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Every week (even weeks when we are slightly delayed because of holiday festivities), Madhouse Enforcer will take a look around the Central Division and let you know who's hot and who's not in our little corner of the hockey world.
1 (Last Week's Rank: 2): St Louis Blues
For the longest time, the Blues have been ranked behind the Blackhawks in this list, but this week, we have no choice but to give the Blues the top spot. They beat the Blackhawks again on Saturday in a 6-5 shootout victory, and in the process lifted their record in the Central Division to 13-0-1. Meanwhile, the Blackhawks are 9-6-2 in divisional games.
The Blues also took care of business against the Stars, who are showing some serious mettle as of late. St. Louis hasn't missed a beat with Alex Steen out of their lineup, and with Kevin Shattenkirk, TJ Oshie, and David Backes all being named to the US Olympic hockey team, the hockey world is clearly taking note of the Blues' status as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
2 (Last Week's Rank: 1): Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks are back to proving that they are capable of winning games in numerous ways. They beat a trapping defense in throttling the Devils just before Christmas, they skated circles around the Avalanche in a high-tempo contest, and then won a physical slugfest against the Kings on Monday.
The ONLY reason the Blackhawks dropped from the top spot in these rankings is their inability to beat the Blues. They held two different two-goal leads against St. Louis on Saturday, but even still their record fell to 0-1-2 against the Blues this season.
The Blackhawks will look to bounce back when Corey Crawford returns to the crease against the Islanders on Thursday, with a trip to New Jersey and a home game against the high-flying Sharks on the docket after that.
3 (Last Week's Rank: 3): Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche's road trip through three extremely tough Western Conference arenas didn't go too well, only picking up two out of a possible six points. The low point was a blowout to the Blackhawks at the United Center, as Patrick Sharp and company skated circles around the Avs.
Patrick Roy and his team will have a chance to bounce back though with a nice long homestand.
They've gone 1-0-1 so far on it, and will face the Flyers, Sharks, and Flames to round out the upcoming week. In order to win those games though, they have got to cut back on their shots against numbers, as Colorado has surrendered an average of nearly 40 shots per game in their last five contests.
4 (Last Week's Rank: 4): Dallas Stars
Aside from a bit of a stumble against the Blues in an overtime loss on home ice, the Stars did a great job in the later stages of December to position themselves for a potential run at a playoff spot. They have gained at least a point in their last seven games, and they picked up crucial victories over really good teams like the Avalanche, Canucks, and the Kings, whom they beat twice.
The great thing for the Stars is that they are getting contributions from all over their lineup. Jamie Benn is leading the way, but youngsters like Antoine Roussel, Ryan Garbutt, and even veterans like Erik Cole are getting in on the act. It's a heady time for Lindy Ruff's Stars, and it will be interesting to see if they can keep it up.
5 (Last Week's Rank: 6): Winnipeg Jets
The Jets still aren't a playoff team, but three straight wins last week certainly helps things. Al Montoya has been playing some great hockey after Ondrej Pavelec struggled through the middle part of December, and the Jets also are getting great production out of Blake Wheeler, who was named to Team USA over players like Bobby Ryan and Brandon Saad.
The road for the Jets is about to get a lot tougher though, as they have back-to-back road matchups against the Bruins and Penguins this weekend. If they can get out of those games with two points, then perhaps the meter is finally pointing in the right direction for the team.
6 (Last Week's Rank: 5): Minnesota Wild
While the meter may be pointing up for the Stars and Jets, all signs are currently negative for the Wild. Zach Parise is on injured reserve with a foot injury. Head coach Mike Yeo is on arguably the hottest of hot seats of any coach in the league. The team itself is in a freefall right now, losing seven consecutive games and showing precious little offensive punch.
Even though they will play the Sabres on Thursday night, the schedule doesn't get any kinder to Minnesota. They have road games coming up against the rough-and-tumble Kings and Coyotes, and they will also welcome the Avalanche to Xcel Energy Center on the 11th. This stretch of five games coming up with make or break Minnesota's season, and Yeo's job could depend on the team's performance in those games.
7 (Last Week's Rank: 7): Nashville Predators
The Predators were finally able to put an end to their five-game losing streak with a nice 3-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday night, and they followed that up with an impressive offensive evening against the Red Wings Monday, winning a 6-4 contest at Bridgestone Arena.
The team still has plenty of issues to address, including their inconsistent defense and basically non-existent scoring attack, so it will be interesting to see whether GM David Poile will make any moves in the coming weeks to either rebuild the team for this year, or to focus on the future. Shea Weber's name has been bandied about, but the 13 years remaining on his massive contract could pose an issue to teams looking to acquire his services.


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For a class of 24 (or 48) with 12 (or 24) groups of two…
Equipment needed:
12 (24) Burets (25 mL or 50 mL are fine)
12 (24) Buret clamps and ringstands
12 (24) Stirplates
12 (24) Small stirbars
12 (24) 50 mL beakers
We assume a concentration of 100 mM vanadium solutions and 20 mM potassium permanganate solutions. The managanese undergoes a five-electron reduction from Mn7+ to Mn2+, and 20 mM of permanganate is still really bold in color! Since the permanganate is 1/5th as concentrated, it will take equal volumes of the permanganate solution to titrate through each vanadium oxidation state. For instance, if we had 10 mL of V4+, it will take 10 mL of the permanganate solution to reach complete conversion to V5+. If we had 10 mL of V3+ it would take 10 mL of the permanganate to reach V4+ and another 10 mL of the permanganate to reach V5+…
If each group is taking 10 mL of each vanadium solution and we assume that we need 50% extra to give some groups the opportunity to redo if they need/want to, then we need an absolute minimum 180 mL for 12 groups (360 mL for 24 groups). Again, let's round up and call that 200 mL for 12 groups (400 mL for 24 groups).
Here's the rub: V5+ and V4+ are air stable. V3+ and V2+ are stable, but not air stable, so they have to be made at class time or kept in a Schlenk vial under inert atmosphere which is not super practical for a class lab. When we run this lab, we make twice as much V5+, which is cheaper than V4+, and we prepare double the amount of V5+ and reduce that to V2+ using zinc granules. Zinc powder is not necessarily a good idea since it contains a large fraction of zinc oxide. That's not a problem per se, but that means that you'll need a significant amount of zinc. In this way we don't have V3+ but in the way we run this lab, this becomes a feature not a bug: by providing only three of the four oxidation states, we ask the students to figure out which is which, and which one is missing.
Preparation of the V5+ solution (enough for forty 10 mL samples of the V5+ and forty 10 mL sample for conversion to a V2+ solution) is as follows. As of summer 2018, 250 g of 99% pure ammonium metavanadate NH4VO3 is $104 (205559-250G at Sigma-Aldrich) or 50 g of ACS-grade is $57.50 (10028-25G at Sigma-Aldrich). The solution will need to be stirred under mild heating to completely dissolve all of the ammonium metavanadate. This can be made days or weeks in advance.
- Preparation 800 mL of the 0.1 M V5+ solution
- 9.35 g ammonium metavanadate (80 millimoles)
- 80 mL conc. HCl
- ~720 mL DI water (fill to 800 mL)
Preparation of the V4+ solution (enough for forty 10 mL samples of the V4+ solution) is as follows. As of summer 2018, 25 g of 97% pure vanadium(IV) oxide sulfate hydrate, VOSO4 • xH2O, is $68.10 (233706-25G at Sigma-Aldrich) or 100 g for $146 (233706-100G at Sigma-Aldrich). Vanadium(IV) oxide sulfate also goes by vandal sulfate. The amount of hydrate x, is usually less than 6 and often about 5 or so. The anhydrous compound has a formula mass of 163 g/mol, and if we assume x = 5, then the formula mass is 253.1 g/mol. The solution will need to be stirred under mild heating to completely dissolve all of the vanadium(IV) oxide sulfate hydrate. This can be made days or weeks in advance.
- Preparation 400 mL of the 0.1 M V4+ solution
- 7.96 g vandal sulfate hydrate (40 millimoles, assume 2 waters on the arbitrary hydrate for a FW of 163 + 36 g/mol)
- 40 mL conc. HCl
- 360 mL DI water (fill to 400 mL)
Preparation of the V2+ solution (enough for forty 10 mL samples of the V2+ solution) is as follows. Because V2+ is not air stable, this solution must remain stirring over zinc for the duration of its need. We usually make this solution up concurrently with its use. We use zinc granules. As of the summer of 2018, 100 g of 20-30 mesh zinc granules (0.5-1 mm diameter) are $28.10 (243469-100G at Sigma-Aldrich).
- Preparation 400 mL of the 0.1 M V2+ solution
- 400 mL of the V5+ solution
- a few grams of zinc granules.

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A few weeks back I had a chance to attend the Columbus Winter Beer Festival downtown in the convention center. For me big beer festivals are at best a mixed bag. It's a good chance to sample a wide variety of beers, but the flavors and memories inevitably run together into an indistinct blur. The... Continue Reading →
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Beer Review – Batch 300 Imperial IPA by Land-Grant
Over the last few months Columbus has been awash in some pretty impressive Imperial IPAs including the likes of CBC Creeper, Fathead's Hop JuJu, North High's Stardust to Stardust and Butch Otter, Great Lakes Chillwave, Seventh Son Proliferous, 2 Tones Space Lazer, and the ever rotating selection of Hoof Hearted double IPAs. If your palate hasn't... Continue Reading →
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Land Grant University – Yeast 101
Last night Land Grant Brewing held their first session of what they call Land Grant University, a series of educational sessions on the key ingredients in beer. The inaugural session was devoted to yeast, future sessions will focus on hops, malts and water. Attendance was capped at 50 participants and there was a full house... Continue Reading →
Beer Review – Skull Session by Land Grant
Today the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines will square off on the gridiron for the 113th time. What pairs better with the granddaddy of football rivalry games than a tasty craft beer, but for those who bleed scarlet and gray, not just any beer will do for today's game. Fortunately, there are several locally... Continue Reading →
The Beers of Oktoberfest – Märzen/Festbier Blind Taste Test
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Beer Review – Pool Party Pilsner by Land Grant
Pilsner's occupy an odd place in the beer world. Casual drinkers confuse them with macro lagers. Beer geeks tend to view them with ambivalence. Have you ever been to a pilsner release party? Yet many brewers have a special place in their hearts for them. No place to hide off flavors, no wild ingredients to... Continue Reading →
Beer Review – Gravity Wave by Land Grant
Regardless of what you call them—the descriptive but somewhat oxymoronic Black India Pale Ale or the more fanciful Cascadian Dark Ale—Black IPAs have emerged as a style to be reckoned with over the past several years. When done right they capture the best elements of the IPA and Porter genres. Among Central Ohio breweries, Land... Continue Reading →
A Deep Dive into Land Grant's Deep Search
Last week Land Grant released the latest beer in their series of seasonal can releases, a Baltic porter entitled Jacqueline Deep Search. When news of the release reached me several questions immediately came to mind. Just how is a Baltic Porter different from any other porter? What's with the strikethrough in the name? When ordering this... Continue Reading →
Pat's Pints Podcast Episode 2 – Branding
In this episode we talk branding with Walt Keys creative director at Land Grant Brewing.
Central Ohio Beers of the Year (2015)
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Land Grant Releases a Trio of New Beers
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Land Grant Brewing – Good things come to those who wait
If breweries had theme songs Land Grant's would have to be the old Ringo Starr song "It Don't Come Easy." Things got off to a promising start when they launched a successful kickstarter campaign in February of 2012, but it would take 33 long months from that point to opening day. Despite or more likely... Continue Reading →
Land Grant releases metal-inspired saison series
The beers and decor at Land Grant Brewing are predominantly sports themed, the most obvious exception being the flagship 1862 Kolsch inspired by a dead senator. While Justin Morrill does sport sideburns that would give Wolverine a run for his money, his visage is more likely to be confused with George Washington than Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister. So I was surprised... Continue Reading →
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Columbus Craft Beer Week – Collaboration Beer Preview
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Central Ohio Brewers Talk Hops Part 2 – Favorite Aroma Hops
This is the second installment in my three part series featuring Central Ohio brewers talking about hops. In part 1 of this series we looked at the supply and demand angle. In this post I asked the brewers one simple question, what is your favorite aroma hop? If IPAs were rock bands, malts and bittering hops would be... Continue Reading →
Central Ohio Brewers Talk Hops, Part 1 – Supply and Demand
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Hopefully by now you have realized that getting engaged isn't all about the ring. However many women have been known to ruin that iconic romantic moment when he is proposing just by their reaction or lack there of once they see the ring. That moment when you realize that the ring he is slipping on your finger, may not be quite what you expected it to be, can throw you off balance real quick. Of coarse, if your soon to be hubby went shoe shopping for you, and he came back with shoes that not even a hobo would wear, … Read More →
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Spa Chemical Troubleshooting Guide
Use this handy guide to find your specific problem and resolve it with appropriate chemicals or other remedies. You can avoid major hot tub repairs by consulting our troubleshooting guide when a problem initially arises and by maintaining a proper balance of chemicals at all times.
Cloudy Water
Excessive organic contaminants or lack of sanitizer
Buildup of unfilterable material in spa water
PH or total alkalinity out of balance
Dirty filter
Calcium too high
Shock with Renew or OZ. Check and adjust sanitizer level.
Use Bright & Clear.
Test water and adjust pH and total alkalinity as necessary using Spa Up, Spa Down or Alkalinity Increaser.
Use Instant Cartridge Clean on a monthly basis, or use Filter Clean for deep cleaning.
Use Defender on a weekly basis.
Chalky, white scale deposits (Calcium buildup)
High mineral content in water
Water out of balance
Use Defender on a weekly basis.
Check water balance and adjust chemicals as necessary.
Clear green water
Dissolved copper or iron in spa water
Add Metal Gon to sequester minerals in the water. Check pH level.
Brown water
High iron or manganese content
Add Metal Gon to sequester minerals in the water. Check pH level.
Eye/Skin irritation
Chloramines or excessive organic contaminants
PH or total alkalinity out of balance
Test and adjust pH and total alkalinity as necessary.
Scum deposit on waterline
Oils, lotions and detergents from bathers have caused buildup
Use Enzyme on a weekly basis.
Excessive foaming
Buildup of body oils, cosmetics and detergents from bathers
Calcium Hardness is too low
Large amount of Total Dissolved Solids in spa water
Add Foam Down. Shock with Renew or Oz
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Along with regular lessons, the Inge Domeyer School of Dance and Drama enables students to have performance opportunities with the Annual show, competitons and any audition opportunities we are made aware of are passed on to sudents.
Examination sessions are held regularly in order to give each pupil a sense of acheivement and an indication of the progress they have made.
Workshops are organised with accomplished dancers from different disciplines to help give a rounded education in dance and professionals from the world of acting, to give pupils an alternative perspective and a deeper understanding of the different aspects of acting.


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Common Name: Sheep
Species: Ovis Aries
Time: Cenozoic
Diet: Herbivore
Temperament: Stupid
Hello Survivors!
We've hope you've had a fantastic festive holiday so far! If you haven't heard, ARK has been nominated by the Steam Selection Committee for a Steam Award! We are a finalist in this category;
The "Best Use Of A Farm Animal" Award - Animals are rad and almost any game is better for including them. This game used a farm animal in the best way possible.
Head over to http://store.steampowered.com/SteamAwards/ on Thursday the 29th of December, as you'll have the opportunity to come show your support for ARK by voting for us! If ARK wins the award, we will ensure that our fluffy friend quickly makes its debut on the ARK in the next major version update, and it will then be added onto all platforms!
Let's face it, ARK does have the raddest animals and what better way to thank them for all farming & fighting they do than by honouring them with the "Best Use Of A Farm Animal" Award!
So be sure to show your support for ARK, if not for your tames: mobilize your Tribe to help win the Steam Award on Dec 29, and then get your Sheep! Thank you for your help everyone, and happy shearing


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I run http://flyhooks.org where I try to gather up hooks and information about them. Now I'm looking at getting some more salmon hooks: Blind-eye, good examples of different bends/design, old hooks, new hooks, old hook makers/brands as well as current hook makers etc. These are hooks to be taken picture of and measured and put up on flyhooks.org. But: I will also be attending ASFI next year, and I'm planning a couple of things in that regards when it comes to flyhooks.org (bring with me some hooks and add some more feature on flyhooks.org). It is difficult to get a hold of hooks (and I really only need a single hook from each model, so sometimes I really don't need a whole package of a hook)
So: do you have any hooks for sale/trade/give away that can be used for this purpose? Contact me on PM, and we can sort it out.


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Additional DC uplinks: DE-CIX and Versatel
Great news from Contabo: We have improved our data center connectivity with two additional high-quality uplinks.
The already existing DE-CIX uplink with a bandwidth of 10 Gbit/s has been doubled, which means that the available bandwidth of Contabo to the DE-CIX is 20 Gbit/s now.
Furthermore, we have added Versatel with an additional 10 Gbit/s uplink to our backbone. Versatel is one of the premier global Carriers and offers highest quality, just like our existing ones. For example, Versatel operates the second largest fibre-optic network in Germany with a total length of more than 41.000 kilometers.
Our customers now receive an even better redundancy in case of a malfunction of one Carrier or a data center cable. Besides, the additional uplinks increase the available bandwidth and provide you, our customers, with an even better global routing and eventually a better price of traffic.
The Contabo data centers are connected to the internet with 80 Gbit/s now:
- Telia Carrier: 20 Gbit/s
- Level 3: 20 Gbit/s
- DE-CIX: 20 Gbit/s
- Versatel: 10 Gbit/s
- M-Net: 10 Gbit/s
Update: Fiber cable (colt) mounted
I already wrote about our new 10 Gbit/s fiber connection via Colt to Telia Sonera which is going to be available at the 1st of July in our datacenter. Today some technicians instructed by Colt appeared and - after having passed our safety steps before entering the datacenter area - mounted the Colt fiber cable through the building into the Core Rack of our datacenter, next to our Cisco Routing equipment. I have made a photo of the new fiber patchpanel to illustrate this:
Now the physical connection has been completed and the red (or is it orange?) cable is waiting to be connected to our router. There are only a few steps left until this will be completed, too. Afterwards, Giga-Hosting and Giga-International will be completely "multi-homed" by different fiber cables led from different directions into the building. This is a great benefit for our customers and although we never had network problems since we moved into our new datacenter one year ago our network will be even more secure and even more stable afterwards.
Additional Upstream: 10 Gbit/s Telia
In addition to the already existing, extremely reliable connection via M-Net (10 Gbit/s) there will be yet another 10 Gbit/s connection in our datacenter available from July the 1st on. The additional glass fiber connection will be provided by Colt and is completely seperated from our primary upstream. Colt themselves are located within the building via two access gateways. Such will guarantee a 100% internet connection redundancy of our datacenter. In the most unlikely event that a fibercable is going to be damaged by a excarvator or somehow else, our clients would not even notice any constraints. The second glassfiber connection would be taking over, as in such case our high end CISCO-equipment would route the traffic automatically and without interruptions of service.
To get started, we will have Telia Sonera - a carrier widely known for his quality - serving as our second upstream. Being a TIER1-carrier, Telia Sonera itself features a peering capacity to other providers exceeding 1.700 Gbit/s. 90% of all european broadbandnetworks are connected to the Telia AS. You'll find more details and a map showing the Telia backbone here.
For our customers that means - besides the formerly mentioned redundancy - that they benefit from an even broader internet bandwidth, a remarkably improved worldwide routing by using parallel upstreams and last but definitely not least, a much better price in regards to traffic.
Further, we will offer more upstreams and peerings in the near future.


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text: Join Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, and the gang for some outdoor, carnival-themed fun! Kids will dash outside for creative, competitive play full of challenges they design themselves. Using this play set's targets, bean bags filled with chalk, and more, they can create game after game. Kids aim for different scores using the targets on the cornhole box, and then reinvent the fun by creating all kinds of sidewalk games. Includes cornhole box, 3 jumbo chalk sticks, 4 target rings, 3 chalk toss bags, and 3 knock down targets. Colors and decorations may vary. Endless active fun for girls and boys who love Disney•Pixar Toy Story 4.


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Regular readers here know I'm likely too consumed with the Second Suffolk Senate race -- Dianne Wilkerson and challenger Sonia Chang-Díaz. On the recently released poll showing Chang-Díaz ahead, I mealy mouthed the findings, referring to a two-year-old report in the Phoenix, calling for Heavy on the Salt.
It was almost like my old reporter days. I ended up following up and getting connected by her campaign to Dem pollster and strategist Dan Cohen. He conducted the poll the first time Chang-Díaz ran and the latest one. He says he has nothing to apologize for in 2006. His consultancy is Connection Strategies.
That poll, he says, was message testing, not voting. "It didn't have Sonia winning, but it did show that she could close the gap" that she started with as an unknown. Because Wilkerson hadn't bothered to collect the 300 signatures to get on the ballot, both ran sticker campaigns. Chang-Díaz came within 6% points, about 700 votes, short. She did, in fact, close the gap, but still lost.
Even there, Cohen rues the short campaign time and resulting lack of people on the ground. He says that at many polling places, the Chang-Díaz camp did not have enough workers to be there to provide stickers for voters entering.
Since her loss, Chang-Díaz has not stopped campaigning, according to Cohen. She continued to raise money and speak publicly, as well as work to put a solid organization together. "In a lot of ways, this has been a two-year campaign for her," he says.
Leaving out the favorability and equally subjective question of whether Wilkerson deserves re-election, the how-I'll-vote question appears for the first time in this poll. The chart here shows this month's figures.
The Chang-Díaz folk claim a combined lead on voters who lean/are probable/definitely voters for the candidates. Those are Chang-Diaz 47.2%, Wilkerson 29.7% and undecided 23%.
That combines the undecided with a margin of error of 4.8%. Cohen is quick to say he wants Chang-Diaz to win but knows that four weeks before a party primary is a long time in politics. Many things could happen. "I can't say Sonia's definitely going to win, but I like the results," he adds.
In his polling of 417 likely Dem voters, he broke down the respondents many ways, including into four major neighborhood divisions (South End/Back Bay, Roxbury/Dorchester, Fenway/Mission Hill, and Jamaica Plain). He sees strong support for Sonia even where she does not have a solid lead in one place. He is sure there won't be runaway leads for Wilkerson in any one place as there were last time.
He also confirmed what many of us have long suspected, that the insider party buzz bears little relationship to what voters think and how they act. As Cohen puts it, "The Ward Committees are totally disconnected from the voters." He cited the South End, where Chang-Díaz led five-to-one, but the two committees endorsed Wilkerson.
"The insider chatter has almost no relationship to the voters," he adds.
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Alyssa Burd
Student Writer
Students of Messiah College were provided with the opportunity to attend an alternate chapel with guest speaker Shujaa Graham in Frey Hall on March 24th, 2015. Graham is an exonerated death row inmate who came to share his experiences and struggles he faced while imprisoned.
The event opened with a brief introduction of both Graham and his wife, Phyllis, before the floor was turned over to Graham to relate his story. Graham spoke of his early life in Lake Providence, Louisiana as well as the three years he spent in prison before the age of eighteen for his association with neighborhood gangs.
He went on to explain his time within the walls of Soledad Prison where he came of age and taught himself to read and write while being mentored by the leaders of the Black Prison Movement. He later became a civil rights leader as well as a political activist. However, on November 27th, 1973, Graham was framed for the murder of prison guard Jerry Sanders and spent the next several years of his life on death row until he was proven innocent and exonerated in 1979.
Graham spoke passionately and fought to control his emotions throughout much of the chapel. "I have been wounded by the blows of capital punishment", Graham stated through his tears, "but I am not slain. I am not a victim. Victims are dead. I am a survivor".
According to Graham, he and his wife have dedicated the past two decades of their lives to "…providing a voice for those who don't have a voice". Graham has traveled across the nation giving lectures about the death penalty and the criminal justice system to college students and other American youths.
At the conclusion of the chapel lecture, the floor was then opened for Messiah students to pose their questions and opinions. The session began with questions from seniors Andrew Miller and Kevin Wilcox. Miller and Wilcox, as well as numerous other students, expressed their appreciation for Graham's lecture before posing several inquiries to both Graham and his wife in regards to their views on capital punishment as well as how Graham's time on death row has influenced their family life and personal relationships.
Once the question and answer session concluded, Graham hugged and shook hands with the students before ending his lecture with a piece of advice for college undergraduates: "Use your education to help people. When you do, you will make this state a greater state. When you make the state a greater state, you will make America a greater America. And when you make America a greater America, you will make this world a greater universe."


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Do you have to be Jewish to apply to MJPS?
No, anyone can apply.
The school has a published admission number of 60 pupils for entry into Reception in 2019. Applications can be made under two categories; faith based and open places with 30 children in each category.
If either of these categories is undersubscribed, the extra places will be made available to children in the other category.
Who will decide if applicants meet the requirements for faith places?
The school's Admissions panel will confirm that the criteria agreed by the Department for Education has been met.
How do I work out whether to apply for a faith place or an open place?
Look carefully at the criteria for faith places below. Decide which categories suit your situation best. Documentary evidence of as many of the following admissible aspects as are relevant to you can be provided All aspects have equal weight. You do need to meet one criterion.
a. Membership of a Jewish prayer group for at least 6 months in the 12 months before the application closing date.
b. Attendance by a parent / carer or child at a minimum of 4 synagogue or other organised Jewish prayer group services in the 12 months before the application closing date.
c. A child's enrolment in any formal Jewish education for at least 6 months in the 12 months before the application closing date.
d. A parent /carer's regular (at least monthly) involvement as a volunteer in any Jewish communal, charitable or welfare activity of at least a year's duration in the 2 years before the application closing date.
e. A parent /carer's regular (at least 6 individual occurrences) involvement in any combination of the following in the year before the application closing date.
i. Private or family celebration of Shabbat or Jewish festivals.
ii. Organised Jewish learning (e g London Jewish Cultural Centre courses, Limmud sessions, Jewish Museum courses).
iii. Jewish youth movement activities.
iv. Organised Jewish community activities (eg Mitzvah Day, Jewish Community Centre events, Jewish Book Week events).
One of the faith criterion refers to prayer groups. Does that include synagogues?
Absolutely – synagogue attendance is likely to be the prayer group attended by many people but we also recognise that people may attend other established prayer groups too.
I am Jewish, how do I apply for a faith place?
All applicants must complete the Common Application Form provided by their home local authority or apply online using the link from their local authority's website (for Wandsworth residents www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions). Applicants for a faith-based place must also complete a Supplementary Information Form . Both forms must be returned by 15 January 2019.
Is one criterion more important than another?
They are all equal in our policy.
Can I tick off more than one evidenced criterion when applying for a faith place?
Yes, you can mark as many criteria as apply to you.
We have only just arrived in the UK or South London how do we go about meeting your faith criteria?
Evidence required for the faith criteria can be submitted from Jewish organisations of any denomination from anywhere in the UK or overseas. Please contact us directly via the MJPS website or by calling 020 8944 8731 for clarification.
My daughter attended a Jewish nursery in the United States* before we arrived in the UK. We have not managed to organise a nursery place for her yet in England as we have so recently arrived. Will her attendance in the US count. (*this is an example)
Yes providing this meets the criterion in the Admissions Policy. Please get in touch with the school if you need to discuss this further email@example.com or telephone and you will be put in contact with the person leading on Admissions.
I am new to the area, can you put me in touch with relevant organisations that can confirm that I am meeting the faith criteria on the supplementary form?
Jewish organisations, including synagogues, charitable and cultural organisations of all denominations (for example Orthodox and Progressive) are acceptable for validating our faith criteria. Please contact us directly via the MJPS website or by calling 020 8944 8731 if you need any further assistance in contacting the right organisation for your requirements.
Open Places
How do I apply for an open place?
All applicants must complete the Common Application Form provided by their home local authority or apply online using the link from their local authority's website (for Wandsworth residents www.wandsworth.gov.uk/admissions ).
The information booklet, Choose a Wandsworth Primary School, is available from Wandsworth Council by calling Pupil Services on 020 8871 7316 or emailing email@example.com . The booklet is available as a PDF from http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200086/schools_and_colleges/18/primary_school_places
In Year Applications
Can I apply for a place during the school year?
Applications for in-year admission must be made on a Local Authority In-year Common Application Form, available from Wandsworth Council at http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200086/schools_and_colleges/18/primary_school_places or via firstname.lastname@example.com or 020 8871 7316.
Age Range
How old does my child have to be to go to MJPS in 2019?
The same rules apply as for any other Wandsworth school – if your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 they are eligible to start in a primary school Reception class in September 2019.
What age does the school go up to?
The school is for children aged 4 – 11 years (Early Years Foundation and Key stages 1 & 2). MJPS had a single form intake at Reception in 2013 and 2014. From 2015 onwards, the school has had a two form Reception intake until we are fully populated from Reception to Year Six in 2019.
Can I apply for my older child too?
If you have a child eligible for Years 1-5, and we have a place, you can apply.
What about my younger child/children?
The Admissions Policy states that children will be admitted in the following order of priority where there is oversubscription:
1. Children looked after and those who ceased to be children looked after because they were adopted, or because they became subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order.
2. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical need or exceptional social need for a place at a particular school, as decided by the Governing Body (please refer to note 2 of the Admissions Criteria for more details).
3. Brothers and sisters of children on the roll of the school on the date of admission (for a definition of siblings, please refer to note 1 of Admissions Criteria on the website).
4. Children in order of straight line distance from home to school as measured by Wandsworth Council's Geographical Information System.
What happens if there are more than 30 children who apply under the Jewish faith criteria?
If there are more applications than places within any faith-based place or open place category, the order of priority where there is oversubscription is as follows:
After the admission of children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
1. Children looked after and those who ceased to be children looked after because they were adopted, or because they became subject to a residence order or a special guardianship order;
2. Children with a professionally supported exceptional medical or social need for a place at the school as decided by the Governing Body;
3. Brothers and sisters of children on the roll of the school on the date of admission (for a definition of siblings, please refer to note 1 of Admissions Criteria on the website);
4. Children in order of straight line distance from home to school as measured by Wandsworth Council's Geographical Information System.
Additional notes regarding this policy can be found on the admissions policy page.
Who should I ask to sign my compliance with faith criteria evidence form?
It depends under which criteria you are submitting evidence. Each communal organisation eg synagogue, charity or youth movement will have authorised a person or people to sign your form. The Headteacher of a Jewish preschool or Religion school will be able to sign forms. Evidence of participation in private or family festival celebrations must be signed by a responsible non-family member.
What if I am Jewish but live outside Wandsworth?
You can apply for one of the faith-based places (50%). Please refer directly to the faith criteria.
Apply online or on your local authority's paper application form. Your application will be passed to Wandsworth by your local authority as part of the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions process. You will also need to complete the supplementary information form on the web-site www.mjps.org.uk
What if I live outside Wandsworth and am not eligible for a faith place?
Apply online or on your local authority's paper application form. Your application will be passed to Wandsworth by your local authority as part of the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions process.
How can I guarantee a place for my child?
There is no way to guarantee a place in a state funded school. However there are some things that you can do to help improve your position during allocation and if you refer to the Wandsworth Applying for School Places brochure there is information which may clarify this.
eg "List the schools in the order you prefer them. If your child can be allocated a place at more than one school, the council will use this information to offer whichever of these you most prefer. The order cannot be changed later."
What is the timetable for applications and allocations?
The timetable for applications and allocations for this year are as follows :
15th Jan 2019 – closing date for the receipt of application forms by the council and supplementary information forms by the school.
16th April 2019 – outcome letters are posted to all applicants by their local authority. If you apply online, you will be emailed the outcome of your application on the evening of 16 April 2019.
Do you have a waiting list?
Where in any year the School receives more applications for places than there are places available a waiting list is maintained by Wandsworth until the end of August in the year of admission. Any offer of places from the waiting list is in strict order of the oversubscription criteria.
If we do not get a place will I be able to appeal?
Parents who wish to appeal an admission decision with respect to their child have a right to appeal. The Governing Body has an Independent Appeal Panel and appeals should be made to the Governing Body at email@example.com. We fully comply with the procedures and practices of the Local Authority in which the school is located.


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Probably 90% of our clients who admit to Mirasol are suffering from major depression and anxiety. Depression and anxiety seem to go hand in hand with eating disorders and co-occurring conditions. Treating the co-occurring conditions along with the eating disorders can prolong treatment but not prevent a successful outcome.
When treating depression it is necessary to have a team of experts in mood disorders to begin to bring the client back to health. The first part of treatment is not necessarily medicating a client. We prefer to finish our complete assessment process. Then the resident's treatment team, including the psychiatrist, can best decide what will be the best plan for this specific client to follow. This may very well include medication for a short period of time so the client can be more accessible to treatment interventions.
Feelings of hopelessness and complete despair are not uncommon, particularly when medication and outpatient therapy has not worked. At Mirasol, the client is provided with consistent emotional support as she begins to heal from depression and anxiety. She must have an integrative type of treatment to help her completely heal and learn to deal with life as it is.
A long history of depression and anxiety may make a person susceptible to other behavior patterns such as substance abuse and eating disorders. Mirasol's therapists have extensive experience in treating depression and as well as a team of people who are pros at treating substance abuse.
An effective treatment for depression and anxiety is mindfulness and learning to be more mindful of her feelings, especially when the feelings become overwhelming. Each person Every part of the woman needs to be treated: nutritionally, physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually, and spiritually. Each client receives training in interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation skills through DBT.
Mirasol has provided safety within its facility so no client feels shame at disclosing information about her disease. She soon finds that everyone has very much the same kind of issues and her peers understand the struggle involved in learning to make healthy choices.
At Mirasol major depression treatment plans consider all data received about the resident. We gather together our entire treatment team to customize her care. The complete team approach to customizing treatment including input from the client herself is one of the factors that highlights the cutting-edge treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring disorders at a world-class treatment center such as Mirasol.Next: Effective Treatment for Depression
Mirasol's free weekly eating disorder and body image support group is temporarily on hold to protect the safety of our clients, staff and the community from the potential spread of coronavirus. As soon as feasible, the support group will resume in an online format lead by Mirasol CEO and founder Jeanne Rust. Stay tuned for further details! .
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Consider niche tech XQuery to bring improvements to data integration
XQuery arose in the early days of XML Web services. Where is it now? It is a useful tool for data integration, says one expert. But there are caveats.
The trajectory of the XQuery standard is a cautionary tale covered extensively on this site over a number of years. XQuery arose in the early days of XML and Web services as, in part, an effort to provide SQL-like data integration capabilities to developers just beginning to work with XML data, but it has never become a mainstream integration tool.
Despite major input from enterprise software vendors like IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, it remains a niche technology. Where is it now?
XQuery is an example of a promising technology that never found mainstream usage. Since its early days, though, admits Peter O'Kelly, principal analyst at O'Kelly Associates, the response of the IT community has been a bit underwhelming.
''The enigma is why XQuery is not mainstream,'' says O'Kelly. ''Even five years ago there was a widespread expectation that XQuery would become for XML content, what SQL was for the relational world,'' he says.
XQuery was originally developed by the XML Query group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The focus of XQuery was to provide a means for pulling data from real and virtual documents on the Web – a query language -- in the context of the needs of databases, supplementing or supplanting those databases. [See ''Examples of how XQuery can be used,'' this page.]
Major vendors have supported XQuery as a relational database option, while smaller vendors have introduced tools for anyone seeking to try out the format. For those who know how to use it, XQuery is very powerful, says O'Kelly.
When integration development teams use XQuery, they are said to be able to deal with XML content more readily in the form of sets. As well, the format can fit more easily along your existing SQL programming and script-oriented programming. Many teams can benefit from XQuery's search capabilities and function libraries. A kinship to XPath and XML Schema may position XQuery for use by teams versed in those more familiar technologies.
Using XQuery for non-XML work may be an area worth researching, too. O'Kelly says XQuery is not exclusively about XML and it is not limited to queries, "which suggests that maybe that wasn't the best name to give it," he says.
In fact, he says, developers who exploit it might think they are using a scripting language like Perl or Python," he says. "XQuery is like a turbocharged version," he adds.
What's holding back XQuery?
OK, so O'Kelly likes XQuery. But if it's so great, why isn't it more widely used? "Anecdotally it might have something to do with the fact that XQuery and the No SQL movement are sometimes confusingly juxtaposed, he says.
Continuing, O'Kelly says some issues that have probably limited XQuery market momentum include:
•Lack of a big picture framework. That means there is uncertainty about when and how to use XQuery.
•Installed base inertia. As O'Kelly notes, the commonplace attitude is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." At present there are enough alternatives to keep XQuery from gaining attention and adherents.
•Standards and politics. Like inertia, O'Kelly says in the database world, developers and others like to avoid "impedance mismatches" – which occur when a new technology enters the picture. "Some people claim XML is verbose and, politically, programmers are saying they want to work with things like Java Script," he says. Also, he notes XQuery tends to fall into the domain between "the content management people and the database people."
•The Internet ethos. "The good news is that there is a real commitment to doing things in an open way. But there is a danger of cyberpolarization and if you want to find a community of people who believe XQuery was still born, you can find it out there," he says.
O'Kelly stresses there are reasons to believe XQuery will reemerge to greater prominence. "A small population of information architects and programmers who understand XQuery will be able to do 'practical magic,' building and maintaining effective systems, while others with a kitchen sink of solutions won't be able to," he says.
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Andrea Mura wins the OSTAR 2013!
This is the forth consecutive victory for Andrea Mura, the Sardinian sailor who just few days ago has reached the American coastline on board of his "Vento di Sardegna". So, after winning the Route du Rhum in 2010, the Twostar 2012 (he set the new record of the regata) and the Transat Quebec-Saint Malò 2012 (when he beat the previous record set by Giovanni Soldini), Andrea is now the new champion of the Ostar 2013, the Atlantic Ocean crossing that departs from Plymouth in Great Britain and finishes in Newport, Rhode Island, after seventeen days of solitary navigation.
I met him yesterday, during an event organized to celebrate this historical moment, both for Andrea (this is first time in New York), and Sardinia. We are on board of the "Arabella", a boat that the Yacht Club of Manhattan has reserved for this occasion and next to us, resting in the Marina after a long and rough voyage, "Vento di Sardegna" is now lulling in the American waters.
"Did you feel you were going to win this regatta?" I ask him.
"Yes, I've never had any doubt, even if the French Roger Langevin with his trimaran Branec IV has given me a hard time".
"Seventeen days are a very long time to be alone in the middle of the Ocean. Which ones have been the hardest times?"
He's been spurred by Suomi Kudu of Peter Crowther, that has left a gash on the hull on Andrea's boat; his strength and determination have been tested by five big storms he encountered during the crossing and right when the finishing line was near, the weak wind has contributed to the frustration of the Sardinian seadog.
But he has won anyway: his face, and most of all his hands, are marked by a hard-fought and difficult race, but the taste of victory makes everything else go away. He will take a small break now before leaving for a new adventure.
"I am going to stay in New York for about a week and I would like to put together a crew to sail to Bermuda first, reach the Cayman Islands afterward and then we will see from there".
My Gypsy soul and my hunger for adventure make my mouth watery, but I do not have the courage to ask how much such a trip would cost as my finances are quite limited right now, therefore I can only dream about it.


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Experience quintessential Southern California at its best with a stay at the five-star Surf & Sand Resort in the renowned artistic village of Laguna Beach. Its name says it all. From your private balcony, enjoy stunning views of the Pacific Ocean and step outside for direct access to sand and surf. Hear the waves crash from your luxurious guestroom or suite. Paddle board out to the reefs. Dine on fresh seafood on the terrace, indulge in a treatment at the award-winning spa, or swim in the outdoor pool. As the sun sets, order a cocktail at Splashes Bar with floor-to-ceiling sea views and toast to the good life.
- Named among the Top 25 best resorts in Southern California in the Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards
- The 167 guestrooms and suites feature upscale decor and stunning ocean views
- Unwind with a facial or massage at the award-winning Aquaterra Spa
- Sip on cocktails around the fire pits under the stars at the open-air i5FiftyFive bar
- Savor fresh seafood with an ocean view at Splash Restaurant, led by top chef Ron Fougeray
- Hold your perfect wedding or corporate retreat here for an unforgettable event
- Explore the boutiques, galleries, cafes, coves, and nightlife of famous Laguna Beach
Surf & Sand Resort is a pet-friendly, idyllic beachfront haven on the Pacific Ocean in a village known for its artists and galleries. Shop 'til you drop at village boutiques or nearby Fashion Island. Lounge by the pool or on the beach, sample gourmet seafood, or take a surfing lesson. You can also try whale watching, sailing, wine-touring, and golfing — your friendly concierge will help with recommendations.
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Sensational service is a hallmark here, including the friendly concierge team on hand to help plan your itinerary for exploring sunny Southern California. Hop on the Laguna Beach Trolley for free rides through the local area to recommended shops, galleries, and attractions.
Whether you choose to dine at Splashes Restaurant, Splashes Bar, or 15FiftyFive, you will enjoy stunning sea views along with exquisite cuisine.
Splashes Restaurant – Dine on fresh seafood for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as you sit just 25 feet above the waves, on one of the palm-lined patios or in the elegant interior. Here, American coastal cuisine is complemented with delicious local produce, served up by top chef Ron Fougeray.
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15FiftyFive – Drink and dine under the stars at 15FiftyFive. This atmospheric bar and lounge overlooks the waves, is dotted with fire pits, and serves light bites and cocktails late into the night.
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Learn more about special dining experiences at the Surf & Sand Resort.
Surf & Sand Resort is a destination itself, with many relaxing and active options. Unwind at the award-winning Aquaterra Spa, a tranquil oasis offering pampering treatments such as facials, massages, and manicures. Step onto the beach for paddle boarding, surfing, and simply soaking in the sun. Take a dip in the hotel's azure pool, surrounded by luxury loungers and cabanas. Work out at the gym, sip cocktails under the stars, or dine on fresh seafood with sea views.
You don't have to venture far to immerse yourself in Southern California culture, with fine dining, boutique shopping, and art galleries just outside the hotel doors. Take a pleasant stroll in the stunning Laguna Canyon Winery and sample some of the region's finest vintages before taking in a show at Laguna Playhouse or heading to Laguna Art Museum. Visit Treasure Island Park for coastal activities including scuba diving, swimming, and tide pooling, or take the children to Pacific Marine Mammal Center to see rescued sea lions and elephant seals. Laguna Beach is renowned for its art festivals and concerts, so be sure to ask your concierge what's on during your stay.
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Located in Laguna Beach, between Los Angeles and San Diego, California, Surf & Sand Resort is glorious spot for exploring sunny South California. Discover galleries, fine dining restaurants, casual cafes, charming boutiques, and water sports all along the coast. The area is well known for its art festivals and concerts throughout the year.
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Perry Commercial RE has formed the Land Acquisition Group in response to the dramatic changes in the housing market combined with our expertise and experience in acquiring properties for the development industry as well as marketing properties for sale to developers.
In San Diego County the current market in has little, if any, open space or undeveloped land. At the same time, there is a huge demand for additional housing projects both market rate and affordable. Most local and some regional development companies do not have an acquisitions department or personnel and typically use key personnel to handle this requirement which takes them away from their core expertise.
Perry Commercial Real Estate has key individuals with years of experience in real property acquisitions. We understand what developers are looking for as we have been doing this on behalf of a select group of developers for some time. We have represented national and regional developers in addition to local small scale developers. We have represented sellers of development sites in marketing their assets and portfolios. Thus, we know and understand both sides of transactions.
Our search methodology is effective as we start in the air and ultimately end up on the ground walking the property, the neighborhood, and the area. Typically, we do more than write Letters of Intent. We begin by comparing or determining the appropriate price for a parcel by looking at past sale comparables of similar size in the area. We seek out unlisted properties that fit a criteria agreed to by our clients. We then look at the critical factors to determine whether the property will work including:
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- Allowed and Restricted Uses.
If a property meets both the clients and our requirements, a Residual Value Analysis is then completed which verifies our opinion of the value of the specific property and provides the client with what they should expect to receive or pay for the property.
Most developable properties are not listed and relatively "undiscovered," so we research the current owner's history with the property including:
- How long the property has been owned,
- Amount of debt on the property, and
- Current use relative to area.
We then obtain as much information about the owner to effectively create a meaningful presentation of an offer to purchase.
This process requires time and expertise in order to succeed, and we are committed to do everything necessary to secure properties for our clients.
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It's scary to think Hillary Clinton almost became President of the United States.
Crooked Hillary favors illegal aliens and Islam over Americans and Christianity.
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Hillary Clinton celebrates Ramadan more than she celebrates Christmas. In fact, Hillary hasn't wished Americans a 'Merry Christmas' from her social media since 2015. In contrast, Hillary gushes over Ramadan and wishes Muslims 'a blessed time of reflection and good health'.
Funny how Hillary Clinton celebrates Ramadan more than she celebrates Christmas.
Really makes you think… pic.twitter.com/TQMGCPAQB9
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The last time Crooked Hillary wished people a Merry Christmas from her Twitter account was in 2015 and she wonders why she lost the election. Hillary routinely ignored the majority of Americans-Christians.
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Hillary Clinton ran for President in 2016.
The last time she wished people a Merry Christmas on twitter, was in 2015.
Imagine if this woman was President today.
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— Mike (@Fuctupmind) December 26, 2017
Hillary Clinton didn't say a word on Christmas this year from her social media either. She did however, beg for donations to her organization 'Onward Together'. What a truly despicable woman. Thank God she is not our president!
President Trump and our lovely First Lady released a beautiful Christmas message to Americans this year. President Trump quoted Isaiah from the Bible, celebrated the birth of Christ and wished Americans a Merry Christmas. God bless America. Amen!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! pic.twitter.com/mYtV5GNdLl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 25, 2017
Trump supporters responded…
Haven't heard a peep out of her this Christmas…have you?
— Dreaming of Peace (@cjsienna55) December 26, 2017
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The #WhoreofBabylon would never celebrate Christmas.
— TrumpArmyForward (@LulaMae01) December 26, 2017
She celebrates Lucifer.
— Brook West (@brook_western) December 26, 2017
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Openly Liberal = Islamist
— Pizarro Jett (@PizarroJett1) December 26, 2017
@HillaryClinton and Bill have too much Muslim money pouring from everywhere! They sold their souls long ago to the devil.
— Maya Varma (@swargcoming) December 26, 2017
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She's just another Antichrist. Period.
— Geska Lima (@Geskalima) December 26, 2017
How could a woman who doesn't waste a single opportunity to attack white people while she panders to non-white people, Why she lost the white working class? Why she lost the election? Gee, I wonder why?
— Calvin MacDonald (@McDonaldfollow) December 26, 2017
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Lifelong Democrat that voted Republican because of her
— House Wife Junkie (@wife_junkie) December 26, 2017
The overlords needs to be appeased.
— The New Republic (@NewRepublic16) December 26, 2017
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90%+ of US Muslims vote Dem. US Christians … heh. Not so much. Dems like to pander to the ethnic block vote. And keep importing more of them to vote for them in the future. Hence panic over Trump immigration policy.
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Foraging made easier with these handy pocket-sized, waterproof, plant identification cards.
Forager's Friend – Plant identification cards
This new set of plant identification cards from Wild Plant Guide encourages social media users of all ages who love missions, challenges, and getting out into nature, to become successful foragers by using these handy, pocket-sized, seasonal sets of 'field-guide style' identification cards to complete different seasonal foraging adventure quests on the website.
There are 54 plant species in the complete set. Not all of the plants are edible! I have included some of the more common poisons you will see. The hedgerow offers risks as well as rewards!
A summary of the toxic and poisonous plants of Britain was posted last year, it only takes a few minutes to become more familiar with the ones to avoid.
The Foragers Friend plant identification cards are grouped together into four seasons, each with 13 species per season. There are also a couple of extra bonus cards, and these are of two plants that are somewhat more tricky to find! The seasonal grouping is quite subjective really, because you can find many of these species with something to harvest at other times of year.
Many of the plants are covered elsewhere on the website, either in my monthly and seasonal guides, or as longer articles on individual species. A large number have been covered in a bite size video and can be found on WIld Plant Guide TV.
The full list of cards are:
Foragers Friend Plant Identification Cards – winter
common sorrel, bittercress, daisy, sea purslane, ground elder, lesser celandine, spear thistle, ground ivy, red dead-nettle, white dead-nettle, sea beet, salad burnet, common hogweed.
Foragers Friend Plant Identification Cards – spring:
ox-eye daisy, wild garlic, sea aster, wild strawberry, japanese knotweed, hedge bedstraw, ribwort plantain, stitchwort, stinging nettle, wall rocket, primrose, hemlock, pendulous sedge, raspberry
Foragers Friend Plant Identification Cards – summer:
rosebay willowherb, bellflower, burdock, fat hen, common mallow, bittersweet, pineapple weed, wild carrot, meadowsweet, blackberry, rock samphire, smooth sow thistle, chamomile, marsh samphire
Foragers Friend Plant Identification Cards – autumn:
sea buckthorn, walnut, hazel, Fuchsia, Guelder rose, hawthorn, sweet chestnut, yew, dog rose, rowan, elderberry, Himalayan balsam, holly oak.
A plant identification and foraging adventure quest game, for everyone!
Played in real time and online, the foraging adventure quest game is free to play, and a fun extra way of learning about edible wild plants from a useful foraging resource. In time, they will help you confidently identify plants when out silent hunting in the field.
Foraging opportunities never cease. The four seasonal sets will provide you with lots of different plant parts. Using the foraging quests, the glossary, and associated pages on the website will sharpen your foraging skills
The four seasonal sets (inclusive of postage and packing) are available in singles @ £10, pairs £17.50 or complete seasonal sets £30. Please visit the website shop for purchase.
Measuring in at a handy pocket-sized 9 x 9 cm, each card has a colour photo of a plant, typically showing at least one key identification feature, while the reverse side lists botanical and habitat descriptions, in bullet points field-guide style.
The cards should help you idenitfy the right plants and help you spot the wrong plants too! Can you spot the main feature below that says the plant I'm looking at is not mallow?
The foraging adventure quest game is free to play for all who buy the identification cards, and simply involves participating in the foraging missions here on the website; then finding and photographing the seasonal sets of plants, and uploading all your files to social media, using a hashtag #ForagersFriend on:
Twitter @Wildplant_guide https://www.twitter.com/wildplantguide
Facebook @wildplantguide https://www.facebook.com/wildplantguide
Instagram @wildplant_guide https://www.instagram.com/wildplant_guide
The forager who sends the most photos within the allotted timescale, wins a prize of their choosing from my various foraging and plant identification resources and courses.
Please note this deck is for educational and enjoyment purposes.
Not all of the plants or plant parts in this deck are edible or medicinal, but they need to be known to save mis-identification and accidentally ingesting them.
Foraging requires ongoing research and recognition.


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The Ismaili of Central Asia
The Ismailis are one of the largest Muslim minority populations of Central Asia, and they make up the second largest Shiʿi Muslim community globally. First emerging in the second half of the 8th century, the Ismaili missionary movement spread into many areas of the Islamic world in the 10th century, under the leadership of the Ismaili Fatimids caliphs in Egypt. The movement achieved astounding success in Central Asia in the 10th century, when many of the political and cultural elites of the region were converted.
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The Ismaili of Central Asia
The Ismailis are one of the largest Muslim minority populations of Central Asia, and they make up the second largest Shiʿi Muslim community globally. First emerging in the second half of the 8th century, the Ismaili missionary movement spread into many areas of the Islamic world in the 10th century, under the leadership of the Ismaili Fatimids caliphs in Egypt. The movement achieved astounding success in Central Asia in the 10th century, when many of the political and cultural elites of the region were converted.
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The 'Roof of the World' Festival Keeps Tajikistan's Traditional Culture AlivePosted August 28th, 2019 by librarian-hd
KHOROG, Tajikistan (IDN) – In this mountainous Gorno Badakhshan region with around a third of the population estimated to be unemployed, the exodus of the people for greener pastures abroad has gathered momentum in the past decade. To protect the colourful traditional culture from disappearing along with its population, the 'Roof Top of the World" annual cultural festival was launched 12 years ago.
It now has the added objectives of attracting both its expat population to come back for a summer cultural break as well as to attract tourist to the region.
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Prince Aly Muhammad visited National museum of Tajikistan
Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan visiting AKDN institutions in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the Serena Hotel, also the institutions in the Pamir. June 26, 2019, Prince Ali Muhammad Aga Khan, within the framework of his visit, visited the National museum of Tajikistan to familiarize himself with the rich history and culture of the Tajik people. Prince Ali Muhammad Aga Khan and the delegation accompanying him were met at the main entrance of the National museum of Tajikistan by the Director of the National museum of Tajikistan, Abduvali Sharifzoda and other responsible persons.
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Prince Aly Muhammad visits AKDN Institutions in Pamir RegionPosted June 26th, 2019 by librarian-hd
Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan visits Tajikistan
09:37, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus
Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, youngest son of His Highness the Aga Khan, arrived yesterday in Khorog, the capital of Tajikistan's Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) for an official visit, according to the GBAO administration press center.
On the same day, Prince Aly Muhammad visited the Khorog Campus of the University of Central Asia (UCA).
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First training for Tajik and Afghan female rescuers starts in Dushanbe under support of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)Posted May 13th, 2019 by librarian-hd
Within the framework of implementation of a protocol for expansion of cross-border cooperation for disaster preparedness and response to emergency situations between Tajikistan and Afghanistan signed in February 2018, the first training for Tajik and Afghan female rescuers has begun in Dushanbe, according to the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan, reports Trend citing to News.tj
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H.H The Aga Khan IV Inaugurated Dushanbe Serena Hotel 2011-10-31
H.H The Aga Khan IV Inaugurates Dushanbe Serena Hotel 2011-10-31
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Hazar Imam in Dushanbe,Ttajikistan for the Water Forum
His Highness The Aga Khan in Dushanbe,,Ttajikistan for the International Water Forum 2003-08-29
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Speech by Mowlana Hazar Imam At the Foundation Stone Ceremony of The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe 2003-08-30Posted September 1st, 2017 by librarian-hd
Your Excellency President Rahmonov,
Your Worship the Mayor of Dushanbe,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Today's ceremony represents a milestone in the history of the Ismaili Muslim community's presence in Central Asia, a presence which dates back to the second century of Islam. For me personally, as the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismailis, this is a day of great happiness.
It is also fitting that the Foundation Ceremony of a landmark cultural and religious centre should coincide with the celebration of the one thousandth anniversary of the birth of Syedna Nasir-i-Khusraw.
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His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening Ceremony of Ismaili Center Dushanbe
His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening Ceremony of Ismaili Center Dushanbe
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Hazar Imam in Dushanbe for the Fresh Water Conference
Hazar Imam in Dushanbe for the Fresh Water Conference 2008-08-30
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Princess Zahra Aga Khan in Gorno-Badakshan
Princess Zahra Aga Khan in Gorno-Badakshan
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The AKDN: Tajikistan's biggest development implementing agency - Interview with Mr. Akbar Ali PesnaniPosted May 17th, 2017 by librarian-hd
Since beginning operations in Tajikistan in 1992, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has grown to become an extensive force for improving the lives of people in the country. Mr. Ali Akbar Pesnani, Resident Representative, discusses the history of the Network, its aims and successes, as well as its unique approach to development.
How have the activities of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) developed over time in Tajikistan?
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The Ismailis of Tajikistan - A hopeful Aga sagaPosted November 20th, 2016 by librarian-hd
In the poorest bit of the former Soviet Union they look to a leader of yore
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Aga Khan fund buys Tcell from Telia 2016-09-06Posted September 7th, 2016 by librarian-hd
Telia Company sells 60% stake in Tajikistan operator Tcell for $39m to 40% owner Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development
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The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (Akfed) has added another telecoms operator to its portfolio by buying Telia Company's 60% stake in Tajikistan operator Tcell. Akfed already owned the other 40% and is paying just $39 million for the rest.
Akfed owns Afghanistan's Roshan mobile operator, which in turn also owns Smart Telecom, with businesses in east Africa.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration ceremony of the Dushanbe Serena hotel 2011-11-01Posted August 16th, 2016 by librarian-hd
Your Excellency, President Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Your Excellency, Davlatali Saidov, Chairman of the State Committee on Investment
and Management of State Property
Honorable Ministers
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Prince Amyn Aga Khan visits Tajikistan 2011-04-05Posted January 4th, 2016 by librarian-hd
DUSHANBE, April 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan—founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), arrived in Dushanbe today.
According to AKDN Tajikistan, during his one-day visit, Prince Amyn is reviewing progress of AKDN projects in the country, including the Dushanbe Serena Hotel.
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Hazar Imam joins leaders of Tajikistan and Afghanistan to lay foundation of fifth cross-border bridge 2011-10-31Posted January 1st, 2014 by librarian-hd
Showun, Shurobod District, Tajikistan, 31 October 2011 — Mawlana Hazar Imam, together with the President of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, and Afghanistan's Minister of Public Works His Excellency Abdulkudus Hamidi, performed the foundation-stone ceremony for the Shurobod Bridge today. The bridge is the fifth to be built in partnership with the Aga Khan Development Network, and will connect the Shurobod District of Khatlon Region in Tajikistan with the Khohon Province of Afghanistan.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan - 2000-06-05Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritage
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to address this inaugural session of the World Mountain Forum.
I am especially happy that the Ismaili Imamat has been given the opportunity to participate in a Forum organised by and for all those concerned with the difficulties facing the populations of mountain regions, and to share lessons that have been learnt, to exchange mutual experience and advice, to better identify the problems that exist, and to try, as part of a joint effort, to propose new and more efficient solutions.
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The resource sector is particularly appropriate for advanced financial and economic modelling, and is one of the most interesting and challenging in this respect perspective.
General themes in model design typical revolve around:
- The role of uncertainty. The industry is naturally faced with making large scale decisions in the face of great uncertainty or risk, and typically there is a requirement for these to be represented in business cases, as well as for overall corporate planning purposes. Beyond the core topics of sensitivities and scenarios, additional approaches (such as Monte Carlo simulation) are required in order to reflect and calculate uncertainty distributions, and to inform decision-makers about the likelihood of success, risk mitigation actions or evaluation of alternate testing programs. Uncertainty analysis also applies in the areas of volumetric uncertainty, value of information and testing decisions, and so on.
- The presence of optimisation situations. Examples of optimisation problems include portfolio composition and participation (% stake in each asset), portfolio sizing, project timing, and decision-selection amongst competing alternatives. Addressing these problems requires highly flexible models (that are formulated in the right way) as well as (potentially) the use of additional tools, VBA, or add-ins. The solution to optimisation situations would ideally also need to take uncertainty into account (E.g. "What is the right level of investment so that a plan will be met with 90% confidence?"
- The requirement to build highly flexible models. Models may require that the time axis be flexible (e.g. so that some (but not all) items can be shifted in time, such as being able to delay the first oil date without altering the timing of some activities in the development phase), or that new data sets can be added or deleted (for example due to acquisitions or disposals) with the consolidated model requiring no (or only very minimal) adjustment.
- The size of the inputs data sets. Due to the potential large size of the data sets and models, there are a number of competing possible ways to structure models – crudely those which are more like traditional corporate finance models versus a more database-driven approach. In practice the right approach is often a combination of both, together with the disciplined use of best practice techniques in model formatting and layout. In addition, the advanced use of lookup functions can allow model to be developed in which new data can be added (or old data deleted) without the formulae having to be re-built or re-linked, and VBA macros can be used to create functionality that consolidates together the results of queries applied to data sets that are distributed across multiple files, thus providing a far greater capacity to deal with large data sets than one may initially expect to be possible.
- Ensuring that economic concepts and tools are correctly used and interpreted. Issues relating to sunk cost, discount rates, project evaluation metrics (NPV, IRR) and project valuation (impact of negative and positive risks and uncertainties, and real options) all need adequate consideration.
More specifically, questions that need to be addressed typically relate to:
- Cost estimation and budgeting (e.g. capex and opex uncertainty, incl. event risks)
- Optimal decision-making, real options and valuing flexibility (e.g. appropriate forms of subsurface testing, value of information analysis and Bayesian techniques)
- Exploration and discovery risk (incl. multiple prospects within a licence and dependencies)
- Portfolio sizing and optimisation (e.g. optimal sizing of for E&A portfolios, aggregate reserves calculations)
- Drilling uncertainty, drill program planning and optimisation of portfolios of drilling projects e.g. reflecting uncertainties in schedules, discoveries, and finance and resource constraints
- Volumetric uncertainty estimation
- Capturing dependencies e.g. between porosity and oil saturation in calculations
- Mapping volume to non-linear cost curves (e.g. switching engineering designs according to volume)
- Production forecasting and modelling (e.g. decline modelling, operational breakdown possibilities)
- Schedule risk analysis and integrated cost-schedule risk modelling
- Price forecasting
- Incentive scheme optimisation e.g. design of fiscal regimes
- Integrated business cases and valuation modelling: volumetrics, capex, opex, production, profits, taxes
- Business cases, valuation, and uncertainty modelling of new technologies (oil recovery, unconventional gas, wind, bio-fuels etc.)
- Financing issues (e.g. debt modelling, project finance, supporting of equity raises, use of non-conventional financing techniques)
- Tax calculations and optimisation
- Advanced valuation techniques (combining cash flow, uncertainty analysis, real options etc.


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- Service: lunch, dinner
The winter variation of the Magical Kale Salad uses local cabbage charred on a grill, sliced apples, and sea-salt feta from Narragansett Creamery, topped with garlic panko and a black bean vinaigrette. Then, like most great salads, it's topped with a gooey poached-then-fried egg. This savory, vinegary salad is extremely light with several layers of crunch.
Mei Mei's dedication to local produce means the amazing Magical Kale Salad isn't available in winter months, and they've developed a solid replacement.
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Aurora necklace
Multifloral motif necklace inspired by the world of fairy tales, reminding women that feeling like princesses can be also possible in real life.
Ref. WDN1.10
- Materials: brass, pale gold plate and crystals from Swarovski
- Closing system: toggle clasp
- Length: 47 cm / 18 in
- Weight: 110 gr
- Size: one size