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Ten lucky Germans win the trip of a lifetime on a 'MINI Safari' to South Africa
"Germany is one of our best performing overseas markets, and has returned fantastic growth over the years. It is a valuable and lucrative market for South Africa, and we work hard to defend and grow it. We thank our trade partners, and MINI in this campaign, for working with us to encourage more and more Germans to visit South Africa," Bay-Müller concluded.
Group of five couples will experience a week of adventure, luxury, astonishing beauty and typically warm hospitality as they tour the Western Cape.
SOUTH AFRICA will host an exceptionally lucky group of German visitors next week. They are the 10 winners of a destination marketing competition that ran across Germany and that attracted thousands of entries in a campaign that reached millions of people.
Theresa Bay-Müller, South African Tourism Country Manager in Germany, says the competition was an "awesome success", having generated huge interest in Germany and having worked, as part of a larger campaign in that market, to get millions of Germans exposed to South Africa's attractions and eager to come and experience the country for themselves.
The winners arrive on 26 November to start their amazing safari in the Western Cape, courtesy of South African Tourism and MINI, the luxury car brand. South African Airways sponsored the flights for the winners and MINI is providing the vehicles for this awesome 'MINI Safari'.
The competition, 'Be Wild. Be MINI. In South Africa on a photo safari!' was a component of a larger campaign that has been active in the German market for the last eight months. Aimed at young, independent professionals, the competition was offered online and promoted via a country-wide roadshow, on social media channels, via direct marketing and through a promotion in MINI dealerships across Germany. In total, the eight-month campaign reached six million people.
"We had a fantastic response, and we can't wait to welcome the winners in South Africa. South Africa is the perfect fit for the lifestyle car brand MINI. We have so many experiences to offer, which will make the "MINI Safari" unforgettable. This cooperation with MINI was the talk of the town in Germany. We had South African leopard-branded MINI's touring on a roadshow through major German cities and towns. We are happy to gain such a strong brand partner to support and promote our destination and delighted with the success of this project," Bay-Müller says.
The group of five couples will experience a week of adventure, luxury, astonishing beauty and typically warm hospitality as they tour the Western Cape in MINI motor cars. Their itinerary emphasises the places that locals love best and they will visit charming and delightful spots such as Tintswalo, Darling, Riebeek Kasteel and Hermanus. They will also enjoy a typically South African picnic in the heart of the winelands, feasting on South African delicacies and sampling the world-class wines of the area.
"We are very excited about the joint cooperation with South African Tourism," says Florian Baumeister, Head of Marketing Germany MINI. "There could hardly be anything more exciting than the manifold South African experiences with its gorgeous stretches in a MINI and the overwhelming impressions of landscape and nature."
Their trip will be documented and will form part of the larger campaign, showing an eager German market exactly what the lucky winners experienced in South Africa, and how this kind of holiday is available, and accessible, to everyone in Germany. In July (2012), German tourist arrivals were 133 757, 12.4 percent up on the same period last year. In 2011, tourist arrivals grew 9.7 percent (215 800 tourists).
"Germany is one of our best performing overseas markets, and has returned fantastic growth over the years. It is a valuable and lucrative market for South Africa, and we work hard to defend and grow it. We thank our trade partners, and MINI in this campaign, for working with us to encourage more and more Germans to visit South Africa," Bay-Müller concluded.
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A GREAT Sankey family has had their legal challenge over the removal of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), after their disabled son spent more than 84 days in hospital, heard at the Court of Appeal.
As previously reported in the Warrington Guardian, Cameron Mathieson died aged five in October 2012 having spent more than half of his life in Alder Hey hospital.
His family are challenging the DLA '84-day rule', whereby payments are suspended for under-16s when they spend more than 84 days in hospital.
Parents Craig and Lynette said they are mounting the challenge in their son's name so that no other family with a disabled child who spends long periods in hospital will have essential financial support taken away from them.
An estimated 500 families are affected by the rule each year.
Craig added: "We are determined to overturn this grossly unfair rule in Cameron's name to stop more families having to go through what we have had to endure.
"When a child is so ill that they need hospital care, they and their families need support, not penalties, yet the system only causes more distress and hardship.
"After 84 days Cameron's DLA was suspended, along with Carer's Allowance and our National Insurance contributions, heaping unbearable financial and emotional pressure on us as a family."
'Bubbly' tot Cameron was the only patient in the world with both cystic fibrosis and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy in the genetic combination he had.
National charities Contact a Family and The Children's Trust have given the family their support as the Government argues the suspension of payments is justified because the patient's needs will be 'fully met' free of charge by the NHS.
However a recent charity found the Government's rationale is flawed.
Paul Soames, chief executive of Contact a Family, said: "The DLA rule was introduced just over 20 years ago and now children with such complex needs have a much greater chance of survival.
"Most of the children this rule affects are severely disabled and need round the clock care that even the most well-equipped hospital cannot provide.
"Clearly parents do not leave their children at the door of the hospital and go home to carry on with life as normal.
"In reality, most are providing the same or more care and their costs increase."
The family will now have to wait several weeks for the Court of Appeal's verdict.

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Insurance companies will continue to pay elevated reinsurance costs this year to secure cover for their New Zealand portfolios.
"Reinsurance costs are now at 15 per cent of our GWP [gross written premium], whereas in 2009 they were 8 per cent," Ms Johnson said.
"What we're going to see is a bit of plateauing. The news from reinsurers is that it [cost] is not coming down – it's probably going to hold."
Insurers including
Chunks of these expenses were passed on to consumers through premium hikes.
IAG, which controls around 40 per cent of the NZ general insurance market, is flagging moderate premium rises this year following double digit rises in recent times.
"Any renewal that's happened over the past two years, on average, would have got a 30 per cent increase," Ms Johnson said. "There will still be some increases, but they will be a lot less than that. There will be moderate increases, probably moving more with CPI."
New Zealand's earthquakes may be receding in the public consciousness but two years on, they're continuing to push premiums up. Ruth Liew spoke with IAG New Zealand CEO Jacki Johnson about the rising costs for policy holders.
IAG's New Zealand division contributes 17 per cent of revenue to the listed insurer. The company is in talks with the New Zealand government on proposed reforms to establish an efficient insurance sector.
"We are actively engaged with the government's review of the EQC (Earthquake Commission), drawing on the lessons learnt for our involvement with the EQC through the Canterbury earthquakes," Ms Johnson said.
Speaking at an investor briefing in Sydney on Tuesday, IAG group boss
"We anticipate the underlying margin will be slightly higher in the short to medium term, consistent with the business's recent performance," he said.
IAG first tested the NZ market in 2001 following the acquisition of
More recently, IAG forked out $290 million for insurer
The division's underlying insurance margin increased from 8.5 per cent in 2010-2011 to 11.8 per cent last year.
IAG's share price fell 1.05 per cent to close at $5.63 on Tuesday.
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London: England recovered from Sunday's record defeat to bowl Sri Lanka out for 67 at Old Trafford and win the third one-day International by 10 wickets.
Pacer Chris Jordan took five for 29 as Sri Lanka were all out in 24 overs, with only three men reaching double figures.
Having been bowled out for 99 last time, England needed only 12.1 overs to reach their target. Ian Bell (41) hit the winning runs with a six.
It was also Lanka's lowest in England, with their previous worst in the country also coming at Old Trafford when, as a non-Test nation, they made 86 against eventual champions — the West Indies — at the inaugural World Cup in 1975.
Victory puts them 2-1 ahead in the series with two matches remaining.
A truncated match had been expected in Manchester but that was because of the volume of rain across the region rather than a third lowest total in their ODI history from Sri Lanka, who had inflicted England's heaviest home defeat in terms of runs only three days previously.
Anderson claimed two for 10 from an impressive opening spell of seven overs before first change Jordan, in only his 11th ODI, returned the best figures by an England bowler at Old Trafford.
The 25-year-old, generating impressive bounce throughout, tempted Kumar Sangakkara to drive outside off-stump in his second over as Sri Lanka, so disciplined in accumulating 256 at Durham on Sunday, were guilty of some indifferent strokes.
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It discovered that nearly half of cats retrieve things thrown by their owners - a skill that's commonly more associated with pooches.
The bureau tested 1,853 cats, and found that 44% of them trotted off to collect items thrown by their owners.
Cats aged five and under were most likely to retrieve items and 30 cats in the survey would fetch almost anything.
The most commonly collected items were balls and toys.
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Pedigree cats make up just 10% of the UK's feline population, but they came out as better "fetchers" than regular moggies.


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I despise all exercise machines, including treadmills and ellipticals.
I like walking, I like running, there is definite pleasure to lifting other kinds of weights. But I love kettlebells.
These cannonballs with handles look like some atavistic throwback to the 1700s, when they were developed for use in the Russian army. They became popular in North America in the beginning of the 21st century but have been a real sport in Russia since the 1960s.
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It's not just vanity, though. It's great to be strong and healthy in everyday life. I can pick up a potted coffee plant that's as tall as I am and put it out on the deck without any help. I have lifted my fourteen-year-old, much to his chagrin, so I know I could get him out of a burning building, God forbid. My mother lost her battle with the complications of diabetes at the age of 69 and that is not going to happen to me.
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A daughter has leapt to the defence of her mother's care home after a watchdog's critical reports.
Retired teacher Chris Davis believes the Care Quality Commission's most recently published reports do not paint a true picture of Brewster House in Oak Road, Heybridge.
The CQC took enforcement action against the home in the form of a warning notice after it inspected staffing levels.
In relation to the home's standard of "respecting and involving people who use the services", the CQC highlighted that action was needed.
But Mrs Davis is more than happy with the care her 80-year-old mum Joyce Parsonson is receiving after living in the home for six years.
Mrs Davis, of Catchpole Lane, Great Totham, said: "The staff there are completely and utterly fantastic with the residents.
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Just under a month ago we raised the prospect of a number of states following Utah (which authorized bullion for currency in 2011) down the path of gold and silver as legal tender. "The legislation is about signaling discontent with monetary policy and about what Ben Bernanke is doing," was how this shift was previously described and as Yahoo reports, the Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to make gold and silver legal currency in the state, in a response to what backers said was a lack of confidence in the international monetary system. The bill will make gold and silver coins legal tender as of mid-2014 and more than a dozen other states continue to mull the transition. Those against the bill argue somewhat ironically, "anybody who thinks gold or silver is a really safe place to put your money had better think again," anchored on the last two weeks, but as one supporter of the bill added, a "sound and honest money system such as gold and silver" is needed to bring stability.
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The shipbuilding industry is involved in intensive lobbying as federal cabinet prepares to make crucial decisions on a rationalisation program centred on the sale of the ASC.
Tenix head Paul Saltieri has been reported as expressing confidence that the Government will choose his company to acquire the ASC and it will then become Australia's major naval shipping industry operation for decades to come.
Senator Hill has not ruled out building a wider consortium around the sale of the ASC which could include Tenix's main rival, the formerly Government-owned ADI, as well as smaller firms.
However, the minister has also left open the option of the cabinet appointing Tenix or another company as the lead player, through acquisition of the ASC, which would sub-contract work to so-called "second tier" companies.
At a media conference on July2, Senator Hill said he had no problem if Mr Reith was "giving general advice on strategic matters" to Tenix.
However, Senator Hill added at the time: "I would not expect him to be involved in contracts in which he played a significant role in the development of the framework for those contracts."
Before retiring, Mr Reith was engaged in drawing up policy proposals on naval shipbuilding rationalisation and the dumping of competitive tenders in favour of so-called "strategic partnerships".
A spokesman for Tenix said last night that Mr Reith was now "providing strategic advice on issues relating to defence industries" to the company, but not on individual contracts.
Options for the future of the shipbuilding industry are canvassed in a report presented to Senator Hill by his department last week and he is due to take a submission to cabinet next month.
In the interview with the Herald, Senator Hill was asked about Mr Reith's consultancy and the argument that he should not be advising Tenix on the Government's forthcoming decisions on naval shipbuilding.
"No, I would say what he advises Tenix is between him and Tenix," Senator Hill said.
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I don't follow basketball but I know it was kind of a big deal that the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA Championship. I've always hated the Lakers because they're like the Yankees of basketball — almost always awesome and annoying. Also, I really enjoy the lovely St. Paddy's green of the Celtics outfits, er, uniforms. Anyway, Kevin Garnett is, like, the Celtics superstar. I tried to find a really attractive photo of him but apparently it's very hard to make a sexy face while slam-dunking so I decided to pick out the most enthusiastic photo instead.


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Aroldis Chapman, LHP, Reds (Triple-A Louisville)
Thursday's stats: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 5 BB, 8 K
It's probably for the best than some bad weather has finally disconnected the schedules of Champman and baseball's top prospect Stephen Strasburg, who both made their pro debut on the same day. It's just too much to keep up with, and now we can focus on them one at a time. On Thursday, it's was the Reds lefty's turn, and he continues to miss plenty off bats, while also unfortunately continuing to struggle with his control and miss the strike zone. Only 54 of his 95 pitches went for strikes, but as usual, he flirted with the upper 90s on several occasions and flashed a good slider at times. It's the highest upside non-Strasburg arm around, but it still needs more refinement.
Announcing His Presence With Authority
Mike Moustakas, 3B, Royals (Double-A Northwest Arkansas)
Thursday's stats: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 HR (2), 3 R, 4 RBI, BB, CS
The second overall pick in the 2007 draft, Moustakas has been a bit of a disappointment with the bat, entering this year with career averages of .262/.320/.444, although it should be noted that each of his first two seasons were played in brutal hitting environments. His 2010 debut was delayed until Thursday due to an oblique strain, but he quickly enjoyed his first taste of a good place to hit by cracking home runs in his first two at-bats of the season and later adding a double for good measure. Beyond the power, which comes from some of the best bat speed in the minors, Moustakas also has a top of the line arm. There's a reason he went has high as he did nearly three years ago, and he might be ready to justify it.
Getting Things Going . . . And How
Freddie Freeman, 1B, Braves (Triple-A Gwinnett)
Thursday's stats: 4-for-4, 2B, 2 HR (3), 3 R, 4 RBI, BB
I've quipped in a few places here and there that Freeman didn't belong at Triple-A, as he's only 20 years old and struggled last year one level below. I looked smart a week ago when he was hitting .139, but he's been on a tear since, as the best game in the minors last night makes him 10-for-23 in his last six games with 20 total bases. Troy Glaus has been getting his fair share of boos in Atlanta, but don't worry Braves fans, he's just a one-year stop gap for Freeman.
Well, You Certainly Can't Call Him Inconsistent
Starlin Castro, SS, Cubs (Double-A Tennessee)
Thursday's stats: 2-for-4, 2B, R, CS; 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, BB, CS
The Smokies played two yesterday, and Castro had two hits in both games. That's not a surprise, as he had two hits on Wednesday as well. Oh yeah, Tuesday too. Monday? Yup, two hits. With six straight two-hit games and nine overall in 13 contests, the 20-year-old is up to .404/.426/.649, and the Cubs are this much closer to making a mistake and calling him up to the big leagues before he is ready and hoping he can salvage what looks to be an already sinking ship.
The Next Neftali?
Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Rangers (Double-A Frisco)
Thursday's stats: SV, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Scheppers stuff isn't quite in the range of Neftali Feliz, but it's not far off either. One of the best pure arms in the 2009 draft, Scheppers comes with a load of red flags revolving around his injury history and fear of further arm problems down the road, but he's healthy for now and nothing short of dominant. Pitching in the mid-to-upper 90s with a filthy power breaking ball, Texas League hitters are now 3-for-29 against the 23 year-old with 13 whiffs. Featured here yesterday, the Rangers called up first baseman Justin Smoak last night to help a flailing offense. Scheppers might not be far behind in order to shore up the bullpen.
Sleeper Alert!
Xavier Avery, OF, Orioles (High-A Frederick)
Thursday's stats: 4-for-5, 2B, 3 R, RBI, SB
A second-round pick in 2008, Avery has as much in the tools department as anyone in the Orioles system, but he's still far from a refined product, as miserable plate discipline led to a .646 OPS at Low-A in his full-season debut last year. Still, tools guys are the kind of players that take big step forwards, and while it's too early to classify as official, Avery is off to a great start in the Carolina League, batting .388/.474/.469 and showing plus-plus speed, good defense, and most importantly, a much more patient approach.
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Is Jackson Williams for real, or is it just small sample size (34 AB)? He didn't do much last year, but has apparently had one or more hits in each of his last 10 games, and 6 BB to go with them to get to 412/524/676. He was a sandwich round pick, so the Giants must have seen something wen they drafted him.
Apr 23, 2010 12:02 PM
I understand that Texas hasn't given up on Scheppers as a starter, but he'll pitch some relief this year to keep his IPs down to about 100. I'd expect him to get a few starts as the year goes on before retruning to the pen...perhaps in Arlington.
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Is it me or is Texas making some mistakes by using top pitching prospects in the pen? I understand that sometimes long term organizational needs and short-term ones don't match, but it seems to me like Feliz and Scheppers should both be working on their secondary stuff so that they have a real major league repertoire, rather than just using heat to blow batters away.
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With the end of "Breaking Bad", fans were also brought to the end of Walter White's journey. But there could be more to tell of Jesse Pinkman since he managed to escape from the white supremacist compound where he had been held captive.
In an interview with GQ after the series finale aired, series creator Vince Gilligan talked about what happened to Jesse after being a free man again. "My personal feeling is that he got away," he said, but then shared a worst-case scenario for Aaron Paul's character.
"But the most likely thing, as negative as this sounds, is that they're going to find this kid's fingerprints all over this lab and they're going to find him within a day or a week or a month. And he's still going to be on the hook for the murder of two federal agents," he elaborated, adding, "But yeah, even though that's the most likely outcome, the way I see it is that he got away and got to Alaska, changed his name, and had a new life. You want that for the kid. He deserves it."
Asked what Walter White would had done if he didn't accidentally catch that bullet, Gilligan left it to viewers' imagination. "Of all the things we discussed, I don't know that we ever talked it through. I know that in our minds, he definitely went there to kill Jesse along with everybody else," he said.
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Meanwhile, Bryan Cranston who played Walt recently said that his character's storyline could've stretched even further. "I'm kind of sad that we don't have another year to go, because I really thought that maybe we could do another 10 or 12 episodes," he said at the premiere of "No Half Measures", a documentary on the making of the show's final season, on Monday night, November 25.
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by Ken Read on 5 Mar 2012
Skipper Ken Read. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Sanya, China to Auckland, New Zealand. Amory Ross/Puma Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race©
Volvo Ocean Race - Puma skipper, Ken Read, shares with us the latest on the crew's progress as they enter day fourteen of Leg 4.
I know I haven't blogged for a while because quite honestly, I have been pretty busy. In a strange way…dodging squall after squall…trying to sort out our positioning…watching half the fleet take off and sail through the Solomon Islands. Sleep comes every once and a while in sweltering heat. And, in the case of tonight, we finally enjoy a beautiful star-filled, moonlit night that has us sailing fast yet not getting pummeled by water in the chest every 10 seconds. And, we are actually heading south still, in the general direction of our final destination.
But, at the same time I can't remember a race that I have been so unsure of the outcome. The huge east-west split opens up room for the three boats to leeward to sweep around the high possibly better than us. But, we do have a lot of leverage in a port tack race south. I don't know what is going to happen. It is strange because usually we have a pretty good idea how things are going to work out in the big game of chess long before it actually does happen. Or at least I hope we usually know.
As for now, we are past the 'Doldrums' which were pretty uneventful. We just passed the Solomons with a set off in all solid squalls just to wish us goodbye. Only about 20 minutes of drifting right at the southern tip of the Islands and then we were off. Whew. Don't need to give the rest of the group more of a head start. We did that already off the starting line in Sanya.
Life on board has been pretty relaxed I must say. Win a sched, lose a sched. A classic drag race south. Our position has been solid except for race leaders Groupama, and our pace has seemed pretty good. And then came the big split. In essence, the group of three to the west realized that they weren't going to get around the Solomons and did the next best thing – they found a gap and went through the middle of the island chain.
There was certainly a chance for big wind shadows in there, but Telefónica took off for the gap when they were bearing 260 degrees from us with a little over 200 miles separation east to west. After the islands were dealt with, they now are at 259 degrees a little further away than they were before they made their move. All in all, about as net even as two radically different approaches could be.
Now comes the tough part. How much of our gauge do we give up in order to gain bearing? Will they always have a better angle than us on the outside of the high? Who will have the better pressure, as the two GRIB files are contradicting themselves right now.
So, we keep pushing and wait and see. Itlooks like it will be a complete fight at the end anyway as all the models have us hitting a wall a couple hundred miles from New Zealand and drifting in at this stage. But these forecasts are changing every time they come in. Some complex weather stuff happening down there and it is too far outto really have a firm grasp on the situation.
As for life on board, after our jib tackline exploded several days ago and our primary J-2 came down in pieces. I thought we were in big trouble. We suffered with the wrong jib up for the better part of a day before the wind lightened and we could go with bigger sails. Ryno, as always, took the lead on putting the jib back together,and 24 hours after it came down in tatters it went back on deck to be used when necessary. We haven't needed it since, but we will eventually. Fingers crossed it stays in once piece. [Watch the video
It was a big bang. The sail took off up the headstay when the tack line broke at mach speed. Looked like a large Fourth of July flag flying from the top of the mast until it tore in half and the bottom two thirds came roaring back down the headstay and into the water. Oh joy. Deal with it, right? What choice do we have? Can't sit around and feel sorry for ourselves when stuff like that happens. That is what this race is all about. Deal with adversity as best you can. Every boat has the same situations but in differing magnitudes. It's what ocean racing is all about.
So into the rack I will go, my eyes closingas I finish this. Curious as to how this is all going to pan out.
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Ancient Egyptian Tarot
The Ancient Egyptian Tarot is a Golden-Dawn-based Tarot that makes full use of the Egyptian milieu in which its images are set. Tarot structure and Egyptology have been blended seamlessly in this beautifully rendered deck featuring mythological trumps and scenically illustrated pips depicting daily life along the Nile. The author has drawn on Egyptian history, mythology and symbolism to produce an Ancient Egyptian theme deck that some consider to 'excel in both coherence and artwork'.
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ISBN 0850309689 (first edition)
ISBN 0007165498 (reprint)
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1994 (first edition)
February 1, 2004 (reprint)
Thorsons (first edition)
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It is traditionally accepted that the Tarot originated in Egypt. Certainly, Egyptian symbolism has inspired Tarot designers for hundreds of years, and today decks use "conventional" Tarot imagery whose roots are undeniably Egyptian.
In this beautiful reworking of the Tarot has come full circle, returning to the land of its ancestors.
The accompanying book gives one of the fullest yet most concise histories of the Tarot ever written, instructions on how to use the 78 cards and background information about the characters and scenes depicted on each.
Following the arrangement of "traditional" Tarots, The Ancient Egyptian Tarot is compatible with most standard decks and instruction books making this is an ideal pack for anybody who wants to learn about Tarot for the first time.
The blending of traditional Tarot lore with the very culture which inspired it also makes The Ancient Egyptian Tarot a treat for Tarot enthusiasts and a classic of its time. The Ancient Egyptian Tarot returns the Tarot to the land of its ancestors, reuniting traditional Egyptian symbolism and imagery which occur throughout all Tarots with fully researched scenes depicting Ancient egyptian life and mythology.
The handbook explores the origins of the Tarot and the conventionally accepted view that it originated in Egypt. It examines how Ancient Egyptian legends influenced the mythology and the religions of subsequent, cultures around the World.
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In December 2004 when South East Asia was devastated by the Tsunami, it was clear how quickly things that you took for granted may belong to the past. The total death toll was reported to have risen to 230,000 victims. Sri Lanka alone counted at least 40,000. More than 70,000 houses were demolished and completely washed away by the floods, another 35,000 badly damaged making it the second worst affected country in Asia.
We, Malkanthi und Rajah Wirasekara, came to know through the media what had happened in our first homeland. Telephone connections were dead, we could only guess what our family and relatives living over there, were going through. Live media coverage illustrated how fellow-countrymen were suffering. It was not only we, who were concerned. Together with German friends we founded SAHANA (the Sinhala word for "compassionate help") in January 2005 with the objective of giving targeted help to rehabilitate the displaced victims and to support the process of reconstruction in Sri Lanka.
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1. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
uber cool
2. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)
uber cool, but i'm still slightly pissed. seems like non lte marekets are getting left out
3. arcq12 (Posts: 733; Member since: 13 Oct 2011)
with AT&T, having LTE is non sensical.. 2GB of data with 5-6mpbs will be out within a week or 2.. and we all know AT&T's overage pricings are.. good luck with your bill..
4. iamcc (Posts: 1319; Member since: 07 Oct 2011)
I don't understand the argument that because you have a faster data connection you use more data...
I use basically the same amount of data on my LTE connection than I did with 3G, it's just faster.
Yes, I use my mobile hotspot feature on my TB but that's billed separately.
5. phungn (Posts: 26; Member since: 01 Sep 2011)
Now if they only do this for the original version i777
6. Forsaken77 (Posts: 553; Member since: 09 Jun 2011)
I wish they put that new Exynos chip in there.
8. yougotkilled1 (Posts: 167; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)
^ The reason why I didn't go out and grab the skyrocket. Rather have the Exynos chip than LTE. That's just me though =P


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Great for Sensitive SkinI've tried a few of LUSH's rolled cleansers, and I was surprised by this one because it wasn't nearly as exfoliating as Herbalism or Angels on Bare Kin. Aqua Marina is much creamier, which makes it easier to use and gives it a more "cleansing" feel. I like the results of this -- soft, clean skin and a slight reduction in redness; however, the smell is extremely salty and I had to hold my...read more breath while it was on my face because the smell truly grossed me out. I'm hoping it will grow on me, as I think this is a great, mild product for sensitive skin. — 9 years, 1 month agoferncool | 29 reviews
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Unique facial cleanserI didn't hate this, but it wasn't the best thing I ever tried. The smell was interesting and the product itself wasn't bad, but I didn't feel like it was getting all the make-up and grime off of my face at the end of the day. — 9 years, 5 months agohellokiki | 7 reviews
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The Akismet plug-in does not specify that it has been tested in version 3.2.1 in the readme.txt file.
Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 3.1
Has it or hasn't it?
If it has, why is the "Tested up to:" line only reflecting version 3.1?
Plugin Contributor Joseph Scott
That was the current WordPress version at the time of the last release. It hasn't been increased since then because we haven't released a new version of the plugin since then.
To answer your question, yes, it works fine with the WordPress 3.2.1.bamajr
Okay, so where does the information displayed here:
Requires WordPress Version: 3.0 or higher Compatible up to: 3.1.4 Last Updated: 2011-1-14 Downloads: 7,036,346
…come from?
Does the "Compatible up to:" area come from the readme.txt file or somewhere else?
If the plug-in is only advertising that it works up to 3.1.4, isn't that giving people a mixed message about what versions of WordPress it will actually work with?wpsecuritylock
I can see where it can be a bit confusing about the compatibility of plugins.
The Askimet readme.txt shows it's been tested up to 3.1
The plugin page shows it's compatible up to 3.1.4.
Maybe the developers update the Compatible up to version to let us know what they know for sure it works on, without going through the process of updating just the readme.txt file and doing a new version number just for that change, which would alert all of us there's an update.
Think about how much work that would be to keep changing the readme.txt file for every plugin of what version it's been tested on and then doing a new version for that simple change. It's best to wait until they've improve or fixed something in an update.
The plugin repository is a great place to find out information about our plugins. We can view requirements, compatible up to, last updated, Changelog, and also see votes from other users.
For me, I hop to the Last Updated section, if it's really old I consider finding a replacement. Then I jump down to the Compatibility Votes for my current version and see works vs. broken.
If I find that a plugin is voted as broken, I click on the "Forum Posts" link on the page and find out why it was reported as broken. Sometimes, it's an end-user issue and not the plugin itself.
You can also help out by participating in voting. The more votes, the more each of us know if a plugin works.
Hope that helps.
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Selling 15,490,000 copies with their eponymous album, Metallica become the first hard rock act to top Nielsen SoundScan's 'release to date' chart.
This week, one of Metallica's albums is named the top-selling album in the Nielsen SoundScan era. Their 1991 self-titled studio album "Metallica" has sold more than 15,490,000 copies, surpassing previously best-selling effort, Shania Twain's "Come on Over" which pulled in around 15,487,000 units to date.
This achievement gives the band the No. 1 position on Nielsen's "release to date" chart and makes them the first hard rock act to top the list as the previous champs were ranging from mainstream pop, rock and country musics. Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard [Original Soundtrack]" ruled the chart in 1991, Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" topped the list in 1996, and Shania Twain's "Come on Over" led the pack in 2001.
Beside pulling in an impressive selling number, "Metallica" album has also earned the James Hetfield-fronted band a Golden Gramophone for Best Metal Performance with Vocal at 1992 Grammy Awards. At the same year moreover, they took home Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Video prize from MTV Video Music Awards, thanks to one of its singles "Enter Sandman".


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Extension > Source - Winter 2009 > Low-maintenance lawn care catches on
Low-maintenance lawn care catches on
Extension horticulturist Bob Mugaas has cut a wide swath through Minnesota since the early 1980s. He has worked to educate Minnesotans about how to achieve thick, lush lawns without first reaching for chemicals.
When interest in lawn care grew in the 1970s and '80s, Extension horticulturist Bob Mugaas set aside his rose pruning shears and swung his full attention to the shorter, finer plants that make up turf. As he balances aesthetic needs with environmental quality, Mugaas teaches Minnesotans how to address pesky lawn problems with fewer pesticides, less water and thankfully, less work.
Retired agronomist Don White's 46 years of turf grass research at the University provided the backbone for Extension lawn care education, including concepts taught by Mugaas today. White's work aimed to promote ecological principles, like developing low-maintenance, high-quality grasses and using fewer chemicals.
"What the research told us was very different from what people had believed," White said. Findings revealed the value of late-season fertilizer applications, and using less fertilizer at the right times to get higher quality, cold-hardy grasses, he says.
Mugaas has cut a wide swath through Minnesota with his teaching since those early days. "People have opened up to learning how to create healthy grass plants rather than picking up a chemical to zap a problem," he says. "They want to make more informed choices, especially when it comes to protecting other natural resources."
Ever heard "Don't bag it" about lawn clippings? That was Mugaas' research-based advice beginning in the early '80s. He emphasized that leaving clippings on the lawn nourishes a thicker, healthier turf while keeping plastic bags full of grass out of landfills.
Extension presents horticultural research to lawn service businesses and the government as well. "Engagement, finding common ground in an objective manner so that something better can be accomplished," says Mugaas, "has been a hallmark of Extension education."
For more resources on home lawn care, visit Extension's Turfgrass Management website.


text: Not sure what happened? I moved my site up to #1 on google for area cities + lawn care, mole control, fertilizing, etc. Had not made any changes for a few weeks all was well, then bang! Google bumped me back 2+ pages! If google penalizes you for keyword stuffing, do they let you know? Do they pull your website from ALL of there results? Not saying I was keyword stuffing, but the word lawn did appear alot on some pages. (11% on highest) I pulled word "lawn" out as much as I could & replaced with "turf" where I could. Other than being penalized for keyword overuse, I don't know what happened? Any ideas?


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ANDY Lonergan cannot wait to see the back of the new FA Cup ball after getting rather too well acquainted with it during the second half against Sunderland.
Despite making a string of superb saves in the latter stages, the former Leeds stopper could not prevent the Wearsiders from battling back from two goals down to book a replay a week on Tuesday.
And on this form, that could well mean he gets another date with the unpredictable Neo high visibility ball by Umbro, which was used for the first time in competition at the weekend.
After being beaten by a thunderbolt from Craig Gardner, Lonergan admits he feared the worst after working with the new ball during the week.
"When I saw the team, I saw Gardner, Larsson and David Vaughan and I knew they could all hit a ball," he said. "Even Adam Johnson and McClean have exceptional shooting quality from distance and these balls are an absolute nightmare.
"We trained with them on Thursday and Friday and they were horrible. They are so different to the Mitres we use on a matchday.
"So when he hit it I thought, 'wow, that's a good finish', The balls are awful You can't explain how bad they are. They move all over the place. You just have to deal with it though."
Lonergan was reasonably pleased with the performance but shrugged off praise for his own second-half heroics.
"Well its my job isn't it? I hoped I could keep them out until the last 10 minutes or so and then think about holding on," he said.
"But you look at the quality in their team and you know they're going to throw everything at us.
"It was frustrating we couldn't hold out but we have played a top team with a side that had a few players being given a chance in it. I got a game and Marvin came in and scored. It was a good work out for us."
Just playing at all came as some relief to the 29-year-old, who had featured just once for the club since arriving in the summer from Elland Road.
"Throughout my career I have played when I've been fit," he said. "I had a knee injury that kept me out for eight weeks but all season I haven't played. It is frustrating, You do start wondering where the next game is going to come from but, thankfully, the gaffer has put me in at last."


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George Brannigan was nursing a knee injury at during the first half of the World cup season last year, but as he recovered his speed developed too and he was consistently working his way up the rankings. With a 7th place in qualifying at Hafjell in Norway the season ended on a hugely positive note. George has been training hard all winter and yesterday he took the crown at the New Zealand Nationals, it's going to be an interesting season for the young Kiwi, that's for sure!
Song: Billy The Kid
Performed by Flint Eastwood – http://flinteastwoodmusic.bandcamp.com/


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Who would believe it? When a group of protestors supporting the Leadership Conference of Women Religious showed up at the Vatican Embassy on Tuesday, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, welcomed some of the group into the embassy. Two people were actually invited to sit down and chat with him. He received their petition asking that the mandate against LCWR be withdrawn ... without any expectation that would actually happen, of course.
In the course of the conversation, he made it known he had been at the beginning of the LCWR board meeting. Later, he invited about 20 people into the embassy to see the chapel and offer prayers.
I don't have much hope that his welcome represents any new approach from the Vatican to LCWR (or anyone), but it is refreshing in Washington to see any protestors welcomed by any authority for a chat, at least.
Vigano was removed from a Vatican post after cleaning up the Vatican Bank, a process in which he surely made enemies. The recently leaked documents include a letter of his to the pope, asking not to be moved outside the Vatican because of the message it would send. He may have some sympathy for LCWR, given his own experience.
Click here to see great photos and an account of Tuesday's Vatican Embassy action.
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