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The Northern Ireland Field Archery Association (NIFAA) was born from the desire of many archers in Northern Ireland to shoot other disciplines besides FITA at every event. Established in May 2012 the NIFAA was granted Probationary Membership of the International Field Archery Association (IFAA), later to be ratified to full membership in November 2012.
IFAA Shooting. Nothing new to Northern Ireland.
IFAA events were shot in Northern Ireland for many years under IFAF (Irish Field Archery Federation) however for reasons we can only guess, they ceased in the North around 2004 under the new leadership of both IFAF and NIAS when they were replaced with FITA events only. Our colleagues south of the border continued to enjoy both FITA and IFAA styles of shooting and have not only attended many IFAA events World Wide, but have hosted very good International events. Because no IFAA shoots were taking place in Northern Ireland, many of the archers who only took up the sport after 2004 have never had the opportunity to experience this exciting and challenging style, until now. To date the NIFAA have hosted a number of events including Field and Hunter Classification rounds, 2D/3D events, and have-a-go days. We shoot on a number of ranges throughout Northern Ireland including the indoor range at KILMORE ARCHERY CENTER, MOIRA.
At the moment in Northern Ireland, nearly every weekend is booked up with Field Shoots, many of which are two day events leaving very little opportunity for anyone to host any shoots without clashing with one Club or another, therefore to date, NIFAA have only hosted one Outdoor Field event and one indoor target event each month, choosing the dates carefully so as not to clash with Clubs, however clashes have occurred as others outside of NIFAA have introduced new events or changed dates of various shoots that then clash with us. Due to demand, the number of NIFAA events will increase during 2013/4 as more Clubs are affiliating to us and wish to run their own IFAA shoots.
The future looks good.
With our membership increasing and the many members of the Irish Field Archery Federation expressing great interest in attending our shoots following the very successful Cross Border Video linked target shoot in December, things are looking really good. Archery GB placed details of the Cross Border event on their Web site, believing it was hosted by another Organisation in Northern Ireland, the result being that it has attracted the interest of many archers from across the Irish Sea that belong to both AGB and IFAA. Many have expressed a lot of interest in visiting Northern Ireland and attending NIFAA events and have been asked to be placed on our mailing list. AGB while noting this as an event under IFAA have noted their wish to hear from NIFAA in promoting Archery in all its disciplines in line with the agreed memorandum of understanding between WA and IFAA.
In addition to our Field and Indoor events, many of NIFAA members are also participating in the World Mail Match competition and plans are in motion to extend the success of our Video Link Competition to not only the UK but some of our Continental colleagues.
Types of events.
NIFAA Indoor target events are shot at 20 yards at either a 5 spot target or a single 35cm face depending on your Bow style. Outdoor events vary from Field/Hunter Rounds (Roundel targets) to 2D (Animal faces) or 3D Targets depending on the event, but are always challenging and enjoyable with a great variety of targets rather than the same old faces every time.
IFAA, a fairer system of scoring.
To ensure fair competition among all archers within IFAA, each style of archers are divided into classes depending on their ability; A Class, B Class and C Class with A Class being the little bit better archers. By shooting events and recording their scores, archers can move up, or down in the Class system. In this way all archers can shoot together, but there is the opportunity to win medals in your own class shooting against those of the same standard, rather than the better archer winning the event every time. The Class is decided by the scores you submit. The upper and lower scores for each class are printed on the Classification card which you are issued with on joining NIFAA. At each Classification shoot your score is recorded on the card and countersigned by a NIFAA Official, so you can always keep a record of how well you shot rather than rely on others.
The Insurance held by NIFAA covers all members shooting at IFAA events; however it also caters for anyone wishing to have a taster session before committing to join. By taking advantage of this scheme, the archer will only pay the entry to the competition and if they decide they dont like IFAA shooting, they are not out of pocket with joining fees. Having said that, 99% of all those who have came along to date have enjoyed it so much they have joined. (Any archer attending as a visitor must be accompanied by a competent IFAA Member during the shoot to ensure they understand the rules and know what is expected of them).
We all have to start somewhere. Here in NIFAA we are lucky to have a level 3 Coach (one of only 23 in the World at this high level) who is responsible for all training.
Courses are available for the beginner right through to International level were all students are provided with an extensive, easy to follow manual covering all levels of archery as a reference for further development. In addition to our excellent training programme, there are a number of Ex-World and European Champions within our ranks who are always willing to help and offer advice if asked. All training is carried out at our indoor range at Kilmore; however, NIFAA can come to your Club if you wish.
Championship events.
Our regional Championship events take place during July, August and September in Field, Hunter and 3D which is open to members of IFAA Regions. Only members of an affiliated IFAA Region can enter and must produce a current Classification card on registration. The events cater for all levels of ability; therefore you do not have to be selected for a team to enter any IFAA event including the World and European Championships, just have an up to date Classification Card. (Classification cards are supplied to members on joining) and enter.
Membership increasing
Membership is increasing steadily as more archers have come to realise that you can shoot both styles without conflict and without the need for special equipment as some people have suggested. Establishing NIFAA has been a difficult road to travel at times, combating the many rumours that have been circulated by those who did not want an alternate style of archery in Northern Ireland for reasons best known to themselves, but NIFAA got there, and many archers agree that they enjoy the more challenging targets and distances offered by IFAA events in a friendly environment in keeping with the IFAA motto, The World Family of Archers. Many have also reported that their shooting has improved as their confidence has increased because of shooting the longer distances at NIFAA events.
Administration and Finance.
NIFAA is administered by a Committee of eight archers dedicated to working for the benefit of all members in an accountable and transparent manner in all dealings and actions relating to the Association. Each Committee member is solely responsible for their area of administration and is responsible through the Chair to the International Field Archery Association Regional representative for their actions. By operating in this way we do not require the services of costly administrators or substantial expenses sheets. The Committee absorb 99% of the personal cost of carrying out their duties for the enjoyment and promotion of the sport, and not as a means of personal gain or to subsidise their income. NIFAA do not provide sponsorship to a chosen few to attend limited events, what we do is return ALL monies raised directly back into promoting archery for the benefit of all members so that those people who just want to have fun shooting archery are not subsidising a chosen few.
Rules and Constitution.
All members of NIFAA are expected to abide by the Rules and Constitution of the Association and NO MEMBER is beyond the laws of the Association regardless of the position they may hold. NIFAA does not show favour or discriminate against any archer within its ranks and will not tolerate any such behaviour that the Committee consider contrary to the good standing of the NIFAA or archery in general. Yes mistakes have been made, but the NIFAA Committee put their hands up, accepted responsibility, dealt with it and moved on, as stated earlier, we are totally transparent and accountable to the members in all our actions.
Membership Fee.
Membership fees are Pro-Rata depending on which stage of the year you join.
Full year 1st September 31st August.
Adult £30.00 per year
Junior/Cub £16.00 per year
Family membership (2 Adults/2 Juniors/Cubs) £60.00 per year. (Any other Junior/Cub in same family, an additional £10.00 per year)
All archers joining NIFAA must have two sponsors who are NIFAA members and acceptance is at the sole discretion of the Committee. All new members must serve a probationary period of 12 calendar months from time of enrolment during which time they may not stand for election to Committee and will be monitored as to their behaviour (they may however be seconded to Committee for a specific task if required on a temporary basis).
We listen to, and respect ALL archers views and opinions, however it is our main aim that NIFAA remains in the control of the members and never descends into a confused and disjointed organisation catering to the whims of a few at the expense of the many.
In keeping with our policy of complete transparency and accountability, our Constitution may be viewed on line on this Web site. Frequently Asked Questions If you have a question, check out our Question and Answer page which displays the questions/answers we have been asked to date or E-Mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will reply within 48/72 hours. Email Helpline
We encourage all archers to have a go at IFAA shooting without obligation and experience for themselves this exciting and challenging style rather than listen to the rumour constantly circulated in a bid to prevent archers expanding into other disciplines.
Visiting Archers
In the interest of any individual archer who intends to shoot at an NIFAA event as a guest should contact the NIFAA information helpline, firstname.lastname@example.com prior to attending any event to ensure entry'. Email Helpline
Thank you for your time and good shooting no matter which discipline/organisation you are involved in.
NIFAA Committee.
With Membership of NIFAA increasing each week, archers are reminded that only members of IFAA affiliated bodies can shoot at all NIFAA events. However, NIFAA recognise that archers may wish to 'have a go' at IFAA shooting before committing to join, and therefore have arranged Insurance cover for any NON Member who wishes to shoot at one of our events, provided they can prove they are members of a recognised Archery Body by producing their membership card or official receipt for membership.
Any archer who wishes to join NIFAA may do so 'on the day' by either paying the Full Membership Fee or, a deposit and opting for our 'confidential easy payment scheme', details of which will be available at our events, or by contacting email@example.com Email Helpline
Insurance provided by Archery GB DOES NOT cover IFAA events, nor does it cover any event where a Non Archery GB Archer is shooting, including 'Club Nights', so be careful. To enable ALL archers to shoot ALL events we strongly advise dual membership of Archery GB and NIFAA. See page dealing with Insurance on this Website. (FAQ's)
Membership cards must be shown at Registration, and carried at all times while attending NIFAA events.
NIFAA Committee.
A number of Field Archery Clubs have already committed to NIFAA and offered their ranges to host NIFAA events over the coming months. In addition to outdoor venues we have been offered the use of a very good indoor range where it is hoped that members from NIFAA take part in the World Postal Winter League 2012/13 while enjoying a social evening at the same time.
The IFAA Statutes require that all member associations have a classification system that is acceptable to IFAA. NIFAA will be introducing Classification for all members. Note: B and C class archers are NOT excluded from IFAA World Champion medals ! If such an archer has the best score, he/she will get the gold medal. Classification allows you win a medal in your class. Class medals are a smaller version of the World medals and come in Gold, Silver and up to 3 Bronze, depending on the number of archers in that class.
As all archers are aware, there are many and varied Bow Styles out there. Many of us have tried most of them in our time and ended up with one style we like or are good with. IFAA Bow Styles differ slightly from that of FITA but it is hoped that soon there will be a common group of styles. Until then please have a look at the different styles under IFAA and decide if you fit into any of the categories.
The Styles are shown as graphic images to make things simple.;-
Amendments to the pictures of equipment to be used in bow styles have been made (30 May 2012), to make sure that you are looking at the most current picture, please when on the page clear the cache of your browser by holding down the Ctrl (control) key and then press the F5 at the same time. Click on the link above. Thank you.
The second 3D Championships hosted by NIFAA were this year located in the mature forest of the Ardnavalley Scout Centre in Belfast. Turnout was a little disappointing with only 43 archers (a little under 10% of the membership) taking part. The course consisted of 28 3D targets including some cluster shots which many of the competitors had never experienced before, but enjoyed the challenge immensely.
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Hi All,
Well, membership of NIFAA is still growing and so are the number of shoots we are having. Our new range at Ardnavally, Belfast proved a great place for Field Archery, offering many challenges and easy access via stone pathways. We will be hosting another event there shortly.
Indoor Championships, Craigavon.
104 Archers attended and from all accounts it was a great day for all taking part with the Lord Mayor presenting the trophies to the winners.
NIFAA Bits
In addition to our Jackets, Cloth Badges, Metal lapel badges and car stickers we now have "bowcase stickers" as well. Anyone wanting any of these items contact Dee Shannon or Wellesley McGown.
Our shoots are on the calendar on the Website including directions to all venues, however our next two shoots are;
Marked Hunter Round 14 x 2 Roe Valley 23rd March 1000 for 1030 start (Classification Round).
Marked Field Round 28 targets Loughry College 6th April 1000 for 1030 start. (Classification Round).
You will need to bring lunch with you.
We are trying to encourage all members to 'book in advance' the shoots they are attending (the way it used to be years ago before it became the norn to grab as much money as possible on the day) so as to allow us the opportunity to A, know who is coming and B, sort the groups out in advance so saving time. There are two ways you can book, 1, email firstname.lastname@example.com or 2, book on our facebook page, either way ensures you have a place as some of our shoots are becoming oversubscribed such as the Indoor Championship. You can even pay via PayPal now.
facebook. Still trying to get all members onto our facebook page which is restricted to members only, that way we don't have to send out 300+ emails BCC as it takes a long time to ensure your privacy.
If you intend to shoot in the IFAA NI Championships in July, you will need a classification, as you do at all IFAA events. Your classification will depend on how well you shoot and any archer 'Unclassified' will end up shooting against the A class shooter so it is in your interest to have your own classification. Level 1 Instructors Course.
NIFAA will be running another Level 1 course shortly, if interested contact Wellesley McGown.
If interested contact email@example.com.
Enough for now.
Thank you for your support.
NIFAA Committee.
Following many requests from Archers over the last number of weeks in regards to affiliating to NIFAA, we are now offering TWO choices. As there are only four months left in our financial year, we have once again reduced our membership fee pro-rata for new members for the remainder of the year to £10.00 (until the 1st September 2013), or for those who would prefer not to have the hassle of renewal in September, £40.00 from now until 1st September 2014 (16 months membership).
Although NIFAA are independent of AGB/NIAS we do promote archery for all and therefore as requested, you will find the AGB Direct membership application ready for download on this site for those who discussed the option of dual membership and the savings made by affiliating direct to AGB.
NIFAA application forms can also be downloaded from this website, collected at Kilmore Archery Centre or E-Mailed to you direct if you prefer, again the choice is yours. Remember there is also a confidential easy payment plan for those who would rather spread the cost of membership over three months.
If you have a question, or require any further information do not hesitate to contact us at email@example.com as we are here to help archers in any way we can and will reply within 72 hours.
Our Lapel badges, car stickers, book of rules and Classification cards are available to all members FREE of charge (Additional lapel badges may be purchased) and will, as usual be on issue at our events to any member wishing them.
15th December 2013
The "gallery" range at Kilmore.
What a great shoot and an exceptional turnout of archers. The sudden change of venue did not seem to affect the
number of Archers attending at Kilmore Archery Centre, everyone who had previously registered for Kinnego arrived
safely at Kilmore. In fact we had so many people wanting to attend that we had to send out messages pleading with
them not to come as we were so heavily oversubscribed.
Near fatal accident.
WOW, what a weekend.
NIFAA Field Round, RVAC 10th March 2013..
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
of Bell's bell and beehives
and that prompted me to check the two that I have, to see if they were the same.
My friend Maz would know immediately which ones she has but not me.
and, as it turns out, mine aren't quite the same as Bells'.
Then the next thought that occurred was that I hadn't ever shown you my rather modest collection, except for incidental photos of the silver coloured bells and beehive that hang on the tree in my bedroom at Christmas
so here they are
some are in the old UK/ Commonwealth sizings, some are metric and a few of the contemporary ones also have US sizing as well.
These ones don't go above size 6 which is today's 5.5mm /US 9 - presumably because people simply didn't knit with anything thicker. There is no modern equivalent for those teeny size 16s, but a 2mm / US size 0 would be a 14.
This one isn't a needle gauge per se - it has a little brass slide on the front for keeping track of rows.. On the back it has a ruler and the legend " The 'BRAX' KNITTER'S AID patent applied for" ... anyone got any idea where or when it was made ?
I used to have more needle gauges - a couple of Bakelite beehives that had been my mother's, and some others that had probably come free with English Women's Weekly in the 60s and 70s, but somewhere along the line, they have disappeared as is the way of such things.
Friend Maz is the serious collector of these things so if you'd like to see more, go visit her and then my dozen-and-a-bit will pale into insignificance :]
eta I've now linked to the specific post that shows her collection
and if you have some lurking in the bottom of your knitting basket, or the drawers of that old Singer sewing machine, or in Nanna's old workbasket - please share photos.
9 comments:
- Lynne said...
Wow! I have one - a plastic utilitarian model bought sometime in the last two years! I only bought it because I needed to sort out my circular needles - I hadn't put them back in the original packets after use!! :-(
When I was a child, my mum had a pink metal needle case and it had grooves in the side of the lid for measuring the gauges of needles - I haven't seen it for years so she probably deosn't have it anymore!
- 3:10 pm
- Tanya Brown said...
Cool. I had no idea that such things existed.
- 3:52 pm
- Bells said...
fantastic! What a gorgeous collection and what a nice use for them on the tree. I've been waiting for this post since you mentioned you do it. Fabulous.
Off to check the serious collection!
- 8:02 pm
- Kate/Massachusetts said...
Really interesting collection! I particularly like the row counter! My only "antique" is a brass KnitWit. Did you ever have one? You looped yarn around this gizmo, sewed the center, and then retracted the spokes and off popped a daisy-like flower. Never did figure out how to put the daisies together but I suppose they were either sewn or crocheted into an afgan.
- 9:54 pm
- catsmum said...
You know Kate, that's one thing I've never had, but I shouldn't be at all surprised to find that Maz has a collection of Daisy Wheels/Knitwits as well :]
- 10:33 pm
- Sheepish Annie said...
Those are wonderful! It never occurred to me to collect that sort of thing. I have my sheepie gauge from Goose Pond and that's all she wrote. Now I guess I'll have to start a whole new collection of stuff. ;)
- 9:23 am
- Alwen said...
I do have a few needle gauges, maybe three? but I like my micrometer best.
But that wouldn't stop me from buying a nice bell gauge if I happened across one!
- 12:44 pm
- crazyhaberdasher said...
Hi Susan! ...thanks for the link-up.
And yes, I do have a collection of daisy winders too! Might be able to post about them on the "knitsandbits" blog soon.
I have tried to find out something about Brax but to no avail - only to suggest that while we think that only wool companies were responsible for the gauges, sometimes they were give-aways (like Betterware for instance - which is a house cleaning products firm which sold door-to-door and rewarded the customers with those plastic gauges), sometimes they were a promotional gimmick, etc, and of course, freebies from magazines. So it might be along that line of things! But it does look to be from the 20's - 30's to me.
- 1:26 pm
- Rose Red said...
I LOVE the beehives!! Now I think you've really triggered a serious need to collect these!
- 7:31 pm


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Convicted felon, probation scofflaw, and fledgling salesman Kwame Kilpatrick's explains why he's using a personal day FridayBy
Oh come on, what's the point? What's the fucking point in any case I gotta argue with Groner, I gotta knock heads with the Feds, I'm busting my balls sell your computers to deadbeats. I had them on the hook, on the hook, for nine units, Mountain View Hospital System what have you, and then Groner…fucking God Vishnu comes down with 26 money orders and he won't sign off…canceled my closing meeting for court hearing. Whatever gets accomplished at a court hearing? When I find out whose cousin he is…
They want me to make restitution then give me the good leads, the Glengarry municipal services leads. George and Harriet blah blah Nyberg? I've seen that name 100 times. Money in the mattress. Check the records, I was top man. 2001 through 2008, I was top man. Pete came down here, he said, kid you bought that Cadillac for me. What's this pay thus or you're back in jail? It's not right. It's not right to the customer. It's medieval. All train compartments smell vaguely of shit. (Freep)
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I always saw the Kilpatrick's family/gang story as a 70's Blaxploitation flick, but Glengarry works.
"…Hajji also defended Kilpatrick's lifestyle in a posh Dallas suburb, saying: "Mr. Kilpatrick is going to have to function in the upper echelons of society. … The clientele he must establish a rapport with are likely to be the privileged and the affluent… Burgers and beer at the local bar is not going to be sufficient."…"
So what I infer from this is that Carlita and her surgically enhanced vajayjay are servicing clients out in the cabana by the pool.
The Bob Kelsos of the world are getting their Jungle Fever fix in exchange for fata data management contracts.
Can't the Kwamster just put that on his expense account?
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Dharamshala — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad said that the custodial death of Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in 2015 was shocking like the recent death of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Cao Shulin in 2014.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was a highly respected Buddhist monk and community leader when he was arrested in April 2002 for alleged involvement in a bomb explosion. Following a trial in which no proper evidence was ever produced, he and his colleague Lobsang Dhondup were sentenced to death in December 2002.
UN Human rights cheif Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, who is a Jordanian prince, highlights human rights concerns around the world in an address to the 36th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, September 11, 2017 while urging China to address ill-treatment in detention and deaths in custody— considered to be systematically violating human rights.
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said, "The recent death in custody of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo shocked many around the world, as did the deaths, also in custody, of Cao Shunli in 2014 and Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in 2015".
UN and human rights groups said that the case against him was flawed, not provided a fair trial and was subjected to ill-treatment in custody. Although his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2005, Tenzin died in July 2015 at the age of 65.
The UN High Commissioner also raised the issue of deprivation of liberty to many persons including Wang Quanzhang, Jiang Tianyong, Li Ming-che, Tashi Wangchuk and Liu Xia by China on "questionable grounds, without any independent oversight mechanism."
"I am particularly concerned about action taken against defence lawyers", Zeid said. However, Zeid also praised China for drafting its first national law regarding detention centres, which will improve standards of treatment, oversight and accountability.
He further commended China's emphasis on the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights. He suggested China to "include a greater focus on vulnerable groups, in particular among the Tibetan, Uyghur and other marginalised populations."
"In Myanmar, another brutal security operation is underway in Rakhine State – this time, apparently on a far greater scale," he said, adding: "In less than three weeks over 270,000 people have fled to Bangladesh, three times more than the 87,000 who fled the previous operation."
Syria and Iraq, two countries that have been longtime staples of concern from UN human rights chiefs, received only passing mention in his address – a testament to the broad concerns about today's world. He also spoke about rights concerns in Burundi, Venezuela, Yemen, Libya and the United States, where he expressed concerns about the Trump administration's plan to dismantle protection for younger immigrants, many of whom have lived most of the lives in the US.
Overall, the High Commissioner updates the Human Rights Council on human rights issues in 40 countries — lamented how the world has grown "darker and dangerous" since he took office three years ago.
"My reflections focuses on States' consistency – or lack of consistency – when it comes to human rights commitments: the so-called internal-external gap. Does it not disturb governments to defend the rights of humans elsewhere – in order to project themselves as global players – while at home they openly deny the rights of their own people? Do they not recognize the hypocrisy?"
"Does it not occur to the many Governments who engage in intimidation and bullying, and commit reprisals against human rights defenders and NGOs which work with the UN human rights mechanisms – do they not realise that this only confirms to us, and to the world, how much oppression and injustice they exercise in their own countries? This is not a shared future; it is the theft of their peoples' inalienable rights."
"Does it not disturb governments when they seize only on some of the countries cited in my oral update and reports, ignoring others? Frequently, a particular critical emergency will demand the focused attention of this Council – and in those circumstances, when swift action is taken, the Council ought to be commended for it. But when this Council does not act with the urgency and magnitude commensurate to the crisis, selectivity becomes a poison that eats away at the credibility of this body."
He encourage the President, and Member States, to develop a stronger, more unified voice in world affairs on behalf of human rights. "I also suggest consideration be given to the need to exclude from this body States involved in the most egregious violations of human rights."
Reflecting on his observation, he said "many senior officials and diplomats indulge in attacks against the human rights mechanisms, or deny the existence of serious violations. It has been extraordinary in the past three years to see how some of these senior officials who once took a dim view of human rights will change their views fundamentally when they themselves are stripped of some of their own rights and freedoms. Violations of human rights should not have to become so personal, for all of us to truly grasp their importance. "
"In the first three years of my current term, the world has grown darker and dangerous," he said, adding: "My vision for the work of my Office has become more determined, drawing even more deeply on the lessons which come to us from our forbears: human rights principles are the only way to avoid global war and profound misery and deprivation."
The UN's human rights chief concluded: "In continuing to lead this Office I am inspired by movements of people standing up in many countries in defiance of the indefensible. They seek, not power or personal profit; what they seek is justice."
Despite Tibetan protests and calls by international governments, China has refused to provide any more information about the circumstances of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death or to hold anyone accountable for the denial of medical parole for him or the treatment of his family and remains after his death.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was held in a prison in Chengdu, just outside Tibet, and on 2 July 2015, His families were suddenly invited to visit him. They were repeatedly denied access to the prison when they reached Chengdu. On July 12, they were informed he had died - according to the authorities after unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate him after a heart attack. Some monks accompanying the family were allowed to see his body and reported that his mouth and fingernails were black. However, the authorities refused to issue a proper death certificate or release his body.
In the days following his death, authorities in his home area of Nagchukha County moved quickly to prevent anger and grief over his death turning into political action. Peaceful protests in the County demanding the return of his body were broken up with beatings, tear gas and firing into the air.Despite calls by international community, Rinpoche's body was cremated on 16 July 16, against his family's wishes.


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There was a time, however brief, when online dating actually worked. In those halcyon days, there was a good chance you could actually get a date, and even meet someone worth getting to know. Alas, no more, and PoF is solid proof.
Before online dating came in, women had to be realistic, and couldn't afford to be too picky, else they ran the risk of going dateless. Today, online dating makes a vast range of choices available to women, and they can filter out men who don't meet certain very narrow criteria. That is, they can filter in the top 5% of men – rich, good-looking, and tall, and ditch the rest. In addition, they can ignore or block men who respond to their profile, if they're not up to snuff. As a result, a lot of perfectly good guys are getting shut out. It doesn't help that the vast numbers of women on PoF doing the shutting out are of low-quality – thug lovers, tattooed from here to kingdom come, serial daters, substance abusers, single mothers looking for a meal ticket for themselves and their kids, fatties, and psychotics who wouldn't even begin to interest the top-notch guys.
The situation isn't any better on pay sites. Women who pay a fee for use of a dating site are even more demanding, and they often see the fees they pay as an investment in landing a top-drawer guy. And sometimes they will pay just to get some attention from men if they're really hard up.
It should come as no surprise that low-quality women can be found on pay sites, too. And because they are generally unwilling to accept imperfect men, men who join up hoping to meet a woman end up spending a lot of cash to get essentially nothing in return. This is one reason why pay dating sites are often fraudulent. Because the few real women who are using such sites generally skip over the average guys, (and the operators of pay dating sites know they do this,) fake profiles are used to entice men to sign up, and at the same time give them the false impression they might actually get something for their money. Sadly, this kind of fraud is hard to prove, and the legal systems in most Western countries are loath to address it.
You might be forgiven for thinking that dating in the real world is better. It isn't. Consider for a moment the fact that women who join PoF and other online dating sites can also be found in the real world, along with all their negative behaviors. Indeed, many men find that their success rate in the real world is just as poor as it is on PoF or elsewhere. Unless, of course, they're good-looking, or have got 'game'. To paraphrase Amy Alkon, The Advice Goddess, if you go looking for women in grocery stores, you'd better have a game that's good enough to charm a woman even while you're bending over a corpse at a funeral. What ever happened to the days when you could simply just be yourself and succeed with women?
Sifting through the hundreds of comments that have popped up here on Plentyoffish Sucks! several things become crystal clear. The first thing, obviously, is that online dating sucks – and it doesn't work for men. The second is that men are getting fed up with women and the increasingly rotten treatment they get from them. Oh sure, there are alternatives – escorts, porn, onanism, celibacy, hook-ups, and PUA. But none of these are realistically sustainable. And if you're thinking about getting into random hook-ups, you'd better have game, and you'd better be good-looking. As for Pick Up Artist (PUA) techniques, they're just a sophisticated form of begging for sex that puts women in the driver's seat.
Since none of the alternatives are workable in the long run, what's next? Here's what's next. Men are increasingly noticing how poor their odds of success are in trying to get a date. They're going to jettison online and traditional dating. They're going to turn their energies to other pursuits, or go overseas to places where women still like men. Eventually, what will follow from all this is that women, either offline or online, won't be able to get any dates. And as I mentioned in an earlier post, "What the Hell is Wrong with Women Today?", they'll be relegated to living with their 999 cats or having lesbian affairs. Even if they do learn to smarten up, (and they seem to be congenitally incapable of doing so), it'll be too late. The good news is that the fraudulent online dating sites are going to dry up in droves. The bad news is that the rare, few good women that might be out there are going to suffer terribly for their sisters' perfidy.
It's a piss-poor state of affairs, no doubt about it. The only people who are likely rejoicing over it are the NWO and the zero population growth freaks, who by now must be dancing with glee.


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This year, like every year, I'm counting my blessings one by one.
If there's anything I've learned about managing the stress of running a business, having a baby, juggling personal life and family with everything else, it's that gratitude and an attitude of joyful thanksgiving can save a person's sanity.
Through all of my struggles this year, God has, very gently, pointed out small miracles and big blessings. He's shown me what a beautiful life looks like, helped me to manage stress and slow down, blessed me with rest and recovery and smart, caring doctors. He's blessed me with a very comfortable home and a family I adore. He's given me a thriving business and talent I enjoy immensely. So very much to be thankful for this year!
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With Earth Day just around the corner once again, its important to remember we need to do our part to help out. Finding time to clean up your local trail, getting involved with organizations like TreadLightly! and doing your part to 4wheel responsibly will help keep trails open and in great shape for generations to come.
Many ORV areas around the country are under attack, however. Government and private groups are trying to limit land access for off-road vehicles. Areas like Paragon Adventure Park in Pennsylvania and Tellico Trail System in North Carolina have been forced to close in recent years and countless others across the country had met similar opposition. Johnson Valley ORV Area, home to the hugely popular King of the Hammers race in Southern California is currently under siege from government land expansion for a nearby Marine base. Organizations like BlueRibbon Coalition help fight the battle to keep public access land open to the public for recreational use. They can use your support to help keep trails open and public land available to all. For more information on current initiative and how you can get involved this Earth Day and throughout the year, talk to your local off-road club and check out:


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Promoting a product or brand means to let people know it, in order to create product or brand awareness. This is an essential way to achieve the final objective of any firm: to obtain benefits by selling your product at a desirable quantity and price. Therefore, firms must study the possible alternatives there are for promoting a product.
Although there are a wide variety of ways of promotion, they could all be divided in four categories, which are mainly the following: advertising, sales promotions, public relations and personal selling.
On the one hand, advertising is a very effective medium of information as it achieves everybody's mind: it gets to a lot of people in a short period and has many possible channels (TV, radio, posters, social networks, etc.)
On the other hand, it seems to be really expensive and messages might not get to the audience clearly.
Referring to sales promotion, it increases sells because it attracts people to consume your products, at the expense of a reduction in the competitors ones. That is because the customer prefers a product which has a reduction in its price but not in its quality.
However, if this method is used too frequently it may create an image deteriorated of the product (the product may seem to have less quality).
Public relations offer more detailed information about the product, because this implies somebody dedicated to make product awareness within the target customers.
In spite of being an attractive choice of promotion, public relations also has some disadvantages, for instance, it may not result convincement for customers, as not always the PR transmits the essence of the message correctly.
Finally, personal selling helps to increase sells because this activity involves going to customers' homes and assisting customers with technical problems.
Nevertheless, it is the most expensive promotional tool and sometimes it is not well worthy for sellers.
To conclude, companies have a wide range of promotional tools, but it is essential for them to make a good evaluation of them, in order to concern a lot of public, so to increase sells.
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CLEVELAND — Who let the bugs out? Buzz ... buzz, buzz.
The lasting image from Game 2 at Jacobs Field was the closeup of Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain's neck caked with dead midges, and the blizzard-like swarm of insects that surrounded him as he flailed away helplessly atop the pitcher's mound.
"He was having trouble seeing out there," Yankees manager Joe Torre said after his team lost 2-1 and dropped to 0-2 in the American League Division Series. "It was just like blankets of stuff out there. I really don't know what to tell you because I've never seen anything like that before, especially all of a sudden coming on the scene like that."
The bugs made their cameo during the middle of the eighth inning. Before Chamberlain threw a pitch, home plate umpire Laz Diaz walked toward the mound and brought the pitcher a bottle of insect spray.
"Yeah, it was annoying out there," Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner said. "Guys were using bug repellent and trying to put it on their helmet, on their back, on their chest and stuff to kind of try and keep them away."
The midges — an insect related to mosquitoes — began bombing the New York reliever, and play was stopped again in the eighth inning so a trainer could apply more repellent.
"I've seen bugs and mosquitoes since I started umpiring," crew chief Bruce Froemming said. "There was just about a 10-minute period there where everybody was lathering up. It might not have been a perfect scenario.
"But, no, I never considered (stopping the game)."
The 10 minutes is about all the Indians needed to hand Chamberlain his second earned run of the season. They did it without a hit, and the run tied the game.
Chamberlain went 2-0 with a 0.38 ERA in 19 games during the regular season. He gave up just 12 hits, six walks and stuck out 34 in 24 innings.
He began the eighth by walking Grady Sizemore, then threw a wild pitch that allowed the Indians center fielder to advance to second base, before Asdrubal Cabrera laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Sizemore to third.
Sizemore scored on Chamberlain's second wild pitch — he had just one during the regular season — then hit Victor Martinez and walked Ryan Garko before finally getting out of the inning by striking out Jhonny Peralta.
"I'll never make an excuse, but they were bad out there," Chamberlain said of the bugs. "They bugged me, but you have to deal with it. I still have to do a better job executing pitches.
"I let my guys down tonight, and that's the bottom line."
The bugs remained for the rest of the game, but they were never as thick as they were during Chamberlain's time on the mound.
"They were obviously affecting him," said Yankees starter Andy Pettitte, who pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings before Chamberlain entered the game. "Not only was there the tightness of the game and the situation that he was in, but then he had to deal with all that on top of it."
The Indians fans aren't complaining, despite the fact many of them had to use the towels the team gave away at the gates to shoo away the annoying pests. The "home field" advantage may have contributed to the Indians scoring in the eighth, which allowed them to win the game in the 11th with a walk-off Hafner hit.
The picture of players and umpires swinging non-stop at the bugs was all anyone could talk about after the game.
"I've never seen anything like it before," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "But it was like that for both teams."
It's a memory that will last for just about anyone who was there. Froemming can still recall his last bug encounter.
"The only other experience that comes close to it would be in Cincinnati, years ago," he said. "We had a bee problem by the dugout. They had to get a beekeeper to move this swarm of bees, and they did it."
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Nathaniel and Chene
When I met this couple for the first time in 2015 they were freshly engaged and madly in love. When I saw them again on February, there was so much more of that love and it was evident to everyone who came to share their wedding day with them.
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I received an ad for Tempur-Pedic and I've been looking at it on my counter. I would love a Tempur-pedic mattress, but I'm not ready to shell out the $3500+ dollars. I did love the cover of their mailing though. I decided to bring it up to my craft room to try and duplicate it. Here's what I came up with. I stamped the trees in Whisper White and Sahara Sand (one of them is stamped half and half). I stamped dots on one and colored in the dots on one with gold and green.I punched the trees out (two were punched smaller). Then I scored two of the trees in half and popped them with dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment and then the snow from the Sheltering Tree set. It's very hard to see the gold in the photo. All products are listed below. Let me know what you think!
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Premier Hotel Sani Pass, located in the picturesque Mkomazana Valley in the southern Drakensburg, is due to undergo a full refurbishment, estimated to conclude on 1 December 2016.
The nine-month project will see the hotel, built in 1958, upgraded to meet the hospitality requirements of avid, modern travellers. Surrounded by the Drakensburg Mountains, 34 additional rooms will be built and all rooms will have balconies and breath-taking views of the Sani Pass and Southern Drakensberg.
The refurbishment will see Premier Hotel Sani Pass advance from 3-star to 4-star status with renovations including air-conditioning installed in all of the facilities and rooms, Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and garden rooms outside the main hotel building. A key focus point for the project will be providing entertainment facilities for families, including a new Wellness Centre.
A modern state of the art conference centre, accommodating up to 300 in cinema style with air-conditioning, will also be constructed, with the aim to becoming the best and biggest conference facility between the south coast and the Drakensberg.
"The purpose of our R75 million investment in Premier Hotel Sani Pass is to see the hotel become the best 4-star resort in the southern Drakensberg. After months of planning and careful deliberation, we are looking forward to providing our guests with even better, quality rooms and facilities towards the end of 2016," says Managing Director of Premier Hotels & Resorts, Samuel Nassimov.
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Linux Is NOT UNIX - Online Article
"If you are talking about very large, massively symmetric multiprocessing systems, systems with greater than eight CPUs, you do need a full-blown Unix," says Jeremy Allison, Samba Team Lead at Fremont, Calif.-based VA Linux Systems."
There is a common misunderstanding that Linux is a refined form of UNIX or is derived form UNIX or something lie that. However, to your surprise this is NOT the case.
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system. The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel started in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone. It was initially a terminal emulator, which Torvalds used to access the large UNIX servers of the university.
Whereas UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. The owner of the trademark UNIX® is The Open Group, an industry standards consortium. Only systems fully compliant with and certified to the Single UNIX Specification qualify as "UNIX®" (others are called "Unix system-like" or "Unix-like", e.g. Linux).
Major Differences
|It was created by Linus Torvaldes
|Made by group of people at AT&T.
|It is a kernel. It is NOT an OS
|It is a type of OS.
|Linux is free. (GPL license)
|UNIX is not a freeware
|Linux is just a clone of UNIX, but contains 0 UNIX kernel code.[2]
|Linux has small hardware requirements, relatively.
|Unix requires a more powerful hardware configuration.
|It will work on both a large mainframe computer and an x86 based personal computer.
|It will work in large mainframe computers but will not work in an x86 based personal computer.
|With Linux, said vendor support must be purchased, unless you buy a "boxed" set or enterprise version, and you still have to setup and configure yourself.
|When buying a Unix, one gets vendor assistance on setting up and configuring the system, with their people in your data centre.
|Examples of Linux distributions are Redhat, Fedora, Susee, Mandriva, and Ubuntu.
|For example, BSD, Solaris uses the UNIX kernel.
- Linux is just the kernel the GNU (recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix) is what people often confuse as being 'Linux' this is however the command line and tools that interact with the Linux Kernel.
- [From Linux Kernel ReadMe File) Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX compliance.
Interesting Facts
- Linux has grown faster than any other server OS over the past few years--212 percent in 1999, according to International Data Corp. (IDC). Last year Linux shipments accounted for 24.6 percent of the total server OS market, up 8.8 percent from 1998. Linux's user base is estimated to be about 15 million machines, compared to 4.5 million for combined Unix installations.
- A Linux OS is called a distribution and will include both the Linux Kernel and The GNU tools as well.
- UNIX is the foundation for a number of operating systems, with Linux being the most popular one. Novell and Free BSD are 2 other commonly used UNIX variants.
- Linux is programmed by a global network of people who simply code for the fun of it.
- UNIX was started as a project in the 60's at Berkley with AT&T and was always supposed to be open. When UNIX became a trade name that project turned into BSD which means Barkley Service Distribution.
- Andrew Tenenbaum was a professor and teaching Operating System and concepts but he was not able to give any examples. So, he developed his own OS called Minix. It is open but not free.
- Richard Stallmen (the father of open source) wanted to give a free Operating system. So, he started GNU/Hurd project. Even he itself says writing a kernel code is hard and difficult to debug so he started supporting tools like Emacs, GCC, etc.
- During the same time as discussed in above point, Linus Torvalds was also doing his college project. He was good enough in assembly and little C that time (before having idea of Linux). So, slowly he wrote a file system and other things.
- If anyone finds really something needed for Linux, the can write their own patch and then submit to Linus. Linus will then upgrade it and release in next version. However, this is not the case of BSD they don't accept patch, a major reason for their failure.
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Transportation & Public Works Committee Agenda
Standing Committee of the City Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Special Meeting
April 12, 2012
9:30 a.m. - Room 317 City Hall
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Committee Members Present: Council Members: Colvin Roy (Chair), Reich, Lilligren, Glidden, Hodges, Quincy (Quorum 4)
Council Committee Coordinator: Peggy Menshek (612) 673-2287
1. Yard Waste Processing:
Authorize execution of amendment to the contract with Organic Technologies, Incorporated to reduce the amount of yard waste being handled by OTI by 50% and secure performance standards for the remainder of the contract, including changes agreed to in negotiations.
Staff Report: OTI Contract Amendment RCA
(Also in W&M/Budget Committee)
Action Taken: Approved.
2. West Broadway Alternatives Analysis Grant Application:
Authorize submission of an application for federal Alternatives Analysis Program funding to conduct an alternatives analysis for transit improvements in the West Broadway corridor.
Staff Report: West Broadway Alternatives App RCA
(Also in W&M/Budget Committee)
Action Taken: Approved.
Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.03 or 13D.05.
Committee actions referred to the next City Council Meeting: 4/13/2012
Next Regular T&PW Committee Meeting: 4/17/2012
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BlackBerry recently announced QNX's Project Ion, which will help businesses easily connect people, devices and machines, and derive value from these connections.
"As connectivity costs continue to fall and connected technologies become pervasive, a new market is emerging – the Internet of Things," said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry. "Billions of connections, generating trillions of transactions and exabytes of data daily, will require platforms that can operate securely on a global scale. No other company is in a better position than BlackBerry to provide the technological building blocks, applications and services needed to enhance productivity, improve real-time decision making and deliver on the vision of the Internet of Things."
Project Ion was announced at the O'Reilly Solid Conference, where Alec Saunders gave the keynote talk, "Time to Get Personal: Enabling a Human-centric Approach to IoT".
Data is important, but customers matter. Until IoT can deepen customer relationships and enrich user experiences, it won't live up to its true potential. The challenges, of course, are many when businesses need to tap into massive amounts of data and extract meaningful information, without compromising security.
In this keynote, Alec Saunders looks at the current state of IoT and demonstrates how it can move beyond its operational focus to become a far more powerful and human-centric approach to growing your business. Check it out in the video above.


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So... it's been a while since I posted anything but book reviews. Which is not to say knitting, travelling, spinning, working, etc. etc. hasn't happened; but somehow there just hasn't been time to note anything down.
However; after the recent trouble and violence in London, I thought I'd bring you some of the wonderful London weekend which was Knit Nation 2011. For me, the weekend started on the Thursday evening, with a trip to the National Portrait Gallery, a meal at Rossopomodoro and most importantly a chance to introduce two friends, who previously knew each other online but hadn't met. Franklin and Gavin are both knitters and leading lights of the Archers group on Ravelry. (That's a packet of Duchy Originals shortbread with them; you had to be listening to the Archers in January or February, otherwise it's a long and pointless story)...
After an even earlier start than usual on the Friday morning, I got to the reception desk with SarahAbroad and signed up for all my classes. All very smooth and efficient - thanks, Jaq!
The first full-day class was the Gothenburg connection - Bohus Stickning, with Susanna Hansson who was a superb teacher. Bohuslan, the area where the knitting was done, is north of Gothenburg. What I liked was that the focus was very much on the social justice element of the Bohus project, and also the emphasis that this is not folk knitting, but a completely new style of couture knitting which was intended to compete with the likes of Ralph Lauren and Nina Ricci in the post-war period. Garments commanded very high prices, and knitters were paid enough that in some families, the balance of financial power was shifted from the man to the woman of the household which caused some contention.
Meanwhile, while listening and looking at slides, we started knitting wristlets in the Blue Shimmer pattern. The yarn is lovely to work with - you could really feel the angora content and it was incredibly warm.
Susannah explained the construction (no steeks, seamed, cardigans worked back and forth in 20th century style, not the traditional cut-and-edge style in Fair Isle knitting, small couture-type buttons).
We had a show and tell at the end - lots of wristlets. Mine are destined to become the cuffs for a pair of gloves, probably fingerless. One was completed later that day, the other is underway again after a bit of a break for other projects!
One of the best things about the charity Bingo night on the Saturday is that one of my classmates won a fabulous Bohus kit, which was a fabulous coincidence given the numbers of people playing on the evening - congratulations, Elaine!!


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- 10:28 RT @TomFeilden Just because planes can take off fly around a bit and come back unscathed, doesn't mean it's safe. is.gd/bz4he #ashtag #
- 12:02 Glad to see the airlines are more than willing to gamble with passengers lives #
- 12:09 Has Boeing changed it's stand from 1999? bit.ly/d5crOV "Boeing has always advocated that flight crews avoid volcanic ash clouds" #
- 15:38 Great the pox in question is a sophisticated rookit/stealth - suspect the only option is to nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure #
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The chess pieces are solid wood. Not Hollow plastic!
Plastic (PVC, vinyl, etc...) pieces dry rot and fade in a short amount of time, and are easily blown over by the wind and cracked or broken. My chess sets are heavy enough not to be blown over by the wind. And if the chess pieces get scratched, stained, or damaged, the chess set can be repainted. With the right care, these chess sets will last a life time, and then some.
My chess pieces are hand made out of white pine. I have 2 size pieces to chose from. (see Measurements) The chess sets are made in my shop in my back yard, one piece at a time. NOT "Made In Japan".
Individual pieces can be purchased.
I have two finishes to choose from.
Black-and-White Painted & Stained-and-Natural with clear finish.
(Black-and-White Painted)
If you are planning to leave the set out side, this is the finish I recommend.
The painted set has two coats of Minwax® sealer. With a coat of high gloss, exterior, oil base, commercial grade paint. A set with this finish can remain out side. But no finish will permanently protect wood against direct sun, snow, ice and rain. Be sure to check the finish annually to determine if it needs to be recoated. If the finish warrants, apply an additional coat of high gloss, exterior, oil base paint according to the paint label directions.
The dark chess set is stained with Minwax® Jacobean (it is a dark brown). The light chess set is the natural color of white pine. The Stained-and-Natural set has a coat of Minwax® sealer, and two coats of high gloss Minwax® polyurethane. Even though polyurethane is excellent for protecting wood from water, it will not last long in the sun. I do not recommend this finish for out side. I charge an extra $70.00 a set for this finish.
A black & white 6 foot by 6 foot board can be purchased for $100.00. Or an 8 foot by 8 foot board can be purchased for $120.00. Each board is made out of 2 pieces of indoor-outdoor carpet. The 2 pieces of carpet can be rolled up for storage.
I recommend you use 12 inch by 12 inch cement tiles 2 inches thick. You can find these locally at home & garden centers like Lowe's, Home Depot and Wal-Mart. They are used for stepping stones in gardens and as walk ways. They come in different colors like white, brown and red. Use 2 different colors to make the contrasting squares for the chess board. I do not sell these because they would cost too much to ship.
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Seasons of our life trudge on as relentlessly as the seasons of our year – autumn, winter, spring, summer – birth, letting go, death, rebirth. On and on reminding us of life being impermanent, messy – sometimes muddy or frozen or glorious. I find myself in an 'in-between' place, uncertainty that tests faith and more learning on being comfortable with mystery – God's gracious uncertainty. I want to thank everyone who supports and prays and loves African Hospitality Institute. AHI is flourishing
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Grab a Kleenex. This may be a difficult blog to read. Uganda is a country of contrast. A country overflowing with natural resources and abject poverty. A predominately Christian country that actively practices witchcraft. Uganda has beautiful, welcoming and wonderful people, riddled with rampant corruption. Uganda is a country full of love and betrayal, hope and despair, life and death. It is a joyful country and at the same time a traumatized country with dark secrets that are passed on from
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Men shout, shake their ebony fists, shout more, storm off sweating and exhausted, only to return shouting louder. I found myself often in the middle of this angry mass, a tinderbox ready to explode. Land disputes are common in Uganda. Our ministries are enmeshed in one now. Villagers have lost land to these land grabbers as well. The villagers worry that our ministries will be shoved off land – exposing their children to more suffering. Every meeting, someone comes to get me; to make sure I am
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"A Protestant minister named Charlie Andrews comes to join Gandhi. The two men are walking down a city street when three teenagers emerge from an alley, carrying rocks, calling names and threatening violence. Charlie pauses and suggests the he and Gandhi take a different route. Instead, Gandhi moves forward and beckons Charlie to come along. As they walk. Gandhi notes that Jesus taught that if an enemy strikes a blow on one cheek, you are to turn the other. The danger grows with each forward
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African Hospitality Institute is a storytelling community. As we share our stories, we learn that God allows the first part of our story to be written through the choices of our ancestors. Some of us have been blessed with a Godly heritage – generations of decisions to follow God. Others have suffered from generational sins that have wounded and destroyed. Yet for each of us, there is a point where God invites us to co-author the rest of our story – we must choose how we will respond to the
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I was reminded this afternoon of wondrous African memories: lizards falling from roof beams, down my shirt and trapped in my bra - a respectable reason to give up wearing one; a green Mamba jumping from a basket into my hair before slithering down my arm. Slipping in muddy red clay after a thunderstorm. Lying in bed debating whether the drip from the ceiling was a rain drop or lizard pee. Monkeys everywhere, Lieutenant Dan moments of screaming at God over the harshness of life and earning my
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There hasn't been much time for 'Porch Ponderings' – it's been wildly busy with one large team after another – staff and students have worked for weeks without days off; up at 4 AM to bake bread and muffins and falling into bed around 11PM after full days of cooking and cleaning. These are the months we give the students a taste of what working in the hospitality business is like year-round. These are days of the great exams; faced with multiple groups, followed by a group of 38 on retreat for
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CHANGE. – It's a word I fear. It's a word I yearn for. I am learning much about resting in the mystery of God. I am learning about my need for self-care, compassion as well as unconditional acceptance of myself and others. I am learning about saying "Yes to life from the belly of sorrow". At this season of my life I stand at a 'Threshold'. Thresholds require a 'crossing over' into the unknown; demanding vulnerability, surrender and an 'opening to receive new life'. As I live a mindful and
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In March, we took our students on a Field Trip to the Silver Springs Hotel. Many of our students had never been to Kampala before. No one had ever entered a Western Hotel before. We were given tours of all the departments in the hotel and then had lunch in their dining room. The students were studying the napkin design; which the manager thought we didn't know how to do – so at the end of the meal each student left at his chair a beautiful and complicated napkin design to prove that they are


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LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a statement to the BBC inside her Downing Street office at 1245 GMT on the Brexit talks, a day after European Union leaders rejected her plans during a summit in Austria, a government official said on Friday.
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The Rick's Trucks and Equipment - Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) is set to kick off its 2017 tour this Saturday, April 22nd at the Atomic Speedway just south of Chillicothe, Ohio. This will mark the seventh season of competition for the traditional wingless sprint car series that lays claim to being the last true "outlaw" sprint car series.
Founded in 2011, the tour did not see its first repeat champion until last season when the "Guilford Gasser" Shawn Westerfeld of Guilford, Indiana scored his second consecutive title. However, for 2017, the Hoosier hot shoe has elected to pick and choose his events and does not plan to defend the crown.
This opens the door for a whole host of potential new champions. But two past titlists are already gearing up to attempt to join Westerfeld in the history books as a repeat champ. The inaugural points champion, "The Hustlin Hoosier" Dustin Smith of Russiaville, Indiana and 2014 champ Mike "The Magic Man" Miller of Wapakoneta, Ohio both will return.
On Wednesday, watch for the full release of 18 drivers who have committed to the full 2017 title chase. A points payout of $15,000 in cash and prizes awaits the top 15 in year in points, mostly provided by title sponsor Rick's Trucks and Equipment of Kenton, Ohio.
Opening night at Atomic Speedway promises to be a thrilling event. In total, four races have been contested to date on the fast, high banked 3/8 mile dirt track with 2 of those 4 being some of the most exciting finishes in the track's 65 year history. Past winners at Atomic includes California natives Justin Grant and Kody Swanson, Atomic's own local favorite Todd Kane and defending champion Westerfeld who won the last event there back in September.
This Saturday at Atomic, pit gates will be open for teams all day but the pit area will be cleared and officially opened at 2 pm. General admission gates will open at 4. As always, there are no membership or entry fees at all with BOSS. Mufflers are not required for this event. Methanol is available for sale at the track. Also, TCB Speed will have the official BOSS parts trailer on site. Pill draw for registration will close at 6 pm with hot laps immediately following. Pit passes are $35 for this event but there will be no transponder fee.
For more information on this event, please check out Atomic Speedway's website at www.atomicspeedway.net
Complete Payout Information:
25 Lap A-Main: 1) $1500, 2) $900, 3) $700, 4) $600, 5) $500, 6) $450, 7) $400, 8) $375, 9) $350, 10) $325, 11) $300, 12) $290, 13) $280, 14) $270, 15) $260, 16) $250, 17) $250, 18) $250, 19) $250, 20) $250.
All cars competing but not making the main event will earn $100
Heat race payouts: 1) $40, 2) $30, 3) $20, 4) $10
Heat race pay is provided by the following sponsors
Heat #1: DRC Chassis of Indianapolis, IN
Heat #2: Lias Tire / American Racer
Heat #3: Hoosier Race Tires
Heat #4: TCB Speed Equipment
Bonus Awards Provided by the following sponsors:
Hard Charger Award $50 - The Bridge Restaurant ; Sidney, Ohio
Hard Luck Award $50 - J F Construction ; Bucyrus, Ohio
Steel Block Award $50 - Cowen Truck Lines ; Perrysville, Ohio
Perseverance Award $50 - All Pro Cylinder Heads ; Johnstown, Ohio
Lucky Pill Draw Award $50 - Apple Metal Polishing ; Eldorodo, Ohio
Sweet Move of the race $25 - McMillin Apiaries ; Wampum, Pennsylvania
Special thanks to additional sponsors who help provide the top 15 points teams tow money which include:
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The Hasheesh Eater
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The Hasheesh Eater with the subtitle: Being the Passage from the Life of a Pythagorean is a classic in psychedelic literature. It was publishes in 1857 by the author Fitz Hugh Ludlow and it became at huge success. At that time cannabis was both a legal and widely unknown substance. This book led to a public interest in psychedelics and even to the first ventures into modern commercial medical marijuana.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow writes on his own personal experiences with the drug, which he ingested orally in huge doses. The result is a series of records of vivid and detailed visions somewhat similar to the works of authors such as William S. Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson. Download The Hasheesh Eater here (378 pages/12.9 MB):
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Secret Agent Clank Basics
If you've played any Ratchet & Clank game before, then you are surely no stranger to the style and game mechanics of Secret Agent Clank. True, this is not an ordinary Ratchet & Clank game, but much of same Bolt-fiending, weapon-crazy, chortle-til-you-choke gameplay remains still intact. We have designed this section to help acquaint you with the newer aspects of the game as well as touch on the more general basics in case you've forgotten. If you're new to the series, you have come to the right place for all your gameplay do's and don'ts.
|Advanced Health Care
In this game, health is referred to as Nanotech, and is displayed as a horizontal blue bar at the top of the screen. Like so many of the other features in this game, the maximum Nanotech can gradually be increased as you gather more and more experience from battle and accumulate stealth bonuses. The Nanotech for each of the characters remains separate from one another. When Nanotech is increased, you instantly restore the gauge to maximum. If you ever find yourself in a pinch-in dire need of a band-aid-look for big, shiny blue orbs encased in boxes. These Nanotech replenish a certain percentage of the collector's health.
|Be a ninja
Secret Agent Clank differs from the rest of the series in that the levels involving Clank often encourage stealth and actually punishes you for going against the very idea. Clank will have a variety of stealth elements with which to use in his favor, such as disguise stations, various spy gadgets and an extensive arsenal of deadly kung-fu. You can distinguish disguise stations from normal furniture by the blue glow underneath the object. Then, press Triangle to interact with it and maintain a low profile. Other things include a special maneuver called a stealth takedown, which will be explained in detail just below.
|Stealth takedowns
Stealth takedowns are instant kill moves that do not give away your presence, and when done properly, you actually gain stealth bonuses. Sneak up behind the desired victim and press the Square button. A sequence of four buttons, given in a random combination every time, appear on-screen. The goal is to finish the button combination within the allotted time for Clank to perform a successful takedown. If not, you will have to deal with the agitated enemy as well as blow your cover.
|Stealth Bonuses
With every enemy you get by unnoticed, you gain stealth bonuses. The more bonuses and Nanotech you will gradually get.
|Weapons level up
The weapons and gadgets in this game possess a certain RPG element to them. The more use you get out of them, the more experience they will gain and thus grow more powerful. Weapons will automatically level up with continual use. As they gain levels, the weapons become more powerful and are also slightly modified to damage enemies with added effects.
|Bolts, Bolts & More Bolts
Bolts are the only acceptable form of currency that will allow you to purchase various items for both Clank and Ratchet from vendor booths. If you can't provide the jingle, you'd better go and collect more by completing optional challenges.
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He often told one of his classmates that he would become a writer. The classmate, in turn, told him that he aspired to become a pilot. When they met again, years later, both of them had achieved their goals — Dileep Padgaonkar was a writer, and his friend, former MP Suresh Kalmadi, had joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot. Padgaonkar, 72, passed away on Friday morning at Ruby Hall Clinic.
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In April, Padgaonkar was interviewed for a documentary made by former students of St Vincent's School, on the occasion of the institute completing 150 years. Rohan Salvi, a former student of St Vincent's School and an instrumental designer, recalled how excited Padgaonkar had been while narrating experiences about his alma mater for the documentary, "especially when he spoke about his efforts to learn the trumpet under Father Riklin".
"While he spoke highly about the Jesuit priests and Christian compassion he had learnt here, Padgaonkar told us 'You leave the school but the school never leaves you'," said the former student.
"Not just a renowned author but an illustrious Vincentian who made his 'mark' in life and was acknowledged by the country for his achievement as a journalist,". This is what Raymond Rebello, from the Vincentian Old Boys Association, wrote about Padgaonkar on a social networking site.
Padgaonkar was admitted to the clinic on November 18 in a critical condition after he suffered a massive heart attack. Dr Sanjay Pathare, the hospital's medical director, said that his kidneys had also failed and he was immediately put on dialysis.
Dr Prachee Sathe, chief intensivist at the hospital, said Padgaonkar was on ventilator for five days. "… He passed away due to multiple organ failure after the heart attack," said Sathe.
Padgaonkar is survived by his wife Latika, sons Nikhil and Rohit, and two sisters. Padgaonkar's sister Nita Talavlikar said that he was a diabetic and had suffered a massive cardiac arrest. "The funeral will be held on November 26 at 3 pm at Vaikunth crematorium," she said, adding that tributes and condolences, including those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers, had been pouring in.
In Pune, noted scientist Dr R A Mashelkar recalled his 30-year long association with Padgaonkar, saying the journalist was "a sharp analyst with a tremendous global view".
"A fearless journalist, Padgaonkar has been the greatest editor the Times of India has seen," said Mashelkar.
He said in recent times, Padgaonkar had been busy with the setting up of the Pune International Centre (PIC), a platform for the betterment of the city.


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Kris Clark has worked in the medical device/pharmaceutical sales industry for 12 years and currently works the Cardiovascular Division of Sanofi based in Paris, France. She is serving her third term as a Gubernatorial Appointee off the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities, of which she has been a member since 2000. Kris also volunteers as a Destination Imagination Team Leader. She received in BA from the University of Texas at Austin. Kris is married to Robert C. (Chris) Clark and together they have a blended family of six children. Kris and her family live in Terrell Hills, San Antonio and are members of Alamo Heights United Methodist Church.
Bryan Boynton is Senior VP at RBC Wealth Management where he has served on both their Presidents and Directors Councils. Bryan has 35years experience in the Investment Advisory business and prior to RBC has worked at others firms including Morgan Stanley and Rotan Mosle. Bryan received a BBA in Finance at the University of Texas in Austin. Bryan is a resident of Alamo Heights and enjoys spending time with his wife, Cindy, their three grown children and their two grandchildren.
Bill Kingman is an attorney who has practiced law in San Antonio for 30 years. He attended the University of Texas in Austin where he received his B.B.A. degree in Finance with honors and where he received his J.D. from the UT School of Law. Bill served as: (a) a trustee and President of the Alamo Heights ISD School Board, (b) a member of the City of San Antonio Planning Commission; and (c) Chairman and member of the City of Terrell Hills Planning and Zoning Committee. He is currently working with Empower African Children and Music for Life in building a secondary school in Uganda.
Dr. Michael A. Leonard received a B.S. from SUNY Stony Brook (1989) and received a M.D. from New York University School of Medicine (1994). He served in the Air Force where he was the Director of Spine Surgery at Wilford Hall Medical Center 2004, after which he opened the Alamo Neurosurgical Institute. His son Mikey, now 21, was diagnosed with autism when he was almost two years old. He has been an advocate for those with autism, working with local school administrators to improve the curriculum for students with autism and has sponsored a number of events in the community aimed to raise autism awareness and funding.
Amy Martin attended Texas State University in San Marcos and received her BA in elementary education. In 2004 she joined the St. Luke's Episcopal School Board of Trustees where she served as Board Chairman from 2007 to 2009. Amy, and her husband Bradley, have been members of the International Evangelism Association board for over 22 years where they have supported pastors and church lay leaders in disciple-making all over the world and Bradley serves as the Board Chairman. As a family, the Martin's, are ambassadors and orphan sponsors for Family Legacy Missions International in Lusaka, Zambia.
Susan Mengden is a licensed psychologist who has specialized in the field of eating disorders for 30 years. She founded the Eating Disorder Center at San Antonio in 2007. Susan received a BA and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MA and PHD from Boston College. Susan and husband Peter Ellis have four children. Catherine, their oldest, has Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. Susan has served on the state board of Early Childhood Intervention and founded Animal Botanical, special needs camp at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
John L. Vollmer is the President/CEO of Vollmer Products International, known for its expertise in processing and importing chili peppers. John is a board member of the Texas Food Processors Association (TFPA) and member of TRA, ADS, NRA, IFT and P.A.C.A,. For the past seven years, John has been instrumental in raising scholarship funds for TFPA, benefiting college students at Texas A&M and Texas Tech to future studies in the field of Food Science. John started Hunt for Heroes to invite a group of wounded warriors to a hunt/skeet shoot and raise money for their continued outdoor activities. He is married and has three children and one grandchild.


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