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Most Ontario children starting Grade 1 this year have had the full day experience with Kindergarten already, but that doesn't mean the transition will be easy.
Starting Grade 1 can be a point of pride for kids. They are done with Kindergarten and are big kids now, but they are now sharing the hallways and lunchrooms and schoolyards with a lot of even bigger kids.
So the first few weeks may be ones full of jittery excitement, tears or even severe anxiety. We have put together the following tips to help your family through this transition:
Before School Starts:
- Validate nervous feelings. "It's really important to first validate children's feelings by acknowledging that it's okay that they have certain uncomfortable feelings," says Christie Hayos, a clinical social worker at the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre in Toronto. Let them know that these feelings are normal and probably the same feelings other kids are having.
- Get familiar with the school. Before the first day of school, visit the school with your child so that the route, the building, and school surroundings become familiar.
- Start the routine early. About a week or so before the start of school, begin putting your child to bed at a normal time for a school night. For a week before school starts, be sure your child then gets up, dressed, and fed like a regular school morning.
- Practice being organized. "Some children have difficulty keeping track of their belongings," says first grade teacher Giovanna Smith. "They do not know what is theirs. They need practice to get dressed and to get organized."
- Review safety rules. If your child is taking the school bus, review the school bus safety rules with them. Also, make sure everyone knows how to walk to school safely.
- Let your child be a part of the planning. "Children need to see what mom and dad have purchased for them so they can recognize it at school with 20 others that look the same," says Smith.
What to expect in the Grade 1 classroom:
Every Grade 1 classroom is different. Since the emergence of Full Day Kindergarten, many Grade 1 classrooms have had to change too.
But things parents can expect, according to Smith, are desks or tables set up for collaboration, a word wall, a large gathering space and areas for inquiry, reading, quiet thinking and researching. Some of these elements may be similar to the set up of their Kindergarten room, some of these elements may be new to your child.
How to support your child's learning at home:
Smith suggests the following:
- Encourage independence. Your child will need to learn to work and problem-solve independently at school so make sure that independence is also encouraged at home. In other words, let kids dress themselves, put on their own shoes and do things for themselves.
- Maintain a consistent schedule. Have a bedtime that you stick to so that your child will be well-rested for school. Get up at the same time and eat breakfast.
- Provide a healthy lunch. Pack a lunch kids are capable of opening and closing themselves. Remember most schools encourage packing reusable containers instead of using disposable bags or wrappers to keep the level of garbage down.
- Label everything. Yes, even pencils and crayons, says Smith.
- Encourage "why" questions. "Let them be curious," says Smith. You don't have to know the answer. Helping your child figure it out is part of the fun.
- Play games with your children. Choose games where children have to make choices and solve problems.
What to do if your child seems to be struggling with the transition:
After the first few weeks, your child should feel fairly comfortable in Grade 1. If your child is still having problems into October, there could be a deeper issue. Hayos has these tips to help:
- Think of what is typical for your child. "If you have a child that is typically not anxious about going back to school or has low levels of anxiety about going back to school, and all of a sudden this looks much different and the levels of anxiety are much higher than before, you may want to investigate more and ask the child more questions," says Hayos.
- Empathize with your child. Let your child know you understand something is wrong and you want to help.
- Name the problem. Identify the specific problem your child is having. If your child doesn't want to go to school, why?
- Work with your child to put a plan in place. "Often kids have really great ideas about how they could get support," says Hayos. Children like to feel that they are actively a part of, and have some kind of control over, the future. "When they know the plan, when they are part of it, they are likely to feel more successful and to buy into the plan," says Hayos.
- Work with the teacher. The teacher works with your child on a daily basis and probably has experienced similar issues with other children. The teacher will often have very helpful ideas to rectify the situation.
- Get help elsewhere. If none of the above works, contact your family doctor.


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You know our country (U.S.A.) biggest exporting product is "films"/"movies". I (Sal) heard this somewhere, but if you realize it-it's true! Our country is known throughout the world for it's movies.
Inspirational Documentaries
After filling out so many profiles for all these network sites, I can honestly say what type of movies I really like. I love documentaries with real-life stories that are based on true-stories-does this make sense? I jut love inspirational movies that just gets me motivated in life. Stories that have the fight for survival (e.g. Shackleton), courage, love, and redemption.
"Evil vs. Good"
*see Spiritual Warfare
Also, I love "good vs. evil" movies. I just watched "Transformers the Movie" (80's cartoon, but better than just a cartoon) and saw the "spiritual" symbolism-Autobots (angels) vs. Decepticons (devil-deceiver). If you watched the end of the movie, they have the "ruler" of the Decepticons (Megatron changes to "Galvatron", who becomes a "slave" to the evil "ruler"-Unitron?). This "ruler" is a huge planet that sucks everything in it's way and transforms to this huge robot that looks like the "stereotypical" Satan (e.g. with horns on it's head and wings like a dragon).
Good Examples:
Lord of the Rings
Lord of The Rings - Super Trailer(about 7 mins)
*see UMMAlpha: Britain
The Matrix Trailer
*see GoodnewsEverybody.com LA: Computers-AntiVirus, Homepages, Internet-Online, Softwares, Storage, etc..., Slavery, Life: Backslidden, Evangelism, etc..
Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles Of Narnia trailer
*see UMMAlpha: Britain
I love watching comedy movies to get a good laugh-especially difficult times in life when we all need one!
The Naked Gun 2 � in 10 minutes
"The funniest parts of the movie stuffed into this 10 min. clip."
Favorite Movies from the 80's
*see GoodnewsEverybody.com Science: Astronomy-Aliens, Outer Space Travel, etc...
Q: What are your thoughts?
Family Bookstore in City Centre Mall. You can rent Christian-Family focus videos for only $1. Check out their selections!
UMM Campus
-St. Paul Area
Coen brothers bring big bucks to Minn., Posted at: 02/25/2008 06:59:00 PM
By: Nicole Muehlhausen, Web Producer
"Two Minnesotans won big at the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Joel and Ethan Coen scored three Oscars, including Best Director—or directors in this case.
The two went from St. Louis Park High School to the talk of Hollywood and they plan on bringing their next feature to Minnesota.
This means big money for the state.
"There's just money that comes along with it and it happens really fast," said Lucina Winter.
Winter heads the Minnesota Film Board and said movies are moneymakers for Minnesota. The Coen's new movie, 'A Serious Man,' could pump $12 million into the local economy.
"Very, very quick way to increase jobs in your state and to increase spending in your state," Winter told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. "Current estimate right now, which is a pretty sound estimate, is that 100 Minnesotans will be directly paid by the production."
So what does that mean for the typical Minnesotan?
In the Coen's film, 'Fargo,' the brothers rented entire restaurants for some of their scenes. Homes and businesses may become sets and the Coen brothers have reportedly scouted Hopkins and St. Louis Park.
"Minnesotans may have their home or business used as a location and there's location fees tied to that," said Winter.
More good news: The Coen's won't be the only show in town.
"This year we're going to have, in addition to Joel and Ethan, at least three other good sized movies. They're Indies, but they're nicely budgeted Indies," Winter said.
The Coen brothers will receive 15 percent of what they spend in the state, thanks to a film rebate."
The Bible (1966) film trailer
"The Bible...in the beginning, a 20th Century Fox 1966 Dino De Laurentiis film starring John Huston Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, George C. Scott, Peter O'Toole, Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryo and others. "
Ted Baehr's top 20 movies of the 20th century from a Christian perspective:
-Ben Hur, from Christian Cinema
"Most expensive film in history at the time of release, 7 years in the making and the winner of more international honors and praise than any other movie in history.
The film�s subtitle is � A story of the Christ �. It chronicles the life of Judah-Ben Hur and his rise to fame and power as a Jew in the midst of the persecution of Rome. Paralleling is the story of Jesus strating God�s kingdom on the earth. Tremendous drama is played out in the struggle of Rome�s power verses God�s love in Ben Hur�s life.
Also included in this video is a one hour documentary on the making of the film by Christopher Plummer. Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Haya Harareet, Martha Scott, Cathy Donnell and Sam Jaffe."-from faith centered resources
His Words: General Lew Wallace, creator
There is a cool scene where Ben Hur's sister and mom get healed from leprosy!
Davinci Code
Breaking The Da Vinci Code So the divine Jesus and infallible Word emerged out of a fourth-century power-play? Get real., By Collin Hansen | posted 11/07/2003 (Christianity Today)
Leader U
Box Office Movies
Mary Poppins Legend
" few sections of a Walt Disney Movie "Mary Poppins""
The Pirates (82')
End Times
Open Air Preaching on Hollywood Blvd
"On August 11, 2007, Evangelism Team (www.evangelismteam.com) met with Ten Four Ministries (www.tenfourministries.org) and many others from Adventures in Christianity (www.adventuresinchristianity.com), and Grace Community Church (www.gty.org) to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ on Hollywood Blvd. Hundreds heard the Gospel and there was an estimated 2000-3000 tracts passed out. After the good person test was given during the open air segment, check out what the hecklers had to say. It is quite interesting. Also, please pray for the hearers that God would open their eyes."
FIREPROOF - Trailer - In Theaters September 26th!
"An action-packed love story, FIREPROOF will have audiences laughing, crying, and inching toward the edge of their seats as they are drawn into the world of a firefighter, his wife … and a marriage worth rescuing. Learn more about FIREPROOF—the upcoming release from Provident Films and Sherwood Pictures—at www.FireprooftheMovie.com. "
'Fireproof' is still generating heat, updated 2:24 p.m. EST, Fri February 13, 2009 By Eric Marrapodi CNN
" WASHINGTON (CNN) -- You don't find many churches making theatrical films. You especially don't find many churches making films starring Kirk Cameron about a firefighter in a crumbling marriage addicted to online porn. Kirk Cameron stars in "Fireproof," a film he was attracted to for its many themes, he said.
Kirk Cameron stars in "Fireproof," a film he was attracted to for its many themes, he said.
But that's the case for Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. In fact, the film, "Fireproof," was the church's third movie.
It was also an unexpected hit. In September it debuted at No. 4 at the box office, eventually bringing in $33.5 million and spawning two books: a novelization, also called "Fireproof," which is in The New York Times' best-seller list's Top 20; and a companion journal to the movie, "The Love Dare," which has sold more than 2 million copies.
Last week "Fireproof" debuted on DVD and climbed to No. 3 on Billboard's DVD chart, beating out "The Hulk" and "Saw V," among others.
"You don't often see movies made by churches do big numbers," said Billboard's Anthony Colombo. "Having [distributor] Sony behind it helps. Having Kirk Cameron helps, but for it to come out and do 136,000 pieces [DVDs] in its first week is pretty impressive."
"It should not be working," said Alex Kendrick, one of the pastors behind the film. "All I can say is we prayed for months and asked for it to honor God."
Kendrick said that Sherwood's pastors gathered for prayer two years ago and asked God to give them an idea for their next movie. They were just coming off making "Facing the Giants," a movie shot entirely in Albany on a $100,000 budget. It starred no professional actors -- just members of their church -- but made $10.2 million at the box office and sold 250,000 copies on DVD, launching the church into the national spotlight.
The church leaders lit upon the idea of troubled relationships. "Families and marriages are crumbing and we want to do something about it," said Kendrick, recalling the idea's genesis. "God give us the idea. We had no clue what would happen with it."
"Fireproof" began with a $500,000 budget and a fresh crop of church member/actors, but the film got a left-field boost when Cameron, best known as the 1980s heartthrob from the TV series "Growing Pains," read the script and asked to get involved.
"All throughout the movie ... there are issues of communications, money, sex, addiction, porn, extramarital affairs, feeling respected at work but not at home, feeling respected by friends but not at home," Cameron told CNN. The themes resonated with the actor and devout Christian, a husband of 17 years, and father of six, he said. That and the "cool action scenes," he added.
The makers of "Fireproof" tapped into the church market, arranging screenings for the National Baptist Pastors' convention before release and using word-of-mouth among church leaders.
However, says Cameron, the film was pitched to general audiences, not necessarily Christians.
"'Fireproof' was never marketed as a Christian movie. This is a movie about marriage," Cameron said. "The fact is, though, the gospel is presented, is done well, and it's a central part of the storyline."
Although many critics panned "Fireproof" -- "as sincere, uncynical and subtlety-free as a Sunday school lecture," said Variety -- audiences embraced it. "There's a huge market out there that's underserved. That market is there and a lot of people don't want to go there but there is a huge untapped market," Cameron said.
Paul Dergarabedian, a box office analyst for Hollywood.com, said he was shocked when the movie debuted in the top five its opening weekend.
"With 'Fireproof,' they really cracked the code with the major success with the film and have this appeal across the board," he said. "They didn't follow traditional marketing methods but they didn't need them for this film. ... Maybe that's why it worked out so well."
He added, "You're talking about a very successful property. ... The powers that be that put this together are really on to something."
Churches are using "Love Dare" and its companion curriculum as a teaching tool, says publisher B&H Publishing's Andrea Dennis, who calls "Fireproof" "a marriage movement." For Valentine's Day more than 9,000 churches are scheduled to show the film, many displaying the admonition "Fireproof Your Marriage" on their signs. B&H believes "Love Dare" could hang around on the best-seller list -- where it's already been for 19 weeks -- along the lines of Rick Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life."
And the filmmakers have kept their success close to home. Alex Kendrick said the church used the profits from the movie to buy 82 acres of land and build a recreation center for the town, equipped with eight tennis courts, eight basketball courts and an equestrian area. A baseball diamond is on the way.
He's confident "Fireproof" will remain a successful brand. "When something grows the only reason it happens is people say it worked and you should try it," Kendrick said. "When it works and there's a legitimate impact, people want to be a part of it." "
Personal Reflection:
Wow, I just saw the movie this evening (Friday, November 14th of 2008). It was goooood that I had to write my reflections right away. I've heard so much about this movie through Christian media and my local church, so I had to re"search" on it. I was so touched by the trailer that I had to send this movie promo through all means of media (e.g. "word of mouth", flyers around town, and e-mail) before watching it this evening. If you are reading this, I highly recommend this movie to you. I thought it was more for couples, but this movie is for anybody-it teaches about perseverance ("not giving-up"), beware of "gossip", inner struggles (e.g. selfishness, pornography, etc...), forgiving those you "hurt" (e.g. rejection) and those who has "hurt" you (still love them still!). I've been a Christian for over 12+ years and still need to grow! There was a scene in the movie that had me reflect about the "Passion"! I don't want to give too much about the movie, but watch it and invite as many people you know to it!
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"...is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles.[1] Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States. The nickname Tinseltown refers to the glittering, superficial nature of Hollywood and the movie industry.[2] Today, much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding cities such as Burbank and the Los Angeles Westside[3] but significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production and lighting companies, remain in Hollywood...
Insights on Movies
Ultimate Motivation No Excuses
Media-Entertainment Fellowship Groups
Testimonies of Celebrities (more...)
Amy Grant- Hollywood Walk Of Fame
"Christian artist and entertainer Amy Grant accepts her star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame."
Oscar Winners
CNN Results
AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes Part 1
"Yeah, I know. This list sucks ass. Hate comments if you want. I don't really care anymore. :) Have a nice day 10. The Ghost Breakers
9. Young Frankenstein
8. Napoleon Dynamite
7. When Harry Met Sally
6. Airplane
5. Anchorman
4. Troll 2
3. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Shark Attack 3
1. Airplane "
*note some sexual content
Social Issues
October Baby: Official Trailer - Movies
October Baby: Official Trailer from providentfilms on GodTube.
Stunt People
Fast and Furious Hollywood Stuntman and Motivational Speaker Sammy Maloof
Fast and Furious Hollywood Stuntman and Motivational Speaker Sammy Maloof from sammymaloof on GodTube.
TV Channels
John Woo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Early life
Woo was born amidst the chaos of the Chinese Civil War in 1946. The Christian Woo family, faced with persecution during Mao Zedong's early anti-bourgeois-Nationalist purges after the communist takeover of China, fled to Hong Kong when he was five.[4][5] Impoverished, the Woo family lived in the slums at Shek Kip Mei. His father was a teacher, though rendered unable to work by tuberculosis, and his mother was a manual laborer on construction sites.[6] The family was rendered homeless by the big Shek Kip Mei fire of 1953.[5] Charitable donations from disaster relief efforts enabled the family to relocate, however, violent crime had by then become commonplace in Hong Kong housing projects.
Woo went to Concordia Lutheran School and received a Christian education (his Christian background shows influences in his films).[citation needed] As a young boy, Woo had wanted to be a Christian minister. He later found a passion for movies influenced by the French New Wave especially Jean-Pierre Melville.[2] Woo has said he was shy and had difficulty speaking, but found making movies a way to explore his feelings and thinking and would "use movies as a language".[2]...
* Woo was quoted in the June 2000 edition of Premiere magazine:
" I love doves. I am a Christian. Doves represent the purity of love, beauty. They're spiritual. Also the dove is a messenger between people and God... When I shot The Killer, these two men, the killer and the cop, they work in different ways, but their souls are pure, because they do the right thing. In the church scene, I wanted to bring them together. I wanted to use a metaphor of the heart. I came up with doves—they're white. When the men die, I cut to the dove flying—it's the soul, rescued and safe and also pure of heart. So the dove became one of my habits: I used it in Hard Boiled, Face/Off, and in Mission: Impossible II...
The Religious Affiliation of Director John Woo, from adherents.com
Gospel for Asia Update - February 24, 2004 - Vol. IV Issue 7
Life of Christ Film in Asia - http://www.gfa.org/film
Dear Salvador,
I have just learned from one of our field leaders that a GFA pastor and his church are under severe attack (story below). Please pray with us for this pastor and his flock.
As you likely know, "The Passion of the Christ" hits theaters this week. Many people have an opportunity to view perhaps the most riveting film ever made on the sacrifice of Christ.
While we certainly pray and hope for revival in this country, we must continue to remember the millions of people in remote Asian villages who have yet to hear about Jesus for the first time.
Through God's provision, native missionaries with Gospel for Asia are reaching their people with "Man of Mercy," a film on the life of Jesus that was made in India [Info: http://www.gfa.org/film]. Viewers do not watch this movie in a theater. Rather, missionaries set up the film outdoors, often drawing large crowds of people. As these precious people see the sacrifice of Jesus for the first time, many respond to His love with tears and weeping.
By God's grace, tens of thousands have already become Christians through a "Man of Mercy" showing. Yet 500,000 villages in India alone are still still lack even one Gospel witness. Pray these communities are soon reached with the hope of Christ!
For those who have never heard,
John Schwartz
It's All True (1942) made in Brazil by Orson Welles, who was cursed by a witchdoctor...
How do you get rid of a curse? Repent and ask God to forgive you all of your sins
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News from Brazil
" The story behind this film that "never was", is filled with cruel tragedy, and Orson Welles himself, claimed it was the manifestation of a curse. According to Welles, this was the curse of a macumbeiro, (from the Afro-Brazilian religion Macumba); or as Welles more dramatically claims, it was the curse of a "Brazilian Voodoo witch-doctor" he had met in Rio de Janeiro in 1942. Whether the story of the curse is true or not, the rest of the story� is all true...."
"It's true that Welles faced pretty much nothing but professional disappointment from that point forward. Touch of Evil, his potential masterpiece, was also famously taken away from him, and much of his remaining work was either left unfinished, or is for various reasons still little-seen. He became something of a gypsy in his later years, and was notoriously forced at various points to both take humiliating commercial voice-over work and to crash at Peter Bogdanovich's manse, where he earned his keep through performing the uneviable task of teaching Cybill Shepherd how to act. And, crazy as it may seem, a lot of people think The Curse of '42 has something to do with all that. A group of filmmakers reportedly hired a priestess to lift the curse in the early 90s; still, the myth continues to hold a certain kind of weight. According to Oja Kodar, who was Welles' girlfriend in the later years, an unamed Welles scholar "refused to come" to a Welles retrospective held at the recent Locarno Film Festival, "because he believes that everything that talks about Orson Welles is kind of cursed." Still others maintain that Welles' troubles had nothing to do with the supernatural realm. "There is a curse on him," says film historian/sometime Welles associate Joseph McBride, "But I think it is more from capitalism." "
Movie Usenet.com
"A witchdoctor due to take part in the film puts a curse on Welles, sticking a red-threaded steel needle through the script after Welles tells him the money has run out.
Forever after, Welles's career was dogged by misfortune. Legal disputes over his films have raged since his death in 1985, and much of his work remains unseen."
...was the title of an unfinished Orson Welles documentary about South America shot in 1942.
Welles was asked by Nelson Rockefeller to make the film to help support the war effort, and was sent down to Brazil to shoot the footage on location. RKO quickly cut the funding for the project after dissatisfaction with the way the project was being run. All the footage shot by Welles was locked up in the RKO vaults, and for many years was believed to be lost, until it resurfaced in 1993. The original documentary would have consisted of three short pieces, My Friend Bonito, Carnaval, and Four Men on a Raft."
-Orson Welles

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During the Salesforce.com DreamForce conference this year (disclosure, Salesforce covered my travel and expenses to attend), the company announced Wave, it's so-called "analytics cloud" product. Wave fills a significant gap in Salesforce's arsenal, indeed at last year's event I asked CEO Marc Benioff directly about the obvious failings in the analytics area. He was naturally vague, and this year we saw that issue amended.
What fascinated me about the launch however were the discussions in the analyst room afterwards. These discussions were typified by some cantankerous and, frankly, arrogant industry pundits pouring scorn on Wave because it didn't meet some bar they unilaterally set for products to be considered analytics. "It's just visualizations" was a common refrain. Don't get me wrong, those claiming that Wave is (in this iteration at least) more visualization that it is true analytics are largely correct. But the key thing here is that it really doesn't matter. And a look at the Wave opportunity, and partner demands, shows why.
After I wrote a story detailing Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's "accidental" leaking of the Wave news, I jumped on an airplane for 12 hours to travel to the event. When I landed there were close to 100 emails in my inbox from partners and customers about Wave. A handful of these were from vendors that one can class as damaged by the introduction of Wave. These customers were quick to point out the failings of the product, and the holes in its functionality. The other 90% of emails however were effusive in their praise – detailing just how important this move is, how it fills a need that exists right now and how it will be leveraged by customers and partners alike.
Maybe it's because Wave was an unusual Salesforce launch in that it meets a current need rather than a future one. When Chatter was introduced, for example, Salesforce had to spend significant time explaining why enterprise social networking was of any importance to customers. The pricing didn't help any but uptake was slow for reasons beyond economics – customers didn't know what it was and how to use it.
Wave is fundamentally different to that – every Salesforce customer can use good visualizations on their data today. There's no learning curve or aspirational story to tell here – it fills a hole that was obviously apparent. Maybe the collected punditry find it hard to accept a Salesforce that is, unusually, skating to where the puck is today, rather than where it will be tomorrow.
Some partner quotes indicate the opportunity here for customers and partners alike. From George Mathew, COO of data analytics company Alteryx:
It's exciting to see Salesforce introduce an analytics cloud that's more naturally embedded to their product suite. From a business standpoint, these capabilities drive more stickiness to their platform… Data blending is one of the hottest areas of growth in the analytics market; we see a natural affinity to the dashboarding and visual analysis in Salesforce Wave
Ray Smith, CE of Datahug:
We are entering the era of data-driven sales. Wave is a confirmation of that trend and will help to make it accessible to a much wider population… partners provide insights from lead scoring (Infer) to customer success (Gainsight). A combination of analytics will provide more nuanced and accurate results. For example an Inside Sales
Teamcould start their day with leads with a high Infer score but a low Datahug Communications Score, in other words high potential leads with whom the team has had little contact. In Customer Success, a low Communication Score could be combined with other metrics to predict which customers need more attention to ensure that they will renew
Rob Hull, Adaptive founder and chairman:
The Salesforce Wave Analytics announcement underscores the fact that cloud, mobile, social, and analytics are driving forces in business software today. But these forces go way beyond sales. They affect the entire company, from R&D, to operations, to HR, to – our company's focus – finance and accounting. It's exciting to see companies of all sizes taking advantage of cloud business analytics to transform their management cultures, accelerate growth, and improve competitiveness
Dev Patel, CEO of BitYota:
The focus is on user experience for the "rest of us", i.e. not traditional data analysts, but every day business users. Salesforce analytics capabilities have historically been limited and this is a step forward to address that
Gaurav Rewari, CEO fo Numerify:
Just as in the on-premises world, business intelligence and enterprise performance management emerged as an overlay market on top of key, fragmented operational applications. Similarly we are seeing the mainstreaming of cloud analytics, as indicated by Salesforce Wave, in the second chapter of the cloud adoption by businesses.
You get the idea – Wave fills an important gap, provides significant partner opportunity and delivers real value to customers. What's not to like?
Of course there are issues – Wave's pricing ('builder' pricing at $250/user/month and 'explorer' pricing at $125/user/month) is steep. It's not at a level that screams "deploy to all of your users" from the rooftops. Wave also lacks a lot of robustness when it comes to actually loading external data – this is a task that Salesforce is currently farming out to third party partners – Informatica for example. But these are short term issues – Salesforce will iterate on the pricing and build out the functional robustness of the product.
In the mean time it will be adopted (albeit probably less widely than Salesforce likely hopes for) and will materially add to Salesforce revenues. More importantly it will create another series of partners and products that leverage the Salesforce platform to deliver value to customers. That's what an ecosystem looks like and Salesforce has proven that when it comes to creating ecosystems, it is a force to be reckoned with.


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Good News From Brazil
SOURCE: World Federation of Chiropractic
Beginning in early 2007, 95,000 Brazilian physiotherapists, through their national regulatory board, the Council of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists (COFFITO), attempted to seize control of the Chiropractic Profession, by trying to pass a law stating that chiropractic was a (sub)specialty of physiotherapy.
This presented a serious problem for the 200 Brazilian chiropractors, because at that time the practice of chiropractic was not regulated by law, even though the Brazilian Chiropractors' Association (ABQ) had been working tirelessly since 2001 to pass that legislation.
Fortunately the World Federation of Chiropractic with the support of it's President Gerard W. Clum, D.C., provided significant financial support, to help fund their struggle.
Finally, on March 3, 2009, Federal Judge Diana Brunstein ruled strongly in favor of the ABQ. "Chiropractic is a profession not a technique", says Judge Brunstein, and "PT authorities should not seek to declare it a specialty of physiotherapy". An appeal by CREFITO, asking to remove an earlier court injunction against CREFITO was denied.
You can learn more about this case at the World Federation of Chiropractic website.


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Energy Centre Focus: 5th Centre – throat and 4th Centre – back of the heart between the shoulder blades
Endocrine Glands effected: thyroid and thymus
Underlying Emotions and False Beliefs: You are determined to be "heard' and that you are basically "right" so a stubbornness is present in you which can refuse to relinquish itself to other peoples thoughts. This is not something new though as you would of started out like this in life and gradually built up this resistance in order to survive and make your world "safe". Controlling your environment and your world is important to you when you feel vulnerable but also to ensure that you fit in, you have found it necessary to voice a strong will and opinion of your own in the group!
The challenge with this manner of living and thinking, is that it cuts you off from internal inspiration and access to the spiritual world within you. When you do get ideas from within or suggestions from another, you are more likely to express a reason why they won't work and wind up not pursuing it. It you do pursue the idea and it doesn't work, then you can deflect blame and responsibility elsewhere. The throat and neck is considered to be the higher Mind and Will of the Soul that governs over your own evolving Ego intellect and Ego will; if we allow it too. The Ego needs to get out of the way of the governing Mind and Will with a malleable and fluidic grace of receiving.
The emotional false beliefs often found in the stiff neck and throat difficulties are fear and insecurity. When you do your projects and jobs it is often with a powerful drive and "I'll do it" attitude, that may not always welcome another person to your side of the equation without an itching to control the project in some way or do things your way only.
Counsel and Steps to Healing: Your world can be a very safe and exciting place to explore without concern of feeling vulnerable or insecure. Start to hear the words of those who praise you and your gifts and make note of what your positive qualities are. As you get more and more comfortable with that which you enjoy, and are eager to become even more efficient at, you can focus more of your time and energy developing it. Be open to further ideas and stimulating impressions of thought when meditating or reflecting on future advancements in your gift and skill. Dream BIG! Ask others you trust how you can develop your own personal expression and start to research and network around on it.
Learn to accept life's limitations if imposed upon you by others that are currently seen as adverse to you and instead focus and act on what you CAN do. As you grow in what you CAN do you may be surprised to learn that what you originally thought was blocked to you, starts to open up. Believe in yourself and be kind and open to accept that there are some great ideas to be explored when offered. Learn to listen as well. Listen to those with experience but also listen to those who offer a timely observation and sharing.
Practice yoga postures that help the upper back and neck or engage in physical exercises that gently stretch your neck muscles and upper back/shoulders. Sometimes swimming is beneficial.
Meditation can open a whole new world to you and when you begin with the imagination you can grow from there to create solid and direct lines of communication with your Inner Self; the Master within.
Naturally breathing is a number ONE priority with you as you would be cutting yourself short if you did not engage in a breathing practice that offered you expansion of the upper chest and back/shoulders. Over a period of time you will find yourself loosening up the neck and a peaceful enjoyment of life will settle in. If headaches accompany this neck issue – have a look at the section under H – Headaches as well.
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Join the Pinnacle Ski Club and get access to the most fun you can have in Pittsfield, Maine this winter. Just download the application form, complete it and email to email@example.com with your payment.
The Pinnacle offers:
- Free Ski School where all ages can learn to ski or snowboard
- Skiing under the lights on Friday and Wednesday nights
- Annual Ski Equipment Sale
- Annual Bud Dow Ski Race
- Special Ski Deals
- Main slope with 600 foot rope tow
- Bunny hill with rope tow
- Headwall and small side trails
- Ski lodge with kitchen
- Slope lighting
- Snowboard jumps
- Skating Rink
Pinnacle Ski Club Membership Costs:
Family $60
Couples $40
Individual $20
After December 20th Membership rates are:
Family $75
Couples $50
Individual $30
* Family Memberships are for a family of 5. Family Memberships are for immediate family members only.
** In order to keep our rates at their traditionally low levels, Members are expected to contribute 10 hours of volunteer service
- Volunteer Signup Sheet
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- 2018-2019 MEMBERSHIP Form.pdf
· Download the brochure.
Membership Forms are also located in Main Lodge and at our Facebook Group.
Pinnacle Ski Club Board Members
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Vice-President /Slope Manager
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Mar. 15, 2020 Update:
The QRMF organizing committee is very disappointed to have to cancel this year's festival, due to national and provincial health concerns and advisories regarding the spread of the Corona Virus. The concert on April 19 is also cancelled. We will look forward to being back in 2021, and wish everyone good health in the next few weeks and months, until this pandemic has passed.
Celebrating 52 Years of Excellence
Welcome to the 52nd annual Quinte Rotary Music Festival, being held April 20 - 24, 2020. We are very much looking forward to your participation and the continued success of this long-standing event.
A partnership between the Rotary Clubs of Belleville, Trenton and Quinte Sunrise makes it possible for this festival to move forward each year. We are proud of this opportunity to create a platform to showcase the musical talents of the youth in our community.
The passion, dedication and commitment of the participants are clearly evident in the excellence of their performance. It is most encouraging to see the active participation each year of the students and their families. It is a testimony to the importance of music in the lives of our young people. It is their interest and involvement that makes for the continued success of this festival.
We have developed this website to allow participants to register and pay online. A "Hall of Fame" page will highlight the accomplishments or our young people and will be accessible worldwide for the benefit of the family outside the community.
Participants and music teachers are requested to note the changes in the rules and the deadline date of February 1st for registration this year. We also request that you keep open the dates for the Silver Trophy Competitions (Friday, April 24) and the Concert of Stars (Wednesday, May 6), as you may be invited to perform in these.
We also wish to invite you to attend a special "Musical Gifts" concert at Bridge Street United Church on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., a fund raiser for the awards for QRMF and Bridge Street Church's Musical Arts program. Participants will be local music teachers, past prize winners from the QRMF, local choral groups and BSUC musicians, and special guest, Dr. John Burge, our piano adjudicator for 2020. A free will offering is the price of admission to what promises to be a delightful afternoon of music.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's festival.
John Chisholm, Chair
Quinte Rotary Music Festival 2020


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Sometimes resolving a workplace annoyance means a blunt, and embarrassing, conversation with someone who means no harm. Here's how.
Q: I work in a small office. My boss has made a habit of bouncing a tennis ball every time she is on the phone, which is a lot. It's very annoying. Lately, she's also gotten into the step-tracking fitness craze, so she walks around the office on her cellphone bouncing that damned ball. There is no refuge. How do I deal with this without causing any animosity? — Anonymous
Q: I work in a 10-person branch of a large organization. Three of us work in a small space. One co-worker often has a strong, unpleasant body odor that permeates our space. He is completely oblivious to this. This has been a problem for years. Complicating matters is that we are very fond of him, and he is by nature emotionally fragile. How can we discuss this with him without causing crushing embarrassment? — Susan
Q: My office is plagued by a colleague's constant throat clearing, coupled with an odd, hiccup noise. Everyone is distracted and annoyed by this. But because it may be a compulsion or tic, and therefore a medical issue, no one has asked him to stop, if he even could. How can we deal with this? — Anonymous
A: The Workologist receives many inquiries related to "annoying" co-workers — people who mean no harm but have some habit or characteristic that others find bothersome. The examples above collectively reflect the core question that's always in the background: Is there some way to handle this without an unpleasant conversation?
The short answer is no. But a more detailed answer may help anyone facing a similar situation determine how, exactly, to proceed. So for assistance, I talked to several experts who have thought about handling such conversations, each from a distinct perspective.
One approach can be ruled out immediately.
"Notes on the windshield are not acceptable," says Edward Yost, HR business partner at the Society for Human Resource Management, a trade organization.
An anonymous missive may not make its point, and will most likely leave the target feeling embarrassed and alienated.
Start by considering the situation from the point of view of whoever is bugging you. Imagine that some workaday facet of your existence gets on everyone else's nerves.
"How would you want someone to bring it to your attention?" Yost said.
In the case of a cough that could indeed be a medical problem, the person is probably as aware of the issue as you are and would stop if he could. It might be more productive, then, to think in terms of how to mitigate the effects — wearing headphones, talking to a manager about how your desks are arranged, and so on.
Next, figure out whether the matter should be handled by you or by a manager or human resources department. In general, you should try to address an annoyance — as opposed to something like harassment — yourself.
"If you go to your manager first, she's very likely to say, 'Have you tried talking to this person?'" said Alison Green, author of "Ask a Manager"and the work-advice site of the same name.
But there are exceptions, she added, and the body odor example probably qualifies. Whether you're addressing an awkward issue as a manager or a peer, acknowledge the awkwardness up front, said Jayson Dibble, a professor at Hope College who studies social interaction. Then underscore that you value the person you're talking to, and emphasize statements that begin with "I" rather than "you."
"This is a statement of the behavior you're noticing, followed by how that behavior makes you feel, along with any personal consequences resulting from the behavior," he said. "'I feel frustrated' or 'I've noticed' — you're not blaming the other person, you're describing the way you feel."
Green suggested a related tactic.
"Couch the problem in terms of your own idiosyncrasies," she said. "'For some reason, that bouncing-ball noise makes it hard for me to concentrate.'"
That signals that you're working together to solve an issue.
When the annoying behavior is from someone who outranks you, you'll need to exercise additional judgment. If the boss is thin-skinned, you may have to let it go. If you think you can discuss the problem, emphasize the business-related implications. It should be more "this hurts our productivity" and less "this really bugs me," as Yost put it. Think in advance about the exact words you'll use, and consider practicing with someone you trust.
The good news, Yost added, is that it often turns out that people appreciate it when an issue they weren't aware of, but can remedy, is respectfully brought to their attention. But that is no guarantee.
And as Green wisely observed, "annoying" problems are "part of the package of working with other humans." So instead of obsessing, decide whether the issue is worth a difficult conversation.
"If you're not willing to do that," she said, "it might be worth asking yourself how much the thing really matters to you."


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Republican senators reaches reducing student loan interest rates
A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has drafted a tentative deal to restore lower interest rates for student borrowers, a Senate aide close to the group tells Fox News.
The deal, which will likely be announced Thursday, is the latest in a string of attempts to undo a rate hike that doubled the interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans on July 1. It was unclear how much the deal would cost or whether the Senate would agree to it, after at least one previous deal was scuttled due to its high cost.
The deal would offer students lower interest rates through the 2015 academic year but then rates were expected to climb above where they were when students left campus this spring.
The interest rates would be linked to the financial markets but Democrats won a protection for students that rates would never climb higher than 8.25 percent for undergraduate students. Graduate students would not pay rates higher than 9.5 percent and parents' rates would top out at 10.5 percent.
Lawmakers from both parties have called the rate hike senseless but differed on how to restore the lower rates.
The House has already passed student loan legislation that also links interest rates to the 10-year Treasury note. The differences between the Senate and House versions are expected to be resolved before students return to campus this fall.
Few students have borrowed for fall classes. Students typically do not take out loans until just before they return to campus and Congress had until they left for the August recess to restore the lower rates.
The tentative deal was estimated to reduce the deficit by $715 million over the next decade.
Undergraduates last year borrowed at 3.4 percent or 6.8 percent rates, depending on their financial need. Graduate students had access to federal loans at 6.8 percent and parents borrowed at 7.9 percent.
Under the tentative deal, all undergraduates this fall would borrow at 3.85 percent interest rates. Graduate students would have access to loans at 5.4 percent and parents would be able to borrow at 6.4 percent.
However, if the economy improves as congressional economists predict, rates would climb in coming years. The proposed compromise reached Wednesday evening would limit how high those rates could go, although all were higher than the current fixed levels.
Lawmakers from both parties met with President Obama and Vice President Biden on Tuesday at the White House. An outline of an agreement seemed to be taking shape Tuesday, with follow-up meetings Wednesday in Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois' office yielding a final agreement.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina were the main negotiators, with Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Durbin filling the role of mediators.
via Bipartisan group of senators reaches deal on student loan interest rates | Fox News.


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My old doc had me take Geodon as my mood stabilizer and it didn't really calm me until I got to 120mg. Then it was just a crap shoot if I was really stable.
Now I'm using Trileptal as my mood stabilizer, which makes me depressed (which my new doc says "that's what a mood stabilizer does") , so we have to think "outside the box" for something to lift the depression. All traditional mood stabilizers depress me. So I don't mind taking them and adding a med for depression. But THAT'S where the problem comes in.
So we're trying low dose Geodon for depression since I have terrible side effects from SSRIs. I have a serious bladder problem, so antidepressants are VERY painful to my bladder. Must have something to do with how the serotonin hits.
Which brings us to other meds that might boost my mood. I've been told I have a bit of OCD and ADD.
Adderall was great, but gave me fits of rage, so did Ritalin even in small doses. I have to be real careful. Just 5mg of these meds kicked my OCD into overdrive and then lookout when it wore off! Plus, I couldn't sleep. Wellbutrin even does this to me.
I couldn't get over 100mg of Lamictal because I got the weird gum sores in my mouth (and it never stabilized me). Gave me insomnia.
Great thing about Geodon is that I can finally sleep! I've had problems sleeping for 25 years.
Trrileptal is good (except for the bad vision) but I can wear reading glasses.
So, basically, a miracle drug for me would be one that knocks me out and lifts my depression and gives me motivation. Hard to find in one drug.
My husband likes me on Geodon. He says I haven't been this nice in years. Not to give too much info, but I'm more affectionate, more open to sex and more patient. I really am like a different, nicer person.
My old doc said that metformin might help with the hunger pains (it does) if I take it at night. I think Geodon this time is giving me hyperglycemia - didn't last time.
As far as feeling manic or too hyper. I've stopped all caffeine and am trying either 1mg Klonopin in the afternoon or I may take a small dose of Trileptal at lunch to keep the Geodon from getting me too high. I notice I'm having akathesia at night with Geodon so I have to take 2mg Klonopin. Maybe I'll try Benadryl? I don't know if this goes away?
My current doc wants me to "power through" the depression. Easy for her to say. Call me when YOU haven't showered in 5 days!
I'm only on 600mg of Trileptal. This is far below the "therapeutic" dose. So if I have to up it a tiny bit to accommodate Geodon, maybe that's the way. I don't know anymore.
I used to sleep great on Seroquel too, but I was a monster the next day. Abilify was great, so was Zyprexa (zyprexa was the best!) but both made me fat.
Something about those AAPs that make me sleep awesome!
So, in summary, maybe there is a med I'm missing? Does Buspar help depression or would it effect my badder same as an SSRIS? I know a lot of you disagree with AAPs for depression and I totally get that. But at this point I'll be a lab rat and try anything.
Maybe it's stupid (like my doc thinks) to up Trileptal to counter any daytime hyperness Geodon might give? Maybe a dose of metformin at night will keep me from raiding the fridge at 3:30 in the morning?
This all seems so ridiculous. I want to sleep at night and be happy and enthusiastic during the day. Same as us all. All with taking a mood stabilizer.
Sometimes I wonder if my body chemistry got all screwed up when I was 20 and a doc put me on Prozac, then 100mg of Zoloft. I was young and flying high with coffee in the morning and alcohol at night (typical 20-something).
I wonder if all those years of SSRIs didn't induce or make worse my already anxiety/depression/rage cycles. Maybe not. Just born that way.
PLEASE give me your input. Thank you!
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Enjoy outdoor adventures and family fun at the annual fall festival
South Walton Community Council is pleased to announce their 10th Annual Back To Nature Festival October 14-16, 2011. The cool fall season and natural beauty of South Walton are the perfect backdrop for the annual festival. Each fall South Walton Community Council hosts the Back to Nature Festival to inspire visitors and locals alike to discover the wonders of our unique coastal environment.
• Opening Night Party on Oct. 14 in the Backyard of Love located at Hibiscus Coffee and Guesthouse in Grayton Beach. Enjoy a low country boil, live music under the stars and preview the silent auction items.
• Enjoy Outdoor Adventures with experienced guides Oct. 15 – 16. Sunrise meditation, Deer Lake shorebird and beach walk, Peach Creek kayak tour, Stand up paddling at Grayton Beach State Park, wildflower and butterfly hike in Pt. Washington State Forest, longleaf Greenway trail bike cruise, astronomy walk at Grayton Beach State Park, tracking the wild critters at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Western Lake kayak tour, forest ecology hike and Hogtown Bayou sunset paddle.
Learn about wildlife and more at the Back To Nature Festival. Lori Ceier/Walton Outdoors
Most outdoor adventure events are about two hours long and cost $10 unless otherwise noted.
• Explore Nature at Grayton Beach State Park on Saturday, Oct. 15th. Walton Outdoors will be hosting a hands-on day geared towards introducing children to the wonders of exploring the outdoors. Activities include learning to fish in the Gulf with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, rod/reel giveaways, kayaking and YOLO boarding on Western Lake, a guided hike along the sand dune trail, sea life touch tank, Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge wildlife exhibit and interactive activities.
This event is free and geared for children ages 6 and up.
• Celebrate Nature at the Seaside Amphitheater on Saturday, Oct. 15th. Live music from Chris Alvarado, E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center wildlife exhibits, Choctawhatchee Audubon, Florida State Parks exhibits, Shoal Sanctuary, local community groups, arts and crafts for the kids, green business exhibits, demonstrations, farmers market and silent auction.
• Silent Auction Saturday, Oct. 15th at the Seaside Amphitheater. Bid on great items with proceeds going to the South Walton Community Council.
• Art Show at the Hidden Lantern Gallery Sept. 26 – Oct. 29. Located at Rosemary Beach, "The Jewels of 30A," a juried art show, will feature artwork inspired by our globally rare and imperiled coastal dune lakes. Artwork will be available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds supporting the South Walton Community Council.
For more information and registration, go to www.SouthWaltonCC.org.


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Big city amenities and a small town feeling make for a winning combination in the upstate New York city of Syracuse. Many visitors come to Syracuse for its natural wonders, as it is the gateway to New York's popular Finger Lakes region. Between skiing the slopes in the winter or checking out fall foliage, tourists should visit the area's distinctive museums and galleries.
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science
Known around town as MOST, this interactive museum highlights different disciplines in the area of science. Galleries on five floors offer hands-on experiments, activities and games for children of all ages. Permanent and major touring shows provide insight into earth science, light, sound, motion, cells, bacteria and more. A labyrinth and climbing wall provide physical challenges. Visit the Bristol IMAX Omnitheater for the latest large screen cinema experience. Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science 500 S. Franklin St. Syracuse, New York 13202 315-425-9068 most.org
Erie Canal Museum
A complex comprised of a museum, heritage center and garden showcases regional history, culture and natural wonders. Board the Frank B. Thomson Line Boat, a full-scale replica of a line boat, to hear audio recordings describing life on the Erie Canal. The Penny Postcard Arcade presents vintage postcards with scenes of Syracuse and the Erie Canal. Other period displays and recreations include a Weighmaster's Office, the Uniquely Syracuse Room, the Tavern, a pottery collection, an 1800s general store, Stonecutter's Shed and a 19th-century theater stage. Erie Canal Museum 318 Erie Boulevard E. Syracuse, New York 13202 315-471-0593 eriecanalmuseum.org
Everson Museum of Art
One of the star architectural attractions of Syracuse, this American art museum boasts architecture designed by I.M. Pei. With 11,000 objects on view, visitors should see the collection highlights, most notably the permanent holdings in ceramics. In 1916, curators purchased several porcelain creations from art potter Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and continued to acquire more over the years. In addition, the museum has extensive pieces by artists in the Hudson River School, tonalist, American impressionist and early modernist groups. Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, New York 13202 315-474-6064 everson.org
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Suzuki DL 250X V-Strom
Make Model
Four stroke,
Max Power
24.7 hp / 18.4 kW @ 8000 rpm
Max Torque
17.3 lb-ft / 23.4 Nm @ 6500 rpm
Front Suspension
Rear Suspension
Front Brakes
Single disc ABS
Rear Brakes
Front Tyre
110 / 80-17
Rear Tyre
Fuel Capacity
The V-Strom 250 boasts Suzuki's frugal-yet-punchy 248cc parallel twin engine,
delivering 23.4Nm of torque at 6,500rpm, with peak power of 25PS delivered at
8,000rpm. However, the new V-Strom's trump card is its efficiency, with the twin
cylinder engine capable of achieving 88.28mpg.
Designed to excel on the urban commute as well as a continental adventure,
the V-Strom 250 gets a useful, full LCD dash, displaying a fuel gauge, average
fuel consumption, gear position indicator, two trip meters, odometer, oil change
notification, tacho, speedo, and a clock.
Adding protection from the elements on longer journeys is an extensively wind
tunnel-tested screen and bodywork, while adding practicality is a range of
accessories, including three-piece luggage, hand guards, and centre stand.
Designed to Perform
The V-Strom 250 is equally at home in city traffic as the open road. This new
model delivers plenty of power and easy to control low to mid-range torque.
Built for Adventure
Suzuki's V-Strom series has won the hearts of riders around the world and
established itself as one of the leading names in the adventure motorcycle
segment since the V-Strom 1000 debuted in 2002 and the V-Strom 650 joined the
line-up in 2004. Suzuki now brings the same excitement, riding pleasure and
adventure versatility to a broader audience; riders who are buying their first
motorcycle, riders returning to two wheels after a long absence, riders looking
for a more manageable lightweight machine and many others too.
Maximum Acceleration
The cam profile for the V-Strom 250 delivers maximum acceleration performance
at speeds between 12mph to 55mph, as this is the range that is used most often.
As an additional benefit, the cam profile also suppresses noise generation to
deliver a smoother, more pleasant ride.
Highly efficient, lightweight exhaust system
The two-into-one exhaust system for the V-Strom 250 features an optimised
shape for the chamber in front of the catalyser. This maximises acceleration
performance at mid-range speeds, while the efficiency of the system also reduces
exhaust emissions. The silencer adopts a shape that contributes to better engine
output and torque by reducing power loss. It delivers a pleasing sound while its
design also contributes to better cornering.
New V-Strom Engine
The 248cc parallel twin engine that powers the V-Strom 250 has undergone
thorough analysis and optimisation to maximise low- to mid-range torque and
provide a powerful ride that features ease of control. The overall efficiency
achieved also helps realise high levels of fuel economy and clean performance.
With a full tank of fuel, the V-Strom 250 has a riding range of over 310 miles.
Wheels, Tyres and Brakes
The flair of newly designed 10-spoke wheels pairs with tyres that provide
strong grip on the road. Stopping power is provided by petal-type front and rear
disc brakes. An Antilock Brake System (ABS)¹ made by Bosch is also equipped to
deliver yet greater confidence and control.
Accessory – Luggage
The V-Strom also features dedicated mounting clips to accommodate the
optional accessory side cases for a truly integrated design. There is also a
large aluminium rear carrier (8.5kg maximum capacity) that is perfect for
mounting extra items you wish to carry, it's fitted with hooks for attaching
straps and this unit can also be used for attaching the optional accessory top
case too.
Adventure Packed
The V-Strom 250 protects its rider from the elements with a compact
windscreen that benefits from repeated wind tunnel testing to optimise its
shape, providing highly effective shielding for a more comfortable ride.


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40 spices hummus
Servings 5 cups
I've been making hummus off an on since 1998, with many techniques and recipes. For awhile I got lazy and started buying store bought – I became particularly fond of 40 spice hummus by Tribe, and then they stopped carrying it, which prompted me to start making my own again, and to try to replicate the recipe. I used to use canned chickpeas, but have decided that starting with dried chickpeas is worth the effort to produce really smooth hummus. Another trick is to add a little baking soda while cooking the chickpeas – that seems to make them break down and end up really smooth. This recipe only has about 25 spices if you count the individual spices in the garam masala, but it's close enough in my book.
Whole Spices
Ground spices
Soak the dried chickpeas (either overnight in cold water, or use the quick soak method of boiling for 1 minute then resting for 1-2 hours).
Cook the chickpeas in 4-6 cups water and the salt in a pressure cooker for about an hour. Then let it come down from pressure and add the garlic and baking soda, and cook until the chickpeas have completely fallen apart, and most of the liquid is gone.
While the chickpeas are cooling off a bit, add the whole spices into a small pan, and toast over medium-heat for about 5 minutes, shaking frequently. Toasting the whole spices makes them much easier to grind in a mortar or pestle or spice grinder.
Put the chickpea mixture into a large food processor and start processing. Add in the olive oil, lime juice, and tahini. Then add in all the spices, and continue processing until fully mixed. You may need to add a little water if it is too thick for your taste. Note that it will thicken up a bit in the refrigerator. It tastes best if you give it a day or so for the flavors to mingle. Will keep up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.


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Delhi: Communities of Belonging by noted photographers Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh offers a powerful series of more than 150 photographs and companion first-person texts, which together present an unprecedented portrait of LGBTQ people's lives in India today. Focusing on the city of Delhi, Gupta and Singh chronicle the halting emergence of networks of men and women living under the shadow of stigma and criminalized behavior – in a country where anti-sodomy laws dating back to the British Empire were recently struck down, only to be reaffirmed in a surging wave of homophobia.
The New Press / Diverse Humanity Delhi: Communities of Belonging
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Allocate dedicated IP address to a member
If a member wants a dedicated IP on one of our shared servers, these are the steps for setting it up.
Tasks that require administrator rights
- Allocated the IP by editing the how-to/servers/add_ip_allocation page, putting the member domain name next to the next available IP address. Make sure the IP Address is located in the same colo-center as the server!
Xen or standalone server or KVM virtual server
- Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces on the machine in which the account is hosted. Add a stanza like the following (summup.org is the domain name of hosting order. The Address and netmask should reflect the address and netmask of the record you took from the IP allocation page):
auto eth0:summup.org iface eth0:summup.org inet static address 22.214.171.124 netmask 255.255.255.240
- Bring the new IP up with (change summup.org to the domain name that you used):
sudo ifup eth0:summup.org
For references, see linux-vserver.org faq.
- Add the following files on the vserver host in /etc/vservers/name-of-vserver/interfaces/name-of-interface/ (name-of-interface will typically be a number, like 1, 2, 3, etc.)
- dev (the contents of this file should be eth0, eth1, eth2, etc. depending on the name of the network device on the host, probably eth0)
- ip (the contents of this file is the IP address being assigned)
- prefix (the contents is the network prefix, for example, 27 for a /27 address)
- To make it live without restarting the vserver, run the following on the host (not guest):
- Add it via ip (change values as needed):
ip addr add 188.8.131.52/24 dev eth0
- Add the ip to the guest's network context (a guests NID is the same as the XID {context ID})
naddress --add --nid <nid> --ip 22.214.171.124/24
- Enter the guest and restart any services needing the IP address
- Add it via ip (change values as needed):
Tasks that only require member level permissions
- Modify the DNS records via the members control panel (DNS service).
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Diana M. Raab - Listening to Africa - Spotlight
About the Book
Poet Diana M. Raab travels to the heart of Africa with her family to experience the beauty and fascination of another world. During her safari, she observes the distress, the delight, and the dignity of the humans and animals who live there and parallels them with her own quest for health.
48-Hour Travel
Should you decide
to take a safari here
you might want to consider
packing some meager comforts of home,
even though they will do little
to protect you from
such haunting newness.
But still, take a two-day supply of patience,
ear plugs, sleeping pills, a few good books,
a thick journal and a pound of prevention,
the comprehensive pill bag
with compartments for each ail.
If you plan on foreign intimacy,
don't rely on public bathrooms
to supply your protection—
be prepared with your own custom size.
For game rides, snatch volumes
of insect repellant and sunscreen
and a wrinkled ribbed hat,
to shield your neck
from the last blow
of the jungle's sunset
in this place which will
remind you of the reason for living.
Digestive Paranoia
All drinks and foods
echo travelogue warnings,
specified by tropical disease doctors
written with daunting stories
of the perils of lifelong parasites
and flat admonishments
about this disease-infested land.
I reflect upon the Aztecs and Indians
decimated by steel and germs
and I fear the revenge of the aborigines
passed out invisibly during handshakes,
while my latent cancer cells
which I carry in my mind and marrow,
must never be awakened
under the stars of this dark continent.
I slip through my day
and suckle from sealed bottles
with an ongoing digestive paranoia.
Mischievous Monkeys
This morning as I sat reading my book
inside the empty breakfast tent,
my eyes caught some stirrings
on a buffet of exotic cheeses.
A family of funny monkeys
from a neighboring tree were tempted
by this edible fermentation, as they
sprang themselves onto
the decorated elongated table.
I stood up and tip-toed in their direction.
After another monkey spotted me
and stared deep into my green eyes,
warning me to leave, he tossed
himself onto a nearby branch,
cheese dangling from his primate mouth.
The hostess announced her presence
and clapped them away while another rascal
dropped slippery green grapes to the ground
and scurried up yet another tree.
He glanced back at me like a naughty child
who understands a forehead
written with punishment,
like the one given to my children
during their own mischievous moments.
Here in this African jungle,
I do not want to be a parent—
all I want to do is chuckle
and slowly sip my coffee
and skip along with my day.
Disease Dance
While traveling this continent,
my safari pants' pockets
brim with Western remedies
to fend off threatened diseases
as germs and parasites conspire against me
within the waters and dense canopies.
We breathe and touch
strange sleeping and sucking ails,
unknown and unspeakable
on every fearsome occasion.
I reach down for the disinfectant
but do not want to touch the spot
laden with lurking dangers.
Under my breath I give thanks
to all the scientists who stand single file
awaiting kudos for their
germ-killing chemicals
nestled between me and the fatal demons.
Dung Beetles
It is an early Botswana morning
and the dew clings to the mellow marsh.
Through our binoculars
we scan for animals, while our driver
points down to dung beetle tracks.
As a city girl, I see only a bare swamp,
until this round tennis-ball-size
mound of mud transports itself
across a closed concave path.
While my naked eyes morph into magnifiers,
the beetle pushes along, as his female
clings for life onto the perimeter of this ball
of elephant dung once mistaken for mud.
Mr. Dung rolls his straight school ruler's edge line,
and he advances as fast as he can.
As he propels forth his breeding ground,
I wonder what it might look like
if I rolled my king-sized bed up Fifth Avenue
during my own mating season.
Departure Morning
As we gather our belongings
hunched over suitcases
set for the trip home, I glance
down at my five pairs of safari shorts,
warm wool socks and rain jackets
and wonder about their future use.
At breakfast we hear our guide
speak of once-a-month ten dollar bus rides
to visit families, and my heart
bleeds into his story
as I realize how there is really little we can do
to redress his life here in Zimbabwe
where houses are vandalized, burned
and run down and where natives
labor long hours for food
or clothing and where currency
holds no meaning.
I march to my tent and grab
the laundry basket hidden beneath my bed
to pile my safari clothes, folded in neat piles.
I tromp up the hill grasping its handles
to tell our guide that my stuff is for his people.
He turns around and hugs me tight
and with a shattered sense of love says,
"You made me a spiritual millionaire!"—
And I feel my blood bubble with joy.
Trip Summary
You can have the Bahamas, Figi, and Belize.
You can have Club Med and Pebble Beach Golf Resort.
Now, the only place that tugs me is a
faraway world with hidden surprises,
where barefoot young pilots
land and take off on short gravel runways
as sweat drips from my brow of curiosity.
So return the fluffy softened towels,
perfumed personally wrapped soaps,
roll-on suitcases and collapsible luggage racks
and take in nature singing at sunrise,
lighting the dance of barefoot smiling maids
lugging buckets of homemade detergents
down long winding wooden paths,
fresh-baked breads and open markets.
They will bestow you with memories
guaranteed to make you weep, even
if you live your time there in unforgettable fear.
Listening to Africa can be purchased at:
Antrim House
Price: $16.00 paperback
Pages: 80
Release: April 18, 2012
About the Author
Diana M. Raab is a memoirist, essayist and poet. She has a B.S. in Health Administration and Journalism, and an RN degree from Vanier College in Montreal, in addition to an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Spalding University's Low-Residency Program.
Diana has been writing from an early age. As a child of two working parents, she spent a lot of time crafting letters and keeping a daily journal. A journaling advocate and educator, Diana teaches creative journaling and memoir in workshops around the country. She frequently speaks and writes about the healing powers of writing.
She's the award-winning author of eight books, and the author of over 500 articles and poems. Her release is Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Depression, co-edited with James Brown, which is a compilation of essays by renowned writers discussing how addiction has influenced their literary lives. She is also editor of Writers and Their Notebooks, a collection of essays written by well-known writers who keep journals.
Raab is the author of two memoirs, Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal, winner of the 2008 National Indie Excellence Award for Memoir and Healing With Words, the 2011 Mom's Choice Award Winner for Adult Nonfiction.
She is also a registered nurse who teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and at various writing workshops across the country. She is the author of four poetry collections, My Muse Undresses Me (2007); Dear Anais: My Life in Poems for You (2008), winner of The Reader Views Award and an Allbooks Review Editor's Choice Award; The Guilt Gene (2009); and Listening to Africa (2012).
Her poetry and prose have appeared in national journals and anthologies such as Rattle, Rosebud, Litchfield Review, Tonopah Review, Writers' Journal, A Cafe in Space, the Toronto Quarterly, Common Ground Review, The Smoking Poet, Snail Mail Review, New Mirage Journal, Lucidity, Blood and Thunder, Jet Fuel Review, Ascent, and The Huffington Post.
Links to connect with Diana:
Web Site
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Imagination Technologies Group plc has signed a multi-use license agreement with Texas Instruments Incorporated (""TI"") for a multi-processor solution from Imagination's new POWERVR SGX Series5XT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) IP core family.
TI will deploy the technology in future OMAP platform-based SoC designs for Smartphones and other mobile devices. This collaboration will define a new zenith of graphics performance for mobile platforms which operate at extremely low power.
Imagination's POWERVR technology generates advanced graphics and GPU processing capabilities, which exponentially increase the attraction and usability of user interfaces, the speed of browsers, the realism of games, and the impact of navigation applications. Even more, the enhanced capabilities packaged within the OMAP processor will deliver the aforementioned applications across multiple high resolution screens all while dramatically increasing performance.
Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination says: ""We are delighted to confirm that we have extended our long-standing relationship with TI. Our core technology continues to be vital to the significant and growing success of TI's OMAP processors, an industry leading mobile and embedded SoC platform. This agreement will help Imagination deliver its latest outstanding POWERVR graphics technologies into the hands of device manufacturers, developers and consumers for years to come.""
Remi El-Ouazzane, Vice President and General Manager, OMAP Platform Business Unit, TI says: ""The increasing quantity and sophistication of mobile device applications puts challenging burdens on the industry to enable the superior graphics capabilities with the necessary low power consumption. TI successfully meets those expectations with the integration of Imagination's POWERVR cores.""
About POWERVR Series5XT
Following on from the highly successful POWERVR Series5 SGX cores, members of the POWERVR SGX Series5XT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) IP core family feature significant performance enhancements over the highly successful Series5 architecture used in earlier members of the SGX family of IP cores. All Series5XT SGX cores are based on a second-generation Universal Scalable Shader Engine (USSE2) that delivers significantly higher processing throughput of the earlier Series5 USSE shader engine, as well as other architectural extensions enabling low-power and high-performance for 2D, 3D and general purpose (GP-GPU) processing in either single core or scalable multi-processor (MP) solutions.
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Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG) – a global leader in multimedia and communication silicon technologies – creates and licenses market-leading processor cores for graphics, video, multi-threaded embedded processing/DSP and multi-standard communications applications. These silicon intellectual property (IP) solutions for systems-on-chip (SoC) are complemented by strong array of software tools and drivers as well as extensive developer and middleware ecosystems. Target markets include mobile phone, handheld multimedia, home consumer entertainment, mobile and low-power computing, and in-car electronics. Its licensees include many leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Imagination has corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom, with sales and R&D offices worldwide. See: www.imgtec.com.
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Salman Rushdie is having problems getting people to believe that his Internet self is the same as his human self. When Rushdie joined Twitter a few months ago, the Twitteverse questioned the man behind the @salmanrushdie1 handle. But eventually Rushdie had his account verified by Twitter and got an impostor to hand the over more legitimate @SalmanRushdie account. One social network down, and now another one to go: The world-famous writer is now dealing with Facebook on separate identification issues.
It only took an hour of Twitter complaining, but Facebook has given Rushdie back his proper Facebook identity. Similar to Rushdie's Twitter woes, Rushdie had problems getting people to believe he was the man behind the Salman Rushdie Facebook page. Facebook deactivated the profile until Rushdie proved his identity. After Rushdie handed over his passport, Facebook allowed Rushdie to continue his regular Facebook activities. But in a twist of irony, the social network now won't let him use his name, instead changing the account to reflect the name that appears first on his passport, Ahmed. Rushdie took to Twitter to complain, baiting Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to fix things, again, ironically tweeting at a faux Mark Zuckerberg twitter account. "NOW... They have reactivated my FB page as 'Ahmed Rushdie,'in spite of the world knowing me as Salman. Morons. @MarkZuckerbergF? Are you listening?," Rushdie tweeted.
The whole thing emphasizes the catch-22 of Internet identity. As Rushdie experienced, social networks make impersonation an easy art. And Facebook's strict rules are in his best interest. But at times, these social networks take these policies to a ridiculous level, as Rushdie points out. "Dear #Facebook, forcing me to change my FB name from Salman to Ahmed Rushdie is like forcing J. Edgar to become John Hoover."
Update 3:45: Facebook apologizes to Rushdie for the ordeal in a official statement. "This action was taken in error, and Mr. Rushdie's account has been reactivated with the correct name. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
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A few random thoughts from one of the year's best sports weekends:
• Professional athletes are overpaid. (The sun rises in the east, barbecue ribs are best with dry rub … ) But there are a precious few athletes who earn their eight-figure combined salaries and endorsements. Phil Mickelson is one of them.
Last Friday, I spent a couple of hours following the then-unkown Harris English as he extended his lead at the FedEx St. Jude Classic at Southwind. Playing in a trio with Arjun Atwal and Jason Kokrak, English could have been on a first-name basis with those of us in his "gallery" after four holes. Those of us following a player who reached 10-under-par with a birdie on the 15th hole knew each other's beverage preference before English finished his round.
Then I joined the Mickelson gallery shortly after he teed off at the first hole. There were more than 1,000 golf fans nudging, elbowing, and excusing one another for position to see every shot Lefty took, including one from the pine needles, just beyond the rope on the second hole. (He reached the green through the trees.) Just as rare as a pro athlete earning his keep is the athlete with a visible, tangible case for the value he brings an event. (Honestly, how many fans in the Staples Center can be said to have come just to see Kobe Bryant?) Phil Mickelson brings a crowd. He's a visored pied piper, making a golf tournament a bit more bankable with every appearance.
• Here's a somewhat bewildering FESJC factoid for you. No former Memphis champion has won a major golf tournament since Nick Price —who first won here in 1993 — raised the trophy at the 1994 PGA Championship. (Price also won the British Open a month earlier.) With recent FESJC champs both young and talented — Dustin Johnson is 28, English just 23 — you have to figure this drought will end soon.
• For the first time since 1979 (and only the seventh since the National Hockey League first expanded in 1967), we have a meeting of the Original Six in the Stanley Cup finals. There are few spectacles in team sports this side of the English Premier League that offer the cocktail of history, intensity, and rivalry like a postseason matchup of NHL founding members. The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins playing for the most famous trophy in North America will be heavy drama. Give hockey a chance this week, and you may be hooked for life. (With the Detroit Red Wings moving to the Eastern Conference before next season, five of the Original Six will play in the same conference, making the likelihood of this kind of final series that much more remote.)
• I've got a scientific theory on the 35-year absence of a Triple Crown winner in the sport of kings. (Says the sportswriter with an English degree.) As the fastest and strongest race horses are bred one decade after another, might evolution not result in a "supply" of potential Kentucky Derby winners (or Preakness winners, or Belmont winners) so large that the odds of any single horse being superior over three races in five weeks are impossible to meet? Two of this year's champions — Orb and Oxbow — ran gallant races at Saturday's Belmont, only to lose to Palace Malice, a horse that skipped the Preakness three weeks ago. (Could be a lesson there on added rest for the longest of the Triple Crown tests.) I remain a huge fan of these three events, but am more convinced than ever that Affirmed (in 1978) won the last Triple Crown we'll ever see.
• Looking for a valuable ticket stub? Hop on eBay and find one from the fourth-round match between Rafael Nadal and Robin Soderling at the 2009 French Open. With Nadal winning his eighth title in Paris Sunday, that match against Soderling four years ago is the only one the Spaniard has lost in nine years at Roland Garros. Nadal at the French Open has become the equivalent of Secretariat at the 1973 Belmont.
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Iraqi Christians in peril
"A time is coming when anyone who kills you
will think he is offering a service to God"
- John 16:2
Produced by the Chaldean Church in Beirut, Lebanon
USA distribution by:
Religious Freedom Coalition
The following interview with canon andrew white concerns the same topic. Go here to read the original
If you are a Christian, and your son or daughter was killed because of your faith, what would you do? If your Muslim neighbor came to you and said, "Your daughters must convert to Islam and marry our sons, or we will kill your entire family," how would you respond? "Convert or die" is the message of choice for Islamic jihadists in Baghdad and Iraq who are working overtime to rid Iraq of "infidel" Christians.
I must strongly caution anyone that the following story and contents are extremely graphic, and may be disturbing to anyone reading or sharing them.
On 1 March in Baghdad, I met a man who refuses to give up hope for the future of Iraq's Christians. This is in spite of repeated threats to his life; the kidnappings, extortion, torture, and murder of hundreds of his congregation; and the abductions and subsequent mutilations and murders of his friends who are the few remaining religious leaders in Iraq. On top of all these challenges, the church he pastors has little money to continue to feed and provide medical care and medicine to the 1500+ members of the church he pastors for the most despised, yet often poorest of Baghdad's citizens - Baghdad's Iraqi Christians.
His name is Andrew White, and his official Anglican Church title is Canon White, but almost everyone he knows just calls him "Baba" ("Father" in Arabic.) He is a thoughtful, intelligent man who is a gentle giant, yet is terribly afflicted with the awful disease of multiple sclerosis.
Prior to my first military embed assignment in Iraq in January 2007, I was unaware that Christians even existed in Iraq. However, during that embed, I met a young Iraqi Christian woman, who had served as an interpreter for the U.S. for over three years, despite death threats to both she and her family. After she explained that there were over one million native Iraqi Christians, and that most were in great danger because of their faith, I was horrified and had to know more. After our meeting, I spent three months researching the story of the ongoing religious genocide of Iraqi's native Christians. Wait, did he say Iraq's native Christians? Yes, Iraq's Christian population pre-dated the Muslims in Iraq by almost seven hundred years!
Most of Iraq's native Christians call Nineveh (or the Nineveh Plains) their ancestral homeland. Those of you who have read the Old Testament will recall the story of Jonah and the whale in the Book of Jonah. Jonah was a reluctant prophet, who finally went to Nineveh where his testimony inspired the entire city of Nineveh to convert and repent. After Christ was crucified and was resurrected, Thomas the Apostle traveled to Nineveh, and his preaching facilitated many of the Ninehvites to convert to Christianity.
The Christian majority in Iraq gradually became a minority by the immigration of Muslims from the Ottoman Empire into Mesopotamia after 682 A.D. (Does this scenario sound somewhat vaguely familiar to my fellow Americans and our European allies?) The Christians and the Muslims had many differences, and much blood was spilled during the 1300+ years between then and now. The two religious groups generally settled into a tenuous co-existence throughout history, even through Saddam's reign. In fact, Saddam's right hand man, Tariq Aziz, was a Christian (and an "enforced" acquaintance of Canon White's during the First Gulf War.) I have learned that many of Saddam's household staff and servants were Christians because he felt that he could trust them not to assassinate him!
After Saddam was deposed during the U.S. invasion in 2003, some Islamic jihadists took the opportunity to begin a program of discrimination, extortion (jizyah), and coercion to rid their country of the (infidel) Christians. This program eventually changed into more violent tactics such as kidnappings, torture, and murder. My friend's brother was kidnapped, and a ransom was paid, but he was shot in the leg before he was returned to his family. Unfortunately, this is one of the success stories.
Truth be known, much of Iraq's Christian population has either been forced into exile or has been murdered as a message to the remaining Christians. Of the estimated 1.4 million Iraqi Christians in Iraq in 2003, only an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 remain there. Many families are simply told, "Convert or die! Your daughters must convert to Islam and marry our sons or we will kill your entire family." There are eyewitness accounts of the kidnappings of priests who were subsequently decapitated, and had their bodies deposited at the door of their church with their heads placed upon their chests. Those young Christian men unwilling to convert or carry out suicide attacks are kidnapped and murdered. I heard accounts of both the crucifixion of a teenage boy, and of a boy who was roasted atop a pile of rice as a message to his parents and fellow Christians. Canon White related how he officiates many funerals of the murdered, but seldom gets the bodies back to bury them after they are kidnapped.
I know these stories are both shocking and horrifying. However, there are both recorded interviews and/or photographs to substantiate what I am telling you. As fellow Christians here in the U.S. and abroad, we must do something to help our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who live in Iraqi, or are refugees before they are all driven out or killed.
In spite of their sufferings, there is hope. The U.S. Congress passed legislature in December of 2007 which acknowledged the plight of Iraq's Christians, and allotted $10 million to conduct a study to see what could be done to resolve the issue (too little and too late, but a good start.) My friend, Michael Youash, of www.democracyforiraq.com co-sponsored this bill, and I encourage everyone to view their website for updates. Canon White encouraged us to research this issue, but also to take action by writing our Congress and Senators, spreading the word to fellow Christians, and most importantly, to donate money for the direct support of these fellow Christians in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and internally displaced persons within Iraq to those organizations listed below that will make sure the aid is distributed properly.
Please contact your fellow Christians within your congregation and have them write their Representatives and Senators within Congress, and pray for our fellow Christians in Iraq and elsewhere. You can find additional information by visiting www.rfcnet.org, www. csi-usa.org, and www.iraqdemocracyproject.org or by doing a Google search for Iraqi Christians, or by contacting me via a comment or email.