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Why do foraminiferas have a vital importance for the life in ocean?
What are the traits of the water-resistant adhesive material they secrete?
What kind of products do scientists try to develop by taking this glue as an example?
What was the explanation Darwin made about foraminiferas 150 years ago?
The Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, 'Be!' and it is. (Surat al-Baqara, 117)
Foraminiferas are of vital importance for under ocean life. When the calcium carbonate shells of these living beings come together, a sort of "carbon pool" form which suck the carbon in the water. Scientists are very much interested in this trait of the living being since it opens new horizons to researchers in terms of balancing the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. However this unique structure of this living being is not limited to being a guide for scientists in regulating the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. Research have revealed another striking trait of this being; foraminiferas produce a natural adhesive material.
The water-resistant adhesive secreted by foraminiferas
With their pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net, the shelled foraminifera are different from rhizopods. In some species shells are made up of calcium carbonate. The shell has a big hole opening to outside. In many of them together with the big hole there are many small holes. Pseudopods protrude from these holes and are used to catch nutrients. In some species shells are made up of sand that are buried into a kind of secretary material similar to gelatin, sponge protrusions or similar unfamiliar materials. The living being glues these unfamiliar materials and pseudopods to itself with the help of a special adhesive secretive material.
The foraminifera adhesive material is more complex than thought, the basis being represented by a protein mix, coated with sticky carbohydrates. Cells of the living being secrete adhesive components from various organelles to the membrane-like hole on the shell as a result of which this component turns into an adhesive fiber.
When scientists dissected this material, they astonishingly witnessed its superior quality. The research of the glue produced by Foraminifera when building their shells could lead to the synthesis of stronger biological adhesives, extremely necessary in fields like dentistry, neurological surgery and the development of artificial arms and limbs.
Research on foraminifera...
Research on foraminifers is carried out by the United States Antarctic Program supported by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
Sam Browser, for the New York State Department of Health's Qadsworth Center, has been studying Antarctica's Foraminifera for 20 years.
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a society engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. The Antarctic Program supported by this society employs 1900 people. An important point deserves mention while reading this article about foraminiferas. These institutions that enlist top scientists, engineers and other experts devote tremendous resources to learn about the unique traits of a living being the size of a thumbnail. The precious information acquired from this living being may be put to use in many fields for the welfare of humanity.
And in your creation and all the creatures He has spread about there are Signs for people with certainty. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 4)
What is the greenhouse effect?
The atmosphere has the ability to transmit light and capture the heat. This trait of heating and insulation is called the greenhouse effect. Sun rays transmit the atmosphere and warm the surface of the Earth. The gasses in the atmosphere capture some of the heat on the Earth and prevent heat loss on the surface of the Earth.
Allah creates with no prior example
Foraminiferas is only one of the millions of living beings that place the theory of evolution in an impasse. It is impossible to explain the traits of this living being from the Darwinist perspective. Foraminifers are the obvious manifestations of the intelligence and might in the way Allah creates. Allah creates with no prior examples. Just like other beings that He creates, foraminifers also have no prior example. In the Qur'an Allah relates His infinite might of creating as follows:
We showed them no Sign which was not greater than the one before it." (Surat az-Zukhruf, 48)
About Foraminifers …
They are single-celled shelled living beings that have remained unchanged for 550 million years…
They mostly live in seas, a few species in lakes.
Foraminifers, each having a different shape of tremendous beauty when observed under microscope, are only a few examples of the unique artistry Allah displays in nature.
Although the biggest is the size of a nail, foraminiferas can catch other living beings much greater than their own sizes.
Though foraminifers are mostly found in mild regions of north hemisphere their fossils are distributed in every corner of the world. The shells of this living being that have existed on Earth for 550 million years have constituted the limestone layers of today. There is unlimited number of foraminifers living in our day.


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Worst Pitching Experience Ever
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by JohnnyStartup on 2015-12-09
Seriously: stay away from this fund. We pitched Yatin at their offices, who was half an hour late to our meeting. During the pitch, he was HAVING LUNCH and looking at his phone, and asking random questions to pretend like he was paying attention. We were interrupted twice by what I presume were his partners, to take him out of the room and talk. When he finished eating, at around the middle of our 12-slide deck, he stopped us and said "ok guys, this is very interesting, we'll get back to you", and left the room. Rude, arrogant, disgusting experience.PRIVATE: Members Only
As Other Have Noted, Stay Away From This Group
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by MedTech Expert on 2015-11-22
One of my companies learned first hand that Artiman was less interested in investing and more interesting learning about the market and company's platform...they took this information to create a competitor. This not an entrepreneur friendly firm. Pitching to them may lead to your worst nightmare.PRIVATE: Members Only
Good Pitch, Engaging Discussion
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2015-02-05
I met Artiman through their annual event and met some of their portfolio companies. Their philosophy is 'white-space investments', which I did not truly understand until I met with Yatin, Ajit & Tim. They back you for the long haul, and white-space meant focus on un-contested markets with huge potential. This may frustrate entrepreneurs, who are trying to innovate in established markets or where there isn't a clear path to profitability. I found my meeting to be professional, somewhat informative. While I realized I was not the right fit, I can understand how they are the right partners to entrepreneurs who qualify for 'whitespace'.PRIVATE: Members Only (784 Characters)
Impossible Meeting Conditions, Were They Serious?
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by solsabb on 2014-04-07
Just pitched Ajit Singh, Yatin Mundkur, and Erez Podoly in Israel.
Meeting held on two small opposing couches in the lobby of an office building, with a noisy waterfall 3 feet away.
As in other reviews here - not very courteous. Running 45 min late, didn't bother calling to tell us.
If they were serious, surely they could have booked a room, or even a hotel lobby.
Zero feedback, very difficult to know if they even understood what we were talking about.PRIVATE: Members Only (811 Characters)
Run Away
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2014-02-21
Walk away or run away from this firm. Incompetent , egotistical , shallow and ethically challenged group. Both key partners Amit Shah and Yatin Mundkur are wonderful until funded and then true colors show up. Regardless whether the startup is doing well or not , they like to put their "candidates" in key positions and control the firm. This firm "under the guise of white space investing" will not hesitate to steal your idea and start a company on their own or pivot an existing portfolio company that is inspired by your idea. . Run away.PRIVATE: Members Only (220 Characters)
Good Experience with Brian Wilcove?
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2014-01-23
Just a Question
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Posted by wannabe on 2012-10-18
With the spate of bad reviews received by this fund and the arrogance demonstrated by many of the team members described in this forum who in his right mind would go in front of them. Arrogance seems to be the moniker of most VC's most funds partners don't seems to have received universally negatives ratings like this one.
When I read the descriptions of the personalities it hits home on how arrogantly they must behave. My question is whether it impacts their deal flow and quality of companies working with them. Guessing is that long term these guys will definitely have challenges , yet does it matter in today's frothy investment environment ?PRIVATE: Members Only
Unprofessional, Inexperienced, Waste of Your Time.
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2012-09-20
This was the worst VC experience I've ever had. No firm has ever leaned so heavily on my own resources or wasted my time as much as Artiman. There are a few gems within the fund, but the partner we dealt with should be avoided at all costs. In particular Ajit is really awesome. Read my private post for the rest.PRIVATE: Members Only (3885 Characters)
Just Stay Away
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Posted by founder&ceo on 2009-11-29
Arrogant, not professional, and not telling the truth. Don't go to pitch them. if you get them, you have big chance to lose your companyPRIVATE: Members Only
Stay Away!!
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by founder&ceo on 2009-11-23
don't spend time. cant help at all and looking for new CEO from day 1 so you have no chance to be successful with themPRIVATE: Members Only
Avoid and Save Time
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-08-01
Claiming to be early-stage investor is fashionable. Artiman is no exception. But their concept of early stage seems to be a fully proven business with patent protections, revenue, and everything else you expect of an already successful company on the verge of IPO or acquisition. They have a basic distrust of "techies". So if you are a techie (or so they think), even before they hear your pitch, they have already started searching for a new CEO (a so-called "business guy") to head your company. Master time wasters as far as new technology businesses are concerned. Basically there is not a single partner onboard who understands technology. No wonder their recent investments look like a bunch of lemons.PRIVATE: Members Only
Very Slow Process, Took forever to Get to a "No"
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by FloridaCEO on 2008-07-21
Just a VERY slow process.PRIVATE: Members Only
Sloooow Nooooo
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-12-18
We spent several months talking with them but they eventually did not fund us. In general, they are a waste of time, arrogant and ethically challenged.PRIVATE: Members Only (123 Characters)
They Like to Think They Think Outside the Box
Fund: Artiman Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-01-13
Artiman thinks it thinks outside the box. They do deals which are unusual. it is unclear however whether they understand enough about these businesses to be good judges.PRIVATE: Members Only

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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I'm nervous admitting this, but I did it. I met a man on a plane ride to a sunspot with some single friends. I was sitting away from my friends as I was a last minute add-on to the trip. My seat was beside a handsome man in his 40s travelling alone and we talked quite intimately for an hour or so. It was late at night -- no sexier time for flying to my mind. I had brought a soft blanket with me and it was cold as I tried to go to sleep. The man beside me was cold too. When I offered to share my blanket, he turned and looked deeply into my eyes. I smiled back. A lot happened under that blanket, and then we slipped into the airplane washroom and joined the Mile High Club. The problem? I am actually married. This is what my husband feared when he finally let me go with my single girlfriends on a trip. When I got home, he asked me if I had cheated on him in the country where we went, and I could honestly say no. He didn't ask about the plane. The guilt is driving me crazy now I'm back, but I still love the memory. Should I confess or take this to my grave? -- Guilty Pleasure, Winnipeg
Dear Guilty: Why did your husband fear this from you? Was it generally the free and single influence, or has one of you strayed before? Is there a problem with your marriage sexually and/or emotionally these days? The guilt is eating you up, and sooner or later you will probably tell him. He may break up with you, want counselling to try to save the marriage, or want outside privileges himself if he agrees to stay. But first, you have to take responsibility for what happened and figure this out. This wasn't just an accidental elbow caress under the blanket. You actually walked to the bathroom with this guy, sneaked in and got busy. See a counsellor before you confess, and straighten out in your mind what is going on with you. Was this revenge, or an excuse way to end this marriage? Then own up to it. You weren't even out of the coop for five hours, the length of most Caribbean flights, before you cheated.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: This is for the woman who hasn't gotten gifts from her husband for 12 years. I know how you feel. Try not getting a single gift for any occasion for 52 years. For the first 10, I cried and screamed for not receiving anything. This only made it worse; he simply did not change. Then his favourite saying would be "Is there a special occasion coming up? What date is it?" I finally decided that humour was the best way to deal with this. It became a family joke that dad never bought mom anything for their special occasions. It was referred to "dad pulling his dad thing." My two boys and three girls have been brought up to be very thoughtful and as a result do not forget to remember their special occasions with gifts. I ceased buying my husband any gifts about 10 years ago. When I see something I want -- expensive or not -- I buy it for myself and present him with the bill, thanking him for the gift. You will have to learn to deal with this in your own way as he will probably never change. This is his way of showing some sort of control, and he is not about to relinquish it too easily. -- Still Here After 52 Years, Winnipeg
Dear Still Here: Did you never find out why he hurt you at gift time, every time? Unless his IQ is very low indeed, he didn't forget those dates every year. He chose to ignore them. Make a real effort to find out how this started. His brothers or sisters may know what went on in their family or a previous love relationship to bring him to a place where he was willing to hurt his wife over and over again, rather than buying her a simple gift. Did he hurt the kids the same way? Most people wouldn't understand staying with a man who is cruel and having five kids with them. Is there something you're not telling?
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I'd like to take a moment today to sincerely thank our provincial government for finally taking steps to fill a gaping hole in the hearts of all Manitobans.
As readers with any sensitivity at all have already grasped, I'm referring here to the government's just-launched campaign to select Manitoba's official fish.
For far too long, Manitobans have been forced to endure the agony that accompanies the sickening reality we have had no fish to call our own, no "Prairie poisson" to emblazon upon our licence plates and -- prepare to get misty-eyed -- our hearts.
Sure, we take pride in our provincial flower (the Prairie crocus), draw spiritual strength from our provincial bird (the Great Grey Owl), and find comfort in the arms of our provincial tree (the white spruce), but the lack of a provincial fish has been an open wound since we joined Confederation.
It crushes my spirit to think of all the times I have travelled back to British Columbia and been forced to listen while my West Coast relatives and friends drone on and on about the merits of their official fish -- the incredibly overhyped Pacific salmon.
"We have more (bad word) omega-3 fatty acids than we know what to do with!" is what B.C. residents shriek smugly as they stuff their bloated, rain-soaked faces with cedar-planked salmon steaks fresh from the grill.
It is enough to make us simple Prairie folk gag, but, fortunately, that is about to change, because our forward-thinking provincial leaders are heroically calling on all Manitobans to submit nominations for our official fish to www.manitobafisheries.com. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 1, 2014.
My patriotic message to you today is that we, as a province, must select a fish that represents the values we hold most dear.
I warn you it will not be easy to reel in the right choice. Ask yourself: What if we make a mistake? What if we select the wrong fish?
My greatest fear is too many of us will nominate the pickerel, which would be a horrible mistake, partly because both Saskatchewan and Minnesota have already got their greedy little hooks into that species, but mainly because, and I know this from experience, the pickerel is a wussy fish, a quitter that literally flings itself into anglers' boats as opposed to putting up the heroic struggle one expects from a real fighter, a real Manitoban. We don't want to be represented by some lazy, slimy, bug-eyed fish with few redeeming qualities. No, we need a plucky, can-do fish with a businesslike attitude, a fish that will make our chests swell with pride when we order it in seafood restaurants.
So today, on your behalf, I am bravely suggesting we band together and submit write-in nominations for a fish that is close to my heart, by which I mean the noble halibut. I am well aware that, due to the fact it lives in the ocean, the halibut is not, technically, a native Manitoban, but since when do we humble Prairie folk turn our backs on newcomers in a time of need?
This inspiring immigrant fish comes to our wheat-filled shores in vast frozen numbers via trucks and planes. It brings with it the most important quality of all -- the quality of undeniable deliciousness.
What we are talking about here is a fish we can count on when the chips are down. And I mean that literally. If you have ever visited any of the outstanding fish-and-chip restaurants in this province, you will know it is always a smart move to plunk down a bit more cash to get the mouth-watering halibut instead of the more pedestrian cod.
Think about it, Manitoba. What kind of fish do you want to swim into the future with? The fate of our province is in your hands and taste buds. As I believe my old friend Charley the Tuna once said: "We don't want a province with good taste; we want a province that tastes good!"
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PHILADELPHIA – After facing tough road tests against the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in back-to-back weekends, the University of Pennsylvania men's squash team is looking regain the momentum it had built before running into the toughest part of its schedule, with its focus now solely on their neighbor school Drexel.
Penn (4-2, 1-1 Ivy) has only squared off against Drexel twice in varsity competition. Prior to 2011-12, the Dragons competed at the club level. In their two previous matchups, the Quakers have defeated Drexel, 6-3 and 9-0.
The men's team has seen its co-captains John Dudzik and Jack Maine lead the way for the Quakers, both having 4-2 individual records. Junior Michael Mutscheller alsosports a 4-2 individual record in helping solidify the core of Penn's ladder.
Drexel (6-7) is coming into the contest against Penn on a three-match winning streak, having defeated Bucknell, Tufts and Middlebury, over the weekend.
The men's matches will begin at 7 p.m. in Ringe Courts.
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Keyport Woman Admits Murder-For-Hire Plot In Michigan [VIDEO]
A Keyport woman who thought it would be easier to have her husband killed rather than go through a divorce has pleaded guilty to murder solicitation charges in Michigan.
Julia Merfeld, 21 moved to Michigan with her husband Jacob because of a job transfer according to the news website MLive.com. Their children remained in New Jersey with relatives.
Merfeld had her eye on her his $400,000 life insurance policy wanted to end their marriage and sought a hitman to do the job. "When I first decided to do this … it's not that we weren't getting along," she says on the video. "But … terrible as it sounds, it was easier than divorcing him."
She reasoned that his death would relieve her of the "judgment of my family,' she wouldn't have to worry about "breaking his heart" and she could make a "clean getaway" to a new life.
The meetings with the undercover cop came after she told a co-worker in April she wanted to kill Jacob. He believed her to be serious and called police.
"If I would have talked her out of it, she could have said, 'You know what, I am not going to!' And then she still could have done it anyway. And I would still have to live with that," said Carlos Ramos, Merfeld's coworker.
Muskegon County Sheriff's Detective Brent Sowles told the court during her trial that the meetings took place near a mall. "This solicitation took place with an undercover police officer that actually included conversations as to the processes as to how the murder would occur when the money transaction took place," Sowles told Muskegon County District Court Magistrate John Wiewiora according to MLive.com
Julia told the "hitman" during meetings that were secretly videotaped that she would pay him $50,000 from the policy for the job. At first she wanted him to be killed "painlessly" by breaking his neck but she and the hitman agreed on a plan to make it look like a robbery.
Julia pleaded guilty to solicitation to murder charges on June 27. Her husband asked the judge not to give her any jail time. The judge instead capped her minimum sentence at six years; her sentencing is scheduled for July 30.


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Josie Maran and Friends Launch the "Model Citizen" Campaign
Nourish and tighten your skin with a bottle of Josie Maran's Argan Oil. Part of the proceeds goes to charity!
– Diana Denza
What do supermodels Josie Maran, Petra Nemcova and Angela Lindvall have in common (besides being gorgeous)? Well, the three have collaborated on a project that will leave you feeling nourished and refreshed.
The activist trio has created a set of three limited edition bottles of 100 percent Pure Argan Oil. This is the oil of Moroccan legend, said to protect the skin from damage, reduce fine lines, and clear complexions.
Each of them designed her own bottle. Best of all, 10 percent of the purchase price of the bottle you choose will support a charity.
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Proceeds from Maran's bottle will go to Women for Women International, which aids women who have survived war and conflict. Meanwhile, monies from the sale of Nemcova's bottle will go to Happy Hearts Fund. As founder of this fund, Nemcova has helped victims of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the 2007 earthquake in Peru. Last but not least, you can pick up Lindvall's design to support Healthy Child Healthy World, a movement that encourages parents to spread awareness about toxic risks that affect children's wellbeing.
"Living in a sustainable, earth-friendly way that benefits the planet has always been an essential part of beauty for me," Josie Maran stated in a press release. "Petra and Angela are also so dedicated and passionate about the causes they support, and I wanted to share our enthusiasm with the world. We want to encourage everyone to join us in becoming 'model citizens,' and the limited-edition Argan Oils are a great place to start."
The Model Citizens Campaign will launch in New York City's Sephora Fifth Avenue on April 3, 2012. You can pick up the three bottles at Sephora stores and Sephora.com. Each will be priced at $48. Are you inspired yet?
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By Kimi McBryde, 2013 Teen Science Scholar
August 6th, 2013
Today, we woke up with pretty much the same routine as yesterday. Breakfast at 6ish, leave the house at 7. Today was also Lauren's and Airielle's first day in the field on this trip, they felt a lot better. In the van this morning, we still had the four girls, Michele, Ari, the driver, Mr. police man, Panchito, Neri, and Guillermo, but we also had Margarita. Our first stop of the morning was in Casa Grande (the town, not the sugar cane company-the sugar cane company owns the majority of the land that we are working on) to drop Margarita off at the market. It was a 2 and a half hour drive to the road closest to the site and another 2.5 km from the van to the site where Ari wanted to go. We got to the parking spot at 9:30. A little ways away from the final parking spot, we got stuck in the sand because we were attempting to go up a hill made of sand. Once everyone got out, the guys were able to get the van unstuck and it got up the hill okay. While they were taking care of the van, we were looking at some cliff faces and the sediment layers within them. We took a fair number of pictures with scales and the north arrow. We also took some pictures of the river bed (dried up) with the north arrow, then hiked up the road to where the van was waiting, piled into the van again and drove on. We ended up parking under the electrical lines that cross the desert, with the lovely sound effect of the electric current hissing and jumping down the lines. We wandered up to the terrace and Michele discovered a canal and ancient fields. The fields were all ripples, and the canal was just another giant ripple. The workers cleared off the sand a little bit and we wrote out the white board and took pictures of the canal and fields while Clare began to walk the length of the canal from first noticeable point to as far as she could find it. After pictures, Lauren and I walked out across the fields and looked for ceramics and stone tools. We found a number of vessel lips as well as stone tools. We went back to where Ari was because Michele had wandered down the canal with Claire and Airielle.
We were basically wandering through the middle of the desert, mostly following the path of the canal when we stopped for breakfast. There were three distinct groups along the canal when we stopped for breakfast. Everyone spread out according to who they knew and were comfortable with. Ari and Michele found another remnant of a field of some sort, but this one was more recent than the first ones. They did some measurements and some picture taking, then everyone packed up and continued on through the desert, which was weirdly humid this morning.
When we left the breakfast spot, at around 12:15, Clare and I took the iPad and continued the GPS tracking path she had started and followed the canal for another 2 kilometers. Every so often, we would radio in to Ari and Michele to tell them that we had lost the canal or it turned off into a corn field, etc., but we always re-found it and continued on. Eventually, we had to cross a bunch of shrubbery and ended up away from the rest of the group, who had been trekking across the top of sand dunes and on a straighter course towards site number 44 (from a archaeological survey done in the 1980s), the final destination. When we finally actually lost the canal because it delta-ed out, and split up into other new canals that went to the right when we wanted to continue straight and a little to the left. After marching through much shrubbery, dirt, cornfields, and dunes, Clare and I found Michele, who had been waiting for us and trying to locate us. She had been with Nayo and Paolo, we continued on to where Ari and everyone else was waiting. They had finally found site 44 and had started digging a big cut in an area where there wasn't as much sand. In the surrounding area, there were a handful of multiroomed stone (brick) structures that were still mostly standing (the walls). Nayo and Paolo were set the task of drawing out the structures on millimeter grid paper while Lauren watched them to learn how to do it. Nayo and Paolo draw maps and diagrams of archaeological sites all of the time. In the mean time, Panchito, Neri, and Guillermo worked on the big cut while Airielle and I watched and then took organic samples from each capa. A capa can have multiple levels, and a new capa is identified when the sediment changes texture, color, size, material, etc. We had to sift the dirt from each capa and pull out organic materials from each capa and bag those. We only got through capa B today.
At 2:30 pm, we all sat down for lunch and then packed up to head back to the van. We are planning to return to this site tomorrow because Michele and Ari want another cut and want to take samples of each level in the capas.
When we had been walking along the canal, Clare and I had walked through some nasty little prickly things. They covered her pant legs and her shoes. At one point, she had stopped and unzipped the legs completely to keep the pokeys from stabbing her (camping pants). The problem with that is that it increased the potential surface area for each pokey and more cloth became wrapped in and around the pokeys.
On the walk back to the van, Clare continued to pick off the pokeys from her pant legs, and Airielle and I chatted. Michele at one point (somehow) noticed a corner of a structure, but it was barely visible in the sand. We all continued on, again in 3 little clumps. The majority of the guys got the van first with Mr. Police man and met up with the driver, the 4 girls returned next, and waited for Michele, Nayo, Paolo, and Ari to show up. It was only about an hour and a half walk from the site back to the van. When Michele and company turned up, it turns out they had been taking pictures of a human skull they had found and a special shell from overseas that were found laying in the sand. How crazy is that?! I think one of the most interesting things here is that you find all sorts of cool, archaeological things just lying on top or barely under the surface of the sand. They approximated that the skull is maybe 1000 years old and that the shell was probably buried with the body as an offering.
We all piled into the van, headed out of the corn fields. We didn't get stuck on the sand hill again, and after about an hour got out onto real road again. At one point, we stopped for extremely sweet, juicy watermelon and enjoyed that by the side of the road. We stopped in Chocope to drop off Nayo and Paolo, then headed home to Magdalena.


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Nelson Mandela first lived in No. 8115 Vilakazi Street, Soweto, with his first wife, Evelyn, for 12 years.
House 8115, Vilakazi Street, Orlando, Soweto, has become one of the most famous addresses in South Africa.
It is the house where former South African President Nelson Mandela lived, on and off, for more than 14 years.
In his landmark autobiography, The Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela describes coming back here in 1990 upon his release after 27 years in prison: 'That night I returned with Winnie [his then-wife] to No. 8115 in Orlando West. It was only then that I knew in my heart I had left prison. For me No. 8115 was the centre point of my world, the place marked with an X in my mental geography.'
Vilakazi Street is the only street in the world to have housed two Nobel laureates − the other being Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
In 1961, Nelson Mandela left No. 8115 for life on the run as a political activist. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962.
From April 2008 to March 2009, the Mandela House was closed for repairs and restoration. Now, No. 8115 has been entrenched as one of South Africa's most significant heritage sites because it tells the tale, in sound, film, interpretive panels and guided tours, of the Mandela family during the apartheid era and beyond.
You can still walk around the interior of the house as before, but now there is a highly narrative element to your experience, which is enhanced by the addition of a visitor centre. Staff at Mandela House allow 20 visitors in at a time for ease of access.
The Mandela House is managed by the Soweto Heritage Trust, which was formed in 1997 with then-President Nelson Mandela as its founder. Its two main projects are focused on the Mandela House and the nearby Hector Pieterson Memorial.
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How to get here
From Johannesburg's northern suburbs: Take the N1 South; pass the Gordon Avenue off ramp; take the Maraisburg Road off ramp and turn left into Maraisburg Road. Travel approximately 2,5km up Maraisburg Road, pass the Newclare Cemetery on your left, turn right into Commando Road and keep on this road until you reach the Soweto Highway (Engen Garage on the right-hand side). Turn right onto the Soweto Highway, then turn left onto Klipspruit Valley Road. Pass Phela Street and a sign to Pieterson Museum. At the next intersection turn right into Kumalo Street, take the third road left into Vilakazi Steet and Mandela House is on the right, on the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets. Or take a taxi...
Best time to visit
Soweto is a year-round destination.
Around the area
Visit the Hector Pieterson Museum; Regina Mundi Church; the Apartheid Museum.
Tours to do
Soweto is well served by many touring companies.
Get around
It's best to visit with one of the many touring companies operating from Soweto and/or Johannesburg, or with someone who has been before.
What will it cost
Entrance to Mandela House: adults: R60; children: R20.
Length of stay
A tour takes 40 minutes.
What to pack
Sunblock, water, camera, cash for the day.
Where to stay
Soweto has a wide variety of home stays plus the Soweto Hotel; Johannesburg has all the big-city accommodation choices.
What to eat
Try the African dishes at one or more of the various restaurants around Soweto.
What's happening
Soweto has an exciting range of happenings throughout the year. The official Johannesburg website will have the major events listed.
Best buys
Mandela merchandise on sale at the Mandela House includes books, caps, DVDs, T-shirts and pens. There is also a good bookshop at the Hector Pieterson Museum, and people selling local crafts outside the museum, just around the corner from the house.


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Ariel Tweto of 'Flying Wild Alaska' Dishes on Her Top Tips for Staying in Shape
Have you considered sleeping in your running shorts? You might want to.
-Heather Taylor
How in shape would you be if you grew up in Alaska? Personally, I know I'd be all about bundling myself into blankets and staying toasty indoors! Ariel Tweto, the 23-year-old star of Discovery Channel's Flying Wild Alaska proves she's no me as she dishes a little bit about her typical fitness routine: "I run every day." she says. "I train for about two hours and go three miles a day when I run. I also love to do acrobatics, paddle surfing, hiking, and wrestling!"
Wow! I officially feel like a sponge in comparison. But wait, what's this about wrestling?
"I wrestled in high school against the boys and was the first girl there to win district. It was tough — the guys there were used to wrestling reindeer," Ariel says.
Reindeer?! I just hope Rudolph wasn't harmed!
Born and raised in Unalakleet, Alaska, Ariel is a member of the ground crew for the Alaskan airline ERA Alaska. The other members of the crew include Ariel's family members: dad Jim who works as the COO of the airline, station manager mom Ferno, and sister Ayla who has her own pilot's license.
"We grew up running the airline out of our house," Ariel explains. "The airline brings food and supplies in to people out in the area because the weather is so crazy and it's really remote. There's only one store and one road. You hunt and fish for all of your food and the only transportation available is by airplane."
No driving then? "Nope. You walk everywhere!" Ariel says.
Looks like the residents of Los Angeles won't be relocating up north anytime soon! And Tweto can speak on their behalf as she currently splits her time between LA and Alaska, attending school at Chapman University.
"I was tired of being cold!" Ariel says about her decision to head to SoCal. "Plus I really love travelling and meeting new people."
While this season on Flying Wild Alaska, Ariel will be working towards getting her own pilot's license, she'll also be working on her own to get her degree in Communications. How does she stay so focused? Exercising daily!
"Running helps to clear my mind. I always try to run outside when I can, especially on trails. I even sleep in my running shorts to go for runs when I first wake up in the morning. It's really the one time of the day that I have to myself," Ariel says.
Ariel has more than just her love for running to motivate her. Mom is also a big inspiration. Ariel says, "I think to myself 'if my 50-year-old mother can do it in a blizzard so can I!'"
She also mentions that she exercises just as much in Alaska as she does in California: "My entire family is active and we all go on walks after dinner together. It could be minus 50 degrees out and we'd all still go- that's how we catch up on our day."
Once again, I am suddenly aware of my not so super active lifestyle, cough cough. Any way I can begin to personally motivate myself to buns of steel? "You have to set small goals for yourself each day. I think it really helps to physically put them down on paper and then check them off as you go. Then get up and do it!"
Ariel also adds that more keys to getting fit include buying good running shoes and eating as naturally as possible (though she does have a soft spot for Thai food and apple fritters!). Overall Ariel's biggest piece of advice for staying in shape is that it always works for you: "You never regret working out and always feel so good when you're done!"
So let's check off the list once more, shall we? Ariel is a runner, a wrestler, a paddle-surfer, a hiker … am I missing anything that she hasn't tried just yet?
"Well, I do want to get better at jet skiing and I just did skydiving for the first time! But my biggest dream is to do Cirque du Soleil- or at least see a show first!"
You go girl!
Flying Wild Alaska's second season premiere is on Friday Oct. 28th at 10/9pm on Discovery Channel.
Heather Taylor is BettyConfidential's L.A.correspondent.


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Providing a concentrated day of individual skills development in preparation for the Go MTB Leader and Instructor Orientation, MTB Skills Instructor Urban or MTB Skills Instructor Award courses, this single day's training fulfils two key aspects:
- improving your own skills
- enabling an understanding of how skills are taught from the point of view of a participant.
Those taking part often capitalise on the knowledge and skills gained through the day to get much more out of their subsequent course than might have been achieved without it, although it is not a pre-requisite for any course.
The Technical Skills Development course is often used on bespoke courses as a precursor by those who wish to fully appreciate and gain a greater understanding of riding skills development, as well as topping up your own riding skills. In many cases, this course enables a higher level of outcome on the Go MTB Leader and Instructor Orientation and the MTB Skills Instructor Urban.
With the TSD consisting of a one day course delivered by CTC's highly experienced Skills Tutors, this course provides a thorough understanding of all the key technical skills required for more advanced riding, as well as CTC's Skill Instructional Awards.
The very latest coaching methods are used, as well as video coaching to provide an enhanced learning environment.
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You will develop an understanding and practise the key skills required for all levels of mountain biking. Key areas that are focused on will include:
- Correct bike set up
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- Efficient braking techniques
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- Energy management (pumping and bump soaking)
- Manuals
- Bunny hops
- Drop off techniques
- Jumping skills
- Efficient climbing and confident descending
Please contact the Courses & Training Helpline to find out if this course is available for booking: 01483 238 337
What you need
Prior to attending you will:
- Have access to a well maintained bike suitable for riding technical trails.
- Have riding appropriate clothing, helmet and full fingered gloves.
- Be able to ride non-technical routes with confidence.
- Be 18 years of age or more
- Have started to develop some basic riding ability on technical features such as drop offs, berms, jumps and northshore
What next?
This course enables you to ride better in any environment, but is particularly suited to those going on to:


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FORMER Labour cabinet minister Alan Johnson become the first person to sign a petition by Ilkley Labour Party calling for a guaranteed GP appointment within 48 hours.
Mr Johnson visited Keighley Constituency on Friday evening (August 8) and read from his best selling book ' This Boy' to an audience of 100 at the Central Hall, Keighley.
Mr Johnson, who was Health Secretary in the last Government Mr Johnson signed the petition, calling for the next Government to guarantee a GP's appointment for all within 48 hours.
He said the necessary funding would come from savings on legal and accountants fees made by abandoning the current Government's policy of putting many NHS services out to tender.
Labour's candidate for the Keighley constituency, John Grogan, said: "The evening was a great success. It is rare these days to fill a hall for a meeting about politics.
"We intend to follow up with other such events in Keighley and Ilkley in the coming months. Meanwhile , Alan told me he was looking forward to returning to the area to speak about his next book 'Please Mr Postman' at Ilkley Literature festival on the evening of Saturday October 17th at the Kings Hall, Ilkley."


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This weekend, the Seattle Department of Transportation will transition to two-way traffic on the following streets: Roy Street between Queen Anne and Fifth avenues North; Mercer Street between Fifth and Ninth avenues North; and Queen Anne Avenue North between Mercer and Roy streets.
Also, Broad Street will permanently close.
Beginning Saturday, May 31, at 4 a.m. through Sunday, June 1, at 5 a.m., access to northbound Queen Anne Avenue North will fully close to traffic from Roy Street to accommodate roadway striping and final two-way signal conversion. During the closure:
• Travelers heading north from westbound Roy Street will detour onto southbound Queen Anne Avenue North and then right onto Mercer Street to proceed north on Second Avenue West.
Travelers from downtown should use First Avenue North to westbound Mercer Street and Second Avenue West or Fifth Avenue North and Taylor Avenue North to access Queen Anne.
•Southbound Queen Anne Avenue North will reduce to two lanes between Roy and Mercer streets.
•Access to Queen Anne Avenue North from eastbound Roy Street will close. Turns onto westbound Roy Street from southbound Queen Anne Avenue North will not be allowed.
•Uniformed police officers will be placed at the intersection of Roy Street and Queen Anne Avenue North to facilitate traffic flow.
On Sunday, June 1, at 1 p.m., following the Race for the Cure, crews will begin converting the final section of Mercer Street to two-way traffic between Fifth and Ninth avenues North and permanently close Broad Street.
During the conversion:
•Mercer Street will fully close to traffic between Fifth and Ninth avenues North. As intersections are converted to two-way traffic, roadways will reopen.
•Uniformed police officers will be placed at impacted intersections along Mercer Street between Fourth and Ninth avenues North to facilitate traffic flow and direct vehicles around the closures.
•Denny Way and First Avenue North will remain fully open.
Broad Street will permanently close to traffic between Ninth and Fifth avenues North once Mercer Street reopens with two-way traffic between Fifth and Dexter avenues North, on the evening of Sunday, June 1.
After the weekend work, Roy Street will open to two-way traffic between Queen Anne and Fifth avenues North.
After opening Mercer Street to two-way traffic this weekend, construction will continue on Mercer Street between Fifth and Ninth avenues North, including at the intersection of Mercer Street and Dexter Avenue North, through mid-2015. During this phase of work:
•Mercer Street will have two lanes in each direction between Queen Anne and Ninth avenues North.
•Left turns from eastbound Mercer Street onto northbound Taylor Avenue North and northbound Dexter Avenue North will not be allowed.
•Access to northbound state Route 99 from eastbound Mercer Street will be via southbound Dexter Avenue North onto westbound Thomas Street.
More information about alternate routes following the two-way conversion may be found at www.seattle.gov/transportation/mercercorridor.htm.


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5 Wrestlers that could Been the Best
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5)Lex Luger-The body and the mic skills but didn't have a passion for wrestling others did. If Luger had been even a good wrestler he would have been near the top.
(4)Big show-A great heel and a popular face. When he was younger he was one of the most agile big men in the history of wrestling but his weight kept going up and up. If he wrestled during the territories era he would have been thought of in the same breath as Andre the Giant.
(3)Raven-He had it all, great all around skills, great heel character. The problem was WCW and WWF tried to tone him down, if they had let him roll he would have have been one of the greatest of all time instead of just a ECW hero.
(2)Goldberg-A big strong bulldozer of a wrestler that had no passion for the wrestling business. Bill Goldberg had tons of charisma, short interviews and short matches which people loved. If Bill had had been a student of the wrestling game and learned his craft he would have been the best ever instead of just wanting to cash a check.
(1)Michael P.S. Hayes-One of the greatest heels of all time. Hayes mic skills were top 10 of all time, his charisma level was off the chart but his wrestling ability was average. With Gordy in the Free Birds P.S. Didn't have to worry about his wrestling ability which limited him. Take a look at his matches with Rick Flair in Atlanta, you can see his weakness. If Michael had the wrestling skill of Bam Bam Gordy his career would have dwarfed Flair.


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National and local oil companies give back to Northern Cal schools
Some local schools will be getting over one hundred thousand dollars, thanks to the "North Coast Fuel Your School Program," A collaboration by national and local oil companies. During the month of October, if gas customers purchased eight or more gallons of fuel, one dollar of their total bill was donated to public schools in Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino Counties. Over one hundred fifty schools in all have benefited from the program started by Chevron USA, Inc., The Redwood Oil Company, Redwood Coast Petroleum and DonorsChoose.org.


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SAG Awards 2011: Best Red Carpet Beauty Looks
Though the faces have changed, the hairstyles haven't! Here, 15 show-stopping looks worn by Hollywood stars past and present.
Swept Away
Meryl Streep at the Academy Awards, 1979
Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (The Deer Hunter)
Swept Away
Liv Tyler at the Academy Awards, 2004
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I invite you to use this thread to talk about positive experiences receiving midwifery care. Please note this part of the forum is moderated. So all posts have to be approved.
I invite you to use this thread to talk about positive experiences receiving midwifery care. Please note this part of the forum is moderated. So all posts have to be approved.
Okay, I recommend Jane Palmer. She's a great midwife, has heaps of experience and a gentle nature.
I also recommend Melanie Jackson, who lives in Penrith - another beautiful person.
Robyn Dempsey isn't bad either
hey guys,,,,,,,
Also the best thing we ever did was get a student midwife as well to attend the birth etc.
So enthusiastic and she was there the whole time ...
I agree - having a student midwife is a great option. Student midwives are required to have a minimum number of women they follow through they pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. So you can get the benefit of continuity of care and one to one care care in labour.
Hi all,
My name's Ellen and I'm in my third of Bach of Midwifery at ACU in Melbourne.
I'm looking for pregnant women to follow through their pregnancies and support them in the journey from pregnancy to parenting!
I live in the northern suburbs but I'm happy to travel.
Please let me know if you're interested! My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Look forward to hearing from you!!
Í've only just found out I'm pregnant - due to dodgy periods I could be 6 or 8 weeks! I have an appointment with my GP in 2 weeks, but as this is my first I'm not sure where to go next. I'm an hour and half north of Perth in Western AUstralia so wondered if anyone has any recommendations of hospitals, midwives, good experiences etc in the Perth area?
Congratulations on your pregnancy wee-rogue. I personally do not have knowledge of the range of services near you - however we do list midwives on Pregnancy Birth and Beyond's website in our Find a Practitioner search. If you put in your postcode and select midwives from the drop down box you should find the midwives closest to you. If you don't find anyone doing that - increase the kilometres in the search radius box. You can call the midwife/s and find out more about them - most midwives are happy to inform you of the different types of maternity services in your area. Also someone on this forum can give you some recommendations. All the best.
I practice as an osteopath in Buderim and see many ladies using the services of Natasha Oglesby at Sunshine Coast Midwifery. Professionally she is outstanding and as a person simply wonderful. All her ladies seem to adore her and I only ever hear positive reports about her.
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This link isn't working. I have a friend who is pregnant and living near the sunshine coast, so I was going to recommend this to her. If you could update the link would be great.
I have 2 recommended midwives that I have used and they were both fantastic support for me.
With my 3 year old son I had Sharon Dalton who worked within the birth centre of Gold Coast Hospital, now works for Gold Coast Midwifery Practice. I had an amazing waterbirth with no problems after an awful 3rd degree tear with my first son.
With my 9 month daughter I had Natasha Oglesby from Sunshine Coast Midwifery who helped me have an amazing short and sweet homebirth. Something I didn't think I would ever have.
I can't speak highly enough of either of these 2 women. They are so wonderful at what they do, and they have both truly changed my life.


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Barnes Named Southeastern Wildlife Officer of 2006
AUSTIN, Texas — Game Warden Gary Barnes of Fritch north of Amarillo has been named the "Texas Officer of the Year" for 2006 by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA). On Jan. 25, Barnes received special recognition for the award from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Barnes graduated from the 36th Texas Game Warden Academy on May 21, 1982. His first duty station was in Corsicana in Navarro County, where he worked the bottoms of the Trinity River, Richland Creek and Chambers Creek for deer poaching activity before it became one of the states major water reservoirs called Richland-Chambers Reservoir.
In 1984, Barnes transferred to Hutchinson County, where he still works today as a Game Warden VI. During his tenure he worked side by side with a handful of his fellow Texas Game Wardens in the controversial Canadian River land dispute between the river bottom hunters and landowners. With a positive and willing attitude, Gary helped establish some calm with both the landowners and the hunters, working both sides of the problem, helping keep tensions to a minimum.
His supervisors say Barnes has always been one who volunteers for special operations. During Operation Broadhead in East Texas, he helped stop the illegal running of deer with dogs. Recently, he was a part of special border operations to stop illegal commercial fishing, including Operation Pescador in the Zapata and Laredo areas and Operation Del Rio. He has worked with Homeland Security and was a member of the Texas Game Warden Hurricane Katrina rescue team.
In 2004 and 2005, Barnes volunteered to work undercover with the Texas Game Warden Special Operations Unit. During Operation Headhunter, Barnes was able to infiltrate an illegal deer poaching ring. He and the undercover unit were successful in obtaining numerous felony and Class A misdemeanor convictions, which ultimately placed one hunter in prison.
During this same time, the Five States Game Warden Association, which includes Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, was celebrating its 25th Anniversary with Barnes as president.
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Banks that aren't happy with the government-imposed cap on debit card swipe fees won't be cheered by Federal Reserve's recent announcement that it has no plans to change the current scheme.
"The board does not plan to propose revisions to the Reg. II interchange fee standard or the fraud-prevention adjustment," the Fed stated.
The Fed conducted a survey of debit card issuers' costs and issued a 39-page report, the second in a series to be published every two years. The report contains summary information about debit card transactions in 2011, including volume, value, swipe fee revenue, cost and fraud losses related to those transactions.
According to the report, 67 percent of financial services companies had average debit card transaction costs of less than 21 cents in 2011. Twenty-one cents is the base component of the swipe fee cap.
The proportion of companies that had costs lower than 21 cents declined from 80 percent in 2009 because more foreign banks and banks that have very small debit card programs were added to the survey, the Fed said. Banks that processed the most transactions generally had the lowest per-transaction cost.
Banks, merchants and consumers suffered losses of $1.38 billion due to debit card fraud in 2011, according to the report. Signature transactions accounted for the bulk of those losses, $1.13 billion, while PIN (personal identification number) transactions accounted for only $204 million. Card-not-present and counterfeit card fraud continue to be the most common types of debit card fraud.
The swipe-fee caps were imposed due to the Durbin Amendment, which was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
Banks subject to the regulation currently can't collect a swipe fee of more than 21 cents, plus 5 basis points on an ad valorum basis and, in some cases, a 1-cent fraud-prevention adjustment.
The regulation doesn't apply to banks that have consolidated assets of less than $10 billion, certain government-administered debit cards or certain prepaid debit cards.
Card networks processed 46.7 billion U.S. debit card transactions worth $1.82 trillion in 2011, a 24 percent increase in volume and 27 percent increase in value compared with 2009, according to the report.
Are you using your debit card more often? Have you tried a prepaid debit card?
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Flames Send Seniors Out with a Victory over Tornados
A pair of late touchdowns in the second quarter helped Liberty break a back-and-forth scoring battle and pull away en route to a 59-21 victory over Brevard, Saturday afternoon, at Williams Stadium.
Prior to the game, Liberty honored its 18-member senior class. Today's victory over the Tornados gave this year's senior class its 28th career win (28-16), which now ranks fifth all-time in Liberty's record book for most victories by a graduating senior class.
The Flames' 2013 senior class includes: Walt Aikens, Aldreakis Allen, Brandon Apon, Francis Bah, Sorie Bayoh, Grant Bowden, Malcolm Boyd, Aaron Dial, Jibrille Fewell, Kevin Fogg, Cory Freeman, Peter Gagliardi, Scott Hyland, Michael Johnson, Chris Mayo, Greg Pratt, Hunter Steward and Richard Wright.
The win was Liberty's fourth in a row and upped the Flames overall record to 7-4. The loss closes out Brevard's 2013 campaign with the Tornados finishing the year with a 3-8 record.
The game was played in front of 7,554 fans, which helped the Flames pass 100,000 in total home attendance for the first time in program history. Liberty finished the year with 105,215 in total home attendance, averaging 15,031 fans over seven home games.
The game's first turnover quickly gave Liberty a 7-0 lead just over five minutes into the contest. The visitors won the coin toss and elected to receive, getting the ball to their own 35-yard line before quarterback Kevin Herbst lost the football and Nick Sigmon recovered the miscue.
Four plays later, Josh Woodrum found tight end Dexter Herman open over the middle. The junior caught the ball three yards short of the goal line, but was able to carry several defenders with him into the end zone for his first career touchdown, a 25-yard reception, at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter.
A pair of sizable runs by D.J. Abnar late in the first quarter allowed the Flames to double their advantage with 1:45 left in the opening period. The first was a 20-yard run over the right guard, getting the Flames deep into Tornado territory. The second came four plays later when the junior burst up the middle to score his fifth rushing touchdown of the year from 10 yards out.
The visitors were able to cut the lead in half on the next drive, thanks to a 56-yard kickoff return by Andre Overholt, a Liberty opponent season long.
Two completed passes from Herbst quickly moved Brevard down the field. The freshman's second completion on the drive was to fullback Jordan Ollis who caught a four-yard play action pass to pull Brevard back within seven, 14-7, with 13:32 left to play in the second quarter.
The single-possession edge was short lived as Clifton Richardson carried the ball six times for 43 yards on a nine-play, 67-yard scoring drive. The junior took a pitch left on the sixth carry, scoring from seven yards out for his fifth rushing touchdown of the year, pushing Liberty's lead to 21-7 at the 9:16 mark.
The see-saw scoring battle continued on Brevard's next offensive play. Kelvin Jeter ran left after a handoff and was met by Kenny Scott. However, the defensive back did not completely bring the running back to the ground and he kept running 75 yards for a touchdown, to pull Brevard back within seven, 21-14, 22 seconds later.
Woodrum responded, completing three 10-yard passing plays on a quick six-play, 71-yard scoring drive. The sophomore's third completion of the drive saw him thread a pass between two defenders to Darrin Peterson. His 28-yard touchdown reception, the seventh of his sophomore year, pushed Liberty's lead back to 14 points, 28-14, with 5:38 left to play before halftime.
A pair of three-and-out defensive stops by Liberty on Brevard's next two drives, allowed the Flames to double their advantage before heading to the locker room.
The first scoring strike was a 28-yard touchdown pass from Woodrum to Michael Johnson at the 2:51 mark for his first career touchdown, while Desmond Rice scored from five yards out with 21 seconds left before the intermission. The junior's team-leading 13th rushing touchdown pushed Liberty's lead to 42-14 following 30 minutes of play.
The Flames doubled up the Tornados during the first half, finishing with 363 total offensive yards to Brevard's 169 total offensive yards.
A majority of Liberty's yards came through its passing game, as Woodrum completed 14-of-19 passing attempts for 247 yards and three passing touchdowns. His top target was Peterson, who had five catches for 88 yards.
Richardson's six carries on Liberty's third scoring drive paced the Flames rushing attack (six carries for 43 yards).
Jeter was the game's leading first half rusher, as the Brevard running back carried the ball six times for 103 yards. Herbst completed both of his passing attempts for 31 yards.
The second half of the game was played mostly on the ground, leading to three Liberty scores and a late fourth quarter touchdown by Brevard.
Rice scored his second touchdown of the game from one yard out at the 9:02 mark of the third quarter, while Austin Kaigler capped off a nine-play, 80-yard drive with a one yard touchdown with 3:57 left in the contest. Kaigler's scoring run was Liberty's ninth-straight scoring drive in the game (finished the game scoring on nine of ten drives).
In between the two one-yard runs, John Lunsford finished off an eight-play, 38-yard drive with a 37-yard field goal with 1:38 left in the third.
Following Kaigler's touchdown, Brevard quickly moved the ball down the field to score one last touchdown in 2013 when Jeter scored from 35 yards out at the 2:11 mark of the fourth quarter.
The Flames finished the game with 588 total offensive yards, its second highest total offensive yards output of the year. Brevard finished the game with 284 yards.
Liberty rushed for 288 yards with 172 of its ground yardage coming during the second half. Richardson and Rice led the team with 10 carries each, while Richardson led the team with 82 rushing yards.
Woodrum's first half numbers remained unchanged (14-of-19, 247 yards and three touchdowns), as Javan Shashaty managed Liberty's second half offense. The redshirt freshman completed 5-of-6 passing attempts for 53 yards.
Like Woodrum, Peterson's first half numbers stood and allowed the sophomore to be Liberty's leading receiver. Gabe Henderson followed with three catches for 55 yards, while nine other players finished the game with at least one reception.
Chima Uzowihe finished the game as Liberty's leading tackler with six stops, followed by Jimmy O'Grady and Hyland with five stops each.
Jeter was Brevard's leading offensive threat, finishing the game with 15 carries for 148 yards and two rushing touchdowns. Herbst was 2-of-3 for 31 passing yards with Overholt (27 yards) and Ollis (four yards) catching the two passes. Jacob McCleery was the game's top tackler, finishing the contest with 11 stops.
The Flames will travel to Charleston, S.C., next weekend to face the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern in both team's regular season finale.
A Big South title will be on the line in the game, as the Buccaneers suffered their first conference setback earlier today at Gardner-Webb (27-10).
Following the upset loss by No. 13/12 Charleston Southern, the Buccaneers and the Flames will enter the game with identical 3-1 Big South records. No. 11/9 Coastal Carolina wrapped up at least a share of the Big South title with a 46-13 win over Presbyterian College, finishing their conference slate with a 4-1 record (Coastal Carolina is at South Carolina next weekend).
Kickoff at CSU Stadium next Saturday is set for 11 a.m. The Flames hold an 18-2 series record against Charleston Southern, having won the last seven matchups.


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True Wisdom Described In The Qur'an
Examples of Thoughtlessness In The Qur'an
The Qur'an cites numerous examples of unreasoning human behaviour throughout history. Without a doubt learning about these examples will help one to comprehend the costs of thoughtlessness and to avoiding its consequences.
Qarun, The Owner of Treasures
Allah's giving Qarun, one of the people of Musa (as), great wealth is thus described in the Qur'an:
Qarun was one of the people of Musa but he lorded it over them. We gave him such treasures, that their very keys would have weighed down a band of strong men. When his people said to him, "Do not gloat. Allah does not love people who gloat. Seek rather the abode of the Hereafter with what Allah has given you, without forgetting your share in this world. and do good as Allah has been good to you. and do not seek to cause corruption in the land. Allah does not love corrupters". (Surat al-Qasas: 76-77)
As is seen in the above verses, his people warn him not to forget that it is Allah Who has given him all this wealth, to thank Allah, and use his wealth in a way that would please Allah. But, Qarun grew arrogant and insisted that this wealth had been given to him because he possessed a certain knowledge.
He said, "I have only been given these riches because of the knowledge I have". Did he not know that before him Allah had destroyed generations with far greater strength than his and far more possessions? The evil-doers shall not be questioned about their sins. (Surat al-Qasas: 78)
Qarun's fascination with wealth and thinking he possessed it because of himself was thoughtless behaviour, since the only real owner of wealth is Allah: He can give wealth to whomever He wills, whenever He wants and take it away whenever He desires. After Allah makes His decision, neither a person's knowledge, wealth, nor possessions can change this decision.
Here is where Qarun's thoughtlessness was exposed. He acted with arrogance, thinking that his treasures would be able to save him in the face of Allah's warning and punishment. Instead of thanking Allah by using this wealth in order to please Him, he tried to gain the respect of others with his possessions.
Qarun's thoughtless behaviour exposed the other thoughtless people in his tribe, who looked at Qarun in the midst of his ostentatious wealth envied him and wanted to be in his place. People with wisdom, on the other hand, condemned their behaviours by reminding them that meriting Allah's approval was much better than all the magnificence and richness of the world:
He went out among his people in his finery. Those who desired the life of the world said, "Oh! If only we had the same as Qarun has been given! What immense good fortune he possesses". But those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! Allah's reward is better for those who believe and act rightly. But only the steadfast will obtain it". (Surat al-Qasas: 79-80)
Finally, because of his foolish arrogance, Allah obliterated both Qarun and his wealth. Neither his riches, nor the other things he claimed to possess could save him from this punishment. Those who had longed the day before, to be in Qarun's place as a result of being deluded by the adornment of the world, now realized how wrong they had been when they saw what happened to Qarun:
We caused the earth to swallow up both him and his house. There was no one to come to his aid, besides Allah, and he was unable to defend himself. Those who had longed to take his place the day before woke up saying, "Allah gives abundantly to any of His servants He wills and sparingly to whom He pleases. If Allah had not shown great kindness to us, we would have been swallowed up as well. Ah! Truly, the unbelievers shall never be successful". As for the abode of the Hereafter—We shall grant it to those who do not seek to exalt themselves in this world or to cause corruption in it. The successful outcome is for those who believe. (Surat al-Qasas: 81-83)
Owners of The Garden
People who are mentioned as owners of the garden in the Qur'an, fell into a similar error as that of Qarun, being guilty of thoughtless behaviour. They also failed to remember that the garden they owned was a blessing given to them by Allah. This is how their situation is mentioned in the Qur'an:
We have afflicted them as We afflicted the owners of the garden when they swore that they would pluck the fruits the next morning, without saying the redeeming words, "If Allah wills". (Surat al-Qalam: 17-18)
This is the point where the owners of the garden were thoughtless, because no one can ever be definitely sure of what will happen in the future. Allah can put a person in an unexpected situation or a very different environment, whenever He wills. For this reason, the best and wisest thing to do in this situation is to be aware that one can only do something if Allah permits, and to ask Allah's permission. The Qur'an lays down how one should behave in such a situation:
Never say about anything, "I am doing that tomorrow", without adding "If Allah wills". Remember your Lord when you forget, and say, "Hopefully my Lord will guide me to something closer to the Truth". (Surat al-Kahf: 23-24)
The mistake made by the owners of the garden in this situation, was to forget that the owner and ruler of everything is Allah. When they went there early in the morning, they clearly saw that they had been greatly mistaken and now saw the seriousness of their thoughtlessness. To make them understand that the real possessor of power and wealth was Himself alone, Allah sent a plague upon their garden and dried the crops from their roots:
So a visitation from your Lord came upon it while they slept and in the morning it was like burnt land stripped bare. (Surat al-Qalam: 19-20)
The owners of the garden were talking among themselves, as they were about to go their garden in the morning, they voiced their greed in worldly goods as:
In the morning they called out to one another, "Leave early for your garden if you want to pick the fruit". So they set off, quietly saying to one another, "Do not let any poor man into it today while you are there". They left early, intent on carrying out their scheme. (Surat al-Qalam: 21-25)
So, this was another mistake they made. When they voiced their worldly greed, they forgot that Allah was a witness to it. They thought that by going to their garden early, they could avoid running into poor people. However, once Allah wills something, they don't have the power to prevent it from happening, whatever they do. As they had been extremely greedy about the crops they were going to harvest, when they saw what had happened to their garden they were baffled and thought they had come to the wrong place. But, later on they realized that the reason for this was because they had not been sufficiently grateful to Allah, and they began to condemn themselves:
But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our way. No, the truth is we are destitute!" The best of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not glorify Allah?'" They said, "Glory be to our Lord! Truly we have been wrongdoers". They turned to face each other in mutual accusation. They said, "Woe to us! We were indeed transgressors. Maybe our Lord will give us something better than this in exchange. We entreat our Lord". (Surat al-Qalam: 26-32)
The Prophet Nuh (as)'s Son
Prophet Nuh (as) invited his people to believe in Allah, but except for a small group of people, they didn't accept his pleas. Then Allah informed Nuh (as) that He would send down a disaster to destroy them:
It was revealed to Nuh: "None of your people are going to believe except for those who have already believed, so do not be distressed at what they do. Build the Ark under Our supervision and as We reveal, and do not plead with Me concerning the wrongdoers. They shall be drowned". (Surah Hud: 36-37)
The Prophet Nuh (as) built an ark as he was told by Allah in the above verse. Then, he brought believers and his family on to this ark at Allah's command.
When Our will was done, and water bubbled up from the earth, We said to Nuh, "Load into the Ark a pair of every species, and your family—except for those already doomed—and all who believe". But those who believed with him were only a few. He said, "Embark in it. In the name of Allah it shall set sail and cast anchor! Truly my Lord is Ever-Forgiving, and Most Merciful". (Surah Hud: 40-41)
However, Nuh (as)'s son didn't board the ark and chose to stay with the unbelievers. Nuh (as), who knew that Allah would drown them, warned his son to board the ark and not to stay with the unbelievers. However, his son insisted, saying that he would take refuge on a mountain and that the mountain would save him from this flood disaster:
It sailed with them through mountainous waves, and Nuh called out to his son, who had kept himself apart, "My son! Come on board with us. Do not stay with the unbelievers!" He said, "I will take refuge on a mountain; It will protect me from the flood". He said, "There is no protection from Allah's judgement today, except for those He has mercy on". The waves surged in between them and he was among the drowned. It was said, "Earth, swallow up your waters!" and, "Heaven, hold back your rain!" The water subsided and His will was done. The Ark came to land on al-Judi. and it was said, "Away with the wrongdoers!" (Surah Hud: 42-44)
Without a doubt, it was not possible for Nuh's (as) son to escape from the great waves and the mountain could not save him. The thoughtless error Nuh (as)'s son fell into at this point was not comprehending that no one but Allah could save him from this calamity that He had sent down. Because, as it was Allah Who created the waves, He also created the mountains and it was He Who subjected them to Him. After Allah wishes to destroy an individual or a community, there is no power or shelter that can defy Him.
In fact, Nuh (as) reminded his son of the truth by saying, "There is no protection from Allah's judgement today except for those He has mercy on" but his son did not take this important advice into consideration. Even though he was warned, he did not obey Allah's messenger and, as a result of his thoughtlessness, he received his punishment by drowning under the waves.


text: Show Hide image Culture 20 March 2013 Some corking alternatives to the Irish stew'n'mash Some traditions are just too sacred to mess with, though. Sign up for our weekly email * With every pub in the area pushing its St Patrick's Day menu (aka stew'n'mash), I can't help but chuckle at the idea of marking the occasion with a meal. Let's be honest – like us, the Irish don't have much to celebrate in the way of culinary heritage. My grandmother, a tiny Dubliner, lived well into her eighties on a diet of Silk Cut and Thornton's toffee and I've always thought it telling that my mother hasn't touched a potato since she left home. There are historic reasons for this. The Cork-based chef Denis Cotter wrote a few years ago that, given the past poverty of the country, "It's a bit rich expecting us to have concocted a food culture that would stand up as a coherent cuisine." Traditional Irish cooking is simple for a reason: if you only have an open fire to work with, boiled bacon and cabbage is about as gastro as it's going to get. Plainness and solidity remained the chief culinary virtues in Ireland long after the fitted kitchen made its debut: great reverence has always been paid to the Holy Trinity of meat, vegetables and potatoes, a routine broken only on Fridays, when dinner is boiled fish and white sauce instead. Accompanied by potatoes. You can't get away from spuds in Ireland: before the great famine, the average cottager consumed between seven and 14 pounds a week – not that many of them had much choice in the matter. The subsequent crop failures cost the country almost a third of its population yet, up until the accession of Poland and Latvia, the Irish remained the biggest consumers of potatoes per capita in the EU. (Britain lagged a poor second.) Despite this ongoing obsession with tubers, which I blame for an unfortunate experience with a mashed potato spring roll in Wexford a couple of years ago, Irish food has undergone a quiet transformation in the past few decades, in part thanks to a few pioneers such as the Allen family at Ballymaloe House in Cork. Myrtle Allen, a farmer's wife and keen cook, opened a restaurant in her home in 1964, when eating out in Ireland came in two flavours: fancy French or the chipper. She was determined to make the most of the produce on her doorstep and Ballymaloe's championing of local farmers, fishermen and cheese makers at a time when anything Irish was deeply unfashionable is at least partly responsible for the wealth of artisan food producers in its vicinity today, still supplying Myrtle and her now rather well-known country house hotel and restaurant. West Cork is a place that could be described as a food hot spot, if that weren't so at odds with the local pace of life – at times, it can feel a bit like a gastro-commune. I bump into Darina Allen, Myrtle's daughter-in-law and head of Ballymaloe's cookery school, at Glenilen Farm dairy, where the farmer Alan Kingston explains to me in great detail why the rain makes Irish milk the best in the world. (Something to do with carotene in the grass, apparently.) He's having Giana Ferguson, who makes the mellow Gubbeen washed-rind cheese down the road in Schull, over to lunch and she kindly brings some of her son Fingal's Cork chorizo for us to try as well. The following day, we breakfast with Jack McCarthy, butcher and champion black pudding maker, at Cork's English Market, before popping in to see Anthony Cresswell at his riverside Ummera smokehouse for some organic salmon. Everyone seems to know each other and not one of them attempts to feed us a potato. It's the simple, slow food the Irish do best, relying on their world-class grass, cold Atlantic waters and the old adage, co-opted by their best-known export, that good things come to those who wait. It's time to look beyond the old stereotypes. There's much more to modern Irish cooking than mash. For all that, I'll be celebrating St Patrick's Day with a pint and packet of Taytos. Some traditions are just too sacred to mess with. Felicity Cloake is the New Statesman's food columnist. Her latest book is The A-Z of Eating: a Flavour Map for Adventurous Cooks. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 18 March 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The German Problem More


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MORGANIANS' annual Boxing Day game was well attended by past and present members and also by a number of spectators from Bridgwater & Albion and North Petherton.
The club was determined to play the game, despite the very wet and muddy conditions.
The teams were split into Reds and Blues, with the Reds running out winners by 25-12.
Mike Britton and Kev Matthews, who both started playing for the club in the 1980s, appeared off the bench for the final quarter of the match – with Mike crossing for a try and Kev just missing the conversion.
Club chairman Roy Grimstead stood in as a referee for the day and later awarded life memberships to both Mike Britton and Kev Matthews for their services to the club over the years.
The day was also a charity event and £250 was raised for Cancer Research UK.
# MORGANIANS host Taunton III next Saturday (January 11).


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Remember those days when long-haul flights were sometimes only a half, or even a third full? The joy of sprawling out across four seats in economy for the original "flat bed" experience?
Airlines' use of technology to manage their flights more efficiently has largely killed that 20th-century pleasure. I've struggled to count more than a handful of empty seats on most of the flights I've been on in recent years.
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