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Thailand, Dasha Li
I have a secret about girls on these pics like yours
just....so beautiful
...and gravity ...i believe.
concrete work.
concrete work.
So delicate & beautiful!♡
I liked!
i think, you are one of the luckiest men on earth.
Stunning image. Simply elegant!
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delicate and poetic, great photo
Wow, it's like a painting. such delicate shades.
beautiful! simply beautiful. x
wow. i can't stop looking at this image. so perfect!!!
Wow, the way the water distorts things is so cool
Very beautiful shot.
This is art!
Very cool.
realy good
More conceptual, different, but still a tremendous work
Потрясающий кадр!!!
Gorgeous balance.
very surreal...nice
Love it, not only shows off the model, but the power of natural water distortion.
very very nice!!!
I can't believe that a photograph.
lovely dreamy shot sir
Photo...shop, right?
Wonderful. So soft and soothing. Good work.
the is new
lovely !
lovely !
Dasha Li
I think I asked you how tall your model is . . .
hahahhaha he totally ignored you question xD
I will ask again...
he's probably not good with English and thought you asked who she was.. try substituting 'how tall' for 'height'
Why did you choose your screen name...mizu in Japanese means water and Kyuu could be the number 9
Why did you choose your screen name...mizu in Japanese means water and Kyuu could be the number 9


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9 posts tagged with israel by y2karl.
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The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel. And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to human rights for all people, Palestinians included. But the two groups are increasingly distinct. Particularly in the younger generations, fewer and fewer American Jewish liberals are Zionists; fewer and fewer American Jewish Zionists are liberal. One reason is that the leading institutions of American Jewry have refused to foster—indeed, have actively opposed—a Zionism that challenges Israel's behavior in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and toward its own Arab citizens.The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
There is talk once again of a one-state bi-national solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The idea of a single, bi-national state is not new. Its appeal lies in its attempt to provide an equitable and inclusive solution to the struggle of two peoples for the same piece of land. It was first suggested in the 1920s by Zionist leftwing intellectuals led by philosopher Martin Buber, Judah Magnes... and Haïm Kalvarisky... Underlying their Zionism was a quest for a Jewish renaissance, both cultural and spiritual, with a determination to avoid injustice in its achievement. It was essential to found a new nation, although not necessarily a separate Jewish state and certainly not at the expense of the existing population.Time for a bi-national state
See also B'Tselem's Map of Jewish Settlements In The West Bank
Is Israel Falling Apart ?
...A few days ago the chief of the Israeli police resigned after an investigation that found several of Israel's highest police officers guilty of corruption and negligence. This came within a week of the forced resignation of Israel's Chief of Staff from the military because of the fiascos of the second Lebanon war... some ten days after Israel's minister of justice was convicted of sexual assault while on duty... after Israel's president – who holds a largely symbolic position – resigned temporarily following charges of rape and sexual misconduct. ....several other investigations are still pending, not least two or three directed at the Prime Minister himself, Ehud Olmert, concerning corruption and favoritism... Suddenly the Palestinians and the Hizbullah, and even Iranian nukes, have taken a back seat: Israel does indeed seem in danger of imploding from within, at least as a viable democracy.Is Israel Falling Apart ?
Watching Lebanon by Seymour M. Hersh: Washington's interests in Israel's war
In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two soldiers, triggering an Israeli air attack on Lebanon and a full-scale war, the Bush Administration seemed strangely passive... The Bush Administration, however, was closely involved in the planning of Israel's retaliatory attacks. President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney were convinced, current and former intelligence and diplomatic officials told me, that a successful Israeli Air Force bombing campaign against Hezbollah's heavily fortified underground-missile and command-and-control complexes in Lebanon could ease Israel's security concerns and also serve as a prelude to a potential American preëmptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations, some of which are also buried deep underground.Test Case
NSSM 40 and The Untold Story of Israel's Bomb
...Yet set against contemporary values of transparency and accountability, the Nixon-Meir deal of 1969 is now a striking and burdensome anomaly. Not only is Israel's nuclear posture of taboo and total secrecy anachronistic, it is inconsistent with, and costly to, the tenets of modern liberal democracy. At home and abroad Israel needs a better way to handle its nuclear affairs. The deal is also burdensome for the United States, not only because it is inconsistent with U.S. values of openness and accountability, but also because it provokes claims about double standards in its nuclear nonproliferation policy.Israel crosses the threshold
Shorter version: The Untold Story of Israel's Bomb
Regarding 'The Question of Zion' - Jacqueline Rose interviewed
...This is one of the reasons why I am convinced that Zionism should not simply be dismissed. Hans Kohn turned away from Zionism, but Martin Buber and Ahad Ha'am definitely did not. If Zionism can produce voices such as these, this is evidence of a fermentation of rare value. Discovering thinkers like Martin Buber and Hannah Arendt and Ahad Ha'am was like encountering pieces of coral from a deep pool. I had read Arendt and indeed some of Buber's work before, but I did not anticipate the sheer prescience of their critique of Zionism. For example, Arendt predicted that the Jewish state would become utterly reliant on American force, and live 'surrounded by an entirely hostile Arab population' in which all 'development would be determined exclusively by the need of war'; this is so accurate, it sends a shudder down your back. Then there was the romantic, semi-mystical discourse of Buber and Ahad Ha'am, posing the question of who we are at its most profound. Their vocabulary revolves around spirituality, selfhood, self-knowledge, truth, understanding, denial. In order to put into words the perils of Zionism, these thinkers had to explore why people can desire identities that become ultimately destructive...
from an interview with Jacqueline Rose, who wrote The Question of Zion via Open Democracy
from an interview with Jacqueline Rose, who wrote The Question of Zion via Open Democracy
Killing [Palestinian] children is no longer a big deal
Killing children is no longer a big deal More than 30 Palestinian children were killed in the first two weeks of Operation Days of Penitence in the Gaza Strip. It's no wonder that many people term such wholesale killing of children "terror." Whereas in the overall count of all the victims of the intifada the ratio is three Palestinians killed for every Israeli killed, when it comes to children the ratio is 5:1. According to B'Tselem, the human rights organization, even before the current operation in Gaza, 557 Palestinian minors (below the age of 18) were killed, compared to 110 Israeli minors... Who would have believed that Israeli soldiers would kill hundreds of children and that the majority of Israelis would remain silent? Even the Palestinian children have become part of the dehumanization campaign: killing hundreds of them is no longer a big deal.
What are the US and Israel really afraid of in Iran?
B'Tselem's Map of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank
B'Tselem's Map of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank is an incredible graphic. It'sa 612 KB jpeg but the PDF, which is 1,609 KB has even more amazing detail. Here is the directory for all their images and maps. As you can see, it is quite comprehensive. Here is the Full Fence Mag in English, for instance. Again, the PDF is even more detailed. Here is the summary of B'Tselem's May 2002 report Land Grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank. The report is to the summary as the PDF is to the jpeg.
B'Tselem is The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Warning: While the pages linked are in English, the site itself is bi-lingual, so expect many a prompt for a Hebrew text download.
B'Tselem is The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Warning: While the pages linked are in English, the site itself is bi-lingual, so expect many a prompt for a Hebrew text download.
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Actress Kate Bosworth is starring in Vanessa Bruno's fall/winter campaign video. The French designer was clearly inspired by Nordic landscapes for this collection, with the blond and frail Bosworth — making for a perfect match in this etheral clip.
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Updated Nov 13, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Three Suns land on NBA All-Star ballot
A trio of Phoenix Suns are on the ballot for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, which will be played in Houston, TX on February 17, 2013.
Goran Dragic, Luis Scola and Marcin Gortat are three of 120 players — 60 from each conference — who are on the ballot.
Fans will be able to vote via social networking sites Twitter and Facebook, as well as through text messaging and turning in ballots at NBA games.
The top vote getters will start the game.
Balloting is scheduled to conclude on January 14, and the game's starters will be announced live on TNT on January 17.
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Amin Elhasson breaks down the latest trade rumors surrounding the Suns.
Talk to the Suns with Ann Meyers Drysdale
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It's a fresh start for the Suns.
Al McCoy, Hall of Fame voice of the Suns
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Movie News After Dark: Emo Dragon Girl, Ryan Gosling's Jacket, Cooking Meth and FedEx Zombie Ads
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What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly movie news and editorial column that likes you. So much that it would get your named tattoo'd on its back, should you promise to read it every weeknight until the end of time. So lets make this happen, people. It's got...
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This week, on a very special Reject Radio, Scott Weinberg drops by and watches the Philadelphia Flyers game....
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The star of The Wackness might be celebrating the music of Tupac and mourning the tragedy of gang life if Hearts of Men gets off the ground....
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C. difficile has always been a foul and disgusting adversary, but lately it's becoming more formidable and deadly, according to Linda Bobo, Erik Dubberke and Marin Kollef. A few highlights of this excellent review: C.diff infections (CDI) have more than doubled since 2001, to > 340,000 discharges in 2008. Attributable mortality is 6-7%, but may [… read more]
Severe sepsis is immune-suppressing, organ harvest reveals (JAMA)
People who survive the initial hyperinflammatory "cytokine storm" of severe sepsis regain their blood pressure, but are at high risk for secondary infection and viral reactivation. Animal models strongly suggest sepsis-induced immune suppression occurring later in the course of sepsis is to blame, but that's never been proven in humans. Jonathan Boomer, Kathleen To, Richard [… read more]
Proposed cut-off for harmless parapneumonic effusion: 2.5 cm on CT (Eur Resp J)
Richard Light and friends established that parapneumonic effusions (PPE) associated with community-acquired pneumonia very rarely progress if the effusion is freely layering and less than 1 cm in height on a lateral decubitus chest film. But who orders those anymore? Chest CT use has risen 20-fold since Light's seminal 1980 paper. Often the CT has [… read more]
13 doses rifapentine + isoniazid as good as 9 months INH for latent TB (RCT, NEJM)
Nine months is a long time to take daily isoniazid — and an even longer time to go without beer. If you have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosed by a positive tuberculin skin test, and you make it through a year or 2 without developing active TB, your lifetime risk of reactivation TB (given a healthy [… read more]
Neti pots kill 2 after transmitting brain-eating amoeba
In December 2011, The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals reported the first two cases of death-by-neti-pot. Both deaths were due to lethal encephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri, a freshwater amoeba. The first victim, a 20-year old man, died in June; it was known that he had used a neti pot, but the connection was [… read more]
Xigris X'd! PROWESS-SHOCK negative; activated protein C yanked from global market
A newer post is available reviewing the final published findings for PROWESS-SHOCK in NEJM. PROWESS-SHOCK results are in, and they sounded the death knell for drotecogin alfa (activated protein C / Xigris), Eli Lilly's often-challenged blockbuster drug for septic shock. Investigators reported a 28-day all-cause mortality rate of 26.4% in patients treated with activated drotrecogin [… read more]
Follow-up chest X-rays after pneumonia? Only for 50-and-up crowd, say Canadians (Arch Int Med)
Medical tradition and lore advised follow-up chest films for asymptomatic people 6 weeks after pneumonia to see if a lung cancer might be lurking there. IDSA guidelines from 2007 don't address the question, and UK guidelines suggest a follow-up chest X-ray only in those with a smoking history or over age 50. Using databases, Tang [… read more]
Rate of early lactate clearance predicts survival in ICU (Critical Care)
Faster recovery from severe sepsis (or other disorders causing patchy/global hypoperfusion) should be accompanied by a faster disappearance of lactate from the bloodstream. The rate of lactate clearance was reported by Nguyen et al in Crit Care Med 2004 (among others) to predict survival from septic shock, and a strategy substituting lactate clearance of 10% for [… read more]
Most people admitted to U.S. ICUs are not that sick (Review, CHEST)
Each individual episode of critical illness produces a mushroom cloud of data, most of which dissipates without being recorded at all (think realtime infusion rates of vasopressors and continuous ECG monitoring). A few large databases capture outcomes data from multiple participating hospitals (like the National Inpatient Sample), and the new MIMIC-II integrated data system can [… read more]
Linezolid not better than vanco against MRSA pneumonia in 3rd meta-analysis (CHEST)
Walkey et al combined 8 randomized trials including 1,641 people with MRSA pneumonia, and found no significant differences between those treated with linezolid or vancomycin in survival, resolution of clinical pneumonia, eradication from sputum of MRSA, or adverse events. Authors dispute linezolid's supposedly higher lung penetration, pointing out that that dogma evolved from studies of healthy people; [… read more]
Novel therapies for septic shock over the past 4 decades. (Review, JAMA)
Novel therapies for septic shock over the past 4 decades. Suffredeni AF, Munford RS. JAMA 2011;306:194-199.
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis, or VAP? (CHEST)
For one year, Dallas et al prospectively followed 2,060 intubated MICU/SICU patients at Barnes-Jewish, and concluded that 83 (4%) developed VAP and 28 (1.4%) got VAT, which was defined as fever and 100,000 CFUs in tracheal secretions, without an infiltrate. By their reckoning, a third of VATs progressed to VAPs. Pathogens (mainly MDR bacteria) overlapped. [… read more]
Empiric antibiotics for HCAP/VAP were appropriate – yet deadly? (Lancet ID)
In a well-intentioned performance improvement initiative, Daniel Kett and the IMPACT-HAP team prospectively observed 303 patients at risk for MDR pneumonia at four academic hospitals. Surprisingly, more of those who got appropriate antibiotics died (34%) than those treated off-ATS/IDSA guidelines (20%), with Kaplan-Meier-modeled 28-day survival of 65% vs. 79%, p=0.0044. The authors were concerned enough [… read more]
More are surviving severe sepsis … to go to LTACs (CHEST)
Severe sepsis has had a 35-45% mortality rate in clinical trials. Gagan Kumar et al use national observational data to suggest that while population rates of severe sepsis are increasing, survival has likely improved, with mortality falling from 39% to 27%, 2000-2007. However, most of the new survivors are not going home, but rather to [… read more]
Even extreme obesity doesn't reduce survival in critical illness (CHEST)
Obesity may impose extra burdens on critical care staff (think turning, transport, intubation and central line placement), but reviews suggest people with "ordinary" obesity (BMI 30-39) with have the same mortality from critical illness as overweight or healthy-weight people. In fact, obese people may have a survival advantage, despite possible longer durations of mechanical ventilation and ICU stays. But what about extreme obesity (BMI > [… read more]
Bronchoscopy meds: a handy how-to guide (ACCP Guideline/Review, CHEST)
Duke's Momen Wahidi and other luminaries bring you a consensus statement on use of peri-procedure medications during bronchoscopy. I'm assuming you've done a few already, so here are some highlights (with slight liberties in paraphrasing): Use topical anesthesia as well as moderate sedation in all patients, unless there are contraindications or you practice at a secret CIA prison. [… read more]
Organ failure in the ICU (Special Issue, Semin Resp Crit Care Med)
October's Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine brings you 110 pages and 11 articles on organ failure in the intensive care unit, with articles including: Organ failure scoring and predictive models Cardiac alterations due to organ failure The microcirculation as a therapeutic target in shock Immuologic derangements in organ failure Acute lung failure Cardiogenic [… read more]
ECMO rising? Looks like it saved lives in H1N1 pandemic (JAMA)
The 2009 randomized CESAR trial in Lancet concluded that in severe ARDS in the U.K., referral to an ECMO center saved lives. However, patients in the control (non-ECMO) group didn't consistently get low-tidal ventilation, and many patients randomized to ECMO never received it, creating skepticism of the findings. A case series from Australia/New Zealand (ANZ ECMO) in JAMA showed a 70% survival [… read more]
In TB + HIV, starting antiretrovirals earlier saved lives (CAMELIA RCT, NEJM)
No one knows when to start antiretroviral drugs in people with HIV and tuberculosis. Delaying ARVs is often done, for fear of drug toxicity and interactions, as well as immune reconstitution syndrome (dangerous worsening of the inflammatory response to TB as the immune system recovers). Of course, that means the HIV gets to continue its [… read more]
Septic shock: Beta-lactam levels unpredictable, need close monitoring (Review, Crit Care)
Goncalves-Pereira and Povoa meta-reviewed 57 reviews of pharmacokinetics of common beta-lactam antibiotics (piperacillin, meropenem, cefepime, ceftazidime, etc.) on patients in ICUs. The results were troubling or at least confusing: studies reported wide variability in pharmacokinetics of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients, with volume of distribution and drug clearance varying more than 2-fold for the [… read more]


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PMP: Chris Orapello - Initiation rites
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Chris Orapello is a Pagan podcaster and an artist. He is a witch & animist, with a background in Western Occultism and Ceremonial Magick, and has been on his journey for 20 years. He is also a proud south Jersey Freemason. In the past, he was the vice president of his college Pagan organization while at Rowan University and later was the primary facilitator of his own group, The Marlton Witches' Coalition. Currently, he has an exclusive collection of cast bronze items available for purchase at Eclectic Artisans, where they are made to order or they can be purchased already made at HEX, located in New Orleans, LA and Salem, MA. Chris also publishes the yearly book A Witch's Journey – A Journal which is the perfect companion to any witches' personal Book of Shadows.
Chris joins RevKess and Kalisara to talk about his perspective on initiation rituals: what they are and what they mean to the initiate.
AKOMFOWA: Initiation in Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestral Culture
in Education
In this episode of EGUA - Marketplace, we examine the nature of initiation in Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African) Ancestral Culture. Akomfowa are defined as intitates in Akan culture. The proper definition and function of initiation is always connected to the Abosom (Deities) who we are connected to by blood and our Nananom Nsamanfo (Spiritually Cultivated Ancestresses and Ancestors) of our direct blood-circle as Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) peopl. This includes initiations into various forms of priesthood, priestesshood, male and female sacred societies, manhood and womanhood training (rites of passage), rulership (kingship, queenship, etc.) and more. True initiation has no counterpart in the society of the whites and their offspring. This includes their pseudo-religious, pseudo-esoteric, masonic, fraternal, sororal and pseudo-metaphysical organizations. 'Blackened' versions of these white pseudo-initatic organizations are nothing more than imitations of empty ritual.
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Akom and Nkom - Transcarnational Inheritance
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Belvaspata initiation-témoignage de Christine
in Spirituality
Aujourd'hui, nous partageons avec vous un entretien avec Christine qui vient de voyager de la Suisse à l'Angleterre pour recevoir de Marc son initiation aux niveaux 1 et 2 de Belvaspata. Elle parle ensuite de ses premières impressions avant et après avoir reçu son exemplaire du Livre des Enchantements.
Ra and Ausarian Initiation Systems - Shekhem Mehab Neter Sakusumen
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Jawanza4Life!! - Introduces Shekhem Mehab Neter Sakusumen
Our special guest is Shekhem Mehab Neter Sakusumen, a Kemetic Priest and Chief, Lecturer, Teacher, and Counselor in the Ausar Auset Society in Washington, DC.
This show focuses on the principles and meditation practices that are to be applied in the initiation work which will enhance success in one's life.
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Ausarian Initiation
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The Ausarian Initiation system was Kamit's main spiritual system. It was fundamentally based on the knowledge that man is a divine being who begins life in the human stage. Given that the human nature is dominated by emotionalism, sensuality, and the lower mind the human nature is the source of all of mankind's problems. "I'm only human" is the universal excuse for wrong doings by the average person, and the most exalted religious leader, and all. Written in 600 BC, the Old Testament Bible records that "man is made in the likeness and image of God," repeating in its own way, the Ancient Egyptian teaching of the same. Ausar represents man's divine nature, and the Ausarian Initiation is the systematic approach to transcending and realizing man's divinity.
Divine Law and the Initiation Program
Chemists and Physicists are able to accurately manipulate atoms and the forces of nature because they have knowledge of the laws that govern the behavior of atoms and forces. Over six thousand years ago, Kamitic sages discovered the laws that govern man's spirit and therefore her/his behavior and life events. These laws govern the behavior of the 11 faculties of the spirit and are subsumed in the concpt of Maat. The 11 faculties of the spirit are the Paut Neteru that have been popularized by the Kabala as the Tree of Life. In the Ausarian initiation the initiate places these laws, Maat, into the mind to guide the life force to manifest proper thinking and emotional conduct to thus achieve well being and success in all endeavors. Success in all things depends on the perfect harmony between all faculties of the spirit, and union with God which is guaranteed by living in harmony with Maat, the 11 Laws of the spirit. the course includes instruction in meditation, use of mantras, Kundalini Yoga and Egyptian Spirituality.
"The Many Phases Of Domestic Violence Pt. 2-The Initiation"
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Continuing on with our breakdown of the phases of Domestic Violence victimization. Tonight we touch on the initiation process...the first time the abuser strikes, and the profuse apology games that prevent a victim from focusing on the abuse beyond the apologies. This is the initiation of denial, self-blame, deflection and self-doubt for the victim, which leads to the delay in breaking away from the danger while it's safe to do so. This also leads to the initiation of complete control over the victim for the abuser. Tune in at 10:30 PM EST by calling 347-327-9967.
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I hired Barbara MacDaniel Harris to represent me during my divorce, she promised the world and delivered nothing. The only time I could get a hold of her is when she wanted money. At one point, after two years of her doing very little, her and her paralegal bullied and threatened me just two days before a court hearing. She is absolutely the worse experience I have ever had with an attorney. Unlike some stories on here about lawyers, the lawyer that I retained after Harris did an excellent job. People a warning, avoid this attorney...
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I raised my daughter her entire life. When she was 9yrs old her dad decided to not return her over the summer, he filed an emergency restraining order lieing and saying that I threatend to never let him see her which granted him temporary full custody until we went to court. I hired Mr.Harris over the phone. I could never reach her and she never reached out to me. I should have let her go but I know attorneys are busy.Also since I was not from California I had no idea who to go with and she initially sounded so convincing. My ex couldnt prove me unfit in anyway shape or form. I had to fly and sometimes drive from my state to Bakersfield just so she could sit back in her chair never objecting or defending me. I feel I could have won my case representing myself. I was attacked by the other counsil and she did nothing. I lost my daughter and there was no rhyme or reason for this to happen. I am a great mom. I have my two other kids, a house, a car a good job. Even passed the home inspection with flying colors and I still lost her. At the end of the last court date I ask Ms.Harris "Does money buy you the verdict you want here?" (Because I was fighting people with lots of money) she replied "Yes". I paid her every dime she asked for, to only lose my daughter. Since I lost her she and her dad have moved 6 times and uprooting her from state to state. She is so unhappy its breaks my heart. I'm sorry to ever have to write a review like this but in my heart I feel its nessesary!!!
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I just recently hired Barbara, again, like a fool. Long story short, after 8 months of trying to modify my support, she didn't show up for my hearing, didn't call to tell me that the judge wanted me present over the phone, and hasn't returned my calls after the fact. She now works as an associate in another firm. I would have had better representation from a paper sack. Just a huge waste of time and money. Oh, and to top it all off, my payments went up after it was all said and done. Just unbelievable. My wife's cousin hired her too, same thing, the worst, most impotent counsel on the planet. My ex actually called and laughed at me after the hearing took place. Can you believe that! I hope and pray that folks read this before they get suckered in to hiring this woman. Got walked all over during the custody hearing, and then this. This is gonna cost me thousands over the course of the next 7 years. I wish I had the money to sue her, or even a formal complaint tied to her license. The California Bar Association really needs to look into this woman. It would help a lot of people if they did.
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I was represented for Ms. McDaniel, and sold a great story by her Paralegal, but noone delivered. It was like she sat back and watched my kids get ripped away from me while she was still reading the file. Additionally, I was never provided any ongoing billing or documentation of my case throughout the process until out-of-the-blue, I was given a bill which inaccurately reflected over 2500 dollars which I had paid to her Paralegal (unaccounted for) and I was told the balance had to be paid within 7 days in order for her to continue on my case. I had NEVER seen a bill prior to that date and she was expecting me to pay over 4000 dollars within seven days. I had no notification prior to this date that I even had an outstanding balance and was certainly not given an adequate amount of time to either pay the balance or retain a new attorney prior to my next court date subsequenItly leaving me with a very dire situation. I ulimately represented myself in my next court case and lost custody of my three children at no cause of my own. I have now obtained new legal counsel to help my children get back with me, their MOTHER. I have vowed, that any way possible without misrepresenting any of the facts, I would help to ensure that futuue clients were not hiring someone withthout having read my story first. These are the facts, my case isstill proceeding and would NOT recommend Ms. McDaniel-Harris or her papalegal, Inez.
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Ms Harris is very soft spoken and a very nice person but I must say that she doent know how to handle complicated cases. In the end, you will end up loosing all your money and will not get anything done ( I mean it,Nothing ). She doesnt know the law completely or I should sat at all and sometimes she has to rely on her paralegal, Ms Inez.
You have to give your contact information million times and still they would not have it right. You have to pay for every small things , even for your file. You will not get your monthly statements. You literally has t run after the staff and even if you complain to Ms Harris, she will assure you it wont happen but never takes any step to amend it.
I dont know how she is surviving. She is the worst and completely non-aggressive attorney. If you have Uncomplicated cases which can be handled without any knowledge of law, pls hire her. Otherwise , pls do not waste money on her and her paralegal staff.
She is highly unprofessional, fails to return your call, doesnt follow up on your case and doesnt keep u updated. Very greedy and you will end up having your money go in to drain.


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And why not? For decades school children in Muslim nations (not to mention their parents at home) have been baptized in anti-Semitic narratives. The opinions in their world about Jews in general, and Israel in particular, are concrete – thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
And the most persistent and pernicious ideas that have been accepted by millions as factual truth flowed from the poisonous pen of a guy named Mathieu Golovinski.
The spurious publication called the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is an Islamist must-read. The work tells a story that fits the pattern of long-standing prejudices. The words reinforce the visceral hatred Islamists have toward Jews.
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In the interest of fairness and full disclosure, it is true that non-Muslims and non-Nazis have at times bought into the notions set forth by the Protocols - some even in the name of Christianity. This is sad. But it is also statistically rare these days. Neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan types apparently still peddle the book, but these people are the proverbial skunks at our national picnic. And eighty years ago, there were a few prominent Americans (automobile magnate Henry Ford notable among them) who endorsed the writings. But that was a passing, though very regrettable, thing.


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Prayers, please, for Diane, having triple bypass surgery, and for all her loved ones and all who take care of her.
Prayers for Kristian, on his 24th birthday, and for Joy and Dick, his parents,
and all their family, for graces and happiness for all.
Lord, help us all as
You know and will. Helps us believe and know that You take care of us. God's
will is best. All is mercy and grace. God is never absent, praise Him! Thanks so
much. JL
April 11, August 11, December 11
Chapter 58: On the Manner of Receiving Sisters
When anyone is newly come for the reformation of her life,
let her not be granted an easy entrance;
but, as the Apostle says,
"Test the spirits to see whether they are from God."
If the newcomer, therefore, perseveres in her knocking,
and if it is seen after four or five days
that she bears patiently the harsh treatment offered her
and the difficulty of admission,
and that she persists in her petition,
then let entrance be granted her,
and let her stay in the guest house for a few days.
After that let her live in the novitiate,
where the novices study, eat and sleep.
A senior shall be assigned to them who is skilled in winning souls,
to watch over them with the utmost care.
Let her examine whether the novice is truly seeking God,
and whether she is zealous
for the Work of God, for obedience and for trials.
Let the novice be told all the hard and rugged ways
by which the journey to God is made.
If she promises stability and perseverance,
then at the end of two months
let this rule be read through to her,
and let her be addressed thus:
"Here is the law under which you wish to fight.
If you can observe it, enter;
if you cannot, you are free to depart."
If she still stands firm,
let her be taken to the above-mentioned novitiate
and again tested in all patience.
And after the lapse of six months let the Rule be read to her,
that she may know on what she is entering.
And if she still remains firm,
after four months let the same Rule be read to her again.
Then, having deliberated with herself,
if she promises to keep it in its entirety
and to observe everything that is commanded,
let her be received into the community.
But let her understand that,
according to the law of the Rule,
from that day forward she may not leave the monastery
nor withdraw her neck from under the yoke of the Rule
which she was free to refuse or to accept
during that prolonged deliberation.
The Holy Rule is an awesome document about 1,500 years old. Since it
is always both these things, it is helpful to look at both past and present
in reading it. In St. Benedict's time, and for many centuries after him,
numerous less than lofty social reasons obtained for joining a
monastery. This was, alas, as true for the nobility and it was for
the serfs.
Got an unmarriageable noble daughter? Ship her off to join the "unclaimed
treasures" abbey, if they won't take her, found and fund of your own.
Got a younger son with no inheritance or title, not the sharpest
knife in the drawer, either? Sounds like a vocation to the Church to
me... Dowager queen or ex-wife a governmental problem? Have I got a
convent for YOU!
For the lower socioeconomic groups, it was often flat out social
climbing to join the monastery. You not only
came out well-dressed and well-fed, but you often got educated in the
bargain, too. If one was not born noble, or if one was less than
wonderful at warfare, the Church was the ONLY way to climb to power.
History has removed or severely limited many of these shoddy reasons
for joining. Hence, it is not always wise to play hard to get with
the reasons for same out of the way. I have known communities who
played too hard to get for too long and now get nothing at all.
Whooops! Poetic justice there!
Before the worst of the vocations crunch came, there was a terrible
myth afloat in the late 60's and early 70's: "the perfect vocation."
Holding out for these ephemeral dreams has seriously harmed more than
one house. Just as women were learning to debunk the Cinderella myth,
many houses fell prey to the foolish notion that Prince or Princess
Charming really WOULD arrive on a charger one day.
It's balance again, always, always balance. This is
true not only of monasteries, but of single Oblates seeking a mate
and of any Oblate seeking to fill a job slot or assign a task to a
child. The apparently "perfect" one may not always be the best bet!
Balance, look at the person, the REAL person,
not the "perfect" one you desire so much that you see an illusion.
Mindfulness, here! Really, really, look at the real, strive to see it
well and then act accordingly. Jesus, after all, IS the Truth.
Ask any employer, many a plodder who was given a chance and knows it
will try harder and actually perform much better than the "dream" who
arrived with all ducks neatly in a row. In any situation in life, it
is crucially important to remember that carved-in-stone standards are
never subjective and people ALWAYS are. Thus, a little flexibility is
going to be required unless you are totally content with never
getting anywhere.
God is in charge of these things, but God is terribly polite. Get in His way and
He will usually leave you to your own devices, since they can be the most
effective teachers! Be too picky or not picky enough and you will
miss whatever treasure He has for you. Don't take that risk!
Love and prayers,
Jerome, OSB
Petersham, MA
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Prayers, please, for Kathleen, 92, having esophageal surgery, many problems, badly needs prayers.
Prayers, please, for Adolfo and his wife, Mary Carmen.
Prayers for Chris, on his 42nd birthday, graces galore and many more!
Lord, help us all as You know and will. God's will is best. All is mercy and
grace. God is never absent, praise Him! Thanks so much. JL.
January 17, May 18, September 17
Chapter 3: On Calling the Brethren for Counsel
In all things, therefore, let all follow the Rule as guide,
and let no one be so rash as to deviate from it.
Let no one in the monastery follow his own heart's fancy;
and let no one presume to contend with his Abbot
in an insolent way or even outside of the monastery.
But if anyone should presume to do so,
let him undergo the discipline of the Rule.
At the same time,
the Abbot himself should do all things in the fear of God
and in observance of the Rule,
knowing that beyond a doubt
he will have to render an account of all his decisions
to God, the most just Judge.
But if the business to be done in the interests of the monastery
be of lesser importance,
let him take counsel with the seniors only.
It is written,
"Do everything with counsel,
and you will not repent when you have done it" (Eccles. 32:24).
The key here is not to contend insolently; there is no proscription
against telling the Abbot one feels something is amiss, so long as it
is done respectfully and humbly. We are Benedictines, not fascists;
we have a Father, not a Fuhrer.
Human nature being what it is, people are usually more prone to cite
the Abbot's responsibility to seek counsel than they are to cite the
equally important proscription against contending with one's Abbot!
There's a cure for that and many other ills buried within this
chapter, a telling phrase whose observance promises peace. That
little gem urges the monastics not to follow their "own heart's
Follow that gem and peace abounds! For one thing, whether abbot or
monastic, parent or child, boss or employee, the focus of the
relationship ceases to become self. None of us are anywheres near the
big deal we'd either like to be or think ourselves to be! Much of
what seems earth-shattering to us is really small stuff, indeed.
This is so important to monastic struggle because it is so intricately
interwoven with detachment and holy indifference. We must learn how
to hold onto our inner peace, how to safeguard it from damage at the
hands of trivia. An abject TERRIBLE day for us, one when we are so
hurt or angry that the world seems to have stopped, is just another average
day for the rest of the community. Until, of course we decide we ARE
the center of the universe and ruin it for them... Cling to that
knowledge of trivia and less will suffer!
At that point of recognizing trivia, truth and therefore, humility
enter into the equation. We need very good "trivia
detectors" and their default setting must be aimed at ourselves,
rarely cast elsewhere except in cases of really great need. We can
keep those detectors more than amply busy just in our own hearts
and wills! We need to know deception, falsity, trivia, but it is
essential to know them first in ourselves.
If these good tools of detection are aimed only at others, the result
will be pride and a fall, not humility and truth. Jesus said "I am
the Truth," and to Him we must prefer nothing. Hence, our first
desire must always be the truth and the truth is that the earth does
not revolve around us as an axis!
Our age, particularly, has embraced the idea of "Follow your bliss!"
Well, maybe...sometimes.... but maybe not, too. Our "bliss" is no
guarantee of infallibility. Years ago, and for many years of my life,
I thought my "bliss" would be very different from where I finally wound up.
As a handy rule of thumb, I would say that the will of God quite
often looks nothing like bliss at first. Hence, confusing bliss with
the divine will can be very risky. The will of God often BECOMES
bliss when we are in the midst of following it, or in hindsight, but we
have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into that compliance!
Love and prayers,
Jerome, OSB
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A Leisurely Time in Verdant Surrey
The Legacy Farnham Hog's Back Hotel • Surrey, United Kingdom
Escape Kit
- Overnight Stay for Two People in a Standard Room
- Full Breakfast
- Two-Course Dinner
- Availability All Seven Days of the Week
With all of Surrey's peaceful, verdant splendour, there are still plenty of thrilling attractions in the local area including Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventure. Whether you seek excitement or leisurely relaxation, The Legacy Farnham Hog's Back Hotel is the perfect base for your stay.
An overnight stay for two people is £99 (up to a £194.90 value). Check-in to your stylish, modern room complete with soft cotton linen and duvets, flatscreen TV, high-speed internet access, and en suite.
Sample the contemporary menu in the Restaurant courtesy of your included two-course dinner, and afterwards you could relax on the terrace with a pint of local ale and countryside views. The restaurant is decked out with stylish modern décor and the talented chef uses fresh seasonal produce to create traditional and internationally inspired cuisine. A full breakfast is also included when you rise in the morning.
There are plenty of local attractions in the area, but the main draws are the thrill-a-minute Thorpe Park packed full of adrenaline-fuelled rides, or the more family friendly Chessington World of Adventures. Back at the hotel you'll enjoy access to The Legacy Farnham Hog's Back Hotel's extensive Active Life Health Club where you can swim, work out, or perhaps pamper yourself with a beauty treatment.
• This Escape is for two people with availability all seven days of the week.
• All children under 12 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
• All children under 2 years stay free of charge for children's cots/cribs.
"The Legacy Farnham Hog's Back Hotel offers a convenient location, plenty of free parking, comfortable rooms with all the required amenities, including free WiFi, and the extensive Active Life Health Club."-- The AA
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the fine print
- 1 voucher is valid for 2 people
- Limit 1 voucher per reservation; offer cannot be combined to extend stay
- Reservations required and subject to availability - stay must be completed by August 31, 2014
- Not valid on July 12-19 2014 (Farnborough airshow); August Bank Holiday
- Merchant cancellation/re-scheduling policy of 48 hours applies; voucher subject to forfeiture
- Deal based on double occupancy in a Standard Room
- All children under 12 years stay free of charge when using children's cots/cribs or existing beds, the maximum number of extra beds/children's cots permitted in a room is 1 (no meals included), more than 1 child requires a family room which is £10 per child per night, supplement paid direct to merchant, any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management
- No pets allowed
- Wifi available
- Voucher includes: Overnight Stay for Two People in a Standard Room, Full Breakfast, Two-Course Dinner, Availability All Seven Days of the Week
- Check in 3pm; check out 11am
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