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DEFENCE Secretary Dr Liam Fox ignored warnings about his "improper" dealings
with a friend who passed himself off as an adviser, it emerged last night.
It came as Dr Fox issued a grovelling apology over his relationship with Adam
Werritty, who joined him on overseas trips and visited him at the MoD.
And today PM David Cameron's spokesman said "serious mistakes were made".
The Sun can reveal that Dr Fox ignored a stern warning from Britain's top
warrior over his suspect business relationship with close friend Werritty.
Sir Jock Stirrup was "seriously concerned" about two secret overseas meetings
Dr Fox held with his best man and ex-flatmate Werritty — within WEEKS
of taking office.
Dr Fox has apologised over his "blurred" relationship with the freelance
defence consultant.
And the PM ordered an investigation as critics demanded to know whether
Werritty profited from the friendship with the minister.
Today Dr Fox said sorry to Parliament for the controversy.
In a Commons statement he told MPs: "Mr Werritty was never present at regular
departmental meetings, during private meetings we did not discuss either
commercial or defence matters.
"He had no access to classified documents, nor was he briefed on classified
But, he added: "I accept, with the benefit of hindsight I should have taken
great care to ensure a more transparent separation of Government, party
political and private business and that meetings were properly recorded to
protect myself and Government from any suggestion of wrongdoing.
"Again, I accept my personal responsibility for this."
Dr Fox said: "Because I do not believe this to be enough, Mr Werritty will not
make private visits to the MoD in future, will not attend international
conferences where I am present and will not mix socially abroad where I am
on official business.
"This should ensure that no appearance of potential wrongdoing will occur in
Dr Fox repeated the comments he made yesterday that "it was a mistake to allow
distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my
loyalties to a friend".
He added: "I am sorry for this, I have apologised to the Prime Minister, to
the public and, at the first opportunity available, to the House."
Mr Cameron has discussed the findings of an interim report on the inquiry with
Mr Fox, a Downing Street spokesman said following the defence secretary's
The spokesman said: "It is clear, as Liam Fox himself said yesterday,
that serious mistakes were made in allowing the distinction between
professional responsibilities and personal loyalties to be blurred – and
this has clearly raised concerns about impropriety and potential conflicts
of interest."
Their previously undisclosed meetings were on Dr Fox's first trips abroad as
defence supremo in 2010.
Sir Jock, Chief of the Defence Staff at the time, shared with Bill Jeffrey,
the MoD's then top civil servant, his concerns about potentially "improper"
They passed a private warning to Dr Fox's office. It was off the record, to
avoid embarrassing their new boss.
In the warning, the powerful duo said the Werritty meetings — over which
ministry officials were kept in the dark — were "inappropriate".
They told Dr Fox that any business he conducted in official time must be
documented, with MoD staff always present to avoid corruption allegations.
Instead of listening to ex-RAF top gun Sir Jock, Dr Fox pushed him out of
the MoD.
The long-serving Air Chief Marshall carried the can for a succession of Labour
blunders and took early retirement.
Mr Jeffrey, the MoD's Permanent Under Secretary, also retired early under a
The fact the most senior MoD personnel had grave concerns about Dr Fox's
activities more than a year ago poses serious questions about his judgment.
Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy dubbed Sir Jock's warning "a really
significant new twist on this crisis".
Mr Murphy added: "The Sun's revelation adds to the ever-growing list of
questions facing Liam Fox. It's time for direct answers from him."
Alarm bells first rang for Sir Jock at the end of May last year. Dr Fox took
Werritty — who had no official MoD position and no security clearance — into
official meetings at a security conference in Singapore.
The first of two private meetings then took place over dinner in Dubai on the
way home.
That July Dr Fox met Werritty for a drink in Washington after an official
visit to the Pentagon. No permanent MoD official was present either time.
Despite the warnings, Dr Fox had at least two more meetings with Werritty
while on official business — in Dubai this June and in Sri Lanka in August.
It also emerged that Werritty visited Dr Fox at the MoD 14 times in 16 months
and helped set up a meeting with a defence contractor.
A senior military source said: "Dr Fox has been carrying on highly
inappropriate business meetings with his best friend.
"He ignored Sir Jock and Bill Jeffrey's warnings. All he did was fire them. Dr
Fox has a very brash and arrogant way about him and his chickens are coming
home to roost."
A spokesman for Dr Fox insisted that no warning from Sir Jock was received. A
source close to Mr Cameron said: "He supports Liam."
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Kuumba Health LLC
Sacred's story
Raised in Crown Heights Brooklyn, as a first generation Jamaican immigrant, I, Sacred Walker, lived through the Crown Heights riots and am a survivor of emotional and sexual violence. I witnessed the effects of how discrimination impacted my community and experiences of discrimination impacted our Caribbean community member's quality of life. By age 22, I was hospitalized over a dozen times with an unknown acute pelvic pain. Through art therapy and holistic medicine, years of suppressed pain has become increasingly manageable. I began to understand that emotional hurt can have lasting effects on the physical body.
I created self-revelatory stories in theater, dance, and story book writings which saved my life. My first creative piece was born entitled "Arise Chile," which was performed in New York City at the Second Stage Theater. I knew I was onto something thus creating countless others and my own healing paved the way for healing others.
After being accepted into Union Theological Seminary, a Columbia University affiliate, I began to study Holistic Psychology and pursue drama therapy. While in Seminary, I traveled to India to study Ayurveda, Yoga, and Psychology. While serving orphaned children in Kerala, India, I also studied gender based violence in my home country of Jamaica. In my final year at Seminary, I was accepted into a post-graduate residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital Inpatient Women's Unit, and it wasn't long before I was asked by the Head Psychiatrist to facilitate a group to address the hopelessness experienced by women. I again and again saw arts, ritual, and community supports feed broken souls as a supplement to psychiatric medication. Today as a national motivational speaker, I speak at symposiums, conferences, webinars, and though my company, Kuumba Health, LLC, we spearhead retreats and transformational "Soul Care" coaching and professional development training.
This loan is special because:
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Kuumba Health LLC is an interfaith, clinical, and culturally affirming practice. Our motto is "Fostering the Soulcare in Healthcare." Because of my mother's mental health challenges, when I was young I had to be her health support and her prayer warrior. When her doctors asked if she was stable, they didn't consider if she was happy, had enough family support to get better, or who she would become once she was labeled as having a mental illness. She wasn't alone. From doing research I found that 1 in 4 women of African descent had mental health challenges. Additionally, many had unresolved harm that remained unexpressed for generations. I saw our similarities in our differences, and strategically worked to change the outcomes of this for future generations.
Kuumba Health specializes in convening engaging retreats leading participants on how to create books of poetry, inspirational products, and original theater pieces, to transform their legacies and create a renewed family story. We support women, children, gender variant, and same-gender-loving people's upliftment through the use of theater, interactive activities, and life skills to help them achieve their fullest purpose. These are usually young urban professionals and these "transformative performance training" retreats support them to achieve their success and find creative solutions for managing life's stressors.
Over the last 10 years, I have pulled on my experience as a trained Masters Level Holistic Psychologist, Interfaith leader, and Therapeutic Artist to facilitate and support participants at conferences, webinars, workshops, and retreats. I also recruit experienced co facilitators and volunteers to help support larger groups and retreats. This past year, over 250 participants worldwide have participated in Kuumba Health trainings, retreats, and workshops to become powerful leaders who make informed health choices on and off stage. This was stage one. With your support we can offer on-going workshops versus one-off projects that can create longer term results supporting success. This way we can reduce stress and prevent long-term stress related illnesses, in real time.
This loan will help Kuumba Health expand our program and further impact our community. These performance trainings will now be turned into media and sentimental products. They will include: Trademarked Poetry Books, DVD's, postcards, and webinars, each created from the culmination performances and artistic final projects of transformed participants. Our products will yield 60% gross margin enabling me to be profitable in the near term. Building relationships and change takes time- your investment makes this possible. See us in action: here: http://www.khhp.org/media/2015/12/31/kuumba-health-testimonials
What is the purpose of this loan?
I currently meet with individuals and facilitate groups one time for our engaging workshops and retreats. At the end of our wonderful time together, 90% of participants write on their survey results very positive reviews. Many also write that we just began to scratch the surface and they need more consistent support. I simply don't have the funds to make that consistent support happen in a timely manner. Due to not having enough start up funds, the basic costs of, for example, space rental and supplies are transferred over to participants. Giving to this loan will cover those basic start up costs, and make it affordable and competitive for people to attend our sessions. This loan will ensure those 250 + raving reviews and needs for more time together can be met more immediately. I am committed to creating the on-going programmatic support requested by conference, symposium, and workshop participants, to ensure loyal participants and successful outcomes. Our immediate outcomes have proven to creatively support stress management, support healthy relationship choices, etc. Our long term goal is to help prevent stress related illnesses in creative ways. Through our on-going transformative performance trainings, participants will be guided on how to step into their highest vision of themselves, "healthy and whole."
This Kiva Zip loan will help us at Kuumba Health, LLC to sustain and continue the service of "Fostering the Soulcare in Healthcare." In our last survey, participants from all over the country gave insight into how they would want the direction of this project to go, in order to ensure community buy in. I have used all of my savings in service of my business, and now am ready to create revenue for sustainable on-going programming connected to our mission. We are at a pivotal cross road of ensuring our business' growth.
The proceeds from the loan will be used to kick off our 2015-2016 series: a) Hire Social media marketer: $2,000 b) Website maintenance & Business Branding: $430 c) Promotional materials & logo design: $575 d) Art Materials & Health Education supplies: $466 e) Rental Space: $2230 f) Printer paper and ink: $250 g) Professional Liability Insurance: $74 Total: 6,025
See our Kiva Zip Kuumba trailer here: http://video214.com/play/bdftWoUDkbdMR0F4UtQNnw/s/dark
Industry: Health
Years in operation: 1 year – 3 years
Website: khhp.org
A loan of $6,025 helps Sacred gain working capital to propel the start up capital of my business, ensure we start off sustainably, and serve Professional women locally and in Zimbabwe.

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Prices for the Spurn Migration Festival 2017 have now been finalised and are shown below. Tickets will go on sale on Monday 29th May – the link to the ticketing website will be available from the 29th onwards.
2017 Prices:
- Weekend Ticket: £27.00
- Saturday/Sunday Day Tickets: £17.00
- Hog Roast & Saturday Evening Lecture: £9.00
- Saturday Evening Lecture Only: £2.00
- Camping at Westmere Farm: £7.00 per person, per night


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Eight Layers of Security Every Computer Should Have
From using the latest version of your favorite browser to ensuring that your network has monitoring tools in place that send up red flags when they see unusual behaviors, be protected.
Earlier this month, security vendor, AVG Technologies, launched a "Make the Switch" campaign that the company hopes will get SMBs to convert to using its newly launched AVG 2011 Business Edition family of products. The offering is designed to give its resellers an attractive carrot when working with SMBs that might currently be "fiscally locked' into other agreements."
As reported by eChannelLine, new customers switching to AVG 2011 Business Edition can trade in the remaining months of their non-AVG licensing period for free coverage from AVG. The number of transferable months appears to vary slightly with geographical location though; while eChannelLine mentions a maximum of 24 months, the Singapore promotional site stipulates a maximum trade-in of up to three years. The length of the free license is computed by rounding up to the nearest month, meaning that a business with six months and one day left on their contract will get seven months' worth of additional protection. As a bonus, AVG says that a 50 percent extension will also be added to the length of any newly purchased AVG security license. Under this deal, customers paying for 12 months of AVG protection will be given 18 months of protection, while a two-year subscription will be bumped up to 36 months of protection.
The genesis of this program was elaborated on by Robert Gorby, global head of SMB Propositions at AVG. Gorby outlined the three circumstances that trigger SMBs to switch security vendors: the ending of an existing contractual agreement, availability of new solutions and/or the need to react when faced with a security breach.
While I am in no position to recommend one security solution over another, I must say that AVG has a shrewd eye towards growing its market share with this initiative. And the best part of this promotion is how competing security vendors will be left in the dark about their customers having made the switch; that is, until existing subscriptions run out months or years later and the SMBs fail to renew.
I wrote about AVG's new 2011 Security Software for SMBs last month where I highlighted some of its features, as well as pertinent pricing information. You can also access additional information and links to download a 30-day trial for the various AVG security solutions here.
If your SMB is considering testing out AVG's products with an eye towards making a switch, be informed that AVG's offer runs until December 31, 2010.
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Is Your Environment Doing You Damage?
It's time for New Year's resolutions and most people around the end of December will resolve to lose weight with exercise and diet. While these are the cornerstones of achieving a good body composition, there are other factors which you should take a look at to make sure your hard work pays off. Emily Schofield explains.
FAT STORAGE is a reflection of an individual's nutrition and hormones. Hormone assessment and management is key in achieving the swiftest and best result, whether your goal is fat loss, muscle gain or just general improvement of health and wellness. I have found after working with many people that everyone has room for improvement, and everyone is different.
If you are keen to kick off the new year with a weight-loss goal, you need to figure out where your biggest problems lie. The top five causes of people being overweight or obese may surprise you. They are:
- Malnutrition
- Sleep disorders
- Oestrogen management
- Stress
- Wrong forms of exercise.
Something I always discuss with my clients is toxicity or oestrogen management, as it is one of the leading causes of weight gain here in Australia. While you may think of oestrogen as a female only hormone, it also refers to hormone-disrupting chemicals in the form of pesticides, plastics and xenoestrogens associated with toxicity in the human body. Absorption of these chemicals is linked with fat storage and can hinder an individual's ability to attain optimal body composition no matter how good your diet and exercise program are.
In Australia we allow the use of some pesticides that have been banned all over the rest of the western world. When you consume toxic foods and the body's natural defence system can't get rid of them they are stored in the fat cells. Some of the most sprayed crops include strawberries, spinach, kale/collard greens, apples and grapes. Since these fruits and vegetables have thin skins, they are more easily contaminated and therefore if not organic can contain nasty chemicals.
Minimising your use of plastics will also help you reduce your toxic load. I encourage my clients to use stainless steel or glass water bottles rather than drinking out of plastic bottles. Another common source of plastic ingested, particularly in the corporate world, is takeaway coffee cups. When you put a plastic lid on top of a steaming hot cup of coffee, it is estimated you consume 30 micrograms of plastic in that coffee. If you drink three coffees per day, that adds up to around 6.75 teaspoons of plastic per year that you consume just from your coffee cups alone.
The term xenoestrogen refers to manmade or 'foreign' oestrogens. Xenoestrogens such as phlatates, parabens and carcinogens can be found in commonly-used skincare products, as what goes into them is largely unregulated. Individuals working in certain industries such as painters, dentists, radiologists and auto mechanics can also be more likely to come into contact with toxins and heavy metals.
Xenoestrogens play a big role in relation to fat storage in the legs. The average person detoxifies around 500 chemicals per day; the rule is if you smell it, you have to detoxify it. Minimising your exposure to xenoestrogens is cancer preventing, better for your health and will help you stay lean.
- EWG.ORG – This website is a fantastic resource. The non-profit Environmental Working Group ranks cosmetics containing chemicals with known or suspected health risks. Products are ranked from one to 10 depending on their toxicity. You can also find lists of all the safest products to use.
- Eat organic – Avoid eating foods that have been sprayed by pesticides, fungicides and rodenticides by eating organic.
- Ditch the plastic – Switch from plastic bottles and containers to glass or ceramic. Avoid heating or microwaving foods in plastic containers; at high heat BPAs and phlatates can leach out into food.
- Support detoxification – Excess oestrogens have to be detoxified through the liver. Assist this process by making sure you get plenty of fibre.
I wish you luck with your health goals, whatever they may be in 2016.


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Someone who is a cross between a homie and a homosapian (human being). Therefore, someone who is a normal human, with a hint of pure awesomeness, friendly and homosexual characteristics.
That homiosapian would make a great member for my entourage. Look at how they smile and how they bring all the peeps to the yard.
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About Julie Revelant
My heart skips a beat every time I sit down to write a story.
And it's not because I'm on deadline, have writer's block or just came from the gym.
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The Church of England is open to clergy who wish to offer prayers to couples after gay marriage becomes legal in the UK, but remains closed to providing church weddings to gay couples. The Independent reports:
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By the third paragraph of the statement, all that Gospel love disappears. LGBT folk need the prayers of C or E clergy less than the clerics need the prayers of gay people. Ash Wednesday is coming. Maybe Cantaur and Ebor will feel the repentance to which they call others.
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Descendants of whom? (Prologue)
Book by: milleniumbug
Status: Finished
Genre: Romance
Chapter1 (v.1) - Descendants of whom? (Prologue)
I looked up at the sky and thought wow it sure is beautiful! Soon everything went quiet and dark, but I swear I heard someone scream my name.......
The sky was azure blue, on the day I died.
My name is Tessa and this is my story...
Chapter 1- My Death
You probably figured it out by now, I'm dead...Now, I know what I'm about to say may sound crazy, but I try to stay positive. Dying isn't all that bad... I mean, think of the peace after dea- err let get back to the story...
So you already know my name...Tessa, it means countess now I hate to disappoint you guys, but I`m not a vampire. Originally my parents were Italian, so there is absolutely zero chance of me being a vampire in the first place. Why? The cuisine is mostly made of garlic and onions. I`m American though. Now I`ve only got one sibling. My sister Lucia, and as my father says, she ran off with a ...ahem I don`t feel that that word is appropriate enough to say.....He is a nice guy though!
Anyhow, I`m pretty average. I like drawing; I'm actually pretty good at it. The thing I like drawing the most, are my dreams. Most girls my age would be all about boys, but I'm not, I'm more into... well the world.
I blend in quite well. Blending in is quite important for me, oh yes! All thanks to a little gift I have... I can see the future and none of that "that's so raven" crap. Take my word for it, the future is hard to see, there are "Rules" believe it or not...
1)I can't see the future of someone I don't know
2) I can't know the exact time or day it will happen
3) I can't see the future in a minute it takes hours
4) I can only tell the future in my sleep and see them as dreams
5) The future is effected by people's decisions, thus it could be changed
Hmm... yes that's about it.
How have I come to see the future?
It's passed on from generation to generation. I figured it out all by myself. It's true when I was about nine I saw-ahem dreamed that my school building was on fire. (Che! frankly that's what you get from buying cheap microwaves!) It happened the next week ... I saved a kid named Seth and we have been best friends ever since.
The thing about Seth is that he is the most unlucky kid I have ever met; he has a FIRST AID KIT in his locker!!!! It's not that he is clumsy; no it's just that he is unlucky! The fire wasn't the most dangerous incident that happened to him! Oh no! Let me tell you he almost got run over by a truck once! (I saved him from that one too. I got away with scratches)I'm the luckiest person to ever walk the planet so we are a perfect combination. He attracts an accident and I neutralize it and usually get away with scratches. What can I say I'm a lucky pro fortune teller... it's easy saving him, however it sure as hell isn't easy to find him! The truck incident was close!
But hey Seth has lots of positive points, like reading, he loves books! Seth always calls me "Mia Angelo Custode" it means My Guardian Angel in Italian. Which, I find incorrect! He's the one with azure-blue eyes. He got the guardian part right though. Oh, I guess I should describe myself; I have brown hair and green eyes. I call Seth "Mio Angelo Della Morte" meaning My Angel of Death. Who knew I was right?
Chapter 2 – Ordinary Day
Heynow, hold your horses! I don't mean it like that!!I know what you're thinking, butit wasn't reallySethwhokilled me! It was an accident! Yeah,it was on an ordinary day like any other and as usual I was savingSeth again. Yes that's right! That's what I was doing when the bullets got me...Yes I diedfrom stay bullets, that were about to implant themselves in Seth! So this is how it went down...
Science class was in session, when I heard a loud noise in the hallway. Well, only me and the rest of the student body of about 500 kids... Seth had this thing about not coming to science class; he always ditched and hung out on the staircase. Oh did I forget to mention Seth has quite the curiosity, so I was almost sure he went to check it out. Obviously that means I was going to have to go too. I sighed; Seth was so going to pay for this one! I loved science! What the hell could have made that loud noise?!?! I think, not believing what I have heard with my own ears. Well here I am, crawling out of the classroom so that my teacher doesn't notice me missing ... yet. So I'm in the hallway and I see two guys with guns. What? You want a better description? Two average looking, pissed off guys with guns in their hands real enough to scare the pants of Ghandi. I wasn't scared though, worried was more like it... My automatic thought was in action thinking: Where the hell is Seth?!?!? If they started shooting and if Seth was anywhere near here- what am I thinking he's obviously going to be here if they do that because he has the most rotten luck in the world! Moments later Seth walks into the room. *sigh* Told Ya! Now let's get a few things straight. Yeah I'm a girl... Yeah I can see the future.... Yeah I'm strong. And yeah I'm one hell of a fighter. Glad we got that out of the way. Oh my god! They're aiming at him! No! Not him, not Mio Angelo! Not –
In that moment I did the most logical thing possible, I just tried to put as much of myself as possible between Seth and the bullets that were coming at him with an incredible speed and force.
"Huh? Tessa what's-"
Shots rang out through the hall... was it 2? or 5? or 10? I don't know... The sound sure was loud and it made one heck of a racket. The azure - blue eyes were looking at me in shock. The guys ran already. Me? Oh I'm okay a few holes here or there. It's not that I wanted to die, no that's not it at all. I still wanted to do many things in my life, like become an artist; or figure out why I can see the future. This was just one of these times when things where bigger than you and all you could do was sit and wait. I knew that, but Seth was just so much more important than all that! He was Seth, Mio Angelo with azure – blue eyes. I cared about him more than I cared about my own future. I loved Seth more than my own life! I didn't want him to die! Too precious to let go of, to important...I realized it, when I was protecting Seth. I realized that, this time I may actually die. Did you know that the thing I loved drawing the most was the sky and the clouds? Clouds so care free, just floating there... I wanted to see it one last time, so I stepped outside.
I looked up at the sky and thought wow it sure is beautiful! Soon everything went quiet and dark, but I swear I heard someone scream my name.......
The sky was azure blue, on the day I died.
Chapter 3 – The Past
I always wanted to know how I got my gift, was I a descendent of a witch? a fortune teller? A mutant? A demon? An angel? The devil? A god? Descendent of whom??? Who gave me this gift?!?! or is it a curse?!?! No. It was a gift, thanks to which I was able to save Seth. Yes, surely it was a gift. I've been here for quite a while and and it's still dark and quiet. Wait you hear that...
"Tessa" repeated the voice. Hmm the voice sounded familiar.
"Yep that ME! I'm Tessa what do you want? Are you here to take me to heaven?"
"Live Tessa! Please! Open your eyes! You have to wake up! Tessa! Please!"
"Huh? Mr. Voice I don't know what you mean. Oh, you must have me confused with someone. You see Mr. Voice I'm dead so there is no way I can wake up, much less live."
"Tessa Please!"continued the mysterious voice ignoring Tessa's words.
"Tessa you can't die. You're Mia Angelo Custode! Angels don't die...!"
Ah! Now I recognize that voice, it was Seth!
"Seth is that you? What am I saying it is you! Wh-How are you talking to me? What do you mean by wake up. I saved you! I'm dead...!!But! I don't regret it!"
Huh? What's that? A light? An azure-blue light? Oh boy, if I wasn't dead before I sure as hell am now. Well then-
"Goodbye, Seth , Mio Angelo con azzurro occhi "(My angel with azure blue Eyes)
The light became bigger eliminating the dark place. Than a pair of concerned eyes. Azure – blue , hehe even in the dark. Glowed beautifully ...Huh? They looked happy ... Seth? Seth-
"is that you? Seth? Is this goodbye?"
"No, welcome back."
Chapter 4 – The Descendents
She opened her eyes and started asking stupid questions. Oh boy is this hard to explain or what?! I had powers too. I'm a healer....
"Huh? I'm dead."
"No you're not. I brought you back"
"Brought me – huh?" she asked confused more than ever
"I'm a healer..."
More Silence.....
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you!" it seemed like forever until she gave me an answer
"It's okay. I'm alive. We BOTH are. Haha! A healer huh?"
"What are you laughing at?"
"haha, ahem I was wondering how my bruises and scratches healed so fast... Thank you Seth."
"Well what kind of looser let's his guardian angel die!"
" I thought I was dead"
"So did I. You know you scared the sh*t out of me!"
"So did you! You know you were about to get shot! I didn't want you to die so I-"
"So you tried to die protecting me?!?!"
"Why? Why go so far for me? We're ..only friends...We're not lovers , not siblings , not" I tailed off. It made me sad, how little we are tied to each other.
"I love you Seth"
"We may not be siblings or lovers or anything else! You are still so important to me... More than my future or my life! And that's best friends for your information! Don't you belittle our relationship! " she was out of breath when she finished talking.
I couldn't hold back and kissed her. She kissed me back.
"I love you too."
Seth and I decided that we would find out how we came to be. There are others like us with powers. However we both thought that it's going to be too hard to find them so we're not looking, but if we ever meet them ...well that's another story.....
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I stared at the door of the building as my heart pounded faster and faster.
"Come on, come on, come on," I whispered, getting in position for the start of the detonation. After a few seconds, I had lost patience in that and pulled out the lighter I used for old-fashioned sticks of dynamite. I flicked it on and off, entertained by the flame, staring into it. On. Off. On. Off.
I blinked, rubbing my eyes and moving a strand of hair away from my face as a somewhat-rushed voice came from my radio.
"Thirty seconds."
A small smile crossed my face as I regained position, ready to set off that bomb in a split-second.
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"Come on, come on!" I hissed.
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Suddenly, each member of my team came running out of the doorway, desperately dashing away from the building.
"Detonation." I told them through my radio. "Five seconds." I closed my eyes and counted down slowly. Five...
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It had been a couple hours since the incident played out. It was late afternoon and it everything was calm. Emily was sitting outside in the garden, playing her flute. She played with grace and profoundness. Jayden sat in front of her on the grass and watched her play. He smiled and couldn't take his eyes off her. He loved hearing her play it was something that he loved about her. Emily slowly stopped and set her flute down on the bench.
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"I loved it." said Jayden as he knelt down next Emily and took her hands in his. "You are amazing." Jayden leaned up and kissed Emily and Emily kissed him back. He meant what he said about her playing, he truly loved. Every kiss had so much love poured into it. They slowly broke the kiss and smiled at each other. Jayden got up and sat next to Emily. He wrapped his arms around her waist and Emily leaned into his embrace. A few moments later, there were footsteps heard from behind them. Jayden turned and his expression stiffened.
Mike came towards them and stopped a couple feet before. "I wanted to apologize. Emily I'm sorry for what I did to you." said Mike as he continued on with his apology. "You didn't deserve what I did to you. I guess I was angry that you were doing better than me and I kind of lost it." Emily remained turned around, but Jayden was turned and watching with attentiveness.
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"I forgive you Mike. You should talk to us instead of bottling it up." said Emily as she forgave.
"Thank you so much. It won't happen again." said Mike as he let go. Emily sat back down with Jayden and he wrapped his arms around her. Mike then turned to Jayden as he was about to continue.
"Jayden, man I'm sorry for what happened." said Mike apologetically. "I didn't mean any of what I said. I also shouldn't have acted the way I did. You are my leader and I shouldn't have had outburst." Jayden listened to what his teammate had to say.
"My actions were not acceptable. I would never mean any harm to Emily or anyone. Can you forgive me?" said Mike as he extended his hand to his leader and waited for his response.
Jayden couldn't hold a grudge on anyone, especially his team. He knew that he was truly sorry and wanted things to be right again. "Yeah." said Jayden as he shook Mike's hand and still held onto Emily with the other.
"Are we still friends?" said Mike as he smiled.
"Of course." said Jayden as he smiled and the two fist bumped. Everything was right again and that was good.
"Well, I leave you two alone. Mentor has me doing some work." said Mike as he began to leave.
"Don't work too hard." said Jayden as he joked around with his friend.
"Don't count on it." said Mike as he walked inside. Jayden and Emily laughed at the comment. Jayden turned to Emily and smiled and Emily returned the smile.
"I'm glad everything's right again. I don't think the team would have lasted with tension." said Emily as she rested her head on Jayden's shoulder. Jayden kissed Emily's head and then rested his head on hers.
"Yeah, plus if Mike tries that again, I'd kick his ass." said Jayden chuckling at the thought. Emily giggled a bit and knew that everything would be fine. They sat there and watched as the sunset. It was beautiful and it was always cherished, especially with the one you love by your side.
"I love you Em." said Jayden as he turned to her and smiled. He thought she looked so beautiful and she would always be his.
"I love you Jay." said Emily as she looked up to him and smiled back. She thought he looked very handsome and he would always be hers. Forever. They shared a kiss and the sun made the mood all more romantic. The kiss felt like fireworks going off, it was explosive and magical.
The evening came and everyone was asleep. As Emily slept, she dreamt a dream. This dream was unusual like her other dreams. It was off and that wasn't good.
It was dark and raining. Emily saw Jayden battling a nighlok and he was managing. The others were fighting off groups of moogers. Emily turned and faced her group. She sliced through them and they were falling. There was a scream and Emily turned around and saw Mia clench on stomach. A nighlok had slashed her and she fell to the floor and demorphed, then she began to fade and then disappeared.
"Mia!" yelled Emily as he best friend had just disappeared. Emily looked over to where the others were and noticed that they were all still there. She was caught off guard when a mooger hit her from behind. Emily fell to the ground and turned to see the swarm running at her. She was preparing for the worst, but it didn't come. She looked up and saw Jayden blocking her and fighting them off. Jayden slashed the group down and turned back Emily.
"You ok Em?" said Jayden concerned. Emily nodded and got up with help from Jayden.
"They got Mia." said Emily as she cried.
"I know. We've got to continue fighting or they'll be no one left." said Jayden as he looked to Emily. She nodded and they continued fighting. Moogers just kept appearing out of nowhere. Kevin, Mike, and Antonio were fighting off a group of moogers with a nighlok leading them. The nighlok hit Antonio to the ground and went for a strike, but was blocked by Kevin's spin sword. Mike hit the group of moogers, but then was knocked down from behind. The number of moogers was rising and there just wasn't enough of help. Antonio kicked the nighlok from behind and got its attention. The nighlok charged at Antonio and knocked him to the ground, then sent explosions Antonio's way. Sparks flew from Antonio and he demorphed and disappeared like Mia.
"Antonio!" exclaimed Emily as she saw another one of her friends disappear before her eyes. "Jayden they got Antonio." Emily yelled and Jayden hit his nighlok and turned to Emily.
"Damn it." said Jayden as he yelled and struck the nighlok out of anger. They continued to fight, but it was getting nowhere.
Kevin and Mike fought the nighlok and the moogers. Everyone was fighting nonstop and the battle seemed endless. The raining continued to pour and thunder crackled. Kevin and Mike fought the nighlok, but were sent flying back. They hit the ground and struggled to get up. The nighlok sent a blast their way and caused them to stay on the floor. They were injured very badly but managed to get up. They felt so weak and it was getting harder and harder to fight.
Jayden and Emily were fighting the nighlok and his moogers. They had been fighting for so long and it felt like they were getting nowhere. Emily felt tired, but kept fighting on. She was power ranger and would not give up. Jayden was holding up, but he was in banged up condition. All the hits the nighlok gave, Jayden took them and returned his own attack. Emily was surrounded by nothing but moogers and Jayden was dealing with the nighlok a few feet away.
A few moments later there were two shrieks that were heard. Mike had been hit to the ground and Kevin was trying to cover him. Kevin blocked off the attacks, but was thrown to the floor. The nighlok shot a blast and it hit the two rangers. They disappeared and that was the last of them.
"NO!" cried Emily as the last of her friends had been taken. Emily was so upset and angered that she began hitting and fighting even harder. She had to fight for Jayden and for her friends. She managed to take out her group of moogers, but in the distance more were coming. Jayden hit his nighlok and it exploded. It didn't go mega which was weird, but it would be a help.
"HA HA HA!" came a voice laughing an evil laugh. Jayden and Emily turned around and saw none other than Master Xandred. Fire was behind him and it soon encircled them all. Jayden and Emily huddled closer to each other as the wall of fire came around them and Xandred.
"All of your pathetic team is gone. Now all that stands is you two." said Xandred in an evil tone and he laughed again. The fire grew higher up as he laughed.
"You'll pay for what you did to them." said Emily as she was preparing for what could be their last battle.
"I'll make this whole world pay! I will rule this world once and for all!" yelled Xandred as he stared down the last of the rangers.
"Emily I love." said Jayden as he looked to Emily.
"I love you Jayden." said Emily as fear washed over her. Jayden ran up to Xandred and began fighting him. Xandred hit Jayden, but Jayden recovered quickly. Jayden struck Xandred, but it only made him angry. Xandred kicked Jayden and sent a blast his way. Jayden was on the floor writhing in pain. "JAYDEN!" Emily yelled and turned to find Xandred coming towards her.
"Red ranger, I'll destroy you, but first." said Xandred as he looked to Emily. "I'll destroy the one you love in front of you."
"Don't you touch her!" yelled Jayden as he struggled to get up. Emily had her spin sword out and ready for the attack.
Xandred ran up to Emily and began attacking her. Emily could only block so many attacks, until she was hit hard. Emily fell to the ground and demorphed in pain. She was banged up from the battle and now from Xandred. "Good bye Yellow ranger." said Xandred as he raised a sword to Emily. Jayden ran as fast as he could and blocked Xandred from hurting Emily. Jayden hit Xandred and momentarily immobilized him.
"Em, I'm here." said Jayden as he looked down to Emily.
"Behind you!" yelled Emily as Xandred was sneaking up behind Jayden, but Jayden countered his attack. Jayden slashed Xandred across the chest multiple times and sent him flying.
"You hurt everyone I care out Xandred. It's time you get a good serving justice." said Jayden as he stared down his powerful enemy. Xandred got up and held his chest and continued fighting. Jayden felt like it had been hours of fighting. He struck Xandred, but then Xandred slashed Jayden across the chest. Jayden fell to the ground demorphed and was seriously hurt.
"JAYDEN!" cried Emily as she ran to Jayden's side and held him in her arms. Emily cried and Jayden was cringing in pain.
"I love you Em." said Jayden weakly.
"I love you Jay. Hang in there." said Emily as tears streamed down her face. Moments later Jayden was gone. He didn't disappear like the other, his body remained.
"NO! JAYDEN!" Emily cried as she held onto Jayden's limp body. "Please come back."
"The red ranger is gone and now time to finish you." said Xandred as he approached Emily and Emily quickly jumped up. She slashed Xandred.
"This is for Jayden, my team, and all you hurt." yelled Emily as she struck him. Xandred stumbled back but then changed at Emily. He struck Emily across the chest and she lay on the floor.
"I rule the world!" said Xandred as he shot explosions at Emily. Emily then disappeared.
Emily cried in her sleep. "NO! JAYDEN! NO!" cried Emily as tears streamed down her face. Mia quickly turned the lights on and went to her best friend's side.
"Emily!" said Mia as she tried to shake her to wake her up. Seconds later, Jayden ran in the room followed by the others.
"What's wrong?" said Jayden as he looked around the room and saw Emily crying. "Emily." said Jayden as he lightly shook her. Emily opened her eyes and saw Jayden. "Emily are you ok?" said Jayden as he pulled Emily close to him. Emily continued to cry into Jayden's chest.
"It felt so real." said Emily and Jayden looked to her and felt bad for her.
"What felt real?" said Jayden as he was trying to understand what had happened.
"The dream. It was so horrible." said Emily as the thought of it made her shed fresh tears. Everyone stood around and felt sorry for their fellow teammate.
"What happened?" said Jayden as he sat Emily on the bed and he sat next to her holding her.
"We were in the middle of a battle and there were moogers and nighlok everywhere. Everyone was there and one-by-one everyone got killed." said Emily as she sniffed. Her eyes were still watery and full of fear. "First Mia, then Antonio, then Kevin and Mike. The nighlok got to them and killed them." As everyone heard this, they felt sorry for her.
Emily looked to Jayden and continued. "Me and you were left and then Master Xandred appeared. You fought him and then he came after me. You saved me and then it got worse. Xandred got you and I ran up to you. You told me you loved me and then I told you I loved you. Then…" said Emily as she trailed off. She began to cry again and Jayden held her close.
"…You died in my arms. You didn't disappear like the others, you stayed. Xandred then attacked me and I was about be gone too. Just before that the dream ended." said Emily as she sobbed through the very last part. Jayden felt so sorry for Emily. No one should have to experience what she did, especially her.
"I'm here Em. I'm not going anywhere, I promise." said Jayden as he held her close and let her cry it out.
"It felt so real." said Emily in Jayden's chest.
"It was a bad dream. I won't let anything like that happen." said Jayden as he kissed the top of her head. Emily looked up and Jayden wiped away her tears. She calmed down a bit, but not all the way.
"We're so sorry Em." said Mia as she came up to them and hugged Emily.
"I hate dreams like that." said Emily as she hugged her friend back.
"Tell me about it." said Mia as she made Emily laugh a little.
"I think everyone needs to get some rest." said Jayden as he looked and saw the tired expressions on the team's faces.
"I'm going to go with Kevin. Will you be ok?" said Mia to Emily and she nodded her head. "Ok get some sleep." said Mia as she walked out with Kevin and went to sleep in his room. Everyone else followed and returned to their rooms.
"Do you want to stay in my room Em?" said Jayden as he looked to Emily. Emily nodded and they both got up. Jayden turned out the light to the girl's room and held Emily. They walked into Jayden's room and he closed the door. Jayden laid down and Emily laid next to him. She snuggled close to his chest and felt safe.
"I love you Em. I'll never let anything like that happen." said Jayden as he wrapped his arms around Emily and kissed her on the lips.
"I love you Jay." said Emily as she kissed Jayden back. She was still afraid, but she calmed down and let it go. Emily fell asleep quickly and Jayden smiled and went to sleep as well. The rest of the night was peaceful and was rid of bad dreams.
A mysterious nighlok figure sat down with a mirror in front of him. He watched the dream he forced on the yellow ranger play out. He smiled wickedly and laughed.
"Sleep tight yellow, because there's more to come." said the mysterious nighlok as he re-watched the dream and enjoyed the pain it inflicted on the yellow ranger.
That was one heck of a chapter. Didn't expect that to happen, did ya? Neither did I and I posted it. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Please review, because it's awesome to hear the cool things you guys say. What do you think will happen next? Who is this mysterious nighlok? Your questions will be answered soon. I will post the next chapter soon. I hope you liked and see you soon. GO Jemily!


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Jackie Ashley: No one leader has this election in the bag
One thing went right for Gordon Brown: yesterday really did seem to be yesterday. His brief self-deprecating reference to "bigotgate" at the beginning of the debate defused the situation, and neither of his opponents were daft enough to try to make political capital out of it. Clearly shaken by his day in Rochdale, Brown seemed nervous at first, but then found his feet.
And what a difference two weeks makes. This time neither Brown nor Cameron agreed with Nick: Brown actually said he agreed with David at one point. It was as if the prime minister and the leader of the opposition had discussed in advance how to cut out Clegg. Certainly on the major economic argument – dealing with the recession – Clegg was Piggy in the Middle, as the other two took on each others' arguments but ignored him.
This was Clegg's big chance to seal his deal. But though he had some good lines, particularly on bankers' bonuses, he replayed too many old tunes. There were too many references to the "old ways", to his two rivals' point-scoring and to "old politics". That allowed Cameron and Brown to attack him on the euro and on the so-called amnesty for illegal immigrants. Clegg did not look like the top dog.
Gordon Brown had the best arguments – on the recovery, on welfare and on inheritance tax. But yet again his presentation let him down. Too many statistics, too many technical terms – he just doesn't inspire. Until the closing speeches I would have given a narrow victory to Cameron. But his final remarks were just so pious and smug that he lost his advantage. None of them came out of tonight's debate with the election in the bag.
Madeleine Bunting: Victory to Cameron
The novelty has worn off, and on this debate we were hit by two problems: repetition on issues such as immigration (which has prompted the same responses from all three leaders in all three debates); and second, there were several points where it was hard to see what these three men disagreed about. Strategies on manufacturing? Welfare reform? The differences are whisper thin. Even the "big cuts debate" seemed to shrivel to a question simply of timing – cuts this year or next. To the average voter this looks much like the narcissism of small differences. No one would imagine listening to this debate that we are teetering on the edge of a massive European financial crisis.
Scoring cheap points about the Lib Dem taste for the euro gets us nowhere near what the significance of the euro crisis could mean for the British economy – Europe is after all our biggest market and our economic wellbeing is bound up with Europe.
The biggest questions facing us are economic – how you create a low-carbon economy, how you cut the financial sector down to size and curb its hyena-like destructive capabilities. But there is no great populist appetite for these issues. One question about bankers' bonuses and that's it. No great reckoning with the biggest most corrupt financial system ever created. People are more interested in issues closer to home – homes, jobs, taxes. benefits. Who has them, who shouldn't have them? More small differences.
Brown tried to nail Cameron on inheritance tax cuts, Cameron tried to nail Brown on how he hitched the whole country to the fortunes of the financial sector; both undeniable. Meanwhile will this finally finish off Cleggmania? The man is bright but oh-so-sanctimonious in his constant attempts to pull himself above the fray of political argument.
Verdict: Clever Clegg sounded too self-regarding, and the Penitent Sinner couldn't quite dispel the embarrassment of seeing him cadaver-like the day after the worst election gaffe in British history, so I suspect that gives victory to Cameron.
Aditya Chakrabortty: Clegg and Cameron were neck-and-neck
So there they stood together for the last time, the three politicians in the running for prime minister – or, as it must now be called, the position of most hated man in Britain.
Think that sounds melodramatic? Consider yesterday's leaked warning from the Bank of England governor: Mervyn King is now reportedly telling City analysts that whoever wins next Thursday's election will have to unleash a scorched-earth policy of tax rises and spending cuts that they will be out of power for a generation.
Against that backdrop, the first question to Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg should have been: why on earth do you want a job that comes with a migraine the size of Everest?
They didn't get that, of course. Instead, they got stuck in the same old slugfest on the economy. Cameron told viewers that Britain was "stuck in a rut", where it would remain until public spending was cut. That, according to Brown, would push the economy off the edge into another recession. And Clegg? In a tie a shade of orange that could only be called Tango, he laid off high-fibre policy details and appealed for all three potential chancellors (or vice-chancellors, as he kept calling them in the university hall) to work together.
On the face of it, Brown's case is a strong one: he rescued the banking system and he averted a rerun of the Great Depression. With Europe on the brink of a Lehman-style financial crisis, he could have simply pointed up his experience as the man of granite – again and again and again.
He did at first, but then got dragged into a war of detail with the Conservative leader that Nick Clegg wisely kept out of. Brown attacked the Tory plans to cut inheritance tax for millionaires – which Cameron acknowledged was a weak point ("It's not a priority"). But he failed to follow up with the point made by the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies this week – that of all the parties' planned tax rises for the next parliament, Labour's was the most "progressive".
Against all the odds, this bout could have been Brown's. He failed to land the knockout blow.
Gaby Hinsliff: The game wasn't changed – Cameron won
It was Gordon Brown who summed up the consequences of tonight's debate most accurately in his closing speech: that unless something major happens between now and polling day, we are headed for a Conservative government – possibly aided and abetted by the Liberal Democrats.
Was he right to risk writing himself off like that? His words seemed designed to play on the great British love of an underdog, as well as forcing those floating voters drifting dreamily towards David Cameron to think twice about what they really want. Yet his bigger point – that neither opposition party is ready for what's coming their way – risks being drowned out on a wave of Labour gloom.
He was probably right on both counts. Tonight saw Brown and Cameron finally getting down to the kind of brutal cut and thrust over the economy ("David, you're wrong about that") missing from previous debates, with the prime minister scoring some good points. It also saw the implosion of a tired-looking Nick Clegg, whose "look at those two bickering" line has lost its novelty over three consecutive outings.
Most puzzlingly, the Liberal Democrat leader appeared to disown his party's own manifesto twice.
First was the suggestion that he would only advocate the euro, "if ever", if it was beneficial to Britain: the clear implication, in the context of the Greek crisis, is that he no longer thinks the single currency a good idea. Perhaps he doesn't, but that's not clear from the Liberal Democrat manifesto and it may not be clear to many Liberal Democrat supporters. Was that the sound of a cock crowing thrice?
Then came the spat over the idea of an amnesty (or, as Clegg maintained, non-amnesty) for illegal immigrants who cannot realistically ever be deported. When challenged on it Clegg glossed over his party's plans rather quickly, and then quickly got rattled rather than coherently defending an idea that may be controversial but is at least imaginative. Gordon Brown drew blood with the suggestion that Clegg was not accurately describing his own party's manifesto. For an issue that's supposedly too taboo to be discussed, immigration has taken some scalps this campaign.
Nonetheless, there were some strong moments for Clegg, as when he described people weeping in his surgeries after being told they had to give back mistakenly overpaid tax credits, and he finished strongly on education.
Cameron meanwhile didn't deliver the knockout blow activists had bragged about, and had his own moments of amnesia: asked about education, he talked about disciplining pupils rather than the party's supposedly "flagship" free schools policy. But there were no serious hostages to fortune, and for a leader already ahead in the polls, safety first is not a bad strategy.
What really startled tonight was Gordon Brown's sheer, dogged resilience, his ability to put up a decent fight less than 24 hours after the previous day's humiliating rumble in Rochdale. Even now, that tenacity is not to be underestimated.
But there was nothing in tonight's debate to change the game: and as Brown himself put it, unless something dramatic intervenes, that game now looks like his defeat. Tonight he seemed to be facing that possibility squarely for the first time.


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Slouching Toward Sodom (12 of 34) by Jerry Vines
This content is part of a series.Slouching Toward Sodom (12 of 34)
Jerry Vines
Genesis 13-14, 19
A number of years ago, Janet and I were on vacation and I had just finished reading Judge Robert Bork's book entitled, Slouching Toward Gomorrah. I went into the breakfast room and who should be sitting there but Judge and Mrs. Robert Bork. I introduced myself to them and told him I had just completed his book and it was a very interesting, very good book. He and I had a rather interesting conversation discussing the collapse of American culture. That's really what his book was all about. It was a discussion of the collapse of American culture. The title of the book is taken directly from the passage which I have read for you this evening from Genesis 13.
When you read the story of Lot, you have a picture of the collapse of a culture. Luke 17, verses 28 and 29 make this very plain. "Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot, they did eat, they drank, the bought, the sold, they planted, the builded. But the same day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all."
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Lot." So it is important for us to study what kind of culture the culture was in which Lot lived. It is a picture to us of the culture of the last days. Not only is the story of Lot a picture of collapse of a culture. It is also a picture of the collapse of a believer.
Look at II Peter 2, verse 7 and 8. "And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. For that righteous man, dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds."
When you read about the life of Lot it makes you wonder if he was a believer at all. In fact, you have to read all the way through, almost to the end of the entire Bible to II Peter 2 to get any indication that Lot was a saved man. He is called JUST Lot. Then he is referred to as that righteous man. Then it makes reference to his righteous ...
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"A practice game is a practice game. So it�s important tomaximize the chance to give everybody the opportunity to batand bowl, and more importantly, to get used to theconditions."
"We play Zimbabwe in a week''s time. Everybody had a bitof a run around and seen the conditions. So it''s aboutpreparing well for the next six days to be in right shapebefore the game against Zimbabwe."
On playing spin and the spin department, Clarke said, "Idon''t think either are a worry. I think the wicket other nightspun much more than the wicket today.
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Cherry Granola Hearts
Happy Healthy Holidays!
If you don't care for dried cherries, you can use golden raisins in these Cherry Granola Hearts for an equally healthful, sweet and chewy granola.
Recipe Ingredients
1/2 cup dried cherries or golden raisins
3 cups granola
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons honey
Recipe Directions
Preheat the oven to 350-degrees. Lightly grease two cookie sheets.
In a small bowl, combine the dried cherries with enough hot tap water to cover. Set aside. In a large bowl, toss together the granola, flour and baking powder.
Stir in the butter, egg and honey until the mixture is evenly moistened. Drain the cherries and add them to the mixture, stirring until well combined. Scrape out the batter onto a clean surface and pat it into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle.
Using a 1-1/2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies and place them 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Reroll the scraps.
Bake Cherry Granola Heart cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, until they are golden brown around the edges. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
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