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Talk me through your religious service..(29 Posts)
I'm Anglo Catholic, this is how we do it:
We have an entrance hymn while the choir, servers and deacons walk down the aisle.
We then do some call & response with the priest
We then confess our sins
Then we sing Kyrie/Christe Elesion
The Priest then speaks & we respond
We then sing Gloria in Excelsis Deo
We pray
Liturgy of the word -
Old Testament reading
The Espistle
The Gospel (with incense, read in the centre of the aisle
The sermon
The Nicene creed
Liturgy of the sacraments -
The peace
The Eucharist prayer (call & response, sung)
The Lord's Prayer (sung)
The breaking of the bread
Agnus Dei (sung)
The Communion
Final Hymn
Anyone? I'm curious, doesn't have to be a Christian service!
Wow- how long does that last? So much going on.
I'm a witch, but most of my rituals and intentions take less than 15 minutes.
So, I'm Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) and our service typically follows this pattern
intimations (read by Session Clerk)
introit (couple of verses of a hymn sung by the choir)
call to worship
children's address
children's prayer and Lord's prayer
children's hymn, then the kids leave for Sunday School
prayer of adoration, thanksgiving, confession and supplication (essentially prayers for ourselves)
Reading (usually OT)
Reading (NT)
prayer of intercession
benediction and 3 fold Amen
sung blessing as the Word is taken out
If the service lasts more than 1hr exactly folk begin to complain
When we have Communion (4 Sundays a year), there is no children's address, prayer or hymn, so it doesn't take any longer
Basically it's a hymn sandwich..
Same is you OP - am AC too
Takes about 1 hr 15, attthestroke
I'm Methodist.
Our services vary as we have different people taking them, not our own minister each week.
Generally take an hour.
In our church (but isn't the same in all methodist chuches) we haven't got a choir at the moment.
Everyone is seated, minister or local preacher comes in with a steward from the Church who welcomes everyone (including the preacher) and gives any notices that might be needed, then the first 20mins or so (while the children are still in) usually have 2 hymns, a 'children's address', some prayers and a bible reading - some preachers have the collection here, some have it later.
After about 20mins the dc go out and in the remaining 40mins we'll have another 3 hymns, another reading, the sermon and some time in prayer.
When we have communion (usually once a month) then the rest of the service is a bit more compact, and the communion litergy and takng of the bread and wine tends to be towards the end of the service.
Things may be different if it is a (Uniformed Orgs) Church parade or if there is a Christening, etc.
Very flexible, us.
I go to a mildly charismatic evangelical church these days. We start with one person up the front reading the next psalm in the book of psalms as a call to worship and maybe saying a sentence or two about it. Then we have a time of worship involving mostly singing but sometimes people go up the front and read something from the Bible or pray. This lasts about half an hour. Then we have a slot where sometimes we have intercession, sometimes communion, sometimes a focus on mission or something, and finally a sermon for about 25 to 30 min. At the end someone gives any notices and invites anyone who wants to to come and get someone to pray for them then we all go off and have coffee for an hour or so. That's it really.
We have a strict one hour service, 15 mins of coffee/chat/fellowship. 15 mins of prayer/worship. Kids go out to Sunday school. 15 mins of discussion where we are split into small groups and have two questions to talk about. And then 15 minute sermon.
We have lovely nice leather sofas and tub chairs too.
I am a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends).
Meeting for Worship usually lasts an hour. It is difficult to describe...
At the start we gather together, there might be some flowers on the table.
We sit in silence
Someone might be moved to speak
We don't have any but at the end on the meeting we all shake hands
...** **?......
****! ***
and talk a lot!
I've never been to a Quaker meeting, but following that description, I'm very tempted to go along
Isabeller, love your pictograms, v appropriate for the silence too!
I converted from Episcopalianism to Catholicism just over a year ago. Our service is exactly like yours sounds, OP, except we never have incense in my parish church, only in the big cathedrals. In fact one thing that surprised me about Catholic worship is that it seems really 'low' church compared to a lot of Anglican churches! Our priest is determinedly post-Vatican II.
Forgive my ignorance, WingedPig, but I am genuinely not quite clear about what Anglo-Catholicism is. I think of it as very high-church Anglicanism (i.e. the Abp of Canterbury, not the Pope, is head of the church) rather than Anglicised Catholicism (which would mean believing in the Real Presence in the Eucharist). Is that correct?
church of england here.
first hymn, choir process led by cross and two acolytes.
vicar follows.
introductory prayer thing (bidding prayer?)
gloria (sung)
first reading
hymnn(choir moves into main body of church during this)
gospel (with sung intro and finish)
peace (lots of shaking hands)
3rd hymn
eucharist - with syng setting for sanctus and benedictus
vicar and servers move to high altar for dishing out the bread and wine, choir sings agnus dei.
choir get communionnthen sing anthem/s
thankbyou prayer
final hymn - choir recess
organ voluntary
tea coffee and biscuits.
oh, we sing kyries instead of gloria during lent and advent
aelfwyn you're right - it's "high church" anglican.
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Hope some more people add to this thread eventually, as I'm interested too in how others worship. I grew up in SE Asia and witnessed Hindu processions of ash-covered penitents stuck with spikes (scary), got woken up by the call of the muezzin every morning, and was invited to Sikh, Muslim and Buddhist weddings. It was a very rich culture to grow up in.
My parents were Anglicans who became regular members of the Kirk (Presbyterian) once we moved back to Scotland. I was brought up as episcopalian (Scottish version of Anglicanism) but regularly attended the Kirk. At university I tried out other traditions: the baptists (v friendly but I came over all self-conscious), the wee frees (Free Kirk of Scotland - sober, reserved and felt to me too much like a business meeting rather than an act of worship), the Quakers (I longed to feel at home with them, but I missed the structure of the Anglican tradition). The one church I don't think I ever visited was the High Anglican one, which I knew irreverently as 'Smells and Bells'!
For a while I wasn't really anything, just a sort-of Anglican with lots of atheist friends, but I prayed like mad that God would send me a husband with a stronger faith than my own. So he sent me a Catholic. And after 14 years of regularly attending mass, arguing about theology and bringing our children up in the faith, I finally saw the light (!) and converted.
Our priest always says that there are many ways to God. You don't have to be RC, you don't even have to be Christian. (Which if you think about it is quite something for a Catholic priest to tell his flock.) In the end perhaps all of those who are searching, are searching for the same thing: we just come at it from different directions. Peace!
We have a welcome message followed by 2-3 songs. Then we have the confession and creed, another song, then the readings. Another song, the the sermon (25 minutes), another song, then intercessions. We end with a final song, offertory and blessing.
When we celebrated the Lord's Supper, we have the Peace after the intercessions, prayer of humble access, distribution, post communion prayer, followed by the final hymn and blessing.
This is evangelical Anglican.
Our services are 1h30.
i really like isabellers post too.i reckon thats probably the ratio of expressions across faces during any types of religious services not just the Quakers!
as the standard muslim friday service, across any muslim denomination - sunni/shia etc is:
a sermon by the imam,
then the congregational midday prayer (shortened to 2 units on a friday because of the sermon.)
different mosques have different lengths of sermons but usually 20mins-40 mins, that often includes an english translation also before the official sermon begins for non arabic/urdu/bengali speakers (depending on demographics of the mosque attendees). but the friday service here in the uk is usually timed to be 1 hour tops so that people can fit it into their lunchbreak and head off back to work. in countries where friday is a day off the friday service can be longer only as longer chapters of the Quran can then be recited during the prayer.
so the last one i went to was:
10 mins sermon in english, (something becoming much more standard across UK mosques over the last few years thankfully!),
then the same sermon in arabic,
then 2 rakah/unit long congregational prayer - always in arabic everywhere
very rare to have singing in a mosque on friday or otherwise by convention. if any kind of voices together it is the rythmic chanting of the names of God, or maybe a prayer, or reciting the Quran in unison. but even that depends on the denomination of the mosque itself. musical accompaniment in a mosque is even rarer. we have religious songs and music for other places but unless with a childrens evening/weekend class in a mosque you wont really hear that. the closest we have to a hymn sandwich is the formula for the unit of prayer maybe? hope that helps OP. i would also be interested in the order of other religious services.
I am a member of a charismatic Baptist church. We start with notices & sing to anyone who has a birthday in the coming week. We then sing 3, 4 or 5 worship songs/hymns. The collection is taken during the 2nd one. Then we usually pray - open prayer, but with a focus eg giving thanks, local needs, international concerns. 2 more worship songs. Once a month (1st Sunday) we have communion. Children go out to Sunday School. The sermon - around 20 mins. Sometimes a testimony, a final worship song. We all say the Grace to one another, then tea, coffee, juice, cake & biscuits, chat. Lasts about an hour & half, then go home
Jaynebxl - what's a mildly charismatic church? do you believe in some, not all of the spiritual gifts? Or do you feel it's a half-hearted belief in spiritual gifts? I'm genuinely interested, please forgive me if I've misunderstood your phrase.
evangelical baptist
opening hymn,
short prayer
another hymn or chorus
short talk maybe on mothers day, missionary, last sunday it was about tearfund in Syria ( if there was a baptism or blessing or new baby it would be here)
another song
bible reading
song children go to sunday school
maybe hymn or another prayer
communion would follow once a month makes service 20 minutes longer)
tea and coffee ( about every 6 weeks church lunch something simple like hotdogs then coffee with biscuits or soup and desserts)
This is very interesting, I hope more people post
I have recently joined a 'Fresh Expression' of the Church of England. It is held in a village hall and is very family friendly. It is 2 hours long (10-12). We start by having breakfast! Bacon sandwiches, pastries, tea and coffee. Just after 10am we start by singing and then there is a children's talk. We sing some more. The children then take part in a colouring competition (in the same room) whilst the adult's have their talk then more singing!
I am so glad I have found them
Orthodox Jewish Saturday morning service is about 3 hours.
unsurprisingly I am now an atheist!
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Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, EconomicPolicyJournal.com and Marginal Revolution
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Living Under the Ban
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Told You So — Bruce Bartlett takes a tiny bit of pleasure …
Robert Wenzel / EconomicPolicyJournal.com: No Wonder David Brooks Endorsed "The American Conservative"
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution: Harsh words from Scott Sumner
Donald Trump: Mean-Spirited GOP Won't Win Elections — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington, D.C. — The Republican Party will continue …
Discussion: Politico, American Prospect, Election 2012 and Mediaite
Kevin Robillard / Politico: Trump: Romney's 'crazy policy of self deportation' cost votes
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Donald Trump Continues to Troll Everyone
Rachel Weiner / Election 2012: Trump: Mitt Romney's 'maniacal' self-deportation policy cost him minorities
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Santorum: 'I'm Open' to 2016 Run — Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum says he is "open" to another run for president in 2016. Santorum was asked about a possible presidential campaign Monday at THE WEEKLY STANDARD. — "I'm open to it, yeah," Santorum replied.
Discussion: The Week, LifeNews.com and Shakesville
Charles Murray / AEIdeas:
Why aren't Asians Republicans? — Last week, I pointed out that there is no such thing as a natural social-conservative skew among Latino Americans. But that leaves open a rejoinder, expressed by several readers: The GOP doesn't need to get all of the Latino vote, just its fair share.
Discussion: American Prospect, Booman Tribune and The Daily Caller
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: How Not to Appeal to Asian Americans
New York Times:
From Man Who Insulted Muhammad, No Regret — LOS ANGELES — Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making "Innocence of Muslims," his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug.
Michael A. Walsh / New York Post: Another laughable Benghazi lie
Clay Waters / NewsBusters.org blogs: NYTimes Blames Jailed Filmmaker for Criticizing Muhammad: 'After Fueling Deadly Protests, No Regret'
Robert Beckhusen / Wired: 'Muslims' Filmmaker Used 17 Names, Worked as Bong Salesman
Donald Douglas / American Power: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Has No Regrets
Noam Cohen / Media Decoder: The Breakfast Meeting: Oprah Attempts to Right the Ship, and Libel Comes to Twitter
Ann Althouse / Althouse: An interview with Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the imprisoned filmmaker behind "Innocence of Muslims."
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine: The Origins of Innocence of Muslims Are Revealed, No Thanks to the Filmmaker
William Baldwin / Forbes:
Do You Live In A Death Spiral State? — Don't buy a house in a state where private sector workers are outnumbered by folks dependent on government. — Thinking about buying a house? Or a municipal bond? Be careful where you put your capital. Don't put it in a state at high risk of a fiscal tailspin.
Discussion: City Journal, The PJ Tatler and iOwnTheWorld.com
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
MANDATE WITH DESTINY — Thanksgiving was still two weeks away when the Republican Party, to its evident shock, found itself stuffed, trussed, roasted, and ready to be served with all the trimmings. This was not the menu that the Party's nominees, donors, and operatives had looked forward to.
Discussion: News Desk and The Daily Dish
Hendrik Hertzberg / News Desk: Elections Have Consequences ... Kinda. O.K., Not So Much.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: The House GOP's "Mandate"


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Labeling seminar outlines anticipated FDA changes
and portion sizes are among the issues being considered by the US
Food and Drug Administration, according to a recent food labeling
Organized by the Food Institute and law firm Olsson, Frank and Weeda (OFW), last week's seminar reviewed a number of changes to labeling requirements currently under consideration by the FDA.
"During the seminar we looked at the basic mandatory information on labels currently required by the FDA and USDA, together with what we should anticipate coming within the next 6-12 months," said Robert Hahn, principle attorney at OFW.
These anticipated changes include a revision of the nutrition facts panel on food labels to emphasize a product's calorie content.
Proposals currently under consideration include increasing the font size of the calorie listing on labels, as well as no longer requiring the 'calories from fat' listing, as this could detract from the calorie declaration.
According to Hahn, the FDA is also considering allowing a health claim for reduced calorie foods saying that these help reduce the risk of obesity and related diseases.
The FDA may also adjust the way serving sizes are labeled, in an effort to increase people's awareness of how much they eat. Proposals for changes include increasing the font size as well as revising reference amounts for serving sizes based on more recent consumption data.
However, according to Hahn, this remains a controversial issue as it raises the concern that it could promote higher levels of consumption.
Another issue on the FDA's agenda is the clarification of trans fats labeling. This could include setting a daily value percentage for trans fats. This column on product labels has so far remained blank because of a lack of scientific information, said Hahn.
"The footnote considered in the past, which states that intake of trans fats should be as low as possible is also still on the table," Hahn told FoodNavigator-USA.com, adding that the FDA is also considering harmonizing the nation's 0g trans fats requirements with those of Canada.
Currently US law allows food products with anything up to half a gram of trans fats per serving to carry a '0g trans fat' claim. However, Canada is more stringent with the level of 'undeclared' trans fats permitted, placing these at 0.2g, which means that manufacturers may be faced with more reformulating if they want to continue making a 0g claim.
Other issues being considered by the FDA include defining 'gluten free', as well as defining 'low carb' and 'reduced carb' claims, which, according to Hahn is "closing the barn door after the horse is already out."
The FDA is also due to issue guidance on the unintentional presence of allergens in food and beverage products, as well as reconsider the regulatory framework for qualified health claims and the permitted levels of lead in candy, said Hahn.
For more information on the labeling seminar, click here.


text: My new Bessa R3A arrived yesterday. I loaded it with a roll of Fuji Acros 100 and set the film speed on the camera to an exposure index of 80. I then set my Metz 44 MZ-2 flash with the 3502 adapter into the hot shoe and set the Metz's film speed to 80 as well. I set the R3A shutter speed to the camera's maximum sync speed of 1/125th of a second. I set the aperture on my Leica 50mm Summicron lens to f/11 and the aperture on my Leica 90mm Summicron to F/5.6 and set the flash during testing both those lenses to both those apertures respectively. The flash was set on A (automatic) pursuant to Bogen's phone instructions. Bogen also told me that, if I wanted less flash light hitting a scene, I needed to adjust the aperture on the 44 MZ-2 to a wider one. I exposed the roll of Acros inside my house after dark and in my backyard afterward. This morning I developed the film in Microdol-X with a dilution of 1+3 for 17 minutes at 75 degrees and got outstanding negatives--sharp, full of tonality, and easy to print! And no longer will I use my 75mm and 90mm Leica M lenses on my M6TTL, for the R3A's viewfinder is amazingly, substantially larger than the M6's, making focusing an unbelievable breeze! I am so pleased!


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Palliative Care for Heart Failure Patients
This study has been completed.
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Last Update Posted: March 31, 2015
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text: Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes: > Brian Nelson <email@example.com> writes: >> 7. library packaging >> >> I'd like to see some more questions about library packaging, since it >> can be very tricky and many people, including existing developers, >> make mistakes with it. In particular sonames, shlibs, >> ${shlibs:Depends}, dpkg-shlibdeps, and especially proper use of >> dh_makeshlibs. > > NACK. Not all DDs want to package C libs. I've removed the old W3 > question (difference between -Bsymbolic and symbol versioning) from my > local templates because of that. Likewise, I've made that a "bonus" question in my templates and if the applicant doesn't know the answer, I just give it to them without forcing the issue. However, I do think it's important all maintainers have a basic understanding of libraries, since virtually all packages out there make use of a library in some way. I wouldn't expect applicants to be experts and to give perfect answers, but I do think we should work through library packaging a bit with them. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!


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It hasn't been adjusting to new teammates, or playing at a higher level, or even expectations that have proven to be the most difficult transition for Darrice Griffin in her first season with the Coronado girls basketball team.
It's been the commute.
That's good news for Coronado girls basketball coach Shirlene Lilley, and bad news for everyone else in District 3-5A.
Griffin, a 6-foot freshman post, has made an immediate impact for the Lady Mustangs, developing into a force off the bench with her offensive productivity and her defensive prowess.
Entering Tuesday's game with Tascosa, Griffin was averaging 10.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per contest. And, according to Lilley, the Avalanche-Journal's City Player of the Week is just getting better.
''Darrice is big time and she's going to be a big-time player,'' Lilley said. ''She's just going through some growing pains and getting used to playing at a different level. (But) it's been a great transition year for her so far. As the year goes along, the better she plays.''
Witness Friday's 69-66 victory over rival Monterey, when Griffin struck for 10 points and seven blocked shots. Or Tuesday, when Griffin came off the bench to tally 16 points and three blocks in an 83-80 victory over the Lady Rebels.
Griffin scored seven of her points in the pivotal final quarter, when the Lady Mustangs used an 8-0 spurt to seize control of the game. Senior guard D'Nika Romero credited Griffin with igniting the spurt, coming up with a key block to get the Lady Mustangs started.
''I try to play really hard defensively,'' Griffin said. ''It picks me up.''
Defense both on the blocks and on the perimeter has been one of Griffin's biggest assets this season, Lilley said.
''She's got such a great wingspan and a really quick jump,'' she said. ''Obviously, when a 14-year-old kid can jump up and grab the rim and hang on, that's pretty impressive. She plays great defense, and she's just getting better.''
Griffin's presence has given Lilley an enviable option when trying to create mismatches. Griffin has often played along side 6-0 junior post Candace Clenney, giving the Lady Mustangs a formidable frontcourt duo.
Clenney is the team's second-leading scorer at 14.3 points per game and the area's leading rebounder in Class A at 8.0 per contest. Together, the two have created all kinds of problems for the opposition.
''It's really good when you're out there with CC because we do create matchup problems,'' Griffin said. ''We're both pretty big, so if somebody guards her, I'm going to be open.''
Griffin said her first season with the Lady Mustangs has been a challenge, but with the help of teammates, she has adjusted well to her new surroundings.
''It's been harder coming back over here from Irons (Junior High) every day after school,'' Griffin said. ''(But) the girls on the team have made me feel welcome.''
Griffin's easy transition to the varsity level can be at least partly attributed to her mother, Tami Wilson, who starred at Seagraves before playing for Texas Tech from 1990-92. Wilson is ranked among the Lady Raiders' all-time leaders in rebounds and blocked shots.
''She's kind of like my second coach,'' Griffin said.
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text: paula, i normally do it in the following steps. imp with all constraints(disable them),indexes(drop indexes),triggers disabled(dont drop them). toad does a winderful job of disabling them if i may say and imp will bring back all the constraints pk's and fk's imp with index=y constraints=y makes life much simpler and the import much faster ----- Original Message ---- From: Paula Stankus <paulastankus@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:19:05 PM Subject: Re:URGENT: IMPORT HELP Using Oracle 8.1.7, Solaris 2.9 Trying to load a large amount of data using import. The schema needs to be the same and only the data reloaded. There are triggers, constraints (pk, fk, etc.) and pk indexes. I have been loading with pk's enabled and pk indexes (not fk and fk indexes) and the process is very slow. I have been running the import with statistics=n, indexes=n I am tempted to disable all constraints and drop pk indexes but I am afraid that I might have trouble creating the pk's properly. Can I used the indexfile option to create the pk's properly and will this make a significant difference in the import. What about after insert triggers? What is the best way to handle the after insert triggers? Any help would be appreciated. I have been spending a lot of time with this data load. Thanks, Paula Groups are talking. WeÂre listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.


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- Full-stack DeveloperBedrocket Media Ventures2015 - PRESENT
Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Angular, AWS
- Built Ruby workers as part of a distributed system that uses Amazon SNS and SQS to queue and complete tasks.
- Added features (endpoints/functionality) to the Rails API and maintained its SDK.
- Built features on the front-end Angular application.
- Contributed to the video player (Angular) and Angular SDK.
- Junior Full-stack DeveloperWaywire Networks2014 - 2015
Technologies: Javascript, Sass, Ruby, Rails
- Built and optimized front-end plugins and pages.
- Constructed mobile-responsive sites.
- Built an internal Rails API to store channel information.
- Built internal front-end Backbone app to enable editors to update video channel information.
- Email Marketing AssociateVendome Group2013 - 2014
Technologies: HTML, CSS
- Produced and tested HTML emails across different clients. Oversaw campaign scheduling.
- Maintained and segmented a database of 200,000+ contacts.
- Leveraged email campaign analytics to devise audience targeting strategies.
- Digital Marketing CoordinatorSTC Associates2012 - 2013
- Produced blog content and source illustrations. Updated a WordPress blog.
- Utilized social networking (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and online advertising to promote content.
- Wrote media pitches and press releases. Crafted a voice for Twitter thought leadership.


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Helen Seymour, Novelist and Screenwriter
Helen Seymour shares some of her advice, achievements and regrets.
Is there a glass ceiling?
If there is, I've been lucky enough not to encounter it. That may just be luck.
Your greatest achievement?
Completing and publishing my first novel Beautiful Noise.
Your greatest regret?
Nothing. Wouldn't change a thing.
An ambition?
I swim 100 lengths once a week. I want to learn how to tumble when I reach the end of the pool, so I can swim uninterrupted. I want to perfect that tumbling motion.
The advice?
Get on with it. Stop talking about it, stop thinking about it.
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National League Standings, August 3, 1971
Kevin McLaughlin
May 13, 2006
I too, remember sitting thru the rain of this long twi-night doubleheader. Ryan lost the first game, and they threw out Charlie Williams against the Big Red Machine in the second. Well, Williams did OK, and the Mets exploded for 9 runs to split the night.
One particular memory I have was of another fan's comment during the game. Duffy Dyer was coming up to bat, and someone shouted "Come on Duffy, show Bench how it's done!" Dyer promptly got a hit. As a 10 year old, I got a big kick out of that.
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The Mets suck! They need to trade Smith and get somebody like
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The Mets suck! Smith made three errors in this game, and hit into a
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and get somebody like Jones.
See the difference? Here you're getting the same point across, but it's in
the proper context. We wouldn't consider this message to be off-topic, and
we would let it remain.
We do appreciate anybody who takes the time to share their thoughts on our
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DOLJABI Korean First Birthday: for Custom Noah's Ark, Two by Two, Giraffe Twin Birthday DIY Party Package, Party Kit
Product Info
This listing is a Custom Printable Doljabi Package that goes with our Custom Noah's Ark Two by Two Twins Collection that can be found here.
Invitations that match this collection can be found here.
You will be emailed high resolution files to your email address.
Nothing physical is mailed to you.
This package includes:
1. What Will They Choose? signage, which includes up to 6 different icons. (you can choose the icons you want to use)
2. Container labels for the 6 icons.
Raffle tickets are $3 for a set of 12, please let me know if you would like to purchase raffle tickets.
As you are purchasing this listing, please include in the 'NOTES TO SELLER' :
1. Your 6 different icons (the ones in the photos are: money for wealth, pencils for scholar, rice for abundant life, golf ball for athlete, yarn for long life, microphone for entertainer or announcer
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*Everything in this package can be printed on a 8.5x11in size letter paper.
*You will be getting PDF Files, or you can request JPEG Files instead at time of purchase.
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text: Curious. I have a 435 HP Roushcharged Mustang. Would like to get it up to 500ish. I think I read the 2008's have the newer smaller (or better) pullies insatlled unlike the 07 and before- so I'm thinkin' more air flowish type stuff? I have a Roush Trak Pak and know it has the off road exhaust whih is killer- but can it be improved to get me to 500hp? and - don't wanna lose my warranty- no problem buying ROUSH parts. Thanks


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THE oldest member of the Royal Scottish Academy, the artist Derek Clarke, has died at the age of 101.
Clarke, who moved to Scotland in 1947 to teach at the Edinburgh College of Art, was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours list. He was also recently honoured by the RSA with a show celebrating his 100 years.
A spokesman for the Academy said the artist passed away on Monday. He added: "Derek Clarke held a special place at the Academy, having taught generations of fellow Academicians during his hugely active career at Edinburgh College of Art, including Elizabeth Blackadder and John Bellany.
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"The RSA were delighted to have held a highly acclaimed and successful exhibition of his works in January last year.
"The exhibition was greeted with great enthusiasm by lovers of painting from all over the world."
He added: "He was delighted to have received the MBE earlier this year, an honour that recognised his long and dedicated service to visual arts in Scotland and further afield."
Born in Longthorpe near Peterborough on the last day of 1912, Mr Clarke was educated at Ampleforth College and attended Slade School of Art in London from 1931 to 1935.
In the Second World War he fought in the Durham Light Infantry and served in Tunisia.
In 1947, he was invited by Robert Lyon, Principal of Edinburgh College of Art at the time, to join the staff of its Drawing and Painting School.
His exhibition at the RSA in early 2013 displayed his portraiture, paintings of family groups, landscapes, including the rock scenery of the north west Highlands of Scotland, animals and religious themes.


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QUEENSLAND sex worker Jodine reckons new federal legislation must outlaw the discrimination she experiences every day.
"I have been evicted from my leased accommodation, physically locked out of my car park, my gate codes changed so I couldn't get in. I have had money stolen by real estate agents withholding part of my rent for no reason other than I am a sex worker," she says in a submission to a Senate committee.
On the other side of the spectrum, an unnamed person says society is already over-regulated and there's a perfectly good manual for human behaviour - the Bible.
"These (draft discrimination) bills if they become laws will not help but hinder society that is alread (sic) in moral decline," their submission says.
Almost 600 submissions have been made to the senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs, which is considering one of the more controversial pieces of legislation to come before federal parliament.
That's Labor's proposal to reform federal anti-discrimination laws, consolidating the Age Discrimination Act 2004, Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 into a single statute.
The reform stems from a promise made before the 2010 election to roll age, disability, race, sex and other forms of discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity, into one law.
The draft bill was released late last year for public comment.
It defines discrimination as "unfavourable treatment" and has a simple defence of justification. Discrimination would be lawful when done for a legitimate reason proportionate to the aim.
There would be religious exemptions, except in relation to commonwealth-funded aged-care providers.
Revealing the draft legislation last year, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon cited the ridiculous example of an African woman who needed to make separate complaints of sex and race discrimination.
"Now she can make a single complaint, recognising the discrimination was because she was both a woman and African," she said last year.
Ms Roxon acknowledged some may think the government hasn't gone far enough in proscribing certain forms of discrimination. The Greens, for instance, say discrimination on grounds of social status or irrelevant criminal record should also be outlawed.
"I believe we have actually chosen a very sensible middle course," Ms Roxon said.
The submissions, and evidence to the committee in public hearings, show there's no shortage of diverse opinions.
Some say the government needs to go much further, and others say it goes way too far.
The opposition has objected loudly, as have groups such as the conservative Institute of Public Affairs, which wants the Australian Human Rights Commission abolished on the grounds it selectively defends a human rights agenda determined entirely by the left.
Two issues in particular have attracted broad criticism.
One is the so-called reversal of the onus of proof, slammed by shadow attorney-general George Brandis as a violation of the fundamental principle upon which Australia's justice system has always operated.
In its best understood form, in a criminal trial, the onus of proof means the prosecution has to prove a defendant committed a particular crime. There's no requirement on the defendant to prove he or she didn't.
"If you make an allegation against someone, it's for you to demonstrate that they have done the wrong thing, not for them to prove that they have done the right thing," Senator Brandis said.
President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs defended this proposed change as a sensible refinement.
The complainant must still provide evidence of discrimination and the commission will gain an enhanced power to dismiss clearly unmeritorious complaints.
Once it's satisfied discrimination actually occurred, only then is the respondent, typically an employer, expected to respond, justifying the discriminatory conduct or admitting wrongdoing.
"It is common sense. The obligation to produce evidence is placed with the person in the better position to produce it. Consumer protection laws already do this," Professor Triggs said in an opinion piece in The Australian newspaper this week.
Many submissions object to measures seen as likely to stifle free speech.
The controversy around this follows the case of News Limited columnist Andrew Bolt, found last year to have breached the Racial Discrimination Act in columns published in 2009 and headlined "It's so hip to be black" and "White fellas in the black".
Federal Court Justice Mordy Bromberg was satisfied that fair-skinned Aboriginal people were reasonably likely to have been "offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated" by these articles.
Bolt's articles collided with the Racial Discrimination Act which defines racial vilification as "conduct reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people".
The new legislation maintains that provision and extends it beyond racial vilification to other areas of discrimination, a move which former NSW Supreme Court chief justice and now ABC chairman Jim Spigelman says is going too far.
He said a freedom contingent on proving, after the event, that it was exercised reasonably was a much reduced freedom.
"The freedom to offend is an integral component of freedom of speech. There is no right not to be offended," he said in the Human Rights Day Oration in December.
Prof Triggs said there were loud calls for these provisions to be deleted.
"... indeed it might be wise to amend the bill so far as it applies to acts that offend or insult, if only to preserve the valuable reforms that the rest of the bill will provide," she said.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the exposure draft was released so people could have their say, and that was occurring.
"We would not have gone down an exposure draft route if we didn't want people's feedback, so we will get the feedback and consider it," she told reporters in Canberra.
The committee has one more public hearing, in Canberra, on February 1.
Then members will have to review the submissions and evidence to the hearings, draft a report and get it back to the government by February 18.
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"Hello, Employer? This is Local 123. You probably don't know this yet, but your employees have selected our Union to represent them (without an election). Your new two-year contract is in the mail. If you don't agree to our proposal in 120 days, an arbitrator will be setting the terms."
Shocked? This could be the phone call your organization receives soon if the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is signed into law – as President-elect Obama has promised to do.
EFCA would represent the most sweeping pro-union legislation in a half century. If you've never had to worry about unions before, you do today. The nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) as the new Secretary of Labor confirms this fact. The pro-labor Solis has a 97% rating from the AFL-CIO and she has vowed to "strengthen our nation's unions" when she takes over DOL.
Employers and HR professionals must prepare NOW for the radical changes ahead. And to help you manage these massive changes, HR Specialist is proud to present Preparing for EFCA: Your Biggest Union Threat in 50 Years.
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Should you really be concerned? EFCA would eliminate the long tradition of secret-ballot union elections, replacing them with a simple "card check." That would make it infinitely easier for a union to worm its way into your organization. That's why business groups have taken to calling the dangerous bill "The Employee No-Choice Act."
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A study of more than 100 subjects has found that omega-3 fatty acids can influence mood, personality and behavior.
Study participants with lower blood levels of omega-3s were more likely to have symptoms of depression and a more negative outlook, according to accepted tests for depression, impulsiveness, and personality. Those with higher blood levels demonstrated the opposite emotional states.The cardiovascular health benefits of omega-3 intake is well known, but the psychological effects are less studied.
You know how useless and dangerous antidepressants can be, yet many people take them reflexively on the advice of a conventionally trained doctor, who has been brainwashed by the multi-national drug companies that influence the FDA.
They also, in large part, contol the journals that publish deceptive studies that support the use of these expensive choices that in no way, shape or form treat the underlying cause of the illness.
Certainly the entire blame is not on physicians, as many patients are seeking a simple band-aid cure. They do not want to do the hard work that their body is screaming for them to do and address the underlying emotional circuit disruption and diet changes that would improve their condition.
Others are not even aware that these effective options exist, as the media does not widely support them -- and the drug companies, and their control of virtually the entire medical system, certainly doesn't want the competition.
What they don't want you to know is that depression, and many other diseases, can be beaten naturally and safely by eating the right foods containing omega-3 fats.
Dr. Stoll is a Harvard psychiatrist who has done a great job of compiling the evidence supporting the use of fish oils for depression. His book, The Omega-3 Connection, is an excellent resource for those that need more detailed information on this topic.
Unfortunately, the ideal source of omega-3 -- fish -- is typically not a safe solution because nearly all of them contain high levels of mercury and PCBs.
Until now, I've generally recommended using a high-quality fish or cod liver oil instead.
However, since this is such a vital piece of the Total Health Program, I have carefully been researching this area for the last year and have come up with some surprising solutions. There is actually a type of fish oil that has more benefits than traditional fish oil.
My personal intake of fish oil this year has been krill oil. Krill oil is not only full of the beneficial omega-3s, but also:
Just as with fish and cod liver oil, you have to be very careful about the krill oil you choose, as some brands are impure or diluted.
However, krill oil is a type of fish oil and as such has very little vitamin D, so if you are not getting enough sun exposure you will want to continue with cod liver oil. Vitamin D is such a critical element of health that it easily makes cod liver oil your best choice of omega-3 fats if you aren't getting enough sun.
As of this year I am officially a snowbird. I escape the Chicago winters and have full access to daily sunshine and ocean water, which is why I personally switched over to krill oil earlier this year.


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Or Germany playing like Holland while Holland play like Germany. Or the world champions playing like Darlington. Yet nothing quite astonished like the vision of Dunga, supposedly the meanest, hardest, most unsentimental son of a Brazilian gun, coming over all soft, apologetic and emotional at a press conference before his side's match with Portugal in Durban.
His tormentors in the 800-strong Brazilian media army could not have been more surprised if they had just seen Vin Diesel bursting into tears because his mummy had told him off. It made them wonder if, at last, their constant protests about Dunga offering a big, fat V-sign to the beautiful game and his daily fights with them had taken their toll on his normally pragmatic, unflappable exterior. He wasn't cracking under the pressure, surely?
A few days earlier, Dunga had offered a stare which would have terrified Attila himself, lasered straight into the eyes of an evidently petrified Globo TV reporter he thought was showing a little disrespect, and muttered darkly into the microphone about him being a donkey, a wimp and something else quite unprintable.
This seemed as predictable as the subsequent apology, offered while he seemed close to tears, appeared astonishing. Dunga turned what everyone expected to be a combative discourse on footballing matters into a personal and quite moving tribute to his father, Edelceu, who is seriously ill with Alzheimer's Disease.
"For me, this is just a chance to show my father everything he taught me. I learned that for a man to be a man, he has to have virtue, coherence, dignity, transparency. He has to know when to apologise for a mistake, to put things back on the right path," he said.
"My mother, who has suffered the most because of my father's illness, taught me never to leave things half done."
Wow. This was the sort of from-the-heart outburst they might have expected from Maradona, the other man who had, like Dunga, come here to join Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer as the only individuals to have lifted the World Cup as player and coach.
But then, with his team ready to face Chile in their last 16 encounter here at Ellis Park tonight, there is an argument to suggest that Dunga has been heaping extra pressure on himself by instituting an off-field revolution here which has only heightened tensions with Brazil's powerful media army.
The truth is that Brazil has never warmed to Dunga, even when he was the hard-nosed midfield general and captain of the unloved 1994 champions. Sixteen years on, the media are raging at him partly because he has now taken away all their privileges.
Being at a Brazil training camp at World Cups past was like being offered a ticket to one of international football's last great democracies, where all the superstar players would mingle with you in an open, fairly frenetic 'mixed zone'.
Dunga has put a stop to all this. The mixed zone has gone. The hotel is a fan-free zone, press conferences are boringly, strictly controlled. The countless Brazilian radio stations, which need hours of airtime filled, have been tearing their hair out. "I just want to work for the national team in peace and quiet," said an unrepentant Dunga.
Which would be all very well if his Brazil were reprising joyful jogo bonito here. Rather, it has been a bit of a mix, a struggle against North Korea until Maicon magic brought relief, followed by an impressive win over Ivory Coast and then, without Kaka and the injured Elano, an unimaginative slog which saw them unable to break down Portugal.
Chile, one of the more enjoyably enterprising teams on view here, are sure to attack, which will at least allow Dunga's side, with Kaka restored after suspension, Elano after injury and Robinho after r and r, to be spared the familiar headache of having to unlock a massed defence. The history of their last seven meetings shows Brazil average close to four goals a game against Chile. A nation will be demanding par for the course tomorrow, but Dunga will not worry about some aesthetic treat.
To Dunga, winning for his country is all that matters, but he is still winning for a country which does not truly appreciate him.


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Batiks on sale at Fabric Depot.com For $ 5.50 .Hoffman's. :lol: :D
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Feeding Old HayBy Kentucky Equine Research Staff · January 7, 2011
Hay that is stored properly (kept dry, shielded from dirt and direct sunlight, protected from animal urine and feces) retains most of its nutrients fairly well. An exception is vitamin E, which is lost quickly with exposure to sunlight. Mowed hay that has dried in the field has already lost of up 90% of its vitamin E content by the time it is baled. More vitamin E is lost even with proper storage, and hay that is a year or two old contains almost no vitamin E. Because this nutrient is essential for healthy nerve function and other metabolic processes, consider supplementation for horses that do not have access to fresh pasture or new hay.


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Riding clothing, especially English riding clothing, has evolved for comfort and safety. Breeches or jodphurs are stretchy, allowing you to lift your leg up to the stirrup without cutting into you behind the knee. They often have knee patches of suede, or faux-suede. These give you a little added security in the saddle, while at the same time giving your leg some protection from getting pinched in the stippup leathers. Riding boots protect the lower leg and support the ankle.
While it's not necessary to run out and buy expensive riding habit before your first lesson, you will certainly be more comfortable if you wear suitable clothing.
Shorts are a definite no-no. Whether you ride English or western, after an hour in the saddle your inside leg will be rubbed raw without the protection of long pants of some sort. Jeans are best, as an alternative to breeches. If you've got stretch jeans, preferably without a seam on the inside leg, you're in great shape for your first horseback ride.
On your feet, you'll want shoes with a good shank to give your feet support in the stirrups. A small heel will lessen the chance that your foot will slip all the way through the stirrup. Sandals are definitely out, since as well as giving no support, they don't protect your vulnerable toes from getting stepped on before you mount. Sneakers are not really a good choice either, since they don't offer the arch support you'll need, however there are many selections of "riding sneaker" that offer the correct support and can also be used as everyday wear. Western boots are also a suitable choice for your first horseback ride.
I'd like to see every rider wear an approved safety helmet every time they ride. But that's just my opinion and the helmet/no-helmet debate rages daily so I won't get into it here.
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France's foreign minister says an agreement on freezing Jewish settlements must be reached for international Mideast peace efforts to succeed.
Bernard Kouchner and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Thursday in Paris.
Asked about the possibility of a new American peace initiative through a meeting of Israel, the Palestinians and the United States, Abbas said any such meeting "could only happen after a declaration freezing settlements."
Kouchner said if there is no agreement on freezing settlements, a larger peace initiative "will be much more difficult, or perhaps even impossible."
Kouchner said he has discussed with the Obama administration a French-Egyptian proposal for an international meeting to discuss Mideast peace in the coming months.


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1,000 people rush to register interest in new police posts
3:48pm Monday 10th February 2014
3:48pm Monday 10th February 2014
ONE thousand people registered an interest in becoming a West Midlands Police constable in the first two hours of a pre-registration website being launched today (Monday February 10).
Traffic to www.west-midlands.police.uk rocketed after the site went live at midday - with up to 1,800 visitors viewing the page at its peak.
Aspiring PCs are now able to submit their details if they are interested in one of 450 posts available over the next two years.
The force's recruitment freeze is about to end and a new application process will open as the search begins for a new group of recruits.
There is no cap on the number of people able to register their interest ahead of the formal application process which will start in April.
Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones said: "After nearly four years without any new officers, this is a great opportunity to infuse the force with new skills and experience and I'm sure we will get lots of excellent candidates. It is a real priority to bring in officers with the skills needed for policing over the next 30 plus years."
He added: "I am also pleased to announce that we will not require candidates to have the Certificate in Knowledge of Policing at this point. The timing of the recruitment would mean it would be unfair to expect all candidates to have completed the Certificate. However, a qualification equivalent to NVQ level 3 will be required, but people without an NVQ level 3 qualification should not be put off. The recruitment will be running for two years, so there is time to get an appropriate qualification and make an application later on.
"As already agreed, the starting salary for new officers will be £21,999, well above the £19,000 recommended by the Winsor Review, which both reflects the responsibilities of the role and ensures our salary level is competitive with other forces in our region."
West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country - covering 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.6 million.
Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Sharon Rowe said: "It's fantastic for us to be able to offer this opportunity, which will help us to provide an even better service by bringing fresh ideas into our workforce, directly from the communities we serve."
Successful applicants will need to complete two years as a probationary officer after which they will be able to develop their career by working their way up the ranks or specialising in a particular area of policing.
For further information or to register an interest in becoming a police officer visit http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/join-the-force/index.aspx
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Fuel remained in high demand more than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy swept her way through Queens as gas stations worked to restore electricity and provide relief to residents who had waited in long lines before the city imposed gas rationing.
In an effort to prevent another gasoline crisis derived from stations losing power, state Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) teamed up with another legislator to propose a bill requiring gas stations to have backup power sources.
"It just makes common sense to be proactive and prepared for these increasingly destructive storms," Weprin said. "It isn't good for anyone to be unprepared, but especially our gas stations because of our reliance on gasoline."
Weprin said long lines outside borough gas stations were not so much because of a shortage in fuel, but instead because of a shortage in options for drivers. The lawmaker joined with state Sen. David Carlucci (D-Nanuet) to draft legislation that would require gas stations to stock up to prevent long-term power outages in any future storms or disasters.
"If we can find a way to prepare for a disaster, we should do it," Weprin said. "I will do my part in Albany to see this bill becomes law long before another Hurricane Sandy."
The bill, Weprin said, was modeled after another that passed in Florida nearly five years ago, which required gas stations and wholesalers to have a generator capable of supplying at least 72 hours of power in the event of an emergency. In both bills, Weprin said stations would be required to have the generator source power available for use no later than one day after a major disaster.
As motorists scrambled for fuel and spent hours on line, Mayor Michael Bloomberg put gas rationing into effect Friday at 6 a.m.
The supply of gasoline throughout the city has become an ongoing issue since Hurricane Sandy and the following nor'easter brought winds, rainfall and snow to the borough beginning Oct. 29.
City Comptroller John Liu urged lawmakers last week to work to expedite the supplying of fuel throughout the city.
"The gas crisis is well beyond being a mere inconvenience," Liu said. "People depend on gasoline to go to work, run their businesses and to provide care for children and the elderly. The shortage has become a serious economic and public safety issue."
Liu said the long lines that formed outside gas stations have put a drain on city residents, estimating the problem cost about $100 million in wasted time that could have been devoted to more productive work.
To prevent another crisis in which long lines form outside gas stations in the city, Weprin's bill would require that gas stations within a half mile of an interstate highway or state/federally designated evacuation route must maintain operations at all of its fuel pumps using an alternative power source, the assemblyman said.
According to Weprin, another storm like Sandy could potentially damage the city's ports and make resupplying fuel sources much more difficult when it is needed the most.
"We all need to be able to function as quickly as possible after a storm strikes," Weprin said. "This is very serious."
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HARBOROUGH had a visit from a Guinness World Record holder last Wednesday.
Smokey, the loudest purring cat, was at WH Smiths in High Street along with her owner Ruth Adams (47).
Visitors were able to get free "pawtographs" with the noisy grey moggie and have a stroke of her soft fur.
Smokey is a many-times re-homed cat whose story has been covered by the world's media after she was used in a purring competition on local radio to promote the spaying and neutering of cats.
The pair applied for the world record for purring and the cat was recorded at 67.7dB when measured from a metre away.
This is equivalent to 14 times louder than an average cat and Smokey has since featured on TV and radio stations across the world.
This week they were featured in the documentary Inside Guinness World Records and appeared on Monday's This Morning show from London.
The pair were in Harborough to promote their book "Smokey the Very Loud Purring Cat" which tells the story of the cat's rise to fame from a many times unwanted pet to a global star.
Inside the book is a description of the open day at Harborough's Town and Country Veterinary Centre.
"We were delighted to be visiting Harborough, although we did have a bit of drama arriving to the book shop.
"As I was pushing a trolley along with Smokey's cat basket on top we hit an uneven bit of pavement and the cat carrier fell, tipping upside down to the floor.
"Fortunately the basket remained closed and Smokey did not fall on the road but she was very frightened.
"Two ladies immediately sprang to our aid and helped me to carry the cat basket, trolley and travel case into the store.
"Once Smokey was settled and fed a bit of hammy she soon forgot the incident and thankfully no damage was done and suitably contented she started purring loudly.
"After this somewhat unsettling start to our day we met so many interesting people and shared stories.
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This is a sort of high-level fudging that buys the production more than a few breaks because it leaves you uncertain about whether what you're seeing is deep or shallow.
Watching Hanna is like watching someone else play a really expensive video game, one in which the stylish presentation and synthetically-generated excitement (due in no small part to a pulsating score by the Chemical Brothers) partially compensate for the complete absence of logic in the evolving storyline. Of course few people want to spend their time watching someone else play a video game—it's only fun when you are the one manning the controls—but the producers of Hanna are gambling that the experience is more enticing when projected on the big screen.
Hanna's story doesn't make much sense even after we are supplied with a tidy packet of exposition (reminiscent of the way the plots were wrapped up in the old Thin Man movies) near the end of the film, but here's the basic setup. Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has been raised by her father Erik (Eric Bana) to be the perfect fighting machine. They live in a cabin in Finland, isolated from the modern world (although they do have firearms), and their only reading matter is an old encyclopedia and a volume of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hanna is now 16 and Erik figures it's time for her to confront her fate so he digs up some kind of radio transmitter with a switch which, once activated by Hanna, will set off an alarm that will alert the CIA agent Marissa (Cate Blanchett) of their location. For reasons unexplained until much later, Marissa really has it in for Hanna and apparently Dad's idea is to trigger a final showdown rather than, say, try to live a normal life undercover. After all, the latter would make for a really dull video game.
Of course Hanna throws the switch (what teenager wouldn't?). Dad beats an improbable retreat (walking into the snowy woods wearing only a business suit) and before long a troop of heavily-armed commandos descend on their rustic hut. Lots of fighting ensues, edited with the kind of extreme fragmentation that disguises the improbability of what we are to believe is taking place before our eyes. This sets Hanna off on her hero's journey which, unfortunately, is oddly devoid of tension; there are some effective scares but little suspense, and we never truly feel that she is in danger because it has already become obvious that if anything happens to her it's game (and movie) over.
Of course Hanna meets various personages and undergoes various trials on her quest. Most of those she meets are interchangeable, garden-variety baddies but Tom Hollander, sporting a bad bleach job and questionable wardrobe, at least makes for an impressively creepy villain. Meanwhile a British family on holiday lends some comic relief as well as a few tugs of the heartstrings, mainly thanks to the mother Rachel (Olivia Williams) and teenage daughter Sophie (an engaging Jessica Barden).
Hanna is a quintessential summer blockbuster with big stars, lots of action, first-rate technical package and a big theme that you can choose to either embrace (giving the story layers of meaning) or ignore (allowing you to concentrate on the action) because the film works just as well either way. This is a sort of high-level fudging that buys the production more than a few breaks because it leaves you uncertain about whether what you're seeing is deep or shallow, wondrously complex or just incompetent. To take a nagging example, Cate Blanchett's Marissa could give Russell Crowe's Robin Hood a run for the money in the "worst and least consistent accent" department; is that meant to signal that the character is a faker or did they just not bother to get it right? I tend towards the latter theory because there's so much that is slapdash about this film once you leave the special effects department.
Saoirse Ronan really needs to have a sit-down with her agent because this is the second big-budget, fancy-effects, doesn't-make-a-lick-of-sense film she's starred in within the past two years. The first was Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones (2009), and while I think Ronan did very well in an otherwise preposterous film it can't be doing her career any good to make of habit of appearing in such material. We know Ronan can act—she was nominated for an Oscar for Atonement in 2008—so how about letting us see her do some more of that? | Sarah Boslaugh