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Safar 11,1430/ February 7, 2009, # 9.
Exclusive interview with Imam Jamil,
Action alert for Prophet Muhammad, pbuh: Third item under Jamaat al-Muslimeen News.
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Sent by Lynne Stewart: An Important Appeal for Native American leader Leonard Peltier. Please call President Obama.
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: It's a 2 minute call only.
Shocking letter from Hungary: From editor of Hungarian translation of Hitler's Mein Kampf. Guess what is NOT in it?
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Thought of the Day: It's very simple: Israel MUST be punished.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen urges U.S. Muslims and Christian friends to BOYCOTT all Jews who consider Israel a legitimate entity. Don't let "moderate" Jews fool you. They condemn Israeli atrocities but they support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Israel itself is a crime
We urge Islamic Law experts to put Israelis on trial for the mass murder of 1500+ civilians, including 400+ children. Israel's leaders, generals, tank officers and pilots, as well as the entire IDF are war criminals. A time will come when the mujahideen will hit the Israelis, inshallah. In the meantime, we urge Islamic courts to bring to trial and at least
hang 1500 Israelis for their crimes against humanity. Don't let the mass murder of children be forgotten.
We thank Sis. Labeebah, Saudi Arabia, for a collection of of photos titled "I want to tell the world." It gives a good overview of Israel's rape of humanity in Gaza. It's on our web site now.. Worth looking at but does not include the most horrifying ones which other readers sent us. Those were too much for us, including a baby burnt alive by the Jews. Check out "I want to tell the world" by going to:
We thank Dr. Ismail Zayid [Nova Scotia, Canada] for a whole library of reports, 211 of them, on Gaza. Very comprehensive!
Amazing facts on a well-laid plan to bypass
and exploit Southern
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Were Zoo Animals firing rockets at Israel? The Zionist terrorist army shot animals in the Gaza Zoo POINT BLANK.
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This is how the Enemies of Islam think. In their own words:
"Israel didn't violate the laws of war and made impressive improvements in its fighting capability in the recent Hamas clash in Gaza, a U.S. study says.
The analysis of the 22-day conflict in Gaza by Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies finds "marked improvements in the readiness and capability" of the Israeli military since the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006.
It said further, that Israel didn't violate the laws of war despite the large number of civilian casualties among the Palestinians, the Jerusalem Post reported."
Saudi Students Reading New Trend. Re: Editor's Diary: Incident in a Baltimore Masjid
Assalamo Aleikum Dr. Siddique,
Thank you very much for for posting the diary. It makes me aware of what's going on in some Masjids in USA. By the way, Here's good news for you; alhamdolillah many Saudis here in the univ am teaching in have got to know your magazine and keep reading the latest issues.. WE all, Muslims, are inspired by you..
salam Aleikum
Letter: Re:
Incident in a Baltimore Masjid, Obama 1,2,3, etc [full issue of New Trend]
It is full of amazing stories of Zulm, torture, American fraudulent deceptions and the evasive discussion of the president of Masjid Noor of BM. Do you think that this kind of Muslim leadership is of any use in reconstructing its fate. I don't think so. May thanks for giving the background introduction of Holbrook.
Shamim [New York city]
[The writer is a leading da'ee of Islam in America - Editor]
Letter: Re:
Al-Arabiyya and Obama, Ibn Hanbal, etc: Caliphate is the Solution
Solution of all present problems depend on Arabs and Muslims under Caliphate. Rest is in below books.
M.G. Mowla [Maryland]
Jamaat al-Muslimeen [News] [3 items only]
P.O Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
Imam Jamil al-Amin, America's Imam, Spreaks out from Prison: [Exclusive to New Trend] [January 31, 2009]
Imam Khalil Abdur Rahman
from North Carolina met Imam Jamil al-Amin at the maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. It's a long trip by air to Denver and then from there by road to Florence. We congratulate Br. Khalil that he was able to make the trip. He spoke to the imam through a glass partition. These are Imam Khalil's impressions of the Imam. [Br. Khalil is Imam Jamil's international representative.]
He appeared to be in good health although he is being held underground. The cell where he is being held lacks heating and he was wearing three layers of clothing under his jump suit. He seems to have been moved from his original location in the prison. He has his beard and was wearing his kufi and looking very alert and upbeat.
He wanted to talk and he did most of the talking from 9.30 AM to 2.45 PM. Looks like he is allowed to watch TV and had incisive commentary to make on the new political situation in America. His understanding is that the measures the Obama administration is trying to implement will not work. Things are nor going to change much in America, he said. The measures being taken are half hearted and do not go to the root of the horrific situation which has developed in America.
He said, if America wants economic health, it should
learn from the Prophet Muhammad
, pbuh, and CANCEL ALL INTEREST based and interested related debt. Otherwise, the situation will continue to fester.
Imam Jamil urged Muslims in America to understand that this country is going through a transitional stage. This is
the time for Muslims
to distinguish themselves by taking leadership roles to help the people out of the disaster facing them. This is
NOT the time for assmilation
and trying to become part of the corrupt power structure.
The Imam sent out his greetings to all those who are striving in Allah's Way without fear or hesitation.
Outreach in Tennessee: "Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, was humble, sat on the ground, often went Hungry."
On January 30,
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
representative Br. Yusuf [of Irish origin], gave the Juma khutba in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The topic was about strict adherence to Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) in ALL matters, which we severely neglect in this time of "ease" in the wilderness of north america and the west...
Some lines were taken from the sayings of Asadullah Ali ibn Abi Talib, r.a., one of the most eloquent Companions of the Prophet, pbuh, and most fierce mujahid.
"Certainly, in the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him and his progeny) was sufficient example for you and a proof concerning the vices of the world, its defects, the multitude of its disgraces and its evils, because its sides had been constrained for him, while its flanks had been spread for others; he was deprived of its milk and turned away from its adornments."
"When he knew that Allah, the Glorified, hated a thing, he too hated it; that Allah held a thing low, he too held it low; that Allah held a thing small, he too held it small. If we love what Allah and His Prophet hate and hold great what Allah and His prophet hold small that would be enough separation from transgression of Allah's commands. "
"The Prophet used to eat on the ground, and sat like a slave...he remained hungry along with his chief companions (and thus they had to tie rocks to their stomachs) -
Nowadays when was the last time a Muslim here has tied a rock to his stomach due to severe hunger
?! We've been so drunk of the western ease that all we do is pay lip service to Quds and Ghaza and mothers over there are offering their children as sacrifice for us - namdi qitaalan! namdi rijaalin!" [trans.
Action Alert: Help Remove Shameful Cartoon Abusing the Best of Men, Peace be on him
From Sis. Aqila [Washington, DC]
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, ya ustad,
I am bringing to your attention a very serious matter involving disgraceful cartoons posted at a hack website called http://sheikyermami.com. The website contains a putrid cartoon depicting Rasulullah (saws) being served WINE by a black SLAVE to whom he is demanding wine to drink and saying , "nigger, where's your little sister?" This is an outrageous afront to even the most docile muslim when the Holy Prophet and Messenger of Allah (swt) is insulted in this way.
Of course, I reported the matter to CAIR and got only silence (which I did expect). I have done all I can to alert as many Muslims as possible to write in to the web host provider, Ubiquity Hosting Solutions in Bloomington, Ill, to request the offensive content be removed. The website also contains other cartoon caricitures, including one of women wearing Muslim attire pushing strollers with children that have armed bombs strapped to thier chests. This simply is not funny. We should not allow ourselves to be mocked this way and it is not islamic to allow such ridicule of the Muslims by kuffar. The link to the offensive cartoon is below. The address of the web host provider is firstname.lastname@example.com. So far they have refused to request the offensive material be removed by saying it is protected by "free speech": of course hate speech is not protected speech, which is exactly what this is. Other domain-specific information about this website can be found by doing a "whois" search through the domain provider, Network Solutions. Wa shukran wa shukran gazeelan. -
Africa: 2 items [Also see report on
at the end of this New Trend issue.
Somalia: Al-Shabab fighters
[seen below]
have rejected the new President's efforts to seek help from western powers. They want all foreign troops to leave.
South African Boycott of Israel-related Companies [started by Cape Town Muslims] Spreads to Durban Activists
In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, 8 February 2009. This follows the decision by COSATU to strengthen the campaign in South Africa for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Apartheid Israel.
January 27, 2009: academics and activists in Durban started a process they hoped would see boycotts and pressure similar to that which helped end apartheid, force an end to Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Their plan included: boycotting companies that supported Israel; withdrawing from competitions that included Israeli sports teams; and engaging with progressive academics from Israel.
Academics agreed to push for a national conference on the boycott of Israel and Patrick Bond, head of the Centre for Civil Society, which organised the gathering of activists, said he would discuss these ideas at an internal staff meeting later this week.
At the seminar on Jan. 27, activist Dennis Brutus said an anti-Israel boycott would be similar to the anti-apartheid boycott from the 60s, which he said produced the desired results.
Our America
A different view of Obama's Inauguration
Slaves Waving American Flags! What we can learn from American History
by Sis. 'Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City]
As-Salaamu-'Alaikum Bro. Siddique!
I am so happy to read that you spoke up at that Mosque. Those khutbas can be so annoying that you want to scream out just to wake everyone else up. Then, you realize that you are not alone.
I saw the Inauguaration of President Obama on January 20th and I have never seen so many African-Americans waving the American flag. I suspect these flags were free since I saw so many people waving 4 or 5 of them. I liken the jubilation expressed that day to that of African slaves when they witnessed the choosing of the first Black overseer on the plantation. They probably thought the same thing that many African-Americans think now, that the oppressive situations will decrease or end entirely. But, as anyone who has ever studied American History knows, this jubilation ended once the Black overseer was ordered to whip a fellow Black slave until that slave fell unconscious, covered in a pool of his own blood to the horror of other slave onlookers. This was done to send a message to the other slaves foolish enough to think that this Black overseer was a "brother."
That's when the person really pulling the strings, the White plantation owner, steps forward to remind these Black slaves that he is really the one in charge! The only difference between Barack Obama and the Black overseers is that the Black slaves did not have a choice. According to Islam they did. They could have chosen to die by torture rather than oppress another soul but, most people would rather live. I am not saying it was an easy decision to make because it wasn't. However, Barack has made a choice and his choice is to continue the American Way.
I remember Imam Jamil Al-Amin, when he was H.Rap Brown, questioning the American Way. The American Way is the philosphy that might (and White) is right, in my opinion.
Barack Obama claimed he wanted to be like Pres. Abraham Lincoln. The same Pres. Lincoln who stated that if he could win the war without freeing the African slaves he would. Many people do not know that Lincoln was not at all the spiritual being who could not bear to live as a free man while others were still being kept as slaves. This image is a White Hope fallacy. He was the complete opposite! The Union Army was losing to the Confederates badly and the Union needed more men; hence, the release of African slaves to fight for the Union. Many Southern military officials were already promising freedom to their own slaves if they fought for the Confederates. Lincoln had to find a way to counteract that. Also, knowing that the Union was for the Nothern states, where did all of these African slaves come from? The Northern slave owners! Many people are taught that slavery existed only in the Southern states.
Anyway, who would've benefited the most from White men killing each other but, the very people the White man stole this land from and kept as his slaves - Native Americans and African slaves.
Many people keep saying that Barack Obama hasn't any African slave ties to America and therefore, cannot fully relate to the Black exerperience here. But, what about Michele Obama, his wife? She is an African-American descendant from slaves. I am glad to read that most African nations are very cautious about Mr. Obama. They, of all people, should sleep with both eyes open with Obama in office.
[All those criticized in New Trend have the right of reply - Editor]
On the Zogby Brothers, here is the low down: Is there a CIA Past in the Family?
by Husayn al-Kurdi [Chicago]
James born 1945, John 1948
Grew up in Utica, NY, which contains a rat's nest of Lebanese Christian emigrant families, coming down the Rat Lines since the late 19th Century.
James has been all over the map since the late 1970s: a founder of the "Palestine Human Rights Campaign", Executive Director of ADC, a co-founder of "Save Lebanon, Inc." in 1982 (after destruction of that country by the Jewish state invaders), co-President of "Builders for Peace", described as "a private sector committee to promote US business investment in the West Bank and Gaza", working with and through AID,
US State Department
etc., active in the informant-spy Jesse Jackson's Presidential campaigns and now writing a column and hosting a TV show, both widely-spread by the usual enemy.
He is active in the ACLU, "Human Rights Watch", the Democrat Party, heads the Arab American Institute and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Long-time CIA Beirut station chief Ghosn "Clarence" Zogby (now long retired and probably dead) is surely a part of the Maronite Zogby clan, but not in the immediate family of the "Arab-American" Zogby Brothers. Some Zogbys stayed behind in Lebanon to do their dirty work, while others, including the brothers' forebears, emigrated to America and set up shop here.
He received his doctorate from Temple University in 1975, "studying" under the late unlamented Ismail Faruqi, avid promoter of the traitor-to-Zionism "moderate" brand of "Islam" which has been assiduously merchandised by Islam's inveterate enemies with accelerating frequency and intensity over the last three decades and more.
Faruqi is one of the "pioneers" in the "American Muslim" government asset milieu which pervades the Masjids and nominally "Muslim" organizations in America. My file in this regard is getting incredibly thick, so I think I will be breaking it down into organizations, groupings and individuals and releasing them one article or note at a time.
GHOSH ZOGBY: Important CIA Operative
Notes from "Ropes of Sand: America's Failure in the Middle East" by Wilbur Crane Eveland (CIA) (WW Norton 1980)
Ghosn Zogby is referenced 20 times in the Index, his wife Helen once (she gave CIA listening post cocktail parties for honored guests, some of whom were themselves CIA operatives).
Some of the references with Page#s in parentheses:
(119) IDs Zogby as CIA chief of station in Beirut
(121) "carried by the American embassy as a first secretary, political."
(165) mentions TIME reporter Mohamed Khalil Abu Rish "generally known as Abu Said" as a CIA agent/asset originally recruited by Archie Roosevelt, "First Chief of the Beirut station." Zogby referred to Abu Rish as one of the CIA's most capable agents.
Zogby comes off as a self-promoting braggart throughout the book, making inflated claims to bolster his prestige. Of course, the author does the very same for himself throughout the book, this being an occupational commonplace in their profession.
(245) Zogby was in charge of running 2 critical operations: WAPPEN, which meddled in Syrian politics to insure that pro-American politicians stayed in power and SIPONY, which was directed towards Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose CIA cryptonym was "SIBLING".
The book goes into some detail on Zogby's subversive activities in the Middle East, and its basic points are corroborated elsewhere.
Feb. 5, 2009: "From Gaza to Srinagar: One struggle" says one banner.
Islamic women at a huge rally in Lahore
, Pakistan in support of the Kashmiri struggle for freedom. The demonstrators said that Kashmir and Palestine are part of the worldwide struggle against oppression and occupation. Rallies in support of Kashmir, mostly by men but often with women too, were held in EVERY Pakistani city at the call of Jamaate Islami and were addressed by Jamaate Islami leaders and activists from numerous other organizations. Jamaate Islami is attracting impressive support from women, more than any other group. Many of the women cover their faces as a symbolic rejection of the western way of life.
Israeli Troops Shot and Killed Zoo Animals
Gulf News (Dubai, UAE)
The Gaza Zoo reeks of death ... Around every corner, inside almost every cage are dead animals, who have been lying in their cages since the Israeli incursion. Qasim doesn't understand why they chose to destroy his zoo. And it's difficult to disagree with him. Most of them have been shot at point blank range. "The first thing the Israelis did was shoot at the lions - the animals ran out of their cage and into the office building. Actually they hid there."
Guantanamo: Inside the Wire
Yvonne Ridley
and film-maker David Miller recently spent four days in Guantanamo Bay, one of the few media crews allowed inside the world's most notorious prison. US President Barack Obama may have stopped the military tribunals and ordered the closure of the infamous site, but this thought-provoking two-part documentary raises some uncomfortable issues about the long-term legacy of Guantanamo.
The experience also makes Ridley confront some personal issues following her own arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the Taliban in September 2001.
The documentary includes personal accounts from some ex-Guantanamo detainees who've never gone on record before to talk ab out their experiences including Tarek Dergoul, Feroz Abassi and Omar Deghayes.
The first part of the documentary went out at 01.32am and 9.35am and 17.35pm (GMT) on Monday, February 1 on Press TV (Sky 515 as well as several other satellites including Hotbird) : you can download live on www.presstv.com
Part went out the next day, Tuesday February 3 at 01.32am and 09.32am and 17.32pm
Montreal Perspectives
By Jalaluddin S. Hussain
Police Atrocity against Moroccan Immigrant Uncovered+Constant Propaganda to Portray Hamas as "terrorist."
After listening to an interview of the 39th. President of USA, Mr. Jimmy Carter, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio station, on January 29, 2009, I was amazed at the word-twisting and concoction, which goes on all the time in the Western press (both print and electronic), regarding what was actually said and what was printed or presented, in the media.
What Hamas, within the Palestinian movement stands for, is one thing and what Zionist-dominated media reflects is something quite different. The Zionist-dominated and big Corporation-biased media of Montreal, always paints Hamas as a terrorist organization, out to wipe Israel from the face of the earth!
However, what has actually happened in the 22-days David-versus-Goliath war between Israel and Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, is there for everybody to see. It is just the opposite of general perception. In fact in this case Israel wanted to wipe out Hamas from the Gaza Strip but miserably failed in this nefarious attempt!
The very sight of dead children and civilians of the Gaza Strip, hit by Israli bombs and bomblets, makes one tremble with anger! Why should the Zionist even attempt to recreate the Holocaust? Have they not learnt any lesson from the cruelties perpertrated on them by the Europeans? How long will they punish the innocent Palestinians for the crimes of the Europeans, partricularly of the Nazi Germans, Imperialist British and Fascist Italians?
Daily, The Gazette, an Israel Asper Canwest Global newspaper of Montreal, in its january 29, 2009 issue, gives a highly biased and slanted version of how the death of an Israeli soldier provided an excuse to the Israeli soldiers, to enter Gaza once again! What a pretext! One wonders for how long the international community will continue to be a silent spectator of this atrocity venture jointly perpetrated by USA and Israel? The pertinent question is whether Canada also played an active accomplice role in the Gaza massacre?
The "Justice for Anas Coalition" organized an impressive rally in front of the "Palais de Justice" building at noon time on January 29, 2009. The demonstrators who numbered more than 50, braved the extemely cold weather, and called for speedy and transparent justice in this case. It may be mentioned that as far back as December 1, 2005, Mohamed Anas Bennis, a 25-year old Canadian of Moroccan origin was shot at close range by a police officer, while Anas was returning from a mosque, after offering his morning prayers.
The "Justice for Anas Coalition" demanded:
- the immediate release of all reports, evidence and information concerning the death of Anas Bennis, to the Bennis family and to the public;
- a full public inquiry, independently held, into the death of the young Muslim man; and
- an end to police brutality and impunity.
Readers of New Trend can keep themselves uptodate on this case by visiting:
Letter from India
Washington Post's Knee Jerk Response to Turkish PM's Criticism of Israel
ghulammuhammed3 wrote:
It is something like a twiggle switch. The moment you criticize Israel or its lobby in the US, the whole system of interconnected friendly relationship goes down. This is absurd. Except for a few scared rabbits, who did not want to risk antagonizing their Jewish relationship, within or without their countries, the whole world, on humanitarian grounds was appalled at Israeli atrocities against civilian population. It was a replay of the supposedly Nazi atrocities on Jews in Germany. The line of armaments was so formidable; it is surprising that Gaza still exists as a human territory. And the way Israeli President humiliated Turkish Prime Minister, sitting next to him on the dais, in Davos, fully aware of his sensitive constituency back home in Turkey, it is impossible for any self-respecting person not to react. And next day we see an article in Washington Post, instantly declaring that Turkey has turned away from the West. How fickle and how sinister is this demand on allies to conform to Israeli order of things. It is more like a slavery than a relationship.
A Deep, Well-laid Plan to Exploit Sudan: bypassing Khartoum
by William Reed [Washington, DC]
Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins was the legislator that caused her state to become the first in the nation to divest taxpayers' funds from Sudan. In order to "save" people in eastern Sudan's Darfur region Collins' bill sought to starve Sudan into submission to U.S. policy views. It's becoming clear that these foreign policy practices aren't working. Nowadays, as Americans are confronted by a spiraling domestic crisis brought on by a lack of investments and credit many are starting to rethink policies that destroy entire economies and populations.
In contrast to Ms. Collins, an investor previously with the American International Group (AIG) insurance firm is leading a deal with investment and development in Southern Sudan leasing a substantial amount of farm land there. Philippe Heilberg, chairman and CEO of New York-based investment firm Jarch Capital, expects high returns from approximately 400,000 hectares of land in Mayom County which he anticipates being involved with "for decades". It is post-colonial Africa's biggest private land deal. With the picture Collins and her people paint of Sudan's situation, of all places to be investing Sudan should not be on anyone's list. The massive deal would drive Senator Collins and the Darfur Disinvestment movement into the streets had not an Illinois District Court already thrown the punitive policy out in 2007.
Heilberg has a majority stake in a company controlled by the son of Paulino Matip. Mr. Heilberg is gambling on the warlord's continuing control of a region where his militia operated in Sudan's civil war. The area is about 70 times the size of the island of Manhattan. Heilberg plans to grow crops and has also taken a stake in a Sudanese farming company with the Matip clan. Heilberg says "The land is rich in oil and minerals and it is the largest area of organic farmland in the world". Ironically, Heilberg is backed in the deal for the vast track of fertile land along the Nile River by former CIA and state department officials. While Collins and colleagues would deprive all Sudanese of investments, Heilberg says "local people will benefit" from his deal. The deal will acquire billions in investments over the next decade and Heilberg's company will need to put in significant infrastructure for the agriculture sector and for transportation.
Collins and the Sudan Divestment Task Force promote campaigns to divest from Sudan throughout America and Europe. The National Foreign Trade Council business group differs and opposes unilateral sanctions. It successfully sued Illinois in 2007 over its broad Sudan divestment measure. The group says: "we believe that nuance serves U.S. values and foreign policy objectives far better than blunt economic instruments". They condemn the emotional rush to action on Darfur.
While broad sanctions still apply to much of Sudan, the U.S. Treasury Department has begun a practice of narrower sanctions. New US policies incorporate carve-outs for Southern Sudan's government in support of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. With Collins' people sitting on the sidelines, the Bank of Juba in Southern Sudan has received its own international banking code for international wire transfers. The disinvestment crowd can gain comfort from American and foreign investors insistence that they are doing business in Southern Sudan and do not go through Khartoum.
In recent years, Southern Sudan has been benefiting from capital and investments. A significant amount of foreign-based oil drilling has begun in the South where about 85 percent of the Sudan's oil flow is. Southern Sudan's lack of infrastructure is an opportunity for investors from banking to agriculture to construction and telecommunications. While it's hoped that much of Southern Sudan's development will be undertaken by local companies and individuals, the carve-outs in U.S. regulations create opportunities for American companies to contribute to rebuilding Southern Sudan and help the regional government shape a long-term, post-conflict approach to foreign investment.
Do you support divest or invest? Disinvestment practices are counterproductive to sane capitalistic practices. Furthermore, with Darfur increasingly on the brink, foreign investment in Southern Sudan, and increasing economic initiatives throughout the country, can stabilize Darfur and the entire region.
(William Reed -
War News: Brief but Important
Pakistan: A Bridge too far!
Feb. 1: Pakistan army units launched a three pronged offensive in Swat to push back Islamic militias who have taken over the area. Three districts [known as tehsils] were put under military curfew. In the artillery and mortar bombardment launcheds by the army, numerous civilians were killed, including 21 women and 19 children. The resistance evaded the attacks.
Feb. 4. Maulvi Fazlullah's mujahideen cut off a force of 30 Pakistani security forces in the rugged Shamzoi area of Swat. After daylong fighting, the 30 were captured. The next day, they were set free after signing a pledge to leave the armed forces.
Feb. 4. Pakistani forces launched a new offensive but this time they were attacked in the capital of Swat, Mingora itself. The army is firing in panic and has killed another 11 civilians. Large sections of the population, including 40,000 new ones, have been rendered homeless by Pakistan army attacks.
February 3: Islamic fighters blew up a 100 ft long bridge near the Afghan border [Sultan Khel area] over which Pakistan sends supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. [Photo above shows traffic jam at the border because there is no bridge.]
February 4: Taliban set on fire 12 NATO supply trucks which were returning from Afghanistan and were stuck at the downed bridge.
Supporters from a group known as Lashkare Islam tried to enter Peshawar. Ten of them were killed in day long gun fight with the Pak. army.
February 6: Pakistan launched a powerful offensive to gain control of the area around the Khyber Pass to help-re-start the supply line to NATO. The offensive seems to have been a success. The army is claiming to have killed 50 "militants" which is becoming a term to describe anyone opposing NATO and supporting the Taliban.
Small photo is that of General Ashfaq Kayani who spent a day in the tribal border zones trying to drum up tribal support against the Taliban. He was under heavy security and looks worried in the photo. Kayani is known as America's agent in charge of Pakistan.
Feb. 7: The bridge is still down and now the Taliban are attacking a secondary route used by NATO.
Hungarian Translation of Mein Kampf Just Published
Please open my home page below, see my books: click on the title "könyveim"! You find there Adolf Hitler's book too entitled Mein Kampf (Harcom). I have translated to Hungarian the Führer's book and have written an epilogue to it. Adolf Hitler never intended a holocaust against the Jews. On the other hand the Jews are just now carrying out the holocaust against the Palestinians. Convince yourself of the fact that the word holocaust does not even occur in Adolf Hitler's book! Please read the book published in my translation entitled Mein Kampf (Harcom) to which I have written an epilogue! This is the first complete Hungarian edition of Adolf Hitler's book.)
Following the denunciation done by the Alliance of the Jewish Religious Associations of Hungary (MAZSIHISZ), because of the epilogue that I have written to Mein Kampf, since its publication in Hungary in October 1996 the Police, the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Supreme Court's Hebrew female Judge attempted again and again to prohibit the Mein Kampf (Harcom) that I have edited.
Hódmezovásárhely, 2009. január 25. (the 25th of January, 2009).
Üdvözlettel: (Yours sincerely:)
Mónus Áron
, 6800 Hódmezovásárhely, Zrínyi utca 27., Hungary
Tel.: (36)(62) 242 270; Mobil: (36)(30) 963 01 85
www.monusaron.com; firstname.lastname@example.com
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From: Peltier Central Texas Branch Support Group
Date: Jan 25, 2009 9:58 AM
Feb. 6 marks 33 years of imprisonment for our brother Leonard Peltier.
We ask that everyone make a call to the White House comment line and ask for Executive Clemency for Leonard.
This will coincide with other actions around the country.
Tell your friends and family. Make notes and carry with you and pass out to friends with the phone number on it and ask them simply that that they take 2 min out of their lives to make this call. Many are not able to travel for events but can reach out for Leonard in unison this way . Let the president hear through the comment line thousands of comments for Leonard in one short time frame.
White House Comment Line
Free All Political Prisoners!
2009-02-08 Sun 10:31:51 cst


text: The Devils hit the ground running as NHL free agency opened up today at noon. After losing Mark Fayne, who signed a 4 year deal with the Edmonton Oilers, the Devils scooped up former Flames center Mike Cammalleri on a 5 year, $25 million contract. Devils also signed veteran winger Martin Havlat to a 1 year deal worth $1.5 million. Don't expect the Devils to be done yet, as they still have enough cap space to make a play on one more FA.

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LECTURE-1 Module-1 Raw Water Source The various sources of water can be classified into two categories: 1. Surface sources, such as a. Ponds and lakes; b. Streams and rivers; c. Storage reservoirs; and d. Oceans, generally not used for water supplies, at present. 2. Sub-surface sources or underground sources, such as a. Springs; b. Infiltration wells ; and c. Wells and Tube-wells. Water Quantity Estimation The quantity of water required for municipal uses for which the water supply scheme has to be designed requires following data: 1. Water consumption rate (Per Capita Demand in litres per day per head) 2. Population to be served. Quantity= Per capita demand x Population Water Consumption Rate It is very difficult to precisely assess the quantity of water demanded by the public, since there are many variable factors affecting water consumption. The various types of water demands, which a city may have, may be broken into following classes: Water Consumption for Various Purposes: Types of Consumption Normal Range Average % (lit/capita/day) 1 Domestic Consumption 65-300 160 35 2 Industrial Demand 45-450 135 30 20-90 45 10 45-150 62 25 and 3 Public Uses Demand Commercial including Fire 4 Losses and Waste Fire Fighting Demand: The per capita fire demand is very less on an average basis but the rate at which the water is required is very large. The rate of fire demand is sometimes traeted as a function of population and is worked out from following empirical formulae: Authority Formulae (P in thousand) Q for 1 lakh Population) 1 American Insurance Association 2 Kuchling's Formula Q (L/min)=4637 √P (1-0.01√P) 41760 Q (L/min)=3182 √P 31800 4 UNDER REVISION
3 Freeman's Formula Q (L/min)= 1136.5(P/5+10) Ministry of Urban Q (kilo liters/d)=100 √P for P>50000 4 Development Manual Formula 35050 31623 Factors affecting per capita demand: a. Size of the city: Per capita demand for big cities is generally large as compared to that for smaller towns as big cities have sewered houses. b. Presence of industries. c. Climatic conditions. d. Habits of people and their economic status. e. Quality of water: If water is aesthetically & medically safe, the consumption will increase as people will not resort to private wells, etc. f. Pressure in the distribution system. g. Efficiency of water works administration: Leaks in water mains and services; and unauthorised use of water can be kept to a minimum by surveys. h. Cost of water. i. Policy of metering and charging method: Water tax is charged in two different ways: on the basis of meter reading and on the basis of certain fixed monthly rate. Fluctuations in Rate of Demand Average Daily Per Capita Demand = Quantity Required in 12 Months/ (365 x Population) If this average demand is supplied at all the times, it will not be sufficient to meet the fluctuations. Seasonal variation: The demand peaks during summer. Firebreak outs are generally more in summer, increasing demand. So, there is seasonal variation . Daily variation depends on the activity. People draw out more water on Sundays and Festival days, thus increasing demand on these days. Hourly variations are very important as they have a wide range. During active household working hours i.e. from six to ten in the morning and four to eight in the evening, the bulk of the daily requirement is taken. During other hours the requirement is negligible. Moreover, if a fire breaks out, a huge quantity of water is required to be supplied during short duration, necessitating the need for a maximum rate of hourly supply. So, an adequate quantity of water must be available to meet the peak demand. To meet all the fluctuations, the supply pipes, service reservoirs and distribution pipes must be properly proportioned. The water is supplied by pumping directly and the pumps and distribution system must be designed to meet the peak demand. The effect of monthly variation influences the design of storage reservoirs and the hourly variations influences the design of pumps and service reservoirs. As the population decreases, the fluctuation rate increases. Maximum daily demand = 1.8 x average daily demand 5 UNDER REVISION


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I have lately pondered about being inspired — or being inspiring to others.
I was in a position where I conducted Sacrament meetings for years. I was also, during those (about five) years, responsible for getting people to speak also in the meetings conducted by the other members of the Bishopric.
I can't enumerate the times I sat there quite amazed at how things worked out for the best. And, especially in situations, when I noticed that things worked out in spite of me, not because of me. That time included some time, when I felt that the Spirit was not so close — or more rightfully that I was not close to the Spirit. I did not feel either inspired or inspiring to others. Especially to my family.
Not that there was anything really bad happening, just that I was preoccupied.
Then, again, there were times, when I prayed, got answers to my prayers, did things the way that felt right, and the people whom I called on failed to deliver despite given promises. And sometimes even then I saw, and knew in my heart, that the emergency fillers would speak about something that someone needed. I saw it when I was looking at people in the meetings.
You know, from the front, you have a different view. You get to know the habitual snoozers. Those, who always have something else. Then you can see, who was taken by surprise. Something was said that touched in an unexpected way. When you have to sit there and try not to look bored, when there is a boring topic, or too shocked when somebody says something totally out there.
Can we expect any mortal being to be in constant communion with the Holy Spirit? From the scriptures we can see that the prophets were quite often deceived; we know from history, that modern prophets have made mistakes, and have had human frailties. Can I expect myself to be any better.
Brigham H. Roberts says in Relation of Inspiration (emphasis mine):
There is nothing in the doctrines of the Church which makes it necessary to believe that [men are constantly under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit], even . . . men who are high officials of the Church. When we consider the imperfections of men, their passions and prejudices, that mar the Spirit of God in them, happy is the man who can occasionally ascend to the spiritual heights of inspiration and commune with God!
So yes, we have to see that although God is interested in what we do, and at times willing to help us, he primarily wants us to learn by doing. A friend likes to say that we are "spiritual beings who are gathering mortal experience, not vice versa." I like that idea.
But then, am I inspiring, then? That is an even more difficult thing. Consider the situation of planning a Sacrament meeting. You want it to be a spiritually uplifting experience. If you think of the word "uplifting," though, it means "lifting up" metaphorically. "Lifting" means work, or exerting one self. So it isn't enough to stand and speak platitudes; however, when I planned the meeting, I never planned for anyone be shocked. But since this is the Lord's church, too, he works by means we do not see to effect outcomes we can not expect. And yet that does not have to be a failing on my part. I am doing the best I can, and I receive the kind of spiritual guidance I am able to absorb. That may not be enough — or then I need different kinds of experiences.
So the answer is; to some, I may be inspiring, my own inspiration level notwithstanding. That is a heartening thought, since I have enough trouble keeping my own spirituality at the level I perceive good, while striving to be better.
Most of all, I am praying for the gift of Charity for myself. That I could have genuine charity. Not the kind of charity that buys a $1,000 dress for a $100 a plate "charity dinner" — or the kind that really calculates the price of average Saturday afternoon && Sunday morning meals and doubles that for Fast Offering. These are not bad, but I'd like to really be able to look at all of Heavenly Father's children as equal in my sight as well as his. It seems to me this is much more difficult than I would have thought.
Anyway, Jesus gave us his example and his parables, which try to teach us to look beyond the clothes and hair style. My white shirt and tie do not make me righteous any more than some other brother's polo shirt and sideburns (so 1970s!) make him unrighteous.
In short, there is a certain amount of humility, tolerance and patience that is required to see ourselves honestly in relationships to others, and others' effect on us; and to wait on the Lord to deliver. He often likes me to wait longer than I'd like to.


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BiKASE's Beetle Top Tube/Stem Phone Bag is perfect for your phone, wallet, keys, gels and other smaller items. This fine 600-denier nylon bag quickly and easily attaches to your bicycle frame top tube or your stem with its Velcro and shock cord mount. Your phone goes on top and there's a zip compartment below for your other goodies. You can operate your phone through the clear window. The Beetle accepts iPhones and Samsung Galaxy S3 and S4s and has a removable spacer to fit big or smaller phones.
For snacks, rocks, or whatever little treasures they find Kids love these nifty, multi-pocket bags. They easily mount to their handlebars and instantly add storage for snacks, rocks, and anything else little ones might find on their next adventure. The Bontrager Kids' Handlebar Bag has one large and one small pocket made of durable material. Plus, it's easy to clean, which all parents can appreciate. - Quickly and easily attaches to any handlebar with two hook and loop straps - Durable, easy-to-clean material for the inevitable juice box spills - Two pockets—one large and one small—for fun and easy organization - Stand out when visibility is low with reflective trim strip leading the way - Hook and loop closure secures everything inside when the ride gets bumpy - Kid-sized carrying handle for when treasures need to be brought inside
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Kids can put their baseball cards in there. Or their cell phone. Whatever. - Sublimated designed fabric - Handlebar mounted with Velcro straps - Velcro lid - Reflective elements - Dimensions: 20 x 13.5 x 7.5cm
They can put their baseball cards in there. Or their cell phone. Whatever. - Water-resistant reflective fabric - Handlebar mounted with Velcro straps - Velcro lid - 20 x 13.5 x 7.5cm
The Mountain Feedbag is an on-the-go aid station for endurance riding. It offers ample food storage with fumble-free, one-handed access via an innovative drawcord system. Slightly larger than the previous version, you can now easily fit your beloved 1L Nalgene bottle, camera lenses, and more. It also features an additional outside pocket, leaving you with more space for wrappers, sunscreen, granola bars, and other small items. Mountain Feedbags also work well as bike-mounted lens cases for mirrorless camera systems. Features: - Super-fast, one-handed (really!) opening and closure with no fumbling to grab cord locks - Three external pockets for gels and trash - Three-layer construction: outer fabric, foam, and liner. Foam adds stiffness and insulates. - Bright yellow interior liner snaps in place and is easily flipped for cleaning - Mounts to either side of stem with adjustable attachment points - run two for tons of storage - Easily used in combination with a Sweetroll or Harness handlebar system - Fits bike water bottles, Nalgene bottles, and bear spray cans - Weight: 3.7oz - Materials: Revelate exclusive VX 21 polyurethane coated X-pac; 420 denier yellow lining - Made in the USA with domestic and imported materials
The Periphery Pocket answers the call when you need a bit more storage up front. It's designed to be brutally simple, functional, and durable for the core bikepacker. Constructed with only two fabric panels, seams are minimized to increase durability and weather resistance. Zipper-free, roll-down closure provides variable volume and years of getting out there and dirty. When fully rolled down, it serves as a compact and sleek add-on for singletrack, and when expanded it can hold your bundle of avocados when the need arises. A fiberglass stay along the back panel keeps the mounting points stable and separated. The stay also prevents the bag from buckling when stuff is shoved between the pocket and main bag. A set of D-rings enables use of a shoulder strap (sold separately) for off-the-bike travels and versatility. A premium, urethane-coated webbing is utilized for the hook-closure loops and strap which will not wear, lose shape, or absorb moisture or grit. Note - Although a roll down, this bag is not 100% waterproof. Specifications: - Weight: 4.6 oz. - Volume: 100-150 cubic inches - Materials: VX 21 laminated 210 denier fabric, urethane-coated webbing, fiberglass stay, metal/plastic combo hook, high cycle life hook and loop
The Egress Pocket is a waterproof, seam-welded, roll-top handlebar bag. It integrates with the Sweetroll and Harness, or can be used standalone on the handlebars with the included strap kit. The side profile of the Egress is curved slightly to contour around the main drybag so the bags nest well when the straps are tightened. This bag was built with the distance traveler in mind. It features a removable padded liner, giving you the option to protect electronics when the bag is removed and dropped at camp. The liner also features a small zippered pocket. On the outside, the Egress has a small carry handle and D-rings to attach a minimalist shoulder strap (included), making it a versatile travel companion. A jacket or extra layer can then be stored in the straps that typically attach it to the Sweetroll & Harness. Lastly, you can even run your belt through a series of webbing slots turning it into a hip pack. The webbing and hook closure with high-cycle-life Velcro make for a secure and durable closure. Features: - Waterproof - Contoured sides - Roll top closure with hook strap - Removable padded liner - Small zippered pocket in removable liner - Stand alone mounting and off bike versatility - Size: 3" depth 9.5" width 7-8" height - Weight: 10.0 oz complete, 7.5 oz without extra straps and liner removed. - Volume: 175 cu in approx. - Materials: 210 Denier Ripstop Nylon double side laminated with TPU Hypalon reinforcements
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Adjustable handlebar offset using stack-able spacers, provides room from cable and lever interference with zero abrasion against bag fabric. - 100% Waterproof - Four-point, Jones Loop Bar mounting (with separate kit) - Manta Flap - Shove stuff between the flap and the main bag - Features two rows of daisy chain webbing for custom configurations - Swap it out for a pocket for added capacity - Fiberglass cross stiffener adds rigidity to the mount area and provides structure when packing and unpacking - Fiddle free detach and mounting - Foam spacer block at head tube/crown attachment (bag does not make contact with the bike) - Dimensions: Small (5.75 diameter x 23-inch max width), Medium (7 x 22-inch max width), Large (8 x 22-inch max width) - Volume: Small (600 cubic inches), Medium (850 cubic inches), Large (1,100 cubic inches)
BarBag is designed to let you take your adventure farther. Providing easy to access on-the-bike storage, it allows for one handed opening and closing on the go. Its Magnetic MagCro latch keeps things closed no matter the riding conditions and its design does not interfere with standing and pedaling. - Secure and easily accessible on the bike nutrition/phone/wallet/tool storage - Clear lid with automatic MagCro(TM) latch allows riders to easily access contents even in the roughest of conditions - Exact shaping to fit on the side of the stem while allowing standing pedaling without knee interference - Dimensions (trapezoidal shape):16cm x 7 cm x 5 cm and 7 cm deep (0.6 liter capacity) - GPS/Bike Computer bumper provided for spacing the bag away from the stem
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Simple Grilled Chicken Breasts; love / hate summer
Way back in the beginning of time boneless chicken breasts were considered something of a gourmet specialty. One could not just buy them in a package at the supermarket.
At least, I couldn't….
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How To Install Alternative PHP Cache (APC) on Ubuntu 14.04
It's as simple as:
sudo apt-get install php-apc
How do I enable PHP OPcode caching for Ubuntu 16?
It's as simple as:
sudo apt-get install php-apc
How do I enable PHP OPcode caching for Ubuntu 16?
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and change:
opcache.enable=1Next, make sure the php mod is enabled:
php5enmod opcacheFinally restart Apache:
service apache2 restartCheck out this previous question for some more configuration options: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/enable-php-5-5-opcache-on-ubuntu-14-04-with-nginx-and-php-fpm
did u mean i dont have to add ";" ???
@newbie: no – you actually need to delete the semicolon (
;). Otherwise, the line would be considered "commented" and it wouldn't take effect.
thx for reply bro.
i have changed without (;) but still in w3tc compatibility Opcode cache: Not installed :(
by the way when i run php5enmod opcache in putty nothing happens..
Just in Reply to ASB, W3 Total cache doesn't support Zend's Opcache - and isn't planning on doing so according to the author of the plugin (for some strange reason?)… So, even though APC isn't going to be supported by PHP-5 into the future (it works fine now), it is currently the only working option other than installing memcache.
so is that means i wont be able to chose cache method to Opcode: Alternative php cache (APC) in w3tc for minify, database, object etc???
i just installed apc on my server but in w3tc still all option for APC is grayed out :(
in compatibility check "Opcode cache: Not installed"
and by the way, mistakenly i was applied as per ubuntu 12.04. do i have to remove all the editing i have done on that tutorial?
for example:
extension = apc.so
apc.shm_size = 64
When i enter this command it gives this in reply ; SO IF THEIR IS SOLUTION THEN TELL ME
root@rebuildweb-gui:~# sudo apt-get install php-apc
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package php-apc is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'php-apc' has no installation candidate


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September 2019 Startup Information
School is scheduled to begin:
Tuesday, September 3th at 11:05 a.m. Questions regarding buses can be directed to Randy Gould at 604-885-1260.
New Registrations:
If you have recently moved to the Coast and you will be an Elphinstone student, please register at the school during the week prior to school start from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please make sure you bring your birth certificate and previous school report card when you register. New students to the school district may register for busing at:
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Locker Sign Up and Activity Fee:
Lockers will be available for students during the week of August 26th - August 30th. Students with outstanding fees for lost books will not be issued a locker until those fees have been paid.
Locker Sign Up Dates:
Monday, August 26, 2019
Grade 12 10:00am - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (lunch, no service)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Grade 11 10:00am - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (lunch, no service)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Grade 9 10:00pm - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (lunch, no service)
Grade 10 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Grade 8 10:00pm - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (lunch, no service)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Friday, August 30, 2019 (Catch-up Day)
All Grades 10:00am - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm (lunch, no service)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
There tends to be a large lineup at the start of the sign up times. If possible try to stagger your arrival.
No lockers will be assigned between 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
School Supplies - New Policy
School supplies used in regular classroom activities will be supplied by the school. These school provided supplies will be distributed during locker week (Aug. 26-30).
Elphinstone Secondary is a scent free school. Please refrain from wearing perfumes or colognes of any kind.
Bell schedule for Sept. 2019.
Block 1 8:45 – 10:02 AM
Block 2 10:10 – 11:27 AM
Tutorial 11:27 – 11:35 AM
Lunch: 11:35 – 12:15 PM
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Block 4 1:40 – 2:57 PM
Start Up Schedule for Tuesday, Sept. 3
Schedule for Grades 8 to 11
Tuesday, Sept. 3 - First Day Schedule
11:00-11:45 am - All students report to their homeroom
Homeroom locations will be posted in the foyer
Students receive instructions for the day
11:55 - 2:15 pm Students will rotate through their schedules
Full instructions on the rotation proces will be given in Homerooms
Students can bring a pen/pencil to jot any notes for themselves
Students can bring a snack (Cafe will be closed)
2:15 pm Students are dismissed for the day
Wednesday, Sept.4 - First full day of school
Day 3, Blocks 2143
School starts at 8:45 am
Schedule for Grade 12
Tuesday, Sept. 3 - First Day Schedule
9:00 am Students report to Elphinstone Sec. to board busses to Camp Elphinstone
10:30 - Noon Students activities
Noon - 12:45pm Students are given lunch (Contact Ms. m for any specfic food issues)
12:45 to 2pm Student activities
2pm Dismissal
Wednesday, Sept. 4 - First full day of school
Day 3, Blocks 2143
School starts at 8:45 am
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The Americus Fire Department joined Sumter County Primary School in celebration of Georgia Pre-K Week on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. They visited Pre-K classrooms and read a book called The Little Red Door written by Coy Bowles. The students in Mrs. Krista Greene and Ms. Nancy Hawkins' class were excited to see the firemen and ask questions. Many of our students now dream about growing up and becoming a fireman.
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Me: "Tell me about how the last couple days have been going."
Leader: describes chaos, endless decisions needing to be made, experiences of shock and disorientation, feelings of heartache and exhaustion, and experiences of adrenaline rushes
Me: Expressions of appreciation, and then, a few questions about how basic daily habits are going, including eating, sleeping, movement, and fellowship with housemates or close friends
Leader, many times: expression about how things have been far too chaotic or their have been far too many decisions to make to do any of that.
Me: Expressions of appreciation, then, gently: "So, when is the next time you will be having a meal with your family (or housemates, or friends)?"
The leader, at this point, often blinks at me, as reality registers: if they keep going at the same pace they have been going for the last few days, they honestly have no idea when they will spend regular time with their loved ones again. Or, exercise regularly. Or, sleep regularly. Or, eat regularly. Or, engage in hobbies again. I sometimes ask, "Does it feel like it might be six months or a year before you do that again?" The leader often nods, as they consider all the work and enormity of needs surrounding them.
Though doing so may feel counter intuitive, we have found that one of the most essential practices for becoming restored after disaster is to begin to implement nourishing routines, even if only in very little ways, as soon as possible. Without forcing or rushing, but rather incorporating them a step at a time sooner than later.
Here are some of the tips that we encourage our leaders to consider resuming, even within the first days after disaster:
- Drink water throughout the day.
- If you have to sit or stand for long periods of time, set an alarm to take a five minute walking break every hour. Within a week or two, try to incorporate ten-twenty min walks at least a few times per week, until you gradually can increase to or resume 30-60min of daily movement.
- Periodically stretch your body throughout the day.
- Give people in your home, or, if you live alone, at least one close family member or friend, at least ten-fifteen minutes of your time in which you do not talk about what's happened or how work is going. If you do not know what else to talk about, try asking them to simply tell you about other things that are going on in their life or the world beyond the disaster. Notice how your body feels after the conversation, and continue to foster conversation topics that give your spirit a bit of a lift. Continue to practice this daily routine, and consider incorporating a nourishing meal with it.
- Smile at people you love, reminding them and you that circumstances do not determine your love.
- Practice breathing slowly throughout the day.
- Eat foods that give you healthy energy, help you think clearly, and encourage your spirit.
These practices will not magically make things better. But you will notice, incrementally, that they help you feel some relief and take another step forward in a healthy way.
At the Institute, we often equate Long Term Recovery with training for a marathon or an extreme sport event. We consider the tips above to be like the water or supplement packets you would take along with you or would stop at a station to receive while you are training or completing the event. Long Term Recovery is a long haul. You will do well to consider what truly nourishes you along the way.


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Racism in America-Part Seven
Solution Four
Identity in Christ
We were going to discuss this solution later on in this series because it is the ultimate answer, but felt led we should cover this topic before addressing other solutions to racism. This article is specifically directed to those who are Christians. If you are not a Christian then you will not see this as a solution to stopping racism. Why? Because if you are not a Christian your identity certainly is not in Christ. It is in anything or everything except Christ. However, if you are a Christian then your identity should be in Christ alone-not your skin color, race, culture, heritage, upbringing, etc. This is not to say that any of these things are innately wrong. But they should not take precedence over Christ.If a person's identity is not in Christ then they will always have an opportunity to be offended or to have pride. Jesus made it clear that we will have opportunities to be offended:
Luke 17:1
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
If our identity is in the color of our skin we will become offended when someone makes a joke about the color of our skin. If our identity is in our culture, we will become offended when someone attacks something in regards to our culture (Even if they are correct about a certain unhealthy aspect of our culture. Every culture has some flaws, to deny so will mean you will most likely keep the flaw active. Blatant denial helps to feed racism.)
If I know who I am in Christ instead of my nationality, skin color, culture, etc. I can live above stereotypes, mockery, prejudices, and overcome any pride I have. (If I know who I am in Christ I certainly cannot have pride because any good in me is because of Christ, not me or my heritage.)
If I know my identity is in Christ and how He sees me, I can live a life where I am not controlled by the opinions or comments of others. My value and worth is not based on another human being. I cannot make a person to think differently about me if they are bigoted or racist. I have no control over that. What I have control over is how I view myself. If I know my value and worth in Christ I do not have to defend myself, attack others, or let others prejudices control my behavior.
If I know my identity in Christ I realize I cannot have any pride thinking my race or culture is superior to others. I understand there is only one race-the human race. God made this clear in Galatians 3:27-28:
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
If every Christian will focus on their identity in Christ alone there is no room for racism whatsoever. You cannot have your identity in Christ and have racism.
So one of the solutions to counteract racism is to make your identity in Christ alone. Everything else is secondary. If your identity is in Christ alone, you will acknowledge that there are some stereotypes about your culture that have some truth in them and you will do your part to not manifest those stereotypes and instead reflect the character of Jesus Christ. You will acknowledge that maybe you have had some prejudices in regards to other races/cultures and ask God to help you to see others in the eyes of Jesus Christ.
So who are we in Christ? That takes an entire article. Click here to learn who you are in Christ and what the benefits are for every follower of Jesus Christ.
If you are not a Christian you can still do your part to break racism. It will just be harder for you and you will always have the potential of being offended and then reacting based upon that offense. Why not consider having a relationship with Jesus Christ-a relationship that guarantees you eternal life. Have questions about Christianity? Here are some answers for you. Check it out!
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Racism in America-The Solution
Introduction-Part One
Is There Still Racism in America? Part Two
Why is There Still Racism in America? Part Three
Solution One-Acknowledgment of Racism, Part Four
Solution Two-Addressing Stereotypes, Part Five
Solution Three-Breaking Stereotypes, Part Six
Solution Four-Identity in Christ, Part Seven
Solution Five-Expose It, Part Eight
Solution Six-Police and Racism, The Solution, Part Nine
Ben Carson on Black Lives Matter, Part Ten
Black Lives Matter and Racism, Part Eleven
Black Lives Matter-All, Part Twelve
Blue Lives Matter, Part Thirteen
All Lives Matter, Part Fourteen
White Privilege, Part Fifteen
Solution Seven-Focus on Unity, Part Sixteen
Solution Eight-The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Part Seventeen
Racism in America-Conclusion, Part Eighteen


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Did you know that Pinterest is now the 3rd largest social media network? That's why it's important to pay attention to this network. It has the potential to drive traffic to your site.
One of the best way to do this is by adding a "Pin It" on hover button on your images to make it easier for your visitors to spread the word about your site via Pinterest.
In this post, I'll teach you how to install it in your Wordpress site. Here's an example of how it will look like when you hover on images:
How To Install Pinterest Button On Your ImagesHere's a simple step-by-step instruction on how to install a Pinterest hover button for your website images in just 5 minutes.
- Go to SumoMe's website > Enter your website URL in the form to get started.
- Enter your details including your URL, email address and password. Click the sign up button.
- Now select "WordPress" to install the code.
- Click "Install SumoMe" button.
- "Install Now" > Activate the plugin.
- Now the SumoMe is installed on your WordPress site, do you see that "Click Here To Setup SumoMe?" at the top right.
- Click that then click "Already have an account? Login" link then login.
- Select your website > click "Activate Now"
- Click "Sumo Store" > Scroll down until you see the "Image Sharer"
- Click the blue button and you're done!
You're all set! Go to your website and hover on your images to confirm that the button is enabled.
Important Notes
- If you don't want the buttons to show in a particular page, login to your SumoMe account (or click the King Icon) from your WordPress dashboard > Image Sharer > Display Rule > Add your page URL in "Don't Show Rules".
- IF you don't want the buttons to show in in a particular image (could be your sidebar images, logo, etc.), you can put this code rel="noshare" within your image code. For example < img src="IMAGE URL HERE" rel="noshare" >


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A Rustic Scandi Christmas
by Narratives
Decked out in a rustic Scandi style, Phil and Philippa Heath's stone cottage in the Derbyshire countryside is a haven of understated Christmas charm
- Phil and Philippa Heath and their four children: Jack is at university and comes back for the holidays; Tom, Joe and Bess are all still at home
- Phil and Philippa bought the property in 1992. The cottage was built in the 1800's as two workers' homes for the dye mill opposite. It was converted into one cottage in the 1900's; Phil and Philippa added a double height extension in 2000
- Sitting room, open plan kitchen diner with a seating area, utility room, four bedrooms, one bathroom
- Derbyshire
In an old stone cottage, nestled amongst thick woodland on the edge of the Peak District, lives the Heath family who start preparing for Christmas on the first day of December every year. "We absolutely love Christmas," says Philippa, mum of the family. "Phil and I got married in December, and my birthday's the week before Christmas, so it's a very special time for our family. As soon as daylight appears, Phil and one of the boys head out to pick a tree, and twigs and branches that I make into decorations such as heart shapes, stars or reindeer that I then paint white." The couple's children, Jack, Tom, Joe and Bess, also love to make bits and bobs from spare timber. No room is left unadorned and this warm home is transformed into a rustic winter wonderland ready to celebrate the season.
The interior of the Heath's home is just as inventively decorated the rest of the year. With little spare cash, Phil and Philippa have made several pieces of furniture as well as collecting hand-me-downs, salvage finds and odd things dumped in skips and giving them clever make overs. "Good quality paint can work wonders," says Philippa. "I'm constantly found with a paintbrush in my hand. Phil often jokes that he's scared to stand still in case I paint him too."
When the couple first moved into the house in 1992 the building needed much more than a quick lick of paint. "It was in a dreadful state," recalls Philippa, who had spent three years travelling around the world with Phil, a former merchant navy seaman. "We both grew up and have family near here, so when we were ready to settle in the UK to start our own family, we focused our search on the local Derbyshire area." Although the 1800s structure they found was damp and neglected, the setting was magical and immediately won them over. "Money was tight after paying for the house from our savings," says Philippa, "and we had little left to pay for workmen so we had a go at most of the immediate repair work ourselves." Whilst they were doing the repairs they knocked two of the three small bedrooms into one to make a decent master.
Since that initial renovation, the couple have gradually transformed the house as funds could be resaved, and in between the arrival of each of the four children. The most dramatic change to the house was the two-storey extension, built by Phil in 2000 using reclaimed punched face stone to match the original cottage; this gave the family a larger kitchen diner and a spacious third bedroom above. As the boys have grown up, this bedroom has since been divided into two, bringing the total number of bedrooms up to four. "Jack needed his own space as he got older," says Philippa. "At the same time, Bess said she didn't want to feel completely separate from the family so asked if we would take out a wall in her room so she could see down over the stairs and into the kitchen. She may change her mind and want more privacy when she becomes a teenager herself though."
As well as all that structural work the house has had its floorboards stripped upstairs and salvaged flooring laid downstairs; all the rooms have been re-plastered and the electrics and plumbing have been updated. Phil only called in the professionals for the latter two tasks, while he and Philippa have managed the rest and the decorating themselves. Understandably, having lived there for 21 years, the house has been redecorated a number of times. Philippa has recently moved away from chintzy cottage style to a cooler, more sophisticated Scandinavian feel. "Living in the countryside, with ducks and chickens, dogs, boots and wellies means we are never clean and tidy. But the lightness and brightness of Scandinavian style gives the illusion of cleanliness at least!"
Visitors to this home can be certain it will look a little different each time they stop by, such is the way this family and their home continually evolve, and there is always another job or two on the wish list. "I like the idea of a replace in our bedroom," says Philippa, "and there is a chimney we could open up; a picture window would give us a nice view of the woods from our bed too. Those are just dreams, though, more urgently we need to tackle the house roof, and the verandah, which needs maintenance to make it waterproof, and the garage needs to be made mouse proof… We love our home, but that's the reality of rural life I'm afraid, most of the time it's not all that magical and romantic."
What will be magical are the festivities ahead. They have a large clan, so each Christmas they take turns to host around 20 family members, including eight youngsters. "It will be noisy and chaotic, but Phil and I look forward to time with the children and recapturing all those early days of sheer excitement and anticipation. I don't think we'd ever forget to put a mince pie out for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph." The children have their rituals too: they make a Christmas box lling it with their favourite decorations, uneaten gold coins and a letter to themselves for the following year. "It's amazing for them to open up the box and read their letters to see just how they and life have changed in 12 months," says Philippa. The house may be beautiful, the setting may be idyllic, but for the Heaths, it's who they share time with that's the most important thing at Christmas, and all year round. And that's the magic of this lovely family.
Photography Brent Darby/Narratives Text and styling Naomi Jones/Narratives


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Dispatch & Guster Team Up For Three Summer Concerts
Jan 28, 2013
Dispatch & Guster team up for three outdoor summer concerts in Chicago, Boston and Berkeley, CA.
To announce the dates, Guster skydives into Chicago's Charter One Pavilion for the first date of Dispatch's Circles Around The Summer Tour. To see what that means, watch the above video.
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About 60 per cent of reported crimes are "screened out" and not fully investigated, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said.
In an interview with BBC Radio Manchester, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said the force did not have enough officers and had to prioritise crimes.
He said: "If you are a victim of serious crime we are really good at dealing with that still and we are still rated as outstanding by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
"But, in the middle, if your shed's broken into, your bike's stolen, your vehicle's broken into and there's no witnesses and there's no CCTV and there's no opportunity for forensics we will be screening that out really quickly."
Mr Hopkins said about 1,000 crimes were recorded a day across Greater Manchester and around 60 per cent were screened out after very basic investigations were undertaken.
He said although there had been a rise in police funding from council tax, 80 per cent of the force's budget was made up of Government grants, which have been cut.
He said: "Either people have to accept that a modern police service has to really prioritise against those things that cause the most harm and threat and risk in our community, or there has to be more investment."


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Scam Letter(s) from Ekaterina Rusinova to Francis (England)
Letter 1
Hello my dear Francis !
Gratitude How are you doing? For your letter.
This big happiness to receive news from you.
I hope, that you have today a good day.
I constantly think of you...
I have found existing love and romanticism in relations with you. I think, that you which that person I searched.
Which that person I searched in a life.
I thought of ours with you of a meeting. You wish to meet me?
I have got tired of letters I wish to see you.
I want that we could embrace with you each other and our lips gently adjoin and we will kiss. What do you think of a meeting?
I think, that we is very close to our happiness. You think also?
I know you not long time, but you seem to me the most fair, kind and sincere person.
My mum always says, that me, that I should be fair with people, and I never deceive nobody.
I always inform mine mum on our successful relations. It is very glad for us.
It is glad, that I will not be one, and I will have a family.
I wish to share with you our happiness.
I want, I know, what can to make you happy?
Please give me chance to like and the dear.
I will wait very much for the answer to my letter.
I think of you......... Every second.
I wish to tell to you, that this summer we with the girlfriend have gone to to have rest.
And there very much it was pleasant to us. I wish to send you photos from the sea
Where we with the girlfriend had a rest, I hope it to you very much to like.
I am very glad, that we have found with you each other.
I with impatience will wait for your letter.
Each your letter encourages me.
Your love Ekaterina!
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OTOP: One Time, One Place. AKA: Ichi go, ichi e, or one life, one meeting. In any encounter there is only one chance. Now is absolute, tomorrow is only a maybe. Your whole life is in this moment.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I used to be an Athlete.
I used to be and athlete. So strong....with lots of muscle. I loved my muscles. Especially my calves. I ran in the mountains, climbed rock faces, biked logging roads through the ponderosa pines. Completed two marathons in Alaska. I had endurance.
I felt so good. I even liked my body...
Now. Now....holy shit. I am overweight. Like 60 lbs overweight and it's not all from the baby. Only about 10-15 lbs is left over from that.
I feel weak. Slow. Sluggish. Gross. FAT FAT FAT.
I can't do shit.
Today this former marathon runner started the Couch to 5K running program. In the dark. Because I'm to embarrassed by my body. Don't want people to see me lumbering through the streets. My knees hurt, my calves burned. I felt like I was carrying a 7 year old on my back. My fat exterior floated up and down around my weakened muscles. Like sausage casing.
After the first minute of running I almost started to cry. I almost turned back.
But I didn't. I kept going. I pounded the pavement in the dark. A shadow under the street lamps of my little town. Wearing my industrial strength sports bra made in Germany. I finished.
Workout 1 complete. Two more months left and 23 workouts left until my 5K. The Lincolnwood Turkey Trot.
After my run tonight....I gave up my last caramel filled, espresso cream cheese topped, dulce de leche birthday cupcake to my husband.
It's the end of an era....I hope.
2 comments:
- Kate said...
You go girl!! I know this feeling all too well. I look back at pictures of myself from just a few years ago and think, damn, I looked good. What happened to me? And my weight gain isn't all from the baby either. God can I relate. But you did it. You started and I think that is the biggest obstacle. So good for you! You can do this. You will do this. And you are going to feel so good afterwards! Here's to regaining our once athletic bodies! I'm on the sideline rooting you on!!!
- September 24, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Jen the Trephinist said...
I got back into shape as a former distance runner who could barely climb a set of stairs without wheezing. It felt SO good and it can be done! Hang in there!
- October 28, 2009 at 10:01 PM


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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Mainland Chinese stocks slipped Friday after rising the previous two days, with financials, property developers and automobile companies among the losers amid lingering concerns that more monetary tightening measures have yet to come. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.05% fell 0.2% to 3,019.94 and the Shenzhen Composite lost 0.2% to 1,279.28. Citic Securities Co. 600030, +1.00% shed 1%, SAIC Motor Corp. 600104, -0.24% fell 1.4% and Poly Real Estate Group Co. 600048, +0.56% gave up 1.3% in Shanghai, while China Vanke Co. 000002, -0.23% CVKEY shed 1% in Shenzhen trading. Several regional markets, including the one in Hong Kong, were closed for a holiday.
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The Linen Closet!
Super easy for me, mine is so small that I can barely fit anything in there!
This is the before:
A little crazy - but not too bad (right?) I think mismatched towels make things look worse. It drives me crazy but I am not about to go out and buy new sets of towels right now. Last on the list, you know?
And this is the AFTER!
Perfect! Do you see what I see???
What? You don't keep bunny piggy banks from Tiffany & Co in your linen closet?
How embarrassing for you.
(This was on Lauren's shelf in her room until I caught her climbing up to get it down more than once. It's a very special gift I received in the hospital from my brother and sister in law when LuLu was born and I would be sick if it broke...so it's waiting for a safer home.)
Of COURSE I need to keep silver polish in the upstairs closet...to polish all the Fisher Price toys??
This went in the trash. I don't even think I own silver so I'm not sure how this got here.
Don't forget that every linen closet should have a 90's mix tape of Color Me Badd, Bobby Brown, Taylor Dayne and some Paula Abdul from an ex-boyfriend. What? Why is this here? Do I even OWN a tape deck anymore?
If you don't know what a cassette tape is, I think I am too old for you and we might need to break up.


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