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How a 20th Century Poet Can Help You With Your Job Search
This piece originally published on Mac's List
The pursuit of a college education may be a long-term blessing and a short-term affliction. A bachelor's degree provides some economic freedom, but it does not always offer clarity on who you are or who you want to be. If you're like most people who pursued higher education, you grew up with every stage of life laid out in front of you: kindergarten led to first grade and so on. It was not until the precipice of college graduation that you were expected to figure it all out on your own.
The desperate search for one's own passion may be derided as a crisis of privilege, a "First World problem," but the existential call to be the writer of one's own destiny is deeply human. The urge towards the creative life is innate in all of us. When we are no longer chased by wolves or the threat of starvation, we are chased by ourselves.
The cries "be who you are!" and "know who you are!" are not easily silenced, and attempts to do so will only transform into addictions, foul moods, and physical complications.
So how do you figure out what you want and who you are? In the early 20th century, the poet Rainier Marie Rilke wrote to a despondent 19-year-old young man in "Letters to a Young Poet" with timeless counsel for job seekers everywhere: "There is only one thing you should do," Rilke wrote. "Go into yourself."
Esoteric? Sure. You cannot easily place this advice among a list of things to do. But if the advice is understood and heeded, the ultimate rewards are unparalleled.
Through self-inquiry and good counsel, answers to the tangible questions of life begin to make themselves heard. Your anxiety and confusion, your headaches and stomachaches, all have information for what may be off track, they're not simply symptoms to be silenced in the pursuit of the more conscious goals.
If you can learn when you're off track by how your moods and body respond, you can learn too where your path lies. This takes some degree of faith, to be sure, but it only takes a few synchronistic successes for you to discover that you have a personal GPS sitting inside your chest.
Mythologist Joseph Campbell's famous adage echoes Rilke's: "When you follow your bliss, doors will open where you wouldn't have thought there were doors." Campbell uses the word "bliss" as a substitute for instinct, a path not lacking in terror and uncertainty but ultimately providing the greatest payoff. Our wants often only become clear after listening to all the other stuff of life.
In fairy tales, it is the awkward third brother who wanders off in the least anticipated direction, listening to the animals and following the path of a windswept feather, who ultimately finds the gold and marries the princess. Going into yourself and following your bliss means learning to listen to who you are innately. Learning what you're passionate about begins with discovering and acknowledging who you are, not simply what you are expected to be.
This piece originally published on Mac's List – April 19, 2013
Insights while Dreaming
Does this photo make you want to smoke? I know, Don Draper is a particularly evocative individual, so it might be a trick question. But swagger or no swagger, does seeing someone smoke ever evoke in you the desire to smoke as well? If you saw a man on the street smoking, would you have any conscious response? Unconscious?
I was not thinking smoking last week, nor watching Mad Men, when I awoke one morning from dream and what seemed a relatively novel revelation. In the dream, something had occurred to me that I was sure was going to revolutionize everything: Just as society now readily accepts that second hand smoke kills people and states are passing laws to ban smoking in public places, it occurred to me that with the greater understanding of mirror neurons, just seeing someone enjoy a smoke can neurologically provoke a desire to smoke and, therefore, lead to death. I thought, in my dream, that the sight of someone smoking is paramount to the inhaling of second hand smoke, now that we understand the neurological response it evokes in us. Furthermore, it occurred to me (while dreaming), our increasing knowledge of mirror neurons can revolutionize cases against corporations and advertising, with scientific proof of unconscious manipulation that does not require study after study of the effects of advertising.
Now, I am not writing this to make a case for or against smoking. Nor is this a blog about neurology — despite my interest in it, I am ill-equipped to say much on the topic. This is about dreaming, and the clarity of insight that can come when we are unconscious. My insight, which arrived while I was in a deep sleep and was utterly unrelated to anything I had consciously been contemplating, is actually quite sound. (Perhaps not earth shattering, but certainly it has basis in reality.) But where does such an insight come from? If I was unconscious, if my thinking mind was theoretically in off-mode, what was it that was thinking?
There are endless theories about dreams. Most individuals today still discredit the psychic activity of sleep as amalgamations of daily activity, feelings, and nonsensical images. Without even exploring the vast reaches of dream interpretation (which could certainly be applied to my dream above), one has to question how individuals can wake-up with whole poems composed, dresses designed, or ideas for a new story or book largely developed. We hear these kinds of stories all the time from artists and authors, yet few people seem to then question how these insights are possible while we are unconscious, not engaging with the reverence of psyche nor seeking to understand what is happening in the dream world. If dreams are simply daily residue or wish fulfillment, how do we awake with original insights and ideas?
Carl Jung wrote,
The view that dreams are merely the imaginary fulfillments of repressed wishes is hopelessly out of date. There are, it is true, dreams which manifestly represent wishes or fears, but what about all the other things? Dreams may contain ineluctable truths, philosophical pronouncements, illusions, wild fantasies, memories, plans, anticipations, irrational experiences, even telepathic visions, and heaven knows what besides. One thing we ought never to forget: almost half of our life is passed in a more or less unconscious state. The dream is specifically the utterance of the unconscious. Just as the psyche has a diurnal side which we call consciousness, so also it has a nocturnal side: the unconscious psychic activity which we apprehend as dreamlike fantasy. . . . it is highly probable that our dream psyche possesses a wealth of contents and living forms equal to or even greater than those of the conscious mind, which is characterized by concentration, limitation, and exclusion.
(The Essential Jung, p. 176, from The Practical Use of Dream-Analysis).
Have you had insights while dreaming? Do share. (Or. . .are you headed out to have a smoke?)


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|Twin Platform Bed with Drawers Underneath & Storage Headboard
Space-Saving Platform Beds with Storage Drawers Underneath: a Win~WinThese budget-saving platform beds offer additional storage with drawers underneath, while saving you on valuable floor space. Too, the beds' platform bases only need a top mattress and don't require a bulky box spring. Add an attractive headboard with storage, and you've several pieces of furniture in one tidy package.
Scroll down to see a great selection of platform beds of all sizes for kids and teens to adults, along with some great tips for decorating with these fabulous space savers.
Twin Size Brown Platform Bed by South Shore
Twin Size Brown Platform Bed by South Shore
- 3 Drawers Underneath Platform
- Modern Style
- Storage Headboard with Shelves
- Drawers Open from Either Side
- Free Shipping (as of this writing)
|South Shore Twin Platform Bed with Drawers Underneath
South Shore Prairie Collection Twin Platform Bed:
- Environmentally Preferred Laminated Particle Panels
- Three Drawers Underneath
- 5 Year Warranty
- Attractive Drawer Pulls
- Super Budget-Friendly
- Optional Matching Headboard with storage
- Free Shipping (as of this writing)
A Note About South Shore: I have a good bit of experience with this brand of budget-friendly furniture: it's very heavy and along with the other brands you're best to have it delivered. While not solid wood, South Shore and Prepac are laminated wood products. I have a night stand going of nine years! Having your beds delivered is great for those who don't have a truck and don't want to ask that too-distant-relative-with-a-truck for help [enter your own scary visual here]. It's always been much easier to have large pieces shipped, and most all the platform beds I've included have free shipping; be sure you're checking the correct boxes!
|Twin White platform Bed with Storage Headboard and Drawer Underneath
I love this girl's bedroom! The white platform bed has the drawers underneath, plus the headboard with storage and still costs well under $300. The other pieces are optional, of course and you most likely will only need one dresser. The headboard has storage enough for a reading lamp, electronics and/or alarm clock, freeing up valuable floor space--so, you might forgo the nightstand if your bedroom is on the smaller side.
Your Platform Bed: Summing Up Your Needs
|Prepac Full Platform Bed with 6 Drawers & Optional Storage Headboard
Considering Your Bed's Style & Color
Once you get started looking at these platform beds, things can seem pretty overwhelming--especially when you consider all your options. I'll start with style and color first.
What color? Do you have traditional bedroom furniture needing a brown finish? What shade?
While you can go all out and buy a matched set of furniture, this platform bed by Prepac has smooth lines, and will work with your existing pieces. A big plus, is the available finishes and all the optional pieces from this headboard with shelves for decor and storage to dressers and nightstands, along with other sizes. Simply search for Prepac Sonoma at this bed's link. Be warned, you might want it all, but remember my mantra: Less is more!
Prepac Sonoma Platform Bed with Drawers:
- Lots of wood-like finishes
- 6 Drawers for Extra Storage
- Several Optional Pieces for More Storage
- Platform Bed Only Requires Top Mattress
- Budget-Friendly
- Free Shipping Option (as of this writing)
High Platform Beds with a Virtual Dresser Full of Drawers Underneath
|Double High Platform Bed with Twelve Drawers Underneath
This platform bed may seem familiar, as it's the same the Sonoma style as the piece above. It's difference is the height--it's extra high--and tall tweens and teens will fit nicely into this bed.
Twelve drawers, six on each side are roomy enough for all yours or your teen's casual wardrobe. For the space of a bed (this style is available in twin to queen and king sizes), you have a 'dresser' full of drawers. Indeed, this platform is quite the bed!
Prepac Sonoma Double High Platform Bed:
- Budget-Friendly Platform
- No Box Spring Required
- Twelve Drawers Underneath Platform Saves Space
- Lots of Finishes
- Plenty of Optional Matching Pieces
- Free Shipping (as of this writing)
|Extra High Platform Bed Headboard with Storage Shelves
Double-High Headboard for Storage & Display
Here's the matching storage headboard that pairs with the platform bed, above; not how high its base is. It comes in several finishes, too.
I'm a big fan of using lighting to showcase (aka 'show off') art pieces. You can easily stick a battery-operated bar light in the center of this headboard, just under the three smaller cubbies. In a snap you'll have a fabulous looking showcase.
Style & You: Solid Pine Traditional Platform Bed
|Twin Platform Bed with 6 Drawers & Storage Headboard
Not Feelin' the Love of Modern Style?
Here's an extra-high platform bed with six roomy drawers and a headboard with storage. You'll realize near the same storage as the first bed I talked about, and you can use the drawers on either side of this platform bed.
But, unlike the laminate pieces, this bed is solid pine and has a door at the footboard for easy access to more storage when butted against a wall.
- Budget-friendly
- Six Roomy Drawers can Go on Either Side of Bed
- Storage Headboard
- Optional Drawers Available for Bed's Other Side
- Door Opens for Storage Access
- Free Shipping (as of this writing)
Well, this is just a few of the platform beds I've found with storage drawers underneath, plus a few with headboards for storage. I'll add more as I find different styles. What do you think of the platform beds? I love their simplicity!

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By Dr. Juanita Schläpfer, ETH Zürich
Climate change has been communicated as a global concern affecting all of mankind; but this message doesn't seem to be getting through. If indeed the human brain responds better to experience than to analysis, then climate change must be told as a local and personal story – just as the Klimagarten 2085 exhibition is doing.
Read the full article at the Zukunftsblog at ETH Zurich.
(Photo: Fotolia / pathdoc)


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March 31, 2017
Upcoming Traditional Masses and Rites at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Shrine in East Harlem, New York City
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Harlem
Photo by New York Scugnizzo
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine
448 East 116th Street
New York, NY 10029
Saturday, April 1, 2017 9 AM
1st Saturday of the Month: 9 AM Traditional Latin Sung Extraordinary Form Mass 1962 Missale Romanum followed by Eucharistic Adoration, Novena Prayers to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Servant of God Pierre Toussaint & Benediction; Confessions heard before Mass and during Eucharistic Adoration
Remaining 1st Saturdays in the 2017 Calendar Year:
May 6 - Month of Our Lady
June 3 - Month of the Sacred Heart
July 1 - Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
August 5 - Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major; Our Lady of the Snows
September 2 - Month of the Holy Cross and Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
October 7 - Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
November 4 - Month of the Poor Souls in Purgatory
December 2 - Month of the Immaculate Conception; Advent and Coming of Christ
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
7 PM - Sung Requiem Mass - Month's Mind for Jacques Pierre, Father of our Altar Server, James Pierre
Sunday, April 9, 2017
10:20 AM – Blessing of Palms, Procession and High Mass – 2nd Sunday of Passiontide, Palm Sunday
Friday, April 14, 2017
9 AM – Liturgical Rite of the Enthronement of the Statue Holy Black Nazarene presided by His Excellency The Most Reverend Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
12 PM - Outdoor Good Friday Procession with the Parishes of Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Paul - Holy Rosary. Procession begins on 96th Street and Lexington Avenue outside St. Francis de Sales Church and goes north on 3rd Avenue until 117th Street and Lexington Avenue into St. Paul's Church
Sunday, April 16, 2017
10:25 AM – High Mass, Easter Sunday, Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Thursday, May 25, 2017
7 PM (TBD) – High Mass, Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Thursday, June 15, 2017
7 PM – 3rd Annual Solemn Mass, Outdoor Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament for the Feast of Corpus Christi
Friday, June 23, 2017 - Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
2nd All Night Vigil of Prayer for Nascent Life
Preliminary Schedule
6 PM - The Sacrament of Reconciliation, Confessions heard
7 PM - Stations of the Cross
8 PM - Solemn High Mass
9 PM - Continuous Eucharistic Adoration with Prayers, Litanies and Hymns
9:30 PM - The Sacrament of Reconciliation, Confessions heard
Saturday, June 24, 2017 - Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
12 Midnight - Continuous Eucharistic Adoration with Prayers, Litanies and Hymns
Coffee Breaks with Refreshments at 1 AM and 3:15 AM
4 AM - Procession with and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
4:30 AM - Blessing of the bonfire
5 AM - Sung Mass
Novena Masses and Prayers from Thursday, July 6 - Friday, July 14
Saturday, July 15, 2017
7:30 PM – 1st Solemn Vespers and Benediction
9 PM – Outdoor Candelight Procession
11 PM – Multilingual Rosary and Litany of Loreto
Sunday, July 16, 2017
12 Midnight – Solemn Midnight Mass
Saturday, July 22, 2017
10 AM – 3:15 PM – 6th Annual Traditional Mass Pilgrimage
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
7 PM (TBD) – Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ordinary Schedule of Traditional Latin Masses in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite 1962 Missale Romanum
Every Sunday - 10:25 AM - Sung Mass
Every 1st Saturday - 9 AM - Sung Mass and Eucharistic Adoration
Holy Days and High Ranking Feasts - Consult the Bulletin; Ordinarily at 7 PM, 7:30 PM or 8 PM in the evening
*To have a Mass offered for your intentions, please call the Parish Office at 212-534-0681
March 29, 2017
March 28, 2017
March 27, 2017
Hot off the Presses: San Francesco di Paola Fliers Are Ready For Distribution
Thank you Lucian for donating the fliers for our upcoming San Francesco di Paola celebration at St. Francis of Paola Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Your continued generosity helps boost Il Regno's efforts to spread the word and reach more members of our community. Your support is greatly appreciated. Forza e onore!
March 26, 2017
Photo of the Week: The Annunciation by Andrea Malinconico, Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo
|Annunciazione by Andrea Malinconico (Napoli 1624-1689), Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), Napoli. Photo by New York Scugnizzo
"Leisure & Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii" at Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, Massachusetts
February 3 — August 13, 2017
Featuring works seen for the first time outside Italy, this groundbreaking exhibition centers on the ancient town of Oplontis on the Neapolitan coast, a site that was buried and preserved when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The exhibition focuses on two adjacent, spectacular Roman archaeological sites—one an enormous luxury villa ("Villa A") that once sprawled along the coast of the Bay of Naples, the other a nearby commercial-residential complex ("Villa B"), where products from the region were exported.
Ongoing excavations of the villas have revealed a wealth of art, including sculpture that adorned the gardens along with ordinary utilitarian objects that together demonstrate the disparities of wealth, social class, and consumption in Roman life. This is the first major exhibition to address this important site, less well known than the more famous sites of nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum, which were also victims of the Vesuvian eruption. SCMA is one of three national venues for the exhibition, and the only east coast venue. Continue reading
Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063
Featuring works seen for the first time outside Italy, this groundbreaking exhibition centers on the ancient town of Oplontis on the Neapolitan coast, a site that was buried and preserved when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The exhibition focuses on two adjacent, spectacular Roman archaeological sites—one an enormous luxury villa ("Villa A") that once sprawled along the coast of the Bay of Naples, the other a nearby commercial-residential complex ("Villa B"), where products from the region were exported.
Ongoing excavations of the villas have revealed a wealth of art, including sculpture that adorned the gardens along with ordinary utilitarian objects that together demonstrate the disparities of wealth, social class, and consumption in Roman life. This is the first major exhibition to address this important site, less well known than the more famous sites of nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum, which were also victims of the Vesuvian eruption. SCMA is one of three national venues for the exhibition, and the only east coast venue. Continue reading
Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063
March 25, 2017
Feast of the Annunciation
The Annunciation by Renato Rossi, hand painted ceramic tiles on the facade of the Confraternity of Annunziata and Rosario (next door to the Chiesa San Giovanni) in Vietri sul Mare. Photos by New york Scugnizzo
March 25th is the Feast of the Annunciation and the Mystery of the Incarnation, when the archangel Gabriel visited the Virgin Mary and announced she would conceive a Child by the Holy Spirit. The Feast is also the traditional day to make your Total Consecration to Jesus through the Blessed Virgin Mary. In celebration I'm posting The Angelus, a devotional prayer honoring the Blessed Mother's role in the Incarnation, which should be repeated three times daily (morning, midday and evening).
The Angelus
Prayer at dawn:
The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary:
And she conceived by the Holy Spirit
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Prayer at noon:
Behold the handmaid of the Lord:
Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.
Hail Mary…
Prayer at twilight:
And the Word was made flesh:
And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary…
Conclusion after each prayer time:
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen
Labels: Saint of the Day, Seasons and Holidays
March 24, 2017
A Prayer for Westminster
|St. George pray for us
Relic at Holy Innocents Church, NYC
Prayer for Victims of Terrorism
Loving God, welcome into your arms the victims of violence and terrorism. Comfort their families and all who grieve for them. Help us in our fear and uncertainty, and bless us with the knowledge that we are secure in your love. Strengthen all those who work for peace, and may the peace the world cannot give reign in our hearts. Amen.
Also see:
• A Prayer for Berlin
• Requiescat in Pace: Fr. Jacques Hamel
• A Prayer for Nice
• A Prayer for Brussels
• Solidarité
Labels: Commemoration, Musings
"Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera" at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
|Apollo and Marsyas by Jusepe de Ribera, 1637, Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Photo courtesy of Meadows Museum
Drawing played a central role in the art of Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). Born in Valencia, Ribera spent most of his career in Naples where he significantly influenced the course of artistic production in the seventeenth century. Although little is known of his youth, training, and journey from Spain to Italy, Ribera is recorded in Rome in 1606, in Parma in 1611, and in Naples from 1616 until his death in 1652. After arriving in Italy, Ribera encountered the revolutionary paintings of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), whose distinctive qualities Ribera adopted in his own work, prompting him to be recognized as a Caravaggesque artist. Yet unlike Caravaggio, who famously did not make drawings on paper, Ribera was both an extraordinary painter and a prolific graphic artist. He produced a remarkable corpus of drawings as well as an important group of prints, and it is the strength of his works on paper – in addition to his paintings – that sets Ribera apart from his Caravaggist contemporaries. Continue reading
Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University
5900 Bishop Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75205
Tel: 214.768.2516
March 23, 2017
A Look at the 2017 Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Joseph and commemoration of HRH Prince don Ferdinando Maria di Borbone of the Two Sicilies
|Evviva San Giuseppe!
Photos by Rosanna Minervini and New York Scugnizzo
Members of the Sacred Military Constatntinian Order of St. George joined 150 congregants at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Newark, New Jersey Monday evening to celebrate the Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Joseph and commemoration of the anniversary of the death of the Order's late Grand Master, HRH Prince don Ferdinando Maria di Borbone of the Two Sicilies.
|Our Late Grand Master
HRH Prince don Ferdinando Maria
di Borbone delle Due Sicilie
Mass was sung by celebrant and homilist Very Rev. Msgr. Cav. Joseph Ambrosio, Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Chaplain of the Order. Monsignor was dutifully assisted by servers Lorenzo Tinio, Anthony Scillia, Brian Mcguire, Joseph T. Lucia, Mark Bertotti and Michael McDonald. Delegate Cav. John M. Viola and Chaplain Msgr. Cav. Christopher Hynes of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, with Fr. Danny Rodrigues of St. Cecilia's Church in Kearny, New Jersey sat in choir. Chancellor Mayor Cav. Pasquale Menna, Vice-Chancellor Cav. Patrick O'Boyle, Cavalieri Anthony O'Boyle, Charles Sant'Elia, John Napoli and Vincent Gangone were in Attendance.
A stirring rendition of Franz Liszt's Dominus Salvum fac Regem was performed by the choir in memory of HRH at which the flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was dipped. This was followed by Giovanni Paisiello's Inno al Re, the National Anthem of the Two Sicilies.
After Mass, guests adjourned to the rectory for some refreshments and fellowship. We were given a tour of the residence and a look at Monsignor's awe-inspiring collection of relics and sacred art, including the upstairs workshop and the newly acquired statues of the Madonna dei Miracoli di Mussomeli and Maria Santissima di Constantinopoli. I feel especially blessed to have seen the private shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Pompeii and offered the opportunity to venerate the holy relics of San Gennaro and Blessed Bartolo Longo.
|After Mass we joined the clergy and servers for a commemorative photo
Cavalieri Charles Sant'Elia, John Napoli and Vincent Gangone
Vice-Chancellor Cav. Patrick O'Boyle, Cav. Gangone, Chancellor Mayor Cav. Pasquale Menna, Delegate Cav. John M. Viola, Cav. Napoli and Cav. Sant'Elia
|Postulant Rosanna Minervini poses with the beautifully embroidered
flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
|Relics adorn the magnificent altar
|Guests were treated to an impressive array of St. Joseph's zeppole and sfingi
|Eric, Rosanna and Vincent enjoying the festivities
|Msgr. Ambrosio plays a few German and Spanish waltzes
|Private altars for Our Lady of Pompeii and the Madonna Addolorata
Blessed Bartolo Longo relics
|A couple of rescued artifacts from defunct Italian American organizations
|The Madonna dei Miracoli di Mussomeli and Maria Santissima di Costantinopoli
in the workshop, ready to be restored
A Look at the 2017 Festa di San Giuseppe in Ridgewood, Queens
Evviva San Giuseppe!
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
|Pilgrims brave the cold weather to venerate our beloved patron
|(Above and below) Members of the Associazone Cattolica Italiana di Miraculous Medal carry San Giuseppe into the church and place him near the altar
|(Above and below) After Mass, devotees pin donations on to the saint
|Departing Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
|(Above and below) The procession makes its way down Bleecker Street
|San Giuseppe is returned to the Notre Dame Catholic Academy gymnasium behind the church for the benediction, refreshments and raffle
|(Above and below) Revelers enjoying the festivities
|Blessed bread was distributed to attendees
|Italian language St. Joseph prayer cards were included with the loaves
|Among the prizes raffled off were pane di San Giuseppe (above)
and a beautiful statue of the saint (below)
• A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Giuseppe in Ridgewood, NY
• A Look at the 2014 Festa di San Giuseppe in Ridgewood, NY
March 22, 2017
Il Regno Turns Eight
|Fliers from previous events
Bearing in mind that I had no prior web experience or background in journalism, I never envisioned this enterprise would have lasted this long, and (for now) I can't imagine not doing it. All things considered, I believe our first eight years have been productive and positive. For the most part we've been well received and the work has been quite enjoyable. I learned a lot, met many nice people and made new friends along the way. We appreciate your support and will continue our efforts to the best of our abilities.
A Year in Review
We had a very productive year, to say the least. In addition to sponsoring Traditional Latin Masses for the Feasts of San Michele Arcangelo, Santa Lucia, Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo, San Giovanni Apostolo and the Repose of the Soul of HM King Francesco II di Borbone, we organized a handful of small-scale celebrations for the Feasts of San Giacomo della Marca, San Martino di Tours, San Pio da Pietrelcina, the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Madonna di Ripalta.
On top of all that, in May we held our Eighth Annual Battle of Bitonto Commemoration as part of our yearlong tricentennial celebration of the birth of HM King Carlo di Borbone. The intimate gathering continues to be a convivial fête of our rich Duosiciliani faith, culture and history.
|Print version of Il Regno
Il Regno also went "old school" with the publication of a print version of our web journal. Although not very cost effective, the feedback was overwhelmingly favorable, so for at least one more year, we will continue circulating the pamphlets at select venues.
On a Personal Note
Personally, I had a very rewarding and gratifying year. First and foremost, I was invested into the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George as a Cavaliere di Merito (Knight of Merit). The investiture was held on April 30th at Holy Innocents Church in New York City. Blown away by the whole experience, no words can describe how proud I feel about receiving this noble distinction.
In July I was also invested with the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel during the 5th Annual Traditional Pilgrimage at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in East Harlem, New York. In what was an extraordinary day of fellowship and prayer, the spiritual retreat concluded with the solemn investiture, where I received my wool devotional and gained Our Lady's promise of the Brown Scapular.
Most unexpectedly, I've been tasked with guardianship of the first-class relic of San Rocco, generously gifted to the St. Rocco Society of Potenza by the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio. Until a permanent home in a church has been secured, I've been carrying out this enviable responsibility most dutifully with daily prayer and plenty of votive candles.
|Private shrine with
first-class relic of St. Rocco
Furthermore, I had the great honor of carrying the statues of the Madonna Addolorata, Angelo Custode, Santa Rita, San Gennaro, San Giuseppe and San Rocco during their respective feasts and processions. I was especially touched to have been chosen to carry the Order's labarum during the Mass for HM King Francesco II di Borbone.
Some of the other more memorable moments include venerating the relics of the True Cross, Sant'Elena di Laurino, San Vincenzo Pallotti, San Francesco d'Assisi, Sant'Antonio di Padova, San Gennaro, San Giuda Taddeo, San Vincenzo Martire and Santa Trofimena.
In an effort to clean up and streamline Il Regno, we've been working hard fixing or removing broken links, deleting redundant and extraneous material and re-editing certain entries. Due to the volume of material (well over 3,000 posts), this mammoth undertaking has been taking a lot longer than we anticipated. We are aiming to have everything updated and in order before the year's end. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience.
Upcoming Events
Clearly more than just an information and opinion blog, Il Regno has a lot of exciting things planned for the upcoming year. In conjunction with the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George we are sponsoring Traditional Latin Masses for the Madonna Addolorata (April 7th), San Francesco di Paola (April 29th) and San Michele Arcangelo (Sept. 29th). Plans for the 9th Annual Battle of Bitonto Commemoration, as well as a Classical Neapolitan guitar recital featuring the works of the great Mauro Giuliani, are in the works, so keep a lookout for these and other exciting events. Needless to say, we intend to continue our usual participation and support in as many southern Italian religious and cultural events as is humanly possible.
Pray Pal
Just a reminder, we are still accepting donations in the form of prayers. So if you like what we do and want us to continue doing it, please say a prayer for us. Your generosity and thoughtfulness are greatly appreciated.
Forza e Onore! — Cav. J. Napoli
March 21, 2017
Photo of the Week: San Michele Arcangelo by Francesco Laurana, Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo
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Announcing the 2017 Feast of San Francesco Di Paola in Oreland, Pennsylvania
|San Francesco di Paola Oreland
Holy Martyrs Parish
121 Allison Road
Oreland, Pennsylvania 19075
Annual Celebration Of San Francesco Di Paola
Saturday April 22nd at 7:00 PM
Dinner Dance at the Church Hall
Ticket Adult $35.00
Children 6 to 12 $10.00
Sunday April 23rd at 12:00 PM
Mass, Procession and more
Celebrant: From Italy, Father Francesco Bramuglia
Co-Celebrant: Rev. Jason V. Kulczynski
We greatly appreciate volunteers and donations
For info: President Fred Marino 215-572-8479
Dinner Dance at the Church Hall
Ticket Adult $35.00
Children 6 to 12 $10.00
Sunday April 23rd at 12:00 PM
Mass, Procession and more
Celebrant: From Italy, Father Francesco Bramuglia
Co-Celebrant: Rev. Jason V. Kulczynski
We greatly appreciate volunteers and donations
For info: President Fred Marino 215-572-8479
March 19, 2017
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NEW YORK – Pillows that track your snoozing patterns? A bed that adjusts based on how much you twist and turn? Companies are adding more technology into their products, hoping to lure customers craving a better night's sleep. Sleep gadgets adjust if you're restless — or snoring
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Sleep Well At Night With Modern Gadgets
Do you have trouble sleeping well at night? If so, you are not alone. Poor rest is common in the modern world, leading several companies to offer technologically advanced gadgets to help consumers who long for peaceful slumber.
Gone is the embarrassment of talking about sleep apnea and other sleeping disorders. Today people are bragging about their mattress and other innovate efforts to improve their rest. In fact, from 2000 to 2015 the number of sleep centers in the country tripled!
Researchers have linked poor rest to a host of health problems, including greater risk for diabetes and obesity. As a result, mattresses, pillows, apps and other devices have been created that claim to improve sleep and stop snoring. More than one-third of the people in this country don't get sufficient rest, making this barely tapped market an entrepreneurial dream.
Apple, among others, have developed various wearable devices that are supposed to help track sleep. However, researchers have shown that watches and similarly styled products lack accuracy. Since they rely on motion to detect sleep, inaccurate readings can show if a person is simply lying still in an effort to fall asleep.
A Finnish company, Beddit, began developing an app that tracks multiple vital signs, including temperature and heart rate. The information is obtained from a thin device directly under the top sheet. However, since Apple Inc purchased the company they have declined to discuss it.
* One affordable and effective alternative is the ResMed S+. You place the rectangular device on the nightstand, directed toward you. In addition to body motion, the sleep sensor detects breathing. The associated app provides a graph of your slumber, including REM sleep. If you are using meditation, herbal teas or similar sleep aids before bed, this will help you determine which are most beneficial.
At the other end of the financial spectrum are Sleep Number beds. At just under $5,000, the 360 Smart Bed is not affordable for most. However the bed adjusts for restless sleepers in an effort to help them rest better, which is certainly worth the price!
In addition to these and other tracking devices are an array of products that are designed to stimulate your senses in order to improve sleep. For instance, a lighting system is available through major retailer Best Buy that is compatible with Nest and Amazon Alexa. The user can preset colors and brightness in order to gently wake. One feature even allows it to respond to the sun rather than the clock.
You can also purchase an alarm clock for $99 that uses scents to wake you in the morning. If the espresso doesn't get to you after three minutes the clock resorts to good old fashioned noise to wake you. If too much noise is the problem with your rest, check out the noise masking system offered by Nightingale Sleep System through HSN.
If you are troubled by poor sleep, take heart. Thanks to the growing interest from both the scientific and financial community, better devices at more affordable prices are the wave of the future. Until then, you might want to check out a couple of these interesting devices.
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Last week was my first week on school experience terms. My school is Labschool Kebayoran. My master teacher named Mrs. Fitri Hidayani. She teaches mathematics for grade X and XI-social. I get grade X-B for my practice class.
On the first day, I and Evik observed grade X-A and B class together. I was so nervous when I meet the students of the school. They looked active and smart. I and Evik were asked to introduce our selves to the students. Fortunately, they welcome for our coming. After introducing our selves, I and Evik Observed Mrs. Fitri. Our observation focused on how teacher's method in teaching mathematics especially in algebra or quadratic equation.
On the second day, it was my time for me to teach my class (X-B), but I collaborated with Evik. We taught quadratic equation especially about discriminant. In our teaching method, we applied guide discovery with worksheet. As I saw, they looked motivated in learning this. They were active and enjoyed in doing their activity. The activities were Discussion, discovery learning, presentation skill, and quiz. For this learning process, they thought that they understand about the concept of the material.
From this experience, I got a lesson learn. I have to design a motivated learning process. By doing this, I am sure our students will enjoy the class even the subject is hard. Besides that, we will help students to understand about the subject well. 🙂
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Grace has discovered the kitchen and loves to walk down to Hoover's food and water bowls. She likes to kick and clang the bowls together and the water bowl seems to entertain her a bit as it splashes around. Last night she was trying to step into the water bowl; I startled her by scolding "Gracie Noooo!" as she dangled her AFO shoe and brace in the bowl of water splashing it all around the kitchen. As I grabbed ahold of her to pull her out she was startled even further and began to sob and cry. I felt bad because all she wanted to do was play in the water but at the same time it was great to see her cry and to show emotion like every other little child.
Somewhere inside is a Grace we only get to see every once in a while, I wish she could let it out a little more.
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Designing a well-functioning furniture layout for a room is one of the most challenging — and arguably the most important — aspects of interior design. I'm changing the furniture in my living room as part of its transformation into my Mahalo Lounge. So before I got too deep into the fun stuff (decorating), I am working to finalize the furniture layout. I am not a professional designer, and don't know how to use such software (and honestly, I have no desire to learn yet another computer program). Instead, I design my furniture layouts (ala my kitchen cabinet layout) using Excel and Powerpoint and … scissors. Hey, it works well enough for me!
Photo viewing tip: If you are on a desktop, once page is fully loaded, click on any photo and it should double in size up to 1,000 pixels for a better look at details.
Use Excel and Powerpoint to create room layouts
My process to do a furniture layout like this is so basic, it really doesn't need a step-by-step. But, okay, here are the principles:
- Measure the four walls of your room, and then use these dimensions to outline a grid on Excel; on mine, one foot = one box. Important: Adjust the pixels within your grid so the height and width are the same — that is, square. Add interior grid lines that will show when printing and lighten the grid lines up to your liking. Add the bold exterior outline to your overall grid. Take a screen shot of your grid and transfer it to Powerpoint; enlarge or reduce it as needed to fit the page. Print out your first copy/worksheet.
- With your worksheet in hand, measure all the fixed elements of your room — draw the windows, doors, projections, etc., by hand right onto your worksheet.
- Return to the computer. Now, using the tools (e.g. boxes and lines, etc.) in Powerpoint, add your windows, doors, projections, etc. At this point, you may need to re-measure — I did — when numbers/boxes don't add up. Keep working on the Powerpoint page until you believe it has all the fixed elements in place, measured accurately. Print out your final copy and a few extras to cut furniture from. Note: I hand-wrote notes on my copy after printing, but you could also add these in Powerpoint.
- Now, it's time to do the furniture: Transfer the measurements of your furniture onto the same grid. Draw heavy lines around the edge of each piece (I used regular pens or markers) and then cut them out.
- Start playing: Move your furniture around until you get it right. Pay attention to the space available for moving through the room safely and comfortably. Maybe you will "create" several furniture pieces not knowing what size you will ultimately choose. Lay out your furniture on a separate piece of grid paper to play with rug sizes, then cut the rugs from that paper.
- If you like, use bits of museum or poster putty to hold furniture down once you get a design you like. You might also strengthen the pieces by gluing them to cardstock / old cereal boxes etc.
- Alternatively: You could even use Powerpoint to make little pieces of furniture — "cut" the furniture from your grid" and use PPT tools to outline each piece, etc. — and move them around on-screen. Still, for me, there's nothing quite like moving little pieces of furniture by hand — dollhouse!
All the "Before" photos:
Above: The space "before"
My Mahalo Lounge furniture layout:
My goal with this room is to make it a convivial space for relaxing and especially, for entertaining. I hope to have at least one good cocktail party every month — and to be remembered as that crazy old lady with the amazing Polynesian pop living room/dining room. So, I need places for people to sit and talk and enjoy their drinks and each other.
As you can see, my first step is to create a main seating group facing the fireplace. Alas, there's a fair amount of asymmetry to the original architecture. I am probably not going to be able to center this seating group on the fireplace, because if I did, it would create too much of an empty galley between the sectional and the bookcases. I'll work toward "balanced asymmetry" using decorating tricks.
Above: Per Jay's suggestion, I added thsi photo: A "before" version of the bar area I'm about to talk about. This image was taken from the etsy video on my Pam's Kitchen page.
Bar Area Version #1:
On the other side of the room, I'm still playing with ideas. As shown above, I like the idea of having a smallish bar that is rounded… which you see right away when you enter the room…. and which gives the bartender a bird's eye view of everyone in the room, as well. The bar is going to be a real focal point — I gotta get one of my Orchids of Hawaii lights over it for sure (ugh, the lighting plan, talk about nerve-wracking!)! In this version, my peacock chair, a 25″ rattan table that I picked up at a nearby used furniture store, and three vintage wood captains chairs (originally used at a kitchen table) from my husband's family would go over by the bookcase.
Advantages of this option: My two lamps have natural places to go: One dangling above bar… the other, dangling lower above center of table in front of the peacock chair. Note, I have very high celings i this room. And, as I mentioned, bar tender has great view of everyone coming into the room. Finally, I don't really know how much room for stuff I will need inside or adjacent to the bar (it's not a wet bar). So maybe it's best to keep that big built-in bookcase open for decor, etc.
Bar Area Version #2:
Above: In the second version of this design, the bar would be set against the bookcase. Advantages of this version: More space to store glasses, booze, display items (including on the wall)… Disadvantage: When you first enter the space you'd see the side of the bar; I kinda don't like this idea.
Bar Area Version #3:
And (shown above) over on our Facebook page, Kelly through some miracle of Adobe Illustrator or some such (me no know) came up with this third version, saying:
Layout idea for Mahalo Lounge, combines the best of both of your initial plans. The bar is next to the bookshelf where it provides lots of display space for fabulous glassware , but you still see the front of the bar coming into the room.
Thanks, Kelly!
Meanwhile, in either case, I'm still noodling how to make either or both of these areas cozy and clearly differentiated from the main seating area. Indeed, nooks and crannies and surprise spaces are a hallmark of well-designed tiki bars. Maybe lower the ceiling with fish netting in on of the two areas?
I welcome your ideas, dear readers, on my furniture layout dilemma:
#1. bar in the back corner by the big window…
#2, bar by the bookcase…
or Kelly's idea, version #3?
Photo viewing tip: On a desktop, click on any image and it should double in size on screen so you can see the detail better. Hit ESC to go back to story.
- Read all the stories about my Mahalo Lounge project here.
I vote #1 so as you enter the room your guest's attention will be drawn to the bar area or the fireplace. The bar across the room will also "draw" them into the room, out of the doorway and ready to socialize
I agree with Patti, #1
Mahalo Pam!
There are already so many good suggestions on your tiki room that I will pass on my 14 cents worth. But I did want to comment on the room planning with scissor cut pieces.
My father worked for big companies, so we moved every few years during the 50s and 60s. We were a corporate version of a military family. Early on my mother made 1/4 inch to the foot paper cutouts of all our furniture pieces. When we were about to move and the new house was acquired, my mother would draw all the rooms out on 1/4 inch grid paper, which was available in pads.
By the time the movers arrived at the new house the room planning was complete, and she knew where everything would go. She had it down to a science. The movers seldom had to position anything more than once.
Doing it on paper may be even faster than on the computer, and I think more fun.
Can't wait to see your tiki room complete.


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Managing a relationship is more complicated than managing yourself. Managing an intimate relationship is even more difficult. Mending a marriage that has a history of "attachment injuries" sometimes seems impossible. But Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy seems to provide the most powerful way to mend broken relationships. It doesn't just restore things to where they've been. It helps people relate at levels of compassion, respect, empathy and intimacy like never before. This is what Dr. Keith Edwards spoke about at last week's CAPS meeting. This approach softens the interface between the couple that has become calloused by pain. It equips each individual to care for the other, to comfort each other, and to contribute to the edification of the other. Even though this approach, founded by Susan Johnson, is not grounded in Christian theory, its product is very Christian. I think it could serve as a practical application of all the New Testament passages that deal with how we should treat "one another."
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1. At what age does bipolar disorder typically surface, and why?
It typically surfaces during early adulthood, usually in the 20s. This is attributed to the natural history of the illness and the real reason is not known.
2. What are symptoms of bipolar disorder, and how are they different from depression? (I understand that bipolar patients experience periods of low moods too, so how to differentiate between the two?)
Patients with Bipolar suffers from episodes of mania or hypomania and depression. The depressive episodes of Bipolar Disorder are indistinguishable from clinical depression. As such patients who have depressive episodes are first diagnosed with clinical depression and the diagnosis will be revised should an episode of mania or hypomania surface.
The symptoms of mania are elevated mood, increased energy, increased self esteem, decreased need for sleep, pressure to keep talking or unusual talkativeness, racing thoughts, distractibility, excessive involvement in harmful activities. The symptoms should last for at least one week. In Hypomania, the symptoms are milder and the duration may be shorter.
3. How quickly can a bipolar patient's mood swing from one extreme to another? What are the triggers for the mood changes?
Most bipolar disorder consists of mood episodes, depressive or manic, that typically last weeks to months if not treated. A typical example will be one month of mania followed by three months of depression and the rest of the year is normal mood. However, there are patients who suffer rapid cycling bipolar disorder who cycle four times of more a year. Whilst some patients are thought to cycle even more frequently than that, ie. days to even within a day, this remains controversial.
Stresses in life, like work stress or family conflict, can sometimes trigger an episode. Sometimes a period of poor sleep, due to exams or work commitments can also lead to episodes.


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I must say I am impressed at all the work that has gone into the production of RedDeadWiki. This has obviously been a labor of love for a lot of people. I must also say that I love RDR. The game has been one of the most fun video games I have played in quite a while.
The one thing that bugs me about the wiki is that I really have to hunt for information about the multiplayer side of the game. I have all but finished the single player, and am pretty much scraping for my 100%, and now I am engrossed in the multiplayer game. But the multiplayer "portal" of the wiki is not as easily navigable as the single player side. Why?
Quite a few people that I have spoken to in multiplayer haven't even played the single player game at all. They just went straight into the multiplayer experience, wanting to pit their skills against other human players. They care nothing for the depth of story, the beautiful scenery, or the excellent internal mechanisms set up to balance the single player game (like Red Eye which is not existant in multiplayer in a really usable form). They just want to shoot other humans. Which is a perfectly acceptable goal in a freeform, sandbox multiplayer experience like RDR multiplayer. So, why don't we cater to these people and offer information in an easy to find and digest fashion?
If I want to understand RDR multiplayer without having the game running, just from the information on this website, some of the information is available in easily accessible form on the main multiplayer page, there is way too much information on some subjects (information overload), and other information that should be there (where to find better weapons, the fact that there are no personal or horse consumables like apples, moonshine, medicine, survival maps, etc).
I think that we can and should do better. I know that I will spend some time each day, time that I would normally spend playing RDR, trying to update and simplify the Multiplayer portal and sub-pages. I hope that some others will do the same.
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Teen pregnancy an "epidemic" in foster care
I read an interesting article from Time yesterday about teen pregnancy in foster care. It's never anything that I've really thought about (despite me volunteering with foster kids every week), and the article is quite enlightening about this topic. It's definitely a recommended reading!
To start off with a stat: Nearly 50% of girls in foster care have been pregnant at least once before they are 19. My reaction was a big, fat wow. There is clearly something wrong here! Luckily, the article goes into why this is obviously neglected.
Yet very few advocates and policymakers have focused on the issue of pregnancy among foster youth. "Most people in the teen-pregnancy field don't really pay much attention to teens in foster care," explains the National Campaign's senior policy director, Andrea Kane. "And most people working in the child-welfare system are so busy trying to place kids in homes that they don't focus much on pregnancy prevention."
The article also says that girls in foster care are more likely to have sex at a younger age, be forced to have sex and less likely to use contraception. Well, these issues just open another can of worms which can be connected with education, the instability of foster care (and sometimes the bad conditions of foster care), peer groups, etc.
Of course within the realm of education, comes sex education. The article brings up this issue as a big one. Social workers aren't talking to the kids about sex education, and the foster parents are definitely not bringing it up. I mean, it's true. Parents of even their even biological children don't want to talk about sex. It's just one of those things that gets "passed off" to someone else, which usually ends up being peer groups, and we all know that peer groups aren't the best place to learn what you need to learn about sex.
Fortunately, something is being done about this.
Planned Parenthood is recruiting and training thousands of peer educators — many of them in foster care themselves — who can reach out to teens with medically accurate advice. The organization is also testing out an online chat service that enables teens to get answers from a health professional at any time, day or night. "Sometimes," says Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, "we find teens are more comfortable asking a total stranger."
This is a great solution, and I hope that it will work at least to some extent! Obviously nothing is going to happen overnight, but the more advocacy for these foster kids, the better.


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This article is part four in a series where we discuss simple ways to use labor market data to build your talent strategy.
Scenario: Now it's time to turn your attention to the talent in the postsecondary system. What schools graduate the most graphic designers? Where can you set up direct relationships to make sure those students know about you and what you need?
Answer: In 2017, 288 people in North Carolina graduated from graphic design programs. Lenoir Community College had the most, followed by North Carolina State University at Raleigh. If your computer programming firm doesn't have a relationship there already, it might be wise to create one. We also see that nearly all of these graduates are U.S. citizens, and 126 are considered diverse. Good to keep in mind.
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Last week 32 athletes from Oxfordshire travelled to Birmingham for the English Schools' Track & Field Championships.
In the senior girls, Isobel Griffin Morris threw 42.25m in the discus winning the silver medal while team mate Luisa Chantler Edmond came 4th with a throw of 40.79m. Emily Thompson also brought home a silver medal in the 800m running 2:06.71. Katie Hetherington was equal 4th in the high jump with 1.66m, just missing out on a bronze medal by 3cm. Overall our senior girls team was particularly strong enabling them to win the senior girls trophy for group C counties.
Other highlights include inter girl Rachel Burton who shaved a massive 11 seconds off her PB in the 1500m Steeplechase with 5:16.86 coming 6th overall. New to the team and relatively inexperienced Oyare Aneju jumped a national standard performance of 12.43m in the inter boys triple jump gaining 7th overall.
The last track event of the competition saw Seb Hartwell, Oliver Stacey, Effiom Edet and Matthew Johnson win 3rd place in the senior boys 4×100m relay which was an excellent finish to a successful competition.
Other finalists and top eight finishers for Oxfordshire were:
Alice Byles: 8th SG 400mH – 63.64s (heat 62.62)
Jade O'Dowda: 8th SG 100 mH – 14.50s
Ella Turner: 5th IG 300m – 39.87s (heat 39.77)
Morgan Hanson: 8th IG 1500m S/C – 5:18.00
Ella Lovibond: 5th IG HT – 52.74m
7th SG 4×100m relay
Full results can be found here.


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Melodic motion
Melodic motion is the quality of movement of a melody, including nearness or farness of successive pitches or notes in a melody. This may be described as conjunct or disjunct, stepwise, skipwise or no movement, respectively. See also contrapuntal motion. In a conjunct melodic motion, the melodic phrase moves in a stepwise fashion; that is the subsequent notes move up or down a semitone or tone, but no greater. In a disjunct melodic motion, the melodic phrase leaps upwards or downwards; this movement is greater than a whole tone. In popular Western music, a melodic leap of disjunct motion is often present in the chorus of a song, to distinguish it from the verses and captivate the audience.
Bruno Nettl describes various types of melodic movement or contour (Nettl 1956, 51–53):
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Wake County and the town of Garner held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Garner Fire-Rescue and Wake County EMS Station, 125 Spaceway Ct., Garner, today, December 1, 2010, at 10 a.m. The public was invited to tour the facility immediately following the ribbon cutting.
"The new combined Fire-Rescue and EMS station is a model for an efficient
approach to service delivery due to its unique, multi-jurisdiction, multi-agency partnership," said Tony Gurley, chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners. "The partnership reduces the cost for everyone – especially our citizens – while improving service."
The opening of the new fire and EMS station will reduce the amount of time between when people in southeastern Wake County call 9-1-1 during an emergency and when help arrives.
"This station will serve a previously 'left-out' part of the fire district as well as areas of future new growth," Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams said. "I want to thank the county for partnering with the town as we prove we are good stewards of taxpayers' money."
County Commissioners modified the boundaries of the Garner Suburban Fire Insurance District on October 18, 2010, an action that will change the fire rating classification of properties in the newly extended area. Homes and businesses in the affected area will move from a public protection classification of ten (10) to a six (6), which will enable property owners to save as much as 15 to 30 percent on their annual property insurance premiums.
The Board of Commissioners approved construction of the new station in October 2009.


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The Brand New From Skoda, The upcoming Skoda Scala. Skoda has actually exposed the name of its brand-new Volkswagen Golf option. It'll be called the Skoda Scala and also, instead underwhelmingly, the name originates from the Latin word for 'ladder' or 'staircases'.
Skoda Scala Concept Design
While the greatly masked Skoda Scala received these photos makes it difficult to inform exactly how the completed vehicle will look, we can state with guaranty that it'll have a typical, two-box hatchback body. We can likewise inform you that it'll be the initial Skoda to have 'Skoda' drawn up throughout its bootlid and also will likewise be the very first Skoda to have indications that scroll in the instructions that the automobile is transforming.
The Skoda Scala is slighter larger than a Volkswagen Golf, which indicates it'll have extra back legroom as well as a 467-litre boot that's about a quarter bigger than the VW's. Place all the back seats down as well as the Scala's 1,410-litre overall capability is substantially greater than you enter the Golf.
The Skoda Scala will be offered with a selection of infomercial systems, with displays of as much as 9.2 inches available. As an alternative, purchasers can pick the Virtual Cabin, which changes the routine dials behind the guiding wheel with a customisable electronic screen.
Skoda Scala Power
In total amount, 5 engines will be offered in the Skoda Scala, with power results varying from 90 to 150hp. All are turbocharged and also have start-stop systems, however the firm is yet to verify which will be offered in the UK. The petroleum engine array begins with a 95hp 1.0-litre three-cylinder device, as well as is the just one mated specifically to a five-speed handbook transmission. Every various other engine features a six-speed handbook transmission as basic, while a seven-speed automated is optional.
Mid-range versions will have a 115hp variation of the 1.0 engine. As well as, while Skoda is yet to validate any one of the engines' crucial data, this much more effective device must obtain the auto from 0-62mph in between 10 as well as 11 secs as well as return gas economic climate of around 60mpg. On top of the variety is the 1.5-litre petroleum that's currently fitted to the Skoda Octavia. You can anticipate 55mpg gas economic situation and also a 0-62mph time of simply over 8 secs.
The only diesel motor validated until now is a 115hp variation of the 1.6 TDI system currently made use of in numerous various other Skodas. There has actually been supposition that a hybrid variation of the Scala will be readily available, yet absolutely nothing is validated up until now.
What is specific is that there will be 2 frameworks sets up. In addition to the 'regular' setup, there will be a 'Sporting activity Framework', which has a 15mm reduced flight elevation and also flexible dampers, which obtain stronger depending upon what establishing you placed the cars in.
Cost To get Skoda Scala
The Skoda Scala will change the Quick and also will be introduced in the direction of completion of this year, with the initial cars and trucks being provided in 2019. It will be bigger and also plusher than the Fast– independently, it's being promoted by Skoda as a straight option to the Volkswagen Golf. That implies you can anticipate it to set you back from around ₤ 17,000– regarding ₤ 1,500 greater than you'll spend for a Fast.


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At the International Trade Fair in Cuba this week, the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar announced that the Qatar Diar Real Estate Investment Company will build the the five star "Gran Paraiso" hotel on Cayo Largo, a small tourist island off the south coast of Cuba.
This hotel may be under construction in 2010 and open in 2012 with up to 450 rooms and 60 luxury villas.
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
The project will be a joint venture, as are all hotels and resorts in Cuba, between the Cuban government owned Gran Caribe and the Qatari company. It is the first real estate deal between the two countries and both sides agree that more hotel and resort developments will be explored.
Reuters is reporting that the Qatari company "views Cuba as ripe with investment opportunities and is looking at other possible projects, not all in tourism" and it plans to make Cuba one of its principal areas of real estate development activity.
"Cuba has strong economic bases, above all in tourism," President Al Saad says. "We want to send the clear message to the world that Qatar is at Cuba's side" and he would like Qatar and Cuba to discuss agriculture ventures as well.


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A friend, Tammy Schuman, who blogs from the perspective of living with Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), graciously allowed me to reblog her post. With Ataxia, a person may have problems with coordination because parts of the nervous system that control movement and balance are affected.
Through her blog, Tammy shares her experiences and observations about her condition. What I like about this post is Tammy's description of the day-to-day challenges of managing simple bodily functions with Ataxia. During the most painful and uncomfortable days of my cancer treatments, I had many of the same thoughts, panics and frustrations that she describes.
This is my first attempt at re-blogging someone else's post, I hope it works!
Update – a few minutes later:
Well, it didn't work, and it should have, and I'm not sure why, and it's late. Here is a link to Tammy's post.
Untoward Exits
Whether it's poop, pee, gas, snot or saliva––I'd like to choose when, in whose presence, and where it exits. Ah well…such is the life of an Ataxian. Fortunately, I have understanding family and friends. Another reason I love Skeeter–she doesn't care how gross I am.
I watched a movie the other night (of course). Harry Belafonte's character and Anthony Hopkin's character were having a drink and trading barbs about the effects of aging.
Harry Belafonte: "At least I don't have to get up three times a night to pee."
Anthony Hopkins: "At least I get up."
I'm not quite that bad, but I've come to look at the bowel and bladder more globally, like the nose and throat–increased sensitivity. I haven't had major issues yet, but I sense they are coming. Perhaps it's advancing age or the Ataxia, but I've noticed increased bladder sensitivity and decreased capacity. I've always had a capacity less than many people, particularly males. Like I needed to get worse? Lying awake at 2 am, trying to convince myself to just go back to sleep, is a waste of time. Get up, don't fall and just do it, Tam (don't think this is what Nike had in mind).
Consequent to the increased sensitivity, I (probably most people already know this):
–Avoid large volumes of fluid from early evening on (tea, caffeine, and wine are big offenders). I do have to get my wine in though.
–Go to the bathroom before bed (duh)
–Get up during the night whether or not I feel the urge.
–Hit the bathroom before I need to; Not having the "not now" ability I used to, I don't dawdle.
–Never pass up a bathroom (duh).
–Never get into a car without going to the bathroom (double duh)
Depends, Rely, Dignity, Sillhouette? Nice try at confidence branding (that ship has sailed). The various products out there make me much easier to rescue on a long scoot, should I underestimate my bladder capacity. One thing about Ataxians that indirectly affects "untoward exits". First of all, hurrying puts us at greater risk for falling. Secondly, we just don't move as skillfully as we used to. Consequently, we have to compensate using some anticipation, rather than shouting "Get out of my way!" Now THAT'S embarrassing.
I go before Earl occupies the bathroom, before the grandchildren wake up and come in our room, before guests arrive, before getting on a plane, before going out–before just about anything.
The lesson: Go to the bathroom, blow your nose, check your teeth–Just do it. And have understanding friends.__ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-5efd7b824943d', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy settings', } } }); });


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On Thanksgiving, we eat. On the days that follow Thanksgiving, we shop.
For e-commerce advertisers, Cyber Monday (November 26) is THE major holiday this month. In 2017, Cyber Monday online transactions reached $6.59 billion, a 16.8% increase from the previous year. Mobile sales hit $2 billion (!) in just 24 hours. If you're an online retailer, your Cyber Monday online ads need to really resonate with your customers while standing out from all the noise.
If you're still in the planning stages for your ads, do not panic! We've rounded up a few examples that are meant to inspire and motivate as the big day draws near.
You can't talk about Black Friday Cyber Monday social media advertising without talking about Amazon, the cream of the retailer crop when it comes to seasonal deals. Their social ads set themselves apart in a number of ways, but this one above really shines as it provides a clear path-to-purchase for customers. Online visitors are known to abandon sites quickly if they become confused or suspicious about where to go next. This ad makes great use of trackable bit.ly links and provides a well-defined, positive experience overall.
Your Challenge: How can you provide customers with a defined shopping path in your ads?
Four years ago, REI made the radical decision to close all of its stores for Black Friday. Additionally, they paid their employees to go spend that day outdoors with their families. Sounds crazy, right? As REI's Chief Creative Officer Ben Steele says, "What started as a moment has kind of become a movement." It is now one of the most well-known seasonal campaigns, as it turned advertising on its head and was deeply linked to the overall brand message. The concept has now been adopted by more than 700 other organizations.
Your Challenge: How can you be different for Cyber Monday while also staying connected to your brand?
Sometimes, the copy isn't the star of a well-produced ad. It's the visuals. Forever 21 has a young demographic that speaks fluent internet and loves a good meme or two. With the ad above, the copy is sparse but packs a punch with important hashtags. The visual does the rest of the work, making people laugh before they click the bit.ly link to shop. Aside from quality visuals, test out using humor with your audience, especially if your overall brand voice is playful.
Your Challenge: How can you use visuals to inspire humor with your target demographic?
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From The Layoff:
B&N will struggle through the holiday, and will probably fall short, since it has for the previous six seasons, and there's nothing to suggest that it's doing anything new to prevent it this year.
The money guys will come in on a certain Monday morning, and call the people who are providing the line of credit that the company has been relying on, and ask for a short term loan to make payroll for the coming Friday. And, they'll be told, no, we're not going to continue servicing this loan. And, not only that, but we're calling in all your paper.
Then, the money guys will sit there in shock for a few minutes, drink some coffee, maybe head out to the street to smoke a c-gare–e, which they had quit some years ago but which seems like a good idea today. Then, they'll start calling everybody they know and their uncle, whomever has some cash laying around. Maybe they'll find some shylock who will front the money, or maybe they won't. Word will get out on the street that B&N isn't solvent, and can't make their payroll for the week. And fewer and fewer calls will be answered, and if they can find somebody who will front the money, the interest will be usurious.
Worst case scenario: booksellers show up to work, and the stores are padlocked.
Best case scenario: stores stay open, but the company goes to the receiver and Chapter Eleven.
If you're a bookseller at B&N, start looking for a new job now. Forget about severance and all the rest of that b—s—, because you won't get it at this point.
This is how it will go.
Link to the rest at The Layoff and thanks to Felix for the tip.
You can see more anonymous comments at the Barnes & Noble section of The Layoff.


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250 Milliarden $ kosteten die Balkan Kriege die Amerikaner, nur um Terroristen und hoch kriminelle Verbrecher in die Politik zu bekommen und als Strategisches Ziel: einen Militär Stützpunkt im Balkan zu haben. Die Balkan Destabilisierung begann, als die NATO eine neue Aufgabe suchte und dazu braucht man einen Feind: Und er beste Feind den es gibt, ist der Feind, der nicht existiert: deshalb gibt es den Krieg gegen den Terrorismus danach.
Man geht über Leichen, als man eine neue Aufgabe für die NATO suchte und den Einfluss von Russland auf dem Balkan zurück drängen wollte und erfand: Humanitäre Kriege (wobei die Terroristen von den USA finannziert, Anschläge und Morde verübten, ebenso Entführungen, Folter und Mord an Zivilisten)!
Mit solchen verbrecherischen Methoden ist längst die NATO selbst im Irak und Afghanistan Krieg gescheitert und überdenckt ihre verbrecherische Politiker mit Profi Kriminellen und den dümmsten der Welt.
Kurz gesagt: Bill Clinton, Holbrock, Hays, Wesley Clark, Allbright organisierten über einen eigenen Geheimdienst am CIA vorbei mit der MPRI www.mpri.com
den Aufbau der übelsten Islamischen Terroristen und Verbrecher auf dem Balkan, mit Hilfe von Afghanistan Veteranen und alten Terror Verbündeten, wie den Iranischen Revolutions Garden und Bin Ladens Terror Truppe.
GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs
Holbrooke, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the Clinton White House all played key rôles in supporting the Islamists who, as it transpired, were consistently working with al-Qaida and the Iranian Government, among others, in planning major terrorist attacks on the US. Amb. Hays worked closely with Mr Holbrooke in the UN during this period. As a result, it was now seen as important that this pattern of support for people who were later seen to be involved in terrorist actions against the US should not be allowed to emerge, particularly in the build-up to the elections, which were regarded as being critical to Sen. Hillary Clinton and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR) Gen. Clark
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October 9, 2003
Bosnian Sources Admit Izetbegovic Not Dead; Liaising With Clinton, Holbrooke
Exclusive. Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS. With input from GIS Station Sarajevo. Very reliable sources in the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), the radical Bosnian Islamist political party, on October 8, 2003, confirmed to GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily that its leader, Alija Izetbegovic, 78, had not died but that the party had once again leaked stories of an illness and death to reduce the chances that Izetbegovic would face war crimes charges from the International Criminal Tribunal on [former] Yugoslavia (ICTY)……………….
The Deputy High Representative is US Ambassador Donald Hays, who worked with Holbrooke when he was Clinton Administration Ambassador (Permanent Representative) to the United Nations in New York and earlier, during Holbrooke's time working on Balkan issues when Amb. Hays was Executive Director of the US State Department's Bureau of European Affairs.
At the UN, on January 21, 2000, Holbrooke said: "I am fortunate to have as part of my team the indefatigable Ambassador Don Hays." Hays, then, came to the post of Deputy High Representative with strong biases in favor of Clinton Administration support for the Bosnian Islamists and Alija Izetbegovic………………….
September 22, 2003
Izetbegovic Now Believed Dead
The former President of the Bosnia-Herzegovina collective presidency, Alija Izetbegovic, 78, was reported by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs sources and at least one authoritative regional media source to have died of illness on September 19, 2003, in a Sarajevo hospital. The local media source was the Bijeljina-based television station, BN TV. BN TV is one of the few truly independent television services in Bosnia-Herzegovina, based in Bijeljina, in Republica Srpska, the predominantly Serbian province.
Weitere Reports
Colonel Crosman – ITCY: From Afghanistan to Iraq: Transplanting CIA Engineered Terrorism
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Auch wenn es schon Geschichte ist, so soll doch dieses Verbrechen hier festgestellt werden, das Bill Clinton über die MPRI www.mpri.com und die SAS des Englischen MI6, die Al-Quida Ausbildungs Camps für die UCK Terroristen finanzierte und unterstützte.
siehe auch die Aussage von Colonel Crosman, beim ITYC
From Afghanistan to Iraq: Transplanting CIA Engineered Terrorism
by Kurt Nimmo
n the years immediately before the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the al-Qaeda militants moved into Kosovo, the southern province of Serbia, to help ethnic Albanian extremists of the KLA mount their terrorist campaign against Serb targets in the region … The United States, which had originally trained the Afghan Arabs during the war in Afghanistan, supported them in Bosnia and then in Kosovo. When NATO forces launched their military campaign against Yugoslavia [in March, 1999] to unseat [Slobodan] Milosevic, they entered the Kosovo conflict on the side of the KLA [Kosovo Liberation Army], which had already received "substantial" military and financial support from bin Laden's network, analysts say.
In other words, the United States was supporting al-Qaeda after the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in August, 1998, events attributed to al-Qaeda and thus, we are told, prompting Clinton to bomb "training camps" (constructed earlier by the CIA) in Afghanistan on August 20 of that same year. Remarkably, in a story published by Jerry Seper in the Washington Times, the bedfellow relationship between Clinton, Osama bin Laden, and the KLA was spelled out:
Some members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which has financed its war effort through the sale of heroin, were trained in terrorist camps run by international fugitive Osama bin Laden, who is wanted in the 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 persons, including twelve Americans … The KLA members, embraced by the Clinton administration in NATO's bombing campaign to bring Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the bargaining table, were trained in secret camps in Afghanistan… and elsewhere, according to newly obtained intelligence reports. … The reports also show that the KLA has enlisted Islamic terrorists, members of the Mujahideen, as soldiers in its ongoing conflict against Serbia, and that many already have been smuggled into Kosovo to join the fight. … The reports said bin Laden's organization, known as al-Qaeda, has both trained and financially supported the KLA.
Clinton and the Mad Bomber of Yugoslavia, General Wesley Clark—who the "liberal" Michael Moore wanted to be president—worked hand-in-glove with the KLA, and thus al-Qaeda. "The Washington Post published a long article about bin Laden's worldwide activities, noting his presence in places like NATO- and U.N.-occupied Bosnia and Kosovo, but failed to point out that this has occurred under the watchful eye of the Clinton administration," write Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media. "The Post would rather not bring up that subject." Of course not—and they also "failed" to mention the well-documented connection between "Islamic terrorism" and United States foreign policy in the latest article citing the CIA lab report portraying Iraq as a terrorist incubator.
The Devil's Alliance: Clinton's Terrorist Allies In His War On The Christian Serbs
Have you ever wondered why Bill Clinton was bombing the Christian Serbs in the 1990s and why he allied with the vile Mohammedist enemy in his nasty Bosnian War against them? Well this information will boggle your mind and it will tell you how evil our policy toward the Christian Serbs has been. And it came back to bite us on 911 because thirteen of the nineteen hijackers were trained by the Mujahedeen terrorists in Bosnia.
This is the truth that you were never told. And this is the same sort of policy that the Obama-Hillary Clinton tyrannical regime is indulging in now, where just a few days ago Hillary Clinton said of the killing of Gadhafi "They went, they saw, he died" and then she laughed. This is precisely how the treacherous policy of the Left always comes back to haunt us. Time and time again.
Posted on There Must Be Justice
Eine wichtige Rolle spielten schon damals die US Verbrecher aus dem Balkan Action Council (Parteibuch Lexikon)Die Fakten sind ja auch im US Senat gut dokumentiert
The Kosovo Liberation Army: Does Clinton Policy Support Group with Terror, Drug Ties?
From 'Terrorists' to 'Partners'
Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia: The Clinton Administration concealed its active cooperation with the Iranians for arms shipments to the Muslim fundamentalist regime of Alija Izetbegovic in Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia. [For details on the Clinton Administration's active connivance with the Iranians, see RPC's "Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base," 1/16/97.] This track record undermines the Clinton Administration's insistence that Russia, as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, is obligated to observe the same embargo with respect to Serbia [as stated by State Department spokesman James Rubin, daily briefing, March 24, 1999].
Eradication of the Serbs in Krajina: The Clinton Administration has stalled efforts to investigate what has been called the "biggest ethnic cleansing" of the Balkan wars, one which the Clinton Administration may itself have helped to facilitate:
Zur Iran Contra Affäre und den Hintergründen, sagt diese Bild und alle Namen absolut Alles schon!
Nicht nur Bob Dole, war der Ur-Zerstörer von Jugoslawien, sondern sein enger Politischer Partner Reagon gab die Order Jugoslawien zu zerstören und zu zerstückeln
Reagan's NSDD 133 (1984) "Secret and Sensitive"
November 1988. DioGuardi with President Regan, Congressman Rinaldo and National Security Adviser Poindexter in the Oval Office discussing U.S. foreign policy in Balkans.
aus der Mafia Website AACL
Ossama Bin Laden Role in Bosnia: "Guidebook" for Al-Qaeda
Posted: October 26, 2011 by theremustbejustice in Uncategorized
Bosnian Muslim Army troops of the Al-Qaeda linked El Mujahedeen Unit parade in downtown Zenica in central Bosnia in 1995, carrying the black flag of Islamic jihad.
Ossama Bin Laden played a key role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war. Alija Izetbegovic not only issued him a Bosnian passport through the Bosnian Embassy in Vienna in 1993, but met with him at least on one occasion in Sarajevo in November, 1994. Bin Laden came to Bosnia at least two times. Bin Laden organized the recruitment of Arab-Afghan mujadeheen "volunteers" for Bosnia. He also used Islamic front organizations and charities to funnel money to the Bosnian Muslim regime and army.
More importantly, according to many prominent anti-terror experts, Bosnia was the "guidebook" for Al-Qaeda. Bosnia was where Al-Qaeda was forged in the fires of Islamic jihad.
In Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror (NY: Free Press, 2004), Richard A. Clarke, who was the anti-terror czar in the George W. Bush Administration, a security and counter-terrorism advisor to three U.S. Presidents, wrote:
"What we saw unfold in Bosnia was a guidebook to the Bin Laden network, though we didn't recognize it as such at the time. Beginning in 1992, Arabs who had been former Afghan mujahedeen began to arrive. With them came the arrangers, the money men, logisticians, and 'charities.' They arranged front companies and banking networks. As they had done in Afghanistan, the Arabs created their own brigade, allegedly part of the Bosnian army but operating on its own. The muj, as they came to be known, were fierce fighters against the better-armed Serbs. They engaged in ghastly torture, murder, and mutilation that seemed excessive even by Balkan standards."
The funding and recruitment of the mujahedeen to Bosnia was organized by Bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda network:
"Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic decided to take aid where he could… Better yet, al Qaeda sent men, trained, tough fighters. European and U.S. intelligence services began to trace the funding and support of the muj to bin Laden in Sudan, and to facilities that had already been established by the muj in Western Europe itself."
The Afghan-Arab mujahedeen force in Bosnia was engaged in an "al Qaeda jihad":
"Although Western intelligence agencies never labeled the muj activity in Bosnia an al Qaeda jihad, it is now clear that is exactly what it was."
Clarke noted that "[m]any of the names that we first encountered in Bosnia showed up later in other roles, working for al Qaeda." These included:
1) Abu al-Makki, who was seen in the December, 2001 video standing next to bin Laden "as al Qaeda's leader extolled the September 11 attacks";
2) Abu al-Haili, who was arrested in Morocco in 2002 for planning to attack U.S. ships;
3) Ali al-Shamrani, who was arrested by Saudi police for attacking the U.S. military aid mission in 1995;
4) Khalil Deek, arrested in 1999 for planning attacks against U.S. installations in Jordan;
5) Fateh Kamel, part of the Millennium Plot cell in Canada;
6) Khalid Almihdhar, 9/11 hijacker fought in Bosnia; and,
7) Nawaf Alhazmi, 9/11 hijacker fought in the Bosnian civil war.
Bosnian Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic, lower right, meeting with Al-Qaeda linked Arab-Afghan mujahedeen in Bosnia.
One of the hijackers of the second attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, possessed a Bosnian passport
Senior Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was granted Bosnian citizenship in November, 1995. He is allegedly the mastermind and planner of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the U.S.
How much was paid U.S. war in Kosovo?
U.S. President Bill Clinton was not very liked in Congress because the breakup of Yugoslavia cost the country more money, which could have invested in other
. U.S. and West Balkan crisis has cost 250 billion dollars, reports the "Voice of Russia".
"With that money could have been built a new Yugoslavia and the Balkans would create heaven on earth. Rather, the Balkans has created an unstable area. Are many Americans who have given assistance to the Albanian-Americans especially, said to have more impact ", following further article titled:" How has paid U.S. arms supply KLA ".
"Today in the U.S. live 300 to 500 thousand Albanians. At the beginning, they supported Ibrahim Rugova, and today are in support of Hashim Thaci. They offered a 2 billion dollars of aid that are spent on armaments and creating KLA . former KLA leaders were quickly transformed into political leaders. Not only Americans, but help came from Tirana. After the 1997 crisis in Albania, where people destroyed all weapons depots, all "Kalashnikovs" ended in the hands of the KLA, "concludes writing.
The Unknown Greek-American CIA Agent In "Charlie Wilson's War": Balkan and Afghanistan


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During 2007 I worked on a massive project that almost killed both me and the team in terms of the sheer amount of work we managed to squeeze into a very tight timeframe. As the project went on for almost 7 months, we needed a way to let the team members know where we were and how long was left. So I came up with a countdown that was displayed over my desk showing how many days of coding, testing and UAT were left which served to focus the dev team a bit more. It worked a treat but was very manual.
Anyway, during the latter half of last year all our developers laptops were upgraded to run Vista and of course get the excellent Sidebar. So I figured it would be cool to develop a sidebar gadget that provided the same information but could focus the developers every time they looked at their desktop instead of having to look above my desk.
So here is the fruit of my labours, the Countdown gadget.
The gadget at the moment lets you set a date, an event title and a colour for the background. I have a few other bits I want to introduce like consuming an iCal feed and the ability to check a network drive for a date but they will come in a later iteration.
Of course the use of the gadget is not constrained to just software milestones, you could also use the gadget for things like:
- Days until birthdays
- Days until going on holiday
- Days until public holiday
- In face, days until ANYTHING YOU WANT!!
At the moment I am after people to test the gadget, once it's been tested for a week or so and anything nasty has been worked out of it, I will submit it to the Live Gallery and give it to the world. If you are interested in testing this gadget, drop me a line via firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a comment on this post.
Update : The testing is over and build 1.0.0 has been released at the Live Gallery for download.


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Unlike surgical procedures such as facelifts that require long recovery times, laser treatments are a proven method of reducing wrinkles, age spots, and other blemishes without going under the knife. Dr. Kanayochukwu Anya in Fort Worth, Texas, offers laser wrinkle treatments using the latest skin care technologies to help patients look and feel their best. If you're interested in minimally-invasive options for wrinkles, call Anya Bariatrics and Aesthetics or book a consultation online.
Laser wrinkle treatment, also called laser skin resurfacing, is a treatment that reduces wrinkles, age spots, and other blemishes while tightening and toning the skin. It's a minimally-invasive alternative to surgery, offering patients minimal recovery time and long-lasting results.
Dr. Anya uses PicoSure® laser treatment. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012, PicoSure's PressureWave™ technology uses a special wavelength of light to convert laser energy into gentle pressure. This pressure squeezes your cells and activates their natural process of creating new collagen and elastin.
All of that is done without relying on the heat of the laser, which means your skin won't get burned or damaged.
Dr. Anya provides a complete evaluation for determining if laser treatment is right for you. In general, however, laser wrinkle treatments work best on wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, including:
The ultra-fast pulses minimize the amount of heat that's transferred, so there isn't much pain. Patients describe PicoSure treatments for laser wrinkle removal as feeling like a rubber band snapping on your skin. Plus, it's fast: The sessions last only about 10-15 minutes.
After PicoSure treatments, most patients experience one to three hours of minor swelling and redness. But because PicoSure doesn't burn or damage the surface of the skin, you can wear makeup, moisturizer, and sunscreen immediately following treatment. There's no need to cover up or to miss work or other activities.
At Anya Bariatrics Aesthetics we specialize in All Skin Types. Our State of the Art Equipment and techniques allow us to work on All Skin Types and we pride ourselves in offering every service to even darker skin tones.
This is a wrinkle reduction treatment. Specialized handpieces are used to deliver radiofrequency energy to the skin without ablating the surface. The heat generated by radio waves helps break down collagen in the dermal layers the skin. The body naturally responds by growing new collagen.
Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxic protein. It will improve the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines, forehead furrows, smoker's lines, and crow's feet.
Reduce wrinkles around your nose and mouth and is most popular for full beautiful lips. It can restore age related volume changes in the cheeks.
At Anya Bariatrics Aesthetics we specialize in All Skin Types. Our State of the Art Equipment and techniques allow us to work on All Skin Types and we pride ourselves in offering every service to even darker skin tones.
This procedure is known as Collagen Induction Therapy and is ideal for the treatment of acne scars, surgical scars, stretch marks, wrinkles and fine lines, hyperpigmentation, lax skin, sun damaged, large pores, and uneven skin texture.
You're likely a good candidate for laser wrinkle treatment if you have fine lines around your eyes, mouth, and forehead, or if you have shallow scars from acne. Certain medications or conditions can make complications more likely, so you can consult with Dr. Anya and she can determine whether it's right for you.
If you're interested in minimally-invasive laser wrinkle removal, call Anya Bariatrics and Aesthetics or request an appointment online.
*Individual results may vary


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Job Description
Backend Engineer - Scala / Kubernetes / Linux
The tech stack this company uses comprises of; Scala, Kubernetes, Ainsble, Linux which they utilize to create a next-generation platform used for security management.
This company is looking for an experienced backend engineer who is able to lead teams. The team mentioned manages cloud platform in which billions of requests are sent per day. You will be responsible for creating and implementing libraries and be involved within the systems architecture, as well as continuous improvement of their current foundations.
The growing organization has recently won many awards across the globe as recognition for the work they are doing, including Forbes Cloud Award. They empower companies to prevent cyber attacks by detecting and investigating the threat. Their platform utilizes machine learning to track & identify behaviors.
What they offer:
- Opportunity within a growing company
- Competitive salary
- 401k
- Strong benefits package
- Experience with Scala
- Previous experience with Java or other JVM is a plus
- Experience with RESTful API is a plus
- Degree in Computer Science
- Experience with Linux
- Experience with Kubernetes or Ainsble