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Pietermaritzburg - Fraud accused Jabulani Mabaso's former accomplice testified in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.
Witness Gillian Broughton told the court she "should have done something about submitting false invoices", but had not.
Broughton said the contents of the false invoices were given to her by Mabaso, who demanded that they be submitted to the KwaZulu-Natal department of education.
Under cross-examination, she said Mabaso did not actually tell her to submit false invoices, but instructed her to follow the same procedure as she had previously done, and gave her the contents of the false invoices.
She said that Mabaso had known what she was doing.
Mabaso, who is out on bail of R1 million, and his co-accused Indiza Infrastructure Solutions have pleaded not guilty to 19 charges involving hundreds of millions of rand.
Mabaso faces five counts of fraud, seven of forgery, and seven of uttering and corruption.
The indictment alleges that the department of education awarded Mabaso a tender to act as the sole service provider and to manage the procurement of stationery for the learner-teacher support programme.
The indictment alleges that the accused defrauded the department of over R197 million by submitting false invoices.
The case is set to continue for a long time as hundreds of documents are to be submitted as evidence. - Sapa
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No "Uninstalling from:" path on Windows
I am trying to run an uninstall of Titanium Studio (3.0.1) on Windows 7. Regardless of whether I start the uninstall.exe program directly or try it from Control Panel, the second screen of the uninstall has a text field "Uninstalling from:" that is blank. Worse there is no ability to input a path into this field. If no value is entered into this field the uninstall will run but appears to do nothing.
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after some annoyance, I did the following (not sure if its the right thing, but it allowed me to run a proper re-install which I then un-installed)
First check the C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Titanium Studio\full_uninstall.txt file for any new info (not all that helpful. Currently it points you to a website that tells you to delete a folder which no longer exists).
Delete the folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Titanium Studio
- Delete the folder C:\Users\username.titanium
- Delete the folder C:\Users\username\Aptana Rubles (no idea what its for, but I zapped it anyway).
- scan your registry for "titanium" and delete the registry folder that refers to the Titanium installation / uninstallation.
If you fail to delete any of these folders, reboot and try again (I had some file locks the first time I tried).
Re-Install Titanium.
If you still don't want it, un-install.
All this is from trial and error, and may not be the best or correct way to do this. It would be great if someone who knows more could give a better answer.
Even better, have the devs put the instructions in the C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Titanium Studio\full_uninstall.txt file.
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Working with natural light on location for portraits can be very challenging. A couple of months ago I posted about how to find soft, directional light to make great photos of people but sometimes we can't find the perfect situation. We need to modify or add light to get the beautiful, directional quality that is essential for this kind of image making. Probably the simplest (and most misused) method of light modification is to bounce light back on our subject. I say, "misused" because I have seen many photographers positioning their reflectors incorrectly. Let's take a look at what I mean.
For my series of images I placed my subject in the open shade of a building. (The sun was still very high in the sky and if she had been in the direct light she would have had dark shadows in her eye sockets or "raccoon eyes.") The open shade provides very soft and extremely flat lighting. There is no direction to the light and no shape to her face as shown in the first image.
Photo One:
For the second shot, my assistant held a flexible reflector in the sunlight and bounced light back into the shade to illuminate my subject. The position of the reflector is slightly off to the side and very low relative to model.
Photo Two:
(Some photographers mistakenly call this a "fill light" but it is not because it is brighter than the ambient shadow and is directional. It is the KEY light.) The light on the subject is now directional and her face has more shape but the direction of the light is from below.
Photo Three:
Photo three is called "monster light" from the idea of old Hollywood movies lighting the monsters from below. (Remember putting a flashlight under your chin at Halloween to scare your little brother or sister? Not very natural or complimentary.)
The next shot shows we have moved the reflector to the correct position.
Photo Four:
This means the reflector is higher than the subject's face and tilted up slightly to maximize the reflectance of the sun. This allows the direction of the light to come from above the horizon and have a much more natural feel. We are still slightly to the side allowing the light to gently wrap around our model's face, providing shape and contours.
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I used a commercially available reflective disc for this series but any neutral reflective surface can work. I've used mount boards, foam core, and a white bed sheets clipped to a frame. I've even used the silver side of my windshield shade from my car. The point is not what you use but how you position it.
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[CDAN] This A list movie actress who got her start way back in the day on television and then did some more along the way, let it slip the other day that she and her always a B list (for one role in particular) movie actor husband have not had sex in almost five years. It is kind of ironic if you think about it.
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We believe that Sarah Jessica got her start on Broadway ( in the musical Annie), not TV. Matthew, of course, is best known for his role in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. And, as Jeannie pointed out, it's ironic that this blind is about Sarah Jessica, because her biggest role to date was on Sex and the City.
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How can students deal with back to school anxiety?
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Aug. 13, 2012: The first day of school can be extremely stressful for students and their parents. Amy Birchill Lavergne with the Nick Finnegan Counseling Center has some tips to reduce anxiety.


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Left, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley promised to cast the deciding vote in favor of the Medicaid expansion, and that justifies his removal, some activists say. Right, Bobby Schostak, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, has to support the governor without angering the most conservative wing of the party. / WWJ-TV/Associated Press
Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference
Agenda highlights
5:45 p.m.: Gov. Rick Snyder
6:30 p.m.: Michigan: Leading the Nation panel featuring Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, Attorney General Bill Schuette, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville and House Speaker Jase Bolger.
7:30 p.m.: Dinner program featuring RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota.
12:30 p.m.: Lunch program featuring GOP strategist Karl Rove and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
7:45 p.m.: Dinner program featuring Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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9:35 a.m.: Brunch program featuring Calley.
LANSING — When Michigan Republicans gather Friday on Mackinac Island for their nationally recognized leadership conference, its not the scheduled sessions and speeches that will matter so much as what goes on in between.
The 30th Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference will open amid improving poll numbers for Gov. Rick Snyder and a decent chance for the GOP to win its first U.S. Senate seat since 1994. But it also will include a tea party challenge to Lt. Gov. Brian Calley that could set up an ugly floor fight at next years state convention.
Theres even talk that an activist might use the three-day conference to announce a primary challenge to Snyder, whose tea party stock crashed between signing a right-to-work law in December and championing the narrow approval of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act in August.
But in the ongoing struggle between traditional Republicans and the upstart tea party, Mackinac Island where hotel rooms cost $250 a night and up and attendees travel by horse and carriage is the home turf of the old school.
The fact is, Mackinac will be represented very highly by those traditionals who have oiled the party for a long time it will be lacking in the grassroots, said Dennis Moore, director of the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus, who said he hopes to have enough money to be there, but isnt sure.
The conference will be a chance to hear from national Republican figures such as Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Govs. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Bobby Jindal of Lousiana, and GOP strategist Karl Rove. And if a prominent Republican is going to battle former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land in the contest for the partys U.S. Senate nomination for 2014, the announcement will almost certainly happen at Mackinac.
Party Chairman Bobby Schostak, who has the delicate and complex task of supporting the governor without infuriating the most conservative wing of the party base, said he views the conference as a great opportunity for us to show off what Republican leadership has done for this state.
There are plenty of areas of agreement billions of dollars in business tax cuts, streamlining of business regulations and decisive action on a Detroit financial crisis that had festered for decades, to name three.
But expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is such a breach of principle to Republicans like Moore that reparations are owed in the form of a tea party lieutenant governor candidate to balance the ticket with Snyder, he said.
Moore supports Wes Nakagiri of Hartland, an engineering manager in the automotive industry who wants to unseat Calley at the convention. Moore said he supports Nakagiri despite believing Calley is a solid conservative. Calleys pledge to cast the deciding vote, if necessary, in favor of the Medicaid expansion, justified his removal, Moore said.
Schostak, who has pledged support for Calley, said its all a convention issue and he doesnt expect the controversy to play out at the conference.
But Moore said its crucial that Schostak and other party leaders not only respect the challenge but agree the tea party wing has earned a spot near the top of the 2014 ticket. He said hes concerned that if they dont, theyre not recognizing the cliff the party is headed towards.
Moore said he also favors a primary challenge to Snyder, but the time isnt right. Those who are willing couldnt pull it off, and those who could pull it off arent willing, he said.
Moore said only Attorney General Bill Schuette could challenge Snyder in a primary and win. Hes been approached by tea party activists but has too much integrity to challenge the governor, Moore said.
Bill is the attorney general and will remain working to be the voice for victims of crime for another 5½ years, spokesman John Sellek said Friday.
Snyder noted Thursday he hasnt even said whether he will seek a second four-year term and said he likely wont make an announcement until early next year.
I believe in the democratic process Im just going to go with the flow, Snyder said Thursday about the possibility of a primary challenge.
I hope its an opportunity for people to come together, he said of the conference.
Former Michigan Gov. John Engler, who will not attend, said most Republicans he talks to think Snyder is doing a good job.
Theres a lot of evidence that Michigan has been on the mend under his tenure, Engler said. I expect that he enjoys and will continue to enjoy strong support.
Michigan Democrats, who dont have a regular event that compares to the GOP Mackinac conference, see the Republican schism as an opportunity.
Lansing consultant Joe DiSano of Main Street Strategies, said he expects to see a jockeying as to who can pander the most to the far right and the tea party.
Some of the things that are going to be said on that island are going to be recorded, and theyre going to haunt Republicans through the 2016 election, DiSano predicted.
Former Republican National Committeeman Saul Anuzis, who in 2012 was ousted by Dave Agema who was backed by tea party activists said Michigan Republicans were seriously split in 1987 and 1988 between those who supported George Bush and his conservative rival, Pat Robertson.
In the end, the party became stronger, noted Anuzis, who said he expects the same result this time.
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Wellington, New Zealand – England backrower James Haskell has been suspended for three matches for punching an opponent during a Super 15 rugby match between his Otago Highlanders and Cheetahs.
Haskell received a yellow card for the incident in Saturday's match at Bloemfontein in which the Highlanders rallied from 30-9 down to win 36-33.
At a judicial hearing Haskell pleaded guilty to striking his Cheetahs opposite Justin Downey and was handed a three-match suspension by judical officer Mike Heron. He will miss the Highlanders' matches against the Sharks in Durban, the Wellington Hurricanes and Bulls.
Downey received stitches in a cut above one eye. – Sapa-AP
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You'd have to get up pretty early in the morning to get a head start on Pat Carroll. As half of the WCBS Morning Anchor Team, Pat starts her day long before the sun is up so she can help tri-state residents get ready to start their day.
From how to dress the kids for the bus stop, to an early warning about a traffic problem; from late sports scores to the buzz about the late-night talk shows, listeners know they can count on Pat.
And whether it's the transit stike, a nor'easter or 9/11, when big news breaks, they rely on her calm presence to guide them through it.
Pat is also the host of the daily Parents Magazine feature "Raising our Kids" on the CBS Radio Network.
And since the very first WCBS Working Women's Luncheon in 2001, Pat has interviewed accomplished women from fields as diverse as publishing, finance, the media, sports and design.
She's won numberous awards including the 2005 Edward R. Murrow award for Best Newscast, the 2003 New York State Associated Press award for Best Newscast Team, and the 2002 New York State Broadcasters' Association award for Best On-air Team.
Pat was born in Providence, Rhode Island and received a Bachelor's degree from Brown University. She lives in Rockland County with her two teenaged sons.


text: Continuum Photography spends a few months a year playing the role of Portland Wedding Photographer in the summer months when it's not raining. Portland is a beautiful setting for a wedding, lush green hills lined with trees and huge flowers in every hue of the rainbow just growing wildly all over. It really is lovely and a easy trip up the coast from San Diego. Unfortunately, even though Kristin & Michael's Langdon Farm wedding was held during the "safe" summer months it still rained. That didn't dampen the romantic mood of this Portland couple. Their charming DIY wedding was full of whimsy and character. I adore the yellow, blue, and grey color pallet of the bridesmaids dresses and our talented bride even made her own wedding gown! Her impeccable style made this wedding a beauty we'll cherish. Enjoy!


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Although there is no hard and fast official answer for this (at least not an obvious one), Conway Twitty used to be known as The High Priest of Country Music and held sway over his audience, often being described as 'mesmerizing'. To this end, the makers of Family Guy have used his live performances as a distraction whenever a particularly bad taste joke or ...
Here is an interview that Seth MacFarlane did with Kevin Pollak where he actually asks him about that specifically. http://www.kevinpollakschatshow.com/archive/?cat=202 The discussion of the overall theme of the long running joke that Family Guy does starts at around 1:03:00 The last of the discussion is at 1:11:00. The specific Conway Twitty cutaway part is ...
Reading through the Wikipedia list of episodes confirms that no, he never did get a girlfriend.
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As an experiment, I uploaded a bunch of pictures to Flickr. The Flickr badge thingie in the nav bar on the right is kind of cool.
We'll see what happens.
As an experiment, I uploaded a bunch of pictures to Flickr. The Flickr badge thingie in the nav bar on the right is kind of cool.
We'll see what happens.
Name: Hattori Hanzou (服部半蔵 はっとりはんぞう)
Dates: 1541-1596
Biography: Member of the famous Iga Ninja clan, little is known about this mysterious man.
Further reading: Wikipedia (English), Wikipedia (日本語), Real Ultimate Power, Ninja Village
Flickr users are posting some really great LEGO creations lately. Brickshelf has some serious functional and technical limitations (folder descriptions can't even include apostrophes, for example), and I'm starting to think that it might be worth posting on Flickr as well as Brickshelf (as several LEGO fans I know of currently do) — or even switching completely to Flickr. Anyway, that's a discussion for another day.
Flickr user skinny coder has posted some totally sweet LEGO recreations of video games, including my current favorite game, Katamari Damacy for the PS2:
My wife and I have been playing nothing but the two Katamari games for the last three months or so. You know what's funny (and a bit frustrating)? I have a King of All Cosmos minifig sitting next to a Prince minifig among my LEGO, waiting for me to create exactly what skinny coder made. Oh well…
The Japanese Girl's Day festival (Hinamatsuri) has inspired a number of great creations recently, including two I've featured here on PPB — by Izzo and Nelson Yrizarry.
Mumu joins these builders with his own version:
I've enjoyed Jamie Neufeld's minifig creations for some time, and I'm pleased to see that he's still creating new characters:
Be sure to check out his other steampunk LEGO creations, including a steam-powered boat and giant wheel:
I'm conflicted and confused about the recent controversy (and violence) over a cartoon of Mohammed published last September in a Danish newspaper. I spent a summer during college working on an archaeological dig in Jordan, where I became good friends with many Muslims. I'm also a writer and card-carrying proponent of free speech.
But the boycotts are especially baffling. Here's a quote from a recent article (via ILENN):
From Havarti cheese to Lego toys, Danish products have been yanked off the shelves of stores in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries around the Middle East as Muslims await an apology for the cartoons, which the Copenhagen government has said it cannot give.
I realize that this is a complex issue. (Political cartoonist Mikhaela Reid provides a fairly balanced perspective, identifying the racist and xenophobic overtones of the original cartoon.) But punishing unrelated Danish companies like LEGO strikes me as an overreaction.
Should those of us in "the west" take to the streets, burn down the embassies of Muslim countries, and counter-boycott goods from such countries? No, absolutely not! But perhaps we can show our support for the right to free speech of artists and writers everywhere by buying a little extra Havarti and LEGO.
Just when you think LEGO builders have exhausted new minifig-building techniques, Uda-san gives us Cinderella with a glass slipper on her right foot and a bare left foot:
Name: Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵 みやもとむさし)
Dates: ca. 1584-1645
Biography: Musashi was a famous swordsman of the Edo period. He is said to have won sixty duels, the first at age 13. According to legend, he arrived late at his last battle, with another famous swordsman named Sasaki Kojiro. Kojiro was so angry that he threw away his sword's sheath. Musashi then said, "You have lost, Kojiro. Those who need no sheath are those who will die!" Musashi was also an author and a painter.
Further reading: The Book of Five Rings, Musashi, The Lone Samurai.


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O3b Networks and Interactive E Solutions Ink $100m Deal to Revolutionize Broadband Connectivity Across Pakistan Business Wire ST. HELIER, Jersey & ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- March 12, 2013 With the launch of the first four satellites in O3b Networks' satellite fleet only 78 days away, O3b announced today a strategic agreement with Pakistan's largest ICT company Interactive Esolutions. Using multiple O3b beams to provide coverage of the entire country, Interactive will be providing a full suite of services in Pakistan, including trunking services to underserved regions, cellular backhaul for mobile operators and enterprise and e-government services across the country. O3b Networks will deliver fiber-like speed at sub 150 millisecond latency and affordable prices, opening the door to new applications and growth opportunities for customers in Pakistan. Mr. Shahid Mahmud, Chairman/CEO Interactive Group said, "We are extremely excited about this agreement as we strongly believe that the Pakistani market offers immense appetite for bandwidth and data. Our customer base varies from Telecom operators to large and small enterprise across the country. We anticipate great demand in the Oil & Gas sector, Health, Education, Shipping and Government sectors. We are happy that Interactive will be contributing to the growth of broadband through this state of the art technology. We firmly believe that together we will usher in a new era of Internet usage proliferating the positive effects of connectivity amongst the people of Pakistan." "We are honored to support Interactive Group in continuing their history of technical innovation and service to Pakistan," said Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks. "Pakistan, with its burgeoning population and growing economy is in desperate need for state of the art communications infrastructure. By overcoming the geographical hurdles presented by mountainous terrain, working together with Interactive we can ensure that broadband connectivity is available across the entire country." O3b's unique eight satellite, Medium-Earth-Orbit fleet enables affordable, high-speed connectivity in places where traditional satellite and fiber offerings are unavailable or extremely costly. About Interactive E Solutions, JLT (an Interactive Group Company) Interactive Group is the leading ICT provider in Pakistan and provides a vast portfolio of products and services in the ICT domain to the public and corporate sector in Pakistan. Interactive has undertaken large telecommunications infrastructure project like establishing Paktel Limited with Cable & Wireless; now Zong a China Mobile a cellular company, first Nationwide VSAT networks for the Public sector, free to air TV channels over satellite; National Police ICT infrastructure; building tens of data centers; a public safety network that interconnects all the police stations in Pakistan amongst others. Interactive Group's Ultimate purpose is "To solve pressing issues of society" by leveraging technology to address the challenges of the 21^st century. About O3b Networks Limited O3b Networks Limited is a global satellite service provider building a next-generation satellite network for telecommunications operators, Internet service providers, and enterprise and government customers in emerging markets. The O3b system will combine the global reach of satellite with the speed of a fiber‐optic network providing billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low‐cost, high‐speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity. O3b Networks' investors include SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen & Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina, Satya Capital and Luxempart. O3b Networks is headquartered in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. Contact: O3b Networks Luisa Sorrentino, +31 629508524 VP, Marketing Communications firstname.lastname@example.com www.o3bnetworks.com or Country Manager Interactive Group Nadeem Safdar +92-300-8552130 +92-51-2652505-9 email@example.com www.iacgrp.com
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We had some pictures left over from our visit to Annie's Annuals and Perennials last weekend. If you're looking for even more great Annie's pics check out InterLeafings post from her visit. We were there the same day, maybe even the same time.
Check out these amazing Red Chief and Apricot Chiffon California Poppies (Eschscholzia sp.) freaking out. Looks like some plain old orange ones are tucked in there too. I love them all.
As self proclaimed dudleya dorks, we've picked up a couple CA native Dudleyas at Annie's. These guys are Catalina Island Live-Forevers (Dudleya hassei).
Check out that fabulous dahlia on the left.
Here's a pic of the Eccremocarpus scaber 'Cherry Red' in full force. Our 'Tresco Gold rocks so much we needed another one.
I'm not sure which one this is, but I'm guessing it's 'Lemon Queen'.
We brought one of these cute guys home a few months ago, and I love them! They're adorable. Can't wait for them to flower. Check out their page to see what they look like in bloom.


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Free yourself from the burden of Strata Title Management problems - Let O'Connors manage your Strata Scheme and your Strata worries will be over. Specialists in Strata Management in the Sydney area. Get the Level of Service you have always wanted from a Strata Management Company with O'Connors Strata & Property Specialists. Remove all the headaches, the hassles and the frustrations of Strata Management with O'Connors. Our Dedicated, professional Strata Managers and Support Staff WILL make your life easier while saving you (and your Scheme) time and money. Many companies promise much and deliver little - but O'Connors always over-delivers. Make good use of the over 25 years of Strata Title Management experience available to you and your Scheme at O'Connors. We specialise in all suburbs in the 20km radius around the Parramatta CBD. If you're after a company that really cares, look no further than O'Connors. You won't regret it.
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Pathetic excuse for a strata company. Really slack in getting back to owners/ executive committee. Lots of unexplained disbursements added to their expenses. A revolving door of incompetent people. When purchased property, the personselling the unit discreetly hinted that they had purchased a property who were managed by O'connors, yet they recently changed management. A professional, yet thinly veiled attempt to advise me to think about moving strata companies. Would NEVER ever recommend this company. Think of them as an insurance company; happy to take your money but will do very little for you and the other owners.
peter_local 1 reviewTerrible and pathetic. Couldn't be bothered to organise a thing and charged us everytime we called. Not only that, they charged us for services we never received. Do yourself a favour, stay well away from this company....happy to take your money, but do nothing in return.
I use to be on the committee of another strata that was not with oconnors in my last unit. When i came to this unit, we were with o'connors and what a difference! I joined the committee at the agm in the first year of my ownership and i am astounded at just how good they are. I talk to my manager all the time about the cleaners and the neighbours, and they always have great advice for me and can help deal with any of the issues we bring up. The other committtee here as well said that they have been nothing short of amazing in dealing with their past building defect issues as well. I see this is true, through the way that they handle all of their communication to us and the owners. A joy to deal with.
trexpotato 1 reviewCould not recommend this organisation more. Not only have the staff been supportive, knowledgeable and experienced in all facets of strata management, they have also educated our Executive Committee and never looked down at us for not knowing everything that they do. Always helpful, always detailed and ever available to take calls and answer emails. If you want a company that listens and actually works WITH you, then you'll be glad to be with this bunch.
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Have had issues with OConnor's Strata when getting timely and quality fixes for my unit.
I am constantly required to follow up to ensure they have contacted service providers, received quotes and are acting on them. Too much trouble deling with them, and then get frustrated having to pay exorbitant strata management fees.
OConnor's Strata are not worth the "hassle".
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Stream: Listen to Zola Jesus new album, 'Conatus', in full!
Fans can finally stream the new album 'Conatus' from Russian/US goth-rocker, Zola Jesus.
Those not familiar with the enchanting and dark melodic songstress had better get straight and start listening with both the US and UK at fever levels in anticipation of the official release.
Recent stepping stones include support from Pitchfork, The Guardian and a slot at this years Bestival Music Festival.
Stream: Zola Jesus – 'Conatus' Album Stream
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Zola Jesus' 'Conatus' is due out October 7th on Pod.
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Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads, left, had discussion with the officials after TCU's final touchdown in the closing minute during football game at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames on Saturday Nov. 9, 2013.
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AMES, IA. -- Maybe it's time for a break.
During Monday's press conference, Paul Rhoads was asked if football coaches ever get a chance to get away from football and not dwell on losses.
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An Argentine boa stretches from the arm of Indiana Jim during his reptile show. Jim Horton, Indianapolis, displays frogs, a tortoise, snakes and lizards.
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Johnson County Public Library celebrates culmination with its 18th annual winter reading program with a special event at its four branches.
During a program called "Salamanders, Lizards and Snakes, Oh My!" Indiana Jim (Jim Horton) will show off live reptiles. The reptile shows mark the culmination of the library's February reading program, themed "Feed Your Mind, Read," which challenged families to read together. The schedule:
? 4:30 p.m. March 4, Trafalgar Branch, 424 Tower St., Trafalgar.
? 6:30 p.m. March 4, White River Branch, 1664 Library Blvd., Greenwood.
? 4:30 p.m. March 6, Clark Pleasant Branch, 530 Tracy Road, New Whiteland.
? 6:30 p.m. March 6, Franklin Branch, 401 State St., Franklin.
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You know those conversations where you have a deep engagement but just don't get to the nub of things?
Maybe it is because you cannot bring yourself to mention the war, or sometimes you mention it but can't bring yourself to confront the true realities of catastrophe.
Well, putting Kevin Rudd and a major Jesuit institution together in one room was an opportunity for the two parties to say: "We're both thrashing around lost and bedraggled; how can we recover?" It was an opportunity not entirely lost but a bit wasted.
Let's look at the two contenders. Kevin Rudd is a man we know, or think we know, well. He is a man formerly great but now dethroned and we think (but can never know) that he is lurking like a disappointed Mary Queen of Scots – overthrown but unable to relinquish his self-destructive need for revenge. This characterisation might be utterly wrong but it is a view that is out there.
And the Catholic Church may be one of the fastest-growing religions in the world, but in the affluent West it is in deep trouble from abuse scandals, hierarchical change aversion, organisational atrophy and its inability to be at all sensible about sex.
Much was talked about by Mr Rudd and the audience, but the sexual abuse scandal went largely unmentioned.
The discussion was presented by Eureka Street, a publication of Jesuit Communications Australia. Eureka Street was set up in 1991 when the concentration of Australia's media concentrated the minds of some progressive Jesuits who feared for the lack of voices in public conversation. It is a Catholic voice to be sure but with a soft lefty lilt in its timbre.
In conversation with Father Frank Brennan, the jurisprudential Jesuit, Mr Rudd's first question was about forgiving and forgetting. While reports of the conversation have largely ignored this aspect of his views, this was the most important for me.
Forgiveness, so much a part of Catholicism, is a cause for both good and evil. Good forgiveness gives miscreants a chance to begin anew. Forgiveness prevents conflict escalating into murderous war. In that way, forgiveness is the opposite of revenge. Forgiveness represents an uplifting generosity of spirit that warms the soul and stops grievances escalating. How could it be anything but fabulous?
Forgiveness is at the heart of Christ's message to the world. No matter how grotesque the evil one endures, both the perpetrator and the victim grow through forgiveness. Hmm, don't know about that.
Forgiveness too easily proffered allows evil to continue unpunished. I am sure that is a part of the ongoing abuse scandal assailing the church. Atonement leading to speedy forgiveness might allow fatally flawed miscreants back into the system. Forgiveness and appeasement allowed Hitler's Germany in the 1930s to pursue expansionism.
Sometimes to forgive is to give permission for evil to prosper again after a token expression of regret. Forgiveness prematurely given undermines justice.
Why should those who criminally offend be too quickly forgiven prior to victims feeling that some restitution has been made?
This is rare for me to say, as I feel that overwhelmingly we are too punitive. But even a cuddly harm-minimisation advocate like me would accept that the system cannot forgive everything without some punishment. Atonement seems to be part of the process, but is it all that we require after evil? What about some good old-fashioned retaliation?
Forgiveness can be false and forced. We have all made noises about forgiveness and yet our hearts harbour revenge which might ultimately emerge in vengeful not pardoning behaviour.
The other problem for forgiveness is that it is used as an offensive weapon. People of faith are always "forgiving" me for various transgressions that litter my injudicious and indiscrete life. This is a forgiveness that seems artificial.
Mr Rudd was characteristically charismatic and articulate on the issue of forgiveness. It was a typically brilliant off-the-cuff summary of forgiving and forgetting. I listened with close attention for I have had an analogous fall from grace, albeit at the relatively trivial level of the municipal sand pit, when my former friends became my enthusiastic enemies. It was such a spectacular demise that you can even see a movie about it on this website.
Forgiveness is a notion that has much exercised my mind but not my heart. In other words, I think about it a lot but, while acknowledging my own contribution to my downfall, I don't feel the need to embrace the absolution of those who have done me wrong.
Clearly, given the public pain caused by Mr Rudd's decline from prime minister to foreign minister and then to backbencher, this question of forgive and forget was apt. Mr Rudd argued that forgetting pain was easier for him. His mother, whom he described as a ''Catholic matriarch from central casting'', told him that if one cannot forget then grievances will poison your soul. If he had a "who am I going to get next list", Mr Rudd said, he might run out of paper. So he works hard at forgetting.
For him, forgiving is harder than forgetting. Mr Rudd argued that unless you do it you are of no use to anyone. Forgiveness is bilateral and he mentioned two powerful examples. The French and Germans entered into the coal and steel agreements after the war and those conversations could only have taken place with bilateral forgiveness in the aftermath of World war II. And his second, very moving, example was the parliamentary apology to the stolen generations.
Mr Rudd argued that this could have failed if the apology was not accepted. He knew that it had been when an 82-year-old indigenous woman accepted the apology with "grace and graciousness". This is forgiveness at its most heartfelt, bilateral and productive.
To those examples I would add the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa and some 20 other places where internal conflict produced abhorrent abuses of civil liberties.
These are subject to the criticisms noted above – such processes exonerate the guilty and undermine the criminal justice system, but they do end the bloody cycle of revenge and retribution.
Has Mr Rudd forgiven? Who knows? He recites a good homily on forgiveness but I suspect he cannot take his own advice.
Should the Catholic Church be forgiven? Not yet, and sometimes when I see prayers for forgiveness of past priestly abuses I cannot think of it as anything but PR spin in the face of decades of institutional indifference.
What is your view?
Is forgetting easier than forgiving, as Mr Rudd argues?
Is forgiveness always positive or sometimes faked and forced?
Am I being hypocritical when I applaud the South African Truth and Justice Commission but am more impatient with the Catholic processes of prayer and forgiveness?
Is forgiveness always good or is it a complicated matrix of good and dangerous?
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Çıralı Hotel
Hotel | Çirali Mahallesi Ulupinar Köyü, Cirali, Turkey 07980
- Air Conditioning
- Credit cards accepted
- Car Parking
- No curfew
- Currency Exchange
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- 24 hour reception
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- Safety deposit
- 24 hour hot showers
- Tours/Travel Desk
Purchasable Extras
- Airport Pickup USD 84.71
What's Included
- Luggage Room
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- Linen
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Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 3 days before arrival (local time). Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.
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About Çıralı Hotel
50 beds at our hotel are dedicated to the enjoyment of our quests during their stay with us. All of our comfortable rooms offer shower, wc, air condition and balcony. Our accommodations range from 2 to 4 people in our comfortable rooms.
You may have breakfast in our in the garden under the shadow and freshness of the trees which is only five minutes walking distance to the sea. Also you may have meals suited to your taste including delicious home cooking in our restaurant.
We are at your service in one of the most natural holiday regions of Mediterranean which is one of the most beautiful corners of Turkey for an excellent holiday
Location Information
Çirali is a small country Village on the coast about 100 km west from Antalya. It is not far from the archaeological site of Olympos and the little city of Kemer.
The long beach offers a marvelous view of the many colors of the Mediterranean Sea. Along the beach you may find several little wooden bars and restaurants.
The beach, made of little stones, is of an ivory white but,if one looks more carefully, sees little stones of many different colors: ocher, emerald green, blue, purple,white and black. Their form remind us of some sculptures by Henry Moore or Joseph Epstein.
The mountains separating Çirali from the rest of the world are covered with pine trees and are of a reddish ocher color due to the ferrous rocks.
The plane separating the mountains from the sea is covered with orange and lemon trees, pine trees, sandal trees and pomegranates.
Termessos The ruins of the city of Termessos dating back to 334 BC is perched on a 1050 metre high plateau on the west face of Güllük Mountain. A wild and splendid landscape surrounds the monumental traces of this city.
Kemer This resort town has been carefully designed to blend in with the surrounding scenery. A beach promenade north of the marina has steps leading down from its cafes and shops directly to the beach.
Phaselis The three harbours of Phaselis were once a major commercial centre. The ruins of aqueducts, agoras, baths, a theatre, Hadrian's Gate and an acropolis reveal the city's historical importance.
Demre - Myra At Demre, the ancient Myra, many
splendidly carved rock tombs overlook the magnificent Roman theatre. St Nicholas was the bishop of this Mediterranean city during the fourth century and died here in 342 AD.
Kekova Kekova is the name given to a whole ensemble of picturesque islands, numerous bays and ancient cities. These bays provide natural harbours in all seasons.
Aspendos Aspendos Theatre is the best preserved theatre of antiquity with seating for 15,000. Nearby stand the remains of a basilica, agora and one of the largest aqueducts in Anatolia.
Fethiye The bustling town of Fethiye is set on a large sheltered bay backed by mountains. There are three main sights:- The rock tombs cut in the cliffs above the town, the medieval castle, and the superb sarcophagus set in
the middle of the road.
Çirali Hotel is situated in the village of Çirali on the south coast of Turkey. It is easily accessible by bus or car and a shuttle service to and from Antalya Airport is available.
Ruins of structures covered with the millennia of
vegetation are scattered over a wide area, Olympos is situated at the foot of a mountain with the same name. Those who visit it today are bound to sense a profound mysticism of the place. Zeus, who is accepted as the figurehead of the 3rd generation of Gods, established his power on Olympos. Preceding him was Cronos, who in turn was preceded by Uronos. The final kingpin of Greek mythology, Zeus, settled on Olympos, on top of the foggiest peak in the western Taurus Mountains and highest of the known world. The name 'Olympos' is known to have originate from Anatolia rather than Greece. According to the Dictionary of Mythology, the belief that lofty peaks were the domiciles of the gods might have arrived in Greece via Sumeria. The Zeus generation not only gathered on Olympos (today's Tahtali Dagi), but on other summits like Mt. Ida, as well. Homer wrote that the gods held festivals and debated the problems of people.
Ruins of a Mediaval fortress at the entrance of Olympos
Yanartas is active for millennia
The ancient city of Olympos
The Lycian city called Olympos was situated along the shore at the foot of the mountain. The folks living here
led more modest lives compared to the Gods above; they planted their fields, went on hunts, expanded overseas trade, as well as dedicated votives to the Gods for all the blessings of nature. Olympos was captured by the pirate Zenicetes in the 1st century B. C. He was evicted by Roman Commander, Isauricus in 78 B.C. Rome took subsequent control of the city; when Emperor Hadrian visited in 129 A.D., he changed its name to Hadri anopolis. 100 years later, Rhodiapolitian philanthropist Opramoas financed a face lift for the town. This rejuvenation didn't last for Olympos was soon faced with marauding Venetian and Genoese pirates. Though it was abandoned by the
mid-5th century, it later became an insignificant Byzantine settlement during the Middle Ages.
The task to save the endangered Caretta Caretta sea tortoises and the Cirali sands where they lay eggs is amongst the top 10 of the world's 700 conservation projects
According to mythology, the fire-breathing Chimaera lived on the mountain visible from Olympos called Çıralı or 'Yanartaş.' Riding atop frequent flyer Pegasus, Bellerophontes mortally wounds the beast. Today, the natual
gas shooting out of the ground between the rocks parallels this legend. A project is underway to save the endangered Caretta Caretta tortoises and Çıralı Beach where they spawn; it has been given top 10 priority out
of 700 projects around the world. There is bus service to Antalya from all points in Turkey; Turkish Airlines flies to Antalya from Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. Minibuses leave Antalya every 20 minutes. Exit at Çıralı, then hire a taxi to reach the shoreline.
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After Jimmy Button's accident 11 years ago, no one thought that he'd be able to walk again, let alone ride a bicycle 2,428 miles across the country. But that's just what Button did. Jimmy Button has just completed a cross country journey from San Diego to the Daytona International Speedway in order to raise money for spinal chord research.
Button made the journey with his long time friend and trainer, Cory Worf. They completed the journey in 57 days, 14 hours, 52 minutes and 23 seconds to complete the journey. After making it back to Daytona, Button took a well deserved victory lap.
"I've been dreaming about doing this for 18 months," said Button. "What it would be like, what it would smell like, what it would feel like to actually do it. To ride a bicycle around this place, that was pretty special."
Button won the Daytona Supercross in the Lites division in 1994, and said that the track always had a special place in his heart.
"It's one of my favorite races on the series for me personally when I was racing," Button said. "I had some great results here. I won it one time. It's one of my prized trophies in my office."
Button's "Miles For Miracles" project raised more than $175,000 for spinal chord research.
Here's a little video about Jimmy Button and "Miles for Miracles."
You can learn more about Button's charitable efforts here.
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Rammstein -- East Rutherford, NJ -- May 5th, 2011
This time, I actually got to see Combichrist, AAAAAAAAAAND, I got a floor ticket. The show was phenomenal.
Shut Up and Swallow
Follow the Trail
Body Beat
Throat Full of Glass
Never Surrender
What the Fuck is Wrong With You People
Rammstein played the same set as the Madison Square Garden show. Not opposed to it, since this time, I was on the floor. They're an amazing band, and as I said in the New York show thread, I will see these guys every time they tour until they disband. Great band, GREAT show.
[B]Rammleid[/B] - opening note along with all the chords in the chorus came with a loud BOOM and fireworks
[B]B*******[/B] - Till comes out with this HUGE gun that just shoots fire
[B]Weidmann's Hail
Keine Lust
Weisses Fleisch
Feuer Frei[/B] - so much fire
[B]Weiner Blut[/B] - at the beginning of the song, 2 lines with babies hanging from them come down from the ceiling of the stage, all of which have these green laser lights for eyes. at the end of the song, all of them explode.
[B]Fruhling in Paris
Ich tu Dir Weh[/B] - After Flake kicks him to the ground, Till picks the pianist up and puts him in this wheel barrow. Till then gets on this pillar that starts rising about 10 feet in the air. He then pours a bucket of what seems to be FIRE into the wheelbarrow. At the end of the song, Flake comes out of his container, dressed in this silver suit that shined brighter than any light and continues to dance like a lunatic
[B]Du Richt so Gut
Benzin[/B] - Till brings out this gas pump (literally something that looks like a pump you'd see at a gas station) and in the middle of the song, he sets someone on fire. I think it was staged to look like someone hopped on stage and that guy got set on fire. Very intense.
[B]Links 2-3-4
Du Hast [/B]- LOADS of fire; Till brings out a crossbow that shoots fireworks
[B]Pussy[/B] - At the end of the song, the stagehands bring out this giant aluminum penis that ejaculates foam all over the audience
Haifisch[/B] - Flake gets on a raft, and surfs over the crowd
[B]Ich Will[/B]
[B]Engel[/B] - Till comes out with these giant metal angel wings with flame throwers at the tips
I can't picture Rammstein being rich. They spend all of their money on Fireworks, Fire, Babies and foam for giant cock canisters.
I wish Rammstein would come to Minnesota...oh well.
Words cannot describe how [I]fucking[/I] excited I am for this show. Floor tickets, also! :party:
it would of been awesome to go to this, but I've seen them before, and Amon Amarth takes priority over them.
Just got home from the show....
What an amazing show!! Too bad there were a couple of "first night of the tour technical issues" though (Paul Landers' arm pyro not igniting, Till's left "wing" not igniting during "engel"), but still I cant say enough good things about this show!
24 hours on the road - time to crash and get ready for Deftones tonight!
Yeah the wife and 2 camed the show last night (4hr drive from Boston)
(i'd upload more but yt isn't working)
My vids from the show - as usual, sound quality leaves alot to be desired!
cannot wait for tuesday
Sick show! I was hoping they would rotate in some different songs like [I]Rammstein[/I], [I]Mein Teil[/I], [I]Amerika[/I] or [I]Stripped[/I]. But realistically, they can play whatever they want and I'll be happy.
During [I]Haifisch[/I] when Flake was crowd surfing in the raft, some guy actually managed to jump up into the raft. Flake actually looked a bit terrified.
Pictures coming, will post later.
[QUOTE=leglessmoof;359095]Sick show! I was hoping they would rotate in some different songs like [I]Rammstein[/I], [I]Mein Teil[/I], [I]Amerika[/I] or [I]Stripped[/I]. But realistically, they can play whatever they want and I'll be happy.[/QUOTE]
AGREED. I flew to New York City this past December for their show from Vegas, and I would be totally fine with the EXACT same show. It was perfect :D Though someday I do want to hear Stripped live :drool: That'd be the ULTIMATE live song since Rammstein and Depeche Mode are my two favorites.
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Kid's Craft Kit Review –
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by Jenny at www.CraftTestDummies.com
Total Class Creative is a totally new company for me- I have to admit that I'd never run across their products in a store before. However, one look at their product line and I was intrigued. The wood toys, storage items, and decorative products are really appealing and high-end, and I was so pleased when they asked me to try them out.
While they have a large product line, for this review I'm only reviewing their painted-wood items. Specifically, I tried out the doll furniture, fire engine kit, and Bunny table decoration & glitter eggs.
When I opened the boxes, my 9-year-old son literally pounced on the fire engine kit. It's part of TCC's "Transportation Series" and he begged me to let him make it as a gift for his little cousin. How do I say "no" to that? The instructions say it's for ages 8 and up, so I let him go. He pulled out all of the pieces and got to reading – and in less than 10 minutes he had assembled the entire thing and personalized it with stickers.
The directions were easy for him to follow and maybe most importantly, require NO tools- it assembles with just slots and notches holding it together. The quality of the wood is great- no rough edges, and the pieces come pre-painted. While it's easy assembly, you can be somewhat creative with placement of the stickers and extra embellishing you may choose to do. (My son added his cousin's name on the side using some felt stickers we had on hand.) I also found it to be pretty sturdy- my 3 year old nephew will be able to put his toy cars in it for storage. (I wouldn't advise actually trying to play with it like a fire engine- it's more of a room decoration or storage unit.)
That being said, my good friend Stacy suggested that this would be an adorable baby shower gift- just assemble it, fill it with baby items, and wrap the whole thing in basket wrap. How cute is that?? Or you could use it as a centerpiece for a birthday party…let your imagination go wild.
The next item we tried was the wood 18″ doll furniture, specifically the table, chair, and bed kids. Like the previous kit, everything was pre-painted and required no tools – just slide the parts together. While my 5-year-old could not put together the chair kid, she actually figured out the table all on her own. I love the fact that the pieces are smooth and there are no rough edges – and the color schemes are so cute!
After an afternoon of vigorous play, I surmised that these kits are pretty sturdy- impressive! Also, I think it's a real plus that you can disassemble the furniture to store it away flat. I would think that these would be great kits to have on hand for visiting grandkids or nieces; they put them together, play with their dollies, and then poof! They get taken apart and stored away for the next visit.
Lastly, I put together the Easter Bunny table centerpiece – really it is just sliding 2 parts together to make the figure stand up. Despite it's simplicity, it really is classically elegant. I decided to dress up my bunny just a bit with some organza ribbon and silk flowers. (I adhered it all with Glue-Dots so I could easily take off the decorations.)
I also put together the pre-painted Easter eggs, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the pieces came with adhesive already on them – all I had to do was peel off the paper sheet and sprinkle on the color-coordinating glitter. Easy-peasy, and so cute. Won't this be sweet on my spring table?
To sum it up, these are great kits. The price points are affordable (for example, the fire truck is $11.99, and the bunny centerpiece is $12.99), and because they are sturdy wood, you can decoupage and embellish to your heart's content without having to worry. (I may take one of those bunnies and do some serious mixed-media collage on it!)
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3) Lord Indra saw the scene and threw his thunderbolt (Vajrayudha) on Anjaneya. The boy just set it aside with a feather in his tail. Then Indra shot Brahmastra on the little lad, Anjaneya. He threw away the powerful Brahmastra also with a feather. All the Devas were wonder struck. Brahma and other Gods came to the little boy Anjaneya, and appealed to him to spare the Sun, since all the rituals would come to a grinding halt without the Sun. As per the appeal of the Gods, Anjaneya left the Sun, and engaged himself in his playful acts. When the boy absorbed himself in his playful mood, Indra suddenly threw his weapon on him. It hit the boy's jaw and he fell senseless on a boulder. The Wind-God became angry at the heinous act of Indra, and went into a cave taking the boy into his hands. When the Wind-God stopped blowing, the entire Universe became breathless.
Brahma, Vishnu, Sankara, Devendra and other Gods rushed and appealed to the Wind-God, and begged him of his pardon. They gave many boons to Anjaneya. The Wind-God got pacified and began blowing as usual.
4) "Anjaneya! Like Maha Vishnu, you will protect all the angels. Like Siva, you kill all the demons in Lanka and fulfill Rama's act. You will bring back life to Lakshmana. You will spot out Sita in Lanka, and inform Rama about her welfare. You are unconquerable. But I have one request! You have to surrender to Brahmastra just for a moment". Thus Brahma praised Anjaneya in many ways.
5)Hanuman approached the Sun God to teach him the scriptures and all allied subjects relating to them. Then the Sun God replied, "Look! Hanuman! I go on moving constantly. So you yourself think of the way as to how I can teach you. Anjaneya followed the Sun God in whatever direction he moved and learned Indra-Grammar in a week's time. Afterwards, he placed one leg on the eastern hill and the other on the western hill, enlarged his body up to the Sun's region and moving his head in the direction in which the Sun moved has learnt the Vedas fully in a record time and earned the appreciation of the Sun-God. Pleased with the strength, valour, and intelligence of Hanuman, the Sun God gave his daughter Suvarchala in marriage to him.
6) Parasara teaches Suvarchala-Hanuman Mantra to Maitreya:
Maitreya requested Parasara to teach him Suvarchala-Hanuman mantra to him. Parasara said "Maitreya! Lord Siva taught seven crore mantras to Parvati. Among them, some relate to Anjaneya. Some of the mantras grant liberation, while some bestow earthly pleasures. The mantras pertaining to Lord Hanuman confer earthly pleasures as also liberation to the devotees". Then he taught Suvarchala-Hanuman mantra to Maitreya.
Viswakarma has one daughter by name Chaya. He gave her in marriage to Sun God. One day Chaya cried before her mother about her inability to bear the severity of Sun's rays. So Viswakarma grinded the Sun and reduced the severity of his splendour out of one of the rays of the Sun God. Suvarchala was born. Brahma declared that after some time, she would become the wife of Lord Hanuman.


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Once Upon a Time,
There once was a mommy who loved her family more than anything in the world. Sometimes she felt the day-to-day monotony could put a damper on her and her family's mood. To overcome this, she became determined to bring some fun and whimsy into their everyday lives. One way she did this was to celebrate a fun/silly/unique/unknown holiday once a month as a family. This brought great joy, laughter, and silliness into their lives and they all lived Happily Ever After.
As you may have guessed from my introduction, today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! We had such a blast celebrating this holiday. To start off I wanted to share the importance of story telling and fairy tales. If you are like me and not a natural story teller, I found this post Storytelling 101: Tell Stories Your Kids Will Love to be incredibly useful.
To celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day we started by reading the classic version of Cinderella. Tell a Fairy Tale Day has to include reading actual fairy tales.
Next, we made up our own fairy tale using these storytelling tips. Our story was about a little frog who loved her daddy so much and missed him terribly when he had to go to work. She overcame her sadness by playing with her mommy until her daddy came home. When her daddy came home they played and laughed and lived happily ever after. You get the point. My daughter wanted me to repeat this story over and over because it is something that she has trouble with. She was able to explore the emotions she feels when her daddy has to go to work through a story.
Next, we made a Fairy Wand. I will share how to make it below!
To make a fairy wand you'll need:
- dowel
- cardboard to cut out a star
- ribbons to make streamers
- paint
- Hot glue gun
- glitter (optional)
Let your child paint the dowel
Cut out a star from the cardboard and let your child paint, decorate, and add glitter.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the start to the dowel
Tie ribbon in a secure knot to make the streamers
Now your little fairy is ready to get to making some bippity-boppity magic!
To finish off Tell a Fairy Tale Day, we acted out a fairy tale! My daughter acted out Cinderella with her daddy by dancing
Does the glass slipper fit?
How will you spend Tell a Fairy Tale Day?


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McSherrystown Borough Councilman David Bolton soon will have a hand in county affairs due to his recent election as vice president of the Adams County Boroughs Association.
Starting in January, Bolton will take over the position formerly held by David Hazlett, who is Carroll Valley's borough manager.
Bolton said his new position, which is a volunteer post, will be in addition to his duties as McSherrystown councilman and will allow him to take residents' concerns to the county level.
The ACBA is a governmental group consisting of representatives from 13 boroughs including Abbottstown, Arendtsville, Bendersville, Biglerville, Bonneauville, Carroll Valley, East Berlin, Fairfield, Gettysburg, Littlestown, McSherrystown, New Oxford and York Springs.
"I am thankful for this opportunity, and I look forward to the great and wonderful things we can accomplish together for the good of our county," said Bolton.
Bolton said in the coming year he wants to work with other municipalities to propose legislation that would to do away with unfunded state mandates.
"There are about 6,500 unfunded state mandates that the municipalities are required to pay for despite having no state or federal funding coming in for those mandates," Bolton said. "If the state is mandating these things, they should be giving us at least some money to help pay for them. State mandates are a hardship on our local taxpayers.
Bolton said one of the most contested mandates is the prevailing wage rate, which requires municipalities across the state to pay the same wage for all workers on large projects regardless of the average "local" wage. He said the mandate is unfair to smaller communities where the cost of living is lower than in cities.
According to the website www.commonwealthfoundation.org "Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Law was enacted in 1961 to protect construction workers from out-of-state competition, mandating that contractors pay the wages that 'prevail' in each region on all government construction projects more than $25,000. This limits the number of construction jobs in the state and forces state and local governments to unnecessarily spend more taxpayer money."
Bolton said he also has been asked by the ACBA president Ron Harris, the mayor of Carroll Valley, to revamp the ACBA website, which has not been updated since January 2011. Bolton said he has extensive experience with website development and maintenance, as he is an Internet developer by profession.


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London Olympics 2012 Sailing Competition - The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club member Nina Curtis is competing in the Women's Match Racing with Olivia Price and Lucinda Whitty, as part of the Australian sailing team in Weymouth.
Nina Curtis, Olivia Price, Lucinda Whitty on the podium after winning gold at the 2012 Skandia Sail for Gold in Weymouth - London Olympics 2012
Tonight they race in the semi finals against Finland to decide what colour medal they will race for tomorrow evening. The RPAYC will be televising the medal races for members and guests live on the big screen at the club tomorrow evening (Saturday 11 August) from 9pm.
The women's match racing team successfully won all 11 matches in the round robin to advance to the quarter finals as the number one seed. They defeated the Dutch team (3-1) in the quarter finals to advance through to the semi-finals.
Nina is the daughter of Rob Curtis, the Commodore of the RPAYC who is currently in Weymouth to support Nina.
A big crowd of enthusiastic supporters will assemble tomorrow evening to watch the women's finals including six time Olympian Colin Beashel OAM, who won Bronze in the Star class at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games and carried the Australian Olympic Team flag at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
RPAYC club coach Tom Spithill, close friend of Nina's and brother of James Spithill, the defending America's Cup skipper and champion match racer, will be on hand to conduct some light commentary and help out with match racing questions.
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) has had a representative in sailing at every Olympic Games since 1964 except in 1980 when the sailing team withdrew from the Moscow games.
Media are welcome to attend the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Saturday evening and talk to supporters gathered to watch Nina, Olivia and Lucinda race:
Pittwater Room (upstairs)
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
16 Mitala Street
Newport, Sydney
The doors will open upstairs in the Pittwater Room from 8:00pm for a scheduled race start at 9pm for the bronze medal and 10:05pm for the gold and silver medals on Saturday night.
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So, I'm gonna start this post with a disclaimer Nathan wanted me to put out last week: The time we spent in Paris was freezing cold. Well… 2-3 degrees above freezing, actually. It was cold, windy, rainy, and down-right miserable most of the time we were there. Though we had our cameras with us 90% of the time, it became miserable to stop, take off our gloves, and take a photo. That being said, Nate came home completely disappointed in the photos he took, and didn't really want me to blog them. I, however, think they're just wonderful and want to share, anyway. So there you have it. I win. :)
Once Lorie and Jon were gone, Nate and I checked into a hotel my Mom suggested to us. Oh my goodness, I loooooooved our hotel. Loved it! We stayed at the Emeraude Hotel Madeleine in Madeleine Plaza. It was right next to a major Metro stop, their staff was so welcoming, and the room was darn right adorable. :)
This was the view from our room!
This was from the day I fell in love with a store the States don't have (yet?) called Habitat. I mean, seriously. I never thought I'd fall in love with a coffee table, but seriously, look at this coffee table!
Wanta Fanta?
The puppet was singing Kurt Cobain songs, incase you were wondering.
They have red cups in France, too! <3
My favorite. :)
I think this may have been the one sunny day of our whole trip! So Nathan and I were hanging out by the Eiffel Tower when we came in contact with Non Stop Joe. This guy saw us, ran up with his tv crew and explained he has a 24 hour streaming show on a local website. Then Non Stop Joe asked point blank if he could give one of us a piggy back ride. I was slightly terrified and said no, Nate declined as well, and Joe was on his way.
To this day, Nate regrets not getting a piggy back ride from Non Stop Joe. True story.
Every dog we met in Paris made us miss our Huck Finn!
Thank goodness for automatic timers in our cameras!
I know I'm posting way too many pictures of the Eiffel Tower, but I can't help it!
For some reason the photo on the left makes me uncomfortable. Like we're looking up the Eiffel Tower's skirt or something. ;)
Left: A Paris local. Right: American. (I know we can be hard to differentiate sometimes!)
So yeah, we found a pamphlet for an American company- Fat Tire Bikes that gave Segway tours around Paris! We'd been wanting to ride Segways for ages, and this seemed like the perfect time for us. (I'd actually wanted to do the Segway tour at Epcot, but I hear they don't let you off the 'bunny' slow setting… Unacceptable!) Well, we met our Segways ("Segzy Legs" and "Wall-E," respectively), and it was love at first sight. Seriously, these things are SO much fun to ride!
I'm wearing 3 sweaters, a heavy coat, scarf, poncho, AND helmet in this photo. (It was 37º and raining most of our time in Paris- Miserable!) Even though we looked like the biggest nerds ever and I feel like we may look like the modern day Griswold family portrait in National Lampoon's European Vacation, I'd do it again any day!
Omg… I can't believe I'm posting these! *Covers face.*
On our last night, we walked the Champs-Élysées which was decked out for the holidays. We passed this really shady shack that encouraged people to step inside to take pictures with Santa. The whole thing was so creepy looking, and even more creepy when we saw a quite un-jolly Santa smoking outside. (I'm crossing my fingers that wasn't the real Santa!)
We ended our very cold, very nice trip to Paris with some long exposure shots. :)
Disneyland Paris photos to come Sunday! :)
19 Responses to "Paris, France : Travel Part 2"
All of your Eiffel tower pictures are making me so excited to go on our honeymoon but upset we can't take you with us! I'm convinced that you guys could make any part of my day more exciting just by your photography! Le sigh…
Erin O'Donnell on July 7th, 2010 at 10:53 pm |
Jensey on July 12th, 2010 at 3:20 pm |
view from the top is one of my faaaaaavs <3
Jensey on July 12th, 2010 at 3:20 pm |
I don't think it's possible to stop taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower! I took so many I made the Italian tourists behind us start complaining!!
Jensey on July 12th, 2010 at 3:20 pm |
Ok I am going to comment way too much on this, but I can't help myself…
I am so happy you "won". The pictures are wonderful.
I always love the mirror pictures – so happy to see two in one post. It is wonderful to get to see you both in all these pictures, the black and white ones are always so great.
Jensey you are such a beauty, I bet Nate wants to take pictures of you all the time.
I learn something new every time I read your blogs, I mean who knew puppets sang Curt Cobain songs??
So glad you got your red cups even in France!
LOVED the Eiffel Tower reflection picture, it is amazing. The other pictures of it are so pretty, love the clouds, the sky, everything.
Too funny about Non Stop Joe. I would have been freaked out by a stranger asking that.
What is more romantic than pictures of people kissing at the Eiffel Tower? It is so sweet!
Too cute on the segway, the pictures made me smile. I would be afraid I would kill myself or someone else.
That guy seriously couldn't have been the real Santa, no way Santa would smoke like that. I refuse to believe it!!
Wow, the long exposure pictures are fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing.
Jensey on July 12th, 2010 at 3:24 pm |
Oh! I am sooo glad you went to Sacre Coeur! I loved it there, the view from the top was absolutely amazing. We were there in the winter time and it was pretty cloudy and hazy the whole time, but when we got up there, the view was just amazing (and worth all those steps – both to get up to Sacre Coeur and to get to the top of it!). I loved Momnarte, we spent a day literally just wandering around there watching all the artists in the square. I truly thing that whole area was one of my favorite in Paris.
I am totally jealous that you guys took the Segway tour at the Eiffel Tower!
We took the golf cart tour at Versailles (and our cart broke down, which is a very long story, and was a very long walk back to the Palace, but anyways…;)). I loved it out there, just walking around the Palace and the grounds. I'm not quite sure about the whole baloon animal art exhibit, I'm glad that wasn't there when we were.
Your pictures are so making me want to go back!!!! So much so that I told Michael that we are going in 2012. Belated honeymoon and all that. ;)
Jensey on July 13th, 2010 at 10:17 am |
I thought the area was beautiful. We were there the week between Christmas and New Years, I would love to go again in the spring to see the city in bloom.
I say its a deal, spring 2012, whatcha say? :)
Sarah Greenhawt on July 13th, 2010 at 11:42 am |
Strangely, the creepy subway-puppet-guy shot is my favorite from the trip. I still hear Smells Like Teen Spirit when I see it :)
Okay, I know this is a couple months after this was posted, but coming out of "lurking fangirl going through all of your blog posts because I can't get enough", I just had to mention that I loved the segway pictures. Totally reminded me of my Dad's birthday earlier this year.
My parents and I went on a Segway tour in St. Pete.(We were waaay too embarrassed to do it in our hometown.) It started pouring about 1/2 way into the tour and we dodged strikes of lightning as we rushed from cover to cover, trying to make it back to our starting place. I envy that you had all of those jackets on, we all had one rain jacket each and wound up soaked and cold by the end of it! (Then again, we weren't expecting it to pour.)
I'm so sad I'm not living in Winter Park anymore. I wish I could've met you guys before I moved back home from college!
P.S. How is Huck? Reading what happened to him broke my heart. I have a little orange kitty who is my world, and I know having anything like that happen to her would be devastating emotionally.
I went to Paris yesterday yay!!!!!! But I was wondering what lenses you guys used to get the shots of the Eiffel? I totally plan to go back in Jan or Apr or maybe both in order to see everything. Thanks!
Hi Shell!
We explored the city without a camera bag, so walked around with a single lens each. The Canon 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8. It let us cover the range for just about anything we needed! :) Have fun!
Nathan on November 14th, 2010 at 7:37 pm |
Thanks so much! I'll have to bribe Santa really well for a 24-70 now lol
Shell W. on November 15th, 2010 at 3:10 am |
Hi Jensey!
For your photo of the two of you in front of the Eiffel Tower, I know you said you used the self-timer, but did you have a tripod for the camera to set on, or did you put it on top of bags? I'm trying to figure out how the camera angle wasn't too low! My boyfriend and I travel together so much and we have so few photos of us together. :(
Hi Cristy, Nate here! :) If memory serves correctly, I set the camera atop a coat (to form a cloth tripod of sorts) and we were fortunate that there were steps there. I think it was a monument/memorial that was raised up, so I used the steps to get a slightly higher angle. On the photo on the right, I zoomed in a lot so the low angle is even less evident.
For more casual self-portraits, we love using our fisheye! =P
Best of luck to you guys!!
Nathan on October 27th, 2011 at 11:55 am |
Thanks so much for the quick and helpful response! You guys are awesome!


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Updated 01/11/2015
The Yangtze River Cable Car is a great way to experience the enormous scale of the city, sky, and mountains and a bird's eye-view of Chongqing, one of the world's biggest cities. Ideal for taking photos of the city and the two rivers, it's a good opportunity to rise above it all and get a grip on the massive scale of the metropolis.
Jiefang Dong Rd., west of the Chongqing Hotel, Chongqing, 400010, China
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Updated 01/11/2015
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