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The presence and distribution of Ehrlichia spp. andBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was demonstrated among ixodid ticks collected in the Baltic regions of Russia, where Lyme borreliosis is endemic. A total of 3,426 Ixodes ricinusand 1,267 Ixodes persulcatus specimens were collected, and dark-field microscopy showed that 265 (11.5%) I. ricinus and 333 (26.3%) I. persulcatus ticks were positive. From these samples, 472 dark-field-positive and 159 dark-field-negative ticks were subjected to PCR and subsequent reverse line blot hybridization. Fifty-four ticks (8.6%) carriedEhrlichia species, and 4 (0.6%) carried ehrlichiae belonging to the Ehrlichia phagocytophila complex, which includes the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent. The E. phagocytophila complex and anEhrlichia-like species were detected only in I. ricinus whereas Ehrlichia muris was found exclusively in I. persulcatus, indicating a possible vector-specific infection. Borrelia garinii was found predominantly in I. persulcatus, but Borrelia afzelii was evenly distributed among the two tick species. Only two I. ricinus ticks carried B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, while Borrelia valaisiana and a newly identified B. afzelii-like species were found in 1.7 and 2.5% of all ticks, respectively. Of the dark-field-positive ticks, only 64.8% yielded aBorrelia PCR product, indicating that dark-field microscopy may detect organisms other than B. burgdorferi sensu lato. These observations show that the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis may be present in ticks in the Baltic regions of Russia and that clinicians should be aware of this agent as a cause of febrile disease.
Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato, the causative agent of Lyme disease, is frequently found in a variety of tick species throughout the world. The widespread distribution has made Lyme borreliosis the most prevalent tick-transmitted zoonotic disease in humans (29). In Europe, five different B. burgdorferi sensu lato species are found, of which Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii are present throughout the continent. In countries of central Europe, such as The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and France,B. burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia valaisiana are found (28). Borrelia lusitaniae is mainly found in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Portugal but has also been detected in ticks from the Czech Republic, Moldavia, Ukraine, and Belorussia (10). Previous surveys have shown 10 to 30% of the Ixodes ticks from the St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad regions of Russia carried B. afzelii and B. garinii, but not B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (1). In a similar study it was shown that the prevalence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato infection of I. ricinus ticks from nearby Helsinki, Finland, varied from 19 to 55% (7). In addition, various other studies have shown that ticks in different regions of Russia are infected with B. burgdorferi sensu lato (8, 11, 26).
Ehrlichioses are known as important tick-borne diseases in animals, particularly in wildlife and domestic ruminants (25). During the last decade, two previously unknown Ehrlichiaspecies have emerged as agents causing considerable public health problems in the United States (2, 5, 32). TheEhrlichia species that was identified in 1986 as causing human monocytic ehrlichiosis is designated Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Initially it was assumed that this species was transmitted by Amblyomma americanum only, but in a recent study researchers have also identified this Ehrlichiaspecies in Ixodes ticks (9). Until now there have been no reports of confirmed cases of human monocytic ehrlichiosis outside the United States. More recently, the agent causing human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) was identified. This species belongs to the Ehrlichia genogroup 2, which includes Ehrlichia phagocytophila, an organism isolated from ruminants like sheep, cattle, and deer, and Ehrlichia equi, which is found in horses. These organisms, designated the E. phagocytophilacomplex, are closely related and may even represent the same species. There have been several reports that described the presence of the HGE agent in ticks in Europe (3, 12, 20, 27). However, there seems to be a paucity of reports of confirmed cases of HGE in Europe, and most of these cases are found in Slovenia where Lyme borreliosis is highly prevalent (14, 17, 19, 20, 30).
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence ofEhrlichia infection in ticks in a region where diseases like tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis are highly prevalent. For this reason, I. ricinus and Ixodes persulcatusticks were collected from the Baltic regions of Russia and screened for the presence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato by dark-field microscopy, followed by PCR and subsequent reverse line blot hybridization to identify the Borrelia andEhrlichia species present in these ticks.
Ticks.From 1997 to 1998, 4,693 ticks were collected by flagging in forested areas near Morskaja and Lisy Nos in the vicinity of St. Petersburg and along the Curonian Spit in the Kaliningrad enclave of Russia. Ticks were stored alive and analyzed by dark-field microscopy within hours after collection.
Dark-field examination of ticks.For dark-field inspection the contents of the gut from a dissected tick were ejected into a drop of saline. After being immediately covered with a thin cover glass, the slide was inspected under a microscope for the presence of live spirochetes, with 250 fields viewed. The remainder of the tick was stored in 70% ethanol at 4°C for PCR analysis.
Preparation of DNA extracts from ticks.Ticks were processed as described before (23). Briefly, ticks were taken from the 70% ethanol solution, briefly dried, and boiled for 20 min in 100 μl of 0.7 M ammonium hydroxide to free the DNA. After being cooled, the vial with the lysate was left open and incubated for 20 min at 90°C to evaporate the ammonia. The tick lysate was either used directly for PCR or stored at −20°C until use.
Construction of spike DNA.To assess the efficiency of the PCRs we constructed plasmids that carried the sequences complementary to the primer sequences and used these as internal spikes in theEhrlichia and Borrelia PCRs. For construction of the Ehrlichia spike, primers were designed that carried a hybrid of the sequences of a restriction site, the Ehrlichia16S rRNA priming sites, and primer sequences encompassing a 508-bp region of the tmpB gene of Treponema pallidum. The restriction sites were incorporated into the primers to facilitate cloning and subcloning of the PCR products but were not used in this study. For the construction of a spike control for the Borrelia PCR, a similar approach was used. In the latter case, hybrids between the sequences of a restriction site, theBorrelia primer sequences, and primer sequences encompassing a 589-bp region of the tmpA gene of T. pallidumwere used. PCRs were run with T. pallidum DNA, and the PCR products were cloned directly into a TA-TOPO vector (Invitrogen, Groningen, The Netherlands). The plasmids were isolated and purified with the Qiagen Plasmid Minikit (Hilden, Germany) and used as spike controls with the Ehrlichia (tmpB spike) andBorrelia (tmpA spike) PCR. The appropriate spike concentration was determined by titrating the amount of spike in a PCR with serial dilutions of Ehrlichia and BorreliaDNA. The amount of spike DNA used allowed the detection of a single copy of the specific target. The composition of the spike construction primers and the spike probes is presented in Table1.
PCR amplifications.PCR amplifications were performed with an Omnigene thermal cycler (Hybaid, Ltd., Teddington, United Kingdom). DNA amplification was done with 50-μl reaction volumes. For the amplification of Ehrlichia DNA, each reaction mixture contained 10 fg of tmpB spike DNA, 80 pmol of primers 16S8FE and B-GA1B, 1.2 U of SuperTaq DNA polymerase (HT Biotechnology, Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom), 0.26 μg of the TaqStart antibody (Clontech Laboratories, Palo Alto, Calif.), 0.1 U of uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) (GibcoBRL, Life Technologies B.V., Breda, The Netherlands), deoxynucleoside triphosphates (100 μM dUTP, 100 μM dTTP, 200 μM dATP, 200 μM dGTP, and 200 μM dCTP), and SuperTaq buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl [pH 9.0], 50 mM KCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 0.01% stabilizer, 0.1% Triton X-100). A 25-μl overlay of paraffin oil was added to the tubes, followed by 5 μl of the tick DNA extract. The mixture was incubated for 3 min at 37°C to promote UDG activity, followed by a 10-min incubation at 94°C to inactivate the UDG. To minimize nonspecific amplification a touchdown-up PCR program was used: two cycles of 20 s at 94°C, 30 s at 65°C, and 30 s at 72°C; and then two cycles with conditions identical to the previous cycles, but with an annealing temperature of 63°C. During the subsequent two cycle sets, the annealing temperature was lowered by 2°C until it reached 55°C. Then, an additional 20 cycles, each 20 s at 94°C, 30 s at 55°C, and 30 s at 72°C, and 20 cycles, each 20 s at 94°C, 30 s at 63°C, and 30 s at 72°C, followed the touchdown program. The PCR was ended by an extra incubation for 7 min at 72°C and held at 65°C to keep the UDG inactive. For the amplification of B. burgdorferi sensu lato DNA, similar conditions were used. However, in this PCR, 1 fg of tmpAspike DNA, 20 pmol of the primers 23SBor and B-5SBor, 2.5 U of SuperTaq, and 0.55 μg of TaqStart were used. In addition, the DNA was amplified in a regular touchdown PCR ranging from 60 to 50°C, with 40 cycles at the touchdown temperature.
To monitor for the occurrence of false-positive PCR results, negative controls were included during extraction of the tick samples: one control sample for each five tick samples with a minimum of two controls. In addition, each time that PCR was performed, negative- and positive-control samples were included. To minimize contamination, the reagent setup, the extraction and sample additions, and the PCR and sample analyses were performed in three separate rooms, the first two rooms of which were kept at positive pressure and had airlocks.
Reverse line blot hybridization.The reverse line blotting technique was performed as described before (23, 24) with some modifications. Briefly, solutions with 5′-amino-linked oligonucleotide probes ranging from 6 to 800 pmol were coupled covalently to an activated Biodyne C membrane in a line pattern with a miniblotter (Immunetics, Cambridge, Mass.). After the oligonucleotide probes were bound, the membrane was taken from the miniblotter, washed in 2× SSPE (360 mM NaCl, 20 mM Na2HPO4·H2O, 2 mM EDTA) with 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at 60°C and placed in the miniblotter again with the oligonucleotide lines perpendicular to the slots. Ten microliters of the biotin-labeled PCR product was diluted in 150 μl of 2× SSPE–0.1% SDS, denatured for 10 min at 99°C, and cooled rapidly on ice. The slots of the miniblotter were filled with the denatured PCR product, and hybridization was performed for 1 h at 42°C. The membrane was removed from the miniblotter and washed twice for 10 min in 2× SSPE–0.1% SDS at 51°C. Subsequently, the membrane was incubated for 30 min at 42°C with streptavidin-peroxidase (Boehringer GmbH, Mannheim, Germany), diluted 1:4,000 in 2× SSPE–0.5% SDS, and washed twice for 10 min in 2× SSPE–0.5% SDS. Hybridization was visualized by incubating the membrane with ECL detection liquid (Amersham International plc, Den Bosch, The Netherlands) and exposing an X-ray film (Hyperfilm; Amersham) to the membrane. For species identification the biotinylatedEhrlichia PCR product was hybridized with seven different oligonucleotide probes in the reverse line blot assay. Similarly, the biotinylated spacer fragment of the Borrelia PCR was hybridized with five B. burgdorferi genospecies-specific oligonucleotide probes. All primers and probes are displayed in Table1.
DNA sequencing and data analysis.PCR products, used for DNA sequencing, were purified with Qiaquick PCR purification kits (Qiagen). For DNA sequencing reactions, the fluorescence-labeled dideoxynucleotide technology was used. The sequenced fragments were separated, and the data was collected with ABI 377 and ABI 3700 automated DNA sequencers (PE Biosystems, Nieuwerkerk aan de Ijssel, The Netherlands). The collected sequences were assembled, edited, and analyzed with the DNAStar package (Madison, Wis.). The phylogenetic tree and multiple alignments were constructed with the alignment and clustering modules in the Bionumerics package (Applied Maths, Kortrijk, Belgium).
PCR detection of Borrelia andEhrlichia DNAs in ticks.In this study 2,305I. ricinus and 1,267 I. persulcatus ticks were collected by flagging, and screening by dark-field microscopy for the presence of spirochetes showed that 265 (11.5%) of the I. ricinus ticks and 333 (26.3%) of the I. persulcatusticks were dark-field positive. By random choice, 215 dark-field-positive and 80 dark-field-negative I. ricinusticks and 257 dark-field-positive and 79 dark-field-negative I. persulcatus ticks were selected and analyzed by PCR and subsequent reverse line blot hybridization to detect and identifyBorrelia and Ehrlichia species. In 338 (53.6%) of 631 ticks analyzed, Borrelia DNA was detected whereasEhrlichia DNA was found in 54 (8.6%) ticks (Table2). In 296 samples (46.9%), onlyBorrelia DNA was found, and in 12 samples (1.9%) onlyEhrlichia DNA was detected. Forty-two (6.7%) extracts of all 631 ticks carried both Borrelia and EhrlichiaDNA.
Comparison of dark-field results and detection ofBorrelia and Ehrlichia by PCR.In 209 of the 257 (81.3%) dark-field-positive I. persulcatusticks, B. burgdorferi sensu lato DNA was detected (Table 2). In contrast, only 97 of the 215 (45.1%) dark-field-positive I. ricinus ticks carried B. burgdorferi sensu lato DNA. Fifteen of the 80 (18.8%) dark-field-negative I. ricinusand 17 of the 79 (21.5%) dark-field-negative I. persulcatusticks carried B. burgdorferi sensu lato DNA.Ehrlichia DNA was detected in 29 (11.2%) dark-field-positive I. persulcatus ticks and in 24 (11.1%) dark-field-positive I. ricinus ticks. Only one (1.3%) dark-field-negative I. ricinus tick carriedEhrlichia, and none of the dark-field-negative I. persulcatus ticks carried detectable Ehrlichia DNA.
Distribution of Borrelia andEhrlichia species in ticks.The majority of theBorrelia-positive ticks carried B. afzelii and/orB. garinii DNA. There was a remarkable difference in distribution of the various Borrelia species betweenI. persulcatus and I. ricinus (Table3). Of the 226Borrelia-positive I. persulcatus ticks 107 (47.3%) contained B. garinii, 50 (22.1%) carried B. afzelii, and 57 (25.2%) carried both B. afzelii andB. garinii. In contrast, 80 (71.4%) out of 112Borrelia-positive I. ricinus ticks carriedB. afzelii, 13 (11.6%) carried B. garinii DNA, and only 1 tick (0.9%) was infected with both B. afzeliiand B. garinii. Only one I. persulcatus tick was triple infected by B. afzelii, B. garinii, andB. valaisiana, and two I. ricinus ticks carriedB. burgdorferi sensu stricto DNA.
Sixteen of all Borrelia-positive ticks reacted with theB. burgdorferi sensu lato probe only. Therefore, we sequenced the 5S-23S intergenic spacer of six of these ticks and found that they carried Borrelia species with identical spacer sequences which were similar to but distinct from the spacer ofB. afzelii (Fig. 1). We therefore designated this species as B. afzelii like, designed a new probe (Ruski) for use with the reverse line blot, and hybridized the PCR products of all 16 samples with the new probe. As expected, all 16 samples reacted with this probe, and no cross-hybridization with other species-specific probes was seen.
Of the 25 Ehrlichia-positive I. ricinus ticks, 3 carried HGE DNA, 1 contained E. phagocytophila DNA, and 21 carried DNA from an organism that was identified before in Dutch ticks and designated as an Ehrlichia-like organism (27). In 29 I. persulcatus ticks, DNA from Ehrlichia species was found that initially reacted with the Ehrlichia genus-specific probe only. From these samples the PCR products were sequenced, and comparison showed that their sequences were identical. Alignment with DNA sequences in the GenBank data bank revealed a close similarity (>99%) with E. muris16S rRNA gene sequences. We thereafter designed two E. muris-specific probes that differed only in one residue targeting position 95 of the 16S rRNA gene and hybridized all 29 above-mentioned PCR products with these probes. All samples reacted with the E. muris C probe but not with the E. muris T probe.
There was no significant difference between Borrelia orEhrlichia infection rates in the different sexes or stages of the I. ricinus ticks investigated (Table4). However, in I. persulcatusticks approximately 75% of the adults and only 35.5% of the nymphs were infected with Borrelia. Similarly, about 10% of adultI. persulcatus ticks carried Ehrlichia DNA, whereas only 1.6% of nymphs did. None of the 24 larvae carried any detectable Borrelia or Ehrlichia DNA.
In the study presented here we have shown thatEhrlichia species were found in 8.6% of ixodid ticks collected from vegetation in the Baltic region of Russia. Members of the granulocytic E. phagocytophila group, including some reacting with our HGE agent probe, were found in I. ricinusbut not in I. persulcatus. However, the rate of HGE infection in these ticks was low (1%). This prevalence of infection is comparable to that found by several other research groups in Europe (13, 16, 18, 21). However, other European studies have reported infection rates ranging from 3.2% in Slovenia to 28.9% in The Netherlands (6, 20, 27, 31), and some studies from the United States even reported a prevalence of infection in Ixodes scapularis up to 50% (4, 15). The explanation for these large differences in prevalence of infection needs to be established with comparative studies. About 7.1% of the I. ricinus ticks were infected with an Ehrlichia-like organism previously identified in I. ricinus ticks found in The Netherlands and Italy (27). Remarkably, this species was not found in I. persulcatus ticks from the same regions, suggesting a vector specificity of this Ehrlichia species. Although the true nature of this species remains unknown, phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicates a close relationship with the monocytic group of ehrlichiae. Nearly 9% of theI. persulcatus ticks were infected with anEhrlichia species with a 16S rRNA gene sequence nearly identical to one of the published E. muris sequences. This monocytic Ehrlichia species was identified only in I. persulcatus ticks, again suggesting a vector-specificEhrlichia infection. In a recent study, I. persulcatus ticks from Perm, Russia (region of Ural Mountains), were tested for the presence of Ehrlichiaby PCR using Ehrlichia-specific primers (22). None of the ticks carried detectable HGE DNA. However, 5 out of 35 ticks tested yielded a 16S rRNA PCR product of which the DNA sequence was shown to be identical to that of E. muris. This result confirms our finding that E. muris was the onlyEhrlichia species found in I. persulcatus ticks.
Analysis of the ticks for the presence of Borrelia species corroborated earlier findings on infection rates of ticks in the Baltic region. Speciation by reverse line blot hybridization showed that many ticks (10.6%) carried more than one Borrelia species. The majority of the ticks were infected with B. afzelii and/orB. garinii; B. burgdorferi sensu stricto was found in only two tick extracts. In 2.5% of the ticks a B. burgdorferi species was found which carried a 5S-23S rRNA spacer sequence similar to, but distinct from, that of B. afzelii. This B. afzelii-like species was found both in I. persulcatus and I. ricinus. We have not investigated whether coinfection of this species with other B. burgdorferi sensu lato species occurs. Furthermore, we have no data that indicates that this species is pathogenic for humans. There was no significant difference between infection rates of I. persulcatus and I. ricinus with B. afzelii. In contrast, of the 182 ticks infected with B. garinii only 15 (8.2%) were I. ricinus ticks. As with the distribution of the Ehrlichia species this suggests a vector-specific infection. It is uncertain whether this represents true vector specificity or a relationship between the vector and its host range. To determine whether an association between pathogen and tick species exists, additional studies, including studies of the vector hosts such as large and small mammals and birds, are required.
In our study, none of the larvae contained any detectableBorrelia or Ehrlichia DNA, but the number of larvae included in this study is too low to draw any conclusions from this result. However, a more significant observation was that I. persulcatus adults are infected with either Borrelia orEhrlichia species more than twice as often as nymphs. This was true if either the dark-field examination or the PCR result was used as an indicator of Borrelia infection. Such a stage-dependent prevalence of infection was not seen in the I. ricinus ticks. In fact, 60 to 80% of the I. ricinusadults and nymphs included in the study were dark-field positive, and 38 to 43% of the same ticks were positive with the BorreliaPCR.
The latter finding showed that in a large proportion of the dark-field-positive ticks no Borrelia DNA was detected. A possible explanation for this observation is that dark-field microscopy is more sensitive than Borrelia PCR in detectingBorrelia. However, the detection of Borrelia DNA in 18% of the dark-field-negative samples argues against that. Furthermore, we have shown in previous studies that PCR, followed by the reverse line blot method, is both sensitive and specific. False-negative results due to inhibition of the PCR were excluded by the use of internal spike controls. There is a possibility that the DNA of the Borrelia species was degraded during storage, but earlier experiments in our lab have shown that Borrelia DNA in ticks stored in ethanol is extremely stable. In addition, the fact that there is a significant difference in Borrelia DNA detection between I. persulcatus and I. ricinusdark-field-positive ticks also suggests that the microorganisms seen in the dark-field analysis may represent species other than B. burgdorferi sensu lato and that this species is found more frequently in I. ricinus than in I. persulcatus. If this hypothesis is correct, studies that use dark-field microscopy as the sole method of determining the rate of Borreliainfection in ticks may yield an overestimated prevalence of infection. Further PCR studies using primers that will amplify the 16S rRNA gene of a broad range of bacteria and subsequent sequence analyses will have to corroborate this theory and identify the species.
To our knowledge, there have been no reports until now in the scientific literature in English of cases of ehrlichiosis in any part of Russia. However, in the city of St. Petersburg, many cases of Lyme disease are reported (250 cases per year; 5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants), and the majority of these cases are patients who sustained tick bites in the suburban region of the city. It is this region where we collected the Borrelia- andEhrlichia-infected ticks used in this study. It is therefore conceivable that some people in the St. Petersburg region may have been infected with the HGE agent. Due to the lack of sufficient diagnostic tools and the lack of awareness, these cases of human ehrlichiosis may have gone unnoted. However, the rate of Ehrlichia infection in the ticks is about 10- to 20-fold lower than the rate ofBorrelia infection. This would suggest that the chance of infection with Ehrlichia after a tick bite is significantly lower than the chance of being infected with Borrelia but that such exposure may still account for 10 to 25 cases of ehrlichiosis in the St. Petersburg area. Therefore, awareness of possible cases of ehrlichiosis remains important in tick-infested areas like the suburban region of St. Petersburg.
The research described in this paper was made possible in part by grant N98-04-49899 from the Russian Basic Research Foundation and in part by grant 9600864 from the Danish Research Councils.
- Received 13 November 2000.
- Returned for modification 4 March 2001.
- Accepted 8 April 2001.
- Copyright © 2001 American Society for Microbiology


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Aldorachai found himself in this position rather often. He was beginning to think of it as an occupational hazard. The humans who did this sort of thing did seem to have a thing for fire. He supposed that this was just what it was like, serving a god whose portfolio had changed and whose current followers didn't like to be reminded of what it had changed from.
The fences and hedges around the property had been set alight. That meant the mob would go after the buildings and the people next. Aldorachai sighed. It was time for him to step in.
He made an entrance, stepping through the fire at its fiercest point, becoming present in all senses of the word in as spectacular a fashion as possible. He was trying to get the mob's attention after all. It worked.
"Look!" bayed one of the leaders and instigators, the local priest. "A divine angel come to help us cleanse this blasphemous site! Praise Hasnor!"
"Well you can start by putting out this fire," snapped Aldorachai, "before the rest of the farm catches alight. What in the world were you thinking?"
The priest stared at him. "The farmer let the learned fool from Iboshoer poke around on his farm and he found the underground place with the lewd murals and statues of men together. They have blasphemed against holy Hasnor. They and the blasphemous place must be cleansed with fire!"
"So, did you not do well in theological history at the seminary or did you not do theological history at the seminary?" Aldorachai smiled at the half stunned, half apoplectic man. "Or, let me guess, because you Benarians have this peculiar system of one priesthood for everyone, you didn't cover Hasnor's theological history at all, did you?"
The priest, speechless, nodded.
"Well, here beginneth the lesson for all of you." Aldorachai looked around to make sure he had the attention of all of them. "Back before you developed this peculiar idea that the Benarians are the chosen people of the gods, back before the Death War itself, so many gods played in the realm of human affections and relations they were called the Pantheon of Love. The Death War started with the Vardmasters' ambush and murder of Erithme, goddess of romantic love. By the time it was over, only three of the Pantheon of Love were left so they shared out the empty portfolios and Hasnor became god of all carnal love."
"All carnal love…" That was from a rather bovine-looking, large young man at the back of the mob.
He was immediately shushed with, "Be quiet, you great booby!" from those around him.
"Now," Aldorachai went on, "my divine lord can't override your free will, although I am ordered to prevent murder happening tonight. Know this. Before his portfolio expanded this was one of his major cult sites, a great temple glorifying his name. Out of use now for millennia, but he's still very fond of it. You can choose to destroy it. If you do, he will turn his face from each and every one of you who participates in that destruction. Your prayers to him will be forever unnoticed. No more inspiration that will speed you to your desire. You'll all be on your own with only your own attractions, or lack of them, to aid in your wooing." He let the silence sit for a moment. "So what will you do?"
The mob split into two groups, the young and the old, and started arguing. Except, interestingly, the large, bovine, young man who emptied out his bucket of tools on to the grass then, leaving the hammers and chisels sitting there, went to the nearby creek to fetch water.

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The learning process of Texans rookie Charles Omenihu
Playing in the NFL was never just a pipe dream for Texans rookie Charles Omenihu.
It's been a goal of his since the fourth grade. Mentally, he told himself that he had no choice but to make it to the league.
"I had no Plan B," Omenihu said. "It was either the NFL or...I don't know."
Born in Houston, raised in Dallas-Fort Worth, Omenihu grew up a fan of the Cowboys. Over time, his attention shifted toward individual players, rather than teams. He observed their craft, their progress and style of play.
One of those players was defensive end J.J. Watt. After being drafted in April, Omenihu, who was selected in the fifth round, said he could learn a lot from Watt because they play the same position, especially when it comes down to using his long wing-span much more effectively.
Now that he's had some time to work with Watt this offseason, Omenihu (6-5, 280) is learning what it takes to win from the edge in the NFL and becoming more sound as a pass-rusher. Figuring that all out comes with a lot of questions.
"He might find it annoying," Omenihu said. "But I ask him like, 'Hey J.J., can you watch me do this?' to make sure that it's right."
Watt doesn't mind it at all, though. Like any rookie, Omenihu has his ups and downs, Watt said, but he's done well.
"He works, he asks questions, he wants to learn and he wants to get better," Watt said. "That's really all you can ask for out of a rookie, is a guy who's going to put in the time and who's going to want to learn.
"I think that he definitely wants to learn so I'm always willing to help."
Coach Bill O'Brien praised Omenihu's work ethic and versatility. He's out on the field every day, doing what he needs to do.
"He's got good length and he practices hard," O'Brien said. "I think when you're out there every day, you get better. I think he's improving."
Being able to play football in his home state from Rowlett High School to the University of Texas, and now, the Texans means a lot to Omenihu, especially family-wise.
"It makes it easier for my parents to watch me come play ball again," he said.
While his family usually roots for the Texans' in-state rival, the Dallas Cowboys, they won't be seen in blue and silver any time soon.
"They're rooting for the Texans now," Omenihu said.


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I am working on a new inquisitor based on the old man Karamazov model and his awesome throne of orbital bombardment. However, I always have held a thing for the sisters of battle and thus am taking my Inquisitor into that direction.
The good Inquisitor Valeria Mane had always been a determined girl with a desire to help others deal with their own guilt and shame. To this end, she found the ordo hereticus to compliment her own passions. Searching out those who error and allowing them the chance to repent for their sins. Truly, there is no greater sacrifice than to devote yourself so fully to others.
Valeria Mane has taken the title Retenio as a suffix to her name as she travels the galaxy. She has a dedicated group of Sisters Repentia shackled and nameless in their devotion to seek forgiveness for their sins. Wielding huge double handed chainswords, these once proud sisters have a personal burden known only to their Retenio. Only her words can guide these women back to the goodness they forsook. These fearless warriors gathered from years of service are singular in carrying out the will of their Retento. Such is the way to their salvation.
Lastly, the good Inquisitor Mane has also made request of Imperial forces often during her years. A small team of Bullgryn warriors were left in her care once and she has taken to their childlike brilliance with a mothers determination. Each Giant brute is tended as if he were one of her own children. Gathering between battles to listen to stories of the Emperor, or to recite catechisms between the endless lessons they endure. In return these Abhumans have bonded to the Inquisitor in a most fearful way. Using themselves and their huge slabshields, they act as a living wall to protect their "mother" in battle.
Inquisitor Mane has a modified type IV dreadnought system with several unique design features that allow her to bring its full power to bear without the need to inter her forever into its cold metal womb. Alongside her, the list of errors is read on a perpetual scoll as her dearest mentor Dr. Albious Brighton (who originally wielded this amazing beast). The good doctor had chosen to permanently affix himself when a Tyranid invasion took his legs and lower body centuries ago. Inquisitor Mane was responsible for bringing his body safely to Imperial space after that dreadful incident. Last, is the poor Mr Bob. Servitor lobotomized and permanently wired into the weapon systems of the dreadnought. Mr. Bob is always chosen from a very special type of heretic. And is considered to be the purest form of service and repentance. Mr. Bob is truly blessed and should be seen as such despite what he might have been earlier in life.
Heavy multimelta, power claws, chainsword claw hand, heavy flamers in each arm. The Throne of the Repentia is a mighty weapon. Its ancient shields mimic the type used by the loathsome eldar and its stream of information allows to see enemy that would be invisible, hiding or otherwise obscured. The stream of data knows all your sins.
Shes making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who is naughty or nice....
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A Grand Day In (1997)
Genre: Children's/Animation
Wallace and Gromit decide to stay in and watch telly. They watch Trisha, This Morning, Bargain Hunt and Countdown. Sounds grand to me.
Starring: Wallace, Gromit and Milk Bottle-Tops.
Wallace: "Gromit, this cheese is bloody horrible - it tastes like Play-Doh."
BIFTA Winner: Best TV Times (1998)
Directed by: Nick Park. UK Colour.


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What is the EZPi?
The EZPi is a pre-setup, tuned, and configured OctoPrint kit. OctoPrint is an open source project that lets you easily control your printer from your computer, smartphone, tablet, or laptop. You can send your Gcode over to the EZPi through your web browser so no more tinkering with SD cards! You can also connect a USB camera to the EZPi to do monitoring and timelapses of your prints. There are a ton of features that can be added in addition to what we load like PushBullet integration, YouTube Live Streaming, and much more!
The EZPi is built the OctoPi image and customized by TH3D for the best user experience. All the hardware has been fully tested to correctly work together so you can have a very reliable and robust 3D printer control platform.
EZPi Getting Started Documentation
TH3D is also a supporter of the Octoprint Project and a portion of each kit sale will be donated directly to Gina (foosel) to help support her and the continued development of the Octoprint project.
Shipping Time Note: All EZPi Orders ship in 1-3 days as we hand assemble them here in the US.
Key features
- Automatic connection to your printer (for most machines)
- IP address of the EZPi will display on the LCD so you can easily find it on your network
- Automatic heater shutoff if idle for more than 5 minutes
- Built in bed leveling visualization for printers equipped with an ABL (including EZABL) system
- Built in EEPROM Editor for Marlin (including Unified Firmware) Printers
- Firmware upload tool to update your printer firmware through the EZPi
- Progress bar support for printers with M73 Support (Enabled in Unified Firmware)
- Pre-heat button for current GCode file selected
- Printer will auto home (G28) before a print is started so make sure your bed is CLEAR before starting a print
- Wifi is presetup for North American bands (US/Canada)
- This kit contains the Rasbperry Pi 4B 2GB RAM Board
- Heatsink+Fan on CPU pre-installed
- Plug and Play Pi Setup
- Pi OS Fully Updated
- If you send in your Wifi Name and Password it will auto-connect to your network
- Put it in the fields above.
- Wireless information will ONLY be seen by TH3D staff and not shared with anyone outside of TH3D.
- Wired or Wireless Network Connection
- Pi 4B (2GB RAM) – 802.11ac 2.4ghz + 5.0ghz WiFi & 10/100/1000 LAN
- 32GB MicroSD Installed and Pre-Loaded with TH3D OctoPi Image
- NEW! 3 Amp USB C Power Adapter w/Switch
- Aluminum Case with Heatsink+Fan on the CPU
- NEW! 2020 Aluminum Extrusion mount is available for download on the EZPi Documentation Page
- USB HD Camera Upgrade Optional (select above)
- Logitech Brand – Will be 720P or better (depends on stock, typically C270/C310)
- Will come in bulk packaging, not full retail box to save on shipping size/weight.
- Fully tested before shipping
- Do NOT put your EZPi kit inside an enclosure if you have one. The high temperatures will reduce the lifespan of the Pi board.
Warranty & Support InformationTechnical Support: TH3D Standard Support
- Technical support is provided through our TH3D Helpdesk via email.
- You can email firstname.lastname@example.com or use the Contact Us link to submit a ticket.
- Support is active for the duration of the product warranty.
- Support is limited to the product itself and does not include support questions related to tuning your individual machine.
- Our warranty covers any and all defects with the product.
- If your product fails or has problems within the warranty period you can contact our support team by emailing email@example.com or by using the Contact Us link.
- Damage/Failure due to improper installation, usage, failure resulting from an issue with the machine the product is installed on, or modification is not covered under warranty
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Here at Tailored Entertainment, we are proud to represent the very best cover bands that Cheshire has to offer.
All of our acts are hand picked by us. All of them are exclusively represented by us. Our decades of collective experience in the music industry allows us to know a truly great party band when we see one.
We guarantee that the acts you will find listed below are the very best in the area. Of that you can be absolutely certain.
Whether you're searching for a fantastic Cheshire cover band for your corporate summer party, or an awesome party band to pack the dance floor for your office Christmas party entertainment - we're certain you'll find the perfect act right here.
Once you've made your choice, give us a call on 0800 564 2240 to chat to our friendly team of experts, and find out how we can help to set your big night alight.
Every one of your guests is bound to love Hipshaker- a brilliantly slick party band with the kind of killer setlist that'll keep your big night bouncing till last orders.
Liverpool's The Devines are a function act packing a serious punch. Their killer setlist of classic and contemporary tunes is tailor made to get your night absolutely bouncing.
Cover Cats are recognised as one of the UK's most professional & polished function bands. They perform a brilliant set of classic party songs from 60s – 00s – guaranteeing a packed dance floor.
Bandit bring all the energy, style and singalong hits of a festival headliner to your big event – creating the perfect party atmosphere from first song to last.
Mulder & Co are a Cheshire based festival-themed wedding band. Incredible Mumford-style live band for festival & vintage themed weddings and events in the UK and beyond!
Flashy, fresh and seriously good fun - Juno are a high-octane party band with the kind of talent and style that rivals any major touring artist.
This stunning, star-studded band bring the biggest Soul & Motown songs of the 60s, 70s & 80s crashing all the way into the 21st Century! Perfect for weddings, parties and corporate events.
If you're dying to bring your big night a bit of extra bite, look no further than Kickout; Liverpool's standout Indie live covers band. Whether its modern chart hits or rock & roll classics, Kickout delivers it all with a punchy, powerful swagger.
A barnstorming evening of folk inflected pop awaits with Just For Tonight, the Midlands' favourite festival style function band.
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The Daddy-O's folk-inspired live act makes them a firm favourite for festival style weddings and vintage events of all shapes and sizes!
On The One are a thrilling indie rock trio with a diverse setlist that's sure to have something to please every one of your guests!
Looking to bring some seriously authentic soul to your big celebration? Accept no substitutes. Soul Unit are exactly what you're looking for.
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"The band were absolutely wonderful! So professional, friendly and polite! They were a pleasure."Laura - Wedding, Fairfield Social Club, Manchester (The Daddy O's)
Our bands work regularly in Cheshire and can travel comfortably to locations throughout the county, including, Warrington, Chester, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Congleton, Northwich, Sandbach, Knutsford, Nantwich and many more.
For a friendly chat about booking a cover band for your party, corporate function or wedding in Cheshire, please call our live music experts on 0800 564 2240.
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Sheriff Bar will open this Friday as Beverley' newest nightspot promising to add a ye haw to the town.
Owner Murat Bayar of Sheriff Bar says his choice of theme will bring something new to the town.
Located on Saturday Market the four-week project to transform the venue is almost complete. The first customers will get to enjoy Sheriff Bar from 7PM this Friday.
Speaking to Hu17.net he said;
"We will have a full-on Western theme. The bar has been renovated to create a rustic look using things like barrels and saddles for the fittings."
"To start with we will be open from 7PM to 2AM. Music up until 9PM will be country and western while after that we will have a DJ playing dance music."
Murat is a keen country fan, he says artists like Kenny Rogers, Chris Stapleton and Dolly Parton are all on his playlist.
He added;
"I have always had a passion for country music, in the new year we will also be hosting live music. This will be keeping with the theme and have country and western flavour."
"Also this is a perfect location for this bar. It is right in the heart of Beverley and this is where all the action happens. Saturday Market really is the place to be."
"A lot of hard work has gone into making the venue unique, I really think people like what we have done. We will also offer free parking for horses!"
People Invited to Celebrate Sheriff Bar Opening This Friday
Murat is no stranger to the town centre. He already runs one successful business, Jardelles at North Bar Within. Murat added that he is looking forward to opening his second venue in the town.
He said;
"I am very excited about opening on Friday. I hope people will come in and have a drink with us to celebrate our first night."
"Furthermore, it is good to be finally getting this lovely building in Beverley back in use for the people in the town to enjoy."
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For many businesses, commercial flags are a key part of targeted marketing for a particular service, amenity or staple. From real estate and apartment rentals to car dealerships and an infinite variety of brick-and-mortar businesses, commercial flags provide the specifics on an item or items for sale that reach specific customers as they pass by. There are a number of important considerations for all businesses to consider before buying commercial flags.
Short and Specific Messages Are Best
The effectiveness of commercial flags can be greatly enhanced when the message is very short and to the point. While "SALE" can be short and to the point, it can be vague. It may be better to say "30% Off Everything!" If the sale is about a specific type of merchandise that can be summed up in one word, incorporate that word into the message.
Consider Size, Placement and Surroundings
The location of your business and the surroundings are important considerations when deciding on commercial flags. If the traffic in front of your business is all cars and no pedestrians, and it is movingfairly fast (greater than 35 mph) this should inform the size and colors of your commercial flag. Bigger isn't always better, but you want to be sure that it will register with passing motorists.
Some Flag Movement Is Good While Too Much Is Bad
The same thing that applies for location also goes for movement. Commercial flags that provide some movement while still being able to be read are a good thing. Too much movement that hampers clear reading is a bad thing, so the material and construction also matters. Your commercial flag vendor should be able to work with you and explain how the design, materials and construction will ensure that you get enough but not too much movement under heavy wind conditions.
These are just several of the things to consider before purchasing commercial flags. To learn more about how commercial flags can be designed and used, click here.


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New OPC Products
There are five new products to announce this issue. First is RFID cloud connectivity enabled by OPC UA from Siemens. Next is IO-Link and OPC UA connectivity from Comtrol. Softing announces commercial licences for the open-source .NET OPC UA stack. Integration Objects introduces a proxy between OPC UA servers and OPC DA clients. Finally, Unified Automation has expanded their UaGateway with AMQP and MQTT capabilities.


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My guess is, just like the pre '13 Leafs, your car is restricting the 120v charging current, not the EVSEwebeleafowners wrote:Well, at least on our smart car, our leads than one year old juice box only charges at 12 amps on 120. Haven't tried the leaf yet.jjeff wrote:It's my guess that all the L2 EVSEs that also work on 120v ignore the 12a limit. I know all mine do and will happily charge at 120v at all the current settings they will do on 240v. Well I guess except my '13 EVSEupgrade'd EVSE which will do 20a L2 but restricts 120v to 12awebeleafowners wrote:I would be curious which EVSE's ignore the J1772 rules. For example, does the duosida ignore do this? How about the units from "EVSE upgrade".
Thanks in advance.
Note I'm almost positive the new Juiceboxe's output full amperage on 120v, their old ones do and from looking at their website it looks like the new ones do, I know I personally wouldn't be interested in any EVSE that didn't
Again my Juicebox that happly charges my '13 Leaf @ 27.5a on 120v only charges 12a with my '12 Leaf with the 3.6kw charger, I believe your Smart car is like my '12 Leaf.


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Safety In Structure
The Prepared Environment is one of the basic elements.
It must be physically and psychologically prepared for the children.
Christine Wright, Director 3-6 Environment
The 3-6 children need to have freedom of movement and space to move in order to carry out development tasks in the Prepared Environment.
Exercises are given in balance and control such as the Walking on the Line and Silence game. The child must be able to carry different objects around and through the environment inside or outside.
Walking on the Line and the Silence game concentrate for example specifically on movement control. The control of gross body movements, are directly through the exercise of Walking on the Line.
Preliminary exercises are those exercises that the child is introduced to on their arrival to the Children's house. They are not mundane but respectful, exciting and interesting. The child learns to live and value each part of the environment. Living in an attitude of respect.
The Practical Life area helps build self-worth, a strong sense of self, an ability to cope, to manage, attack challenges, sharing, helpful and respectful of each other.
Developmental Needs
The children must be free to express themselves and thus reveal those needs and attitudes which would otherwise remain hidden or repressed in an environment that did not permit them to act spontaneously.
The environment needs to be organised, so that the child can respond emotionally, physically, socially and spiritually. The child has the opportunity to develop socially and explore socially.
Social Skills
The free method of work, the Prepared Environment which encourages respect for others and for materials and the inclusion of children of varying ages in one group. They are able to discuss ideas through their work. They are able to teach each other, the younger child looks up to the older child. He is able to imitate, copy the older child and in turn the older child is able to support and cooperate. They both can contribute through the love and care of the Prepared Environment.
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What is Negotiated all about?
Negotiated is a world-class company that helps you manage your loyalty programs by providing the tools. With the help of tools, you will be able to heighten your brand visibility, grow your loyalty membership, and increase your revenue.
Purpose of Brochure
Brochures should explain our services and brands. We are highly particular about branding, and therefore, expect from you to follow our style guide. The designing of brochures should be done in such a way that they represent every element of our brand.
Requirements for brochure
- A brochure and PPT that describe our business.
- Make the brochure using the colors red and white
- Use our theme throughout the brochure.
- The brochure should not be overcrowded
- Keep up the alignment of the text with the theme
Challenges of brochure
- The use of two colors had restricted our creativity.
- The theme was a bit old and did not serve a purpose in designing the brochure.
- We have had to maintain the intensity of white space as much as possible so that text looks clear.
The process of designing a brochure
- Impressed by the quality of PPT, our client came back to us and asked for designing the brochures.
- As soon as we got our client's requirements, our graphics experts started with the process of designing.
- We presented the wireframe of the brochure.
- When we got the green signal, we took no time to design the brochure.
Why Webdew?
Webdew is a place to get your vision live. No burden of asking for follow ups as they are highly transparent, no need to book an appointment for calls as they have project managers to solve your queries 24/7, and no need to worry about quality as experts are highly skilled at fulfilling their job responsibilities. Quality is what you will swear by as we commit you to give the best of the industry. You will get to know more about our best works if you could check out our various case studies like case study uber, case study calendar, etc.
How did Webdew perform from a project management standpoint?
They are quite flexible to their approach. Webdew's project manager sent me email updates every day so that I know how the project is running. They are always available on skype and ready to listen to us no matter how many times we call them in a day.


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While many would seldom throw it around as one of their most serious demands in a potential partner, being with someone who makes them laugh firmly remains one feature people want their relationships to have.
Being witty, funny, sarcastic and having an ability to carve out humour from nearly every situation is one thing, actually understanding humorous remarks and witty comebacks is another thing.
So it's a two-edged sword. You want someone who can make you laugh and who can take a joke.
Here are five struggles you might face when you date someone with an inexistent sense of humour:
1. Conversation problems
If humour is limited or not as good as one would expect it to be, it reflects in the quality of conversations you'll be having in that relationship.
Your convos will very likely be overly serious and uptight all the time and you really won't get the freedom to express and experience humour as you'd love to.
2. Jokes always get misinterpreted as insults
It could kill the vibe in a relationship if you have to always worry before dropping a witty remark because your babe or man can't take a joke and always sulk that you're 'making fun of them' or 'insulting' them.
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3. You always have to explain jokes to them
Frankly, it could be such a dispiriting chore to always have to explain humour and/or sarcasm to someone.
It could also feel that way if you get to drop little witty remarks that never draw a laugh because your partner's sense of humour is so not on par with yours.
4. Boredom
For people who highly value humour and love light-hearted conversations, such relationships might soon become boring.
I mean, if you are funny, you'd most likely want someone who has funny mischief up their sleeves all the time, someone who plays pranks, make the most absurd faces and does a lot of amusing things, right?
5. Eventual breakup
When boredom escalates to a point, you could become fed up with the relationship.
Also when every attempt at humour gets misinterpreted as insults, it could lead to misunderstandings which could eventually lead to other unpleasant circumstances that could, in the long run, spell the end of that relationship.


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So, what's a KJ Rocker and how can he ROCK you next week?
So, what's a KJ Rocker and how can he ROCK you next week?
After the huge success of our very first affiliate expert week with the amazing Charles Ngo we're delighted to announce next weeks expert! Last week saw the Fix have a busier week than ever and over 70 of you asked Charles a question in the forum. Since the response and participation was so good we've decided to go full steam ahead with more affiliate expert weeks. We now have more than 5 experts lined up with many requesting a week of grilling on the Fix. This week it's my pleasure to interview KJ Rocker who will be next weeks affiliate expert. I've already set up his forum ready for next week, so feel free to get your questions in early by clicking here and KJ will address them all starting Monday.
So what exactly is a KJ Rocker and how will he ROCK you? Let's see!
KJ Rocker
KJ Rocker, Affiliate Marketer
Twitter: www.twitter.com/kjrocker
Blog: www.kjrocker.com
So KJ, some may have heard your a real life rags to riches case study, but let us all know how it happened?
Well it is something un believe able , whenever I think what I was and what I am now it is a huge difference , I spent 5 years of life studying in a government owned school in my village with no class rooms or anything but teachers use to teach us under tress while we used to sit in mud , to get a better idea you can that was even worst from this picture, I thank my parents and specially my grandfather who then decided to move into city for my education and they admitted me into one of the best institution of the city where I came to know this thing computer and I fell in love with it , I always wanted a job related to computers something techy .. Anyways later on life was going great until a few incidents happened where it was do or die situation for me and I am glad I did it J . Now I live run a business here in Dubai and love every moment of my life and thank god for giving me everything I always wanted.When did you first get into affiliate marketing and how?
I used to work as a call center agent when I got free from college after exams and had all the free time to enjoy so I joined call center to pass time and learn something new. At that time I really never cared about salary and I was working to pass my free time and to get experience however later on bad incidents happened in my life due to which I had to do two jobs but still I wasn't able to earn enough money to meet all the needs and support my family and my younger sister`s education.When did your campaigns become profitable and how did you build up the money to start them?
As I had passion for computers from my childhood and tweaking with html/php was my hobby so I decided to use my hobby to make money and I quit both of my jobs in the times when I spend only money I had in my pocket on internet connection and started working as a freelancer where I worked on different website projects and also on marketing plans of different websites. There was a time (talking about early days of group buying sites) when I was considered as an authority over daily deals website development and marketing/Business planning, This were going pretty good mean while I got as client who was actually doing affiliate marketing and that's how I came to know about it, and I kept searching on forums reading about it but soon freelancer.com blocked my account based on a complaint from one of my clients (I don't remember the actually reason now I guess it had something to do with payments ) and I was again at point form where I started and I decided to this time give my 100% to affiliate marketing and applied in many affiliate networks and the first network accepted me was CPALead.
Well I started off with free traffic as I wasn't even able to afford $3 host gator website hosting so I used free traffic and once I started making money from my free traffic using yahoo answers I think the first payment I received from CPALead was $30 , I invested that in buying domain and hosting and I created this site, And started sending it free traffic from yahoo answers and soon on next payment I had enough money to invest in paid traffic 7search that time I guess there was a special coupon Brad Stanley from 7search gave me and I got started with 7search . But to support my testing on 7search I kept working on free traffic and soon enough I was able to run a few profitable campaigns which generated good revenue for me at that time I already was working with non-incent networks as well and I can remember an offer called omaha steaks worked great for me and I ran it for almost a year constantly making money. Once I reached 300-600 /month budget I started testing PPV as traffic volume on 7search was not enough for me and ppv seemed that place where I could get tons of traffic.Why did you start your blog?
I love sharing what I do, I always did but that time I couldn`t find anyone to share my experiences etc also I was quiet active member of a forum however I felt that there should be a own platform using which I can share whatever I want freely, For example I can still remember once I received an email from a network I never liked because its owner is a well know douche telling me about their network etc etc on my secret email I only used only for one network (that network is history you should get the hint who I am talking about lol ) so I emailed them back and asked where did you get my email and their answers were not clear enough so I did more research and found out that mailing list of the affiliates was sold to the network or may be networks shared lists etc so I shared all the details on the forum and within minutes I got warning from the moderators …. Things like that made me think to create my own blog where I can share anything I want freely.
Do you advise starting a blog or does it have it draw backs?
Yes I do advise and encourage other fellow affiliates to start their own blogs as this is something which helps you a lot with your campaigns when you are sharing ideas actually you are learning new things yourself , I personally got so many new ideas which made me loads of money while writing my own posts lol. Even if we consider the contacts you can make in industry that's priceless and more than enough reason for a person to start blogging.You recently moved to Dubai, why was that?
Well there were many reasons behind that, unfortunately I was operating from a country where you will have to pay taxes to the government not to facilitate you but to fill pockets of politicians and to make them treat you like crap, Plus the cash flow problems because of slow banking system and various other reasons I decided to move out, Because I had to think about my business I built from zero. When you are paying all your bills and taxes but government is not even able to provide you electricity even during working hours in my opinion it's a huge waste of money and efforts.How are you enjoying Dubai and would you encourage more to make the move?
Of course I love it and I will encourage other affiliates especially from Pakistan, India and other countries to move in UAE as it is tax free country and overall an investor and business friendly country with zero taxes. It is overall a good place to live and full of opportunities especially for affiliate marketers and internet related business.Do you earn money other than via affiliate marketing and if so how?
Yes I do earn money by other means as well for example I have started providing internet advertising consultancy services to local businesses here in Dubai and I also I do a little stocks trading . However my main source of income is affiliate marketing and I am planning to buy offline businesses here in Dubai as well in coming months.To date what would you say your biggest achievement is?
What I believe my biggest achievement is that life I am living today. I never ever thought about it and I think the I can't thank Dear lord for his blessing over me, I have a freedom in life can do whatever I want whenever I want, Being my own boss is something I never imagined.What do you think is the next big thing in affiliate marketing?
Mobile, there are 6.8 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide more and more advertisers are coming into mobile marketing and this trend will continue going up.Next week you will be answering questions for AffiliateFix members, how do you feel about it since seeing the success Charles Ngo had last week?
I am very excited about it as it will be my first Q/A session ever and I am looking forward to it, I loved reading, Charles Ngo did a really awesome job and I found about his The Rise of Ngo series and I was very impressed and loved reading his series. I will try my best to answer anything and I am looking forward to questions from fellow affiliates and I would encourage them to ask anything they want.What sort of questions should our members be asking you and what is your expertise market?
Well what kind of questions affiliate fix members should ask me I am leaving it totally on them they can ask me anything from affiliate marketing to life in Pakistan , Dubai or general internet marketing . My main traffic source is PPV so I'd love to answer questions related to PPV, however I am open to any kind of questions.How do you see AffiliateFix benefiting affiliate marketers?
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Today my 12 yr old daughter, Megan and I went shopping and on our drive she asked me about talking to spirits. This was the first time that she showed an interested in what I do, and I felt really good that I've made it comfortable and normal for her to just ask me about it. She said, "You know Mom, your job- what you do?" and that's how she started the conversation. So I talked to her about reincarnation. She asked about our dog Molly, if I talked to her and I told her I have and that she helped us find Riley, our red lab, who was at an animal shelter needing a family.
We talked about being psychic. I suggested to start by learning how to feel the angels and start talking to them even if she can't hear them. I told her that she might not actually
hear them for a long time, but that they will be there and she will be able to feel them. Ariel has always been an angel near her and she knows that because I have shared that with her
before. When I was young I had experiences with ghost spirits and it is not something I would recommend as a place to start. I didn't tell her that of course, but I tried to suggest working with the Angels and I said to focus on her liking herself, having confidence and being nice to herself in her heart and her thoughts.
A few hours later we were at home, making dinner and Megan was trying on her new clothes in her room when I got a text from her Dad. He asked me to bring the kids over to his house right away because Megan's cat Bullet was dying. This cat was very special to Megan, she got her from the animal shelter right after the divorce and Bullet was a big part of her healing process. Mom is allergic to cats, so it was a pretty big deal for her to be able to get one at her Dad's house.
After I brought the kids to say Goodbye to the cat, I got a few phone calls with weeping on the phone. Poor Megan, I listened to her sob and beg me to come back and take her to my house so she would not have to see Bullet die, and I told her to be brave and that Bullet needed to go to heaven and not be in pain. I told her I would not come to get her, that she needed to be there, I knew she could do it and that she was brave. I shared some of the clairvoyant visions I was seeing about the cat as she was preparing to transition. I talked about seeing big butterflies, my sign for transition, and how Bullet was showing me playing with cords near the patio door like strings, and the image I saw of bullets little white paw resting on Megan's knee, consoling her.
Megan shared that she was sitting on the bed with her hand on her knee with a photo of Bullet while we were talking. I told her that she was sharing happy memories and that Bullet wanted Megan to be happy for the fun times they shared. I know that the cat was waiting for Megan to be ok with it, with her going to heaven. that is why she was showing me the images so I could help Megan be ok. I didn't tell Megan, instead I shared the loving images that the cat was showing me. And Megan felt it. The truth and compassion.
About an hour later, I got the call that Bullet went to heaven. Megan told me the story about how she was with Bullet and she went to the bathroom for a few minutes and when she was
in there, she said "Mom, I talked to God and said I wanted him to help Bullet come to heaven and I asked him to be sure she has toys to play with and to take really good care of her. And then I came downstairs and Dad said she died." Her voice sounded so
peaceful. I felt very proud of her. She has so much healing energy inside of her, so much potential to help the world.
Today I really feel like I understand why she choose me to be her mom
and I am so glad she did.
8/7/2013 08:37:11 am
Thank you for sharing such a touching story. I really try to tune into my intuition and I encourage my daughters to do the same. That was a great experience Megan got to have!
8/11/2013 11:53:56 am
That's beautiful Bridgette. Megan is very lucky to have a mom like you and you have taught me something about how to deal with my girls when the time comes for our pets. Thank you
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Tesco highlighted its future direction with two particular actions mid-way through 2018, which comprised the decision to close down its Tesco Direct business (bringing non-food onto its core eCommerce site) and to open a cashless store that included a trial of a 'Scan and Go' type proposition.
The first move shows it is bringing together its separate channels into one that helps it fulfil an integrated vision of the future. Meanwhile, the second demonstrates it is clearly taking note of the moves by innovators like Amazon and pro-actively reacting.
These moves indicate that this major UK grocer is undertaking its digital transformation as a combination of addressing the legacy issues in its back-end while also delivering ongoing innovations at the front-end that can plug into a more agile underlying IT infrastructure.
1. Automating online shopping
One of the more exciting areas in retail right now, according to Paul Wilkinson, former head of technology research at Tesco Labs now head of product for space, range and display, is the connected home – that links people's consumption with their buying actions – whereby it can help the individual to make the actual purchases.
To date at Tesco this type of connectivity has manifested itself in a simple way with the initiative it has undertaken with the voice assistant Google Home and the If This Then That (IFTTT) platform. This enables shoppers to automate their online grocery shopping by adding specific items into their basket following the triggering of certain conditions, such as if the price of a certain product reaches a certain level.
By connecting physical devices to these platforms there is also the opportunity for shoppers to have say, washing capsules added to their basket when their machine has undertaken a certain number of wash cycles. "It lets customers add products to their basket in lots of different ways including using their voice on Google Home," says Wilkinson.
Since its launch IFTTT has attracted a growing number of users and it is highly likely that there will be more use cases in the future for the platform and various connected devices around the home.
2. Mobile payments
Tesco advanced its mobile payment capabilities with the launch of Pay+ that represents an advance on its earlier PayQwiq solution. One of the major advantages is that it links directly to the Clubcard loyalty programme.
Such a move highlights the effort being made to bring the various components of the Tesco business together in order to provide a seamless experience for the customer. Customers can link multiple payment cards on the app.
Increasing numbers of customers are choosing to pay with Pay+ in Tesco stores, says Mark Loch, digital wallet and group payments strategy director at Tesco: "It delivers a simple and fast checkout experience, a transaction limit up to £250, and automatic collection of Clubcard points in a single scan at the checkout."
3. Cashless store
Such is the level of shoppers paying for goods by card that Tesco felt compelled to trial its first cashless store – albeit in a purpose-built Express convenience at its headquarters in Welwyn Garden City.
Rolling-out this model to stores would have clear efficiency and cost benefits to Tesco but CEO, Dave Lewis, knows the risks, and potential backlash, of making such moves before all customers are ready for the leap.
Of more interest from a technology perspective at the same Welwyn store is the trial among 100 Tesco employees of a 'Scan Pay Go' app that enables a frictionless shopping experience. It enables them to scan their items and pay on their mobile phone thereby avoiding the need to go through a checkout process. They can simply walk out the store in the same way as do shoppers at the Amazon Go stores in the US.
Wilkinson says the move towards frictionless shopping in physical stores is an area of great excitement and opportunity.
4. Automated responses on Facebook
Customers asking the same simple queries are an extremely regular occurrence for Tesco. So much so in fact that it has automated the way it deals with such questions on its Facebook page.
Shoppers with the more frequently asked questions such as store opening times, the facilities available at specific outlets, and requests for information about product availability will find the responses they receive will have been generated automatically.
5. Spoon Guru
Tesco recognised it was hard for people with specific dietary needs to search on its website for products, according to Simon Mayhew, online retail insight manager at IGD, who says: "The Tesco website was not sophisticated enough so Tesco partnered with Spoon Guru which uses artificial intelligence and expert nutritional expertise to surface many more [relevant] products."
Working with Spoon Guru, and its in-depth product knowledge, has involved reclassifying Tesco's whole product range and introducing 180 proprietary dietary tags. This has provided the grocer with a much greater understanding of its range, which has enabled it to respond to customer searches much more effectively.
6. Upsides of robust Wi-Fi
Although the availability of Wi-Fi is arguably a hygiene factor, for any business today the quality of that available in the stores of the major grocers is variable.
Andrew Mann, former director of Clubcard at Tesco, says the most robust Wi-Fi among the supermarket groups is Tesco, which provides it with a number of benefits: "They use it to run their in-store systems including replenishment and since every store is modelled differently the in-store pickers need to have solid connectivity as their devices guide them around the stores."
In addition, there is also the customer benefits too as they can check prices and log into the loyalty programme. Hi quality Wi-Fi will become even more important as Scan and Go-type solutions become more prevalent in the supermarkets.


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In the case of temples the endowed property vests in the idol; in case of the math, it vests in the math itself as a juristic person. The Mahant like the Shebait is the manager of the institution.
In the case of Vidyavaruti v. Balusami, (43 I.A. 320) the Privy Council spoke of the shebait and the mahant in these terms "called whatever name, he is only the manager or custodian of this idol or the institution. In almost every case he is given the right to a part of the usufruct, depending again on usage or custom.
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In no case was the property neither conveyed to or vested in him, nor is he a trustee in the English sense of the term, although in view of the obligations and the duties vesting in him, he is answerable as trustee for mal administration". So it appears that the legal position of both is the same.
However, the mahant has ample discretion in this application of the funds of the maths, for he is subject in the respect only to custom or usage. So offering made to a mahant are at his absolute disposition. But the mahant can not deal with endowed property in the absence of legal necessity; any more than a mahant can do.
There can be religious trust of a private character under the Hindu Law which is not possible in English law. It is well settled that under the Hindu Law it is not only permissible but also very common to have private endowments which though are meant for charitable purposes yet the dominant intention of the founder is to install a family deity in the temple and worship the same in order to effectuate the spiritual benefit to the family of the founder and his descendants and to perpetuate the memory of the founder.
In such cases, the property does not vest in God but in the beneficiaries who have installed the deity. The members of the public may not be debarred from entering the temple and worshipping the deity but their entry into the temple is not as of right. This is one of the cardinal tests of a private endowment. Radhakanta Deb v. Commr. Hindu Religious Endowments, Orissa", A.I.R. 1981 SC 798],


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Don and I recorded a podcast today and one of the potential show titles was math is hard.
I'm writing from experience, I had to take calculus in high school twice to get it. Explaining probability and risk is even tougher.
Some of the math of food safety illness burden comes down to this for me: There are billions of meals every year in the U.S. that don't lead to foodborne illness.
That's good.
There are millions of meals every year in the U.S. that do lead to foodborne illness.
That's bad.
There was some buzz in the food and health media after a CNN article stated that CDC had investigated more multistate outbreaks in 2018, 21 in total, than any previous year.
That's sorta true, but sorta not, depends on how it's counted.
Rachel Rettner of Live Science talked to me about this last week and I shared the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) dashboard with her. This is a super cool tool that CDC has where they track all the reported outbreaks in the U.S. and the number isn't 21. It's probably closer to 4000. At least that's around what has been reported into NORS annually since 2009 when reporting got better.
I'm throwing out the multistate part in my calculations, because the microbes don't care about state lines or borders.
From the Live Science article:
Experts say that, although we heard a lot about foodborne disease in 2018, it doesn't mean that we had any more outbreaks than usual. Indeed, it's likely that the U.S. always has about the same number of outbreaks every year, said Benjamin Chapman, an associate professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University. But critically, health officials are getting better at detecting these outbreaks, Chapman said, leading to an increase in reported outbreaks in recent years.
"The science is getting better, and the public health resources are getting better, and we're just getting better at finding things," Chapman told Live Science
And although these outbreaks made headlines, there are hundreds more outbreaks that we don't necessarily hear about that get investigated and reported every year. (An outbreak refers to an instance when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or ingredient, according to the CDC.)
Indeed, according to the CDC's National Outbreak Reporting System, which summarizes data on U.S. reports of foodborne illness, there were about 4,000 foodborne illness outbreaks each year from 2012 to 2016, (the most recent years for which data is available). That's up from only about 1,000 reported outbreaks in 2008.
That "looks like this big jump" in outbreaks, Chapman said. But the increase is really due to health officials getting better at "connecting the dots" to find more foodborne illness outbreaks, he said. In other words, the outbreaks were happening, but health officials just weren't as good as detecting them.
Unfortunately, better detection of outbreaks means that the total number of reported outbreaks likely won't be going down anytime soon.
"As we get better at reducing risk [of foodborne illness], we also get better at finding things we didn't know were there," Chapman said. "I don't expect that we would have any less or any more outbreaks in 2019."


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Sometimes people want that I walk according to their rules. Sometimes I am fine with this, but sometimes I don't want. So they start speaking about bad about me. Others curse me with my family. So I get hurt.
The problem is that those words stick in my mind and then I can't concentrate on my studies or my salah. Some of these people are my friends.
Please tell me any duaa. My mood and mind are not stable. I am unhappy. Please help!
In this counseling answer:
• Distance yourself from negative people and find true friends.
• Stay close to Allah; pray, read Quran and remember Allah often.
• Relax; find a hobby that makes you happy.
Assalamu Alaikum dear brother,
Thank you for placing your trust in our ability to propose a solution to your current situation.
I am sorry to hear of the internal troubles you are currently undergoing. Rest assured that this a test from Allah.
The Prophet said:
"Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Find Real Friends
From what I understand, the problem is your friends. They do not accept you as the way you are. They also insult you with regards to your family.
To me, the problem can be solved through a bit of work; try ignoring your friends. If you try to ignore your friends, then they will realize that you are no longer interested in maintaining a friendship with them. They will eventually distance themselves from you.
When there are people whose presence is becoming toxic, you need to realize that the only thing that can be done to eliminate the toxicity is to distance yourself from such people. Avoid any type of confrontation with them.
We are the slaves of Allah. We have been created to seek happiness, forgiveness, comfort, subsistence, and satisfaction in life from His remembrance. If we seek happiness from anything other than Allah, then we will always be disappointed.
Life is a Test
Nothing in life is permanent. We must work on making our source of happiness acts of worship, with the intention of being rewarded by Allah alone.
Negative comments from others hurt us. We have been created in such a way. We feel depressed, unworthy and lost.
In addition, when people behave rudely with us, and we are silent, people mistake our silence for our fault, not knowing that the Prophet Muhammed said,
"I guarantee a house in Jannah for one who gives up arguing, even if he is in the right; and I guarantee a home in the middle of Jannah for one who abandons lying even for the sake of fun; and I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for one who has good manners." [Abu Dawud]
On the other hand, when we do argue and try to prove ourselves, even if we are trying to be polite about it, we are labeled as those without manners and the proper knowledge of Quran and Sunnah.
Therefore, dear brother, peace of mind is only attainable if we constantly recite the verses of the Quran with definitions in our mind.
Try to realize the fact that this life is a test and is only temporary. However, these do not have to overpower us. They can be overcome with ease.
Overcoming the Difficulties in Life
Meditate Often
Calmness is achieved from the inside. When you experience yourself feeling sad and the thoughts starting to emerge, start to a deep breath. Deep breathing is one of the best ways in which one can relax. It is a form of focusing your attention on the breathing rather than other internal fears which are slowly developing.
Do Dhikr Often
Allah says in the Quran,
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest." (Ar-Rad, 13:28)
Anxiety, sadness, and despair tend to deviate us from believing in the power of Allah. So, remember Allah often. Your degree of happiness depends on your level of connection with Allah. Therefore, call unto him and tell him of your worries, and seek guidance from him.
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Allah says in the Quran,
"O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient." (Quran, 2:153)
To achieve emotional calm and patience, pray often to Allah. Call on him often. Use his names to glorify him. There is a solution for every problem in the world in the Quran, be it physical, emotional, or psychological.
Allah says in the Quran,
"Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing." (Quran, 58:1)
Power of Istighfar
Read Istaghfar daily. Allah says in the Quran:
"Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength." [Quran 11:52]
"Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver." [Quran 71:10]
Asking for forgiveness does not necessitate that you have committed. In fact, even the blessed Prophet Muhammed used to make Istighfar 75x-100x every day.
Find a relaxing pastime
Dear brother, I highly suggest that you find yourself a pastime that will help you relax and will take your mind off the negativity that you face. It is definitely hard to be victimized, and even so hard when things are said to you that constantly distract your mind for the worse.
However, realize that these things are inevitable in life. As you move on with life, you will unquestionably face negative comments at the workplace, with certain colleagues, etc. you need to learn to handle people and not internalize everything that they are saying.
Sometimes people say things to bring you down, to decrease your productivity, or to make you feel sad because they don't want you to be happy.
Therefore, it is essential that you find either a sports activity, or reading, or spending time with people who you are inspired by, etc., to feel better and avoid such feelings. If you do not take precautions to avoid the negative comments from developing, you will become a victim of severe mental health illness.
May Allah make it easy for you,
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