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æBlood OathÆ Sealed Stanford Deal, Court Is Told
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
HOUSTON Ś R. Allen StanfordÆs relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most.
At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a ōbrotherhood ceremonyö that Mr. StanfordÆs chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar fraud from American and other regulators.
The assertion that the two took a ōblood oathö was laid out in a plea agreement signed by the officer, James M. Davis, and filed Thursday. After the pact, Leroy King, AntiguaÆs chief banking supervisor, called Mr. Stanford ōBig Brother.ö He received Super Bowl tickets, valued at thousands of dollars, for himself and his girlfriend. And he accepted regular bribe payments from a secret Swiss bank account that Mr. Davis said he was told to handle by Mr. Stanford.
The unusual twist to the case, in which Mr. Stanford is accused of operating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, was disclosed by Mr. Davis as he pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraud and conspiracy in Federal District Court in Houston. Mr. Davis, who oversaw the movement of vast sums of money at Stanford International Bank, also said in a plea agreement that Mr. Stanford ordered him to report false revenue and false investment portfolio balances to banking regulators as far back as 1988, when Mr. Stanford ran an offshore bank on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
ōI did wrong. IÆm sorry. I apologize. And I take responsibility for my actions,ö Mr. Davis said after the hearing.
Mr. Stanford was also supposed to appear in court on Thursday, but he was hospitalized in the morning after his pulse rate soared, his lawyer said.
While he has repeatedly denied accusations that he ran a Ponzi scheme involving certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank, he has also insisted that if anything illegal did happen, it must have been Mr. DavisÆs fault.
Mr. Davis, who had been a friend of Mr. StanfordÆs since they were roommates at Baylor University in Waco, Tex., started his own church in Mississippi and led prayers before bank business meetings. His lawyer, David Finn, said Mr. Davis was now working on a family farm in Michigan doing manual labor for $10 an hour as an expression of penance. He now faces up to 30 years in prison.
ōHe had a very heavy heart,ö Mr. Finn said. ōHe was very contrite, and not all of my clients are.ö
The plea agreement and a court presentation on Thursday by prosecutors repeated many facts that were outlined in June in an indictment of Mr. Stanford, several Stanford aides and Mr. King. Mr. Stanford and others are accused of defrauding 30,000 investors of $7 billion, filing false reports to regulators and investors, diverting more than $1.6 billion into undisclosed personal loans to Mr. Stanford, and conspiring to obstruct an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
But the plea agreement offered an assortment of new details, particularly about the relationship between Mr. Stanford and Mr. King, who ran AntiguaÆs Financial Services Regulatory Commission for much of the last decade. He has been arrested in Antigua and is awaiting extradition to the United States.
Shortly after their 2003 blood-brother ceremony, which also included a second, unnamed Antiguan regulator, Mr. Stanford complained that two Antiguan regulators who worked for Mr. King were ōbecoming aggressive and suspicious in their examinationö of the Stanford bank on the island, the plea agreement said. Both employees ōsoon thereafter were reassigned or replaced,ö Mr. Davis said in the plea agreement.
To show appreciation for Mr. KingÆs services, Mr. Stanford paid $8,000 for tickets to the 2004 Super Bowl game in Houston so the regulator could take his girlfriend to the event. The next year, in June, Mr. King showed Mr. Stanford a confidential letter he had received from the S.E.C. seeking information about the Stanford bankÆs certificates of deposit investment portfolio, stating that the agency had evidence to suggest the bank was engaged in a ōpossible Ponzi scheme.ö Mr. Stanford and an unnamed aide then drafted ōa false and misleading responseö to the S.E.C., according to the plea agreement.
In September 2006, Mr. King tipped Mr. Stanford off to another letter from the S.E.C. Mr. Stanford, Mr. Davis and others proposed various responses designed to mislead the American regulators, which Mr. King was expected to transmit back to the S.E.C.
Mr. King also helped mislead regulators of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank when they began raising questions about Mr. StanfordÆs bank, the plea agreement said. He faxed a proposed response to the Caribbean regulators to an unnamed lawyer working for Mr. Stanford. In it, Mr. King joked in a handwritten note: ōPlease do not bill me (laugh), Thanks a million, Lee.ö The note was taken as an oblique reference to bribes already paid, according to the agreement.
Mr. King, who holds American and Antiguan passports, is reviewing legal documents and has not yet publicly responded to the charges against him, according to Attorney General Justin Simon of Antigua and Barbuda. In an interview in February, just after Mr. StanfordÆs offices in Houston were raided by federal authorities, Mr. King said, ōI am absolutely sure that my banking system is clean.ö
Mr. Simon said in an interview that he had become aware of the blood-brotherhood ceremony from his own sources. ōIt is believable,ö he said. ōAs far as how many people are involved, we are still investigating.ö
By the middle of 2008, the agreement asserts, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Davis and others were scrambling ōdesperatelyö to hide the details of their fraud by inflating the value of their assets on the books with ōbogus real estate.ö The conspirators ōdesigned a real estate transaction wherein they would falsely inflate and convert an approximate $65 million real estate transaction in Antigua into a purported $3.2 billion dollar asset,ö according to the agreement. But by January the S.E.C. was moving in fast, and when Mr. Davis met with Mr. King, ōKing appeared very stressedö and wondered if they could still hide their secrets. Mr. Davis tried to reassure him.
In an interview in April, Mr. Stanford said he gave Mr. Davis broad responsibilities to oversee investments. ōIf bad things were happening, he never brought them to my attention,ö Mr. Stanford said. ōHe did his job and I stayed out of his hair.ö
Mr. Finn acknowledged after ThursdayÆs plea hearing that Mr. Stanford would attempt to discredit his client during a future trial. ōThe only way he walks is if he can convince a jury that my client is the mastermind,ö he said. ōAllen Stanford uses people. Did my client allow himself to be used? Absolutely.ö
Mr. Finn said it would be strange for his client to have run a fraudulent scheme to pay for Mr. StanfordÆs lavish lifestyle when he was getting paid relatively little for his efforts. He said Mr. Davis had earned between $5 million and $6 million after taxes over the last decade, and was now virtually penniless.
Mr. StanfordÆs lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, has asked for court permission to quit the case because his client can not assure that he will be paid. Mr. Stanford was supposed to appear in court for a hearing on whether he could retain a new legal team. Mr. Stanford has asked to be represented by two other lawyers, but they also have said they need assurances that they will be paid.
Mr. StanfordÆs assets and his companiesÆ assets have been frozen.
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These scrumptious green beans are packed with bacon and flavored with a little onion. The easy, flavorful beans are made in a slow cooker. For soft beans, cook on low for eight hours; for semi-crisp, check after four hours. / Nathan Papes/News-Leader
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These are not healthy!!! was the text message I received from Casey Klein of Springfield, after she shared her amazing green bean recipe with me.
Shes right. Kleins slow cooker green beans are not healthy (high in sodium), but they are absolutely delicious. Theyre even better than my grandmas green beans.
What makes them so special? A pound of bacon. Yes, you add a pound of salty, smoky bacon to the beans and then slow cook them. I could eat them all day.
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Lakey cut this recipe out of a magazine decades ago, and its an unusual beef stew called a stifado.
A stifado is a Greek stew that can be made with a variety of meats but is characterized by having a lot of onions. This recipe calls for regular and pearl onions. The only pain, if you want to call it that, in the recipe is peeling the pearl onions, but its worth it.
I loved this stew because its so different. Its flavored with onions and red wine, and then you stir in feta cheese and walnuts. I was initially dubious of the walnuts, but the crunch was a beautiful contrast to the tender beef and onions.
The feta is really unusual, too. If you dont like feta, just omit it. I tried it both ways and thought it was still good.
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Salt and pepper to taste
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1 bay leaf
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Mombasa - Kenyan police said on Friday a female tourist shot dead in the coastal city of Mombasa was from Germany, the second such killing of a foreign visitor by gunmen there this month.
The woman, who has not been named but was in her late 20s, was with her Ugandan companion when they were shot by attackers on Thursday, senior police commander in the port city Geoffrey Mayek said.
The Ugandan man was wounded and taken to hospital, but his condition was not life threatening.
"The German lady and the Ugandan man arrived in Mombasa on Thursday, they were to stay for two days," Mayek said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the shooting, but Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of attacks blamed on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, as well as local armed gangs.
Kenya also suffers from high levels of violent crime and robberies.
The shooting took place close to where a female Russian tourist was killed on July 6, also by unknown gunmen. Police blamed that attack on "normal thuggery".
Last month the Shebab, which has carried out a number of attacks on Kenyan soil in retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia, warned foreign tourists to stay out of Kenya. - AFP
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The case against the estate tax
A report from the Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee, "Cost and Consequences of the Federal Estate Tax," was updated and released in July. That the estate tax poses a special burden on farm families and family-owned businesses is no longer controversial, but the report lays out the factual basis for the belief. It also argues that the amount of revenue raised by the estate tax is negligible, and that income tax collections would be higher if the estate tax were repealed. Most importantly, the total amount of capital stock in the U.S. economy has been reduced by $1.1 trillion by the imposition of the estate tax, a significant drag on economic growth. A few fun facts from the report:
• In nominal dollars, estate and gift tax revenue peaked in 2000, at $29 billion. The billion-dollar barrier was broken in 1956 and the $2 billion one in 1962. The $10 billion threshold was not crossed until 1990.
• Inflation adjustments to the data reveal a very different story. Transfer taxes yielded more than $1 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars (2010 base year) as early as 1919. The peak year was the same, 2000, with collections of $36.7 billion.
• A study by the Tax Foundation found that in 2005 the compliance cost for the federal estate tax was $88.2 million, from 2.3 million hours of compliance effort. The gift tax added another $66.0 million and 1.7 million hours to the compliance chores.
• One defense of the estate tax is that it creates an incentive for charitable giving, and that without it charitable gifts would decline, perhaps sharply. It is true that 21% of taxable estates claim a deduction for a charitable bequest, but an even larger percentage of households, 36%, claim an income tax charitable deduction. The values involved are similarly disproportionate, $16 billion in estate transfers versus $158 billion in income tax deductions. What's more, predictions that charitable giving via estates would decline during the 2000s as the exempt amount grew and the top tax rate fell proved inaccurate. Inflation-adjusted transfers to charities held steady through the period, and transfers to private foundations grew.
As matters stand today, the 2012 federal estate tax exemption of $5.12 million falls by more than 80% on January 1, 2013, going to $1 million. The matter is unlikely to be resolved before the end of the year.
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Abstract: Catalan's Conjecture predicts that 8 and 9 are the only consecutive perfect powers among positive integers. The conjecture, which dates back to 1844, was recently proven by the Swiss mathematician Preda Mihailescu. A deep theorem about cyclotomic fields plays a crucial role in his proof.
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Pablo Menendez & Mezcla – I'll See You In Cuba – Zoho ZM 201001, 1 hr. 3 min. ****:
(Pablo Menendez – guitar, vocals; Magela Herrera – flute, vocals, piano; Mayquel Gonzalez – trumpet & flugelhorn; Octavio Rodriguez – percussion; Orlando Sanchez – tenor sax, piano)
I'll See You In Cuba is not your typical Afro-Cuban or Buena Vista-style jazz album. Those forms are incorporated throughout the album, just not in the traditional style your ears are used to. Pablo Menendez infuses rock and jazz and has created his own style of Afro-Vista Rock Jazz. The beats are fast yet controlled by his masterful guitar playing. He's accompanied by his band, Mezcla, who keep up the tone and drive these songs their entire way.
Magela Herrera's flute lead in Quien Tiene Ritmo?; my favorite track on the album ("Who's Got Rhythm?") is James Moodyesque, as she leads the rest of the group on a flighty journey until individual jams take over followed by a chanting of "Quien Tiene Ritmo?"
The cover and newly-styled rendition of Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight shows the full spectrum of Menendez' range as an artist and band leader. By adding the twist of Cuban influences to the track, the listener is given yet another reason to jump the traditional ship and listen outside of the cigar box they may have thought Cuban music was in.
1. Big Breker
2. Quien Tiene Ritmo?
3. El Medico De Los Pianos (for Benjamin Treuhaft)
4. I'll See You In C.U.B.A.
5. Chicoy's Blues
6. Oslo
7. Chucho's Blues
8. 'Round Midnight
9. Homenaje A Afro Cuba
10. Chicoy's Son
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5 things you need to know happening in Florida on Friday, February 21, 2014
TAMPA - Here are five things you need to know happening in Florida on Friday, February 21, 2014.
(1) Vaping Convention
The first Bay Area electronic cigarette convention opens at the Tampa Convention Center on Friday.
The convention will allow those who are looking to stop smoking regular cigarettes to try and buy vaping gear and eliquids.
Special guests at the convention include Phil Busardo, who hosts his "Beginners Guide to E-Cigs" channel on YouTube, and Elaine Keller, President of the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives (CASAA).
The convention is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 on Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.
The entry fee is $10 at the door for both days. For more information, visit www.vapingcc.com .
E-cigarettes are gaining a lot of attention. Just this week the Florida Senate approved a proposal to ban their sale to minors.
(2) Winter Haven Tip-A-Cop
Winter Haven Police Department officers will donate time on Friday to raise money for Special Olympics Florida.
During the Tip-A-Cop event today and Saturday, officers will be at the Chick-fil-A, Panera Bread and Starbucks at 123 Landings Boulevard in Winter Haven. The officers will deliver food and clear tables for tips. They will event accept funs through the drive-thru from the roofs of the restaurants.
All proceeds will be donated to the Special Olympics Florida.
The Tip-A-Cop event will occur today and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
If you cannot donate in person, you can help out Special Olympics Florida by making a donation at specialolympicsflorida.org .
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Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation will donate much needed equipment on Friday to the Temple Terrace Fire Department and the University of South Florida Police Department.
Temple Terrace Fire Department will receive 30 residential lock box units worth more than $5,370. The equipment will give homeowners peace of mind knowing first responders can quickly enter their homes in case of life-threatening situations and emergencies.
The USF Police will receive 15 automated external defibrillators (AEDs), worth more than $29,440. The devices will be placed in patrol cars allowing officers to provide life-saving assistance if a citizen goes into cardiac arrest.
The equipment will be given to the two departments at a new conference at the Firehouse Subs Restaurant on Fowler Avenue in Tampa today at 10:30 a.m.
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The Nuclear Cowboyz freestyle motocross tour will be at the Forum tonight through Sunday.
This year's Nuclear Cowboyz features a brand new storyline with more than 1,000 gravity-defying freestyle tricks performed by the world's most dominant freestyle athletes. The motorcross riding is enhanced by laser effects; the largest indoor pyrotechnics show; a soundtrack of heavy metal, electronic dub step and alternative hip hop; and dazzling dancers.
Performers include multi-time X Games medalists Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg, Taka Higashino, Mike Mason, Matt Buyten, Ronnie Faisst and Colten Moore.
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Judge Haden won't force OSM's hand on mine rules
Chief U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden II on Tuesday again gave federal regulators more time to clean up problems in the state's enforcement of strip mining rules.
Haden declined to immediately order the U.S. Office of Surface Mining to begin to take over the state's abandoned mine cleanup program.
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The judge also refused to immediately intervene in OSM's review of two dozen weaknesses in state Department of Environmental Protection rules.
In a 30-page ruling, Haden assured the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy that he would act if regulators miss a new set of self-imposed deadlines over the next two months.
"For more than a decade, OSM was derelict and dilatory in the extreme, but recently, and clearly in response to this litigation, stepped-up agency activity promises a state surface mine regulatory program that conforms to [federal] requirements," Haden wrote.
"Although the court has not granted injunctive relief requested by the Conservancy, it will hold the Federal Defendants to their promises and enforce these dates," he wrote.
In the case, filed in November 2000, Conservancy lawyers focused on a multimillion-dollar deficit in the state's abandoned mine cleanup fund.
Under federal law, coal operators are supposed to post bonds that would cover reclamation costs if they abandon mine sites.
In West Virginia, regulators have never made companies post large enough bonds to cover reclamation. A small per-ton coal production tax has done little to make up the difference.
Today, thousands of acres of abandoned mine sites aren't reclaimed and hundreds of polluted streams go untreated. One study said that the cleanups could cost more than $6 billion over the next 50 years.
For more than a decade, the state has ignored OSM orders to address the problem. OSM has done little to force the state's hand.
In August 2001, Haden ruled that OSM had "unreasonably delayed" action to take over the state's reclamation program. Haden did not order any reforms because OSM and the state had promised to improve .
In Tuesday's ruling, Haden recalled his previous statement that OSM inaction had contributed to a "climate of lawlessness" in the state.
"When the state persists in ignoring federal authority without legal consequence, the climate of lawlessness that results is not repaired once the agency action is finally taken," the judge wrote in a footnote. "Only a persistent pattern of timely and forceful federal agency action will overcome the perception the enforcer is toothless."
Last year, Gov. Bob Wise proposed and lawmakers approved an increase in the coal tax that funds abandoned mine cleanups. The tax would increase from 3 cents per ton to 14 cents per ton for the next three years, and then drop to 7 cents a ton after that.
In late December, OSM approved the tax increase.
OSM declined to rule on whether the state's proposal met a broader federal requirement: Providing enough money to clean up all currently abandoned mine and all sites that might someday be abandoned.
OSM said that its own preliminary study showed that the tax increase was not a long-term solution.
Federal officials extended the public comment period on the state's proposal. OSM promised that it would make a final decision by May 28.
Lawyers for the Conservancy argued that OSM could not approve the state's plan if the plan fixed only part of the reclamation program's problems. Federal law says that OSM shall not approve state program changes unless those changes meet the minimum federal requirements.
OSM lawyers said that the agency relied on an internal policy - one never subjected to public review or comment - that allowed partial approval.
Conservancy lawyers argued that OSM's partial approval rule "could lead to infinitely small and unending improvements, never reaching a statutorily satisfactory end."
Haden sided with OSM.
"While that potential exists, OSM has promised to make its final and determinative decision by May 28, 2002, so the spectre Plaintiff raises is unreal," the judge wrote. In fact, Haden said, the May 28 deadline "hastens the timetable" OSM previously set of June 29.
Haden wrote that that reclamation fund issue "is dauntingly complex." He praised the Conservancy for its "heavy lifting ... producing figures and proposing answers to the question, what will constitute sufficient ... funds.
"It is obvious this citizen suit has jump-started long overdue state and federal agency action," Haden wrote. "With these processes on the fast track toward a positive outcome, thanks to the Plaintiff's well-placed pressure and persistence and the agencies' response to that pressure, it would be unfortunate to interfere and throw a monkey wrench into the fast track's works."
In his ruling, Haden also declined to force OSM action on 25 weaknesses federal officials have identified in West Virginia's strip mine enforcement.
Among other things, the weaknesses concerned flood control, blasting limitations, replacement of residential water supplies damaged by mining, and post-mining land uses.
DEP officials have been under orders to fix those weaknesses, in some cases, since at least 1985. Other problems dated to the early 1990s.
Under federal law, states have 60 days to submit proposals to fix problems that OSM identifies. OSM then has 30 days to approve or reject those proposals. Those time limits passed long ago on the issues raised in the lawsuit.
But OSM, Haden noted, promised to approve or reject DEP's proposals by May 1. If they are not, OSM has said, it will begin proceedings to takeover those parts of the state program by May 15.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Gov. Chris Gregoire has named Brig. Gen. Bret D. Daugherty as adjutant general of the state of Washington.
Daugherty replaces Maj. Gen. Timothy J. Lowenberg, who is retiring after 13 years in the position. Gregoire announced the appointment Monday. A change of command ceremony between Lowenberg and Daugherty will take place on Saturday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Daugherty will serve as commander of all Washington Army and Air National Guard forces and director of the state's emergency management and enhanced 911 programs. He will also serve as Gregoire's homeland security adviser.
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Whole Foods Market has announced that YUJI Ramen, home of the mazemen (brothless) Bacon & Egg ramen dish, will be opening an in-store venue at the retailer's newest location opening in December at Third and 3rd in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally a seafood salesman, Chef Yuji Haraguchi has become known for his ability to reimagine classic American flavor combinations. In conjunction, YUJI Ramen's current space at Whole Foods Market: Bowery, originally meant to be a two-month pop-up test kitchen, will be staying as a permanent offering due to demand from shoppers and ramen enthusiasts.
"We're so excited to continue to grow our relationship with Chef Haraguchi," says Elly Truesdell, local forager for Whole Foods Market's Northeast Region. "YUJI Ramen at Bowery has become a real destination beyond our regular grocery customers, and we're looking forward to bringing that same enthusiasm to our first location in Brooklyn."
"It's been an incredible opportunity to help bring ramen and mazamen to the forefront as a quick and easily accessible dining option for New Yorkers," says Yuji Haraguchi, chef and owner of Yuji Ramen. "Working with Whole Foods Market, and partnering with their butchers and fishmongers, has created opportunities for us to develop unique seasonal menu offerings for our guests, and we look forward to continuing this partnership in Brooklyn."
At the YUJI Ramen at Bowery venue, Haraguchi will continue hosting his regularly sold-out multi-course omakase dinners. December's calendar is currently in development. These meals give consumers the opportunity to experience Haraguchi's innovative style of cooking, which might include anything from smoking mussel shells with a blowtorch to using a French press to infuse shoyu broth with smoke and other flavors per order, company officials say. For take-out at Bowery, Chef Haraguchi has introduced a new menu item, Uni Miso Mazemen.
Whole Foods Market's partnership with YUJI Ramen began last year when the retailer teamed up with Brooklyn Flea to launch Smorgasburg Bowery, a monthly in-store pop-up of rotating local Smorgasburg vendors. The Bowery store is continuing to offer its popular Smorgasburg Snack Bar venue, offering a wide selection of items, highlighting vendors from the famed weekly food markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan.


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How We Taught This Lesson in the Past: Lesson 21: God Will Honor Those Who Honor Him
While this year's lesson focuses more on the wickedness of those who do not honor the Lord, this 1947 children's lesson emphasizes Hannah's righteousness in honoring her commitment to God, Samuel's willingness to promptly answer the voice of the Lord, and the Lord's blessing of these two righteous people who honored God first.
SAMUEL, THE KING-MAKER; "Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth"
To the Teacher:
"The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base." – Emerson.
"Tell me what you are busy about and I will tell you what you are." – Goethe
Pre-study Questions:
1. Name Samuel's parents.
2. What does "Samuel" mean? Why was it a good name for that boy?
3. What message did the Lord give to Samuel in the temple? Why was it not given to Eli?
4. Show how wisely Samuel led Israel.
5. What did he become angry at Israel's leaders?
6. How did he choose Saul?
7. Why did he visit the house of Jesse of Bethlehem?
8. Name the second king that Samuel anointed king over Israel.
The Story: (I Samuel 1 to 3, 8 to 12
While Eli was judge, Israel was more united than she had been for many years. The dangers of war with the Philistines had drawn the people together. More people visited Shiloh to offer sacrifices, and the Levites were more active in ministering among the people. Eli was such a kind, humble, god-fearing man that the people came from great distances to visit the temple and receive his blessing.
Not far from Shiloh, at Ramah, lived a man named Elkanah and his wife Hannah. Every year these people visited the temple, taking offerings and sacrifices to the Lord. They usually remained at Shiloh a few days, and spent the time at the temple in worship and prayer.
Hannah had never had any children and her life on that account was not a happy one. Elkanah loved her and devoted his life to pleasing her, but she could not be comforted. While at the temple on one of her annual visits she prayed that the Lord would give her a son. She promised that if her prayer was answered she would lend her baby boy back to the Lord, to be his servant forever – a Nazarite to the Lord.
Hannah prayed without selfishness, and God heard her prayer. As she came from the temple her face shone with a radiant, joyous light. Eli met her at the door. Raising his hand he blessed her, saying, "Go in peace. The God of Israel shall grant your petition."
When Elkanah returned to the tabernacle the next year, Hannah had to remain at home with Samuel, her newly born baby boy. Samuel means, "Asked of God." Hannah nursed him carefully and loved him dearly; but she did not forget her promise. When the baby was three years old she took him to the temple to be presented to the Lord.
Hannah brought a gift of flour and wine for Eli. Three young bulls were brought to be sacrificed. The sacrificial offering was made, then Hannah kneeled in prayer. She said, "Oh, my kind Heavenly Father, my soul has been made glad because you have given me this child. Now, therefor, I lend him back to you, to serve you as long as he shall live."
Hannah had carefully folded baby Samuel's clothing. Now she placed his tiny hand in that of kind, old Father Eli. She told him of her promise: Samuel, her only son, was to be loaned to the Lord. You may think it strange that Hannah could leave Samuel, but every mother is anxious to have her son dedicate his life to serving God.
During his boyhood, Hannah lived close by so she could care for Samuel. Every year she brought new clothing and fine gifts for both Samuel and Eli. Every day of her life she rejoiced to know that her son was growing to be a fine man, working in the service of the Lord. Because she gave Samuel so willingly, the Lord blessed her now with other sons to help fill her heart.
Eli taught Samuel to serve God and to love Him. The boy responded to Eli's teachings. Eli was very old and there were many tasks that even a very small boy could do to help the Priest of God.
Samuel's bed was in a room next to Eli. One night when both had gone to bed, the light from the candles burning near the Ark of the Covenant in the temple cast dancing shadows into Samuel's bedroom. Samuel could not sleep. He was wondering why the Lord no longer visited his people Israel as He had done in the times of Moses and Joshua. His eyes looked toward the "mercy-seat" of gold, clearly visible through his open door.
Just then a voice called, "Samuel." He was just a little boy and did not know very much about the Lord as yet, so he jumped from his bed and ran into Eli's room, saying, "Here am I."
Eli had just gone to sleep. Samuel touched him and said, "Here am I. You called me." Eli said, "No, I did not call you. Go back to sleep."
Samuel was troubled, he was certain he heard his name called, but he went back to his bed. Again, the same voice came saying, "Samuel!" The boy jumped from his bed and ran to Eli. "Here I am Eli. You did call me." Eli said kindly, "I called you not, my son. Lie down again."
Samuel had no idea that the Lord would speak to a boy, such as he was, nor do we have any former record of such a thing being done, so when the voice called the third time, he ran into Eli's room to obey his friendly voice promptly. Eli now knew that the Lord had called the boy. Sitting up in bed, he placed his arm about this child who had been chosen to receive a revelation from the Lord. "Go, lie down again Samuel. if the voice calls again, you may answer and say, 'Speak, for thy servant heareth.'"
The Lord called again, "Samuel, Samuel1″ The boy in hushed voice answered, "Speak, for thy servant heareth."
From the "mercy-seat" in the temple, the Lord spoke to Samuel. The Lord told Samuel to tell Eli of his sons' evil doing. He was told what must take place in Eli's family.
Samuel waited until morning, then he went to Eli and told him what the Lord had said. Poor Eli was not greatly surprised, for he had been warned of it before. He bowed his head and said, "It is the Lord's will." His care for Samuel increased. He taught him everything that he could, for he knew Jehovah had called Samuel to a great work.
During the next few years, while Eli yet lived, Samuel grew to be loved by all the people I Israel. Everyone that visited the temple knew that God had chosen Samuel to be a prophet and judge over Israel.
When the Ark was taken away by the Philistines, and Eli was dead, Samuel went to live with his parents at Ramah. The temple at Shiloh was no longer used, for the Ark of the Covenant was gone.
As the years passed, the Philistines made life miserable for the Israelites. Samuel visited among his people encouraging them in every way possible. They learned to welcome him; but they knew that he was displeased with many things that he saw. He told them that if they wished to be free from the rule of the Philistines, they must destroy their idols and turn to God.
The Israelites did as Samuel advised. Idols were destroyed. New altars were set up, and sacrifices were offered to Jehovah. When Samuel knew that Israel had turned to the Lord, he sent a call for all Israel to gather at a place called Mizpeh, and there he would pray for them.
The Philistines heard of the meeting and thinking an army had gathered for war, they marched to meet Israel's army in battle. The Israelites ha not brought their arms nor armor. They were helpless before the largest army the Philistines had ever sent against them. Now they pleaded with Samuel to pray to the Lord to help them. They knew Jehovah could protect them and fight their battles as He had against Pharaoh, and at the time of Gideon.
Samuel took a lamb, and offered it as a sacrifice to the Lord. Then he prayed earnestly that the Lord would send help to his chosen people, Israel. As the Philistines drew near to the Israelites the Lord caused such a thunder-storm to visit the place where the Philistines were marching that they turned and fled in terror, leaving their weapons behind them.
When the Israelites saw that the Philistines fled, they ran after them. Seizing the weapons that had been left behind, they killed many and drove all of the rest out of Canaan. It was a great victory. A stone altar was erected on the battle field, because God had given them such wonderful help.
Samuel married and lived at Ramah. From there he traveled in all directions teaching the people and offering sacrifices for them. He judged righteously between the people who came to him with their disputes. When he became too old to travel, his two sons helped him. Samuel's sons, like Eli's, were greedy. They accepted bribes and in disputes favored the people with the most money. Almost all the people hated these unjust rulers.
For many years Israel had wanted a king. They had offered to make Gideon king, but he had refused. Now they came to Samuel and said they wanted a king such as their neighbors had, for they thought it would make the nation stronger.
Samuel went in prayer to the Lord. he felt very sad to think Israel should ask for a king. He knew the Lord would not be pleased. When the Lord heard Samuel's prayer, he said, "Let them have a king. They are not forsaking you, they are forsaking Me. But warn them of the evils that must surely come upon them when a king rules over them."
Samuel did as the Lord commanded. He told of the taxes they would have to pay and the jealousy and cruelties that would come under a king. The people would not listen. they shouted, "We want a king!" When Samuel saw that nothing else would satisfy them, he said, "Return to your houses. God will give you a king."
The Lord had told Samuel that He would send a man to Samuel who should be Israel's king; so Samuel waited. The man selected by the Lord was Saul, a son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was a man taller than anyone else in all Israel. When Saul came to Samuel, the Lord told him this was the man.
Samuel anointed Saul to be the first king over Israel. For years Saul ruled his kingdom well. He drew the people together; defeated their enemies, and Israel prospered. Then he committed a sin so grievous the Lord determined that his sons should not inherit the kingdom.
The Lord again called Samuel. He was an old, old man. He sent him on a last mission down to Bethlehem. There he was to find a new ruler for Israel.
Samuel went to the house of Jesse. David, the youngest son of Jesse, a mere boy, was called in. Samuel poured oil upon his head and anointed him to be the next king over Israel.
Samuel returned to Ramah. He knew Saul was doing wickedly, but he did not grieve so much for he had just anointed a king for Israel that would be much better than Saul.
Samuel died a disappointed old man. he had wanted his sons to succeed him as judges in Israel. Because of their wickedness the Lord rejected them as he had rejected Eli's sons and as he rejected Saul. The fact that a son is born to good parents does not insure his favor in the sight of God.
When Samuel died, all Israel mourned the passing of a great and good man. His mother had loaned him to the Lord from his birth. Samuel never ceased to serve the Lord until the day of his death. And the Lord honored Samuel. This was a Nazarite that lived up to his calling.
With the death of Samuel, the last of the Judges is also reached in Hebrew history.
Thought questions:
1. Was the promise given by Hannah a strange one? Why?
2. How did she keep her promise?
3. Retell the story of the Lord's visit to the boy in the Temple.
4. Did Eli get angry at the message? Why?
5. Show how Israel improved under Samuel.
6. Do you think he had reason to feel hurt when they asked for a king?
7. How did the Lord try to comfort Samuel?
8. How did the Israelites defeat the Philistines?
9. Why was Saul selected to be the king?
10. Why did Samuel later choose a king to succeed Saul?
11. In what way was a king over Israel different from other kings?
12. How did the Lord show honor to Samuel?
13. Did Samuel honor the Lord? His position? the people?
14. Does living an honorable life require special qualities of character? Name some.
15. Do you possess these qualities?
16. Make a list of men of honor that you know of. How did each person gain that distinction?
17. What women of honor do you know of?


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Country artist Sunny Sweeney released her third studio album, Provoked, on Aug. 5. It blends rollicking the Gretchen Wilson-types ("You Don't Know Your Husband") and yearning ballads ("Find Me").
The question, in Sweeney's case, is what makes her stand out from the crowd of blonde female country superstars. In recent years, Miranda Lambert (impeccable song choice) and Carrie Underwood (unbelievable range) have risen to the top, with Faith Hill and Dolly Parton maintaining their long-held reputations without making new mainstream waves. Taylor Swift made her mark with songs about real boys and by crossing over into pop. Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles boasts twangy, powerhouse vocals. Kellie Pickler's appeal has been helped and hindered by her dumb-but-pretty reputation, shown most obviously in this hilarious game show appearance.
Sweeney's best asset is probably the honest character of her lyrics: "I've waited 32 summers and 33 frosts / Find me."
"My Bed," a touching duet with Will Hoge, is sweet and reminiscent of "Your Side Of The Bed" by Little Big Town. "My Bed" lacks LBT's catchy four-part harmony, but a song about a married couple seems be more appropriate sung by two people instead of four, anyway.
The bounciest, most clever song on the album is "Backhanded Compliment," rattling off a series of comments people make without thinking ("I hope I look like you when I'm your age") written with the obvious influence of talented songstress Natalie Hemby ("Pontoon," "Automatic").
This album is a solid addition to Sweeney's oeuvre, but artists need some extraordinary trait to make them stand out and demand listeners. "Staying's Worse Than Leaving," a heartbreaking single from Sweeney's previous studio album Concrete, had that it-factor in its lyrics: "You don't go until you're praying to break even / Until staying's worse than leaving." She approaches that appeal with several of her songs on Provoked, but doesn't quite make it with the entire album. You probably won't switch the station when these songs come on the radio, but you might not switch stations to get to them, either.


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November 30, 2015
A Johnson County man is dead after his pickup truck rear-ends a coal truck on Highway 80.
It happened around 6am Tuesday morning near the Knott-Floyd county line.
The driver of the coal truck told police he saw the pickup truck pulled over on the side of the road as he passed by, then saw the truck pull out and drive into the back of his truck.
30-year-old Brian Ratliff of Volga was pronounced dead at the scene.
"I knew it was going to happen before it happened. I seen him coming and I hit my brake lights, I had my four-ways on, and I just don't know, he never seen them," says James West of DANCO Trucking.
Police suspect Ratliff may have been under the influence of drugs, but they are waiting for autopsy results to be sure.
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Over one million Brazilians hit the streets of 100 cities Thursday evening in the largest demonstrations in 20 years.
The protests were the biggest in a week of marches, leaving governors perplexed as to where this surge in activism came from.
What started as a small demonstration against bus fare hikes in Sao Paulo has morphed into mass protest over a dizzying array of issues from corruption, poor education and health and the rising cost of living, to more specific gripes such as the high cost of holding the soccer World Cup next year.
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Dilemma 1.5
Being Aboard
* Prologue*
Robert Jackson sat down in his overstuffed chair to watch television on a nice and quiet Wednesday evening in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the twenty sixth day of March in the year two thousand and three. He was dead tired tonight after having worked out in the garage and in the attic all day, rummaging through everything that was going to the land fill and the big auction this weekend. He hated the idea of getting rid of things that he may actually have a need for in the future, but at the present these things from the past were taking up precious space for things from the present like his truck in the garage and his important paperwork in the attic. Not even half way through the show that he was watching, Robert Jackson drifted soundly off to sleep and the dreams came back again like they have night after night.
* Chapter One *
"You're telling me that you want me to be the captain of this star ship, from another world?" I said, taking a seat in front of an alien that reminded me of an Andorion on Star Trek.
"Yes Robert Jackson, that's exactly what I'm telling you." it answered, while I gazed about the room, scared out of my wits. I began tugging on an unseen object that had been placed in my left ear. I hated having anything in my ears at all, let alone without my consent.
"You're crazy and out of your mind, I'm no star ship captain!"
"Jackson, in order to save yourself, and your world, you will be the commander of this vessel, and please do not remove the translator from your ear!" he told me standing now and leaning over his desk.
"Just you wait a minute here, what do you mean, save myself and my world?" I asked gazing up at the alien while slowly lowering my left arm.
"Yours is not the only world destined for dominance or destruction, depending upon one of only two answers given, not only from yourself, but from your worlds highest leaders in command. There are others aboard this ship whose worlds have already been dominated or completely annihilated." he explained.
"Where's the original captain of this vessel that I'm on?" I asked pondering upon my question.
"She's dead, murdered by the aliens that destroyed her world and it's star ships, save the one that you are now aboard". he answered gazing upon me with one of his weird shaped eyebrows raised while retaking his seat.
"What about her second in command?' I asked as the oval door to the room zipped open and one of my best friends, Donald April was escorted in by two more strange looking aliens.
"Admiral, here's the other Earthling that you have requested to see." said one of them, while Donald walked over and stood by my chair.
"Thank you, and that will be all for now, Lieutenants Tholari and Lumada." replied the alien that they had called an admiral.
After they had left I gazed up at Donald and he back down at me.
"I know that I'm having a bad dream if you're in it, Jackson!" he said.
"Dream, I seriously doubt that we're dreaming, Donald." I replied before the two of us turned our gazes back to the alien admiral.
"Are you Donald Sherman April?" he asked as Donald gazed about the room as I had earlier.
Ah yes, I suppose that I still am." Donald answered as the alien extended it's arm out to shake hands with him, but he just stood there unresponsive.
"Jackson, and April, I must inform you, that your world will be invaded in one of your earthen years by a race from another part of our galaxy. They have laid claimed to at least thirteen solar systems thus far, and a small portion of the survivors are aboard this ship, while others are being held in cells aboard the attacking vessels." he explained to us.
"Still, where's this ships second in command." I asked once again.
"Dead, along with the captain. Although we do have a few commanders from other worlds here, none are qualified enough to be---
"And if you should just so happen to say that I am, you're further out there in deep space than---
"Qualified for what Jackson?" Donald asked, gazing over at me as I arose up and out of my chair.
"He or it wants me to command this star ship that we're supposedly on, believe it or not." I answered and watched as his eyes opened wide.
"I don't, good lord what a dream I'm . . . dream heck, a nightmare, I'm actually having a nightmare!" Donald thundered as he fell into the chair that I had just vacated.
"It will be if this admiral fruitcake makes me the captain of this ship." I replied while placing my right hand on the back of April's chair.
"How did we get here, and how is it that we are able to understand one another?" Donald asked as he gazed up at the alien.
"You were all transported here while you were still asleep by our molecular transporters, and as to your other question, we had language aid translators placed into your left ears." he explained to us as Donald reached up with his left hand to feel the device.
"So, we've been abducted aboard a u.f.o. and you want me to play its captain and save the earth from destruction---
"Not play the part of a captain, you will be the captain of this vessel and April shall be its second in command!" the alien stormed.
"Why don't you just send us all back home and you can get your head examined!" I thundered back as I stared him straight in the eyes.
"Because Jackson, according to Delindrian prophecy, you're the One." he replied calmly as Donald's and my very own eyebrows shot upwards.
"According to what, I'm a what?" I asked as Donald placed his right hand on my left arm.
"Don't worry Jackson, this is just a dream, and I know what caused it." he said.
"For your information Mister April, you're not dreaming, nor are any of the other inhabitants, that we've selected from your world, in a dream state." the alien said as he sat back down in his chair behind his desk.
According to the prophesies of a Delindrian prophet and scholar, long since dead, this is the world from which all of our worlds would find their savior from the Zaleens that want to subdue and rule our galaxy." the alien with the antennas for ears explained to us in a serious tone of voice.
"You're a little late in arriving here if you want the savior in the flesh." I replied. "He was hung upon a wooden cross almost two thousand years ago."
"I'm not referring to or talking about the Son of the Supreme Presence." he told me.
"You know about the Son of God?" Donald asked as he leaned forward in his chair.
The Son of the Supreme Presence in the universe is known by all the inhabitants in our galaxy, April, Jackson." he informed us as we sat there momentarily stunned.
"Well, I'm not him if that's---
"No, you're not the Creator, you're the one that is to save the worlds here, in our galaxy, from the Zaleens." he further informed me.
"Sure I am." I replied. "Now, if you'll just send us home maybe we can find you a physician that you can talk---
"Jackson, April, whether or not you are apt to believe us, we are at war, and shortly your world will be included in our galactic war of survival!" the admiral said, having raised his voice.
"According to our prophets, and since you are familiar with the Son of God, or the Supreme Presence, our world is to be destroyed and renewed by the Creator himself, not these Zaleens that you're---
"Jackson, think with your mind and not with your mouth!" the irate alien admiral thundered as he stood up from his chair.
"Oh but I am!" I thundered back. "I'm thinking about how far gone your mind is and how so unbelievable this all sounds coming from your mouth!"
The expression on the alien's face looked sadly as if it had changed to one of utter worry and dismay.
"Perhaps I should begin anew." he told us. "I am Admiral Kondulon Mazanurra from the planet Uorexua, a member world of the United Galactic Consortium of Inhabited Worlds and the last defensive unit against the Zaleens." the admiral explained as we halfway listened.
"Huh, the United Federations kind of thing." I said as I gazed at the picture of an alien world above the couch that sat by the oval entry door.
"The United Federation of Planets, Jackson." Donald replied.
"There is much that must be done to prepare yourselves aboard this ship and your world below it, and we must not waste the time."Admiral Mazanurra told us.
"And should we decline or refuse to play along and or go along with this---
"You would forfeit your world and all who dwell upon it, Mister April, Jackson?" the admiral asked angrily as he glared at the both of us.
"Just how do we know that all this isn't---
"You will be provided with all the information necessary for you to either complete successfully or fail miserably in your mission, gentlemen." he explained as he stood once more.
"I suppose that you've made first . . . second contact with our world leaders and they're all hunky-dory with the fact that you've taken a handful of our world's inhabitants to go and fight in this star wars of yours?" Donald April asked as he too stood upon his feet.
"More than a handful, Commander April." Mazanurra answered.
"Yeah right, Commander!" Donald said as the Uorexuan stepped out from behind his desk and motioned for us to follow him into a corridor.
"Our family and friends back home on the planet's surface, do they know where we are at the moment or are---
"No, not at this present time, but soon, everyone on your planet will know of the importance of your mission, Captain Jackson." the Admiral replied as we walked the corridor, that at this moment was void of anyone else but the three of us as we neared an elevator and boarded it.
"Jackson, want to know what's causing my nightmare?" Donald asked as the elevator or lift began moving.
"We aren't dreaming Donald, things seem to real for us to be dreaming." I told him.
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Eggplant Pasta Sauce
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 1 hr
From: "The Vegetarian Epicure" by Anna Thomas, first edition 1972. This book was a real find!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 tablespoons olive oil (original has 1/2 cup!)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 medium eggplant, unpeeled and chopped (about 1 lb.)
- 2 medium green bell peppers, seeded and diced
- 3 cups tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 3⁄4 cup black olives, sliced
- 4 tablespoons capers, rinsed
- 1 -2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄2-1 teaspoon dried basil
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, lots to taste
- 12 ounces tomato paste
- 2 cups dry white wine or 2 cups vegetable broth, more if needed
- Heat olive oil over medium-low heat in a large skillet. Add garlic.
- Add eggplant and bell peppers and toss.
- Stir in tomatoes, olives and capers.
- Add remaining ingredients, stir and cover.
- Turn heat down to very low and allow sauce to gently simmer for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally to keep it from scorching, add more wine or water if it gets to thick.
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So yummy! I added onions, mushrooms and zucchini and left out the olives. If you have frozen basil cubes, use them instead of dried. I also used chicken broth and some red wine, and topped it off with fresh parsley when I served it. It was so hardy, no one missed the meat. When I brought leftovers to work, everyone envied my lunch!
Delish! Added an onion, and made mine with broth instead of wine since that's what I had on hand.
Excellent sauce. Served with whole wheat penne. It was even better the next day.


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CHAMBERSBURG >> Possibly for the first time in over a century, Marion Elementary did not welcome any students back to school this year.
Instead, this week Chambersburg school board will consider steps in moving forward to raze the school and rebuild it. The board meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Chambersburg Area School District Administration Building, 435 Stanley Ave.
The maximum the district intends to spend on the construction of a new school is $8,329,498. About $6.4 million of that covers the construction, design and equipment, and the rest is for site costs, financing and a contingency. The board will need to approve the total cost.
The board will need to solicit bids for the demolition of the school, located at 145 Colorado St. in the village of Marion just south of Chambersburg. Asbestos abatement will need to be done, according to information on the school board agenda.
The district's facilities operations director previously said that demolition should be completed this fall.
A document explaining the need for the construction of a new school and what it will consist of will need to be submitted to and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. This is called PlanCon A-B, and will play a role in enabling the district to receive state reimbursement for the project.
The board voted last month to officially close the school.
The Marion Elementary project is part of a larger plan to ready district facilities for an expected influx of 1,000 students over the next decade. A feasibility study conducted this winter stated that the school needed renovated or replaced if the district wanted to keep it operational.
The school was built in 1911 with an addition completed in the late to mid 50s. The facilities operations manager previously said it would be more efficient to rebuild the school than to do needed replacements of electrical, heating and other big needs.
A project timeline indicates that the new school should be ready for occupancy in August 2016. Marion students will attend New Franklin Elementary until the new school opens.


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I will be picking up my new girl next week (a gorgeous 2yr old female pit with very unique piercing blue eyes that I am rescuing from a local shelter), and want to plan her diet. I had 2 other pits in the past and always fed them Nutro Natural which I never had any complaints about-coats were always shiny and stools were good, but after reading up on it a bit more, I am going to try the Wellness brand dog food this time around.
My questions is if it is ok to just feed the straight dry food all the time. Someone posted something about how this can lead to problems? Should I supplement with wet food, or maybe just add water to the dry food half the time? The reason I like to feed dry is to keep their teeth clean, but I don't want to do that at the expense of their health down the road...
Also, could someone recommend good Bones.


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Peru; Moche
Gold, silver, shell; W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1225)
Nose ornaments made of precious metals were worn by the elite in Peru beginning in the middle of the first millennium B.C.; they remained in fashion for over a thousand years, until about 700 A.D. Among the Moche people of the north coast, they were an essential part of royal costume. This handsome crescent is made of silver and came from the site of Loma Negra in the Piura Valley. It is so big it would have covered the wearer's lower face when suspended from the nasal septum. It has a gold border of intertwined "eared" serpents, their profile faces with toothy mouths and split tongues appearing at the top on either side of the ornament. Attached to the serpent bodies with small pieces of gold wire are numerous gold disks, which would have moved and glittered with the slightest movement of the wearer. The "eared" serpent was a mythological creature often depicted in ancient Peruvian art with feline characteristics such as whiskers and fangs.
Moche metalworkers often combined two metals on fancy ornaments. In addition to the aesthetic appeal, joining gold and silver may have had symbolic meaning, perhaps expressing ideas of duality and complementarity.


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Cocktail served only at Rio Grande in MD area. 1/2 frozen margarita and 1/2 frozen sangria all in one glass
We went out Thursday and killed about a dozen swirls between us, then went home and fucked.
by C.J. Thomas November 19, 2007
Top Definition
Jungle Fever... black people and white people having sex.
"She's down with the swirl"
by Anonymous August 04, 2003
two people of different ethnicities hookin up
like the ice cream machine, you got chocolate, vanilla, and swirl
like the ice cream machine, you got chocolate, vanilla, and swirl
"doin the swirl" - a white girl says "will smith makes me wanna do the swirl"
by chainz July 21, 2003
A beautiful union between 2 people of different ethnic, and/or racial backgrounds.
I am a black female and I date white men. We swirl.
Asian men and black women create beautiful swirl children.
Asian men and black women create beautiful swirl children.
by EBlaze February 10, 2014
To fake some out, or when you get faked out.
"Didn't Timmothy go to Pikesville last year" "No" "SWIRLS!"
I thought that was Rex. SWIRLS!
I thought that was Rex. SWIRLS!
by Robbie B January 05, 2006
To take the sperm from two homosexual males and placing it into a female hoping that the end product is a baby for the homosexual males
"Hey did you guys adopt your son?"
"No no no, we swirled him a few months back"
"No no no, we swirled him a few months back"
by DanGizzle September 27, 2014
To swirl semen around in one's mouth, before swallowing. The ultimate in acceptance.
I love it when "she swirls"!
by screwyourdotcom June 02, 2005
A person of mixed race. Generally in reference to children of a light-skinned and a dark-skinned parent.
"Swirls can be the cutest kids, don't you agree?"
by DedeeM. October 05, 2013