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Iranian diplomats chartered a plane and prepared to leave Britain on Friday, hours before a deadline for expulsion set by the U.K. government in retaliation for attacks on the British Embassy in Tehran.
The diplomats will be flying out of Heathrow Airport on a chartered IranAir plane at around 4 p.m., according to an employee of IranAir in London who refused to give his name because he said he was not allowed to speak to the media. The plane is set to arrive in the Iranian capital around 2 a.m., he added.
The roughly two dozen Iranian diplomats and their dependents will be welcomed back by a group at the Tehran airport, Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
Images broadcast around the world Tuesday showed demonstrators tearing down Union Jack flags and brandishing a looted picture of Queen Elizabeth II at the U.K. embassy compound in Tehran. The incident has deepened Iran's isolation and significantly escalated tensions with the West.
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague gave Iranian diplomats until 2 p.m. GMT (9 a.m. EST) Friday to leave Britain, and the country also pulled its diplomats out of Iran and backed new sanctions on the Islamic republic. At least four other European countries, including Germany and France, also moved to reduce diplomatic contacts with Iran.
As the deadline to leave neared, movers were seen carrying packages from a building a few doors down from the embassy in London. Phones at the Iran's London embassy and consulate rang unanswered.
Tehran's relations with Britain have become increasingly strained in recent months, largely due to tensions over Tehran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment - a process that can lead to the development of nuclear weapons.
Hague has said the attacks were "clearly premeditated" by high-ranking officials, but claimed there were "divisions within the Iranian regime" about the move.
Iran's government has criticized the attacks. But hard-liners have spoken out in support of the protesters. Mohammad Mohammadian, a representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised the attackers, saying they had targeted the "epicenter of sedition."
Associated Press writer Ali Akbar Dareini in Tehran contributed to this report.


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Today I did something really fun - something I have wanted to do for a while and that is I had some Boudoir pics done!
I was nervous but I found some pics on Pinterest and we (me and photographer) were on the same page. We started off safe, ie: me in a great dress, then I did a "sweater girl" pic. The last shot involved fishnets and a pose that had my back aching.
Hey! Modeling really is hard work and no one was bringing me champagne!
I am looking forward to sharing the pics with him.
Anyone else do this?
"We're not broken, just bent. We can learn to love again."
You will know when the time is right marathonwaseasy. And when you are....go for it!
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This photog was a friend. Female friend.
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Campbell back in QPR frame
QPR striker DJ Campbell is ready to throw himself back into action against Manchester United next weekend after making a long-awaited return from injury at Liverpool.
Campbell, 30, had been sidelined since the start of October with a fractured metatarsal suffered in training. After making a cameo appearance off the bench for the last half-hour of Saturday's 1-0 defeat, Campbell hopes to be in contention for the visit of the Barclays Premier League champions.
He told the club's official website: "I don't know about the starting line-up, because I was a bit surprised to get 30 minutes at Liverpool if I am honest. I will just continue to train hard and try to get match fit. If the gaffer calls on me, then he calls on me. If he needs me, I am there for him."
Campbell, a £1million summer signing from Blackpool, added: "I only got back to full training four days before the game so it was great to be involved.
"Obviously I need a bit of time to get my sharpness back because that was my first game in two and a half months, but I enjoyed it."
Goalkeeper Paddy Kenny will have further tests on his hip injury ahead of the United game, with understudy Radek Cerny producing some fine saves at Anfield.
Manager Neil Warnock said: "You won't get a better pro than Radek.
"Every day he puts the work in to help the other keepers and isn't doing it for financial reasons. Let him have his moment - he deserves it."


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A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek exercise next month, when 11 teams drawn from private companies and universities compete to sniff out snipers, roadside bombs, and other hidden dangers while relaying real-time images to a command post.
The MOD Grand Challenge, as it's called, is billed as the U.K. Ministry of Defense's counterpart to the U.S. DARPA Challenges, except it's military robots that compete against one another instead of robotic cars.
The purpose is to boost development of small robot teams capable of scouting out and alerting troops to potentially dangerous surprises on the urban battlefield. The robots must autonomously negotiate complex, unfamiliar terrain and urban clutter to locate the threats. Points are earned based on the number of threats uncovered in one hour. Points are lost if a team resorts to remote control to maneuver its bots at any stage.
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Katt Williams Sentenced: Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving Charges - Probation, Community Service (VIDEO)
Katt Williams has been sentenced for reckless driving on Thursday in a court case in Sacramento, according to reports.
Williams pleaded no contest to the charges of police evasion in Sacramento Superior Court at Thursday's court appearance.
The actor was sentenced to three years unsupervised probation along with 400 hours of community service, according to CBS Sacramento.
The case regards an incident last November when Williams tried to evade police while traveling on a three-wheeled motorcycle in the downtown streets of Sacramento.
California High Patrol officers chased Williams, however, they eventually dropped back and called off their pursuit citing public safety reasons, saying that continuing the chase would have put the public at risk.
Williams previously missed a court case hearing with regards to the case, and that led to him being arrested in Los Angeles.
In yet another run in with the police, Williams was also arrested soon after that for assaulting an employee at a Target Store.
The 39 year old actor currently has a number of projects he is working on, including Scary Movie V, as well as a number of TV programs.
Williams is best known for his role as Money Mike in Friday After Next.
He is also known for his stint on Nick Cannon's MTV improv show, Wild 'n Out, for playing the fictional character Bobby Shaw on the program My Wife and Kids, as well as providing the voice for the character "A Pimp Named Slickback" in The Boondocks and as himself in Grand Theft Auto IV.
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John Carlson isn't a tight end known for his blocking.
It was his blocks, though, that set up his two touchdown catches in a game in which his hands played a decisive role.
In the first quarter, Seattle trailing 10-0, the Seahawks ran a play-action pass in which Carlson feigned a block to seal the edge, and then released after Matt Hasselbeck's fake.
"The linebacker kind of ignored me when he thought it was a run," Carlson said.
The result was an 11-yard touchdown catch, Carlson's first score since Week 3 against San Diego. Less than eight minutes later, he added another score, this one equally wide open after he dove ahead as if he were chop-blocking, got up and ran alone to the end zone as Roman Harper assumed he was out of the play.
"It was a designed play," Carlson said. "We knew that if I would cut on the backside, that they would kind of lose me. That's what they showed on film, and that's what they did."
After scoring one touchdown all regular season, Carlson had two scoring catches in the first 19 minutes of Saturday's playoff game.
"When you are playing a really good team, you have to come up with some ways to sort of trick them a little bit," said Matt Hasselbeck, who threw the two touchdown passes to Carlson. "And we came up with some of those things."
This was the kind of production that so many expected from Carlson this season after he caught more than 50 passes each of his first two years as a Seahawk. He caught 31 passes this season for 318 yards.
"Obviously, I want to catch more balls than I have this year," Carlson said. "Some of that's on me. I didn't make plays at times when I was asked to, and some of it is just we needed to run the ball or I need to pass-protect. It's fun to be involved in the offense, whether it's catching the ball or run-blocking or pass-blocking."
He added: "But to have a couple (TDs) in this game and get a big team win, that's the most important thing."
Carlson also caught the Saints' onside kick after a late touchdown had cut Seattle's lead to five points.


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ESB - first steps (1 messages)
Hi Integration Guru! Recently I was intended to get experience with integration software and ESB. As I found currently we have the next popular ESB solutions: Jboss ESB, TIBCO ActiveMatrix™ SB and Websphere ESB. For open source we have ServiceMix and Open ESB. If you started work with ESB today what would you prefer? And what is easer to get start and for Eclipse of course :) Any thoughts are highly appreciated..
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we are approaching to SOA too, and after some initial period dedicated on knowledge base we have started to put our hands on major know ESB. Unfortunately so far we haven't good feedbacks from any, everybody promises big things while the true instead is there's not a really working, scalable product yet. What actually are doing is pure marketing (as usual), they're trying to give you an ESB that for some commercial reason comes with their application service, while a pure ESB is hard to find. We are currently on Oracle, which seems to be on the first line, but again when you end with their tutorials and start in production troubles come up and as important software producers have taught us, you are forced to ask for support ($$$).
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—The New York Giants got the news they were hoping for regarding cornerback Aaron Ross, who was forced out of last week's playoff victory over the Atlanta Falcons with a concussion.
Ross passed all the concussion protocol tests and was given medical clearance to practice, which he did on Wednesday. If he doesn't have a setback, Ross should be available to play on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.
— Learn more: Vinnie Iyer's playoff picks | Matthew Lutovsky's fantasy matchup | Teams: Giants | Packers
Given that the Giants are preparing to face Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in a divisional playoff game, they need every available defensive back—and even then they might not have enough.
Ross has had a decent season, starting all 17 games after taking over in the summer for Terrell Thomas, who missed the season following knee surgery. Ross has outstanding speed but at times does not play aggressively enough, preferring to play underneath routes instead of trusting his athletic ability to make plays on the ball.
Along with the other starting corner, Corey Webster, Ross is part of a secondary that was shredded for long stretches this season but turned things around down the stretch.
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All the defensive backs are doing a better job of "plastering'' receivers—or staying close enough to force the opposing quarterback to hesitate just enough to allow the improving pass rush to hit home.
With Ross and Webster both healthy, the Giants do not have to use rookie Prince Amukamara extensively. Amukamara, the team's 2011 first-round draft pick, has had a rough season, but as of late has shown move confidence and trust in his physical ability and a greater understanding of the defensive concepts.
Notes: The game against the Packers will be an interesting study as far as how much rookie linebacker Jacquian Williams has learned in his first season. Williams was a sixth-round pick who started one year at South Florida after transferring there from a junior college.
He's a superb athlete who was attractive to the Giants because of his uncommon speed, but he had a lot to learn as far as dropping into coverage and understanding how physical he can be with receivers.
Williams had a rough game in the Giants' 38-35 loss to Green Bay in Week 13, with tight end Jermichael Finley catching one touchdown pass and coming up with a huge reception in the final minute to jump-start the Packers' game-winning field goal drive.
Williams made a play on the ball but was too late, allowing Finley to not only make the catch but to turn upfield for additional yardage. Williams said he's learned from that mishap and won't repeat it.


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Biden struggles to tame hyperbole, quips
DENVER — During his first full day of solo campaigning, newly minted Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden showed some of the flashes of the hyperbole, exaggerations and quips that Republicans are hoping to use to paint him as a loose cannon.
In three sets of unscripted and sometimes rambling remarks Tuesday, Biden thanked God that one of his audiences was overwhelmingly female, called Michelle Obama's convention speech "the most remarkable speech I have heard in my life" and predicted it would propel him and running mate Barack Obama to victory in the fall.
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He also said he didn't care about the press, that Obama has a "sixth sense" and Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has "the most incredible story in American politics," that he and Barack Obama had "the most incredible opportunity … since Franklin Roosevelt." And he choked up a handful of times, once wiping away tears after proclaiming that having a chance to be vice president pales in comparison to representing Delaware in the Senate.
None of his assertions, in and of themselves, is likely to cause problems for the Democratic vice presidential candidate.
But the comments offer a harbinger of what to expect from Biden, a Delaware senator whose freewheeling stream of consciousness has gotten him into trouble.
Consider that Tuesday's comments came in remarks totaling less than 30 minutes and that — as Biden himself declared midway through his address at a breakfast for the Delaware delegation — "there's going to be so, so much to say the remainder of this campaign."
Privately, Obama campaign officials say they have no intention to get Biden to adhere more closely to a script.
Still, the campaign is anticipating Republican efforts to "make a caricature" of Biden using his off-the-cuff remarks, said Biden spokesman David Wade, predicting Biden's predilection for speaking "from the gut" will endear him to voters.
"This is a guy who walks and talks like someone who grew up in Scranton. He's authentic. He tells it like it is," Wade said.
Republicans, he said, are trying "to have it both ways," casting overly scripted Democratic politicians as "wooden," while blasting unscripted ones as reckless or untrustworthy.
Biden's past offers plenty of fodder for the latter.
Early in his own unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden drew fire fire for two comments widely interpreted as racially insensitive. He called Obama "articulate and bright and clean" and said that in his home state, "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking."
During his first run for president, in 1987, Biden told a would-be voter, "I have a much higher IQ than you do" and cited academic accomplishments that turned out to be false.
"I exaggerate when I'm angry," he later explained to The New York Times, though last year he said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he's kicked that tendency.
A few months later, however, Biden claimed during a Democratic presidential debate that he'd been "shot at" during a trip to the Green Zone in Baghdad. Days later, he tried to walk back the claim.
Biden told The Hill newspaper that what he should have said was "I was near where a shot landed."
Biden, himself, seems aware of the perception that he strays towards hyperbole.
A handful of times on Tuesday, he assured supporters that he was being "sincere" and was not engaging in hyperbole, and also prefaced many remarks by saying "literally."
At a roundtable on women's economic issues with Michelle Obama and the female governors of Arizona, Delaware, Kansas and Washington, Biden said of Obama's Monday night convention speech "I heard last night the most remarkable speech I have heard in my life. I'm not engaging in hyperbole."


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Forrest Gump
Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save -- his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright).
Writer: Eric Roth, Winston Groom
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch
Cast: Brett Rice, Christopher Jones, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Jace, John Voldstad, Siobhan Fallon, Peter Dobson, Dick Cavett, Geoffrey Blake, Michael McFall, Joe Alaskey, Sam Anderson, Mark Matheisen, Marla Sucharetza, Michael Burgess, Tiffany Salerno, Michael Conner Humphreys, Mike Jolly, Bob Penny, Afemo Omilami, Paulie DiCocco, Al Harrington, Sonny Shroyer, Margo Moorer, Harold Herthum, Michael Kemmerling, Charles Boswell, David Brisbin, Dick Stilwell, Stephen Wesley Bridgewater, Tyler Long, Jay Ross, Don Fischer, Isabel Rose, Tim McNeil, John Worsham, Kevin Davis, Grady Bowman, Michael Flannery, Steven Griffith, Lonnie Hamilton, Aaron Izbicki, Lazarus Jackson, George Kelly, Michael Mattison, Jason McGuire, Byron Minns, Bill Roberson, Kirk Ward, Rebecca Williams, Jeffrey Winner, Hallie D'Amore, Vanessa Roth, Matt Rebenkoff, Kitty Green, John Randall, Ione Telech, Valentino
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this is one of my favorite films of all time and this is so beautiful film. this movie have some intense moments, drug use, war violence and some sexuality. this is okay for 11-13 years old people.May 24th, 2015 · Details
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The content of this movie is comparable to eating the most delicious chocolate chip cookie only to find that it also has a little bit of horse dung mixed in with the chips. Movie has a great message of friendship, love and goodness about it. Unfortunately they wedge swearing, nudity, implied sex, drug use and some fairly intense violence throughout. This may be a film you want to see, but only once. I give this a very high PG-13 rating.May 7th, 2012 · Details
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The first thing we see in "Forrest Gump" is a single white feather, floating against the blue sky, drifting in the breeze as it floats over Savannah, Ga., and eventually settles at the feet of a man sitting on a bus bench. The feather is symbolic, of course, and as the film progresses we see that the title character . . . that man on the bench . . . is an innocent who has been tossed about by the winds of change in America, spanning the turbulent decades of the '50s, '60s and '70s. Yet, through it all, he has remained ever optimistic. Forrest, played beautifully by Tom Hanks, is slow-witted and naive, and the bulk of the film is made up of flashbacks as he casually relates his life story to a series of people who sit down beside him. Much of Forrest's conversation begins with, "Mama says . . . ," as he relates words of wisdom that his mother (Sally Field) started feeding him when he was a child. "Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're going to get," goes the homily he remembers best. As a child in Alabama, Forrest (young Michael Humphreys) is forced to wear braces on his legs to correct his spine. He calls the clunky footwear "magic shoes." The grade-school principal is reluctant to let him attend public school, as Forrest has an IQ of just 75. "He's different," the principal says, but Mrs. Gump is determined that her son will not be "different." Ironically, even as she tells Forrest that he's no different from anyone else, it's apparent to us that he's very different, and very special. Forrest takes his mother's words to heart, lives completely without guile and frequently follows the advice of his on-again-off-again girlfriend which is, simply, to run. As a result, he manages to live quite a remarkable life. Forrest will go on to influence Elvis Presley's stage persona, become a football star, visit President Kennedy in the White House, become a Vietnam War hero, receive the Medal of Honor, meet President Johnson in the White House, become a world-champion pingpong player, go on television with John Lennon and a very young Dick Cavett, shake hands with President Nixon in the White House, become a wealthy businessman. . . . Meanwhile, the love of his life, Jenny (Robin Wright), is more troubled. Abused by her father as a child, she seems to be in constant torment, latching on to political movements and anarchic lifestyles until she eventually figures out how to make peace with herself. Other memorable characters deeply affected by Forrest include a simple-minded shrimp boat fisherman (Mykelti Williamson) who becomes his best friend in the Army, and a sergeant (Gary Sinese) who is seriously wounded in the war. The supporting players are all superb, with Sinese and Williamson deserving special mention. But this is Hanks' show all the way, and though it would be easy to dismiss his character as a variation on the man-child Hanks played in "Big," it is much more complex than that. As he sits straight up, slightly cocking his head to the left and getting a blank stare on his face, Hanks just lets himself become Forrest Gump. Though he just won an Oscar for "Philadelphia," there seems little doubt that he will get another nomination for this. The technical gimmickry and it is quite dazzling has been played up in the television ads, which seem to be selling the movie as a combination of "Rain Man" and the Woody Allen comedy "Zelig," which also used archival newsreel footage and computer handiwork to give the impression that the lead actor was actually standing next to a famous person. To my mind, "Forrest Gump" seems more in spirit like "The World According to Garp," though in this case an attempt by director Robert Zemeckis ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit," the "Back to the Future" movies) and screenwriter Eric Roth ("Suspect," "Mr. Jones") to offer an overview of the turmoil of the baby-boom generation. Sometimes they go overboard, as with the incessant reminders of political assassinations and attempted assassinations even when they are not set up as intrinsic to the material. But more often the gimmickry is used in a witty manner and does not distract from the story. They also tend to let the sentiment get a bit sticky, and they occasionally go for the cheap, vulgar gag when a higher road could be taken. There are also a few too many obvious '60s pop songs, as if Zemeckis couldn't bring himself to leave out any personal favorites (and as if they all haven't been used before too many times). But it's no exaggeration to call "Forrest Gump" a celebration of life, and it's been awhile since we've had a movie that offered so much and generally managed to deliver on all counts. And for local audiences, there is even a moment that offers a very high compliment to southern Utah. Gump is running down the highway, glances over at the sunrise and says, "I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began it was so beautiful." There are moments when that phrase could be used to describe this film, as well. "Forrest Gump" is rated PG-13, but it is a very adult film and should probably have received an R for violence, sex, nudity, profanity, vulgarity and drug abuse.August 6th, 2001 · Details
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10 Variations of Popular Candies You Probably Missed
People love candy: The average American spends $84 on and consumes about 23.9 pounds of the sweet stuff each year. With all that money and attention, you'd think it would be hard for a candy product to fail. Not true. Many candy products come and go without much notice. Here are 10 variations of popular candies that many people don't realize ever existed.
Mounds Island Orange
This limited edition bar was very similar to the standard Mounds, except the the coconut inside is flavored (and colored) orange. For a detailed taste description, check out this review on the Candy Blog. The Island Orange didn't last very long on shelves and probably won't make a comeback any time soon.
Junior Mints Inside Outs
Take the inside of the candy, put it on the outside. Take the outside of the candy, and stick it inside. Such is the simple concept behind the Junior Mint "Inside Outs." Not as simple: actually finding this variation, which still shows up on shelves every once in a while.
Reese's Pieces With Nuts
This defunct candy was too different from the wildly popular Peanut M&Ms. Just replace the chocolate usually surrounding the peanut in the M&M version and replace with peanut butter.
M-Azing Candy Bar
M-Azing was a milk chocolate candy bar with M&Ms Minis chocolate candies inside. Available in both crunchy and peanut butter flavors, the line was discontinued in 2006. While the Mars company had plans to bring it back in 2008, the product has yet to return to shelves.
Snickers Nut N' Butter Crunch
Take out the caramel in the standard Snickers bar, replace with a peanut butter concoction and you've got the Snickers Nut N' Butter Crunch, which was sold briefly in 2008.
Cookies & Milky Way
The "Cookies &" line of candy consisted of cookies, coated in chocolate, and topped with different Mars candies, including M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Way, and Twix. The line was introduced in 2002 but was soon discontinued due to poor sales.
Kit Kat Mint
The chocolate and mint combo is usually a crowd pleaser, but the Kit Kat Mint failed to catch the attention of candy lovers. The candy bar even came packaged with six bars instead of the standard four, but the bonus candy wasn't enough to boost sales.
Hershey Kisses Orange Creme
Issued back in 2007 for the 100th anniversary of the Hershey's Kiss, Orange Creme edition was yet another attempt to get mainstream America excited about an orange-flavored candy product (see item no. 1). Hershey tends to re-release limited edition flavors every once in a while, so the Orange Creme Kiss could show up on shelves again some day.
Tootsie Pop Drops
It's a Tootsie Pop without the unwieldy stick — what's not to like? It's understandable that most of the other products in this article didn't sell very well in the United States. The fact that Tootsie Drop Pops didn't do well is downright baffling.
From the makers of Bit-O-Honey, Bit-O-Licorice was — obviously — just a bit of licorice. The original makers of the Bit-O family also made Bit-O-Choc, Bit-O-Coconut, and Bit-O-Peanut Butter, but the honey variety was the only survivor after the company was purchased by Nestle in 1984.


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Please, help identify these berries. They are black in colour, arranged in a grape-like cluster. The stem to which the berries are attached is pink.
I only have the fruit. No idea what the rest of the plant looks like.
Thanks for your help!
SOLVED: Black berries in grape-like cluster
Pokeweed? Phytolacca? Or something in the Phytolaccaceae family?
The structure and color sure do resemble Phytolacca americana, so I think kwanjin is right, it might be something in the same family. The berries seem to be in groups, while the Phytolacca that grows over here has each berry individually attached to the scape. From what I can find, it resembles the seeds of Phytolacca dioica, the Ombu tree. It is a tree in this family native to South America, but cultivated widely as a bonzai and apparently sometimes also as a shade tree.
third group of image from the bottom is of this particular tree: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph24.htm
I just did a quick search though, there might be other Phytolacca with similar berries, but it does appear to be of that genus.
I did find a listing for Rivina humilis in a list of plants found in Belarus. It is a member of Phytolaccaceea and poisonous.
Rivina humilis appears to have red berries.
They do start out red, but age to black.
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It would help if I got the right picture up there...grin
They do start out red, but age to black.
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Thanks ever so much, themoonhowl!
The page you've linked to has a picture of what looks like an exact match. Which means that it's Phytolacca Esculenta.
Pretty surprised to see this plant in the wild in this part of the world (Belarus - Eastern Europe).
Thanks a lot to everybody for being so helpful, I really appreciate this!
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Most likely Phytolacca americana, that is a common invasive weed in Europe.
I've never seen Phytolacca americana with berries like that though. On the plants in my yard, the individual berries are rounded like this:
The picture Moon provided appears to be a better match for berry shape.
Yep, on second look, Phytolacca acinosa (syn. P. esculenta) is a better match than P. americana. Native to China, and will be hardy in Belarus.
P. dioica can be excluded as it is subtropical, no way it would survive in Belarus.
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Hyderabad: Demanding that the UP police arrest and file SC/ST Atrocities case against Uttar Pradesh State BJP vice-president Dayashankar Singh for making derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati, the activists of National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) today burnt an effigy of the BJP government at the Centre at Himayat Nagar here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, NIFW State president and general secretary Potu Kalavathi and Ustela Srujana have demanded that the Centre file an SC/ST Atrocities case and scrap Rajya Sabha membership of Dayasankar Singh. They stated that it was not new to BJP leaders to speak in this manner against Daliths.
NIFW State working president N Jyothi lashed out at the BJP alleging that not only BJP leaders but also BJP Ministers were speaking as they wished after their party coming to power at the Centre. She demanded that the Gujarat government arrest 17 accused connected with the attack on Daliths. She also alleged that there was no protection to Dalits and women under BJP ruled.
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VANCOUVER - A couple say they believe social workers in the British Columbia Children's Ministry are carrying out a "personal vendetta" against them for fighting to keep a Metis toddler they've raised as foster parents since birth.
The couple, who cannot be named, were in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Monday asking a judge to temporarily block the ministry from moving the two-and-a-half-year-old girl to Ontario to live with older siblings she has never met.
"They have absolutely zero respect for the child's needs. They're mad at us and they've made it clear," the foster mother said outside court.
The case has raised cultural issues. The child's foster mother is Metis, while the caregivers in Ontario are not.
To comply with the ministry's instructions, the girl's foster parents started bringing her to a transition house over the past week.
The foster father said they haven't been given a firm deadline for when the child will be removed from their care on Vancouver Island.
The judge reserved a decision in the case.
Last week, a B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the couple's petition to stop the move, finding it was an abuse of process because a similar petition filed by the foster parents had already been dismissed.
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Under the law, the director of the Children's Ministry is the child's sole guardian and has unilateral discretion to determine what is in her best interests.
Jack Hittrich, the foster parents' lawyer, argued the"best interest test" is not being followed by the ministry. A family law principle states that decisions must be child-focused and seek to address interests from a child's perspective, and not that of the government or foster parent, he said.
"Should she be ripped from the only home and the only parents she has every known ... and be traumatized by being moved to total strangers?" he asked the judge.
Hittrich said provincial law contains gaps that act as obstacles to keeping the child in B.C. No adoption procedures are currently underway for the girl, he added, because a section of the Adoption Act says foster parents cannot adopt.
But the act also does not contain any explicit criteria for considering biological siblings as rationale for moving the child, he said.
Leah Greathead, a lawyer for the ministry, said the law clearly sets out the role of the foster parent as a paid caregiver who only assumes temporary care.
She disputed Hittrich's characterization of the couple as "de facto parents," saying the situation is analogous to a nanny who is paid to spend time with a child. Just because they bond, does not mean the nanny has a right to assume permanent care, she said.
"They are not a parent in law," she said of the couple.
"They are expected to love and bond with the child in their care and then to assist in transitioning."
Earlier, Hittrich told the judge there is growing support for the foster parents' case. He said on Friday, children's representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wrote to the ministry seeking a review.
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Jane Charnley A 1948 Olympic torch carried by the father of Yorkshire athletics world champion, Gordon Pirie, is to be sold at auction next month.
Amateur runner Alick Pirie is believed to have run through London with the aluminium torch, one of 1,700 carried from Greece to the capital which hosted the games that year.
Mr Pirie senior was selected as one of Britain's 80 torch-bearers in his role as a member of amateur cross-country club, South London Harriers.
Wiltshireauctioneers Dominic Winter said yesterday it was likely that his 17-year-old son, Leeds-born Gordon, was likely to have run alongside his father at the event.
Gordon later went on to claim a silver medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.
Known as "Puff-Puff" Pirie becauseofhisexagg-
erated breathing technique, Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie also set five athletics world records between 1953 and 1956.
The sports star, who emigrated to New Zealand for a period with his international sprinter wife, Shirley Hampton, was known for his outspokenness.
He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport.
He died from cancer in Bournemouth in 1991, aged 60, leaving two daughters.
The sale of the 18-inch-long torch from the estate of Alick Pirie at Dominic Winter auction house in Swindon, Wiltshire, on April 7, is expected to fetch up to 3,000.


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A CALIFORNIA judge has ordered Chris Brown to remain in an anger-management rehab program for another two months as court papers revealed the singer is being treated for bipolar disorder, extreme insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Brown appeared in court Friday for a progress hearing over his 2009 attack on Rihanna, for which he remains on probation.
Rehab officials filed documents with the court saying Brown has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, severe insomnia and PTSD and is on medication, reports TMZ.
His anger issued stem from his self-medication over his previously-undiagnosed mental health issues, doctors said.
However, the rehab centre gave him full marks for his progress, saying he has not tested positive for illegal drugs, wakes up at 5am every day to begin work, and has a great attitude when it comes to his community service.
"Mr Brown's attitude has been beyond exemplary in regard to his community service responsibilites," rehab staffers wrote, reports TMZ.
After his appearance, Brown tweeted: "Never really goes the way u plan. #LIFE".
Superior Court Judge James Brandlin scheduled Brown's next hearing for April 23.
That would come after what's expected to be a brief assault trial in Washington, DC, earlier in April.
Prosecutors have asked that Brown be sent to jail for violating probation with his October arrest in the district.
In that incident, Brown and his bodyguard are accused of punching a man and breaking his nose outside a hotel.
The singer's attorneys have asked the judge to await the outcome of the Washington, DC, case before hearing evidence on whether Brown should go to jail.


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maudlin of the Well CDs!
I will be buying all 3 of them signed. (I really hope they don't sell out with preorders)
Also that video is hilarious.
Fuck that, shit will sell out in 5 mins and 200 of the 300 will be on ebay within minutes.
buncha savages in this town.
and the vinyl will go even faster.
Must find how out how Finnish times coincide with Eastern US time...
Finnish time is GMT +2
So it's 3AM on the east coast of the US
getting all 3. hopefully signed. :]
Awesome. Now I can finally get PtS on cd.
most professional news title i've ever seen in my life
Yes, the CDs come out at 3AM eastern USA time. Sorry about that, but there is not really a perfect worldwide time for us to release them. I still think if you order them when you wake, you should be without problem!
Why only 100 each of the LPs? I'm in no way knowledgeable of the processes or costs involved with a project like this, but you could sell many, many more than that, and I'm a bit worried I won't be able to get a copy.
Also, I wish we knew the prices
We already released these albums on colored vinyl as a deluxe box set with lots of extras (Secret Song 7", etc.). Those are completely gone and out-of-print. These black vinyl LPs were announced alongside the box set but are only now being made available without the extras.
CD costs will be 12€ per disc shipped worldwide. LPs will be 40€ (without shipping) for the pair.
Hey BloodMusic, thanks for posting here!
Do you guys accept PayPal?
Thanks for the interest!
PayPal: Yup!
Leaving Your Body Map, that's all I want.
will antithetic be getting any of these?
nevermind. i read words, and now i know
This is certainly very exciting. Knowing the hardcore melvins already have the colored LPs, hopefully I have a crack at one of these ones.
fuck you, i'm buying two copies of each now
I....I....I only have The Doors, DSOTM, Asia, and Traced in Air on vinyl.
I need this.
Shut up and take my money
aden get on msn right now mister! >:[
I had a short conversation with Antithetic Records, and they said they'll be releasing Bath and Leaving Your Body Map on vinyl after they finished up the special edition set they did in partnership with Blood Music. Looking forward to that even more so.
uurgghh really want these, at the very least Bath and Part the Second, not sure if I'll get them though.
Does this mean I'm getting my preorder Bath and LYBM LPs soon? The ones I preordered like 6 months ago? :P
christ i want these realelaya abada
Siddha, the vinyl box sets are shipping from the factory at the beginning of next week. We've posted nearly everyday on Facebook about the status of what's been going on.
Sorry, didn't know you were on Facebook.
^ didn't know that, either. would've been nice haha
BTW -- To someone who asked earlier.
We will have the CDs exclusively. We will have limited vinyl and Antithetic will have limited vinyl as well.
So there's more than your 100 copies of the standard black vinyls?
Yep, there will be 100 copies from each of us. Then, the pressing is finished.
I pre-ordered the bath/leaving your body map/secret song box set back in october or november. I can't wait to finally have these on vinyl, plus I get an awesome motw t-shirt!
Box sets are slated to ship from the factory on Monday! Should be in your hands shortly.
And I've got the T-shirts here in front of me. Looking awesome!
Everything goes live at 10AM Finnish time, tomorrow (March 1st).
Check your time zone, as it correlates to Helsinki:
ugh. staying up till 3am is gonna be tough when i have to be at work at 8. guess i don't really NEED signed copies though
Sorry there. Of course, we wish everyone could have access at the same human time, but we are in Finland, and so we're putting them live once we're awake and ready. I'm thinking you will still surely get copies of the unsigned CDs if you order when you wake up.
yeah it's cool, i understand. you're probably tired of repeating yourself by now. really, i'm not too concerned about the signed ones anyway. let someone who really wants em have em. i'm sure i'll get unsigned ones of each, though i have the first repress of bath/lybm. gotta have the unreleased songs. gotta
PtS + Bath *SIGNED* secured!
Now I can go back sleeping. Great job btw BloodMusic, making sure us sputnikers and music enthuiasts are up to date.
Great work, Sound :] And thanks for supporting!
We've sold already more than 200 discs in 30 minutes!
And more than half the signed ones are already sold out... :D
Great to hear. Tried to be as sharp as possible and even some minutes after 10AM my order was #94 haha
Yeah, we're very excited! Only 20 signed copies of "Bath" left. The signed copies are surely gone today...
Months of work condensed to a single moment :]
Got the signed PtS! Congrats, BloodMusic, on a great reissue.
Thanks awal! Really glad that everyone seems to be getting what they wanted. We did not know what to expect and neither did the people who seemed to be angry that we hadn't budgeted enough for everyone!
Hope when the Americans arise, they wake to find the last stock of signed discs awaiting, and we can call this a day :]
can't afford all three, but i got part the second signed! :]
Well, 4 copies of Bath left! Might wanna take out a second mortgage :]
but i have kids to feed! :[
well i don't really, obviously. if this was a month later i'd be having all of them due to my birthday being on the 27th :]
Wow... Just a bit more than 100 copies of each CD left. Thanks all!
Release date is in two days, and CDs will begin shipping then.
We've got roughly 50 copies left of each disc if anyone is still interested.
I live in the United States...how long would you expect shipping to take?
Yazz, unfortunately I can't predict it exactly. Due to the high number of orders now, it would go out next week and take around 1-2 weeks to arrive.
Gonna destroy my LPs with unending spins in a few days, oh yes. At least until my adrenaline wears out. Then again that won't be long at this point in the game.
Thanks BloodMusic.
Jruined, thanks tons for the support!!
To all else:
All pre-orders were shipped... including LPs, it was almost 1000 records!
We are down to our last small boxes of these CDs. There are only 28 copies of "Part the Second" left!
"Bath" and "LYBM" trail only a few copies behind.
part the second is outselling bath and lybm? what???
cause of the bath/lybm vinyl i assume... even though pts was on vinyl first...
ps the box sets turned out really nice. love that my name is in it
mine arrived today! it took quite a knock and the case has a crack but the insides are fine, i can always recase it. thanks blood music! :]
Grimlin, thanks tons for the support and kind words!
Yup, PtS sold out of the signed version first. It's also been outselling Bath/LYBM the whole time. I assume it has to do with it never being on CD before.
Glad they arrived mostly safely, sorry to hear about the case crack :/ I suppose that is par for the course with CDs. Either spend loads on shipping in heavy packaging or brave it with the trusty bubble mailer. So far we've only heard reports of good landings otherwise though...
Spin them well, everyone!!
We have now less than 25 Part the Second on CD and a tiny bit more of Bath and LYBM.
We also have about 50 copies of Bath/LYBM on LP.
We've got 19 Part the Second CDs left! Dayam.
10 left!!
Got mine in the mail today! Thanks a lot!
I got mine yesterday. So glad I bought these.
Thanks all! Glad to hear all the great news.
We do only have 7 Part the Seconds left and ~15 of Bath and LYBM! Jee!
There is one copy left of Part the Second!!
Damn, tough Q.
My Fruit Psychobells is the only one I was able to physically track down before releasing these, so I grew a supreme affinity for it. It's a lot rawer but also also the most metal one, which speaks to my tastes more.
Leaving Your Body Map has the three best motW tracks: Gleam In Ranks + the two Riseth He tracks. It used to be my favorite, but I find now the album doesn't flow as well as the others track-to-track.
As far as quality of songwriting, Bath is tops. Heaven And Weak, Girl With a Watering Can, and Birth Pains of Astral Projection are the pinnacle of song arrangement.
I like Part the Second, but it's the least for me, despite Laboratories of the Invisible World being a truly incredible song. The rest is good but sometimes a bit jazzy for my tastes.
Each speaks to me in a different way. Maybe I'd call Bath my favorite.
Def check it! We're gonna re-release it later this year, BTW.
The production on My Fruit Psychobells is pretty bad, but it's definitely an interesting listen. And Blight of River Systems is a ridiculously fun/bouncy track by their standards.
my fruit psychobells is pretty underrated and definitely worth a listen :]
3 copies of Bath and 4 of LYBM left til we put this thing back to rest.
CDs SOLD OUT! Thanks all. :D
Join us at http://www.facebook.com/BlooodMusic
To get updates on when My Fruit Psychobells and The Secret Song will be re-released.
To all those who have not gotten motW on vinyl. We're going to have a one day sale on Tuesday, May 22nd (8PM Finland/1PM NYC), taking 10€ off the original price. That's 29.99€ for both. Only 40 copies left of each.
surely you mean may 22nd? :]
silly bloodmusic!! [:
MAY! You are correct. Not enough sleep when the sun is up all the time o.O
it's a good thing noctus is on the ball! you should employ me, hehe! [:
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Ladies, advocates of midwife-led births want your business.
That's right. If you are healthy, pregnant, and have no complications that require special interventions, birth centers across the country can help you deliver your baby.
Oh, and one of the benefits, these centers say, is that if you deliver there, everyone will see big savings. In fact, according to a new study by the American Association of Birth Centers, "More women utilizing midwife-led birth centers before, during, and after pregnancy could produce significant cost saving for the U.S. health care system."
This latest study was published on Thursday in the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, the official publication of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
In an article this week on Time.com, Dr. Cara Osborne, SD, MSN, CNM, one of the study authors who is also an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas' Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, urged women to consider the birth center option.
"If even 10 percent of births happen in birth centers, we would expect a $1 billion savings each year in facility fees," she said.
Indeed, that's a heck of a lot of money — cash that could be re-directed back into the economy to be used to for, say, educating and feeding children.
The problem here is that way less than 10 percent of deliveries today occur in birth centers. It's not clear why. But the Time.com piece provided some perspective: It said that one issue setting birth centers apart from hospitals, "where most women deliver, is the emphasis on a medication-free birth." And that, for many women, Time said, is the deal-breaker.
Commenting in the Time article, Dr. Osborne said, "Our culture has gotten to a place where women are afraid of giving birth without anesthesia so that rules out giving birth at a birth center."
If that's true, midwife-led births may lag behind hospital births for the foreseeable future. In fact, Time may have gotten it right when it said that with doctors increasingly worried about lawsuits, and busy women determined to take the guesswork out of labor, it's no wonder that the number of C-sections is climbing.
Going forward, midwives may want to hit harder with all their messages. Regarding pain meds: Convince women they'll be fine without them. On cost savings: Do the math, show the work, and put it out there. Provide doctor fees, med prices, and charges for overnight hospital stays. Don't talk about billions in savings. Talk about the couple hundred dollars that will go back right into someone's pocket.
In this economy, that's the message cash-strapped families need to hear.
Would you consider having your baby in a midwife-led birthing center? Why or why not? Tell us in the space below.
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Vibrations and shocks analysis
Vibrations and shocks are very present in many sectors of the industry and specifically those addressed by ALCEN group. AER has the ability to analyze a part, a mechanism or a full component under stressed by vibrations and shocks.
Most of the time it is needed to perform a constraint analysis to establish the capability of the studied design in term of level that can be handled with respect to vibrations and shocks stress.
Sometimes, when addressing micro-vibrations on optical assemblies for instance, it can be required to analyze the strain of the design under low level vibrations.
Materials of studied elements can have a linear behavior such as metals but we also address highly non linear material such as elastomer (sealing material of an assembly under vibrations load).
Finite elements analysis are performed with experimental updating when possible.
A knowledge database on materials and their dynamical characteristics: their ability to transmit and damp a vibration wave and shock is available and regularly updated.
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MURRIETA -- Two months after the city was told by state officials to provide more affordable housing, a developer is seeking approval for an apartment or condominium complex for low-income residents in the northeastern part of the city.
The 37-acre property where the project would be built is west of McElwain Road just north of Clinton Keith Road and was designated earlier this month by the Planning Commission as one of four sites in the city where future affordable housing would be built. Tonight, the commission is scheduled to decide whether to approve a preliminary layout for the property. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the Murrieta City Council Chambers, 26442 Beckman Court.
In September, the state office of Housing and Community Development, the agency that approves each city's housing element, informed Murrieta officials that the city was in violation of state laws because of an inadequate supply of affordable housing.
The state recommended that the city rezone enough land for the construction of more than 1,200 apartments in the next few years. In October, the Community Steering Committee came up with four locations for future low-income housing, including the property off Clinton Keith and McElwain Road.
The property is now zoned as "regional commercial," which would allow department stores, restaurants, hotels and other commercial tenants to build there. According to the general plan, the area was to eventually become a major regional commercial area.
Bennett Realty Group first applied to change the zoning of the land from commercial to residential two years ago. Murrieta Planning Manager Ernest Perea said Tuesday that the property would probably still be zoned for commercial use if it weren't for the affordable housing mandate recently put on the city.
"Bennett's proposal was a good fit. It met the affordable-housing criteria," Perea said.
Bennett Realty Group wants to divide the 37-acre piece of property into three parts. A little more than 17 acres in the southern portion would be rezoned for the apartment or condominium complex -- up to 284 units at maximum buildout.
Another 17.4 acres in the northern part of the property would be designated for a 68-house subdivision. The remaining 1.9 acres along the western portion of the property would be left as open space to act as a buffer between the project and existing estate-size homes next to the land.
Four new roads would be built within the project area and four existing roads around the land would be widened upon approval.
If the concept is approved by the Planning Commission, the City Council is expected to review the proposal sometime in January.
Contact staff writer Henri Brickey at (909) 676-4315, Ext. 2616, or email@example.com.


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Tebowing Craze Backfires on Broncos' QB
After a divine-like defeat of the Miami Dolphins that spawned an internet meme, Tim Tebow was forced to watch his opponents use "Tebowing" against him as he led the Denver Broncos to a 45-10 defeat against the Detroit Lions.
Tebow was sacked seven times in the game on Sunday, and also had two turnovers that became touchdowns for his opponents.
Stephen Tulloch, Lions' linebacker, sacked Tebow on Sunday and celebrated by striking a pose all familiar to the Broncos' starting QB, Tebowing.
"I figured I'd get to him a couple of times this game and had an opportunity to get it in," Tulloch said. "It was a little fun, man. No disrespect to Tebow. I was just doing a little 'Tebowing.' It's fun when you go out there and get after it like we did."
Tony Scheffler, Lions' tight end, joined in poking fun at the Tebow meme, after catching a touchdown pass and pretending to kneel with his hand on his forehead.
"It's one of those things where you're so amped up, especially being back kind of where it all started for me," Scheffler said after the game. "I was amped up just doing whatever came into my head. It was fun."
Despite the players making fun of Tebow, the Broncos' QB remained positive after the game and said that he was ready to improve his game.
"We'll bounce back and have a great week of practice and get ready to go try and get a win next week," Tebow said. "I'm just going to get up early and go to work and try to get better tomorrow and consistently improve and be the best person-slash-quarterback for this organization."
Some have even began to question whether the QB will keep his starting position, after the second week of replacing Kyle Orton. John Fox, Broncos' coach, said the team would make needed adjustments to win games.
"We'll look at it and make changes where we see are needed," Fox said. "We've definitely got to get better."


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Ministry to and with Youth Leaders (as well as 6th – 12th grade students)
The Youth Ministry Department of CEP exists to be used by the Lord to help, in a wide variety of ways, those who work with youth and youth themselves: all to the honor and glory of Jesus Christ. (I Cor. 10:31)
Helping those who work with Youth-
- Offering resources and materials that those who work with youth (including parents) can use to help youth and themselves.
- Putting on conferences, retreats, and seminars that minister to Youth Workers, their spouses, volunteer youth leaders and at times youth themselves (see below).
- To provide, in essence, a Pastor to Youth Pastors, Youth Directors and Youth Leaders.
- Available to consult with churches, through correspondence, personal interaction or via seminars, regarding Youth Ministry at whatever level they are at.
- Work with various colleges, seminaries, and churches, keeping current on Youth Workers and potential Youth Workers looking for Churches to serve Christ at and Churches looking for Youth Workers to do ministry in their Churches.
- Offer Regional Youth Trainers to give in-person help to those who work with youth on topics strongly related to Youth Ministry.
- Offering a Youth Ministry web site that is informative, edifying and helpful.
Helping Youth themselves-
- Overseeing YXL Conferences (formerly PYA)- These conferences stress the development of Christian leadership in the students, embracing Reformed theology that is taught throughout the week, and a Biblical worldview that the students are encouraged to learn and apply to their daily lives.
- Available to teach students/youth groups from the Word of God, in a variety of settings (retreats, camps, conferences, seminars, youth meetings, etc.).
- Organizing YOWAW (Youth World Awareness Weekend). This weekend encourages greater growth in Christ, knowing what the good news of Jesus Christ really is and making sure that Missions (home and aboard) is a part of our worldview.
- Development of material that youth can use in private, in small groups and even with the rest of their family to know Jesus Christ and grow deeper in Him.


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Fla. teen cleared of cyberbullying: I didn't do 'anything wrong'Thu Nov 21, 2013
Woman shot and killed by Capitol police after chaotic chase from White HouseThu Oct 3, 2013
Family involved in SUV-biker clash was in 'fear for our lives'Thu Oct 3, 2013
- big willy says: "they better press vehicular assault on the suv driver pretty soon or nyc police will get sued. its up to the courts to decide. but they cant put out there its alright to run over motorcyclists. i love how most of the media has cropped the video. most dont show how it started with th …
Biker injured in NYC clash with SUV hires celebrity attorney Gloria AllredWed Oct 2, 2013
People, stop washing your chicken! Gross video may finally convince youWed Sep 4, 2013
Bradley Manning: I want to live as a womanThu Aug 22, 2013
Burial spot found for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan TsarnaevThu May 9, 2013
- Where the hell is his family? Weren't his parents all about his innocence? Seriously,he should be burried in the prison cemetary where his lil bro is going to be living. I'm sure they would've both ended up there had the older one lived, why not in death? They can still be together and his younger s …
Thief steals car, sleeping toddler after mom stops at garage saleFri Jan 25, 2013
Homeowner shoots naked intruder found choking dog, police sayWed Jan 2, 2013
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I was talking to an old friend about books, and she asked, do you think your favorites from childhood would still hold up if you reread them? I thought about one of my favorite books of all time, and suddenly I was dying to know.
I don't know how old I was when I picked up Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Sherwood Ring. Probably middle school (I found it in the library in the children's section, though the heroine is 17.) I do remember the title, because I've always been a huge Robin Hood fan and I assumed it would be about Robin and his merry men—it isn't.
For starters, it's not set in a medieval forest in England, its set in a house in Upstate New York. And not just any house, an American Revolutionary War-era house, Rest-and-be-Thankful, that has been kept in pristine condition by the heroine's uncle. When Peggy Grahame's father dies unexpectedly, she's sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Enos, a man who seems obsessed with the past.
Peggy quickly discovers the past isn't nearly as distant at Rest-and-be-Thankful, as her Uncle imagines. She's visited by four ghosts: Richard Grahame, a Revolutionary War officer; Eleanor Shipley a mischievous girl from the neighboring farm; Richard's resourceful sister, Barbara; and a British officer, Peaceable Drummond Sherwood—who, in contrast to his name, is anything but peaceable. . . .
The ghosts relate how their lives became entwined when Richard is sent by General Washington to capture the elusive Peaceable who, along with a secret band of Tories, has who has been leading daring raids against Continental Army supply trains. When he's stationed at the Shipley farm, home of a copper-haired vixen who made his childhood miserable, Richard quickly discovers that finding Peaceable isn't his only challenge,
Just as I remember, the book is witty, fast-paced and full of the most wonderful character descriptions; Barbara's and Dicks' difficult Aunt Susanna is described as "an old tyrant suffering from twenty-seven different diseases, of which twenty-five were imaginary and the other two were entirely brought on by fretfulness and self-indulgence." The book is full of spies, secret codes, chases, fights, escapes, a particularly memorable scene involving a set of wine glasses laced with sleeping potion, and three incredibly romantic falling-in-love stories.
Because Peggy, much like Eleanor and Barbara, is not some frail fluttering female along for the ride. She, too, embarks on an adventure involving a mysterious young scholar from England and a trail of stolen historical documents that seem to lead straight to her uncle Enos. Looking back, part of the appeal of this book then, and now, is how clever and resourceful the heroines are (a rare thing to find in the '70s). At the risk of giving too much away, it's Barbara, not Richard, who captures the notorious Peaceable—though she pays a high price for her victory.
As I mentioned, another part of the appeal was and still is the clever dialogue and immensely appealing characters. Here's Barbara's first introduction to Peaceable, "Then very slowly and deliberately, he removed his cloak, came back across the room with the firelight making one glorious blaze of his scarlet and gold, and stood gazing down at me in silence, a quizzical, faintly amused glint in his sleepy eyes, as if he were waiting for me to shriek, or cower, or swoon away, like a well-bred girl with the instincts of a lady. Unfortunately, as Aunt Susanna often remarked, "I entirely lacked the instincts of a lady. . . ."
Indeed, looking back I was so taken by Barbara and Peaceable, I found I'd forgotten about the other characters' relationships—a lapse that was quickly corrected when I devoured the book in an evening (it's only 262 pages.) I was amazed at how vividly I remembered many of the scenes—a credit to the power of the author's prose. But I was amazed, too, at how much I still enjoyed the story, a credit to how Elizabeth Pope is able to weave three separate story lines, two set in the past, one in the present, so that they come together in one utterly satisfying and surprising ending.
Before turning her hand to writing commercial fiction, Joanna Novins spent over a decade working for the Central Intelligence Agency. She does not kill people who ask her about her previous job, though she came close once with an aging Navy SEAL who handed her a training grenade despite warnings that she throws like a girl. Published in historical romance by Berkley, Joanna also writes YA spy novels as Jody Novins.