inflation, and her response was less than positive.
The Consumer Price Index overall rose 1.1% in February, and food was up 0.4% four times the rate of the month before. Prior months were 0.1% or zero. U.S.-grown food inflation is worst among meat and dairy, and coffee is way up thanks to a drought in Brazil.True enough, inflation raises the price of goods and services, but that in itself does not make inflation all bad. Again, I asked my wife if she wanted assets such as the value of our house and investments to appreciate. She replied: Sure, but what about food costs? 2% yearly, the Federal Reserve is eager to avoid higher numbers such as 5% or more. It remembers how it had to drag the nation through a bad recession to wring out the virulent double-digit inflation of the 1970s. But the Fed governors do need battered home values to rise. Real estate is a key part of the economy: Its slump triggered the 2008-09 financial crisis and almost wrecked the banking system, which functions as the economy's blood supply. Banks lend more money for houses than they lend for family vacations. They charge greater interest for a personal loan than a home loan. Why? While you return from vacation with great memories, the bank has no asset to protect future repayment of the vacation loan. In contrast, the house historically furnishes solid collateral if you fail to make good on the promise to pay. That's provided the house appreciates or at least remains stable in value. If the value of the house falls -- think 2008 -- the asset is worthless as collateral. The value falling is considered deflationary. The Federal Reserve put on a full court economic press with QE, adding more than $3 trillion to its balance sheet, aiming to keep asset prices higher and avoid deflation. Yes, it wanted job growth too, but it mostly needed asset prices to move higher. It needed to create inflation and did. firstname.lastname@example.com, or (765) 640-1524. Follow him on Twitter at @Big Joe Clark and on Facebook at here. AdviceIQ delivers quality personal finance articles by both financial advisors and AdviceIQ editors. It ranks advisors in your area by specialty, including small businesses, doctors and clients of modest means, for example. Those with the biggest number of clients in a given specialty rank the highest. AdviceIQ also vets ranked advisors so only those with pristine regulatory histories can participate. AdviceIQ was launched Jan. 9, 2012, by veteran Wall Street executives, editors and technologists. Right now, investors may see many advisor rankings, although in some areas only a few are ranked. Check back often as thousands of advisors are undergoing AdviceIQ screening. New advisors appear in rankings daily.


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Response is swift after U.N. votes to grant Palestine observer status
JERUSALEM Israel responded swiftly Friday to U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, revealing it will build 3,000 more homes for Jews on Israeli-occupied lands that the world body overwhelmingly said belong to the Palestinians.
The plans also include future construction in a strategic area of the West Bank where critics have long warned that Jewish settlements would kill hopes for a viable Palestinian state.
Israel's moves served as a harsh reminder to Palestinians — euphoric over the U.N. upgrade — that while they have a state on paper, most of it remains very much under Israeli control.
"This is a doomsday scenario," Daniel Seidemann of Ir Amim, a group that promotes coexistence in Jerusalem, said of the building plans.
Israel's decision was bound to embarrass the United States, among nine countries in the 193-member General Assembly to vote against accepting Palestine as a nonmember observer state.
Accelerated settlement construction could also set a more confrontational tone as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas weighs his next moves.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland criticized the Israeli announcement. "These actions are counterproductive and make it harder to resume direct negotiations or achieve a two-state solution," she said.
Friday's decision was taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and eight senior Cabinet ministers, according to the Israeli news website Ynet.
The plans include 3,000 apartments in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as preparations for construction in other large West Bank settlements, including Maaleh Adumim, near east Jerusalem, said an Israeli government official. Among the projects is an expansion of Maaleh Adumim, known as E-1, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the decision with reporters.
Successive U.S. administrations have pressured Israel not to build in E-1 because it would effectively cut off east Jerusalem from the West Bank, and split the northern part of the territory from the southern part. Israel has said in the past it envisions 3,500 apartments there. "E-1 will be the death of the two-state solution," said Seidemann, referring to the establishment of a state of Palestine alongside Israel. "If the pronouncements are to be treated seriously, we are months away from the implementation of E-1. This is very serious and very problematic."
Tzipi Livni, Israel's former foreign minister and chief negotiator with the Palestinians, warned "the decision to build thousands of housing units as punishment to the Palestinians only punishes Israel … (and) only isolates Israel further."
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Consumer Reports' experts test dozens of models of baby high chairs every year. As part of its evaluation for inclusion into our High chair Ratings (available to subscribers), testers check if they meet the voluntary safety standards of ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials).
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Foodie Issue 25 : August 2011
Hong Kong's guide to good taste.
t f f t feed your obsession ALISTAIR DENTE 0001 www.foodie-magazine.com // august 2011 22 meat-free metropolis meat-free metropolis The easy way to meatless meals in a seemingly carnivorous city 23 On the surface Hong Kong is not a city that embraces a vegetarian diet. Top brass restaurants and big name chains rarely dare deviate from `classic' recipes for fear of alarming traditionalist diners, and the macho attitude of meat-loving chefs is still prevalent; far more prevalent than meat-free options on mainstream menus. On the local side you can find one or two dishes nestled amongst the meat. Caution must be exercised, however. Asking for no meat doesn't always guarantee a vegetarian meal. Many a time it will come with `pork floss' on top and nearly every broth, sauce and soup that your noodles arrive in will be meat or fish based. Even the fast food chains forgo the meat-free option. While McDonald's and its ilk sport worldwide vegetarian variations, here the best a vegetarian can hope for is a Sausage McMuffin meal minus the sausage: floppy egg and processed cheese in a lukewarm bun. Not entirely nutritious or delicious. This 1950s approach to diverse diets can leave some vegetarians despairing, making exceptions here and there or giving up completely. But if you know where to look there is a whole host of easy and delicious options that'll keep the animals on the right side of your body. From newly introduced international initiatives to meet up groups, independent outlets and local meat-free metropolis Buddhist restaurants and their tasty fake meat, it really is possible to enjoy a vegetarian diet in this seemingly meat-lovers only city. Vegetarian Labelling and Fashion Labels Let's begin by dipping our toes into the murky world of vegetarian classification. Some eat fish (pescatarian), some eat dairy but no meat (lactoovo vegetarian), some eat dairy products but not egg (lacto-vegetarian) and vegans eat no meat at all, nor do they use anything derived from animals. The pescatarians are quids-in here as seafood is fresh and abundant. The other vegetarians and vegans have to dig a little deeper to eat well. Helping this happen and opening up options are a number of global initiatives that are slowly being adopted. The most high profile is Meat Free Mondays, set up in 2009 by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his daughters Stella and Mary. Hard Rock Caf� is one of the few restaurants that actively embraces it, via orders from head office in America. Nonetheless, the set lunch on Mondays are always meat free and inventive with it. Early this year, fashion designer and daughter of not only a Beatle but also the probably the world's most famous vegetarian Linda McCartney, Stella McCartney brought her vegan afternoon tea set to Hong Kong. For a month the Mandarin Oriental MO Bar hosted the set, with promising results. Booked up well in advance, they served 265 tables and the waiting list alone held 647 people, making twitter.com/foodiehk // august 2011 Stella McCartney afternoon tea 24 it the most successful of their monthly afternoon tea sets ever. Having a celebrity endorsement was a definite pull, but there were a number of factors that contributed to its success, says MO Bar manager Denise Tse. "Stella McCartney's involvement was a factor, especially as she's always been very vocal about the cause. However, a lot of people also came because they were either regulars or intrigued about how it was inspired by her Spring/Summer collection and some people came because they were vegetarian." This success was somewhat expected thanks to the already vegetarian friendly menu. "We had expected the organic and vegetarian afternoon tea to be quite popular because some of our most popular dishes are vegetarian," says Tse. The PizzaExpress pop-up store in IFC also features a vegetarian menu until the 8th of this month, after which it will be at adopted at all other PizzaExpress outlets. "We've had many comments in the past about wanting vegetarian options," says Jamie Lu, PizzaExpress Marketing and Communications Manager. "It's been in the making for a while and it's now here � for those who are vegetarians, for those who prefer greens or for those who just simply want more options," she says. meat-free metropolis Indie Eats Away from the global brands, Hong Kong still has a formidable collection of independent vegetarian restaurants, and the numbers are growing, thanks to the public's growing awareness of healthy eating and environmental impact. Joining the long-established Western-influenced Life Caf� in SoHo is Light vegetarian restaurant in Sai Ying Pun. Owner and chef Stephanie Ng left behind her artistic career to start the restaurant with one simple aim: "I want people who come to my restaurant to enjoy the tranquility and leave the place a happier person," she says. The organic vegetarian food is a delicious mixture of Chinese and western, with a wholesome homemade feel. what about vegans? Getting by without anything from animals Avoiding all animal products, vegans have a whole new set of hurdles to leap. Thankfully they're not that high if you know how to take them, as Shara Ng of the Hong Kong Vegan Association and Hong Kong Vegan meetup group explains. Is it easy being vegan in Hong Kong? As we are such a minority, the suppliers and catering providers in Hong Kong are not aware enough of our existence. You have to put time and effort into research before you can have an easy vegan life here. How do people go about it? Some vegans prepare their dishes at home, especially the raw vegans. Most vegans just dine in any restaurants with vegan options. Can your meetup group offer info? Yes, the group serves as a platform of information exchange for people who want to change their 25 Stephanie is only relatively recently a vegetarian, giving up meat completely last October. Interestingly her customers aren't just hungry vegetarians, "Most of them are meat eaters looking for great quality food," she says. "And they find what they want here at Light!" Reaping Religion The good vibes of Light lead us onto another option for vegetarians here in Hong Kong: taking advantage of the religious element that underpins the most common style of vegetarian restaurant in the city � the Buddhist restaurants that are famed for their uncannily realistic fake meat. The meat-like taste and texture is thanks to the soy products, gluten, agar and the fungus family, plus heavyhanded sprinklings of mean old MSG, seasoning and cooking oil. These restaurants are usually very fairly priced, bustling and typically of a high standard. Wanchai boasts the highest percentage of these but they are city-wide, with the Po Lin Yuen chain (Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun) being two of the best. Elsewhere in the religious stakes we can thank our Hindu friends for the rich pockets of delicious vegetarian Indian restaurants around town, with TST and Jordan offering the highest concentration. Coupled with the Middle-Eastern leaning towards tasty vegetarian food, the options are many and the food rich, diverse and plentiful. So whether you're a vegetarian at your wits' end or want to go meat free for a change, as we found there are plenty of ways to eat well in Hong Kong. meat-free metropolis lifestyle with a healthy diet. Though not all members are vegans, they are definitely animal lovers and tend to be more compassionate. 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Becky Linhart Introduces Pelagic to Sisters Under Sail on Thursday, Sept 27, 2012.
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I WILL use this plan in my classroom when we get to Fractions, Decimals and Percents (FDP). This is a well thought out lesson with different avenues for the students. One thought for gifted students, use the 8x8 square or other perfect squares for them to create their designs. Students with all motor skills and technological skills were thought of during the lesson.I normally find an idea on the web and tear it apart to make it useable, then is 5 out of five stars!Technical Remarks:No broken links!
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This lesson plan is a great resource! The use of technology is integrated and an integral part of the lesson. It provides many ways to individualize the lesson, which makes the content more meaningful and helps with motivation. The included resources are relevant and useful.Technical Remarks:A high quality resource.
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Donguang Church (Chinese: 东关教会), located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, is one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China. It is also known as the cradle of Christianity of the Koreans in China and in the Korean Peninsula.
Donguan Church, built in the second half of the 19th century, is located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It is one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China. It was so named because it was built just outside of East Gate, also called Dongguan (East Barrier), as a church was not allowed within the city wall.
John Ross (his Chinese name: Chinese: 约翰·罗斯), sent by the United Presbyterian Church, Scotland, to Manchuria, went first to Yingkou,[1] then moved to Mukden (Shenyang) and established a church here in 1889. This church building was destroyed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, but was reconstructed in 1907. It was damaged during the Cultural Revolution, yet enlarged in 1992. An Annex was built in 1998. The centennial of the 1907 church building dedication was celebrated in 2007.
Today, Christian worship is held in the main Church building and, on Sundays (7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 am), relayed also to the 5-storey Annex building behind, by cable TV. On the right of the main building is John Ross Memorial Hall, which is also open to the public.
First Korean Bible translation[edit]
While in China, John Ross met traders from Korea one day, and decided to get a Korean translation of the New Testament Bible, which was completed in 1887 and brought to Korea.[2]
- ^ Dugald Christie, "Ten Years in Manchuria" (1893) and "Thirty Years in Mukden" (1914)
- ^ John Ross (1842-1915), Scottish Bresbyterian Missionary in Manchuria
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Four of the auto maker's five brands reported year-over-year sales growth. The biggest gain came from Jeep which was up 30% with 45,415 vehicles sold. The success for Jeep came in part thanks to the launch of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee which sold 10,169 units in the first full month of sales. The Jeep Wrangler and Patriot reported their best November sales ever, and the Grand Cherokee had its best November in a decade. As a result Jeep overtook Dodge as Chrysler's' best selling brand. Dodge sales were up 4% from 2012 with 41,506 units sold.
Dave Winslow, chief digital strategist for Dealer.com a digital marketing company that works closely with U.S. auto industry, points out that inventory is higher than is usually desirable. "During peak times in past years inventory could get as low as 3o to 60 days, so 90 is definitely up there." While typically there are concerns about sitting on aging inventory as competitors release new product, he says that the industry isn't too concerned with the current situation. Dealers are stocking up since the product is strong and borrowing costs are low.
General Motors delivered 212,060 units in November, up 13.7% from the same period last year for the company's best November since 2007 and in line with estimates. "The sheer number of award-winning new models we have helped us grow faster than the industry for the second month in a row," said Kurt McNeil, vice president of U.S. sales operations, in a statement.
GM's best selling brand was Chevrolet with 145,089 units sold, up 12.6%. With 19.8% growth, GMC had the biggest gain and the second most vehicles sold at 35,727. As of the end of the month, GM had a 96 day inventory supply with 727,812 units.
Shares of GM were down .7% to $38.84 in morning trading. But the stock is up 53.3% year-over-year.
For it's part, Ford Motor Ford Motor reported a 7.2% overall increase in November, selling 190,449 vehicles on a 3% estimate. At 17% growth, trucks had the largest increase to 78,693. Cars were up 6% to 58,983. Utility vehicle sales, on the other hand, were down 2% to 52,773.
Winslow says that he is seeing increase dealer interest in trucks across brands, suggesting truck sales are expected remain high.
Ford's best selling vehicle was the F-Series truck which moved 65,501 units, up 16.3% from last year making it the best-selling vehicle in America. In second was the Ford Fusion, the company sold 22,839 units of the passenger car up 51% for its best November ever. The Lincoln Brand sold 6,727 units, up 17.4% from last year. The gains were led by 113.8% increase in Lincoln MKZ sales to 2,854 units. Overall four of Lincoln's six models were down from 2012.
Shares of Ford were down about 1.1% in morning trading to $16.87. The stock, however, is up 49.5% year-over-year.
Looking ahead to December Winslow points out, "we certainly don't wake up with cars under our Christmas Trees" but he nevertheless expects the auto industry to see a boost from the holiday shopping season. Black Friday was good for dealers as they focused on getting advertisements out to consumers and offering holiday deals. Research traffic to dealer indicate more sales to come, and November investments in marketing are expected to pay of in December.


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|This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (July 2008)
Rain of Gold is Victor Villaseñor's 1991 book, a New York Times bestseller, which tells the story of his own parents who were undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Two families escaping from the Mexican Revolution to the relative safety of the United States have parallel experiences centered on their mothers' strength. It is about 562 pages long and is available in Spanish as Lluvia de Oro. (ISBN 0-385-31516-3)
Main characters[edit]
- Lupe Gomez:
- Lupe is a young girl who has strong convictions towards her family and God. She is rather tall for a Mexican girl, she has long beautiful black hair and beautiful fair skin. Her beauty increases as she gets older and attracts many suitors. However, her timid and shy nature deters her from pursuing any of those relationships. Eventually a white (Anglo) boy proposes to her, but she is not as infatuated with him as he is with her. During the time she takes to decide what to do, she runs into Salvador Villaseñor and realizes she has found her true love.
- Doña Guadalupe Gomez
- Don Victor Gomez
- Victoriano Gomez
- Carlota Gomez
- Sophia Gomez
- Maria Gomez
- Juan Salvador Villaseñor Castro
- Doña Margarita Silveria
- Domingo Villasenor
- Luisa
- Emilia
- Epitacio
Secondary characters[edit]
- Don Benito
- Colonel Manuel Maytorena
- Socorro
- Don Manuel
- Rose-Mary
- La Liebre
- Don Tiburcio
- Señor Jones
- Duel
- Deputy Sheriff Archie Freeman
- Mario
- Mark
- Jose and Pedro
- pablo and chancho
- La Lluvia de Oro, Urique, Chihuahua, Mexico (Lupe's Village in Mexico)
- Los Altos de Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico (Juan's Village in Mexico)
- Carlsbad, California
- Corona, California
- San Bernardino, California
Family trees[edit]
Lupe's family[edit]
Doña Guadalupe - Mother
Victor Gomez - Father
Sophia - Sister
Maria - Sister
Carlota - Sister
Victoriano - Brother
Juan Salvador's family[edit]
Doña Margarita - Mother
Juan Villaseñor - Father
Jose the Great - Brother
Alejo - Brother
Luisa - Sister
Emilia - Sister
Lucha - Sister
Domingo - Brother
Seven Other Children - Siblings
The novel begins with the main character, Lupe Gomez, as a young and overall naive girl, who lives with her mother, Doña Guadalupe, and her other sisters and brother in a ramada in the "Rain of Gold" valley. The family makes a living by selling breakfast to the local miners and washing their clothes. There is a group of colorful miners and most of them have problems with drinking and gambling. The village suffers repeated raids by various factions of the Mexican Revolution and ultimately the brazen Doña Guadalupe manages to protect her daughters and son without incident. Eventually Lupe encounters a man named Colonel Manuel Maytorena, she simply calls "my colonel", a charismatic and romantic figure that Lupe seemingly falls in love with. For much of the beginning of the first chapter of the story she compares the things she enjoys in life to the Colonel, despite the fact that he is married to another woman and is nearly two decades older than she is. Swayed by the religious devotion of the Gomez family, the Colonel has them look after his young wife, Socorro, who is pregnant. While away on an escort mission to ship gold north to the United States, the Colonel is attacked and killed. Subsequently the rebel fighters who slayed him return to the box canyon where Lupe lives and dominate the residents. They are a suspicious group and accuse Lupe's brother Victoriano of stealing gold from the mine and they try to hang him as an example to others. He is saved by his mother who hands him a gun after she tells the rebels that she wants to give Victoriano his last prayer, but before Victoriano is able to escape, he shoots and kills La Liebre, the leader of the soldiers, who was attempting to kill Doña Guadalupe. Afterwards, La Liebre's second in command orders Doña Guadalupe to be hanged, but is stopped by the town's people gathering in a mob to stop them.
Shortly after the violence the towns people start to leave the city en masse to escape the violence of the Mexican revolution.
Chapter summaries[edit]
Espirito (a Mexican Indian) "...followed a doe and her fawn in search for water"[1] because the spring in his tribe's land had dried up. He eventually discovers a hidden spring. Some time after, a particularly harsh winter forced Espirito to go in search for food and supplies for his tribe. He eventually finds a store in a settlement near the Urique River. Espirito wanders into the store and talks to the store owner, Don Carlos Barrios, and wants to trade the water of the spring which he found for food and supplies. However, Don Carlos laughs at the idea, because the store is in a desert next to a river. Don Carlos asks Espirito if he has anything else to trade, but Espirito with great disappointment replies "All I have are these little stones and this ground water".[1] Don Carlos does a double take and notices that those "little stones" are in fact gold nuggets, he then desperately chases down Espirito who was already headed out the door. Espirito is pleasantly surprised that Don Carlos suddenly wants to trade food and supplies for all his stones (golden nuggets). Espirito quickly trades, because he thinks that Don Carlos has lost it but might change his mind - Espirito does not know he has gold nuggets and assumes that they are nothing more than interesting looking and worthless stones.
External links[edit]
Villaseñor, Victor (1991). Rain of Gold. (ISBN 978-0-385-31177-9)


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Tapped starts in the small town Fryeburg, Maine, which used to be home to a natural spring. It has now run dry. Taking advantage of archaic laws that never foresaw the days when large water barons would be trying to tie up the rights to water, Nestlé started pumping millions of gallons of water every day, bottling it and shipping it at little cost. A huge battle ensued, as it has in many U.S. communities where the people see water as a basic human right and commodification of it as a betrayal.
Closer to home, in 2012 Nestlé Waters had its permit renewed to take 1.1 million litres of water per day from a well near Hillsburgh and ship it in tankers to Aberfoyle, and has filed an appeal challenging the requirement of the permit that it restrict its water-taking during periods of drought. In Aberfoyle in 2010, Nestlé paid a mere $3.71 per million litres for the 600 million litres it took from our watershed.
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According to Tapped, 80 million bottles of water are consumed daily in the U.S. but 30 million bottles end up in landfill. Only 20 per cent get recycled.
People who drink bottled water away from home don't usually bring their bottles home to recycle. Many public events don't recycle bottles either. In less developed countries, where there is no recycling, many plastic bottles end up in waterways. When it rains, these bottles get washed to sea.
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do you ever wonder?
if people make-up there info on here? I just find things odd at times and I am not so sure I should even be here any more......I may be spending more time in the other group.
Online is online. Do you ever know if anyone is being honest? I don't think so, sadly... I think you have to decide where you're comfortable, and how to keep your family safe while still getting the support you need. KWIM?
I'm glad to be your friend no matter what group we're in. :-)
i feel the same way at times..one of them got to me this week with ignorance, just pure duh.... i think for the most part we here have become pretty good cyber friends and we can shift thru the B.S and vinigar... love ya momma!
i could not make up the stuff that goes on with me lol
I'd miss you here... we need all of us to make adoption work... all of our unique situations are important to the process. The more we inform the better it can be for the next family. yoursuch a supporter don't go........
Unfortunately sometimes there are people who are not honest. It can happen anywhere online or IRL in the best groups. There are a lot of good people in this group and many others on cafemom so I try to share with and learn from them and filter out any "bad apples."
I always report to Cafemom even if I think it an account isn't true.
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Sending you (hugs)
Before I was a mod in the pregnancy group, I never thought about it either. But, I know Cafemom really encourages us to report anything which we think is off or suspicious. I assume like any website host, they have access to IP addresses (to see if members have multiple accounts and such) along with other information.
Hang in there momma. We love you here. <3
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I am ready to get married, but he isn't sure he is ready for such a big commitment. Is commitment really that important in marriage?
Commitment is very important in marriage. It is the glue that will hold your relationship together even when you do not feel like loving your spouse.
The first 18 months of marriage are usually highly charged physically because of the release of endorphins and other chemicals. The physical attraction is very strong in the beginning stages of a relationship. After the initial adrenaline rush, the physical excitement may slow down a bit. That is when commitment takes over.
Love is a decision, not an emotion. It may feel very emotional at times, but over a lifetime, loving decisions and actions need to be practiced with our spouse. Feelings will grow into mature decisions and actions. Marriage skills might need to be learned in order to have effective ways to resolve conflict.
Commitment means never even saying the word "divorce." It should not be a part of your marriage vocabulary. Threats of leaving or temporary separation are not a part of commitment. When you dedicate yourself to a lifetime marriage, you are devoted to your spouse. You make your marriage relationship a priority. You remain faithful to one another.
In marriage, you pledge yourself to your spouse and put his or her needs ahead of your own. Our culture struggles with this kind of dedication. It is a true mark of maturity to enter marriage as a responsible spouse who is committed to the relationship for a lifetime. That means working through difficulties, taking time to enjoy one another and respecting each other.
Are you looking for a lifetime spouse, or are you willing to settle for just living together?
Your current situation is not legally binding and has many dangers financially, emotionally and physically. This is a good day to examine your current situation and decide where you think you will be a year from now.
According to "The Case for Marriage" by Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher, "Our attitude toward marriage and not just about our partners in particular, either nurture marital success or inhibit it. To put it in plain English, for many people, commitment produces contentment; uncertainty creates agony."
They further state that, "the data clearly show that commitment increases sexual pleasure for both sexes."
A study from Blumstein and Schwarz found, "Only couples who are committed to the institution of marriage, not simply to each other, feel safe enough to be able to trust their resources to one another."
Ann Gries is executive director of Community Marriage Builders. She can be reached via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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