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Bike Training Tips for a Touring Adventure
If you love cycling and sightseeing then a bike trip might be just what the doctor ordered to rekindle that spirit of adventure. Some people call it a bike trip and some people call it a tour, but either way it means you're going to ride from city to city and explore what that state, country, or continent has to offer.
Thinking of going abroad? Some of the most popular bike touring routes are through the mountains, towns, villages, and countryside of rural France, Italy and Spain. Prefer to stay stateside? Consider a wine and bike tour of the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York or Napa Valley in California, or take a trip through time along the Underground Railroad trail or the Lewis and Clark trail. Feeling adventurous? Set out on a cross-country bike trip like Anna McNuff. Wherever you are, wherever you're going, you can take a bike trip anywhere.
Regardless of the final destination, I'm sure you'll want to actually enjoy this bike trip rather than suffer for the whole time. Therefore you must put in some work to get the legs, heart, and lungs ready for the adventure. This means building your mileage and fitness to ensure that your body gets used to the daily rides. And depending upon your type and distance of your adventure, you should potentially think about doing daily long rides.
Start your bike training slow – build up your fitness (weeks 1-8)
Start riding two-to-three times per week to start building up a base level of fitness, ensuring two of these rides are least 45-60 minutes long. The third ride should be your long ride (often on the weekend) and it should be around two-to-three hours. Depending on your fitness level, you might have to take it nice and easy, adding breaks when needed. Make sure that you always stay fueled and hydrated during your training.
Weeks 8-14
Having built your base fitness, you can then add about four-to-six weeks of high-quality cycling work to get your body ready for the adventure. This means four or five rides per week: three 45-60 minute rides and a couple two-to-three hour long rides (preferably back to back days). This will get your body ready for the consistent work ethic needed to make it through a solid bike tour.
You'll also want to include some basic core work to really get your overall support structure ready for this expedition. No need to splurge on an expensive gym membership for this kind of stuff if you don't already have one: just do some planks, sit-ups, lunges, squats, pull-ups, and pushups.
Train for the terrain
If you're going on a bike tour in the mountains of France (or any mountains/hills), make sure you get in as much training on mountains and hills as possible. I can tell you from personal experience that training super hard in the flat lands still won't get you ready for the task of the mountains. Mountains use different muscles, require different techniques, different gears, and different "mental muscles". So do yourself this service and ride ALL of the hills you can.
Check all the gear you need for your bike trip – leave nothing to chance
Test your fuel, hydration, clothing and gear before you show up to your bike tour. Never bring new stuff that hasn't been tested, just hoping that it works out. Riding a bike a lot can cause chaffing in places that you need to know about BEFORE you get there. Dial everything in during the training periods I specified above.
Map out your route. Plan where you'll stop for lunch or to sleep – as well as where to get more water. Take stock of any sites or events you want to visit along the way.
Rack it!
Think about throwing some rack storage on your bike if you need to carry extra clothes/gear or want to buy some stuff to bring back. Depending on the type of bike trip you take, you might end up camping instead of staying at a hotel each night, so make sure you think ahead and have some empty space prepared for returning items.
Above all else make sure your bike tour contains a lot of new sights. This is all about adventure and exploration – getting outside, enjoying nature, seeing a new culture, trying new foods and drinks, and meeting new friends. Keep the rubber side down and always wear your helmet.
Happy riding and happy adventures, gang!


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On Friday, last week, I posted this little image on Twitter. It was retweeted over 130 times. I've never had a Tweet go that popular before, so I'm putting it here, too.
It was drawn in about 5 minutes with a Sharpie. In case you were curious.
On Friday, last week, I posted this little image on Twitter. It was retweeted over 130 times. I've never had a Tweet go that popular before, so I'm putting it here, too.
It was drawn in about 5 minutes with a Sharpie. In case you were curious.
In mid-2013, I was given the opportunity to be part of a local art show celebrating Saturday Morning Cartoons. After considering a few ideas, I decided to create a piece called "SuperGeniuses", updating my progress occasionally on Twitter. In mid-November I finished it, and here it is:
Want to see some more pictures from the making of this piece? Okay!
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I told my followers on Twitter that I was going to do a blog post this week. I intended it to be about something else, but that fell through, so I decided to sketch up an idea from my friend EditorGeek instead. This one's his fault:
Random sketchbook comic from about two months ago.
I'm not entirely happy with it, to be honest. I feel like the punchline could have been written much stronger. Oh well.
In 2003, I heard about the show "24″, in which each season has 24 episodes, each being the next consecutive hour of a day. It inspired me with an idea… what if there was a 24-hour comic strip? No, not a traditional 24-hour comic (although I greatly respect any who completes one of those). No… a comic where each new strip is the next minute of a day, making 1440 comics in total by the time that day is done.
So, I started the comic. And here it is, with all the strips that I actually finished:
And… that was all I wrote. Want to know how the rest of the comic would have gone?
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Yep, I finally got around to coloring it. Thanks to everyone who encouraged me that it should be a Jellyfish in Armour toon!
This will be my last "Orchestra of One" post for awhile. It's been fun, but I only have so much time available to me, and I want to put other things on Screenhog.com (comic updates, for instance, have been pretty sparse lately). However, before I go on my hiatus, I'd like to share a story.
Last year, I attended a concert in which an orchestra was about to perform Beethoven's Symphony #5. Now, I'd already been composing music commercially for a few years, and I was feeling pretty confident about my own skills as a composer, thinking that I was a pretty awesome composer, if I said so myself.
However, any pride in my own abilities was pretty much crushed as soon as the orchestra started, though. The entire symphony was absolutely beautiful, and I sat in my seat amazed by the skill in what I'd heard. "Beethoven was able to come up with something this beautiful? 200 years ago? Without computers? WHILE DEAF?!?"
Clearly, I still have a lot to learn.
You do too. Beethoven1, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach… we will likely never get the point where we're considered a master like they were. In some ways, that's kinda depressing.
But on the other hand, we also have advantages that they could never have dreamed about. We have access to instruments that weren't even invented when they were alive. Every major song created in the last 200 years can be instantly available to us to learn from. Musicians are paid more than they ever have been in history.2 And, most importantly, we have tools at our disposal capable of almost perfectly recreating the sound of an entire orchestra… by ourselves!
There has never been a better time to be a composer. I hope that the articles I've written so far have helped to inspire you, and I imagine I'll be writing more in the future. If there's a song you want to share, put it online3 and post about it in the comments! I'd love to hear what you've made.
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Maybe you've seen this commercial, the one where the Hawaiian vacation of dreams is planned with the help of his friends and social networks and Bing. And maybe it even inspired you to give Microsoft's search engine go. Most likely of all, though, it left you with that song stuck in your head and anticipation of the next commercial break when you might hear it again. That oh-so-catchy song is "Ho Hey!" by July and Augusts You Oughta Know artists The Lumineers, and it sounded even better yet when they performed it at VH1 headquarters for their You Oughta Know Live session.
"Ho Hey" swells around the band's three members, a simple guitar melody, a little kick-drum and a shake of tambourine. It's the battery of ho's and hey's, though, that get into your bones, making the song impossible to shake. Not that you'll want to.
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Why are we still obsessed with class?
At a lunch party last Sunday with a group of journalists, the conversation inevitably turned to class and how this ancient English obsession has come to dominate the political news agenda. It's now such a hot topic that the moment a member of the government does anything that can be construed as remotely snobbish – such as sit in a first class carriage with a standard class ticket – he is guaranteed to appear on the front pages the following day.
For a Leftie, the answer is obvious. We live in the most class-bound society in the developed world and this government of millionaires, led by a toffee-nosed public schoolboy, is determined to make it even more so. That's the barely concealed agenda behind raising university tuition fees, cutting the Education Maintenance Allowance, reducing the top rate of income tax, protecting the City of London and slashing benefits. As Alan Johnson said when George Osborne first unveiled his austerity programme in 2010, "This is what they came into politics for."
Now, it's plainly not true that Britain is more hamstrung by class than any other Western country. Institutions like Oxford University and the BBC are often attacked for failing to do more to promote social mobility, but actually Britain doesn't fare too badly in the international league tables. If you measure inter-generational social mobility according to occupation (typically a seven-class model with "higher managerial and professional" at the top and "routine" at the bottom), Britain sits somewhere in the middle of the table of developed countries, level-pegging with Germany.
True, if you measure social mobility by income instead, Britain fares worse. But even according to that metric, we're still not the [itals] most [itals] class-bound society in the developed world. Not as class-bound as America, for instance.
So the Leftie's explanation for why class is back at the forefront of our minds – and his crude analysis of what motivates senior Conservative politicians – is wrong. This government is as committed as the previous one to extending opportunities, with exhibit A in the case for the defence being Michael Gove's education reforms. As a nation, we remain obsessed with class [itals] in spite of [itals] our track record on social mobility, not because of it. (To read more, click
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I see going down the same way UFC 102 vs Mayweather/Marquiz. Strikeforce is going to break the bank regardless of Main Events and Dana's going to be asked at a press conference what he thought about it, and he'll try to pass it off as if he didn't care.
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Because I'm a middle child and woke up this morning realizing I favor Nikon in my giveaways too much…
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And Ding Dongs…
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"What's one of your top ten songs of all time?"
We did movies last week, and it was so interesting to see the results of everyone's favorite flicks. So let's move into the music realm: what's your favorite song (or at least one of them) of all time?
One entry per person, please. Strictly enforced with a paddle.
IMPORTANT: If you don't see your answer right away, please do not enter a second time. Often during contests, occasional entries will accidentally go to the Spam folder. However, I always check these throughout the day and move them over to the legitimate group of entries. Your entry will be counted!
No entries after 12:00 noon Pacific Time Wednesday.
Winner will be selected at random and announced Wednesday evening.
Good luck!
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38143 Comments and 272 Replies
Katie On Wednesday, September 29 at 10:57 pm
James Taylor "How Sweet it is to be loved by YOU!" doesn't it make you smile just thinking about it?
Wilahymina Rodriguez On Wednesday, September 29 at 10:59 pm
Better Man by James Morrison. I live on music but for some reason that is the first one that came to my mind!!
Hillary Kuehn On Wednesday, September 29 at 11:00 pm
My favorite song for a long time has been "If You Want Me To" by Ginny Owens. Amazing!
Dany On Wednesday, September 29 at 11:03 pm
Home by Michael Buble
Stephanie Castillo On Wednesday, September 29 at 11:05 pm
Wish You Were Here by: Pink Floyd
Carrie On Wednesday, September 29 at 11:41 pm
Well, according to my iTunes most frequently played list, it is Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison. However, while that song is okay, something is wrong with the counter because I think I have listened to it twice in the last year.
The next song down is by Sting and Cheryl Crow – "Always on Your Side".
That is probably more like it. Their 2 voices just work in that song.
Tanya On Thursday, September 30 at 12:00 am
Girls Just want to have fun.
Robin van der Bijl On Thursday, September 30 at 12:11 am
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Monica On Thursday, September 30 at 12:44 am
Girl From the North Country by Bob Dylan sung by Rosanne Cash
Singing it tonight while I made sesame cookies.
MAYRA On Thursday, September 30 at 12:51 am
Heather W On Thursday, September 30 at 9:34 am
Dixon's Girl by Dessa, a local (to the Mpls/St Paul area) hip hop artist.
b On Thursday, September 30 at 10:29 am
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.
Mindy On Thursday, September 30 at 11:09 am
I love "It's only a paper moon". So fun and classic
Lauren Hughes On Thursday, September 30 at 11:25 am
There are way to many favorite songs on my list…I do love "Brown Eyed Girl"…my husband said that's the first song that came to his mind when we started dating.
j d hauck On Thursday, September 30 at 5:01 pm
Thunder Road , Bruce Springsteen
the lyrics tell a great story and Bruce delivers it with such passion.
Michele On Thursday, September 30 at 7:03 pm
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
LKgndishgs On Thursday, September 30 at 8:15 pm
Okay. It's past Wednesday night.
Waiting for the results………………………….
The suspense is killing us!
Michelle Barber On Thursday, September 30 at 8:31 pm
Jesus Take the Wheel!!
TParrish On Thursday, September 30 at 8:33 pm
Come On Eileen!
Katie On Thursday, September 30 at 11:24 pm
I spent some much time going through everyone else's favorite that it's hard to decide now. I think I'd have to pick Desperado by The Eagles. It popped into my head first. Some many great memories associated to it.
Thanks for the giveaway Ree. You rock!
Susan On Friday, October 1 at 11:06 am
A tough choice that could go so many ways but I'll pick Cool Night by Paul Davis – it's so romantic!
Jessica Edwards On Friday, October 1 at 2:27 pm
Freedom by George Michael…LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.. It gets me through a tough day.
Nancy On Friday, October 1 at 3:44 pm
Amazing Grace,
Kat On Friday, October 1 at 4:27 pm
"twinkle, twinkle little star" when my daughter sings it.
Sheena On Friday, October 1 at 7:24 pm
My favorite song of all time is probably "Wouldn't it be Nice" by the Beach Boys. Love almost any Beach Boys song but there's just something about that particular song that always lifts my spirits and brightens my day.
Billie Earley On Friday, October 1 at 11:09 pm
Van Morrison
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you that there is no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Love the lyrics and the melody stays with you forever!
Lee On Saturday, October 2 at 9:31 pm
A little late in answering…….Love Song by the Cure…and unchained melody by either of the artists.
Kristin On Sunday, October 3 at 4:10 pm
What a Wonderful World
Barb hickey On Sunday, October 3 at 9:08 pm
Sorry I don't know the song, but I love the camera. Sure I don't have a chance but, I am trying. By the way I just love your site. Just really started looking at the photo section, which is weird cause I love photography. Must say, wondering how you have time for all you do, I would have to say you really do "redeem the time"
Keep up the good work. (it's so refreshing to see someone enjoy being a woman, mother, wife and being fulfilled.) Type of woman more of our young girls need to know.
Jennifer On Sunday, October 3 at 9:44 pm
Nightswimming by R.E.M.
Ashlei Kilkenny On Monday, October 4 at 2:41 am
"I will survive"
JiJi On Monday, October 4 at 3:29 pm
America the Beautiful…..Ray Charles version. Everyone sings it, but Ray does it best.
Michelle On Monday, October 4 at 8:12 pm
Oh Girl…by the Chi-Lites….love it!
Britney Stanbserry On Monday, October 4 at 8:21 pm
Hotel Band! by Mike Mclure
joan m On Monday, October 4 at 10:37 pm
It has to be "Wise Men say only fools fall in love"
Miguel Ocasio On Tuesday, October 5 at 12:03 am
I would have to say "I Love You Lord".
It is an old song but it always reminds me of how good God is and why we have been given such a wonderful talent as photography. Capturing the moments we live makes me thankful.
Carol On Tuesday, October 5 at 7:32 am
Mountain Music by Alabama
Vestacaro On Tuesday, October 5 at 9:59 am
I heard the song Reflections by Michael McDonald during the breakup of a 30 year marriage. It helped me to gain a new perspective and made me realize that the other woman actually did me a great big favor in so many ways. It is the song that was meant the most to me every since.
kristen ewer On Tuesday, October 5 at 10:35 am
im looking through you, by the beatles
April E. On Tuesday, October 5 at 12:40 pm
I would have to say one of my favorite songs of all time is "Come on Eileen." I always seem to lose myself dancing whenever it comes on!!
Joyce Matta On Tuesday, October 12 at 9:28 am
Bad Love by Eric Clapton is one of my favs.
Kristy Horvath On Monday, November 29 at 8:35 am
"I want to know what Love is"
zeezee On Monday, January 3 at 7:25 pm
being a teenager of the 80's, this song always makes me sing loudly & dance!
"Train in Vain" by The Clash


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Top Tobacco, L.P. v. Midwestern Cash & Carry, LLC
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Case #: No. 11 C 4460
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LexisNxis Link: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7598
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Trademarks: Infringement; Dilution: Uncontroverted sale of counterfeit trademarked articles alone established infringement against corporate defendants but, without proof of willfulness on the part of individuals, did not establish infringement against individually named defendants.
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Shen Yun features detailed costumes in every dance, drawing from traditional dress from the various dynasties, regions, and cultures of China.
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"It's fantastic, it's absolutely wonderful. I didn't expect that at all," Ms. Rodriguez said.
Reporting by Mary Silver and Catherine Yang.
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Round Lake Park residents face a very tough choice for village president in the April 9 election, and their decision may hinge on something as arguable as whether the best alternative for advancing the village in new directions is someone who has been steeped in its affairs for more than a decade and a half or someone who brings an almost entirely fresh perspective. For our part, we side with experience and Trustee Linda Lucassen. Lucassen is in the middle of her first term on the village board after being elected in 2011, and before that she served 14 years as village clerk. She knows the ins and outs of local government well and can speak authoritatively on everything from the status of the budget to ways the village can reach out to communicate better with all segments of the Round Lake Park community. Among other activities, she has worked to produce and promote local festivals, helped with Meals on Wheels and participated in local fundraisers. Her opponent, Kathleen Pender, is likewise sincerely committed to the quality of life in Round Lake Park, with a long resume of work with service groups as well as past service on the village board. Both candidates know the village has a lot of work still to do to encourage business development in town and to gain more stability in local finances, but Lucassen's more recent and deeper involvement in municipal affairs gives her a valuable head start.
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Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, The Money Culture, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Panic, Home Game, The Big Short, and Boomerang, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.
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1 (18.25 ounce) package
white cake mix
1 cup
1/4 cup
vegetable oil
1 teaspoon
strawberry extract
1/4 cup
chocolate syrup
3 drops
red food coloring
2/3 cup
confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons
chocolate syrup
This recipe is a great concept, but going into it, I knew there would definitely be a lack of defined flavor, so I decided to change it at the get go. It turned out wonderful and my family loved it. I did use the strawberry flavoring, but I used about 1/2 tsp more. I then added an 1/8 cup of strawberry jam. (Next time I'll use a little more because my family LOVED the small strawberry pieces in the cake.) The chocolate cake batter DEFINITELY lacked chocolate flavor, so I added an 1/8 cup of Dutch cocoa and 6 tablespoons of melted bittersweet chocolate. (You could probably use semi-sweet.) I was NOT pleased with the taste of the frosting...it tasted more like confectioners sugar instead of chocolate. So, I added cocoa powder, a little melted bittersweet chocolate, 1/2 tsp of vanilla and enough milk to make it "drizzable." Turned out deliciously. Upon cutting the cake, we found perfectly marbled layers and will definitely make this cake again AND serve it with neapolitan ice cream!!
this is the biggest failure of a recipe i have gotten off of this site. i even came up with a creative way to make the pink layer since i live in israel and there is no strawberry flavoring (way too exotic for here). i used strawberry jam and food coloring and it was great. i hand-spooned the layers on but they still totally mixed together and did not form even close to real layers. the whole purpose of this cake is appearance and this one was awful. also, mine did not stay together and i could not even get it out of the pan in one piece! i say DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. the one good thing i can say is that it tastes good in crumbly bits (i am pregnant and will eat anything though).
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I made this for my granddaughter's birthday--served it with neapolitan ice cream--and it was very good--moist & tasty--and it looked very pretty. I didn't have strawberry extract so I used 1/4 cup strawberry syrup in the strawberry part. I made a glaze using strawberry syrup and powdered sugar and drizzled it over the top.
I followed the recipe as written, except that I used 4 egg whites instead of 3 eggs to keep the cake white and made it in an angel food cake pan. And, I did have to bake it about 10 minutes longer. When it was sliced, I thought there would be 3 distinct layers of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, but was pleasantly surprised at the beautiful swirl pattern. Instead of pouring the batter, I spooned all 3 layers into the pan. Everyone at work thought the cake was yummy and asked for the recipe. One of the ladies at work made it for a church supper and said there was none left to take back home~everyone loved it. Highly recommend this recipe. It would make a lovely presentation served with sliced neopolitan ice cream!
this cake is absolutely delicious! Since I live on a military base that is not near anything else, I had to make do with what I had. The commissary doesn't carry strawberry extract so I just used Hershey's Strawberry syrup and it tasted wonderful!
Fun recipe! My layers stayed pretty intact - I poured the chocolate and strawberry batters over a spoon - so they wouldn't drop through the white batter. I used 1.5 tsp of strawberry extract and I also added 1 tbsp of chocolate malted milk powder to the chocolate mixture.
Thanks a bunch!!! - will serve warm with neopolitan ice cream!!!!!!!
Super moist cake - wow! I did modify the recipe to using 2 tsp. of strawberry extract with 5 drops of red food coloring. I also did 1/3 cup of choc. syrup for a richer flavor. Will definitely make again.
I baked this cake for my husband's birthday because my family loves their 'ice cream' and cake. They loved it! I have told everyone about this delicious and easy cake!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Servings Per Recipe: 8
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** Calories from Fat: 143
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I wouldn't care if you "artists" put smiley faces over your whole city, IF you would just quit asking those living elsewhere for money to bail you out of your sorry messes. Perhaps a few more "negative" people there would help straighten out your financial problems. How many billions have been sent there from our tax dollars, not to mention from religious organizations and other NGOs? For those who are saying money is not the root of all happiness, perhaps some way could be found to prevent them from receiving any that "negative people" such as myself have sent there. Bye-the-way, my wife, daughter and I (all negative people, I guess) have spent time there gutting and rebuilding houses. Have the owners of the destroyed homes been polled as to which group they prefer having around---"negative" workers, or "positive" smiley-face "artists"?
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Thursday wasn't the best day for a car wash, but a group of young women from Moldova cleaned up cars at a small car dealership to say thank you.
"I didn't have any hope or anything and I just kind of survived every day," Nadia Rosca said.
The 22-year-old grew up in an orphanage then through her cousin found Stella's Voice.
"That day my life changed, I had hope and I knew God had a plan for my life," she said.
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He explained that girls in Moldova are released from state-run orphanages at the age of 16 with $30, a bus ticket, and no options.
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Stella's Voice prevents that. Instead, the girls are educated and have legitimate jobs.
"Churches, their generosity, and monthly support and the offerings they give has made all of this possible," he said.
The owner of the car dealership is a member of Covenant Life Church in Lake City. A percentage of the car sales go to Stella's Voice, so cleaning up was a show of appreciation.
Tony McAfee is one of the pastors at Covenant Life Church. He said, "I've never seen something more powerful and more rewarding than supporting Stella's Voice."
He is proud his church is a partner in rescuing people from sex trafficking.
"When we lend to the poor or we lend to an orphan, the bible says when we do something for them then we actually lend unto God and it's a debt that don't go unrepaid," he said.
Nadia described what Stella's Voice has meant to here. "I felt loved and I felt the love of God and I started loving myself and accepting myself the way I am."
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Explain the considerations that led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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There were at least three main considerations that led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
First, there was his personal opposition to slavery. Though Lincoln was not an abolitionist, he did believe that slavery was evil. Therefore, he was not sad to find a way to get rid of it. However, Lincoln's first goal was to save the Union. This means that the main considerations that led to the proclamation had to do with helping the Union to win the war.
One way that Lincoln hoped this would help was by inspiring slaves in the South to rebel or to leave their masters. Lincoln knew that the South relied on their slaves and that the loss of those slaves would gravely reduce their economic capacity and their ability to fight.
Finally, Lincoln hoped to keep European countries out of the war. If Lincoln issued the proclamation, the war would come to be about slavery, not simply about whether the South could secede. England and France would be much less likely to help the Confederacy if the war were about slavery rather than about political goals.
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Katelyn Lashley and Sage Graham were crowned the 2014 winter homecoming queen and king during a ceremony between the junior varsity and varsity Carrollton-Alliance basketball games Friday evening at Carrollton High School.
Daughter of Casie Palmisano of 806 Salineville Rd., Salineville, and Matt Lashley, Katelyn is a varsity cheerleader and a member of the CHS band and dance line. She also is a member of the National Honor Society, Prayer Warriors, Student Council and Spanish Club.
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The beginning of Wieliczka salt mine, one of the world's most famous mines, dates back to middle Ages. The oldest confirmation of this place at survived til nowadays is the privilege of King Kazimierz Odnowiciel, from 1044, where the city is first named Wieliczka in 'magnum sal alias Wieliczka'. It is a small underground city with many statues, chapels, richly decorated halls that were created during centuries by miners that worked here with their original tools and equipment. It has 9 levels and reaches 327m under the ground.