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New York Canals Generate Over $6 Billion in Non-Tourism Activity
The New York State Canal System generates over $6 billion annually in non-tourism activity across the state.
That's according to a new study commissioned by the State Canal Corporation.
The study details uses such as renewable power generated by 27 hydroelectric facilities located along the canal system.
It also found that the canals support over 26,000 jobs and generates hundreds of millions in tax revenue.
Governor Andrew Cuomo calls the canals a rich part of New York's heritage and an important economic resource.


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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Crime Erupts Under the Streets of L.A.
Richard Basehart is the killer who terrorizes L.A. and can't be stopped. Few have ever seen him, and that frustrates the L.A.P.D.
Jack Webb plays a supporting role as a police forensics officer, and it's obvious that this film provided the blueprint for the TV show that would become his shining achievement, "Dragnet."
The movie is an early, primitive police procedural that wants to be a German Neo-Expressionist art film. When the camera moves into the subterranean world of storm drains it's easy to imagine for a while that directors Carol Reed or perhaps Fritz Lang are calling the shots.
What makes it a must see is the wonderful black and white photography as Basehart becomes the human prey of the forces of justice.
Suddenly, Venice, Calif., stands in for Vienna. We remember Orson Welles being chased through that city's storm drains in "The Third Man." Oceans are crossed, and the European avante garde finds a safe refuge on the Pacific Coast.
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500gm White Gourd,
1-cup wheat flour,
1-cup suji (or Dhokal flour),
1\2-cup Bengal gram flour,
1\2-cup Pearl Millet flour,
4-5 green chillies,
4-5 garlic pieces,
4-tbsp lemon juice,
1-tbsp soda-bi-carbon,
3-tbsp sesame seeds,
1-tbsp red chilli powder,
1-tbsp turmeric powder,
2-3 small pieces of jaggery,
Salt to taste.
Method to make Muthiya:
Step 1: Grate white gourd and add ingredients without any type of flour .
Step 2: Add all type flour and making dough.
Step 3: Make desire shape for "Muthiya".
Step 4: Add enough water in steamer bottom and place the "Muthiya" over it.
Step 5: Steam for 15-minutes.
Step 6: Let it cool and cut into pieces.
Ingredients for tadka to making simple muthiya:
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
2-tbsp sesame seeds,
3-tbsp oil,
5-6 curry leaves.
Method to making simple muthiya:
Step 1: Heat oil in pan and add all ingredients for tadka.
Step 2: Than add pieces of muthiya and season it.
Step 3: Turn off the flame and take it in a service plate and serve hot with ketchup or tea.
Rasiya Muthiya
Ingredients for making Rasiya Muthiya:
3-tbsp green chilli, garlic and ginger paste,
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
2-cupbutter milk or 1-cup curd,
1-tbsp red chilli powder,
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp coriander-cumin powder,
Salt to taste,
Coriander leaves for garnish.
Method to making Rasiya Muthiya:
Step 1: Heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and paste.
Step 2: Then add little water and after that add curd or buttermilk in it.
Step 3: After 2-3 minutes add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander+cumin powder.
Step 4: Heat up to making bubbles and add pieces of muthiya.
Step 5: Heat for 2-minutes and turn off the flame.
Step 6: Take it in a serving bowl and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
Step 7: Serve hot.


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Tour de Yorkshire
Yorkshire wowed the cycling world with its spectacular staging of the Grand Depart to the 2014 Tour de France and then the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in 2015. The 2016 Tour de Yorkshire will be staged on April 29 and 30 and May 1, with stages from Beverley to Settle, Otley to Doncaster, and Middlesbrough to Scarborough.
BREAKING: Olympic, Tour de France and world champions on start line for Tour de Yorkshire
2:21pm Tuesday 18th April 2017
RACE organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and ASO have announced a host of big-name riders for the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire - with Tour de France winner Luke Rowe and world sprint stars Nacer Bouhanni and Caleb Ewan among those set to compete.
Tour brings business boost for Ryedale
12:38pm Friday 6th May 2016
BUSINESSES and communities across northern Ryedale have praised the "special and exciting atmosphere" created during Stage Three of the second annual Tour de Yorkshire on Sunday.
Tour de Yorkshire: Thousands line Tour route in Ryedale - with new pictures
5:21pm Sunday 1st May 2016
THOUSANDS of people have lined the streets in Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside to cheer the cyclists of the Tour de Yorkshire as they swept through.
Helmsley "open for business" for TdY
1:48pm Friday 29th April 2016
BUNTING, bikes, balloons and banners – the final touches are being put to preparations for this year's Tour de Yorkshire.
Bike 'selfie' competition launched for TdY
4:22pm Thursday 28th April 2016
A "prize pack" of TdY goodies is up for grabs as part of a new competition.
Giant land art created for Tour de Yorkshire
10:06am Wednesday 27th April 2016
THE North York Moors National Park Authority's giant land art to mark Stage Three of this year's Tour de Yorkshire cycle race on May 1 has been unveiled on the top of Sutton Bank.
Kirkbymoorside prepares to welcome Tour
4:39pm Tuesday 26th April 2016
KIRKBYMOORSIDE is ready for a day of action on Sunday, with the Tour de Yorkshire, the Beadlam Tractor Run and the town's 10k all taking place.
Party atmosphere at TdY finish line
5:40pm Thursday 21st April 2016
THERE will be a party atmosphere in Scarborough on Sunday, May 1 as spectators eagerly await the finish of Stage Three of the Tour de Yorkshire.
Road closures in Ryedale for TdY
11:34am Thursday 21st April 2016
ROADS in Ryedale will be closed on a rolling basis for the Tour de Yorkshire, it has been confirmed.
Ryedale gets 'Tour ready'
6:09am Wednesday 20th April 2016
SCHOOLS and businesses on the Tour de Yorkshire route are preparing to welcome the riders as they sweep through north Ryedale.
Sir Bradley Wiggins and Lars Petter Nordhaug among riders returning for TdY
12:35pm Friday 15th April 2016
SOME of the best road cyclists in the world will race in this year's Tour de Yorkshire, it has been announced today.
100-year-old gears up for Tour de Yorkshire
12:00pm Friday 15th April 2016
A CYCLING centenarian is celebrating the imminent Tour de Yorkshire after a lifelong love of the sport.
Follow in the cycle tracks of pro cyclist
6:04am Saturday 2nd April 2016
CYCLISTS tackling this year's Tour de Yorkshire Ride, the public "sportive" ride which takes place on the last day of the Tour, have been set a mountainous challenge.
Get, set go for Kirkbymoorside 10k
6:07am Wednesday 30th March 2016
KIRKBYMOORSIDE will be under starter's order for three major events on Sunday, May 1.
Lizzie Armitstead confirms participation in Women's Tour de Yorkshire
1:50pm Wednesday 23rd March 2016
WORLD champion Lizzie Armitstead will race in this year's Women's Tour de Yorkshire race, which will start in her home town of Otley.
Planning assistance for Tour de Yorkshire
6:05am Tuesday 22nd March 2016
FREE marketing support is available to communities in Selby celebrating the Tour de Yorkshire.
Tour de Yorkshire start and finish times revealed
3:19pm Friday 18th March 2016
START and finish times for the Tour de Yorkshire have been revealed.
Get in the saddle for Tour de Yorkshire
6:00am Thursday 10th March 2016
FOR those cyclists itching to get in the saddle on the Tour de Yorkshire weekend, general entries are open to the Tour de Yorkshire Ride sportive.
New bike bank opens and gets immediate boost
6:00am Sunday 28th February 2016
A NEW bike bank has opened in the region.
Town makes bike appeal for tour
6:04am Saturday 6th February 2016
FROM collecting old bicycles to calling for volunteers, preparations for this year's Tour de Yorkshire are well underway in Ryedale.
RNLI named as Tour de Yorkshire charity
6:04am Monday 18th January 2016
THE RNLI has been launched as the official charity for this year's Tour de Yorkshire.
Talks being held for 2016 Tour de Yorkshire
1:50pm Thursday 14th May 2015
TALKS are being held on plans for the 2016 edition of the Tour de Yorkshire international cycle race.
Tour de Yorkshire rides into the history books
4:43pm Wednesday 6th May 2015
THE first-ever Tour de Yorkshire has ridden itself into the history books after a momentous three days of racing. One and a half million fans at the roadside and TV audiences in more than 150 countries have witnessed some of Yorkshire's finest scenery, with crowds at key points in the race comparable with the Tour de France.
Norton gives Tour a Yorkshire welcome
4:29pm Wednesday 6th May 2015
THE Tour de Yorkshire rolled into Norton and the whole town did it proud.
Tour de Yorkshire: Going to town in Pickering
4:20pm Wednesday 6th May 2015
"Let them know they've come to Pickering," shouted Tour Maker Tony Poole as the crowds cheered in response.
Tour de Yorkshire brings in £1m to York's economy
7:47am Tuesday 5th May 2015
ORGANISERS of the Tour de Yorkshire estimate the cycling event boosted York's economy by £1 million as 450,000 watched from the roadside in the city.
Hermans wins stage three as Nordhaug lands overall victory in inaugural Tour de Yorkshire
6:19pm Sunday 3rd May 2015
Belgian Ben Hermans was victorious in the third stage of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire as Team Sky's Lars Petter Nordhaug clinched overall victory.
118 photos from TdY Day 2 - York, Selby & Norton
9:57am Sunday 3rd May 2015
See dozens of photos of Saturday's spectacular scenes in York and Selby
TdY in York: Your videos
12:12pm Sunday 3rd May 2015
DID you miss the Tour de Yorkshire in York? Or were you there, but want to relive it again?
Joining the Tour de Yorkshire party
5:33pm Saturday 2nd May 2015
As the second day of the Tour de Yorkshire headed for York, STEPHEN LEWIS joined the party in Bishopthorpe Road
Thousands line York's streets for Tour de Yorkshire Stage 2
12:28pm Saturday 2nd May 2015
Crowds cheer on the Tour de Yorkshire riders in York
Hofland wins Tour de Yorkshire stage two in York as Nordhaug retains overall race lead
5:04pm Saturday 2nd May 2015
Dutchman Moreno Hofland won stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire in York.
Crowds enjoy "important" women's race through York's streets
4:56pm Saturday 2nd May 2015
THE finish line in York was loud with applause an hour before Stage Two got underway in Selby, but not for the Tour de Yorkshire.
Tour de Yorkshire road closures in York
7:43am Saturday 2nd May 2015
The Tour de Yorkshire race route will be closed to traffic from 8:00am for up to 10 hours.
Shattered but buoyed by crowd after ride
8:06am Monday 4th May 2015
Press reporter Megi Rychlikova took part in a gruelling 55km Cycletta yesterday to help celebrate the Tour de Yorkshire. She describes her exhausting experience
Tour de Yorkshire riders receive a warm welcome in North and East Yorkshire
5:21pm Friday 1st May 2015
THOUSANDS lined the route for the first day of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire.
Favourites drop out on brutal opening day in inaugural Tour de Yorkshire
7:42pm Friday 1st May 2015
Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug claimed what he said felt like a "home victory" for Team Sky in front of massive crowds on day one of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire.
Tour de Yorkshire: Wiggo's Brad to be here!
8:02am Friday 1st May 2015
ALL eyes will be on North Yorkshire today as the first ever Tour de Yorkshire is staged, kick-starting a weekend of cycling activities around the region.
Tour de Yorkshire: Fossgate traders take advantage of road closure
8:16am Friday 1st May 2015
A POPULAR street lined with independent traders will close to traffic this weekend to celebrate its varied businesses.
Children's bicycle bunting gives street a real lift
8:43am Friday 1st May 2015
YOUNGSTERS at a York primary school have designed bunting for the Tour.
Yorkshire cycling star visits York bike shop ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire
4:51pm Thursday 30th April 2015
YORKSHIRE cycling star Ed Clancy and his team visited a cycling shop in York today ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire.
Scarborough pledges tour will be ride of your life
3:20pm Thursday 30th April 2015
A DAY of festivities, including a spectacular bicycle ballet, a lifelike animatronic dinosaur and an international-class racing powerboat will mark the ending of stage one of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in Scarborough.
Tour de Yorkshire: Plan ahead to avoid road congestion
3:16pm Thursday 30th April 2015
PLAN ahead and have a great Tour, that is the message to people along the East Coast, as details are announced of which roads will be affected by the Tour de Yorkshire.
Rosedale dresses up to welcome cyclists
3:10pm Thursday 30th April 2015
ROSEDALE is "dressing up" for the Tour de Yorkshire and providing visitors and residents with a day to remember.
Moors fun for cycling enthusiasts
3:07pm Thursday 30th April 2015
A CYCLING-themed family fun day at The Moors Centre at Danby will mark the Tour de Yorkshire.
Pickering in the saddle with Tour de Yorkshire celebrations
3:01pm Thursday 30th April 2015
THE community in Pickering is pulling out all the stops to make the Tour de Yorkshire a day to remember for the town.
Norton gears up for an epic day in its history
2:57pm Thursday 30th April 2015
THE bunting is up and Norton is ready to welcome visitors to the town on Saturday, for a family day to celebrate the Tour de Yorkshire.
All eyes on Wiggins as he hits the Yorkshire roads
3:22pm Thursday 30th April 2015
ALL eyes will be on Sir Bradley Wiggins when the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire gets underway on Friday.
Selby gears up for the Tour de Yorkshire
9:51am Thursday 30th April 2015
SELBY is buzzing as residents and businesses prepare to host the start of Stage Two of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire.
Church bells to ring out for Tour de Yorkshire
10:12am Thursday 30th April 2015
CHURCHES across the Diocese of York will be offering hospitality to spectators during the Tour de Yorkshire.
2015 Tour de Yorkshire pictures
2016 Tour de Yorkshire route
Stage One
Friday, April 29
Beverley to Settle
Total stage length: 185km
Stage Two
Saturday, April 30
Otley to Doncaster
Total stage length: 135.5km
Stage Three
Sunday, May 1
Middlesbrough to Scarborough
Total stage length: 198km
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Stonehaven teen Heather Nisbet (13) has achieved third place in a UK and Ireland-wide Rotary Young Chef competition.
Heather was the youngest competitor to make it to the final eight, whittled down from 6,500 competitors who battled it out in a high powered Young Chef final in North Wales on Saturday April 25.
Heather Nisbet, representing the Rotary Club of Stonehaven was third to Lewis Wilson (16) from the Rotary Club of Horsham coming out top - this being the third time in a row that this Club has provided the winner - with Samantha Rides (16) coming second for the Rotary Club of Portishead.
Heather's three courses were gateau of hot smoked and pickled smoked salmon in avocado mousse topped with a pan fried Peterhead landed langoustine and delicate baby leaves with olive oil, tomato and dill dressing, free range Gartmorn chicken breast stuffed with a herby low fat cream cheese wrapped in air cured Achiltibuie ham and gently oven roasted served with garlic infused rooster potato purée, roasted turned baby seasonal vegetables and sweet Basil pesto and soft set lemon cream on a biscuit base with hazelnut and cinnamon infused orange segments served with a fruit and vanilla bean sauce Anglaise topped with a tempered chocolate ribbon. All of Heathers ingredients were sourced in the North East of Scotland.
Heather's family - very proud dad and mum George and Gaynor and younger brother Brodie were in attendance together with a six strong contingent representing the Rotary Club of Stonehaven.
Mackie Academy, Heather 's school have as Corporate Responsibility supporters ( and sponsors of the school's Young Chef competition ) Industrial Catering Company ESS ( part of the Compass Group ).
ESS Food Production Manager Graham Singer and Chris Macleod ( Chef Manager of Total Oil catering facility on the outskirts of Aberdeen) worked with Heather and schoolmates as well as mentoring Heather and building up her skill levels and confidence in preparation for this prestigious event they further provided additional sponsorship and logistical support and arranged transportation of her food and equipment to North Wales.
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The seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 29 at the South El Monte City Hall Council Chambers, 1415 Santa Anita Avenue, organizers said in a written statement.
"Participants will learn how to select a home, find a realtor, choose a lander and how to secure an affordable mortgage," the statement said.
"This training seminar is required in order to obtain a First Time Homebuyer Loan from the city in the amount of $25,000, funded by the California Department of Housing and Community Development's CalHome Program," the statement added.
Under the program, the city will be making zero-interest, 30-year and silent second loans for families meeting eligibility requirements.
"All applicants in the household that will be applying for the City's First Homebuyer Program must attend the seminar," according to the city statement. "Applicants that have only one adult member of the family attend, in a two adult household, will not be eligible to obtain funds until the second adult attends and received a certificate of completion."
For more information, the South El Monte Community Development Department can be reached 626-579-6540.


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Romans 5 JUSTIFICATIONS PROOF
Contributed by Jerral Campfield
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Romans 5 New King James Version
Paul here is going to prove justification by faith showing its fruit and the foundation for our hope and faith in Christ who is our all in all.
Faith Triumphs in Trouble
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
The greatest benefits of Justification by faith is the peace that God gives not in what man is able to achieve to attain to our potential, but what God gives to all for all lives matter. It is impossible to have peace with Gods will without being free of sins shame. It is our consequences that warns us of wrongs evil and when we accept the Lord our consequences are alive and healthy and he forgives us as we repent and turn away and resist sins. It is for the simple reason God justifies us as never sinning which produces good fruit for all to see. God created us to have peace and it is our when we submit our way to wanting God to have His way, truth and life. This all happens because of the faith God gave to all to grow, so it produces goodwill and peace. This becomes possible as we abide in the vine like John. 15 describes so will by God grace not of works we have done but simply having our faith, hope in God to cause us to want to worship and reverence Him by praying to God for His grace to help us. We are born sinners and God gave us the law in the Old Testament and in the New He gave His body as a sacrifice for our sins. That is the reason we proclaim Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. It is not to our righteousness, but to God be the glory for the great things He is doing in our lives now. Our Rejoicing is in Christ in us, we simply trust and then obey accepting His grace as glory is beginning to give us the ability to glory in what Christ did for us on the cross.
And not only
but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Remember the Disciples were counted worthy to suffer in Acts 5:41 as tribulations has benefits of patience as we abide in the Lord, just as metal is harden by fire. Lord help us to go through the tribulations without becoming useless, but useful in the Kingdom of God. Jobs tribulation bought to him hope that he was going to come through as Gold tried in the fire.
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Here we are living in a world that seems to not have answers for the ills of man and all hope seems to be gone, for no one can solve the problems man has created, Like Facebook and how big it has become, even they are hacked by others us, what they have created against mankind. Yet God has given us hope as a tool to continue to reverence, worship, have faith to pray to the Lord for Help. It is not any other name given among men whereby we are saved, it is simply in the cross of Calvary were Jesus died was buried and rose again, giving us the assurance He is alive able to give us the opportunity to achieve our potential, as we just abide in Him to produce goodwill and peace to all around us. So who are you abiding in, self who needs help or God who is all powerful empowering us to be an Ambassadors for His Kingdom to come as we live abide in Him?
Christ in Our Place.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
It is so true when we run out of hope and faith, we have no one to help us, when we become so desperate we need help and it is the Lord that is the source of our strength to continue to trust and obey even when we can't see the results. While working for White Swan High Lumber Company I ran a surveying crew where we had to reestablish property lines to the original state, this one time we saw where the Section Line began at the sight of a tree that has water coming out of it. This water flowed into a larger water shed into the Columbia and into the Ocean. This is liken unto some one that accepts the Lord, the water of God begins to rise up and gives new life as the old has been washed away and we are embolden to become refreshed become more and more every day to become like the Lord as we abide in the vine; Jesus; the ocean of Godliness. Are you ready is it your time to trust the Lord to let the water of the Holy Spirit to wash away all the sins that contaminate us?
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
Lord help us to see Jesus died for the unrighteous man, that is the reason on the cross with two others one wanted to be remembered by god and the other did not. We are all sinners in need of cleansing and purifying. Just as the first Adam was not able to forgive us without some type of sacrifice, so the second Adam Jesus gave His life as that sacrifice to help all who call upon Him that is accept His atonement, redemption, justification, grace, love and mercy He provided for us, to have good mental will being.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
But God takes the impossible sinner and gives them the opportunity to be in the family of God as an ambassador for the Lord. It is not in what we have done, but simply trusting and depending upon the Lords faithfulness as our Father to supply all we need, when He determines what is best, according to His way, not when we determine. Here Paul understood this for he was the Chiefest of sinners, going about persecuting and killing good solid Christians but God got his attention; is God getting your attention, or do you like what the enemy Satan is dishing out to you?
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
It seems until we see the truth we cannot fully understand the magnitude of how important the Blood is to the body of Christ, for it is the Blood that flows through our bodies that keeps us alive and prevents sickness's robbing us of life. Here this is proof again that it is the Blood of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ we are Spiritual healthy, so we are producing Gods will in our lives, so we can be heathy and pure, ready to enter Heavens purely white surrounding. This is being saved from God wrath of hell to Gods eternal Glory in Heaven.
For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Yes we were born enemies of God; sinners, but God gave His Son Jesus to recognize us as His child that is born again into the Kingdom of Gods, having died out to sin and now living for God. Not our wills to be done, but Gods will to be done, as He keeps on saving us from our sins when we repent, keep reconciling ourselves to doing His will.
And not only
but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
We are no long terrorized by Gods love, we want to obey Gods word so we can rejoice in seeing victory over the lust for evil. For we know the power of becoming purer and holier as we are agreeing with the transformation taking place in our lives. We know what it is like to have the joy of the Lord as our strength.
Death in Adam, Life in Christ
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
The first man was a sinner by his choice for he disobeyed and took what was given to him by his wife. So sin entered his life for eating the tree God planted in the Garden to tempt man, so sin enter because of Eve giving to Adam and Adam should of ask a question, but he sinned. Lord help us to see we can't blame anyone for our lack of obeying the Lord. We are all flesh and blood and it is necessary we see how God took and killed a animal to clothed them. God wants to cover us to day with the Blood of the Lamb so we are cleansed for the natural sinful body we are all born with.
When sin came, of course death came with it. Death is put here for all that misery which is the due desert of sin, temporal, spiritual, eternal death. If Adam had not sinned, he had not died; the threatening was,
In the day thou eatest thou shall surely die
, Thank the Lord we die once to sin and never have to die again for death has lost its sting by the Lord, sacrifice on the cross.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Interesting death did not come from disobeying the Law Moses received of the Lord, sin existed when God placed the Tree of Good and Evil in the garden and warned Adam and Eve not to eat it. Satan said, Yes God said, you could, for then you will be like God. Lord help us to see how easy it is to be tricked by Satan, for he is always giving us permission to play god. Sin is a want to do whatever we want. Lord help us to understand God created us all for goodwill and peace and look at what happen in the flood, all die except Noah and his family then Sodom everyone was destroyed. Does God care about the life of children and babies I will leave that up to the Lord.
But the free gift
not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
It seems like a gift has to be understood in order to receive and everyone that has the ability to think needs to choose the Gift of eternal life that is ours as we abide in the Vine; Jesus so we can bear good fruit .
And the gift
not like
that which came
through the one who sinned.
When Adam and Eve sinned, it started the need for a law and that Law was given by God Him Self. Still Moses dropped what God created and had to make it again by his hand. Lord help us to see what is needed to make sure we are going to do what is right.
For the judgment
which came
from one
offense resulted
in condemnation, but the free gift
which came
from many offenses
in justification.
Disobedience is a sin and it is going against a direct command of Gods. That is the reason we have so many sins, people missing the mark of Gods purity and righteousness. That is the reason our souls have five senses conscience which lets us know wrong from right, reason, for not doing right, reason for not remembering, then it is our imagination that runs toward evil doings think it is going to give us affection that is good for all, and our souls are all missing the mark God wants us to hit. That is the reason our Spirit needs to be in touch with the Lord so our faith, hope, who we worship and reverence gives meaning to our prayers.
For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
Paul knew this without a shadow of doubt as He was confronted by the Holy Spirit with the question Saul, Saul why you are persecuting me. It was Jesus the only one capable of taking our sins. And giving us the opportunity to be forgiven as we confessed our sin and turned to instead obeying and doing what is right, that is working out daily submitting to Gods way, truth and life. This is the one salvation that keeps on keeping us on track.
Therefore, as through one man's offense
judgment came
to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act
the free gift came
to all men, resulting in justification of life.
One man; Jesus perfect, healer, baptizer, redeemer, Judge, intercessor, advocate and so much more for He is our everything. What a picture of the importance of one man. No other name Jesus! He gave His life so we can have a new life being born again in the precious blood of the lamb of God.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.
God gave Adam the first man and help mate Eve perfect life and they sinned and God gave them a covering of animal skin. This act followed by the Law and the law could not save all mankind, so God gave His one and only Son Jesus to be born and live among us to show the world, yes He could live a live above sin and give the world the opportunity to become a follower as they abide in the Vine; Jesus, so they could bear goodwill and peace to our world of sorrow and shame caused by the addiction that have taken the place of God.
Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Thank the Lord He wants to make sure no one is going to be left out of His glory, purity, righteousness, justice, forgiveness or all His blessedness. God gave us the law or responsibility to discover the blessing abound in His grace and mercy. Salvation prevents us from death and give us life everlasting. We do not have to be bound up, or addicted to wrong if we only could believe in Gods ability to give us a life of righteousness that keeps on sanctifying us in the power of the Holy Spirit the Lord give before He departed back to heaven, after the forty days which He appeared before this world. Lord help us to see You in all Your glory, so we can keep our eyes fixed upon Your perfect plan of goodwill and peace for all!
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Black Moon Party on Koh Phangan
The Black Moon Party is held in the same area as the Half Moon Party, Ban Tai, but rather than being in the jungle, it's held on Ban Tai beach at the Mac Bay Resort. As you walk around the dance area and the resort you will instantly they have installed loads of florescent paint and florescent decorations hanging from everywhere with black lights hanging as well, giving a great glowing effect all over the place. The Black Moon Party is perfect for this type of effect as it is held on the darkest night of the month.
The Sound and lighting systems are awesome giving off great sounds and great lighting effects matching the Half Moon Party. They also have DJ's coming from all corners of the globe to take part in the event.
When the party has finished or you've had enough don't worry as there are loads of taxis to take you home to bed and the same as all the other parties the taxis go to all corners of the island.
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Actor Chiyaan Vikram To Complete The Last Schedule Of Dhruva Natchathiram! Cinema News
Actor Chiyaan Vikram has started shooting for the final schedule of Gautham Vasudev Menon's Dhruva Natchathiram. The actor was all charged up with the terrific response he got for the recently released third teaser of Dhruva Natchathiram in which the actor plays a stylish secret agent from India.
The film also has Ritu Varma, Aishwarya Rajesh, Radikaa, Simran, Dhivyadarshini and Parthiepan in key characters. Harris Jayaraj is scoring the song and original background score of Dhruva Natchathiram.
The film will be a grand release in Tamil and Telugu for Dussehra film festival. Produced by Gautham Menon and Escape Artists, Lyca Productions has recently bought the theatrical rights of the film.


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toys: Barnes and Noble
vest:Baby Gap
I am so glad I was able to raise a good respectful boy. Yesterday, he patiently waited in line for his turn to go down the slide at the park. And he would apologize when he would bump the kids on his way down. Some kids are so arrogant and would even say the nastiest words you can hear from such a little mouth but I honestly think that they get that from their parents. So, I can't blame them. We are the role models and whatever we do in front of a child is what they will do and say. So, hats off to the parents out there who mind what they do and say because bad words ain't cool specially if it's coming from a child.
In other news, I can't believe how sunny it is in L.A. It feels like Summer. And I also realized that I am not 'physically' ready for summer clothing. I need to start working out more and eating less and I also need warm weather appropriate clothes because all I have in my closet are fur coats. If you look into my closet, you wouldn't even think that I live in sunny Los Angeles. You would think I live in Antarctica!
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Natalie Williams (Sport and Exercise Science)
- Name: Natalie Williams
- Age: 20
- Course: Sport and Exercise Science
- Hometown: Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Why did you choose Swansea University?
I was impressed with the friendly and helpful atmosphere at the open day, and the self-contained campus has all the necessary amenities as well as being really close to the beach! There is an extensive range of sporting facilities; the course provided areas of sport science that I was interested in, with everyone I met being very supportive and welcoming.
What do you like about your course?
There is a wide variety of topics covered which gives you an insight of all areas of Sport Science allowing you to specialise in a particular area in your final year. You are also able to gain hands on experience in the laboratories to support the theory taught in lectures. The lecturers are all very helpful and approachable.
What's the best thing about being a student in Swansea?
Student life is brilliant in Swansea; there is a wide variety of societies and sports to participate in. Within sports clubs there are teams for everyone from those wanting to participate socially or compete for the University; it is a brilliant way to make friends. I am part of the Swansea University Swimming Club and really enjoy the social aspects of being in the club as well as the training! Being so close to the Gower Peninsula is a real bonus; we often go down to the beach as it is the perfect way to relax in between studying, and a great way to enjoy yourself and make the most of Swansea.
What advice you would give potential future students?
Swansea University is a diverse and friendly place to be with all staff and current students providing support for new students to ensure they have the best possible university experience. Before coming to university make sure you are happy with the course content and that it suits your interests as I have found this definitely helps with motivation to study independently, also try and view as many accommodation options as you can and decide what's best for you.


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Ufone is a Pakistani GSM cellular service provider that was the third cellular company to join Pakistani mobile operator market. It is the wholly owned subsidiary if Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). Ufone was among three out of five Pakistani cellular companies that only got a 3G license on April 23, 2014.
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Ufone always strives to provide its subscribers those services that are the requirement of the today Pakistan environment. For the same reason it never hesitate in launching new services. It always comes with latest and advanced technology to offer innovative services to its subscribers. Ufone is offering highly competitive 3G internet packages all in one place.
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Butler County is walking a few extra miles to guarantee fire safety after a lightning strike destroyed a fire alarm system in the county courthouse.
Workers today conducted inspections of the system that was knocked out Tuesday night.
John Campbell, director of county facilities and operations, said today people would maintain surveillance of the building interior while the fire alarm system is repaired.
"We're continuing the fire watch," he said.
Sometime before 8 p.m. Tuesday, a panel in the courthouse basement was overloaded, shutting down the fire alarm system.
"It cooked the power supply," Campbell said.
When that system short circuits, an electronic notification system kicks in.
Campbell said a lightning strike could have hit the metal in the courthouse's bell tower and traveled to the basement through wiring.
No other system in the courthouse was damaged. The adjacent county office building was not affected.


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by David Nasaw
"School was all wrong," Nasaw quotes Harpo Marx as writing. "School didn't teach you what to do when you were stopped by an enemy gang—where to run and when to stand your ground. School didn't teach you how to collect tennis balls, build a scooter, ride the El trains and trolleys, hitch onto delivery wagons, own a dog, go for a swim, get a chunk of ice or a piece of fruit—all without paying a cent. School didn't teach you which hockshops would give you dough without asking where you got your merchandise…or where to sell junk or how to find sleeping room in a bed with four other brothers. School simply didn't teach you how to be poor and live from day to day." What did provide an education for many American children of Marx's generation was the streets of the city, not just New York but Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati—all the immigrant-filled places where a new way of life was being created. Nasaw, a historian at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, has amassed a surprising amount of information about the lives of working-class city children from the turn of the century. They sold newspapers, shined shoes, scrounged junk and hustled whomever, whatever and whenever they could to supplement their families' usually meager incomes. In the process they created a subculture all their own. Most of Nasaw's best anecdotes come from show business biographies—George Burns, Phil Silvers and Milton Berle, for instance—which may make the street life sound funnier and more charming than it was in real life. His thesis is hard to argue with, though: "The street bred a gritty self-reliance in its children. It was their frontier. In meeting its dangers and clearing a play and then a workspace for themselves, they developed confidence in their strength of purpose and their powers to make their own way." And, as any old fan of the Little Rascals or the Bowery Boys can attest, there is something irresistible about tales of kids holding their own, and better, in a big-city adult world. (Anchor, $18.95)


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brucevan wrote:I am off-grid because I wanted to experiment with solar a little before making a big investment (like what I see so far). Almost all my Leaf charging is done at home with a Level 2 cable connected to outlet that an electrician friend wired up for me.
It would be great to hear on this thread from anyone that is charging their Leaf and has a full on-grid solar system, any observations they may have. I suppose they could claim that they "run their car on sunshine." when they charge at home.


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An electrocardiogram (ECG) records the electrical activity of the heart (required to trigger cardiac contractions).
This electrical activity involves a myriad of sequentially excited cells in a complex process: several types of ion channels, pumps and exchangers at the cell membrane level are activated to enable electrical signal generation and conduction (the action potential) which triggers contractions.
The molecular and cellular electrophysiology team explore the mechanisms of cardiac rhythm and conduction disorders on the cell and molecular level. Several advanced techniques are used such as the double patch clamp that measures electrical currents between two cells, microspectrofluorometry and confocal microscopy for high resolution imaging of subcellular processes and several molecular biology techniques, allowing us to investigate genetic and protein changes in cardiovascular pathologies.


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It desperately needs a cabinet makeover, new appliances and some new counter tops. DESPERATELY needs. While we're busy planning our makeover for a later date and time we make do with what we have. It's not like it doesn't function -- it just needs some "prettying up". I'm sure most of you can relate to this feeling.
The folks at Moen must have read my mind and known I needed something pretty in my kitchen in the interim. Perhaps someone over there saw my current kitchen faucet:
Moen was SO wonderfully kind and sent me a new AWESOME kitchen sink faucet. It's gorgeous! You want to see what they sent me to use and review?
GORGEOUS, right!?!
The day I received my new faucet was a day we were going through a cable/phone/Internet transfer at our house (ugh!) and this was the absolute best "pick me up". I waited all of two minutes before I decided I was installing it right away. I just couldn't wait to use this lovely faucet. Seriously.
Now, some of you might know that I work for my family plumbing business. And although this is the case, I'm no plumbing expert -- believe me!
That being said, ANYONE can install a new faucet. It's SO simple if you just follow the instructions. And honestly, the hardest part is taking the old faucet out. Ours happened to have some rusted bolts that gave me a GREAT workout trying to get them unstuck. But, in the end I got the old faucet out without a hitch.
Here's my faucetless sink. A great idea when you're replacing your faucet is to give your sink a good thorough cleaning -- and be sure to clean underneath where your old faucet was.
The new one was almost TOO easy to install. I kept thinking I was missing a step because it was such a breeze. The instructions that Moen sent were wonderful!
Once I had my base on I could add the faucet and run the water lines and post down underneath my sink.
Once the lines were connected and the faucet was secured to my sink, I was able to run the sprayer hose down through the faucet and connect the new sprayer head.
And do you want to know just how much I LOVE my new faucet?
The faucet is a dream. It has a sprayer option to do dishes and the sprayer head also swivels around, making sink and dish cleaning a piece of cake. It also has a "pause" feature that stops water while the faucet is on, which makes filling pots and coffee makers SO easy.
At first I was a little worried about the height -- I thought maybe it would splash a lot when using the sprayer -- but it absolutely does not. The handle is in a very convenient spot (and you can chose a right or left handle mount when you install it) and doesn't get in my way or get bumped while I'm using the faucet.
Although Moen sent me this faucet for free, my opinion is completely mine. I honestly LOVE this new faucet of mine (so much I keep telling my hubby to leave the dishes for me to do -- it's true).
What do you guys think?
Thanks so much to the Moen team for letting me review this faucet and for giving me something pretty for my kitchen!
And if you're my friend on Facebook, you know that I promised a really exciting giveaway for this week.......come back later today and I'll be sure to spill the beans (it may be related to this post, hint hint). :)


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This is a video montage of our newly arrived baby kittens. They are absolutely adorable. Enjoy!
If you haven't been following this story, you can catch up by reading about the stray cat, now affectionately known as Mieshka, who showed up on our door step… pregnant, by clicking here: Mieshka's Story. We had no idea that she was carrying baby kittens when we took her in. What a surprise.
The video montage of the baby kittens is set to the tune of "My Funny Valentine" performed by Matt Damon.
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When Deskarina visits my room, she always leaves a "note" for each of the students with a clean desk. Sometimes she even leaves them an eraser or a special pencil grip. I don't have a prize box or a "move your clip" system in my room. I generally just expect the children to behave and spend lots of time reinforcing how important it is to do the "right" thing.
But...I do break my own rule from time to time and give out a little prize for a clean desk. There are 2 reasons that I feel like it is ok to break my own rule...
1. I never give out prizes, so they are never suspicious about my connection to the desk fairy.
2. My desk is such a mess that I never get a prize from the desk fairy, so if anyone cries about not getting a "note/prize", I reassure them that we'll have to work "together" to try to keep our desks clean for the next visit from Deskarina.
I have a few different versions of my desk fairy note to share with you. You can click on the picture below to download them if you choose.


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Support Farmers, Cut Crop Loss
Support farmers to cut crop losses
Reducing crop loss by keeping out alien pests and boosting plant health knowledge is crucial to food security . . .
Global food security is now in sharp focus because of rising food prices and a growing world population. It is estimated that there will be a 50 per cent rise in demand for food by 2030 — how this will be met has become a key question for countries in both the developed and developing worlds.
There are about 525 million farms worldwide — most less than two hectares in size — that provide a livelihood to about 40 per cent of the global population.Improving the productivity of small farms, in particular, is critical to ensuring food security.
But this does not just mean helping farmers to increase yields. Equally important is supporting farmers to lose less of what they grow.
This is particularly true in Africa, wherepoor plant health is a major factor in low productivity. In many countries, nearly half of crops are lost to pests and diseases — the maize weevil is a common nativepest in most African countries that can wipe out up to 40 per cent of stored crop.
These losses waste energy, water, inputs and labour. In Uganda alone, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture estimates that the cost of crop diseases is a staggering US$200 million.
Keeping out alien species
One quick win for Africa is to use current technology to improve quarantine to keep out invasive alien species.
Increased travel and trade increases the risk that imports will contain unwelcome stowaways that can devastate local natural resources. In Africa, the larger grain borer, an insect imported from Central Americain grain donations in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is steadily eating its way through the continent's maize stores and is now more destructive than the maize weevil.
The pest costs Tanzania US$91 million each year in lost maize. It can also destroy up to 70 per cent of dried cassava stores, and is costing West Africa up to US$800 million annually.
Besides the physical losses, significant resources are used to contain the larger grain borer. In 2006, the cost of chemicals to control it in East Africa was estimated to be US$18.7 per hectare, which is prohibitive for most small farmers.
There are other examples of devastating invasive pests and diseases. Wheat rust, for example, has cut yields by as much as 80 per cent in Kenya and Uganda.
African countries must improve quarantine — by enforcement and systematic evaluation of scientific, technical and economic data to make informed decisions.
Countries also need to improve storage. One study by my organisation, CABI, found that pests that attack stored crops cost Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania US$150–300 million every year. Some of these losses could be prevented through simple solutions such as growing less susceptible varieties or implementing drying methods.
The local knowledge challenge
Reducing agricultural losses in Africa is not just about deploying technologies — farmers also need more knowledge about managing plant health. This includes helping them to rapidly identify, diagnose and manage pests and diseases in their crops.
But finding relevant and affordable solutions will be a massive challenge given the increasing risk of unintentional introductions of pests, and changing weather patterns that can rapidly encourage new pests and diseases to emerge.
One result of decades of declining support for agriculture is that weak extension services often fail to deliver what the farmer needs. We need mechanisms that can identify and address problems when and where they arise, making the most of local capacity.
The Global Plant Clinic (GPC) — a CABI initiative — is one example of a knowledge-based approach that can improve plant health and food security.
It is a network of mobile plant health clinics at which local agronomists and extension agents help diagnose plant health problems and detect emerging pests on the spot, and recommend safe, suitable and affordable management methods to farmers (see A new vision of plant health services for world's poor).
Over the past decade, the GPC has built up a network of more than 80 independent clinics — and trained more than 500 plant doctors — across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of farmers attend the clinics each week.
The GPC, by increasing farmers' knowledge, is helping them treat their crops more effectively, and is improving food security by boosting productivity and increasing incomes.
Helping farmers lose less from pests and diseases — be it through rigorous quarantine, improved storage or better plant health management — is as vital to improving food security as measures such as crop breeding and developing new seeds that help farmers grow more.
Dennis Rangi is executive director for international development at CABI, the agriculture and environment organisation.
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Summer on the Run is a 12-week blog and video series that follows former Olympic swimmer and avid runner Summer Sanders on her journey to train for Disney's Princess Half Marathon on Feb. 24. Follow her on espnW.com as she shares training tips, and a little inspiration, as she gears up for the main event.
By Summer Sanders
I run because it opens me up. It's me time, and every moment I'm out there is a challenge that I have to meet.
It's not easy. It reminds me of when I was swimming — it's freeing, it relieves my stress and it gives me focus. Those good feelings are not tied to one sport. They are part of athletes' universal language.
Running also opens up my creativity.
Why I am Running
I always have my smartphone on me, which is crucial when I run. I think of all kinds of ideas while I'm out there. I write them down in the notes section of my phone. It's just like working through feelings in your dreams or writing down your thoughts before you go to bed at night.
I also get back in the pool all the time. It's so normal for me. If I go for a 40-minute run, I'll get in the pool afterward for another 20 minutes. I use swimming like people use yoga — it complements my training and allows me to continue to run as often as I want. I stop at the wall and stretch. I love having swimming in my back pocket.
How I overcome certain training road blocks
I also have a girlfriend yoga night. Twice a month, we do sweaty, hot Vinyasa yoga and then go to dinner. I look forward to that night — to the workout and time with my friends; it makes working out more social, just like it was in college.
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I feel the way everyone else does in the winter, but we can't let it stop our training.
When it's cold and dark outside, we all want to curl up in bed. I say, stick with it. Give yourself a chance by getting out of bed, even if you feel tired. Take that step to get up, and then reevaluate how tired you really are. You can back off on your pace if you're feeling exhausted, go shorter or slower. You can even move your workout inside to avoid the elements. You'll surprise yourself. You'll feel awake and refreshed after you get out the door and complete that first mile. Sometimes all it takes is getting started.
Get a running start to your day
Don't start going down the path of skipping workouts or slacking off. It will only make you feel worse — more stressed, less prepared. The more you give in, the easier it will be to keep caving.
Training with my girlfriends lifts me
Once you've earned some extra sleep, save that for a special morning and relish it. You'll sleep better and have another reason to get out the door next time.
Stick to the positive cycle you've begun and then remember how good it feels.
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My favorite destinations when traveling in a foreign country are either beautiful nature or archeological sites. Both will make you rethink about your existence in this world, make you feel small, but at the same time calling you to do things bigger than yourself. In Mexico, I took a 2-hour journey from Cancun to the state of Yucatan to visit one of the most famous archeological sites in the world, dubbed one of the new 7 wonders of the world: Chichen Itza.
Remember all the havoc back in 2012, propagated by Hollywood that the world is going to end? It stems from here, Chichen Itza, built by the Mayans, where their numbered calendar ends at the year 2012. But according to our guide, the Mayans never said the world was going to end in 2012. For them, 2012 marks the end of an era.
The Chichen Itza was most probably built around 7th century AD, during the golden age of Mayan culture. At the height of their civilization, the Mayans must have thought that their civilization would last until 2012, which then a new era will arrive. But it is a mystery to both them and us, how, having created the most unique written language, sophisticated art, architecture, mathematical and astronomical systems, the civilization disappear without a trace.
As an example of the Mayan's extraordinary mathematical, astronomical and architectural feat, the four faces of the temple of Kukulkan have stairways with 91 steps each, which makes 364 steps total. Combined with a base platform on top of the pyramid that unites all four stairways, it comes to 365, the exact number of days in a solar year. Then At about 3 pm on March 20th and September 22nd the sunlight casts a series of shadows against the western balustrade of the main stairway, which creates an optical illusion of a 37-meter-long snake that follows the sun "slithering" down to its own head carved at the base of the staircase.
When the Spanish conquerors came to discover this ancient site, and came in contact with the surviving Mayan people around the area who seem so humble and shows no evidence of sophisticated mathematical, astronomical or architectural knowledge, the first thing that came to their mind was that the Romans or Egyptians must have been here. For them, it is impossible for these people who seem to know nothing to build such a magnificent architectural masterpiece.
Our tour guide went on to explain that the enemy of the Mayans are Mayans themselves. The Mayans divide themselves into different settlements, and there was no effort to unite them all. Fighting off each other might be the reason how they perished. He also mentioned that the decay in society might also be the cause, political tremors, greed, lust for power, etc, which today's society are also guilty of. Sometimes we are so proud of our achievements, but look at how our society is decaying? Chichen Itza serves as an evidence of how no achievements lasts in this world, even the most advanced civilization of an era. Everything is beautifully summed up in the Holy Quran, Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 26:
Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?
The people of the great Mayan civilization may have perished, but what lives on is their knowledge, passed down to generations until it is still used today. Perhaps knowledge is something which we humans are bound to discover and carry on from one generation to another. It is from our Creator, and never belongs to someone or a particular civilization. That is why I love traveling to places like this. It reminds us that no matter how smart we think we are, every single knowledge never belongs to us. So never be too proud, but keep on advancing knowledge. In the words of a Sufi poet, never let success go too much into your head, but don't let failure go too much into your heart.


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Opened on 29th September 1885 this standard gauge (1435mm) tramway started life as a conduit line on Blackpool Promenade between Cocker Street (just north of Talbot Square) and Dean Street (near South Pier). The Depot was situated in Blundell Street. The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company operated the line until 1892 when it was taken over by Blackpool Corporation after expiry of the lease. In 1895 an extension was built from Manchester Square along Lytham Road to South Shore Station where it met the Lytham St. Annes system (see below). Another extension from Station Road to Squires Gate was operated by a horse-drawn car. Still in 1895 the tracks to South Pier were extended slightly to Victoria (South Pier) and a line along Station Road connected Lytham Road with the Promenade in 1897. 1899 saw the conduit system being replaced by the conventional overhead wire method. In 1900 the line was extended north to Gynn Square where it met the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad (see below). The Marton loop opened in 1901. It connected Talbot Square and Central Station (near the Tower) via Church Street, Devonshire Square, Whitegate Drive, Waterloo Road and Central Drive. A new depot was built on
Whitegate Drive, Marton
. Layton was reached in 1902 by a line from Talbot Square via Talbot Road and Royal Oak via Middle Lane (Central Drive). The Promenade line was running on a double track paved reservation by 1905 and had reached Pleasure Beach in 1903. Blackpool Corporation took over the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad Company in 1920 and the system thus gained another eight route miles of track (with six on private reservation), two depots in Fleetwood and one in Bispham. The small Bold Street Depot in Fleetwood was soon closed and a loop constructed at Fleetwood Ferry (between Rossall and Broadwater a more direct diversion was also later built in 1925). The original Blundell Street Depot eventually became too small and a larger site was developed across the road in Rigby Road from 1920. The final tramway extension came in 1926 when the line was extended along the new South Promenade from Pleasure Beach to Clifton Drive (today known as Starr Gate) where a connection was built to the Lytham St. Annes tracks. The present day depot at Rigby Road was erected in 1935. 1936 saw the first route closures, the Central Drive and Layton routes. More followed: 1961 Lytham Road, 1962 Marton and finally 1963 Dickson Road (old Tramroad line to North Station). Marton and Copse Road (Fleetwood) Depots closed in 1963 and Bispham in 1966. Today only the Starr Gate to Fleetwood service remains.
Blackpool Borough Council
transferred the operation of the tramway and buses to Blackpool Transport Services Limited in 1986 but still owns and maintains the tramway tracks. The new company has not yet been privatised and at the end of 2000 transfer of the Council's permanent way department to Blackpool Transport Services was under serious discussion. To strengthen the company it purchased competing bus company Fylde Transport (which can trace it's history back to the Blackpool, St. Annes and Lytham Tramways Company - later Lytham St. Annes Corporation) from it's management buy-out team in 1994.
The Tram Stops:
Starr Gate
Abercorn Place
Harrow Place
Burlington Road
Star Hotel
Pleasure Beach/Sandcastle
South Pier
Waterloo Road
Alexandra Road
St Chad's Road
Barton Avenue
Manchester Square
Foxhall Square
Central Pier
Victoria Street
North Pier for Town Centre (Talbot Square)
Cocker Street
Pleasant Street
Imperial Hotel
Wilton Parade
Warley Road
Gynn Square
Cliffs Hotel
St Stephens' Avenue
Lowther Avenue
Miners' Home
Cavendish Road
Madison Avenue
Leyburn Avenue
Norbreck North
Norkeed Road
Little Bispham
Melton Place
Anchorsholme Lane
Lauderdale Avenue
West Drive
Beach Road
Thornton Gate
Westmoreland Avenue
Rossall Beach
Westbourne Road
Rossall School
Rossall Square
Southfleet Avenue
Heathfield Road
Lingfield Road
Lindel Road
Stanley Road
Fisherman's Walk (Ash Street)
Preston Street
Church Street
Victoria Street for Fleetwood Market
Pharos Street
Fleetwood Ferry
Most trams have been converted from trolley pole to pantograph operation but some cars remain using the old method of current collection (including all preserved cars, the Works Cars, the Open Boats and all Illuminated Cars).
This is the tramcar fleet in 2004:
Single Seckers:
5 Boat Cars 600, 602, 604-5, 607
1 Vanguard Replica (rebuilt from OMO car ex English Electric Railcoach)
9 Brush Cars (not modernised) 621-3, 625, 627, 632, 634, 636-7
3 Brush Cars (modernised) 626, 630-1
2 Centenary Cars (not modernised) 645, 648
6 Centenary Cars (heavily modernised) 641-4, 646-7 (work on 647 is carried out right now)
7+7 Twin Cars 671-7 (coupled to control trailers 681-7; motor cars ex English Electric Railcoaches)
3 English Electric Railcoaches (ex Twin Cars ex Railcoaches) 678-9
Double Deckers:
18 Ballon Cars (not modernised) 700-4, 708, 710-2, 715-7, 719-23, 726
1 Open Top Ballon Car 706
5 Balloon Cars (heavily modernised) 707, 709, 713, 719, 723 (work on 724 is carried out right now, 713 will re-appear with traditional fronts)
2 Jubilee Cars (ex Balloon Cars)
Illuminated Cars in service
2 Cars = #613, #736 (736 is currently undergoing modernisation)
Illuminated Cars withdrawn from service
3+1 Cars = #732, #733 (with trailer 734), #735
Vintage Trams
(d/d = double deck; s/d = single deck)
7 Cars = Stockport d/d #5, Blackpool Tramroad s/d Box #40, Bolton d/d #66, Blackpool d/d Standard #147, Blackpool s/d Coronations #304 & 660, Sheffield d/d #513
Works Cars
(m = motor; t = trailer; r/r = road/rail vehicle)
8 vehicles m #259, t #260, t #750, m #752, m #754, r/r #939-41


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To find an effective method of controlling humidity in various businesses to reduce static electricity or control moisture levels.
Develop a micro misting system which responds automatically to changing atmospheric conditions.
Humidity control is very important in a number of industries. Stabilizing moisture in wood products prevents warping, joint separation and shrinkage while reducing dust in the working environment. In the textile industry, humidity controls static electricity and increases tensile strength of the natural fibers. In the printing industry it decreases curl and provides evaporative cooling.
The system designed by PressureJet. PressureJet high pressure humidity system electronically measures the humidity level and either initiates operation if below or terminates operation if above the set point. When activated, the PressureJet high pressure washer delivers pressure water through a 3/8" line to special atomizer nozzles. This micro mist is quickly absorbed into the atmosphere until the set humidity level is achieved.
The system has dual filters to prevent dirt, rust and scale from clogging the nozzles and a baffled water reservoir to prevent turbulent water from entering the pump. The system also has a low water and low pressure cut off. All these features assure a low maintenance system.
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Last Sunday, Gui and I spent the afternoon with his dad's side of his family at a birthday party for his great-aunt and great-uncle who were celebrating a combined 160 years of life. I remember meeting them for the first time at our wedding; they hugged me and kissed me like I was already family, and then spoke to me in rapid-fire French while I widened my eyes and grinned. Seeing them again this time was not any different, except that after saying only a word or two in French, they praised me on my progress. (How on earth could they know that I've progressed after only saying, "Bonjour, oui, très bien, merci. Et, vous?") Of course there was a six-course meal served, songs were performed by the sons and daughters of the hosts, and they even hired a theater group to perform a few scenes. It was unlike any birthday party I've ever attended, but it was really enjoyable. Gui's family are all incredibly generous and kind, and I'm finding myself easily opening up to them and feeling more and more a part of the family. It's a good feeling.
On Monday, I headed over to La Sorbonne to read an excerpt from a story and answer questions about it during my fifteen-minute oral exam. This part of the test counts for something like 30% of my final grade, but I was confident after the "très bien, Sarah" comment my professor gave me when it was all over. I breathed a sigh of relief, and went along with a few other relieved students to celebrate our accomplishment with a tasty lunch and casual conversation about how hard learning a new language (especially French) is. It was a really great way to end the semester, I thought, even if I never have the chance to see any of them again.
Of course Tuesday was spent watching the tides turn and our new president take office. Apparently, all of Paris was in search of a place to watch history being made, which left us stuck outside of an overcrowded bar and in search of a TV. We found hope in a kitshy, American diner that appeared like a neon beacon at the end of the same street as the bar. We arrived before the crowds and snagged a table front-and-center with a perfect view of the screen. Over fries, onion rings and mozzarella sticks, we watched it all unfold and then raised our glasses of red French table wine to toast to our new president. I doubt I'll be forgetting that moment anytime soon.
Wednesday nights are spent with the knitting group at L'Oisive Thé, and are designated "cook your own dinner, I'm going to knit" nights. (I don't think Gui minds, actually.) Since finishing my first scarf, I've become somewhat of an addict about knitting. I've spent hours and hours pouring over the Ravelry website, gushing at some the things people can make with a couple of needles and a ball of yarn. The possibilities are endless, which makes it so hard for me to choose what to tackle next. I'm realizing, though that it's not a cheap hobby to have and that a little investment is required to get started on the more rewarding projects. I recently ordered a set of Addi-click needles and am now anxiously awaiting their arrival so I can get started on some of those more challenging patterns. I'll admit that half of the fun is picking out patterns and choosing the yarn - I never knew there were so many choices!
I picked up some sale yarn on Thursday afternoon after a trip to the first cupcake boutique in Paris. Sam invited me to meet up with her, Leesa and Dawn to scope out Cupcakes & Co in the 11th arrondissement. I honestly didn't have very high expectations, so the cold, dense cupcake I dug into wasn't such a disappointment. The cupcakes were pretty, the frosting was tasty and made with true-blue Philly cream cheese, but the final product wasn't really worth raving about. I still had a good time and got some cheap yarn out of it, too!
This weekend turned out to be jam-packed with fun stuff with fun peeps. Gui and I checked out Slumdog Millionaire on Friday and loved it. I cried like a baby, of course, but totally dug the whole bollywood influence. The soundtrack will be mine! We finished off the night with a tex-mex dinner and a mosquito cocktail at El Rancho, which hit the spot. Saturday's lunch date with Juliet and Marc turned into an all-day event. We started out at Les Pâtes Vivantes (as usual, thank you, Mr. Lebovitz) for a [very] late lunch, and after being shooed out of there before we could have dessert, we headed over to Île Saint-Louis for some delicious Berthillon ice cream. We opted out of going bowling and decided to skip right on over to happy hour at one of our favorite bars in the 5th. Juliet introduced us to the best mojitos in Paris (and cheapest, too!) while she ran down a list of all the things she's lost to the streets or cabs or bars of the big city. There was some sort of blackout in the bar, so we downed our drinks and headed over to Belleville where we ended the eventful night in the company of old friends and preppy-dressed punk-rockers.
I managed to roll out of bed today in time to meet up for a 2 p.m. jazz brunch on the same street as the cupcake shop. It's the first time I've ever been to a buffet in Paris, and I'm pretty sure it won't be the last. There was a great variety of food (although not much in the form of traditional breakfast grub), bottomless OJ, wine, coffee and tea, and a slightly lacking, yet still delicious spread of desserts. The music wasn't without praise either, and I found the entire ambiance of the restaurant strikingly harmonious. It'll definitely be at the top of the list of places to take people visiting Paris in search of a good Sunday brunch. It's the closest I've seen in Paris to the real deal (although, it'd be nicer if they swapped out the bottomless wine for bottomless mimosas...or bloody marys).


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GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (February 1, 2011) — Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported January sales results of 115,856 units. With 24 selling days in January 2010 and 2011, sales were up 17.3 percent over the year-ago month on a daily selling rate (DSR) and unadjusted raw volume basis.
The Toyota Division posted January sales of 102,996 units, an increase of 23.7 percent over the same period last year. The Lexus Division reported sales of 12,860 units, a decrease of 17.1 percent from last January.
Toyota Division
Toyota Division passenger cars recorded sales of 56,270 units, up 14.7 over last January. Passenger car sales were led by Corolla with sales of 20,581 units for the month, up 20.2 percent over last January. Camry and Camry Hybrid posted combined January sales of 18,145 units, an increase of 14.9 percent year-over-year. The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted January sales of 10,635 units, up 25.4 percent over the year-ago month.
Toyota Division light trucks posted January sales of 46,726 units, an increase of 36.5 percent year-over-year. Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV, which recorded monthly sales of 11,196, an increase of 41.8 percent over last January. Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted combined sales of 7,507 units for the month, up 67.6 percent year-over-year. The 4Runner mid-size SUV reported sales of 3,829 units, an increase of 27.4 percent over the year-ago month. The Tacoma mid-size pickup posted sales of 7,140 units for the month, up 5.8 percent over last January. The Tundra full-size pickup posted sales of 6,087 units, up 55.9 percent over the yearago month.
"We are encouraged by last month's results, which show continued strength in both the passenger and light truck segments," said Bob Carter, Toyota Division group vice president and general manager, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. "Loyalty and conquest rates have returned to historical levels and we believe our '#1 for a Reason' advertising campaign, launching this month, will help build on our early sales momentum."
Scion posted January sales of 3,275 units, an increase of 7.9 percent year-over-year. The tC sports coupe led the way with sales of 1,351 units, up 57.5 percent over last January. The xB urban utility vehicle posted January sales of 1,298 units. The xD reported sales of 791 units for the month.
Lexus Division
Lexus reported passenger car sales of 5,561 units, down 30.6 percent over the year-ago month. The entry luxury sedan ES led Lexus passenger car sales with sales of 2,215 units. The IS luxury sports sedan reported combined sales of 1,992 units.
Lexus light trucks recorded sales of 7,299 units, down 2.7 percent from last January. Lexus light truck sales were led by the RX, which posted combined January sales of 5,881 units, up 3.4 percent over the year-ago month. The GX mid-size luxury utility vehicle reported sales of 1,135 units.
TMS Hybrids
TMS posted January sales of 13,409 hybrid vehicles. Toyota Division posted sales of 12,184 hybrids for the month. Lexus Division reported sales 1,225 hybrids in January.
Rick Hesterberg
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A billionaire who is known throughout the financial world has been held in detention — for two months — by Saudi Arabian authorities. But like the billionaire, the story has disappeared.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was rounded up, along with about 200 prominent Saudi royals and businessmen, in a so-called "anti-corruption probe" on Nov. 8.
"He is considered to be probably the most wealthy investor in all of the Middle East and certainly in Saudi Arabia," says Jake Novak, a senior editorial columnist at CNBC.com. Novak has been watching as some of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest people are released from their detention in the Ritz-Carlton.
There's much speculation that the Saudi government has collected lots of money from the wealthy detainees.
"Well, there's really no way of knowing. But we do know what some of the big fish are being asked to pay," says Novak. "There was one other prince who was asked to pay a billion dollars — and he paid it."
Which brings us to Alwaleed. He is said to be the 45th richest man on earth, whose worth is estimated to be between $12 and $20 billion dollars.
And he's very high-profile. He is a frequent guest on all the major financial networks, including Novak's CNBC as well as CNN, Bloomberg and Fox.
And that may be why he was detained in the anti-corruption crackdown —not because he's necessarily corrupt or a political maverick. (After all, Alwaleed supports positions held by the Crown Prince who had him detained, such as his progressive business and social policies.)
No, says Novak — it's got to be something else.
"This could be not so much a case of him being on the wrong side of an issue or committing a crime, but just being too conspicuous and too wealthy and needing to be taken down a peg in the mind of the new Crown Prince."
But why, Novak wonders, are so few people in the financial world asking about this missing billionaire?
Alwaleed is friends with Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch, and last year flew to Silicon Valley to meet Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Novak says that no one involved in financial markets wants to upset the Saudis at this time. There's a really big deal in the works.
"Look, Saudi Aramco, which is the Saudi Arabian state oil company which is going to go IPO, probably later this year, is worth two trillion dollars," says Novak. "It may be more to certain investors. Nobody wants to mess with the Saudi government right now when there are chances to get in a little bit more on this IPO.
If Saudi authorities want to avoid controversy, the $2 trillion deal is a great incentive for people in the financial world to remain discreet, says Novak. "It's really, really good timing for bin Salman, the new Crown Prince, to basically say, 'Look, if you guys want to play with us you're going to have to basically be quiet about what's going on here.'"
Then there's Twitter.
President Trump's favorite social media platform is owned, in part, by the detained Alwaleed.
"To me, that's even probably the most damning factor of all," says Novak. "Here you have a social media platform that's become one of the most widely read and used all over the world … and they're not talking about him either. I think that Twitter must believe that no matter what happens to bin Talal, his investment money will either be taken over by somebody else in the Saudi family or he'll eventually be released and everything will go back to normal. And it just goes to show that you have to really be careful about overestimating your personal value to the companies and the associates that you make in business."
When contacted, Twitter said it has no comment at this time.
And when The World contacted the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington, they reminded us that "Saudi privacy laws do not allow the Embassy to be privy to specific individuals' information.
courtesy= usatoday.com