text:
World Religions
Religions are in the news. That's not surprising considering that most people alive in the world today belong to a religion, however little or much they do about it. That's more people than watch football or vote in elections. Yet it is only the extreme edges of religion that usually get reported, the religious right, for example, or those who fly planes into highrise buildings. So we do take notice when believers fight us or each other in different parts of the world - and we are right to do so, when we remember how many of them are now armed with weapons of mass destruction.
So what is religion? What does it mean to be religious? It means a great deal, because religions are involved in every aspect of human life -- and death. Religious belief appears in the earliest moments of human history, and no society has yet been found that does not have religious beliefs. Not surprisingly, therefore, religion means so many different things to different people that often their beliefs and practices contradict each other. In the book World Religions (London, Dorling Kindersley, 2003, p.6) I gave some examples of the contradictory things that religious belief and practice can mean:
"It can mean believing that God is the source and the goal of life, or that belief in God is at best a juvenile distraction; it can mean loving one's neighbour as oneself, or excommunicating him or her to a fate far worse than death; it can mean consulting witches for wisdom, or burning them alive; having a soul, or not having a soul; obeying the command to be fruitful, or taking a lifelong vow to be celibate; withdrawing into silence, or speaking in tongues; it can require shaving one's head, or never cutting one's hair; going to mosque on Friday, synagogue on Saturday, or church on Sunday; it can mean praying, meditating, levitating, worshipping, entering into trance and ecstasy; building St Paul's Cathedral, the Golden Temple, and the Great Pyramid; crossing oceans and continents to go on pilgrimages to holy places; to convert others; to fight crusades, holy wars, or jihads; it has also meant the inspired creation of music, art, icons, symbols, poetry at the very farthest stretch of human imagination, and yet it can also reveal itself as trivial sentiment."
So the problem of understanding religion is that it involves so much. It doesn't help that we are not quite sure what the word 'religion' means or where it comes from. It's a Latin word, and Cicero (a politician and writer in the 1st century BCE) thought that it comes from relegere, to gather things together, or to pass over the same ground repeatedly. Others have taken it from religare, to bind things together. And if that is so, it certainly draws attention to one of the most obvious and important features of religion: it binds people together in common practices and beliefs. Religions draw people together in a common goal of life.
Natural Selection and Survival
When we say 'life', we need first to take that word in its most basic sense, the life that we all live here and now, between birth and death. The point is that life is constantly threatened by death, so if we are to live and grow, then our lives, especially those of our children, have to be protected. Religions are the earliest protective systems of which we have any evidence that create the circumstances in which people are more likely to survive, have children and bring them up to be adults.
This means that religions have played a massively important part in the process of natural selection and evolution where human beings are concerned. Natural selection and evolution mean that unless individuals and communities are adequately protected, they cannot survive long enough to pass on their genes to another generation. All human beings are built by genes and proteins. It is only by passing on genes and looking after children well enough to bring them to maturity that human communities can continue through time. This is the process known more technically as gene-replication and the nurture of children.
So how are human beings protected? In detail, in many different ways ranging from tanks and battleships to hospitals and traffic lights. But in a general way, we are protected within three different boundaries. The first is the boundary of the cell, the second is the skin, and the third is the culture, including the family, in which we happen to live. Culture is the third defensive skin within which the gene-replication and the nurture of children are protected. Religions are the earliest cultural systems (of which we have any evidence) to provide this protection.
Culture and religions belong closely together. Even the word 'culture' is connected with religion since it comes from the same Latin word cultus, which refers to the worship of a supreme being, or of gods and goddesses.
So cult, in the sense of worship and belief in God or Goddess, lies at the foundation of culture. Obviously, what people have believed about God or Goddess has changed greatly through time as they have learned more of the One with whom they have had to deal -- much as their ideas, pictures and beliefs about the universe have changed very greatly indeed. Nevertheless, the fact remains: cult leads into culture, and culture is a powerful defensive system within which gene-replication and the nurture of children are protected.
Obviously, our early ancestors had no idea how gene-replication works, but that is beside the point. Evolution and natural selection are not an exam in which marks are given to those who understand it. Marks are given for success, and success is measured by survival.
Sex, and Food.
The importance of protecting and safeguarding survival is the reason why many religions are so concerned with sex and food. The rules developed in a cult/culture tell people what to do and what not to do. They tell them, for example, which foods are prohibited and which are allowed, which kinds of sexual behaviour are prohibited and which are allowed. In particular, they controlled the status and activities of women very carefully so that the genealogy (also important in religions) of each child is clearly known.
All this made sense when so little was known about reproduction and when life was hazardous, especially for infants and children. The fact that much of this has come into question, now that contraception enables couples to have sex without conceiving a child, or that DNA identifies parents much more accurately, does not affect the fact that for thousands of years religions have proved to be the best systems that human beings could devise to ensure survival and community.
This connection between religion, sex, and food (necessary and essential in the context of natural selection) explains why religions give to the family the highest possible value, even in religions where celibacy (giving up sex and marriage for a greater good) is seen as a higher vocation. Religions themselves have become extended families: initially they extended the family to groups of related tribes, but then some among them saw the whole of humanity as a single family (as Christians might say) or a single umma, 'community' (as Muslims might say).
Brain and Behaviour.
Turning from extended families on that universal scale, and returning to the most basic level of human survival, it is obvious why human beings devised systems in order to help to protect themselves. But the question still remains, why religious systems? Animals, birds, and fish gain protection by living in social organizations without saying their prayers (though actually in some religions it is thought that they do).
But that takes us at once to the equally obvious point that the emergence of the human brain shot humans into the stratosphere compared with other animals, not least because they developed consciousness and language. Among the new worlds that opened up were the beliefs and behaviours we describe as religious.
Those and other possibilities come with us when we are born with the kind of brain and body that most humans have. When the genes and proteins build our brains, they build them, not in a random way, but with great consistency from one generation to another. There are certainly many differences among human beings even though they come from much the same gene-protein process (for example, skin pigmentation, colour of eyes, average height), but there is much more that we all have in common. We are prepared in much the same way for eating and drinking, for sleeping and waking, for sexual development and behaviours, for speaking languages. We are prepared also for those behaviours that we call religious.
The way in which we are prepared for these behaviours does not in any way dictate or determine what we will do with our 'preparedness'. Biology does not dictate what language we will speak, let alone what we will say, nor does it dictate what food we will eat, let alone what we will have for dinner tomorrow. So also with religion: biology does not determine what we will do with our religious preparedness. We can decide, if we want, to give up religion altogether, just as we can decide to give up sex or (for short intervals) food. But perhaps to abstain altogether from something so fundamental as religion would be to make oneself less than fully human.
That point is reinforced by recent work in the neurosciences which throw entirely new light on the ways in which humans make their ethical and aesthetic judgements -- and their judgements about religion. This work and its application are summarised in my book, The Sacred Neuron (London, I.B.Tauris, 2005), and they show how innate and fundamental religion is for those who have our kind of brains and bodies.
This at once explains why there is much that is universal and common in religious behaviour, but why, nevertheless, there are many different religions and why there are radical differences among them. That is inevitable because what people do with their preparedness, either individually or in their societies and cultures, is not determined. It nevertheless means that religious belief and practice will endure among humans unless there are major alterations in the human DNA.
Exploration and Discovery.
So far we have looked at religions in a very basic way, and we have still not got back to the questions, What are religions and why are they so important? The first step to an answer is to realise that people living in successful protective systems are able, not just to survive, but to do many other things as well. They were - and still are - set free to explore their own nature and the family or society in which they live, as well as the world around them.
It was this that opened the way to the specifically religious, though it opened the way to much else as well. For example, the fact that our ancestors began to explore the world explains why the natural sciences are deeply rooted in religions. It is often forgotten that the natural sciences were originally a part of religious exploration. It is only in the last 2 or 3 centuries that they have come apart as distinct belief systems.
Equally dramatic were the explorations of what it means to be human, explorations, that is, of the human body and its nature, and of what it can experience and become. Even basic human necessities, like breathing, become in many religions a part of that exploration.
Some religions concentrated on exploring inward and on finding truth within the body in enlightenment, peace, emptiness, the Buddha-nature, and for that reason they are known as 'inversive systems'. This is the exploration of what the 19th century American writer, H.D.Thoreau, called "the private sea", the streams and oceans of our inner nature, and it has led to such religions as Jainism and Buddhism.
Other religions looked outward and discovered the importance of our relationships with each other and with One far greater than ourselves. This has produced religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in which the One greater than ourselves is recognised as God and as the uncreated Creator of all that is, the One who continues in being whether this universe happens to be here or not. These systems which explore the truth and value in relationship are known as 'extraversive systems'.
It is important not to drive too hard a distinction between them, because all religions are concerned with both inside and outside. The differences are no more than a matter of emphasis or of priority. Nevertheless, these different priorities have produced the practices that are characteristic of different religions -- such things as worship, prayer, meditation, sacrifice, yoga, zazen and many more.
These practices, when they are undertaken with good faith, can lead people into experience and insight so real to them that all else in life becomes totally unimportant in comparison. The spiritual world becomes at least as real as the material, and for many it becomes vastly more important. Human spirituality takes an almost infinite number of forms, many of them outside the boundaries of the major organised religions. 'New Age' occurs in every age as people affirm their own 'take' on the meaning and practice of a spiritual life.
And far beyond that, far beyond the explorations of spirituality that we undertake, comes the realisation in all religions that human effort and human initiatives cannot achieve the furthest goals. They can only be attained with a profound help that is not of human making: God and Enlightenment cannot in the end be achieved by effort, they can only be received as gift.
On that basis, religions take off and carry people far beyond the stratosphere and stars. In The Oxford Dictionary of Religions, I tried to summarise it in this way (p.xxiii):
"Faith, as trust in the tradition and the teacher, then sets out on journeys which for many (not inevitably, and certainly not for all) reveal the truth of that for which it yearns. `Eternity in time', to quote the phrase of Henry Vaughan, is no longer a paradox but a persuasion. Meditation enters into meaning far beyond common senses, and rests in that supreme condition which leaves behind it even such treasures as beauty, excitement, and delight. Prayer is presence, before One who elicits praise, thanksgiving, and joy, as well as penitence and sorrow. Because prayer is the greatest of the human languages of love, it connects others to God as well."
We have moved here far beyond the baseline of biology.
The Inventions of Religion.
From this account, it can be seen that religions are among the greatest of all human achievements. When Christopher Hitchens launched his 'case against religion' (God is Not Great, London, Atlantic Books, 2007), he wrote (p.10): "The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made."
But what else could it possibly be? Religions are the consequence of human explorations of themselves and of their environment, as equally of their determination to protect and transmit to others (including the next generation) the extraordinary brilliance of their discoveries.
Among those discoveries was the realisation that while religion is clearly man-made it is much more than a human achievement. Certainly, God was invented and states of Enlightenment were invented.
But the Latin word invenio means 'I come into'. To invent something does not necessarily mean 'to make up some kind of fiction'. It may mean to come into something that was waiting there to be found. In that sense, Columbus invented America, but America was there waiting for him to come into it. The same is true of scientific invention. What our ancestors found, and what we can still find today, is that in the discovery of God or of Enlightenment, God and Enlightenment are already there waiting to be discovered.
Religions are important for just this reason: they are the context and the consequence of the most mind-blowing discoveries about human nature and destiny. Both God and Enlightenment offer themselves to us in such a way that they take us far beyond anything we could possibly have achieved on our own. There may be hard work and discipline involved, but fundamentally we have to receive them as gift. Religion is certainly man-made. Its consequence is beyond anything that we, in our transient generations, could construct: that which endures when all else passes away.
World Pictures.
The exploration of the human body is known technically as 'somatic exploration' (from Greek soma,`body'). Not surprisingly, the far-reaching consequences of somatic exploration were not left without interpretation, and that is the role of somatic exegesis, the interpretation of what has been discovered Somatic exploration and exegesis are combined in teaching and instruction so that others can move in the same direction.
From this come the elaborate belief systems and world pictures that we associate with religions, just as, from this also, come texts and teaching to sustain them.
In the world pictures of religions, the power and presence of gods and spirits, both for good and for ill, are pervasive Their actual existence has often been questioned, but they are real at least in their effect, in their consequences in human life. To enquire further (for example, whether, and if so in what form, they exist) leads into the human reflections of philosophy and theology which are so fundamental in the history of religions.
Among the religious world pictures are accounts of what the world or the universe is and of how it began. These are called cosmologies and cosmogonies. Religious cosmologies are not in competition with modern science, though they have often been used or portrayed in that way. If we seek additional information about the universe, we go (if we are wise) to science, not to a religious cosmology. Religious cosmologies serve an entirely different purpose: they show how the universe is as an arena of challenge and opportunity -- as much actually for science as for religion. The universe, far from being indifferent to our existence, becomes an invitation to discover its meaning as a demand upon us to act and live in responsible and accountable ways.
Matters of life and death.
The world pictures that religions create and sustain include accounts not just of cosmology, but also of time, human nature and destiny. It is often claimed that religions came into being because they promised to believers a good life after death. For many people this life is unbearable in its suffering, and for all people it ends in death. The claim is therefore made that religions came into being and gained extensive power over human beings by their offer of a way through death into a better life.
That claim is completely wrong. The major religious traditions, both East and West, had in origin no belief whatsoever that there will be a worthwhile life after death. The most that could be hoped for was that the dead might have some vague or shadowy existence particularly when they are remembered by the living. The belief that there will be some kind of continuity through or beyond death did come into being eventually, and it was described in different ways in different religions. That belief was developed by our ancestors as a result of their experiences and discoveries, but it does not alter the amazing and astonishing fact that the major religious traditions are founded on a this-life, this-worldly experience of God and of Enlightenment. There was no 'pie-in-the-sky' compensation about it.
Religious organisations.
The discoveries that our ancestors made were far too important to be left to chance. Religions are organised systems for protecting information and for passing on valued information from one generation to another. Religions are certainly much more than this, but that at least is what they are.
'Information' is, of course, not confined to words alone. Indeed, most religious information is never put into words: it is conveyed in signs and symbols. Thus Hindus can put the whole of the universe into a diagram the size of a mat, and Christians can put God into a piece of bread as small as a coin. Information can be held and transmitted in gestures, pictures, rituals, art, decoration, even in silence.
But no matter what form the information takes, it has to be organized if it is going to be saved and shared. Religions are systems to monitor, code and protect information which has proved to be of the highest possible value, and to transmit it from person to person and (even more important) from generation to generation..
The ways in which religions are organised are extremely varied. Religions may be large-scale and strongly defined for those objectives with hierarchies and systems of control. An example is Roman Catholicism, with centralised control in the Vatican, and with a clear hierarchy of Pope, cardinals, bishops, priests, male religious orders, female religious orders, laity, all running in parallel with a spiritual hierarchy of apostles, saints, martyrs, confessors, doctors.
Religions may be equally large-scale but loosely organized, as for example in Hinduism. In a sense, there is no such thing as 'Hinduism' (the word itself is a 19th century invention) since Indian religion is really a family of religions sharing many beliefs and practices, but often differing greatly from each other. There is no centrally organised religion with hierarchies of authority and control, but even so there are among Hindus extremely strong subsystems based on gurus, temples, revealed scriptures and the like.
In contrast, religions may be small-scale and local, extending no further than the shores of an island of the borders of a village. Even then, they will have their own principles of organisation.
Organisations requires people to run them - for example, priests, witches, shamans, gurus, imams, rabbis, monks, nuns, bhikkhus - an almost endless list of religious specialists who not only transmit the traditions of belief and practice, but who also, often, act as 'maintenance engineers': they monitor the system and keep it robust. For some of them, the maintenance of the system becomes the most important thing in their lives, and the harsh face of religion can easily be produced by those who forget that there is a purpose in the system beyond simply keeping itself in good order. Monitoring the system easily becomes monitoring the beliefs and behaviour of those who belong to it, and that is one reason why religions often give the impression of insisting on inflexibly strict codes of behaviour. Ethics and the creation of a good life become a matter of conformity.
Religion as Story.
Organisations are clearly necessary to protect and transmit the information that people need. But how is all this information to be secured and conveyed? The family is of paramount importance, but so too are the social gatherings that emerge in such forms as the village assembly, synagogue, church, temple, mosque and gurdwara. Religion binds people together in a common enterprise, and it is in the forms and modes of religious assembly that much of the transmission of religious information takes place.
It takes place also when it is put into words. It is true, as we have already seen, that 'information' can be entirely non-verbal. But in all religions it is also put into words, and especially into stories. That is why storytelling is supremely important in all religions.
But the word becomes even more important when it becomes the Word, the revelation of truth understood to come from God or from exceptional teachers. The Word in this sense of revelation has a different kind of authority, as in the familiar words, "The Bible says...". But so also does Tanach (Jewish Scripture), the Qur'an (Muslim scripture), Shruti (Hindu scripture), the Angas (Jain scripture), the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh scripture), the Book of Mormon, and so on.
The appeal to a fundamental and non-negotiable authority gives rise to exactly that, fundamentalism. The fact that the different scriptures do not all say the same thing, and may indeed contradict each other, does not diminish the appeal of fundamentalism. It gives to people the security of knowing that they are right. Not surprisingly, it reinforces the radical divide between religions.
The creativity of religions.
The divisions between religions are serious indeed, since they have led to conflict and wars. Some religions have been destroyed or have disappeared. Despite this, there has been recognisable continuity through the extremely long history of religions. In general, religions have created worlds in which people can understand who they are, how they should behave, where they are going, and what the meaning of life is. All this has been tested and winnowed through time, and as a result religions have changed greatly. True, there is a kind of fundamentalism which resists this and which tries to recreate a golden age in the past when everybody believed and acted as they should. It might be the age of the apostles for some Christians, or the age of the arRashidun (the first four caliphs after Muhammad) for some Muslims, or of the Vedas for some Hindus. That such 'ages of perfection' did not ever exist does not alter the fact that for such believers the way forward is the way back.
Far more important has been the ability of religions constantly to change and still to be the context in which humans produce many of the achievements which we value and treasure most, in art, architecture, drama, poetry, music, dance, literature, education, even in the natural sciences. All these come directly from the context of religions, no matter how much they may more recently have entered a separate life of their own. And in addition to all those, all the major religions have some version of the Golden Rule as an obligation: act towards others as you would have them act towards yourself. Religions may have done great damage, but they have also done great good. It is, for example, surprising how many of the schools and hospitals around the world were, and still are, brought into being by religions.
Myth and Ritual.
Among the many achievements two of the most valuable in human history have been myth and ritual. It is true that the word 'myth' has now become a word of abuse, meaning something that is made up or false -- as in 'the myth of female weakness'.
Yet myth in its proper sense is one of the greatest of human inventions. Myth might simply be a particular example of our delight in storytelling. But myths are stories that carry with them an enormous weight of meaning. They speak of truth that cannot be told in other ways -- for example, in the languages or the equations of natural science. That is why in the 19th century myth became so important. Some scientists at the time were claiming that they would be able to explain everything. The very influential John Tyndall once claimed: "All schemes and systems which infringe upon the domain of science must, in so far as they do this, submit to its control, and relinquish all thought of controlling it." Huxley, who coined the word 'agnostic', once wrote of him: "A favourite problem of his is -- Given the molecular forces in a mutton chop, deduce Hamlet or Faust therefrom. He is confident that the Physics of the Future will solve this easily."
In reaction against this, poets, artists and musicians insisted that no matter how brilliant the achievements of science and technology are, they can never capture and explain what human life actually feels like. Why does the experience of love transcend the biology of lust? Why do people suffer? How are their sufferings related to what they have done in the past, as also to the far larger story in which their lives are caught up? And if they have done things that are wrong in the past, how can they be healed, restored, forgiven?
Those happen to be the questions that Wagner asked and tried to answer in Parsifal. Neither he nor others in the so-called Romantic Movement in the arts denied the impressive achievements of science, but they did deny, in practice as much as in theory, that science alone can tell the whole truth about humanity and the universe. William Blake (1757-1827) attacked Newton fiercely for his limited perspective which left so much unseen, but he nevertheless regarded him as a genius, "a mighty spirit", and at the climax of Jerusalem, he placed Newton with Bacon and Locke among "the Chariots of the Almighty".
The importance of myth, therefore, whether ancient or modern (and a modern example would be The Lord of the Rings), is that it can explore the meaning and significance of events and individual lives, and it can place them in a much larger and transcendent context. Local and immediate events or circumstances, which might be hard in themselves to understand or explain, are taken up by myth and placed in a far wider and perhaps even timeless setting.
Myth is closely connected with ritual. Myth may even explain why a particular ritual came into being and why it is important to perform it. But rituals can exist in their own right, without necessarily needing the support of myth. A ritual is an action performed repeatedly in much the same way according to a particular pattern. Rituals are not necessarily connected with religion at all -- in other words, they may be completely secular: thus rituals are performed on such occasions as New Year's Eve or the opening of an Olympic Games. In fact, the word 'ritual' is often used to describe the regular and patterned behaviour of animals when they are engaged in such things as seeking a mate.
But ritual is particularly important in religion, because it creates a pattern of recognisable familiarity in life, and it brings order and predictability into dangerous or uncertain situations. Among rituals, therefore, are the so-called rites of passage that mark the transition of individuals or groups through significant moments of life and death -- such occasions as birth, coming of age and marriage. Other rituals express so much that it is simply not possible to summarise all that they mean and do. Some bring people into membership of a religious group through initiation, others expel people and bring their membership to an end; some are weapons of attack against enemies, others are procedures of defence against threats like disease; some renew the fertility of the earth, others acknowledge the winter, not just of the seasons, but also of our discontents.
Our discontents are not simply those of misery and distress. They include the wicked and destructive evils which people do to each other. Those evils are all too often done by religious people in the context, and on occasion with the encouragement, of religion. For example, on the basis of the Bible witches have been burned or drowned, homosexuals executed, Africans shipped into slavery, women treated as children who are subordinate to men, and wars justified in the name of the Prince of Peace. The Bible is far from being religiously unique in this respect: other religions have kept women under the control of men, and slavery is still sanctioned in the Quran. However, it was of the Bible that Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote in The Age of Reason:
"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind."
Religions are very far from being exempt from evil. But at least it is recognised and given a name. So real is the power of evil that it is seen as the work of destructive agents like the Devil or Mara. Life becomes contest and warfare against the evil that seeks to corrupt and destroy it: "Be sober, be vigilant," says the same Bible: "Your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour; whom resist steadfast in the faith."
So the attacks on religion, whether those of Lucretius in the first century bce, of Thomas Paine in the 18th, or of such people as Dawkins, Hitchens or Harris at the present time have much to justify them. Religions can be extremely bad news. But what those attacks don't grasp or understand is that religions can also be extremely good news. In fact, we can put it like this, in what I have called the paradox of religions: religions are such bad news only because they are such good news.
Borders and Boundaries.
What creates that paradox? The answer goes back to the way in which religions are systems organised to protect information. Religions have protected so much that is of such high value to people, in areas ranging from sex to salvation and including the furthest stretches of creativity in between, that people will die to defend the system, particularly if it comes under attack, and they will also monitor the system to make sure that people do not weaken it from within.
The basic point is that systems protecting information require boundaries if the information is not to dissipate and become incoherent noise. The boundaries are often literal, surrounding particular land or territory, or they may be metaphorical, the accepted system of beliefs and practices that confer and maintain identity. Either way, the existence of boundaries will inevitably lead to border incidents when the boundary comes under threat.
The threat may be a literal attack -- an invasion, for example, or a persecution -- or it may be a threat to the continuing practice and belief of a religion -- as, for example, in what is known as secularisation, especially when the attack comes from a secular ideology as in Burma or Tibet. When boundaries are threatened, some at least within those boundaries will die rather than surrender or give way; and they may well themselves go on the attack. All religions, including those like Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism that are committed to ahimsa or non-violence, justify war in some circumstances.
The point is that religions are not matters of trivial and juvenile belief. They protect so much of such immense importance that people would die rather than lose this inherited treasure.
This means that religions (or some religious people) can be extremely dangerous. It is the reason why they are involved in so many of the most intransigent and bloody conflicts in the world -- as we have seen in recent years in Northern Island, Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Balkans, Chechnya and Dagestan, Palestine/Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Xizang/Tibet, the Punjab, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and East Timor, Sudan and Darfur.
So this is the paradox of religions that politicians, economists and others need so urgently to understand: religions can be such bad news, only because they are such good news.
But even if they did understand, and even if they acted on the basis of their understanding, what would that mean? It would mean fundamentally recognising that religion is not about to disappear, not least because of the way in which the genes and proteins prepare us for the beliefs and behaviours that we call 'religious'. Consequently religion should be taken far more seriously by those who are taking political or economic decisions -- not just because religions and religious people can be so dangerous, but also because religions are a massively important resource for good. Religions can lead to wicked and destructive evils, but equally religions have the power to contest evil, to raise up the wrecked and desolate from their despair and to commit themselves to the renewal of the earth.
John Bowker is an author, broadcaster, professor of religious studies who has taught at Cambridge, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and an Honorary Canon of Canterbury CathedralReuse content


text:
Bat World Sanctuary's mission includes providing permanent sanctuary for non-releasable bats, the protection and conservation of wild bat colonies, promoting the humane treatment of bats in captivity, educating the public about the importance of bats, and training animal care professionals on the proper treatment of bats. We believe that great animal rescue organizations are judged not just by the scale of the work that they do, but by the impact that work has on the lives of the animals they seek to serve. We actively work with zoos, researchers and animal shelters to offer an alternative to death. Many of the bats in our care have lived terrible lives before coming to us and we provide the security and privacy they need to recuperate from their previous existence. Our facility is currently the only accredited bat sanctuary in the world.
Each year we rescue thousands of bats that might otherwise die. Lifetime sanctuary is given to non-releasable bats, including those that are orphaned, injured, confiscated from the illegal pet trade and retired from zoos and research facilities from around the world.
Amanda Lollar
Bat World, sanctuary, bats, rescue, rehabilitation, refuge, education
Although there are many measures for what constitutes success – monetary, legal, emotional, etc., our organization won everything at once when we were able to hold a vicious cyber-stalker accountable for her actions against Bat World Sanctuary. The judge concluded at the end of the 4-day trial that Founder and President of Bat World Sanctuary, Amanda Lollar, possesses a world renowned reputation and she is to bats what Jane Goodall is to primates, and awarded damages in excess of 6 Million Dollars to Amanda. Unfortunately, Amanda's cyber-stalker continues to harass the organization to this day as there are no yet in place to protect victims from online harassment of this sort.
Realizing that others may have suffered in the same way, Amanda created a Facebook page to help adult victims of cyber-stalking, harassment and bullying: https://www.facebook.com/standuptocyberstalkers, so others can find help on how to fight back and recapture what their tormentors have stolen from them-their lives. Several people have openly stated that what they learned on the page, with fortification from Amanda, has turned their lives around and their anguish is over. Amanda stayed on the phone for 2 hours one evening to convince an individual not to kill themselves as they planned to do. We cannot think of a greater accomplishment than saving lives – both human and animal alike.
Also Known As
See more addresses
Main Address
299 High Point Rd
Weatherford, TX 76088 USA
Wildlife Preservation/Protection (D30)
Wildlife Sanctuary/Refuge (D34)
Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)
IRS Filing Requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
How does this organization make a difference?
Self-reported by organization
Bat World Sanctuary is on the front line to end the abuse and destruction of bats. We are recognized as the world's leader in bat care standards and cutting-edge rehabilitation treatments, and we created specific guidelines for excellence in bat education programs that are used worldwide.
We plan to expand our sanctuary in 2014 with the construction of a new facility on land that Bat World Sanctuary (BWS) owns. This larger facility will allows us rescue more bats in jeopardy of entering the cruel pet trade through zoo closures. We recently built a bat castle, a one-of-a-kind man made structure capable of providing habitat for up to 100,000 bats. The bat castle sits on the same land owned by BWS. Once occupied, bats in need of habitat will have a safe refuge where they can live and raise their young for decades to come. We also plan to build a man-made cave in 2015 or 2016. The cave will be located on a spot of land that has been donated for the project by a contributor.
Over the past 20 years, BWS has worked very hard to become the largest sanctuary, rehabilitation and teaching sanctuary in the world dedicated exclusively to bats. We have trained over 400 bat rehabilitators, conservation scientists, researchers and veterinarians in workshops for the rehabilitation of insectivorous bats, and we have authored and published over a dozen books and scientific papers. We have created a worldwide database to help the public find a bat care professional in their area when they happen upon a grounded/injured bat. BWS has rescued, rehabilitated and released over 15,000 native bats and provided permanent sanctuary for 300 non-releasable bats. We have educated over three-million people through on the ground educational programs, social media, and videos (one which went viral). We have established a bat house projects in Mineral Wells Texas, Stephenville, TX, Clifton, TX and Corrales, NM. We saved a wild colony of 50,000 bats through the purchase of a building the bats had been using as habitat for decades (the building was slated for destruction before we purchased it to save the bats). In the past two years BWS purchased land to relocate, built a bat castle on the land to serve as protected wild bat habitat, and we are in the process of constructing a brand new, larger facility to rescue more bats in need of permanent sanctuary.
Self-reported by organization
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Program 1
Build a Bat Castle
Conservation goals of the organization are presently focused on the Mexican free-tail bat. Dramatic losses have been documented in nine out of ten caves in Mexico known to have once sheltered the largest bat populations. To safeguard over twenty thousand Mexican free-tail bats, including their annual nursery colony, our organization purchased a building in 1992 that served as a permanent wild sanctuary for this species, and in 2012, we built a "bat castle" capable of providing habitat for over 100,000 free-tailed bats. See http://batworld.org/conservation-efforts/ for additional information.
Program long term success
The bat castle will be able to provide protected habitat for tens of thousands of bats for decades to come.
Program success monitored by
Populations of bats that choose to stay in the bat castle.
Program success examples
Populations of bats that choose to stay in the bat castle.
Wild Animals Preservation & Protection
Population(s) Served
Program 2
Internship on the Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats
In response to White Nose Syndrome, the single most devastating disease to ever hit bat populations, we hosted twelve 14 day internships on the rehabilitation and captive care of insectivorous bats. Veterinary students, zoologists, biologists and other animal care professionals attended the program, which was held June 6th through September 10th. They were provided comprehensive yet compassionate medical training. Bats comprise 25% of all mammalian species on earth, yet bat education is not part of the veterinary curriculum. Because of the lack of general knowledge about bats, educational institutions offer no training on the nutritional requirements, husbandry needs, and social structure of bats, yet graduates from these institutions are often charged with the welfare of these animals. The potential impact on our bat populations is dependent upon the greatest number of individuals that can be properly trained to cope with a species that is now on the brink of extinction.
Program long term success
Not available
Program success monitored by
Not available
Program success examples
Not available
Population(s) Served
Program 3
One-day Workshop on Bat Rehabilitation
A one-day workshop provided several times a year for animal care professionals who wish to learn proper rehabilitation and captive care techniques for insectivorous bats. Lecture topics include: Introduction to bats Public protocol Rabies pre-exposure vaccination requirements for rehabilitators Intake and handling procedures of crevice and tree bats Species identification Appropriate food determination Feeding techniques for infant and adult bats Caging requirements and environmental enrichment Lab topics include: Injection techniques (using dead specimens) Stabilization of open and closed wing fractures (using dead specimens)
Program long term success
Not available
Program success monitored by
Not available
Program success examples
Not available
Population(s) Served
Self-reported by organization
Five powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
Each year we rescue thousands of bats that might otherwise die. Lifetime sanctuary is given to non-releasable bats, including those that are orphaned, injured, confiscated from the illegal pet trade and retired from zoos and research facilities from around the world.
Additional Documents
Social Media
Funding Needs
Operational Support: $50,000 Construction of new sanctuary to house fruit bats who are rescued from zoos, research and the exotic pet trade, and assurance colonies of insectivorous bats in peril from White Nose Syndrome: $750,000
American Sanctuary Association
External Reviews
Source: greatnonprofits.org
The review section is powered by Great Nonprofits
Financial information is an important part of gauging the short- and long-term health of the organization.
Sign In or Create Account to view Revenue and Expenses information
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Amanda Lollar
Amanda Lollar, Founder and President of Bat World Sanctuary. Scientific wildlife rehabilitator, State of Texas, 20 years. Author of both popular and scientific literature about bats.
Amanda Lollar
no affiliation
GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section, which enables organizations and donors to transparently share information about essential board leadership practices. Self-reported by organization
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations?
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year?
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year?
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership?
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years?

subset: commoncrawl


text:
It only takes a minute to get started. Fill out our simple sign up form and login to the website.
This step is elective but will drastically enhance your chances of getting interest from other Christian members on the site. Type a little about yourself, your interests and upload your nicest photo of yourself.
Utilise our website's advanced search to discover members who match your criteria. Or just browse through listings of Christian singles and discover singles that attract you.
Found someone who looks appealing? Send a letter to them or just a wink and see if they're interested. With a little luck you'll be on your way to a once in a lifetime experience.
It's really quick


text:
ED Magedson – Founder
Ripoff Report
Aaron's Sales And Leasing229 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy, New Jersey U.S.A.
Does your business have a bad reputation?
Fix it the right way.
Corporate Advocacy Program™
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 11/25/2006 11:52 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/aarons-sales-and-leasing/perth-amboy-new-jersey-08862/aarons-sales-and-leasing-aarons-damaged-goods-will-deliver-new-still-waiting-one-month-222160. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content
Click Here to read other Ripoff Reports on Aaron's Sales And Leasing
If you would like to see more Rip-off Reports on this company/individual, search here:Search Tips
In order to assure the best results in your search:
#1 Author of original report
SUBMITTED: Sunday, November 26, 2006POSTED: Sunday, November 26, 2006
Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide "insider information" on this company?
Advertisers above have met our
strict standards for business conduct.


text:
Chapter 0: Those Perceptive EyesMature
(Originally posted by Rodge the Linkbot on Wed Jul 08, 2009)
So, Fuijitsu really is insane, huh? Click watched him coyly, he hadn't yet found a chance to escape yet. He was stuck just a little behind the door, if he moved back they would see him, if he moved forward, well, he'd get 'Xeranadded'.
"What are you waiting for?" He heard someone whisper from behind him.
"Click, put his head on a pike, now!"
"Go, go now!"
Suddenly he was shoved forward and fell into the room, face down, and looked up seeing his reflection in the blade. He leaped back and looked at it, jammed in the floor, and then he saw him. Xeranad.
That's when he saw something else. He saw who Xeranad was.
Click just stared at him, shaking, before finally realizing it.
"Who was she?" he just looked at him
"That girl that died. She was murdered, wasn't she?" He swallowed standing up, he was terrified but he had to come up with something to look like a hero, "Better yet, I have a better question. Why did you kill him? Your friend I mean."
Everyone just looked at him.
"I'm not sure if I should be more scared of you or pity you."


text:
Call 0333 200 2024 lines open Mon to Fri - 9am to 6pm
0 items /
Be the first to review this product
Availability: In stock
Providing innovative, stylish and high quality pieces are the core values of the leading contemporary furniture brand GillmoreSPACE, and the GillmoreSPACE Savoye White & Graphite 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers from this collection certainly reflects these stand out qualities. The excellent design of this chest of drawers would work effortlessly alongside other pieces in a modern setting. The GillmoreSPACE Savoye White & Graphite 3 Drawer Chest of Drawers is characterised by the bold linear design and three drawers with a graphite aperture accent and a matte white finish.
Check items to add to cart or select all
GillmoreSPACE Savoye White & Stone Side Table
Model Number:
GillmoreSPACE Savoye Graphite Side Table
View the whole GillmoreSPACE range.
For more information please call us on 0333 200 2024. Lines are open from Monday to Friday - 9am to 6pm. Alternatively please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Facial Yoga for Sagging Skin: Too Good to Be True?
posted on
While diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle can keep your body in shape, sagging skin around the face might not respond to even the healthiest regiment. Sagging facial skin can be a result of environmental factors and poor health habits, but most of the effects are simply due to genetics. A surgical facelift and laser facial rejuvenation are a few ways to combat the problem, but facial yoga may be an effective non-surgical option for many.
Can facial exercises really provide lasting results? Here's a closer look at facial yoga and the key benefits of this alternative facial rejuvenation treatment:
Key Causes of Aging and Sagging Skin
Dr. Ashkan Ghavami, M.D., a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills suggests there are some key reasons why skin isn't looking as tight and taut as your days of youth. He explains that connective tissue diseases, dry skin, sun damaged skin and smoking are the leading causes of premature sagging, and sometimes these factors are beyond a person's control (RealSelf.com). Poor health habits, environmental pollutants and even genetics can trigger the premature aging cycle which leads to wrinkles, fine lines and sagging skin.
Treating sagging skin with facial yoga presents one option for many baby boomers who want to ward off the premature signs of aging. In the same way that muscles become stronger through consistent yoga practice, facial yoga may help create a youthful appearance by toning core facial muscles and making them more resilient. Practitioners of facial yoga believe that exercising facial muscles in a particular sequence can reduce the signs of aging and build strength in key areas. From extreme puckering to facial massage, facial yoga practitioners are determined to change the structure of their face without surgery or laser treatments. Still, skeptics of this anti-aging treatment suggest that facial yoga is just a myth. Is it really possible to make skin look younger with exercise alone?
Making Facial Yoga Work
Cynthia Rowland, a world-renown expert in natural facial fitness says that facial movement without resistance is simply a contortion – it will not produce any significant changes in structure and simple movements may be a futile effort. However, anyone who works on building muscle strength reduces the chances of muscle atrophy and slack muscles – the common denominator of an aging body (Source: Rejenuve.com). Practicing facial yoga regularly with resistance-bearing techniques may be an ideal solution for many who want to improve their skin tone and sculpt away sagging skin.
Key Benefits of Facial Yoga
Facial yoga involves a series of exercises that tighten and tone the facial muscles to create a more youthful look, and offers several benefits for the skin. The process may also have an impact on your energy level and sense of well-being. Since it involves several deep breathing techniques, the process of posing and stretching itself can be a way to relieve stress and even relax better after the session.
Facial yoga can:
- Increase blood and oxygen flow to the brain
- Engage both large and small muscle groups
- Reduce fine lines and wrinkles
- Clear up the complexion as a result of facial muscle stimulation
- Improve circulation around the face
- Reduce stress and tension around the jaw, ears and neck
Bottom Line: If you're looking for a non-invasive treatment to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, or simply want to improve the texture and tone of your skin, facial yoga may be a valuable alternative to surgery and laser skin rejuvenation treatments. Facial yoga techniques need to be practiced on a daily basis for the best results, and many alternative health centers and medispas offer classes that can teach you key techniques.
Learn more about facial rejuvenation in our information guide, or consider all of your options in skin rejuvenation in our resource section. If you're ready to try facial yoga, contact a medispa in your area to practice yoga techniques - and maybe allow you to skip that facelift altogether.


text:
Get to the surface.
Not at all eager to drown, I begin to swim towards the surface. My lungs burn and strain for oxygen. My vision begins to dim. Suddenly I cannot hold my breath in any longer and let it out in an explosion of bubbles. My lungs instinctively pull the water into my windpipe and...
I can breathe.
I can breathe underwater? Shocked and intrigued, I stop swimming for the surface. Unfortunately, I am pulled upward by a sudden current. No! Wait! The dancing shadows obscure the mysterious woman, who gazes up at me with sadness and surprise. I break the surface.
I wake.
My eyes are closed. Strangely, I am still floating in warm liquid. I open my eyes to find myself still in orange water, still able to breathe, but the view is no longer endless. I am in a cylindrical, glass tank. The tank is only as big as it needs to be for me to float inside without touching the sides. I must get out!


text:
It only takes a minute to get started. Fill out our uncomplicated sign up form and login to the site.
This step is discretionary but will greatly enhance your chances of getting interest from other over 50s members on the site. Tell people about yourself, your hobbies and upload some good photos of yourself.
Use our website's sophisticated search to uncover over 50s members who match your desired requirements. Or just browse through listings and uncover folks that attract you.
Identified someone who could be interesting? Drop them a line or just a wink and see if they're interested. With a little luck you'll be on your way to a once in a lifetime experience.
It's quick and easy


text:
|AWAM Centre
85, Jalan 21/1, Sea Park,
46300 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia
Administration & Programmes (Office)
General Contact Form
You may also contact us using the form below. For purposes of confidentiality, please do not use this form to report cases.
NOTE: This form is for general contact and inquiries only.
Counselling & Legal Information (Telenita)
Tel: 03 7877 0224
Email: telenita [at] awam.org.my
Our Helpline and Service Centre are available Mondays to Fridays, 10 am to 4.30 pm. We also provide counselling services on Saturdays, by appointment.
Please call our Telenita line or email us to make an appointment if you would like to see staff or seek counselling and legal information services. You can also visit our Help page and use the contact form there.


text:
By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY
Pat White can't wait to bring a wilder passing dynamic to the Wildcat formation popularized by the Miami Dolphins, who hope to unveil a more entertaining 2.0 version of last season's hottest NFL offensive trend.
It figures that the Dolphins would take a second-round draft flier on the West Virginia quarterback with game-changing flex appeal. White threw for 6,049 yards and ran for 4,480 more, setting the NCAA record for career rushing yards by a quarterback.
South Florida reporters have already renamed Miami's direct-snap-to-a-running-back formation "The WildPat" in anticipation of arguably this draft's most dynamic multidimensional threat.
PHOTOS: NFL draft weekend
How does that nickname resonate with the 44th overall selection?
"It sounds like I might have to step up and make some plays," White said by phone from his Daphne, Ala., home. "They gave me the shot to play the position I love playing."
When he got the call from Dolphins brass Saturday, White could only make out every other word above the din from 20 family members and friends celebrating his selection. White heard enough to know he'll get to chase his dream of someday becoming a full-time starting quarterback.
"God's really blessed my brother," says Bo White, the wide receivers coach at Ohio's Bluffton University. "Pat's coming along at the right time to expand on what they're doing with the Wildcat."
White is an accurate left-handed passer with darting elusiveness to keep defenses on their heels. He threw for 56 career touchdowns, completing 64.8% of his passes, and ran for 47 scores.
"Pat White is the next level of the Wildcat," NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock says. "The defensive answer to the Wildcat last year was to take the safety out of the hole.
"Now you take a guy who can also throw the football like an NFL quarterback and who can also run the option. That means the safety is in the box and your cornerbacks are one-on-one with no deep help.
"Anytime there's a play-action fake, Pat White will have the ability to throw the ball and beat one-on-one coverage on the outside."
But Mayock says it would be wrong to pigeonhole White as a Wildcat wild card.
Despite lacking prototypical quarterback size at 6-0, 206 pounds, White creates passing lanes with his quick feet and is accurate on the move.
"I believe this kid can be an NFL quarterback full time down the road, and he's going to compete with (current Dolphins backup quarterback) Chad Henne in the future and might even beat him out," Mayock says.
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin approached White's father, James, after his son's March 12 pro day workout. None of the 25 teams requested a post-workout receiver audition after White was done flashing his passing skills.
"Mike Tomlin came up to me and said, 'They didn't ask (New Orleans Saints Pro Bowl quarterback) Drew Brees to work out at receiver,' " James White said. "Pat's a quarterback."
Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland said White will compete in training camp against veteran incumbent Chad Pennington and second-year player Henne.
White adds multiple options as a quarterback-tailback or slot receiver compared to running back Ronnie Brown, who ignited last year's trend by taking direct snaps with Pennington spread out wide in a season-turning, Week 3 win at the New England Patriots.
Quarterbacks coach David Lee met with White at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., where White emerged as the game's MVP. Ireland was at White's scouting combine throwing showcase, where some considered him more impressive than former Southern California quarterback Mark Sanchez, who was the fifth overall pick by the New York Jets.
Former NFL quarterback Jim Miller was with the Steelers in the mid-1990s when Kordell Stewart was nicknamed "Slash" for his versatility before stepping in as starting quarterback from 1997 to 2002.
"Now you have a guy that is a legitimate quarterback in the Wildcat, and that stresses a defense out," said Miller, now a Sirius Radio analyst. "In one week's time, it's tough as a defender to get ready for a guy as dynamic as Pat White."
White was 34-8 at West Virginia, where the two-time Heisman Trophy finalist won four bowl games.
"Pat White is a winner," said West Virginia coach Bill Stewart, who added White is faster than former Mountaineers running back Steve Slaton, who had 1,282 rushing yards as a rookie for the Houston Texans in 2008.
"When I talked to Mike Tomlin at Patrick's pro day, I said, 'Michael, he's not going to come in and beat Ben Roethlisberger out. But put him in a game and tell me he won't drive a defensive coordinator crazy.'
"This kid in a Wildcat? This kid is a good quarterback."
There is one potential downside. White's dad grew up a Steelers fan and will be rooting for his son in every game — except the Dolphins' regular-season finale against Tomlin's reigning Super Bowl champions.
Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more.


text:
Kent had a bit of a surprise to find that he was related to Meryl Streep.
So I tried to find out more about my own past over at myheritage.com. This is what turned up:
Funny thing is, I bought Tracy's 2005 album just last week. I didn't know she was my dad though.


text:
It also emerged that Sue Edwards, 35, was refused permission to remain with her baby and had to return to jail less than six hours after her daughter, Sarah Louise, was born.
Mrs Edwards, who is serving a three-year sentence for burglary, remained chained throughout her stay at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, even while she fed her baby. The hospital said yesterday that the two midwives who assisted in the delivery did not realise until after the birth that Mrs Edwards had been handcuffed.
The Prison Service has apologised to Mrs Edwards, but calls for government action grew yesterday as Labour demanded a review of the relationship between the medical prison service and the NHS.
The governor of Styal women's prison in Cheshire, where Mrs Edwards is being held, said the two women prison officers involved had taken too literally their instructions to keep the prisoner secure.
Mrs Edwards, from Ancoats, Manchester, was taken to hospital from Styal jail after she went into labour during a visit by her 14-year- old son.
She will claim compensation for the distress she suffered at the hospital. Roger Lowe, her solicitor, said: 'Mrs Edwards has instructed me to pursue legal action against the Prison Service. It will be breaking new ground so we don't know exactly what form it will take . . . it could well be we will go to the European Court of Human Rights.'
Mr Lowe said Mrs Edwards, whose baby is being cared for by her sister, was still distressed by what had happened.
Medical experts and prison reformers yesterday condemned Mrs Edwards' treatment - which happened on Christmas Eve but was revealed only on Wednesday - and warned it could severely affect her relationship with her child.
A panel of medical and prison representatives refused Mrs Edwards' request to remain with her new daughter and for her to be kept at the prison's baby unit.
Janet Jones, an aunt of Mrs Edwards, said yesterday her niece was upset that prison authorities and social services would not let her keep the baby. 'I couldn't believe how quickly they took her back from the hospital. There was a lot of bruising on her stomach from the birth and she was really worried there was something wrong inside. The way she has been treated is outrageous.'
A hospital spokesman said: 'It was only after the child had been born and the midwives were changing the sheets on the bed that they realised the mother was handcuffed to a prison officer. Had they known earlier and thought the handcuffs were in any way restricting her movement, they would most certainly have protested.'
He added: 'The prison staff should have used their discretion. In future we will talk to the prison authorities so the situation is clear.'
Mrs Edwards had a record of absconding and during her pregnancy staged an escape from the hospital's maternity unit. She is due to be released from prison in July.
She now has five children, and for 14 years has lived with her partner, Keith, 43.
- More about:
- Healthcare
- Prison
- Punishment
- Stomach


text:
With Instructables you can share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.
Tell us about yourself!
Electronics Project Trays
Steampunk Geocaching
DIY T-shirt Screen Printing
Multipass from The Fifth Element
Lego Lens Cap Saver
Send and Receive MIDI with Arduino
MIDI Piano Lighting
Multi-Tool Flip-Top Table
Tetris shelves
300+ Watt Linear Power Supply
Jumbo Pretzels
Functional and Sturdy Wooden Toolbox
Laser Guided Hammer
Maker Station: The Portable Reconfigurable Work Station for all Makers
Resistor Color Wheel
Business Card with Polaroid + Arduino
How to install a Garage Door opener in a dashboard
Leather Briefcase (Covert Edition)
Salvaging Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)
Add a USB Power Outlet in Your Car
Cheap Mini Pallet Coasters!
Plywood Children's Chair.
Printing Circuits with Conductive Paint
The Ultimate Guide to Minecraft Papercrafts!
A fully 3D printable GlaDOS Robotic ceiling arm lamp
Backlit 1/4" Audio Jacks
how to make hummus
Christmas card with inbuilt retro video game for under $10
Perfect Sawhorses: adjustable and knock-down design
Salvaging an LCD from a fax machine
Ghetto Development Environment
Let your inbox help you discover our best projects, classes, and contests. Instructables will help you learn how to make anything!
© 2016 Autodesk, Inc.


text:
Producing the initial natural Android MobileFirst app
To serve a native Google android program, MobileFirst Machine must be aware of it. For this function, IBM MobileFirst Software Basis delivers a Indigenous API collection, that contains a couple of APIs and design files.mobitechstudio.com/iphone-app-development
This training talks about tips on how to crank out the Android mobile phone Natural API and the way incorporate it by using a local Android application. These actions are needed to help you put it to use in the future to obtain tasks such as attaching to MobileFirst Host, invoking adapter operations, applying authentication approaches, and the like.
Prerequisite . Designers have to be adept with making use of Google's developer tools.
Building a MobileFirst Indigenous API
- In MobileFirst Studio room, generate a MobileFirst project and add a MobileFirst Indigenous API.
- In the New MobileFirst Indigenous API dialogue, key in the application name and select Google android for those Environment area.
- Correct-select the developed NativeAPI folder (positioned in your-jobs/apps/your-nativeapi-app-brand ) and choose Function As Andgt; Deploy Local API . This step is needed for MobileFirst Web server to understand the application form any time a request grows to the server.
- The MobileFirst native API has several components:
- wlclient.houses provides the connections controls that the local Android operating system program employs.
- worklight-android operating system.bottle is definitely the MobileFirst API catalogue.
- gcm.bottle and press.png are for Google and yahoo press notice expert services.
JSONStore folder is designed for additional JSONStore assistance in native software programs.
armabi. armabi-v7a. mips. and x86 folders are for non-obligatory App Legitimateness Protection in indigenous apps.
As with all MobileFirst undertaking, you make the machine setup by altering the data files which can be on the server\conf directory.
You use the app-descriptor.xml record to determine app metadata and to set up security configurations that MobileFirst Machine enforces.
- wlclient.qualities
- The wlclient.attributes data file holds machine settings qualities which is person-editable.
- wlServerProtocol – The communication protocol to MobileFirst Machine, which is often sometimes http or https.
- wlServerHost – The hostname of MobileFirst Server.
- wlServerPort – The port of MobileFirst Host.
- wlServerContext -The situation underlying route with the application over the MobileFirst Server.
- wlAppId – The applying Identification as outlined in the app-descriptor.xml file.
- wlAppVersion – The application form type.
- wlEnvironment – Whatever target environment on the local application form.
- wlUid – Your property made use of by MTWW to determine this like a MobileFirst request.
- wlPlatformVersion – The MobileFirst Business version.
- languagePreferences – Number of favored locations.
- GcmSenderId – This residence specifies the GCM Sender Identification used for force notifications. Automatically, this property or home is commented out.
- Building and configuring an Android os natural application
- Develop a indigenous Android operating system app or utilize an existing one.
- Replicate the worklight-android os.jar. uicandroid.jar. bcprov.bottle. and android-async-http.bottle data files from your WorklightAPI folder to your new native Google android application form, within the /libs directory website.
- Clone the report wlclient.components coming from the MobileFirst native API folder to your new local Google android application, inside the /possessions website directory.
- Put the next permissions into the AndroidManifest.xml record:
- Add the MobileFirst UI pastime:
For additional information, study the "Getting local applications for Android" person documentation issue Following the request is run in Eclipse, the last outcome is a native application which contains the MobileFirst API selection. The given Studio room job posesses a MobileFirst Recording studio project using the produced NativeAPI directory. The presented Natural project contains an Android operating system request presently installation along with the MobileFirst NativeAPI.
Example app


text:
Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc.
creates an inclusive and welcoming community.
Syrian Refugees CrisisContact Us
Formed in 1974, the Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc. (MCAF) plays a vital role in establishing communication and fostering understanding between the community, settled immigrants and newcomers. MCAF accomplishes this by offering programs and services that meet the following goals:
• to encourage and promote the concept of diversity and inclusion;
• to provide newcomers to Canada with settlement services, language instruction, employment services, and community networking;
• to create an inclusive and welcoming community.
Newcomer Scholarship Fundraiser: World Dance & World Food;
- Newcomer Scholarship Guidlines.;
- Newcomer Scholarship Application.;
MCAF-FDSA 2017 Futsal
To print or download the registration form click on following link:
MCAF-FDSA 2017 Futsal;


text:
Start: Dyers Pass Road opposite Sign of the Kiwi, Port Hills.
Finish: Bowenvale car park, Summit Road, Port Hills.
Distance: 1km.
Time: 30 minutes one way.
Toilets: Located at Sign of the Kiwi.
Dogs: Must be kept on a leash.
Start at Dyers Pass Road, opposite the Sign of the Kiwi. The track climbs initially through lovely native bush to a rocky spur where spectacular views across Lyttelton Harbour can be enjoyed.
The track re-enters the native bush and sidles steep rocky bluffs to exit just below Bowenvale car park on the Summit Road.
Gilpins or Cedrics Track can be picked up from this point to make a return trip to Dyers Pass.


text:
MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
- UFC (http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/)
- - Bj Bj Bj (http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/2568-bj-bj-bj.html)
Bj Bj Bj
Who else thinks BJ has changed. I think he's turned cocky and soft. His skills don't seem to be as smart and for some odd reason, he reminds me of an old man in the ring (I only mean his mannerisms, not his cardio or anything like that). Back in the day, he looked like the Karate kid, now he looks fat. I don't think there's anyway he can beat Matt Hughes
Yeah but he wasnt this fat..:laugh:
BJ will be underestimated again and he will come out on top like the first time!
being a bit pudgy is just BJs body type. He wasn't exactly all ripped up at 155. This being said, I don't think that he can handle the brute strength of Matt. Hughes by ref stoppages just like Royce.
Looks can be deceiving...
Exactly. Penns built like a mini Fedor :D and we all know what fedor can do
he didnt looked very "ripped" in there last fight either and look what happened hughes couldnt even get off of his back
bj doesnt belong fighting at 170..thats why he looks fat, its because he is..that doesnt mean he cant hang at 170 cuz he can..he handles matts stregnth b4 and i think he can do it again..i originally picked bj but im starting to think hughes might be too much for him
|All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:57 AM.
Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 , Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text:
Enterprise Medical Recruiting
Full Time
Southwestern Georgia community in need of additional Full-Time Rheumatologist
Desired Rheumatologist will join one 100% Rheumatologist in busy practice, covering service area of over 150,000.
- Will walk into existing practice in new outpatient clinic on campus of 670-bed regional hospital, call 1:2, every other weekend.
- Financial package will include attractive base salary, production bonuses, and comprehensive benefits package.
- Must be BC/BE; experienced candidates, along with recentgrads welcome to apply.
Albany has a local population of 85,000, and encompasses over 150,000 draw area covering ten counties. It is home to Albany State University, Albany Technical College, Darton College, Albany Civic Center, Albany Museum of Art, Flint RiverQuarium, The Parks at Chehaw, Quail Plantations.It is the hub of southwest Georgia for shopping, cultural activities, education, as well as is the primary trade center for the region.It is within an hour drive to Tallahassee, within two hour drive to Dustin for Gulf coast oceanfront beaches, and within three hours to Atlanta for international travelers.
Contact: Neal Fenster
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 1-800-467-3737
Web: www.enterprisemed.com


text:
Edit Article
wikiHow to Add Color to Text
Colorful text can make things more exciting or help your cause. Here is how to add color to your text.
Community Q&A
Ask a Question
200 characters leftSubmit
If this question (or a similar one) is answered twice in this section, please click here to let us know.
Article Info
Categories: Word Processors
Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 2,429 times.
Did this article help you?


text:
Your shopping cart is empty!
0 reviews Write a review
The BULLDOG BX1 coupler is the result of generations of design
expertise and field experience. It incorporates innovative features that
revolutionize the benefits available from a gooseneck coupler.
• Offers flexible mounting options with Next Generation locking plate
coupler locking mechanism
• Makes hooking up, adjusting vertical height, and disconnecting easy
• Maintains smooth operation over time with grease fittings for every
important operating part
• Operates easily with one hand thanks to new locking handle design
• Continuous tight ball fit - ever-increasing cam tightening mechanism
• Protects against wear with enclosed locking pin mechanism
• Resists theft with integrated feature to allow pad-locking the coupler
to the ball (lock not included)
• Guides ball into socket more easily—letting you miss by more than
an inch—with bottom locking plate 50% larger than competitors
• Lengthens life of locking mechanism with oil-impregnated bushings
• Allows shorter retracted length and less wasted length for trucks with
high bed height via low-profile locking mechanism
• Fits ball better and reduces jarring through contour-formed edge on
bottom locking plate
• Delivers unmatched strength through heavy-duty construction
• Innovations that improve security, service life, and functionality
• New ball pocket design provides contact on both sides of the ball for
substantially improved pull out strength - the only sliding-plate design
that transfers part of the load to the top locking plate rather than only
the bottom locking plate
Weight Carrying Capacity: 20,000
Weight Distributing Capacity: 6,000lbs
Outer Tube Diameter: 4"
Overall Weight; Retracted: N/A Extended: N/A
Adjustment: 8"
Ball Size: 2-5/16"
Description: BX1 Coupler Round Tube, Inner Tube Only.
Unit Wt. Lbs: 27.0
There are no reviews for this product.


text:
Wednesday 25 August 1993
It was Wednesday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Bill Clinton (Democratic). In that special week of August people in US were listening to Can't Help Falling In Love by UB40.
In UK Living On My Own by Freddie Mercury was in the top 5 hits.
The Secret Garden, directed by Agnieszka Holland, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1993
while The Bridges Of Madison County by Robert James Waller was one of the best selling books.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
Or have a look at the whole 1993.
Old Newspapers
Have a look at the old newspapers from 25 August 1993 and get them!
Which were the most popular movies released in the last months ?
TV Series
Which were the most popular TV series released in the last months ?
Find out your future
Get a FREE Numerology report based on the digits of 25 August 1993!
Wish him/her..
Historical Events
Which were the important events of 25 August 1993 ?
- Roman festivals - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops.
- RC Saints - Genesius of Arles, Saint Louis IX of France, Saint Joseph Calasanz
- Uruguay - National Day (independence from Brazil in 1825).
- Philippines - National Heroes' Day.
Famous Birthdays:
- Candice O'Reilly: YouTube Star.
- Gunner Gumm: YouTube Star.
- Thomas Oliveira: YouTube Star.
Famous Deaths:
- Amy Biehl: US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26.
Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 1993 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
Search For Your Ancestors
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Don't miss our monthly news, no spam guarantee Click here to Subscribe
...and if 25 August 1993 was your Birth Date then Join our Birthday Club!
Make this date unforgettable
CD and DVD Birthday Cards
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1993?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: America the Violent -- Aug. 23, 1993
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9395
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.184
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Remember when
What videogames would you be playing back in the days ?


text:
ALOR STAR (NST) – Kedah police had seized more than three kilogrammes of heroin and syabu with street value of RM110,000 following the arrest of seven traffickers in separate arrests in Alor Star and Langkawi between Wednesday and Friday.
State Narcotic Investigation Department chief Superintendent Abd Razak Md Zin said in the first bust, police nabbed two men after seizing 2.3kg of heroin and 407g of syabu in their Toyota Vios car at Kuala Kedah on Wednesday.
He said in another haul the following day, police arrested a 32-year-old drug trafficker upon his arrival at Kuah Jetty in Langkawi and seized 250g of syabu from the suspect, who later led police to a house in Kedawang.
"In the follow up raid, the Langkawi Narcotic Investigation Department rounded up two men and a woman after seizing 72.6g of heroin and 0.5g of syabu plus a WY pill from the suspects," he said in a Press conference at the state police contingent headquarters here today.
Abd Razak said in a separate raid in Langkawi on Friday, police nabbed a 38-year-old drug trafficker in Taman Nilam and seized 100gm of heroin from the suspect.
He said all cases were being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries mandatory death penalty upon conviction.


text:
Quest:The Abomination
7,085pages onAdd New Page
this wiki
this wiki
| This article or section about a Quest is incomplete or in error. You can help AoC Wiki out by editing it.
|The Abomination
|Main Category
|The Scorpion Cave
|Quest Starts At
|Quest Ends At
| Viltren
| • Get the Final Abomination's Head
10 11 46
| [Nefarious Chest]
[Vicious Drape]
[Wicked Heart]
Plus one of these:
[Nefarious Chest]
[Vicious Drape]
[Wicked Heart]
I. The Head of an Abomination Edit
Objective Edit
- Get the Final Abomination's Head
Journal Entry Edit
Viltren, a pilgrim devoted to a scorpion spirit, has asked me to battle an man-scorpion abomination he has seen entering the cave with the great scorpion nest.
I offered to take the creatures head so that he might study it closer. I can find the cave in the western hills. Viltren thinks it will be no easy matter to slay the creature, death will only advance it's development.


text: WHEELING, W.V., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSBC) today announced an increase in the quarterly cash dividend rate to be paid to its shareholders to $0.17 per common share from the previous quarterly dividend rate of $0.16 per common share, or a 6.25% increase. The increased dividend will be payable on April 2, 2012 to shareholders of record on March 9, 2012. The WesBanco Board of Directors approved this most recent cash dividend increase based in part on the Company's recent strong earnings achievements, as well as WesBanco's strong capital position. The cash dividend increase represents an annualized cash dividend of $0.68 per common share. WesBanco, Inc. is a multi-state bank holding company of $5.5 billion in total assets providing banking services through 112 locations and 122 ATMs in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. WesBanco's banking subsidiary is WesBanco Bank, Inc., headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. WesBanco also operates an insurance brokerage company, WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc., and a full service broker/dealer, WesBanco Securities, Inc. SOURCE WesBanco, Inc.


text:
The main focus is describing the scene rather than creating a plot, like narratives. It is more detailed and uses a wide range of vocabulary in terms of description, and less detailed when it comes to the plot, theme etc.
Excessive use of adverbs and adjectives are not good, we should use precise vocabulary for a stronger description.
Describe what you want the reader to see, hear, feel, smell,taste while reading your writing., It entails the use of colorful and strong words as well as expression in the words to show what the writer or the character is feeling.
Effective use of similes and metaphors
It is telling a story in such details that your readers would be able to immerse themselves into the plot and setting, imagining themselves actually taking part in the story
It has more descriptions which makes the story more life like, letting the reader picture how the whole scenario is like.
a wide range of good vocabulary instead of adjectives and adverbs are used to aptly and accurately describe the various characters, settings and situations
use of original, vivid similies and metaphors to describe one's feeling's, sight, sound etc so as to create a mental image in the readers of what it is about
It focuses on a specific character or setting instead of telling an interesting story or argument or talking about facts.
It focuses more on descriptions.
It tends to show the readers rather than telling them what it is about
It is more vivid and lively with the use of more devices. There's also more descriptions for a certain thing, place or a person. Also, it does not have a fix format like formal letter or expositions.
we can talk about the past that helps to bring out a point that you are trying to bring across of a certain person, but do not make it into a story as it is not a narrative.
It is a type of writing that can be used in personal recounts and narratives
The writer must have a wide knowledge of vocabulary in order to create a vivid and accurate depiction of what he is trying to say
It is used to try to paint a picture in the reader's mind so that the reader feels like she is actually experiencing the whole event in person.
It makes use of the five senses to make the reader feel as if he is experiencing it himself
We should not overuse adjectives as sometimes descriptive writing can be very dry to read when done so., Precise vocabularly should be used instead so as to bring about a point in a concise manner and also to create a stronger impact.
It is good to add what you feel in addition to what you experience with your five senses to make the reader feel as if he is experiencing it himself
Avoid writing in first person to avoid starting to tell stories instead of just describing what is happening or what you see.
i) It uses a wide range of adjectives which could describe the noun they are specifically referring. Literary devices are also often used.
iii) It creates a picture or sketch of it in the writer's head.
ii) It makes use of our five senses to make the setting realistic.
iv) It allows the reader to look at the setting from different perspectives by using imagery.
What in your opinion is Descriptive Writing?
What does it entail?, It entails good use of vocabulary and emotive language., Details and vocab words that are used at the correct time, Requires the writer to show not tell.
How is it different from other text types you have learnt?, It requires more descriptive language and a stronger vocabulary as well as being able to describe a certain place, person or event well., Main focus is on describing the setting/ character and not on plot or main theme, for that descriptive paragraph, It does not have a format unlike formal letter
Relevations, The aim of a descriptive essay is actually not to tell a story or 'be there' yourself in the story, but instead focus on a certain thing and enlarge it, describing everything down to the smallest details., An effective descriptive writing is not about dumping in alot of adjectives and adverbs, it is about using precise vocabulary, similies and metaphors
i) It does not follow a stringent format, less restrictive, emphasizes more on appealing to our five senses.
ii) It is more realistic and emotions are evoked in the reader.
iii) It is less factual and statistical, but rather more creative.
Descriptive writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to describe the author's subject to the reader with vivid words to help the readers to imagine the exact figure or situation of one subject.
The story is usually described and explained in vivid and minute details to depict a scene or scenario of a story and to help "paint" the picture in the reader's mind.
Description of a person
Description of a place
Readers can imagine what does it look like, taste like, feel like,ect with the help of information given by the author.
Flowery language, specific adjectives,adverbs, analogies, similes,personification and metaphors
Description of an object
Making use of our five senses
more detailed elaboration on what is happening
It is more of the description of people, places, objects and specific events.
It often does not involve storylines and plots.
It requires a strong vocabulary to write such essays. Metaphors and Similes are also included too.
It is not written from the first person point of view
Try not to repeat words and use different and more specific words for description. Metaphors and Similes will help to enhance the description.
Detailed Description of facial features, mannerism and setting is important
Develop an underlying theme from the question and take it as a controlling idea when writing
Always set a suitable mood for the scene so as to engage and absorb readers
Create a clear structure that is interesting to readers, Describing from the inside to the outside, Writing from the past to the future, Explaining from the general to the particular
Tercera División is the fourth level of the Spanish football league system. The top three are the Primera División, often referred to as "La Liga" in English, the Segunda División, and Segunda División B.
1. Vivid descriptions of action, feelings, speech and atmosphere, 5 senses
It shows rather than simple telling.
very precise, use precise vocabulary
2. Literary devices such as alliteration, similies and metaphors.
It adopts a more casual tone. Rather than appealing to people to believe in your stand in whatever you are writing for, descriptive writing aims more to relate an event.
The writer is painting a picture for the reader to "see" by using words.
more emotions and more imaginative. it is more of describing than stating facts, solutions etc.
creates a sense of feeling in you


text:
Honda Mobilio diesel vs Maruti Suzuki Ertiga ZDi: Honda's first MPV has the jaws to bite away a significant chunk from the Ertiga's share of pie
Honda clearly steals the thunder, as the Mobilio looks more like a stylish station wagon than a boring people-carrier....Roshni Menon & Deepa Balakrishnan-July 26, 2014,1:30 pm IST Auto
Toyota in top gear in India, sets up second plant
With an initial investment of Rs 1400 cr, the plant will be operational by 2010. ...Roshni Menon-August 1, 2008,9:59 pm IST Auto
Serial blasts are a wake up call, say Bangalore IT firms
Bangalore was struck by terror for the second time in two-and-a-half-years. ...Roshni Menon-July 26, 2008,12:25 am IST India
IT hub on standby: Bangalore reels under power crisis
Karnataka Govt announces cutting down city's power supply by 20 per cent....Abhirr V P and Roshni Menon-July 25, 2008,8:57 am IST India
Green is the new colour of IT in Bangalore
IT biggies like Infosys, Wipro and TCS are developing eco-friendly campuses....Roshni Menon-June 6, 2008,8:22 pm IST Business
Look who voted, who didn't vote in Bangalore
IT industry was not the one leading the way in Bangalore polls....Roshni Menon-May 10, 2008,10:34 pm IST Politics
2 injured as plane hits dog in Bangalore
A Kingfisher flight hit a stray dog on the runway seconds before take off....Roshni Menon-March 28, 2008,8:58 am IST India
133 IIM-B grads bag plum MNC jobs
Global firms have recruited students from IIM Bangalore....Roshni Menon-March 11, 2008,12:41 pm IST India
Harvard to study Bangalore's mid-day meal scheme
The scheme will be a special case study at the Harvard's Business School....Roshni Menon-February 4, 2008,1:34 am IST India
Sitting in India, 'Get Friday' makes American life easy
From bedtime stories to calling a taxi, Americans get everything from India....Roshni Menon-January 18, 2008,3:17 pm IST India
Bangalore's int'l airport getting multiple links
Karnataka govt is making sure the Bangalore airport will be well-connected to the city....Roshni Menon-January 8, 2008,1:39 am IST India
Common man's airline Deccan will still be affordable
The merger between Air Deccan and Kingfisher has been formalised....Roshni Menon-December 20, 2007,8:09 pm IST Business
Bangalore's int'l airport forges terrific land boom
The boom has forced the govt to revise guidance values for rural districts....Roshni Menon & Deepa Balakrishnan-December 3, 2007,9:17 pm IST India
Loose change makes petrol pumps richer by Rs 300 cr per year
If you petrol bill adds up to Rs 1000 and 90 paise what do you do?...Roshni Menon-September 13, 2007,10:37 pm IST Business
Infosys wins Philips BPO for $250 mn, will hire more
The BPO will function in the area of finance and administration....Roshni Menon-July 25, 2007,8:31 pm IST Business
Live TV
27 May, 2017 | South Africa in England ENG vs SA 330/650.0 overs 328/550.0 oversEngland beat South Africa by 2 runs
27 May, 2017 | ICC Champions Trophy Warm-up Matches BAN vs PAK 341/950.0 overs 342/849.3 oversPakistan beat Bangladesh by 2 wickets
26 May, 2017 | ICC Champions Trophy Warm-up Matches SL vs AUS 318/750.0 overs 319/849.4 oversAustralia beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets
24 May, 2017 | South Africa in England ENG vs SA 339/650.0 overs 267/1045.0 oversEngland beat South Africa by 72 runs
24 May, 2017 | Ireland Tri-Nation Series NZ vs BAN 270/850.0 overs 271/548.2 oversBangladesh beat New Zealand by 5 wickets


text:
Scott Ferguson is the Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager of Sachem Head. Prior to founding Sachem Head, he spent nine years as a Partner at Pershing Square Capital Management, where he joined as the firm's first investment professional.
Prior to Pershing Square, Scott earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 2003 and worked at American Industrial Partners and McKinsey & Company. Scott graduated from Stanford University with an A.B. in Public Policy in 1996.


text:
Thinking of investing in one. To label stuff at home, kids' belongings etc ...
Not sure what brand to look at.
What I have in mind right now is that labels may need to be waterproof and must be able to print up to 3 or 4 lines .....
Any tips/recommendations will be very much appreciated.
- active •
- unanswered •
- your posts
Recommendation - Electronic Labeller
Thinking of upgrading your handphone or PC again? Trying to manage your children's use of technology? Come and share your experiences!
5 posts • Page 1 of 1
Recommendation - Electronic Labeller
by autumnbronze » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:37 pm
- Councillor
- Posts: 11867
- Joined: Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:54 pm
- Total Likes: 63
Re: Recommendation - Electronic Labeller
by iRabbit » Sun Jan 05, 2014 11:06 pm
Brother lor. You can't go wrong with Brother. Popular got sell.
- KiasuGrandMaster
- Posts: 4831
- Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:21 pm
- Total Likes: 123
Re: Recommendation - Electronic Labeller
by GLORYmum » Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:59 am
yup, brother is quite good.
- KiasuGrandMaster
- Posts: 5971
- Joined: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:59 pm
- Total Likes: 101
Re: Recommendation - Electronic Labeller
by janet88 » Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:18 am
GLORYmum wrote:yup, brother is quite good.
the important thing about buying label makers is the affordability of labels.
casio is expensive. my daughter loves to make labels...so I realized the labels has to be affordable...get the refill with 20% discount at popular.
- KiasuGrandMaster
- Posts: 35140
- Joined: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:37 am
- Total Likes: 115
Brother P-Touch
by buds » Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:37 am
This gift from gramps for DD1's 8th bday lasted us till today. She's coming 13.
Prints swiftly and clearly. Concealed cutter that cuts neatly.
Easy to remove/peel off labels with a two-part strip back.
Labels come in variety of colours & if like me, size does matter to you, you'd be delighted to know that it comes in different widths as well. The wider ones prints out nice big fonts.
The labels even come in fabric versions too.
Cartridges are pretty compact n easy to fix. One full cartridge can label all of my DD's (one DD) primary schoolbooks, plus school files and exercise books, schoolbag indicator and water bottle, with a little bit more to label quite a handful more of my other DD's books. Cartridges are easily available from Popular bookstores and even Challenger.
Brother's labellers come in many variations these days varying in size and price. There are even handheld versions if you prefer one that's easier to stow away.
- KiasuGrandMaster
- Posts: 22729
- Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:21 am
- Total Likes: 85
5 posts • Page 1 of 1
- active •
- unanswered •
- your posts
- The team • Delete all board cookies • All times are UTC + 8 hours
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
phpBB Metro Theme by PixelGoose Studio


text:
Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla said that the BJP is systematically dismantling the constitution of the country by shielding and protecting the real culprits in the Malegaon blasts case.
India has expressed disappointment over China putting a last minute technical hold over its move to ban Azhar in connection with his alleged involvement in the Pathankot terror attack.
The rolling trophy, given to the university that wins all the three segments (Hindi, English and Urdu) of National Tri-lingual Debate, went to Aligarh Muslim University this year.
Khurshid has said that the UPA-II government tried to push peace talks with Pakistan, despite the 2008 Mumbai attacks that made "business as usual" very difficult.
In an email invitation which seemingly takes a dig at BJP, the former Union minister lists out these issues to drive home the point that the year gone-by was not good but a 'horrendous' one.
Khurshid describes his new book 'The Other Side of the Mountain' as a concise biography not of one person but of the many who were part of the UPA.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said they are trying to gain lost ground by visiting ISI headquarters, which is an "insult to India and its nationalist Muslims".
"This is one of the major reasons as to why the foreign policy is not able to give positive and effective results," Khurshid said.
Salman Khurshid said there was no need of going back into history as the government of the time did what it felt was necessary.
Michael Steiner retiring in June, video makes sure he does on a high.
Salman Khurshid said the Congress is a long-distance runner and keeps the belief that there is a place for it in Delhi's heart.
Khurshid, sources said, is set to argue there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of licences.
Most of these leaders star campaigners in recent polls
Khurshid criticised the handling of incursions but claimed credit for the investment coming in from China and Japan.
What is the reason that he said this ahead of his visit to the US, questioned former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.


text:
When Love Has Lost
About him.
I watch him.
A pin could have dropped
And shattered the world.
Not that I would have noticed.
The green of his eyes
Like seaglass
Sparkling in the rain
Make me wonder
If there is more to him than is revealed
His quiet laughter
I don't even the remember the joke
But I just have to smile
Because he is happy
I don't know what to tell him
I don't know how he feels
I might make him nervous
I might make him real
And shatter the vision
That I have created
Whatever he knows, though,
He makes me elated