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Significance of Zakat.
Zakat is one of the pillars of Islam, the meaning of Zakat is to purify. Islamic policy's outline is Zakat is 2.5% of one's wealth which is distributed to the poor. Zakat is a very important factor in Islamic history. We know Islam is an easy religion and everyone is equal in the eye of Islam, no one is better than another, Zakat is necessary for every able person, it is not only purifies our wealth but it is also a purification of our soul. Ibn Taimiah said "The soul of one who gives Zakat is blessed and so is his wealth". After paying Zakat we automatically feel better and religious. We feel fresh and unique, and our mind relaxed that we have done our work. Zakat is also creates a relationship between giver and recipient. The recipient prays for him. There are many advantages of Zakat, like we feel the humanity, we meet the passion to help others, and it is an honorable act to for our reputation pay Zakat. When we pay Zakat our wealth is increased. It reminds our duty, our aim of life. Most people choose the Holy month of Ramadan to pay the Zakat because the booty for good deeds given in this sanctified month will be multiplied.
Aim to pay Zakat.
Zakat helps out the people to overcome the poverty. Muslims use the Zakat to give to the poor community to start small businesses and expand their skills needed to make powerful themselves and come out of poverty. Zakat funds given some agencies also cheap Umrah tickets. So that everyone can meet to his dream of Umrah Tour. Zakat is compulsory for everyone; it is regarded as a type of worship and of self-sanitization. The third pillar of Islam is Zakat, it is obligatory, when someone has a certain amount of money, Nisab, if not then it is not obligatory. Nisab is the minimum amount which required making a person responsible to pay Zakat. With the help of our charity those people are not able to perform Hajj & Umrah, they can find out the way to go to the sacred Makkah to perform hajj. We have to face to Allah Almighty one day than what we will excuse? When Allah Ta'ala will ask us about the rights of a human? Human rights are as important as our soul has rights on our body. Islam says to give rights to humans and make a tree of love.
- Allah will bless on us if we pay Zakat because it is an act of worship.
- It requires usually 2.5% to the needy.
- Paying Zakat is a religious duty, which purifies our soul.
- Increase our wealth.
Islam is a kind religion and everyone feels free in the circle of Islam. Allah Almighty ordered us to follow the rules of Islam and go for it.


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Snowden has asked for asylum in several countries, including Nicaragua and Venezuela.
"As head of state, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young American Edward Snowden so that he can live (without) ... persecution from the empire," Maduro said, referring to the United States. He made the offer during a speech marking the anniversary of Venezuela's independence. It was not immediately clear if there were any conditions to Venezuela's offer.
In Nicaragua, Ortega said he was willing to make the same offer "if circumstances allow it." Ortega didn't say what the right circumstances would be when he spoke during a speech in Managua.
He said the Nicaraguan embassy in Moscow received Snowden's application for asylum and that it is studying the request.
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Our take: If elected president, Mitt Romney would face an uphill battle working to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law without the help of Republican gains in Congress, Sandhya Somashekhar reports at The Washington Post.
"Mitt Romney has vowed that on his first day as president, he would act to repeal President Obama's health-care law, thus fulfilling a long-standing promise.
"But the reality for a President Romney would be more complicated.
"From the White House, he could instruct the Department of Health and Human Services to drag its feet, pushing back deadlines and turning to an army of lawyers and consultants to figure out how to exploit the law's weaknesses. But that kind of administrative muscle flexing could bring its own political problems.
"'The simple answer is, there's nothing Romney can do on the first day to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but he could do a great deal to gum up the works,' said Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University."
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Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp. announced Monday that it is buying smart chip maker NetLogic Microsystems in a bid that would enhance its range of chipmaking technology for more advanced networks.
Broadcom has agreed to pay $3.7 billion for Santa Clara, Calif.-based NetLogic, after both companies' boards of directors approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2012.
Reportedly, the Irvine chipmaker is paying $50 a share, which is roughly 57 percent more than NetLogic's Friday closing.
Acquisition will double Broadcom's market share
Broadcom said the acquisition would double its market share in the surging business of making online connections faster for mobile devices.
"This deal really expands our footprint on the infrastructure and networking side of the house," Henry Samueli, Broadcom co-founder and chief technology officer, told PCMag.
Reportedly, the Irvine chipmaker is paying $50 a share, which is roughly 57 percent more than NetLogic's Friday closing.
Why buy NetLogic?
Although both companies make chips, Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor said NetLogic's chips handle different networking functions than Broadcom's chips, and that's why the company is worth buying.
NetLogic makes high-performance processors which can do everything from spotting computer viruses to accelerating complex network traffic more efficiently.
The semiconductor company's brainier chips come equipped with routers, switches, datacenter servers, and network storage equipment.
Broadcom builds fixed wire processors for home-based consumer products, such as DVD players, digital television sets, and smartphones, as well as some relatively low-level chips used in networking equipment.
"They are very complementary products and by bringing them under one roof we can bring more value to the customers," McGregor said. "NetLogic has some really great technology that is a great strategic fit with Broadcom."
Echoing McGregor's optimism, Ron Jankov, the NetLogic president and CEO, who will be staying on with the merger said: "This is a strong win for customers, for shareholders and for NetLogic Microsystems employees.
"Our industry-leading product portfolio will benefit from access to Broadcom's broad set of leading-edge technologies, tools, resources and eco-system, which will enable the combined company to offer a complete and integrated platform for our customers' next generation designs."
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The revelations of the recent Ryan report have shocked the world. People are struggling to understand how the religious orders that ran Ireland's industrial schools and orphanages were allowed to torture those in their care.
One person who may have the answers as to why society turned a blind eye, but who can tell what it was like on the inside, is Danny Ellis, an Irish musician who now lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Danny released his first album – 800 Voices – in June. It's a collection of songs which tell the story of the eight years he spent in Artane Industrial School, an institution that is now recognized as one of the cruelest of its day.
Should this strike you as a depressing note, rest assured that these songs are brimful of hope. They reflect Danny's belief in humanity, which has endured throughout his life.
Danny was born in Dublin in 1947. His earliest memory is of his mother, his two sisters and himself sitting around a turf fire in their home, singing Irish ballads and American pop songs. "My mum could raise the hair on the back of your neck when she sang," he remembers.
At that time, Danny's father was working in America. "My mother fell pregnant while he was gone and had twins," he recounts. "This broke the family apart and she was left to raise five children on her own." She struggled for several years but by the time Danny was eight she had no option but to hand her children over to the care of the State.
"I came home one day and my family was gone," says Danny. "My mother said she had to leave me in Artane for a while but promised we'd all be back together by Christmas."
Artane Industrial School was set up by the Christian Brothers in 1871 as a home for orphaned or abandoned boys or those involved in petty crime. By the time Danny arrived in 1955, the majority of its boys were from broken homes.
Coming from a close-knit family, he was thrust into a borstal of 800 boys – a rag-tag bunch he describes as "thieves, tinkers, bullies and blackguards; all screaming and fighting from dawn until dusk."
The Christian Brothers were just as frightening. Danny was playing in the yard on his first day in Artane when a whistle blew. Within seconds, all of the boys were lined up in neat rows. Nobody had explained this rule to Danny and his failure to obey it had terrible consequences.
"I was beaten with a big black leather strap," he recalls. "I don't think I've ever recovered from the violence of that beating. Having been wrenched from my family without knowing why and then being beaten, I went into the deepest shock."
Beatings occurred regularly after that. Danny had often played truant from school and was behind the other boys in his schoolwork. "I'd be beaten for not knowing my spellings or my tables," he remembers. "I was so frightened of the next beating that I couldn't enjoy anything."
There was one moment in those early days that allowed Danny a release from his fear. This moment is captured in one of the most moving songs on his album, "Tommy Bonner."
"Tommy sang at mass that first Sunday and his voice was full of emotion," says Danny. "It was as though he was crying into his voice, as though he was singing for every one of us. I broke down and cried in a way that I hadn't allowed myself to do until then."
Meanwhile, he was counting down the days to Christmas, when he expected to be reunited with his family. However, apart from one 30-minute visit his mother paid him a few weeks after he arrived at Artane, he never saw her again.
"Nobody has seen her since," he says. "I think she must have been broken by the shame of it. She went to England and got lost."
Danny was eventually forced to admit he had been abandoned. There was to be no escape from Artane but there was some respite from the violence – in the unexpected form of the Artane Boys' Band.
Following its first public performance for the Prince of Wales in 1874, this band went on to become a regular fixture at events in Dublin. They played at all the big matches in Croke Park.
Danny had resisted auditioning for the band, believing there was little point as he'd be returning home at Christmas. Once he realized this was a false hope, he auditioned and became a trombone player.
"It was my saving grace," he realizes now. "Things started to change after I joined the band. Practicing kept me off the playground. I could avoid trouble and not be beaten. I also discovered that I loved music, that I could pour myself into it."
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White is one of the leading candidates to replace Johnson and the 48-year-old South African has left little doubt over his interest in the position.
"You miss the highest level of competition," White told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.
"During the World Cup there were times when I thought it would be wonderful to be back on this stage.
"I'm sure that if an opportunity came about, it's something I'd like to do again.
"I don't know how I'd react if I was called by the RFU, one never knows until you are in that situation.
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"It would be a fantastic achievement to become the first coach to win two World Cups.
"I'm young enough and there's a long time ahead in my career. I'd love to get another chance of testing myself at the World Cup.
"To win it twice would be a real dream come true."
White would be happy to work alongside Clive Woodward, the mastermind of England's 2003 World Cup triumph who has been linked with a return to Twickenham in a director of elite rugby role.
"I've chatted to Clive about coaching together," he said.
"He's a very proud man who's been through the highs and lows with England and took them to the World Cup.
"I say this not because Clive is my friend, but it's amazing how a guy like him hasn't stayed in rugby when he's achieved the ultimate in winning the World Cup with England."
White believes "sleeping giants" England need someone with a proven track record of success to steer them out of the doldrums.
"They have to get a winner, someone who's been there and done it, someone who understands what it takes to win something special," he said.
"They must get back to where they were when they were the dominant force in rugby.
"They do that by getting someone who the players respect for that he's been there, done it.
"England are a sleeping giant. Whoever gets that job right can have a very successful time with a very powerful rugby nation."
One obstacle to White's arrival at Twickenham is the four-year contract he recently signed with Australian Super Rugby side the Brumbies - the first coaching position he has filled since 2007.
"I'm very happy at the Brumbies. I've committed myself to them and in the long run it will make me a better rugby coach," he said.
"My Brumbies bosses have been very good to me and want me to take the team to another level.
"They have backed me and it's only right that I would back them in times when they might think I'd let them down."
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Another shot of the sacrifice, with Stannis in the front of the burning statues, and Melisandre to the right. In the background is the silhouette of the citadel of Dragonstone, which seems very angular. Raised by the Valyrians before the Doom, in the novels they used their magic to work the stone as easily as if it were clay, molding it into a fantastical menagerie of dragons of all shapes and sizes, winding together to form walls, towers, and halls.
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A Cauliflower ? Yes, but a Cauliflower Sprite !
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- Dotty Jo x said...
Yet another great make Catherine. These sprites are so cute, and that sentiment works a treat with this little cutie, Jo x
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- Claire said...
Just fabulous - adore the image and fab colouring too. Have a lovely day Catherine. Hugs, Claire x
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- Claire said...
Just fabulous - adore the image and fab colouring too. Have a lovely day Catherine. Hugs, Claire x
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- Sandra H said...
Oh this is another of your gorgeous creations so beautifully presented xx
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- Leikkaan Mervi said...
Hi Catherine, catching up, you've been busy, so lovely creations and gorgeous images. Sweet cuties and so beautifully coloured;-))m
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- fabiola jaques said...
superbe, quel charme, tu me donnes vraiment envie de les essayer ces dessins, tu les mets si bien en valeur, biz
- Sunday, 04 May, 2014
- chrissies said...
All of these images are so beautiful but you give them wonderful surrounding to show them at their best
Love Chrissie x
- Monday, 05 May, 2014
- marion said...
Love it, it is so cute, fabulous details, like f.e. the honeycumb die, just perfect as always, it is great to see you painting, lots of hugs and love, Marion
- Monday, 05 May, 2014
- DonnaMundinger said...
OMG, this is sooo adorable, Catherine! I just LOVE what you do with those sweet Sprites! Thank you so much for joining us at second time for our Aurora Wings Monochromatic challenge. Love your work! xxD
- Monday, 05 May, 2014
- Pop's Cards said...
Hi sweetie, this is simply gorgeous, I am loving your colours big hugs love Pops x x x
- Monday, 05 May, 2014
- Linda . J said...
Gorgeous card Catherine love the colouring and such a beautiful image.
Hugs Linda
- Monday, 05 May, 2014
- wannabcre8tive said...
Another cute little sprite and I like how you colored the leaves so beautifully. I always am amazed how you arrange things so perfectly on your card.
- Tuesday, 06 May, 2014
- Rebecca Bradshaw said...
This is such a cute image and your design is so brilliant! I love the natural tones.
- Tuesday, 06 May, 2014
- Pam said...
Your little cauliflower cutie is just beautiful.
- Thursday, 08 May, 2014
- downrightcrafty said...
another beauty but then I expect nothing less from you, those images are so sweet and you colour them so well
Hugs Kate xx
- Friday, 09 May, 2014
- Donna said...
Beautiful soft colours Catherine and the sentiment is perfect for this little sweetie...such soft colouring too! :) Donna ♥ x
- Friday, 09 May, 2014
- Cumbrianlass said...
Your card is absolutely fabulous Catherine, I do love your colouring it is so delicate and also all the embellishments are gorgeous.
Thanks for joining us in the Aurora Wings Challenge.
Janet x
- Sunday, 11 May, 2014
- Kerry said...
Oh my, oh my... this is so so cute and adorable, your colouring is amazing!!!
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We watched War Horse last night. Dad had read Michael Morpurgo's novel to us after watching it in theaters. Although good, the book doesn't hold a candle to the power and message of the film. I highly recommend it! (BTW, horses are really cool critters…)
Tag Archives: media and culture
Hungry for What?
Violence, situational ethics, murder, gladiatorial Rome, good looking tweenage heroins, a world without God. Is that what we as Christians should be hungry for?
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. ~ Mathew 5:6
If you find yourself drawn to The Hunger Games, don't waste your time. Listen to Kevin Swanson's review and response to his listeners. Should you think that you might gain some value critiquing the movie or book, you would do better to spend that time researching the history of Rome and how Christianity ultimately brought an end to the gladiatorial games and the rampant infanticide then occurring.
Doug Wilson recently had a good piece on our modern day's attractive yet distracting forms of entertainment. Are we as young Christians being effective in our call to be in the world yet distinct from it? Or, are we just a few steps behind everyone else?
I don't think the modern mediums of media such as movies, music, and literature are negative in and of themselves, but is it possible that we over emphasize them in our daily lives at the expense of more lofty and eternal pursuits? Movies are a recent invention as is the ability to listen to any music you want anywhere. People have lived for thousands of years without media and entertainment as we have it today. Could you?
At very least we must understand that the time we spend consuming is time not spent producing. Not only is time spent consuming entertainment eating into our ability to produce, but more often than not, we find ourselves feeding at the trough of humanist anti-christian entertainers.
Are there movies in your DVD shelf that you shouldn't own? Get rid of them. Is their music in your iTunes library with a Godless worldview or that deals with inappropriate subjects? Delete it. Find productive replacements.
On the flip side… Do you struggle with keeping yourself accountable to a regular Bible reading plan? If you're like me, you start out strong, but after missing a few readings begin to struggle. The iPad or computer is much more attractive in the morning than spending 30 minutes in Numbers or one of the minor prophets. Unlike what I recommended earlier, you shouldn't throw the iPad or computer out. They are useful tools if put in their proper place. They're not the real problem. It's your false elevation of them that leads to their distractive power. So, my recommendation would instead be to remove those unproductive elements from your electronics and replace them with better things such as an excellent electronic study bible, a reading plan app, books, and useful content for learning about creation. You might find that you have less "uses" for it now, but you'll be able to accomplish your goals and become more productive.
I've felt the false feeling of accomplishment after finishing a video game. I've also felt the real feeling of accomplishment after a hard days work or a long powerful novel. We as Christians, especially us young people, need to strive for real accomplishment, value, and fulfillment. Our culture offers counterfeits. It's time that we order our lives in accord with our Christianity.


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Carnival of Liberty XII
Welcome to the Carnival of Liberty XII! This Carnival is Eric's creation, and I believe was intended to highlight some of the best writing from the Life, Liberty, and Property community. They're open to everyone, however, and I thank Eric for allowing me, a former LLP member, to host this week's Carnival.
Most people would not defend the idea that fictional characters or imaginary friends have rights in any normal sense. They do not possess life and cannot possess rights. So what relevance does this discussion have for affairs that matter in our actual world? In today's world are there any fictional or imaginary entities which are thought by many people to have rights? There are.
Eric Cowperthwaite asks Why?, and proceeds to share with us how he became interested in the cause of liberty:
This combination of describing where society was going and what individuals should be able to achieve was a catalyst for me. A belief that you and I can still change things. A realization that sitting and waiting for someone else to do it would mean that it would never be done.
A new acquaintance, Neo Wayland at Pagan Vigil, also shares a story of how he began Dreaming of Liberty and where it's taken him:
I've found that you can't be popular after you dismiss dogma, but sometimes people remember that you were right even as they hate your guts. I've learned some of the value of honor, even if it costs you.
Wolf DeVoon ties several ideas together in his essay What am I doing to maximize personal liberty?:
A plywood shack and hand-to-mouth subsistence ain't liberty. There is no freedom or joy in poverty.
Greg Swann echoes this idea and expands on it, in Work hard. Make money. Live in Splendor--now, not later...:
I myself am fairly consistently frustrated with what I think of as hysterical libertarian rhetoric. The sky can only fall so many times in any given day. At the same time, I have always thought that Personal Liberty, freedom from the inside out, is the only kind that matters. It were well to be free of taxes and insane barriers to action, but it is better still to be the kind of person who can rejoice in life as it is, rather than constantly whining about all the peas under the mattresses.
The Loose Cannon Libertarian, also known as Garry Reed, pointed me to an oldie-but-goodie he wrote a while back on the the joys of being self-employed. Here's a snippet from Potboiler:
Capitalism is alive and well and living in America.
Publicola pointed me to a piece he wrote a bit ago, on the gun-thievery in New Orleans, titled All That We Are:
I'd like to know how the culture can be so removed from itself that the local cops have no moral dilemma in stealing guns & kicking people out of their own damn houses. But in the present it doesn't matter why; it matters what.
Kirsten at Enjoy Every Sandwich focuses on personal liberty and responsibility, in one of a series of risk and emergency preparedness entries:
I am a firm believer that expanding one's personal freedom begins with getting a handle on one's personal responsibilities.
The Pubcrawler shares a bit about how he took a day off to attend a Maryland Senate hearing on more gun-grabbing legislation, in How I spent my day off:
One by one, the anti-gun arguments went down in flames. In the end, the gun grabbers resorted to their old tricks of emotionalism and rhetoric during a heated exchange between a Baltimore gun dealer and a Baltimore Senator. The Senator angrily hurled bigoted slurs, calling gun dealers "merchants of death" and blaming them for gun violence in Maryland. The gun dealer calmly replied that he was engaged in legal commerce. I wondered quietly if the Senator holds General Motors responsible for drunk driving fatalities.
Dave Gross at The Picket Line offers a very thoughtful piece on the role of honesty in achieving liberty:
If you're fighting for power, dishonesty has its place. If you're fighting against power and not to seize it for yourself, the means contain the ends and honesty may indeed be the best policy — or, at the least, one that has its place. The moral high ground is undefended and almost abandoned. Could it really be that it has no strategic advantage at all?
I didn't have time to properly write up anything for my own Carnival, but a recent item is somewhat suitable. It's Is Your Character Part of the Problem, or Helping You Find Solutions?:
I'm a firm believer in creating your own reality -- or self-fulfilling prophecy, if you prefer to think of it that way. Not in any mystical sense, but in the very real sense of reaping what one sows. I've seen it at work in my own life, and others' lives: negativity breeds more despair, less inclination to try a different solution or re-frame the problem; a can-do, positive attitude opens up vistas of possibility, and typically one feels a sense of accomplishment for overcoming challenges and obstacles and a willingness to tackle another one.
And finally, I'll close with one of my favorites, from co-conspirator Jorge -- What if they want beer for breakfast?, taking on raising children to understand freedom:
As with all human relationships, it comes down to "Freedom is the answer, what is the question?" Unfortunately, when we interact with others, especially those who work for the State, or who work for large bureaucratic organizations, Freedom is usually not the answer. However, in our personal relationships, those with our friends, with our spouses, and especially those with our children, we have a choice. When we are the ones supplying the answers we can insure that they are consistent with Freedom.
As I mentioned previously, several other individuals suggested items that didn't seem to fit my theme well. They include (in no particular order, and my apologies if I forget anyone): TF Stern's Rantings; Resistance is Futile!; Searchlight Crusade; TFS Magnum; Ogre's Politics and Views; The Unrepentant Individual;Tom Rants; Wayne's World 2005; Shiloh Musings; Common Folk Using Common Sense; Mr. Completely; and TMH's Bacon Bits.
Thanks again to everyone who contributed, and to Eric for allowing me to bring you this Carnival of (Personal) Liberty. Next week's Carnival will be hosted by Obi-Wan at Forward Biased.
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On Tuesday, September 20th, at approximately 11:09 a.m. Mountain time, muse said:
Well done. Thanks for including me!
On Tuesday, September 20th, at approximately 8:01 p.m. Mountain time, NeoWayland said:
A great collection.
On Tuesday, September 20th, at approximately 10:05 p.m. Mountain time, Jorge said:
Great collection, I enjoyed all of them. I am flattered that you closed with mine.
On Tuesday, September 20th, at approximately 11:22 p.m. Mountain time, Eric said:
Sunni, great theme. I enjoyed reading every entry and found them all thought provoking.
On Wednesday, September 21st, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Mountain time, Sunni said:
Thanks to all of you who helped make it happen.
On Thursday, September 22nd, at approximately 9:18 a.m. Mountain time, Billy Beck said:
About the Conspirators:
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The Price of Liberty
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Doing Freedom!
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Freeman, LC
to herd or not to herd
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Hi ladies
Well the appt went really well, they've sed to arrange bloods n pelvic scan with gp (booked to see my doctor next thurs) so not avin to keep travellin to birmingham n hubby has to do a seamen sample arranged through his gp.
They're keen to use my eggs as long as the results come bak ok, so fx.
I'm already on the vits n 50mg of DHEA, not really sure what else i need to b takin to help us?!? Need to loose abit of weight so booked into the gym n out comes the hairy dieters!!!
Have given ourselves a couple of months to get ourselves in as good of condition as we can for to oldies
Good luck in the 2ww Shelly.
Quinny hope yor ok hun?!?
Nutty how u feelin hun?!?
Sorry i'm still strugglin with names so please bear with me........... Hope everyone is ok despite the awful british weather!!
Yvonne xx
Me 46 DH 50
Reversal op 24/11/09
IVF 22/09/13 failed
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:19 pm
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Great news Evie it will all come round so quickly believe me
Well after an afternoon nap feel much better, transfer was really painful this time but hopefully it will all be worth it
Hope everyone else doing ok xx
TTC since Sept 2005 Tubes blocked
19/05/11 1st ICSI - BFN
25/04/13 2nd ICSI -BFP So happy!!!!
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:57 am
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Morning ladies lc gd luck hun
gillym im ok over the worst now i think
looking forward to starting our next chaptor in our
lives were going to do our IVF in June all being well
Just after our hyoliday Going get some more suppliments today
how are you hun
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:15 am
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Thats good, you'll be nice and relaxed from hol and in a good place to start. I'm ok, been a bit up and down but think I'm now being more positive. Taking all my supplements too, so will see if they make any difference. Looking to maybe go again in sept if we have no luck in meantime. I haven't took dhea, altho in tempted but a bit scared to just do it on own. Did u just go for it or did your clinic recommend it?
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:33 am
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I just self prescribed did alot reading up on it
asked ladies on ere . Im sure its what helped this cycle
we had been trying 2yrs and nothing
I take 75mg a day hun
been advised to take bee propolis 500mg day
royal jelly 500mg 3x day so of to get them today
Its a very long emotional journey were on just hope
we get our happy ending xx
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:35 am
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I'm taking royal jelly 500mg twice a day, bee propolis 500mg those ones smell and taste horrible and I'm also do 1000 mg of maca. I read online to start easy with royal jelly and build it up do I took one a day for couple days then upped it to two. Will see how it goes this month and maybe up it to 3. I'm sure we'll get our happy ending just got to keep going
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:22 am
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Hi ladies,
Evie - Glad your appointment went well, once you get started it really does move at a fast pace x
Shelly - Hope youre taking things nice and easy x
Nikki - Good to hear from you, do you use another forum these days?
Anna - Hope youre baring up okay x
Lc Did you test today? Im hoping no news is good news x
Afm Have cut down on my progynova tablets from 3 to 2 now I stop them at 12 weeks, cyclogest goes down to 2 a day at 12 weeks too. Had another appointment through the post on wednesday to see an obstetrician. Not entirely sure why I am seeing one but Im guessing its because of the fertility treatment we had and my previous losses. x
Ttc since December 2007!
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:17 pm
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Hello everyone
I'm at work so can't stay but was just nipping on to see how LC got on today? Hope you're okay LC and thinking of you x
Will catch up later on all the news. Sorry to hear of your loss quinny - a holiday will do you the world of good before you start treatment x
Hope everyone okay x


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- Subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae: numerous genera and species, including the rattlesnakes.
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Spinach Salad with hot bacon dressing Recipe
Spinach Salad with hot bacon dressing Notes
This is a recipe that has developed over 20 years. The origins of the recipe are in a cookbook from Sunset Magazine, but I am sure that they wouldn't recognize it now.
It is a family treasure. It is something that our extended family has viewed as a staple of the holidays---whatever holiday it is. The one year that I broke my arm, I was allowed to not make it for Thanksgiving, but that I had better recuperate enough to make it for Christmas. It was a great incentive to do so :-), and it was there for Christmas dinner. I am submitting it with the permission of my family. This is not something that I would suggest be eaten on a daily basis, but..........
- 1 and ½ pounds fresh spinach
- 4 hard cooked eggs, sliced with most of the yolk removed
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 red medium sized red onion (or one of the sweet onions like a Vidalia), sliced into thin half moon
- 1/2 to 3/4 pound bacon with grease set aside
- Home made croutons (see recipe)
- Croutons :
- 3/4 loaf Italian bread cut into one inch cubes
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 3-5 tablespoons Old World Central Street seasoning
- 3-5 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated onion powder
- Dressing :
- 1/2 cup bacon drippings
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 tablespoons unbleached flour
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup good red wine like a good merlot
- 1/2 cup vinegar, preferably red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar with 3 Tablespoons of water
- 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 2/3 cup extra fine white sugar
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon powdered mustard
Serves / Yields
15 servings
Preparation Instructions
Make the croutons:
In a 14 inch skillet melt butter on very low heat and add spices. Mix very well. Add bread cubes and coat thoroghly. Remove and toast in the oven (about 275 degrees) until croutons crisp up. Remove.
Make the hot bacon dressing:
Slowly cook bacon on medium low in a cast iron skillet, rendering fat and setting it aside. While the bacon is cooking, check to see that the spinach is clean and then remove all the stems. When the bacon is finished cooking, discard all but ½ cup of the bacon grease, allowing it to stay in the skillet. Add the flour and stir it constantly for about 2 minutes on a low heat. (This is called "making a roux" and is an absolute necessity!) Remove from the heat. In a separate container, add the wine, the vinegar and water, all of the sugars and the mustard with a non-balloon whisk until it is smooth. Put the roux back on the heat and wait until it begins to bubble. Slowly add the wine mixture to the roux. Then cook over medium heat for two to five minutes or until the dressing is hot and thick.
Make the salad:
Place all the components in a large salad bowl. Than add the hot dressing and mix thoroughly, making sure that all the components are coated. Serve immediately.
Helpful Hints
Keep some of the croutons in a separate container for munching before the assembly of the salad.
I usually make everything the night before and store it in the refrigerator---unassembled. That way you can take your time. You can either layer the salad or, as we do, mix the components in the bowl before dressing the salad. Add as much of the dressing as you like. The dressing lasts, refrigerated, for about a week. UNfortunately, in our family, the croutons might last throughout the meal.
I am in search of a hot bacon dressing with tarragon- and you make a rue with the bacon- anyone have that recepie?
Make it Again? SUE C. would make this recipe again.
What do you do with the oil listed under the dressing recipe. I don't see that it says to mix it in and I want to be sure.
Make it Again? Beth C. would make this recipe again.
Add the flour and stir it constantly for about 2 minutes on a low heat. (This is called "making a roux" and is an absolute necessity!) Remove from the heat.
Making "roux" is one thing my mother taught me. She was dutchy and made a lot of sweet and sour dressings like this. She always said that the magic was in the blend (equal amounts of sweet/sour).
Stirring in the flour so that it is not lumpy is important.
Can't wait to try this. I have to get some wine in the house. : ))
Make it Again? Nancy L. would make this recipe again.


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This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, July 15, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
Deb Buria-Falkowski reported the first fall migrants in Northeastern Minnesota this week: three LESSER YELLOWLEGS at the Embarrass Rice Paddies on the 10th. She also reported two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS there, and a flock of 12 RED CROSSBILLS in the southern loop of the Big Aspen Ski Trails north of Virginia (in the pines across from the parking lot).
Scott Wolff reported two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on the 13th off Minnesota Point on Lake Superior. Scott also reported three Red-throated Loons in alternate plumage, seen about two weeks ago on Lake Superior.
There is a lot of bird activity at present, but not a lot of birder activity, so if there is little to report, it may be two weeks between updates. Nevertheless, the next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, July 22.
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Study Survey Shows Greater Satisfaction With Health Insurance in Other Countries
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Survey: Americans Unhappy With Health Insurance
Nov. 17, 2010 -- An international survey shows that the U.S. leads the industrialized world in out-of-pocket medical expenses and lack of access to medical care due to costs.
Americans were more likely than people living elsewhere to report having trouble paying medical bills and going without needed medical care because it was too expensive.
Satisfaction with health care was not much higher for insured Americans than for those without insurance, according to the survey by the health care research and advocacy group Commonwealth Fund.
Dissatisfaction with insurance was higher in the U.S. than anywhere else.
Almost a third of those surveyed in the U.S. said they spent a lot of time dealing with health insurance paperwork or that their insurance denied claims or paid less than anticipated for a doctor's visit, hospital stay, or procedure.
The survey included close to 20,000 adults living in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
After the U.S., the countries with the next highest dissatisfaction with health insurance were Germany and France, with 23% of respondents reporting problems. The country with the least dissatisfaction was Sweden, with 4% of those surveyed finding fault with their health insurance.
Among the other major findings:
- One in five adults in the U.S. said they had major problems paying medical bills, compared to about one in 10 people in France, 4% of people in the Netherlands, 3% of people in Germany, and just 2% of people in the U.K.
- 35% of U.S. respondents reported paying $1,000 or more out of pocket over the past year in medical bills, compared to 25% of those surveyed in Switzerland, 21% in Australia, and 4%, 2% and 1%, respectively, in France, Sweden, and the U.K.
- Nearly half (46%) of working-age Americans with below-average incomes who were insured said they went without needed medical care due to cost and one-third said they had problems paying medical bills. Half as many Americans with above-average incomes said they had trouble paying their health bills.


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Keeping in football shape and learning a playbook are always necessities when it comes to starting a new season. But for the Sikeston Bulldogs, preparing themselves for more of a team-driven mentality was first on their list of 2012 off-season workouts.
Although they were 8-3 and for the third-straight year received a playoff berth, Sikeston head coach Kent Gibbs sensed more of a selfish vibe from his 2011 squad.
"We needed to care a little bit more about each other and be better teammates with each other," he said.
Buzzing small, paint-filled bullets at 300-feet per second at one another may have did the trick.
"We've came together as a family. We're all brothers," Sikeston senior Kyland Gross said. "We're committed to each other."
"We've really made a conscious effort to get stronger and to build a little bit of team unity. We feel like we've made some progress there," said Gibbs.
The Bulldogs enter the upcoming season as one of the top teams in the region and state, grabbing Class 4's ninth spot in a recently released preseason poll.
Motivating them to climb those polls and reach a few steps further than last post season will be the bitter images of an onside kick and a lopsided loss which ended their two-year reign as both the SEMO Conference North and the Class 4, District 1 champions.
Courtesy of Hillsboro and Farmington.
"We have a little bad taste in our mouth," senior linebacker Blake Flannigan said. "Every time we come on this field we think about Farmington kicking the crap out of us and Hillsboro. We use that to our advantage. We try to use that as a positive."
Last season was the first time Sikeston lost more than one game since 2008, where they finished 5-5. Although most teams would be ecstatic with an eight-win season that led to the playoffs, from the Bulldog camp, there's a sense of failed expectations.
"We set our expectations high," Gibbs said. "We wanted to get into the playoffs, and we did. We wanted to make a little bit deeper of a run, but we didn't. We're really disappointed.
"It's not like we were 2-8," Gibbs added. "We did end up with a good, productive season and a few years back, we would have really been excited about that. The fact of the matter is, when you go 13-1 back to back you want to keep that going. We're proud of what we done, but we also don't want to get back to where we were before."
Gibbs will be turning back the clock as he will be taking over the offensive play-calling duties after former offensive coordinator Mark Jackson departed for Obion County High School.
Although he has a superb background coordinating an offense, he admits there's been an adjustment period.
"Just as any time you change there's a learning curve and there's been one," Gibbs said. "It's been several years since I've called the offense, although 20 years previous I did. So, it's taken awhile to be real honest about it."
Despite being a bit rusty, he takes over an offense that has been one of the leaders in the area three years running.
In 2011, the Bulldogs averaged 41 points per game and produced Sikeston's fourth all-time leading rusher, James Watson, who scooted around for 1,605 yards.
Sikeston will continue Jackson's misdirection offense that hinders on reading a defense and a speedy backfield -- something Gibbs will have right up front with his starting quarterback, Kyland Gross.
Gross was an all-purpose giant for the Bulldogs last season.
He lined up in the backfield, at wide receiver and pretty much anywhere else the speedy senior could. Gross rushed for 653 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, while averaging 8.6 yards per carry.
"He's really made a lot of progress in that position," Gibbs said about Gross. "It's kind of a gamble on our part because he's an all-conference running back, but it's a switch we felt like we needed to make."
Gross will replace former quarterback David Foster who threw for 1,100 yards, 11 touchdowns and just two interceptions last season.
Junior Reese Porter will serve as the back-up, but is expected to get snaps throughout the season as well, according to Gibbs.
"Reese is sort of our all-purpose guy. He plays all over for us," he said. "He'll certainly get some quarterback snaps as the year goes on."
The depth continues into the backfield as Sikeston will feature five players that could possibly see action as running backs: Porter, senior Nick Nichols, junior Clay Porter, junior Patrion Gross and senior JeTerrance Harris.
"We've got a lot of guys in the mix there," Gibbs said. "I really think as we go we're going to be solid there."
Junior Chris Word and sophomore Dustin Oakes fill the fullback positions. Seniors Markeith Bratcher, Jacob Stinnett, Spenser Clark and Audrea Golden make up the wide receiver positions replacing Sikeston's leading receiver from a year ago, Keldon Warfield, who caught 27 balls for 406 yards and five touchdowns.
Gross is particularly pleased with how the offense is shaping up. Last Friday's jamboree, where the Bulldogs traveled to Hillsboro, gave him confidence that it's heading in the right direction.
"Everything went well and like it was supposed to," Gross said. "I'm proud of us."
Sikeston's offense may have grabbed headlines, but their defense was just as stout.
Last season, they held opponents to 249.5 yards per game and forced 28 fumbles while recovering 14 of them. They also intercepted 13 passes and had 14 sacks on the season.
They also completed two shutouts on the year on top of allowing less than 10 points a total of five times as well.
Blake Flannigan, who returns for his final year at linebacker, led the team with 99 tackles.
"Our defense this year, I say, is better than the last four years," the 6-3, 210 pound Flannigan said. "We've been overlooked this year on defense -- highly. We went to the jamboree and didn't get scored on once. I take pride in that."
Also returning for his senior season is senior Matt Green.
Green, who stands at 6-3, 205, totaled 77 tackles at linebacker.
"If we can keep them healthy, we definitely feel like our inside linebackers are going to be an asset for us," said Gibbs. "Certainly we look for those two guys to be leaders for us on the defense."
At outside linebacker, Clay Porter, Austin Brown and Golden.
"We're a little bit thin as far as depth goes on the outside, but we feel pretty good there," Gibbs said.
On top of their offensive duties, Gross and Clark will highlight the defensive back position. Gross was also an all-conference corner back last season as well.
Stinnett and Reese Porter will occupy the safety positions.
"We feel really good there," Gibbs said about his secondary. "Kyland and Spenser, who we think is really good, hold spots for us in the secondary. Jacob Stinnett and Reese Porter have really stepped up for us at the free safety positions, so we should be okay there."
At the defensive end, Word, Bratcher, Nichols and Patrion Gross are expected to fill those holes.
And just like their offense, Sikeston's speed thrills on the defensive side as well. But just because they have speedy players who can close in on a defender, doesn't make them a great defense, according to Flannigan.
"When it comes to our speed, it kills on the outside, but all really defense comes down to is heart," Flannigan said. "All of our defensive coaches have taught us really well to run to the ball. Everybody has to be around it.
"Everyone says in the game that speed kills and that's true, but it's more heart when it comes to our defense."
Flannigan and Green will also anchor the offensive line. Senior Michael Burdin, who is back from an injury, as well as senior Taylor Barnes will shape their line. Also in the mix are sophomores Tanner Henson, Austin McMillan and Louis Galang.
"We're kind of in a bit of a flux within our guard positions," Gibbs said. "You're only going to be as good as your offensive or defensive front is going to be and certainly we have issues there."
The Bulldogs' biggest concerns are the offensive and defensive lines.
"We have to get better at being able to stop the run and get a good pass rush," said Gibbs. "On the offensive side, we have to be able to have the time to throw it and we feel very strongly that we're going to have to develop some kind of power running game to take advantage of our speed to the outside.
"Those positions are in a bit of change right now, but we feel like we have some capable people and we'll use the first part of our schedule to figure those things out."
As a possible measuring stick for how his team has shaped up so far, Gibbs said he was pleasantly surprised about how the Bulldogs performed during their jamboree at Hillsboro last Friday.
"I felt really good and I felt like our kids would compete and give good effort, and I was extremely pleased in the end with things," said Gibbs. "I was also pleased with our defense with how they took to some of their assignments -- running to the ball and gang tackling. Offensively, when we executed, ran where we were supposed to and made the throws that we need to make, we did okay. I saw a lot of positives we can work on."
Sikeston begins the 2012 season by hosting the Charleston Bluejays for the 127th time at 7 p.m. at Sikeston Public School Stadium.


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A new development which is set to provide 17 affordable chalet bungalows in time for Peterborough's largest housing association's 10th birthday, is progressing well following the start of the brickwork stage.
In a special ceremony which saw one of the first bricks being laid at the Peverels in Dogsthorpe by Cross Keys Homes' Head of Neighbourhoods and Communities, Joan Tibbs, and their contractor Lindum Peterborough's Managing Director, Mick Papworth; the development is now progressing with great speed.
The two-bedroom chalet bungalows will each have a wheelchair accessible bedroom and bathroom at ground floor level and are being designed to ensure they meet the 'Secure by Design' and 'Code for Sustainable Homes - level 3' accreditations.
Aimed at people who need some extra support, the scheme once built will provide suitable housing which takes into account future needs, thanks to the Homes and Communities Agency grant funding.
Based on a similar design of a previous successful development in Eye by Cross Keys Homes and Lindum Peterborough, which saw the development achieve a number of accolades including featuring in Inside Housing's top 50 affordable housing developments and securing a position in the top five as best specialist development for 2013; the Peverels development is set to become a popular, much in demand scheme.
Cross Keys Homes' Head of Neighbourhoods and Communities, Joan Tibbs, said: "In the current climate finding affordable housing is harder than ever so I am delighted that this new scheme will help to give 17 couples, or even people with a live in carer, a place to call home at a price they can afford, which also takes into account their future requirements while enabling them to still retain their independence."
Joan added: "We still however need access to more parcels of public land so that we can continue to build more of the right homes, in the right places and at the right price and will continue to support the National Housing Federation's 'yes to homes' campaign."
Lindum Peterborough's Managing Director, Mick Papworth, added: "Lindum are delighted to be partnering with Cross Keys Homes on another local scheme to create modern homes, helping towards the much needed requirements for housing in Peterborough. To be building affordable homes for people in our own community is also particularly rewarding for us, as a local construction company."
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Things are looking up for London with at least 236 tall buildings over 20 storeys currently proposed, approved or under construction, and set to dramatically alter the capital's skyline. Initial estimates had originally placed the figure at 200.
The think tank, New London Architecture (NLA), has released the results of an independent survey to uncover the number of towers planned for the capital and how this will affect the people who live and work in the city.
The NLA says that this "new trend" for tall buildings will see 33 buildings between 40-49 storeys and 22 buildings of 50 storeys or more planned for London. 48% of the 236 towers have been approved and 19% are already under construction.
High-rise living sees the biggest surge, with 80% of the towers planned as new residential blocks for the capital – a total of 189 new towers, potentially contributing to tackling London's housing crisis.
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The landmark Michael Morton Act just passed the House on second reading.
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Applause broke out in the chamber, and Morton, who was watching from the gallery, stood to acknowledge it.
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A developer has created a way to emulate x86 software on Windows RT, Microsoft's tablet OS designed for machines powered by ARM processors.
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Hi there, I was just wondering if anybody here has used pethidine during labour. Would you recommende it or rather not?There is also an alternative called meptid.. I would appreciate if anybody could let me know what their personal experience was with these drugs. I have already done the google search, so I have seen all the theory, now I would like to know the practical side of things.
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I had pethadine but I had my waters broken and my labour progressed so fast (dilated to 10 cm in 1 hour, 40 mins) that I didn't notice I had it. It didn't make me sick though
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Hi. Well it just goes to show we're all different hey. I had g & a with both mine until I thought I just couldn't take anymore pain and begged for pethadine and in both cases the mw's told me there was no point as I was nearly there but I insisted and they gave it to me and they were right, they gave me the injection and I gave birth. I didn't feel sick at all although I know that is a common side affect. I was pretty out of it for a while though and kept nodding off. This time I'm thinking of perhaps having it earlier, but I too would like to find out about meptid and I'm sure I've heard a few people mention diamorphine or something similar. I'm going to start a thread in general chat for more info. How long have got til your edd?