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Lionel Messi bagged headlines with an incredible performance against Celtic, scoring a brilliant hat-trick at Camp Nou. Besides Messi, Suarez scored a second half brace to continue his goal-scoring record. Messi, who opened the goal-scoring for Barcelona in the third minute, was a constant threat and gave their home fans a reason to cheer after their loss to Alaves in the La Liga.
If they can maintain this goal-scoring form, Barcelona are going to be a team to beat in the Champions League. Talking about goals, Bayern Munich were consistent throughout the match, asking questions to FC Rostov, who could not stop the German team.
Defender Joshua Kimmich scored a brace while Roberto Lewandowski, Thomas Muller and Juan Bernat scored a goal each.
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Napoli showed some character to come back for 0-1 down to win the match 2-1. Dynamo Kyiv took the lead in the 26th minute with Denys Garmash scoring in the 26th minute. Napoli responded brilliantly, with two goals from striker Arkadiusz Milik in the last ten minutes of the first half, which helped them emerge victorious.
Atletico also earned three points from their first game, but were strongly tested by PSV Eindhoven. Saul Niguez's strike in the 43rd minute proved to be the winning goal for the Spanish side.
Arsenal-PSH clash proved to be entertaining after Edinson Cavani helped the French side to a blistering start as he scored the first goal, 42 seconds after the first whistle. The striker could have in fact scored much more had he been clinical in his finishing. Arsenal took advantage of that, and drew level with Alexis Sanchez scoring in the 78th minute.
Elsewhere, Benfica and Besiktas played out a 1-1 draw, and FC Basel's clash with Ludogorets ended with the same scoreline.
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Pooya FarshimQueen's University Belfast, UK.
Mohammad MahmoodyUniversity of Virginia, USA
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Pooya Farshim
|Introduction to the Provable Security Methodology
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Mohammad Mahmoody
| Random Oracles as a Double-Edged Sword: An Ideal Primitive and a Tool for Separations
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NP-Hardness (I):
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A secret sharing scheme is a mechanism for dividing up a secret piece of information among several parties so that small subsets of the parties do not learn any information about the secret, while large subsets of the parties can recover the secret. This talk will concern two aspects of such schemes: Their computational complexity and the size of the shares. Regarding computational complexity, I will show that secret sharing schemes are highly parallelizable: For every part of constants 0 <= s < r <= 1 and sufficiently large n there exists a secret sharing scheme in the class AC0 that is secure against any coalition of sn parties but allows recovery by any rn parties. (If there is time I will also show that the threshold gap r - s cannot shrink too fast in terms of n.) Regarding share size, I will show some new lower bounds for secret sharing schemes with a sharp threshold.
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Mojgan MahmoudiShahid Beheshti University
Farokhlagha MoazamiShahid Beheshti University
Hadi SoleimanyShahid Beheshti University
Amir DaneshgarSharif University of Technology
Ziba EslamiShahid Beheshti University
Omid EtesamiIPM
Hossein HajiabolhassanShahid Beheshti University
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|Elliptic curve and finite field DLP
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|Cryptography and NP-Hardnes
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|Cryptography Hardnes -Other Functionalities
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|The Provable Security Methodology
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Clitheroe Golf Club added yet another prestigious fixture to the long list of top golfing events staged there when it hosted the Northern Regional Qualifier for the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship last Tuesday.
But there was disappointment for the two local golfers bidding to make an appearance in the final stages of the Championship.
Both Joey Lamb (Wilpshire GC) and Jonathan Hurst (Pleasington) had high hopes of qualifying for the final four rounds for the Brabazon Trophy at Notts Golf Club in June.
First played for in 1948, the Brabazon Trophy is one of the most coveted prizes in amateur golf.
Hurst managed to stay level par through the first eight holes. A double bogey 6 at the ninth gave him an outward score of 37, but he seemed back on track for a qualifying place after three straight pars before a double bogey 7 at the par 5 13th, and dropped shots at the three closing holes left him four shots shy of a qualifying spot.
A similar fate befell Joey Lamb who spoiled a par/birdie start by dropping four shots over the next three holes. He steadied with a run of six consecutive pars but a double bogey 6 at the long par four 12th and a dropped shot at the par 3 17th put paid to his chances of progressing to the final stages.
Heading the list of 30 qualifiers was 20-year-old William Whiteoak of Shipley Golf Club, who carded a three under par round of 68.


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Politicians, fashion trends and even star athletes may come and go, but there is one cultural bedrock, our beloved deep-fried Gibraltar, that always sticks and without fail helps soften the last mournful days of summer: the Minnesota State Fair, which opens Aug. 21 and runs through Labor Day.
This year, some of the biggest changes to the fairgrounds since a Depression-era spurt of construction will bring a fresh look to the Great Minnesota Get-Together while paying homage to those ties that bind generations. The changes are part of more than two dozen new attractions and exhibits.
… Loved the old Heritage Square: Be ready for a shock. It's gone, replaced by the new West End Market, the biggest fairgrounds project since the construction of the International Bazaar in 2008. Like the bazaar, Heritage Square had been built as a temporary exhibit that hung around far longer than intended.
A cluster of new buildings includes: the fair History & Heritage Center, which showcases artifacts and photos over the past 150 years; the Schell's Stage and Margaret Schilling Amphitheater, site of free music and entertainment each of the fair's 12 nights; dozens of artisans and craftspeople selling their wares; new food options, including The Blue Barn (from the same owners of Highland Grill, Edina Grill and others) and LuLu's Public House (the fair's first rooftop patio).
… Take the bus: The new transit hub in the northwest corner of the fair — near the West End Market — should get you in and out more safely and efficiently. No more crossing Como Avenue for those using the fair's extensive park-and-ride system, which is used by about half of the fair's 1.8 million annual visitors.
… Miss those streetcars: You will walk under a beautifully restored, sky-blue metal archway that dates from the 1930s at the new West End Gate as you pass through the transit hub. The sign, long forgotten in overgrown brush in a far corner of the fairgrounds, once stood at the Como Avenue gate where streetcars looped in until the late 1950s.
… Like newspapers, and who doesn't?: The Minnesota Newspaper Museum has moved from its Heritage Square site to near the main entrance of the 4-H Building.
… Make a beeline for the Mighty Midway: There will be four new ways for hurling your body around in ways nature never intended — the Crazy Dance, Hurricane, Rock It and Stinger. The names say it all.
… Like to think while munching on a Pronto Pup: "The Common Table," an interactive exhibit at the Agriculture Horticulture Building, aims to engage fairgoers about the ecological, social and economic effects of food choices and teach about creating a sustainable food system.
… Are up for about anything: Researchers from more than 30 University of Minnesota departments are seeking adults and children to be part of studies on an array of topics such as genetics, bullying, heart disease and distracted driving. They will look for you at the "Driven to Discover" exhibit on Cosgrove Street across from the Education Building.
… Thought Trigger was the talented one: The horse show will feature more free competitions, breeds and demonstrations than ever before. Highlights include the Freestyle Liberty competition, where horses without riders or restraint strut their stuff to music.
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You've seen the articles that say "MCMC is easy! Read this!" and by the end of the article you're still left scratching your head. Maybe after reading that article you get what MCMC is doing... but you're still left scratching your head. "Why?"
"Why do I need to do MCMC to do Bayes?"
"Why are there so many different types of MCMC?"
"Why does MCMC take so long?"
Why, why, why, why, etc. why.
Here's the point: You don't need MCMC to do Bayes. We're going to do Bayesian modeling in a very naive way and it will lead us naturally to want to do MCMC. We'll understand the motivation and then! We'll also better understand how to work with the different MCMC frameworks (PyMC3, Emcee, etc) much better because we'll understand where they're coming from.
We'll assume that you have a solid enough background in probability distributions and mathematical modeling that you can Google and teach yourself what you don't understand in this post.


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Over the past 20 years, more than 600 Bartholomew County residents have completed the nine-month program, most of whom are or have been active in various community organizations.


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Bismillah ...
There is no doubt that there is a big fitna in the ummah between the sunnis and the shia.
We cannot pretend it doesn't exist.
The word 'shia' was mentioned in the Qur'an.
Allah (swt) told you not to become a shia
Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects), you (O Muhammad SAW) have no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will tell them what they used to do. (Al-An'am 6:159)
We are gathered here today to explain why the shias are killed like flies in Pakistan.
Shia means a group/splinter group
You were told by Allah (swt) to stay away from the shia.
We differ with the shia in regards to the creed.
Allah said whenever you have a dispute amongst yourselves
-refer the matter to Allah and His Rasool.
....if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger (SAW), if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination. (An-Nisa 4:59)
If we differ with the shia, we are going to refer the matter to Qur'an and Sunnah.
The same goes for the barelvis, parvezis, sufis, etc.
We differ with the shia in regards to creed.
Abu Hanifa (rh) said the greatest fiqh is authentic tauheed.
That is fiqh al akbar.
It is not how to make wudu, ghusl, or hajj; the greatest fiqh is to learn proper tawheed.
Many of you are asking the question: why is it that the shiites are killed like flies?
This happens in places like Pakistan and Iraq.
Your question will be answered tonight insahAllah
The Prophet (saw) said not to insult his sahabah.
Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (RA) narrated the prophet (SAW) said: 'Do not slander my Companions, for if one of you were to spend an amount of gold equivalent to the size of Mount Uhud, you would not even come halfway up to their level." [al-Bukhari (3673) and Muslim (2540)]
Abdullah ibn Mughaffal (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (SAW) said, "Allah! Allah! my Sahabah do not take them as target (for blame) after me. He who loves them, loves them because of his love for me and he who despises them, despises them because of despising me. And, he who abuses them, has abused me; and, he who abuses me, abuses Allah; and, he who abuses Allah, soon He will seize him (in punishment)." [Sunan Tirmidhi (5/696) No. 3862]
And those who came after them say: "Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful. (Al-Hashr 59:10)
These are evidences from Qur'an and Sunnah in regards to our stance on the sahabah.
Allah (swt) teaches us a dua in surah 59:10 to help us love them
You don't insult the sahabah.
You love them because they sacrificed their wealth, time and lives to bring you Islam.
They were the ones who taught you your deen.
They were the ones who compiled the Qur'an.
They related the hadiths to us as well and compiled them.
The stance of the shia in regards to the sahabah is not like your stance.
Their stance is that all the sahabah became apostates
-after the death of the Prophet (saw) except three.
These are: Salman Al Farisi (r.a), Miqdad Bin Aswad (r.a) and Ammar Ibn Yasser (r.a)
The reason why they included Salman Al Farsi is because he was Persian.
They are promoting Persian nationalism.
SHIA HUJJAH: (Imam) Abu Ja'far [as]said: The people were people of apostasy after the Prophet save three. I said (the narrator): Who are these three? He said: al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad, Abu Tharr al-Ghafari and Salmaan the Persian....and that is the meaning of His saying: 3:144. Muhammad is no more than a Messenger: many were the Messengers that passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then turn back on your heels? [Rijaal al-Kash-shi: pp. 12-13. From:Ash-Shi'a WasSunnah, Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, p.49]
Even though the Prophet heard the footsteps of Bilal in Paradise,
-they didn't include him.
Narrated By Abu Huraira: At the time of the Fajr prayer the Prophet asked Bilal, "Tell me of the best deed you did after embracing Islam, for I heard your footsteps in front of me in Paradise." Bilal replied, "I did not do anything worth mentioning except that whenever I performed ablution during the day or night, I prayed after that ablution as much as was written for me." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 2, Book 21, Hadith #250]
Shiaism is a mixture of Judaism, Persian nationalism and Zoroastrianism.
The reason why there is a lot of Judaism in Shiaism is because
-the founder of Shiaism was a Jew called Abdullah ibn Saba.
-he was from Yemen
SHIA HUJJAH: Those who swore allegiance to Abu Bakr were hypocrites. (Hayat-ul-Quloob, Vol. No. 2, Page No. 1027)
They have a special hatred for Umar Ibn Al Khattab (r.a) more than any sahabi.
Because he conquered them (The Persian Empire)
The man who killed Umar (RA) was a fire worshipper, Abu Lulu.
They make pilgrimage to his grave and call him the brave man of the deen
-even though he was a fire worshipper.
The shiites have such a strong hatred for Umar (r.a),
The Shiites accuse Umar of practising sodomy.
That is their claim.
SHIA HUJJAH: Omar practiced sodomy. (Tohfa-e-Hanfia Dar Jawab Tohfa-e-Jaffria, Page No. 434)
Then they say in their holy book that Umar had a sickness
-and the only cure is for him to drink the semen of other men.
SHIA HUJJAH: A three volume book called az-Zahraa, published by the scholars of Najaf. It states, "Umar, was afflicted with a disease which could only be cured by drinking human semen." [Az-Zahraa]
Do you understand how evil shiites are now?
This is only the tip of the iceberg.
They claim that when Imam Mahdi appears
-he's going to take out Abu Bakr (r.a) and Umar (r.a) from their graves and punish them, -then he's going to destroy the kaaba.
The Shiites said Abu Bakr and Umar apostatitised
-by denying Ali (r.a) the divine right of wilayat
-and so because of this crime, they will be punished by the 'Mahdi'
SHIA HUJJAH: In a narration attributed to Imam Abi Abdullah, he says: "Do you know what he (Shia Imam Mahdi) will start with? I said: "No." He said: "He will dig out the two (meaning Abu Bakr and Umar) as wet and fresh. Then, he will burn them and scatter their remains in the wind. And he will break-up (demolish) the Mosque (meaning the Haram Mosque of Mecca). (Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 387)
SHIA HUJJAH: Sahabah became infidel by denying the divine right (Wilayat) of Hazrat Ali (RA). First three caliphs and other Sahabahs became infidel by denying the divine right of (Wilayat) of Hazrat Ali (r.a). (Asool Kaafi, Page No. 420)
Asool Kaafi is like their bukhari.
They rely on it for their creed.
They make takfeer on Abu Bakr, Umar as well as Uthman (r.a).
They claim that Uthman was a Jew
When the Rasool (SAWS) was migrating from Makkah to Madina,
-his travelling companion was Abu Bakr (RA).
Allah (swt) called Abu Bakr a sahabi in the Qur'an.
If you help him (Muhammad SAW) not (it does not matter), for Allah did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of two, when they (Muhammad SAW and Abu Bakr) were in the cave, and he (SAW) said to his companion (Abu Bakr) : "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allah is with us." Then Allah sent down His Sakinah (calmness, tranquillity, peace, etc.) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels) which you saw not, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowermost, while it was the Word of Allah that became the uppermost, and Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. (At-Tawbah 9:40)
Allah gave him the rubber stamp of approval that he is a legitimate sahabi.
The shiites said they beg to differ; they see him as a kaafir.
The shiites always try to veto Allah.
This is why we hate them.
The shiites have a problem with the wives of the Prophet (r.a)
They don't consider them ahlul bayt.
Allah pronounced the wives of the Prophet as people of ahlul bayt.
But they slander the wives of the Prophet and say they do not belong to ahlul bayt.
O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other women. If you keep your duty (to Allah), then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or evil desire for adultery, etc.) should be moved with desire, but speak in an honourable manner. (Al-Ahzab 33:32)
And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (IqamatasSalat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification. (Al-Ahzab 33:33)
And (remember) when you (Muhammad SAW) left your household in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle (of Uhud). And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. (Aali Imran 3:121)
The hatred of the shiites for the wives of the Prophet (SAWS) is so strong.
Allah (SWT) gave respect to the wives of the Prophet.
Allah called them your mothers.
So when they slander the wives of the Prophet, our hatred for them increases.
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves, and his wives are their (believers') mothers (as regards respect and marriage). ... (Al-Ahzab 33:6)
The hypocrites of Madina slandered Aisha (r.a) and accused her
-of having an affair during her marriage to the Prophet.
Verily! Those who brought forth the slander (against 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet SAW) are a group among you. Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it is good for you. Unto every man among them will be paid that which he had earned of the sin, and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be a great torment. (An-Nur 24:11)
Allah revealed Surah Nur verse 11 to clear Aisha's name.
Allah called the slander against Aisha (r.a) ifk (a big lie).
The shiites say Allah revealed a verse to clear her name but they beg to differ.
SHIA HUJJAH: The Shia believe that at the time of Mahdi's return Imam Mahdi will resurrect Aisha (Prophet Mohammad's wife) and execute the law of Hudud on her, for committing Zina (adultery) during her marriage. (Al-Anwar Al-Numaniyah, vol. 1, p. 161, Tafsir al-Shafi, vol. 2, p. 108, Haq al-Yaqeen, vol. 2, p. 256, Hayat al-Qulub, vol. 2, p. 611)
Now you know why we hate the shiites.
The shiites are a joker in the pack.
I don't know why they call themselves Muslims.
They don't even believe in the Qur'an.
They are like the Christians who walk around with an uncircumcised penis
-and claim to follow Jesus.
If you don't believe in one verse of the Qur'an you are a kaafir.
Narrated 'Aisha: The Prophet in his ailment in which he died, used to say, "O 'Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that poison." Bukhari, Volume 005, Book 059, Hadith Number 713.
The shiites claim that it wasn't a Jewish woman who poisoned the Prophet (saw)
They claim it was Aisha (r.a) and Hafsa (r.a).
They were the daughters of Abu Bakr (r.a) and Umar (r.a) respectively
This should tell you why they accused them of killing him
Their hatred for these two great sahabah extended to their daughters
SHIA HUJJAH: Prophet Mohammad's wives, Aisha and Hafsa, are accused of poisoning Prophet Mohammad. (Jila-ul-Ayoun, p. 118)
Because they have a strong hatred for the companions of the Prophet.
So they veto Allah and they veto the Prophet.
Now you know why we hate the shiites.
SHIA HUJJAH: Abu Bakr and Omar were more tyrant than Satan. (Haq-ul-Yaqeen, Page No. 509)
They believe when Imam Mahdi comes he is going to punish Abu Bakr (r.a) and Umar (r.a).
He will take them out of their graves and punish them
-because they are the two tyrants from Satan.
-like they claim in the above Shia hujjah
They claim when Imam Mahdi comes, he's going to call the adhan in the Hebrew language.
SHIA HUJJAH: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed al Uqdah attributes to al-Mufadhal ibn Umar saying that Abu Abdullah [as] said: "When the Imam Mahdi makes a call (for prayer), he will supplicate to God using God's Hebrew name and then his three hundred thirteen friends (followers) will rush to him..." (An Numani, Al-Ghayba , p.326)
They can't give up their Jewish heritage because their founder was a Jew.
We all know that if the adhan is called in a language other than Arabic, it is batil.
They believe when Imam Mahdi comes, he won't rule by the shariah of Muhammad (saw)
-but he will rule by the shariah of David (a.s) and Sulaiman (a.s)
SHIA HUJJAH: In a narration attributed to Imam Abu Abdullah [a.s.], he said: "Once al-Qaim (Imam Mahdi) from the household of Muhammad appears, he will rule using the law of David and Solomon, he will not ask for evidences." (Al-Kulaini, Usul al-Kafi, Vol. 1, p. 397)
They give preference to the shariah of David and Sulaiman over the shariah of Muhammad.
It was reported that the Prophet (SAW) became angry when he saw that 'Umar had a page with something from the Torah written on it, and he (SAW) said: "Are you in doubt, O son of al-Khattab? Have I not brought you something shining and pure? If my brother Musa were alive, he would have no choice but to follow me." [Musnad Ahmad (3/387) No. 15195 and Sunan al-Darime (1/126) No. 435]
The only shariah you are allowed to implement is the shariah of Muhammad.
Ibn Kathir said you are a kaafir if you don't implement the shariah of Muhammad.
Ibn Taymiyyah (rh) said: "And it is known from the religion (of Islam) by necessity and by the consensus of all Muslims that whoever legalizes to follow other than the religion of Islam or a Shariah other than the Shariah of Muhammad (SAW), he is a Kaafir. And his kufr is similar to that of the one who believes in some part of the book (Quran) and reject some of it." [Majmua al-Fataawa (28/524)]
Ibn Kathir (rh) said: "So Whosoever abandons the wise Shariah which was revealed upon Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the seal of the prophets, and goes to other abrogated Shariah for judgment, he becomes a Kaafir. So how about the one who goes to al-Yaasiq (man-made law) for judgment and gives it precedence (over the Shariah of Muhammad (SAW). Whosoever does this has become a Kaafir by the Ijma of the Muslims." [Al-Bidayah Wan-Nihayah, (Vol. 13, p119)]
Ibn Katheer (rh) said: "Thus, it has become in his sons a followed law to which they have been giving precedence over ruling by the book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (SAW). Whoever does this is a Kaafir who must be fought until he returns to the rule of Allah and His Messenger. So no one other than He should rule neither minorly or majorly." [Tafseer Ibn Katheer (3/131)]
The shias can't escape their Jewish heritage; they're Jews.
They are trying to deceive unsuspecting Muslims.
They can't deceive anyone because their kufr is blatant.
They also claim when Imam Mahdi comes,
-he's going to kill all the sunni sheikhs and all the Arabs.
SHIA HUJJAH: Shia Imam Mahdi will kill all Sunni Scholars. (Al-Majlisi, Haq Al-Yaqeen, p. 527).
SHIA HUJJAH: Al-Majlisi narrated, "Al-Muntazar (the Awaited One, meaning Imam Mahdi) will walk amongst the Arabs and kill them." (Baqir al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 318)
So shiaism is Persian nationalism.
Why do you think ISIS is so angry?
When the Bush administration invaded Iraq, it became greater Iran.
What they are preaching is nothing but Persian nationalism, racism.
They got rid of a sunni regime and put a shia regime in place.
The Saudis became worried so they had no choice but to fund ISIS to keep the shiites at bay.
The Sunnis enjoyed prosperity under Saddam because he himself was Sunni.
Allah (swt) promised to protect the Qur'an and HE (swt) doesn't break His promises.
Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption). (Al-Hijr 15:9)
Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allah). (Fussilat 41:42)
Do they not then consider the Qur'an carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. (An-Nisa 4:82)
Allah promised to protect the Qur'an on many occasions
-but they say the present day Qur'an is a corrupted text.
So the shiites are insinuating that Allah broke his promise.
SHIA HUJJAH: The present Quran is in an altered, corrupted and distorted form.. (Fatuhat-e-Shia, p. 129)
Now you know why we hate the shiites.
They are worse kaafirs than Jews and Christians together.
If you put the kufr of Jews, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs on one side of the scale
-and the kufr of shiites on the other side of the scale,
-the kufr of the shiites will outweigh all the other kufr.
There are some people in Al-Qaeda who don't make takfeer of Shias
-and want to forge links with them.
Ikhwanul Muslimeen don't make takfeer of the shias.
They are ikhwan-ush-shayateen.
Ayman Al-zawahari has a soft spot for ikhwanul muslimeen
-because he himself was part of them.
Allah didn't bless Al Qaeda with the khilafah.
You bring back the izzah to the ummah by establishing the dawlah,
-not by bombing embassies.
The Prophet (saw) established the dawlah in Madinah.
Many of you think just because someone takes a stance against the Americans,
-he has the right aqeedah.
How stupid are you?
The communists took a stance against America.
Al Qaeda doesn't practise kufr bit taghoot and al wala wal bara.
Zawahiri needs to give his bay'ah.
As for the two sheikhs: Abu Qatada and Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi
They need to make tawba publicly.
They are murjif (mutineers).
They caused mutiny against Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi (HA)
Please come forward and make tawba and give bay'ah to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
You complain about the suffering of the ummah
-but when Allah establishes the khilafah you don't want to accept it.
You are like the Jews who cried to their Prophet for a king
-and when Saul was chosen as their king they rejected him.
When Allah sends you the khilafah you don't want to accept it.
You have Muslim names but the hearts of Jews.
Have you not thought about the group of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Musa (Moses)? When they said to a Prophet of theirs, "Appoint for us a king and we will fight in Allah's Way." He said, "Would you then refrain from fighting, if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "Why should we not fight in Allah's Way while we have been driven out of our homes and our children (families have been taken as captives)?" But when fighting was ordered for them, they turned away, all except a few of them. And Allah is All-Aware of the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers). (Al-Baqarah 2:246)
And their Prophet (Samuel) said to them, "Indeed Allah has appointed Talut (Saul) as a king over you." They said, "How can he be a king over us when we are better fitted than him for the kingdom, and he has not been given enough wealth." He said: "Verily, Allah has chosen him above you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allah grants His Kingdom to whom He wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower." (Al-Baqarah 2:247)
Your women were raped by the thousands
Your lands are occupied and your resources are plundered
When Allah sends you a khilafah you don't want to accept it.
They claim that their imams are infallible, they cannot make mistakes.
SHIA HUJJAH: All the Imams are infallible just like the prophets. The Shia derives their religion from their immaculate (infallible) Imams" (Usool al Kafi, p. 22)
They also claim they have knowledge of the unseen.
SHIA HUJJAH: The Imams have knowledge of the past and future; and nothing is hidden from them. ( Al-Kafi vol.1 p.260 )
They also claim their imams know when they are going to die and they choose when to die.
SHIA HUJJAH: The Imams know when they will die, and they only die by their choice. (Al Kafi vol.1 p.258 )
This is why when you debate with a shia, stick to Qur'an.
Because their aqeedah is kufr, shirk and zandaqa.
They claim the sun, moon and stars are subservient to their imams.
The spiritual status of the imam is the universal divine vice-gerency that is sometimes mentioned by the imams (peace be upon them). It is a vice-gerency pertaining to the whole of creation, by virtue of which all the atoms in the universe humble themselves before the holder of authority (imams). It is one of the essential beliefs of our Shia school that no one can attain the spiritual status of the imams, not even the cherubim or the prophets. Imam Khomeini, Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini, (Berkeley: Mizaan Press, 1981)
Even the atoms of the universe are subservient to the Imams.
Do you see how evil they are?
They claim their imams are above all prophets.
"Certainly the Imam has a dignified station, a lofty rank, a creational caliphate, and a sovereignty and mastery over all the atoms of creation. It is definitely a basic belief in our school of thought, that our Imams occupy a station unattainable by either an angel or a major Prophet. [Khomeini: "Al-Hukumah Al-Islamiyyah" Page 52]
Abu Huraira narrated the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "I am the most noble of Adam's descendants on the Day of Resurrection. I am the first whose grave shall be opened. I am the first to offer intercession. I am the first whose intercession shall be accepted." [Sahih Muslim (4/1782) No. 2278]
The shias reject this hadith.
They say their imams are better than the Prophet.
Khomeini was at the house of his mureed and he saw a beautiful 4 year old girl.
He proposed marriage to the girl and the father accepted.
Khomeini consummated marriage with the girl
-and her father turned a blind eye to her screams.
Khomeni consummates with a 4 year old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MC3bVFG6s
The father turned a blind eye because the shiites say their imams are god.
SHIA HUJJAH: Imams are God (Jila-ul-Ayoun, Vol. No. 2, Page No. 85)
Khomeni was a paedophile and an atheist.
The ayatollah who was with him dumped shiaism after seeing this.
He wrote a book titled: WHY I LEFT THE SHIA
He exposed them in that and he was killed as a result
An ayatollah did mutah with a girl and got her pregnant.
The girl gave birth to a girl. Later, he married his own daughter and got her pregnant.
All of these came out in the book 'Why I Left the Shia'.
When Khomeni was alive he passed a fatwa allowing gay marriages
A lot of you don't know how evil the shiites are.
You are naive.
Those who oppose the khilafah are nothing but worms in pigs.
You are not sincere.
SHIA HUJJAH: "One who performs Mut'ah (temporary marriage) once will attain the rank of Imam Hussain, one who performs it twice will attain the rank of Imam Hassan, one who performs it thrice will attain the rank of Imam Ali and one who performs it four times will attain my rank". (Tafseer Mihaj-ul-Siddiqeen, Vol. No. 1, Page No. 356)
The shiites believe if you do mutah once, you accomplish the same status of Hussain.
If you do it 4 times, you accomplish the same status of the Prophet (SAWS)
All you need to do is go to Heera Mande and do mutah 4 times
-to attain the status of the Prophet
Khomeini passed a fatwa and said you can do mutah with prostitutes and whores.
According to shiite, you can get married for one hour.
SHIA HUJJAH: Khomeini stated in his book "Tahir-ul-Wasila", Vol. 2, Page No. 292, "Temporary marriage can be for one day, a night, and even just a few hours!. But for Khomeini, that was not enough so he further states in the same book on Page No. 292, "Temporary marriage can be performed with harlots and prostitutes"
Shia Homosexuals Featuring Men from Iraq in Mutah Via **Khomeini's Ruling** [shocking video]:
They elevate their Imams above Muhammad (saw)
Because they claim their imams are above all prophets and all angels.
SHIA HUJJAH: It is a fundamental principle of faith that our (Shia) Imams have ranks higher than the ranks of angels & God's prophets. (Khomeini's book, Hukuma Islamiya, p. 52)
Then they claim when Muhammad was alive he didn't succeed in establishing justice.
SHIA HUJJAH: Every prophet came to establish justice on Earth. His aim was also to establish justice but he was not successful. The same is the position of the Seal of the Prophets who came to reform human society and establish justice but failed during his lifetime.' (Ittihad wa-yak-jihati:15)
They are trying to veto Allah.
....This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion..... (Al-Ma'idah 5:3)
The Jews said if Allah had revealed a verse like 5:3 in their Torah,
-they would have set that day as a day of celebration.
Allah said He has perfected the religion.
Muhammad's mission was a success and it was perfect.
They say they beg to differ, Muhammad didn't establish justice on earth.
Narrated By Tariq bin Shihab: A Jew said to 'Umar, "O Chief of the Believers, if this verse: 'This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favors upon you, and have chosen for you, Islam as your religion.' (5.3) had been revealed upon us, we would have taken that day as an 'Id (festival) day." 'Umar said, "I know definitely on what day this Verse was revealed; it was revealed on the day of 'Arafat, on a Friday." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 9, Book 92, Hadith #373]
The shiites say Allah is a liar who makes mistakes.
SHIA HUJJAH: "Allah often lies and does mistakes" [Usool-al-Kafi, page 328, Yacoob Kulayni, Vol. 1] And "Bad'ah" ALLAH tells a lie. (Asool Kaafi, Vol. No.1, Page No. 148)
But their imams cannot make mistakes.
So they elevate their imams above Allah.
This is a reality that many of you Sunnis don't know.
Shiites are the worst kaafirs.
Morsi's first visit was to Iran.
What do you want with Iran?
There is a insurgency taking place in Iraq.
And now they are ask America to intervene.
They called them the great satan.
You want to use white men for your wars.
Thousands of white men will be left with no hands and no feet.
Everyone is trying to use them to fight their wars.
You use white women for sex and you use white men to fight your wars.
I'm not impressed in you using the white race to fight your wars.
If the Americans are helping you to topple Bashr Al Assad,
-it's ungrateful to turn your guns on them.
They way forward with the Americans is rapprochement, not open confrontation.
You the shiites are low life scums of the earth.
We can't take jizya from you.
Your future is bleak, Allah hates you.
And because Allah hates you, everyone hates you.
What is taking place in Iraq is a purge.
You are a cancer in the body of the ummah and you are being surgically removed.


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Just a quick question. Copper or Aluminium. Which do you like better and why... My preference is copper even if its more expensive.
My understanding is that copper is a better conductor than aluminum.Just a quick question. Copper or Aluminium. Which do you like better and why... My preference is copper even if its more expensive.
For the legal issue are you talking the actual house wiring or the service entrance conductors?Aluminum has a disturbing tendincy to catch houses on fire over time. I don't think it is legal in many places anymore. Definately copper.
Actually had a client have a two inch section of copper on their A/C unit stollen. Cost over $300 to fix.You must live someplace nice where the crack heads aren't stealing your copper fencing to pay for their habit. I'd give ya...1 time to replace it before you decided on something cheaper (if you lived in Atlanta)
Oh, Man thats just evil!Sure, copper is harder to haul around, but that's why God invented apprentices.
HereHere, Copper is easier to pull.Now, I'm sure some well meaning and well educated person will point out that aluminum is more malleable than copper and should therefore be easier to work with. This would indeed be true if the diameter of the aluminum didn't have to be nearly 30% more for the same ampacity. Bigger conductors also have more friction when being pulled through conduit, regardless of what's inside the insulation.
What an odd coincidence, my apprentices all say I'm evil too.Oh, Man thats just evil!
then use gold......If you're rich, Al (because it's light), plated in silver (better conductor than Cu).
There should be some speakers with some super light "wire" consisting of eg. carbon coated in silver. Surely it wouldn't hurt some of those companies to at least try...


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The need for a new bridge over the North Saskatchewan River, between Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan, was identified in a 2011 study for the Capital Region Board CRB). The CRB is responsible for creating and coordinating regional growth plans for the Edmonton area. This future bridge, in the northeast part of the Edmonton region, will join Edmonton and Strathcona County by connecting Highways 15 (Manning Drive), 28A and 21. It will provide an alternate route over the river and improve access to Highway 63 leading north.
This project involves a partnership of four municipalities and the Province of Alberta: Sturgeon County, City of Edmonton, City of Fort Saskatchewan with the first step in the planning process for this river crossing:
The Northeast River Crossing Functional Planning Study. This study will identify the long term needs of the area, and recommend an approximate location for the future bridge and connecting roads.
This study is being conducted because of the need to complete early strategic planning, but based on current growth in the region, the proposed bridge and its connecting roads will not be constructed for another 25 to 35 years. Land requirements for the future bridge and connecting roads will be identified in the study recommendations.
The study will run from January 2017 to December 2018. It will involve gathering feedback from local stakeholders and the public.
On April 19 and 20, 2017, the public was invited to attend meetings to learn about the project, its purpose and timeline, and to provide input to inform our understanding of the study area.
Public consultation and engagement will be available for the residents of the four municipalities during the two-year study. Input from stakeholders, and the public, will inform the study recommendations for the region's future growth and transportation needs.
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Tens of thousands of air travelers are facing massive flight cancellations across the Northeast Monday ahead of the "Polar Vortex," a monstrous arctic front that's sending temperatures plummeting to record lows.
JetBlue Airways said all of its flights from Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports will stop operating for 17 hours starting at 5 p.m. Monday so weary crews rest and technicians can maintain its fleet of aircraft.
"One thing is for sure, the beginning of 2014 sure hasn't been kind to US aviation!" JetBlue said in an online statement.
"This plan allows for rest for our equipment and crew members and time to service aircraft," the statement read.
Many other flights were delayed even earlier, starting at 1 p.m., and the shutdown will also include Boston's Logan Airport, JetBlue said.
The airline said it will "gradually ramp up" its operation starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday and hoped to be back to full service by 3 p.m.
Nationwide as of 3 p.m., 4,011 flights had been cancelled nationally, including 121 at LaGuardia, 99 at JFK and 61 at Newark Liberty, according to FlightAware.com, a Web site that tracks airline delays and cancellations.
That number will increase as the day progresses, officials said.
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Would-be fliers at JFK lamented their earthbound fates.
"They're basically not rebooking any flights. It's like do it yourself. I'm stuck here [until] Wednesday," said Liza Logvina, a student at Arizona State University who was in New York visiting her boyfriend for the holidays.
"I don't have any family here and my boyfriend, who I was with, flew to another country. I'm missing work for the next three days. I'm a server. I only got one of my shifts covered," said Logvina, who needed a flight to Phoenix.
Cheryl Suarez of Somerset, NJ, was sitting on the floor eating a donut with her 10-year-old granddaughter, whose flight was cancelled.
"She's flying to San Diego. Her father lives there, he's a Marine. She was here for Christmas [and] she has to fly from JFK because she's unaccompanied. She can't fly out of Newark because there is a layover. She needs a direct flight," Suarez said. "We have to go back to New Jersey now."
Nikki Gaitan, 21, a cocktail waitress from Denver, was in Boston visiting a friend when JetBlue flew her to New York to try to get her home more quickly.
"They flew me out here so I could get to Denver sooner. My flight from Boston to Denver was cancelled, that's when the storm was in Boston," she said, sitting on the floor with her bags.
"I'm going into Manhattan; I don't want to sit here for four days. I have one friend in New York, but can't stay there. I don't know what I'm going to do."
A Port Authority police source said JetBlue's decision to close down operations at 5 p.m. will provide the airline with needed "catch up time," so their jets can be serviced and their sleep-deprived pilots can get their rest.
"This will give them an opportunity to get aircraft repositioned, where they need to be repositioned," he said.
But the decision will cause further chaos and delays for people who were already stranded by last week's snowstorm, he added.
"The residual effect will be the people who have been there three days and are going nowhere," he said.
Passengers who booked flights with the airline will be sent information as it becomes available, according to the JetBlue statement, and can check their flight status online.
JetBlue is not the only airline crippled by last week's snowstorm, and many have been struggling to catch up with operations after canceling flights due to bad weather in New York and across the country.
The move comes as forecasters are predicting a rapid plunge in temperatures overnight – from near 50 degrees Monday morning in New York City to a possible low of 5 degrees Tuesday morning with wind chills at minus 15.
United Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights, spokeswoman Mary Ryan told The Post.
"Given the weather in the Midwest and East Coast, which has affected all airlines, we have experienced many cancellations and delays impacting multiple hub airports. Our crews are working to ensure we can get our customers to their final destinations safely, as quickly as we can," she said.
American Airlines canceled more than 500 flights nationwide "with more to come," spokesman Matt Miller told USA Today.
"While there is little to no precipitation, the extremely cold temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast are having a big impact on our operations," he said.
Fuel supplies were frozen at Chicago's O'Hare – where wind chills hit 40 below Monday – and other airports in the Midwest and Northeast, he added.
Delta Air Lines canceled about 400 flights, and other carriers were following suit throughout the day Monday.
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….. but blame it on Doug and Jo. We were having so much fun this last week that I just didn't bother.
Doug and Joanne arrived in Sidney last Friday and we were sitting on the dock at Sidney North Saanich Yacht club waiting for them. We spent their first night aboard on the dock because the big question going into this adventure was how well Jo was going to handle the motion of the ocean. That turned out to be a complete non-issue thanks in large part to the wonders of modern medicine in the form of gravol patches.
I pretty well had to fight Doug for every minute of helm time except when I wanted him to do the docking in Nanaimo. If you look close in the picture above you will see that George II was keeping a close eye on the new skipper. When it came time to dock Marilyn cracked the whip and kept Doug busy handling lines. Actually now that I think about it they probably won't ever want to come back because we worked Doug too hard.
That picture of Joanne isn't really fair because she took over cleanup duties in the galley. She's likely just recovering from cleaning up one of my galley messes. We ate really well because we showed up in Sidney with a huge haul of prawns and then dropped the traps outside Ladysmith and got another batch of the little buggers. Marilyn even caught some crabs off the dock in Nanaimo but none of them were big enough to keep. They did provide some added entertainment for our guests, particularly the aggressive one that locked himself onto Marilyn's finger and bruised her through her glove.
We made a loop through Vancouver, back over to Nanaimo and returning to Cow Bay. When we got back to "the bay" there was a crew in the midst of changing out the docks at Pier 66, the neighbouring marina, so Doug and I spent some time sidewalk supervising that project.
We finished the trip with one last night on the dock at SNSYC so that it would be easy to get Doug and Jo to their early morning flight out of Sidney. We managed to get both the truck and the boat down to Sidney which meant that I got to singlehand Gray Hawk back home from Sidney. Last night when I got back to Cow Bay the West Coast Workboat Association had taken over the government wharf behind us for their spring rendez-vous.
There's some beautiful old workboats that have been given a new lease on life thanks to a recreational conversion. I have managed to leave my tax return to the eleventh hour so I promised myself that I wouldn't go walk that dock until I had my taxes done. I think I'm far enough down that trail that I can go drool over the workboats today.


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Anyway, tonight I am here with a post detailing my upcoming wax ban. It has come to the point in my wax career where I need to cut down on buying wax. I have filled our entire coat closet with drawers to organize wax, and it has even started to overflow from there. Even if I continue to destash a good amount of it and melt at a steady pace, I simply will not be able to use my wax in a reasonable amount of time. So, this summer I have made it my goal to focus on using the wax that I have instead of buying more wax. I've attempted wax bans several other times and have failed miserably. This time, I am absolutely, 1000% committed to seeing this wax ban through. In this post, I am going to lay it all out on the line and give you all a glimpse into my plan to get through these next few months.
First of all, I need to identify what it is that makes ordering wax so much fun for me. Obviously, the number one draw for me is the scents. As long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with fragrance and surrounding myself with products that smell good. Fragrance is a huge stress reliever for me, and not just the so-called aromatherapy scents. A Serendipity birthday cake tart can put me in a good mood any day of the week! Also, I've become intrigued with custom blending fragrances as of late. In the days before an order, I'll often make lists of potential blends that I want to order and will tweak that list for several days or even weeks at a time! That moment where you submit an order that you've been plotting for weeks is such a rush. For me, it's not even so much actually getting the order as it is the anticipation of getting the order.
Fortunately, I can find easy fixes for all of those right here in my stash (or in my pending orders)! The need to surround myself with things that smell good is already taken care of with my massive stash of wax I already have. If I feel the need to smell something new and exciting, I will dig deep at the bottom of my drawers and pull out some things I haven't sniffed in awhile. The desire to concoct new and exciting blends can be satisfied within my stash as well. I need to start doing blends with the tarts that I already have instead of finding the need to buy custom blended tarts when I probably have all of the scents I'm blending in my stash already. And lastly, the rush of waiting for orders is more than taken care of at this point. I currently have 14 outstanding orders that I have not gotten yet. Yes, 14! The unfortunate thing about that is that most of them will be delivered in the next week or so. Luckily, I do have a few orders with longer TAT that I probably will not see until the end of summer so I have those to look forward to.
However, I have allowed myself 3 orders during the process of my wax ban, roughly one for each month. Seems a bit hypocritical but here's the reason why: the wax world has absolutely exploded in the past couple of months. It has come to the point where certain vendors (pretty much all my favorites, of course) can only stay open for a short period of time, sometimes even only a matter of a few hours. And that short window may be the only time that they end up taking orders for a few weeks or even a few months. In order to not miss out on those openings, I will allow myself to purchase from 3 select vendors. However, I will be adhering to a strict budget for each purchase. I am hoping that the fact that I will not be ordering from a million different vendors at once will help me appreciate those orders more.
I have decided not to have an "ounces" goal, meaning that I don't have a specific amount of wax I am trying to melt through during this time. I still have some ongoing issues from the flu that I had last month and some days, I'm still not feeling up to melting as much as I normally would. Besides, it's about to be summer and I won't be home as much anyway so I don't want to set unrealistic goals and then end up being disappointed when I don't reach them. I am just going to melt as much as I reasonably can while still enjoying the scents, and not melt through wax just to melt through it all.
Enough with the chit chat. Without further ado, I present to you the rules of my wax ban!
1. The wax ban begins June 1, 2013 and goes through September 1, 2013. This means that I will not purchase ANY wax during that time, including both candles and tarts, with the following exceptions below.
2. I am allowed ONE purchase from each of the following vendors during these months:
- June: Candles from the Keeping Room (budget: $50 including shipping)
- July: Rosegirls (budget: $100 including shipping)
- August/whenever they reopen again late summer: Lasting Scent Candles (budget: $50 including shipping)
3. I must post on this blog every single haul I receive from June 1st through September 1st. No exceptions. I am hoping that writing down everything that I purchase will help me further realize how much wax I really have.
4. I will not participate in any swaps from June 1st to September 1st UNLESS it is for things I already have (ex. RG chunk swaps). Whenever I am doing a swap with someone, I tend to buy extra in my orders to get them things that they might like. This will help keep my order costs down.
5. I will allow myself to participate in Round Robins during this time if any come about.
6. I will only check my Facebook wax groups once a day. That means I will be turning off all Facebook notifications on my phone and will only be checking groups in the evening. As I do have a Round Robin going on right now, I will be checking messages for that purpose but still only once a day for the groups.
7. I will continue reading my favorite blogs and watching my favorite YouTubers but only to give support to my fellow waxies. I will try my best to not be tempted to order after seeing these posts and videos. This will probably be the most difficult thing for me because I always get so many ideas about what to order based on reviews from other people.
And that is that, my friends! I would love to hear any stories of successful wax bans, what worked for you, what didn't work, and whatever else you would like to share. And please do let me know if you would like to join me on this endeavor as well! Of course, you can make up your own rules and whatnot but you know what they say, there's always strength in numbers!
Thanks for stopping by today everyone! I'll be back soon with lots and lots of hauls and melted reviews =) Hope you all have a fabulous rest of your evening!


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Last week I walked around to the Mullens roost on a good high tide. The tide had covered most of the roost and I hoped to see migratory shorebirds.
However, it appeared that the large flocks had still not arrived. Some White-faced Herons flew across the roost and settled at the southern end.
On the far side there was a long line of Terns - mostly Gull-billed Terns. There were a few shorebirds with them but no large flocks.
The only birds I got close to were a pair of Pied Oystercatchers. They were walking across the low-growing salt marsh plants and then walked out in the shallow water. Suddenly one of the birds stopped and began probing down through the water into the soft sand. I have often walked across this roost in bare feet and often I have felt something wriggling under my foot! I wonder if something wriggled under this bird's foot!


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Sand is manufactured from 'Grit', which is by product of stone type crusher. While crushing, the size below 6 mm is manufactured, which is sieved and separated from the metal. It is not used much in the construction industries. The consumption of the 'grit' is very less compared to the production. Hence, it is available at very cheap rate. The sand plant is specially designed for manufacturing sand from the grit. It is a better utilization of the material.
Sand making machine is the equipment of artificially system . According to the situation and the request of finished product material, can be a counterattack break, can be tapered break, also can use impact type crusher, Impact crusher is the most widely used equipment, so the industry usually also called impact crusher is making sand machine.
This series of sand machine widely used in metallic and nonmetallic minerals, cement, refractories, abrasive, glass raw materials, construction aggregate, artificially build sand and various metallurgical slag finely and coarse grinding of homework . Especially for medium harden, very hard and abrasive materials such as silicon, emery, sintering aluminium vanadium and soil, magnesia, Has more advantages than any other type of sand making machine. To a service-oriented brand integrity,As the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery ,like vibratory feeder, Henan Hongxing is always doing the best in products and service.
Working characteristics
This new type of sand making machine has simple reasonable structure,and operation cost is low;
Using principle of stone dozen, wear small;
With high breakage rate,energy saving;
With finely, coarse grinding function;
Little influenced by material moisture content, water cut copy can reach 8%;
Working noise below 75 decibels (db level),mine machinery manufacturer, and dust pollution is less;
Suitable for breaking hard, very hard material;
Products into the cube, bulk density is big, iron pollution is minimal.
We should know more about the related knowledge in order to produce the excellent products.The production system and experience of sand making equipment is more complete and perfect. In recent years,the trend is very good. Sand making production line has been put into production and medium-sized cities have accelerated the pace of development.Artificial gravel standard has been recognized by more and more people.
The industry development could provide huge potential improvement opportunities for different crushing and screening equipments.These types and models could adapt the different needs of different levels.It could meet the need of sand making machine development generally.
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Good morning!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Now that Thanksgiving is over, the holiday season is in full swing! (Scary right)
I woke up at 5am to go Black Friday shopping to prepare for the upcoming holidays. I've already started purchasing gifts and in fact, I bought one for you! I will be doing a Naked Palette Giveaway to celebrate reaching 10,000 page views. There will be a separate post soon with all the details.
Of course, i went straight to Sephora for Black Friday and I got a bunch of great deals. They always have gift sets for $10
I got 4 of the $10 sets and i will review each one on its own very soon.
I also bought two full priced items. I got the Tarte blush palette and the Urban Decay Naked palette for the giveaway.
Happy Holidays everyone! Make sure to check back soon for individual reviews on the Black Friday Deals from Sephora.
Also, don't forget to enter the Naked Palette Giveaway! It is ending in 20 days
Thanks for reading,
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Version: 3.0.5 (Mod Gems / Heroes Unlocked)
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Each of the gift guides require you to set up your own Host page. If you run giveaways you probably know how to do this, but if you don't I am here to show you. First I recommend using Giveaway Tools just because it is the easiest but you can use Rafflecopter, Gleem, and there may be others out there, I am going to show you with Giveaway Tools.
You will need to sign up, when you go into create a giveaway it will ask you for some information but it is free.
Just click on Add Giveaway and you will get this screen. Name it your blog name and the gift guide name, the beginning should be the first day of the gift guide, the ending should be the last day of the gift guide. Watch the beginning date you may need to put it to 11:59 pm the night before because it will only let you start at 1 am. For the sponsor and giveaway description put in NA. Also click the button so it says just close the giveaway.
Then click the green button, Create Giveaway.
This is the next page you will see. If you made a mistake you can edit anything on here. This is just the top part of the page, now I will scroll down.
For the host page we will not need a prize so next we will add the entry types with the menu on the right side.
As you can see from the drop down menu there are lots of choices. You may not show as many choices because I pay for a membership because I do run a lot of giveaways. I am just going to show you a few because most are self-explanatory.
Please notice on the left side is always help if you need it. If you pull up the wrong entry type, you will need to delete this entry type to get out of this to add another type. Most you will need to add the full url – that means going to your links and letting it load completely and then taking the url and putting it into here. I get wrong links every single day so don't try to write this out. You will need the https:www the entire url exactly or it will not accept the entry, and you will get frustrated. Then put your blog name in and I normally choose to verify everything. Then pick an amount of points.
This is from the "Make Your Own Entry" option. This is for anything that is not listed such as Instagram, Bloglovin, retweets, etc. I also use this for comments so that I can say comment on any review instead of a specific post, like the comment entry option does, and this one you can also have it as a daily entry.
To use this you need to put in what you want the contestants to do. Then direct them where, that is why I put the word HERE. Just highlight the word HERE and click "add link". You will get this screen. Again be very careful with the link and grab the complete link, it will not give you an error, so the first few times I would double-check these types of entries.
Ok now we have added our 5 entries for our website to our widget now we need to put this on our blog. I use wordpress so I am really not sure about blogger. I grab the embed code.
I go back to an old post from my early days, I have a lot of old co host pages from 3 or more years ago. I do not need them anymore so I try to reuse them. Change the title, add the code into the text side, then grab the guide image. Save and keep the short link to put onto the doc in the facebook group.
If you would like to test your links you can change the beginning date of the giveaway tools to be active and then preview your post. Then click on each entry to make for sure they each work. You can go back and change the beginning date or just leave it open but do not change the closing date.
Because you reused an old post you will get visitors to an older post that would have gone unused.
Any questions please leave a comment and I will answer it as soon as possible.