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It is heartening, though, to listen to well prepared speeches all hailing the importance of workers in the economy. Union leaders in their militant fashion are always at hand firing a tirade of accusations to employers who fail to improve their employees' working conditions. Sadly, it starts and ends there until the next event the following year!
The rhetoric has become meaningless and the majority of workers have lost faith in their union bosses who are constantly accused of pursuing their own agendas - mostly power and access to hefty pay cheques for doing literally nothing.
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Going by the statistics of the recent results of the Labour Force Survey, 32.2% of the country's population earns between N$1000 and N$3 999.
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Until recently, the much hated auctioning of erven has been a stumbling block for many first home buyers. As a result, numerous complaints simply landed on deaf ears; of course with a back-on-the-wall justification of why we do what we do. This has since created a cartel of only a few monied individuals with deep pockets being able to purchase land while the unions and Government watch. And to think that these are the very people whose votes are our coupons to power!
To the youth of this country, things are not any better. There has been a huge outcry over the activities within the Ministry of Health and Social Services. I bet we might as well appoint another commission to look into the Ministry of Youth National Service, Sports and Culture's activities.
Honestly, if this ministry were living up to its mandate, the Namibian youth would be among some of the most progressive members in the African continent, given the resources this country has. It is time we did some serious soul searching on the manner in which concerns and challenges of the youth are being tackled.
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Hmm i can't tell if you are threatening me or not.
As i recal, i did not say that i did not believe you claim, i was suggesting you post your cannon and specs here for the sake of proving your reported distance. I do not doubt your distance and beleive anything is possible, its just that many members on this site require definative proof before they would belive something that is seldom recorded(and a 1/2 mile recorded distance with a potato is rarely claimed).
I also asked your age mainly because you were very well spoken in one of your previous posts and pointed out many things which people tend to over look, and it made me assume that your were in your late twenties early thirties or an extremly well spoken teenager.
I also suggested you post the cannon on the forum, along with specs and a video, i did not say here on this thread (as you had already done that), but i meant in the cannon showcase so the information about your cannon would not be lost in the continuation of this thread, and a page would be set aside for your cannon.
Nahh I'm a toothless tiger and I'm pure . Just a little fed up with juvenile responses is all. I'll get some photos as soon as I can and maybe there will be some advise for me to make it even better!
You are a pathetic imbecile if your spudgun goes "FWOOOMP" as you fire it.
Yes a toothless tiger doesn't sound very threatening (unless of course it still has its claws). Anyways lookin foreward to seeing your cannon.
Oh boy where do I start....
from the top...
1.Most of us are 15+...we have a few 20year old people and even 30+,40+and even 50year olds.
2.So Whats the difference between a 15year old 'destructive punk' who knows more about spudguns then a 30year old 'destructive punk'?
3.ABS isn't even recomended for pressure, before you start sch40 is a thickness rating not pressure rating...I wouldn't even use it on a propane combustion even if it is safe...it is in no way safe using it with acetylene...Who cares if it rips it is still very dangerous.
4. I assure you we are in no way amatures....I'll let some of the teenagers who own and run their own spudgun stores speak for themselves and they are in every way alot more talented and knowledgable then you.
5.Half a mile is far...if you havn't realised most spudders fail to achieve this even with the most advanced cannons.
6.How do we over complicate things? They may seem complicated to you, but then again you don't understand. The way we make things is to get the best performance or the best out of something for the most reasonable price...e.g using a sprinkler valve instead of a $600 butterfly valve.
7.Believe it or not...fuel meters are...wait for it.....used...to meter fuel hard to believe isnt it. And guess what multispark ignitions do?
8.If you don't realise PVC does infact schrapnel when taken above its limit.
9.And we have absolutly no clue what we are doing? We are just destructive punks who build cannons like this:
10.Im pretty sure a brazing torch head isnt made for spudguns but then again what is? Apart from members of these forums who make their own. and improvise.
11.Keep It Simple Stupid
12.Fans in the chamber mix fuel to gain performance...isn't that why you are here to learn how to get the best performance out of a combustion?
13.Not all of us post videos on youtube...actually hardly any of use really,most of the ones you see are really 12year old destructive punks.
14.Pathetic.....THIS IS SPUDFILES! *Kicks you in chest*
15.You are telling me you have learned nothing from this forum....you should of learnt by now not to mess with the best...
16.How are people slightly younger then you/your age/older then you children?
17.We are ful of crap? You and your basic 'Bazooka' and half a mile is full of sh*t.
DR/BC Pneumatics feel free to step in at anytime
there are very few cannons that shoot this far, the velocity is nothing like a rifle. comparing the two is like, eh, comparing a 7,000 horsepower nitro powered top fuel dragster engine to the 4-banger in your geo-metro, that's running on three cylinders.
there's no comparison.
the cannons that do shoot this far are usually hybrids, or very large.
Persistence is a measure of faith in yourself
Ok, let's see. Half a mile - 2" diameter spud give or take:
*Goes to do some maths*
The spud takes up 3.1 *10^-10 Steradians of solid arc angle. Far too small to see clearly. And it's a dull grey against a not-dissimilarly coloured sky.
If you could see it clearly, then this is roughly equivalent to looking at an ant about hundred feet away, and being able to tell with 100% certainty which end is the head and which is it's butt.
Most people couldn't do that with more than the 50% random chance - at 10 feet.
So, now we've determined that you wouldn't be able to see it clearly at 1/2 a mile. So this either means that:
- You could see it, and thus the distance was much less than 1/2" a mile.
- Or you can't guess ranges.
- Or you just made up a large number nowhere near the truth.
Now, along with MrCrowley's excellent post above, I offer the following reason to doubt you:
Even people like Sgort, who is certainly in the top 5 for the most experienced spudders of all time has never ever claimed 1/2" a mile range with a combustion.
You obviously have no idea what any of our long developed technologies do:
- Chamber fans are proven to enhance performance by a huge factor - as in indeniable chronograph data. Better mixed fuel burns faster.
- Fuel meters use exactly the right amount of fuel to combust PERFECTLY with the quantity of air in the chamber - 4.2% (actually 4.19%, but no regulator can be that accurate) propane by volume.
- Multispark strips result in multiple ignition points. This means that the fuel burns faster, and peak pressure is reached even faster - meaning more power.
Some types of PVC do produce shrapnel (some types don't. It varies) - but 99 times out of 100, PVC is rated properly. ABS is very very rarely rated. There are more recorded failures from ABS cannons than rated PVC cannons, and there are more PVC cannons than ABS cannons. Go figure.
The damned military are trying to kill people by spreading shrapnel over a larger area.
Shrapnel from a ground explosion will be stopped by walls, vehicles and people quite fast. From the air, there are far fewer obstacles in the way.
That doesn't make the data relevant here.
Those aren't our videos on Youtube most of the time. Those pathetic "whuds" come from pathetic cannons.
I have cannons so loud that anyone within 20 feet of them should be wearing ear protection or risk permanent damage.
Before you accuse me of being another "Juvenile 12-year old boy":
You are currently listening to one 18 year old destructive British girl studing physics, chemistry and maths, who has created one of the most damned accurate range calculators out there. And I'll soon be off to University to study enginneering. I am not some damned n00blet.
So if you've read my post then you should have learnt something new - are you happy?
Novacastrian: How about use whatever the heck you can get your hands on?
frankrede: Well then I guess it won't matter when you decide to drink bleach because your out of kool-aid.
...I'm sorry, but that made my year.
Ya Ya whatever... I may have overestimated it's actual distance as I could not see where it actually landed with loss of velocity and all with air resistance. But I did use a pure oxyacetylene mix! and I did not die!
I was demonstrating how much power this fuel actually has. I fire 1/4 mile distances with my cannon all the time; I know this for a fact.
The blast with oxy/acetylene scared the hell out of me and I guessed it's ultimate distance by the effect of the recoil and it's distance above the trees. Maybe it petered out at 3/8 mile? who knows.
All I know is acetylene is not a fuel you should ever use in a spudgun PERIOD!
Anyways the QCTBDC was neat but being that I don't feel like hauling an air compressor to the woods with me it is way overcomplicated to be reasonable. Compact, simpe and to the point is what I'm looking for.
here's a forum post on my fuelling system.
You are a pathetic imbecile if your spudgun goes "FWOOOMP" as you fire it.
So you basically post a huge arguement to something that has been estabilished and as soon as someone makes a fool of you, you give up? Why even bother posting if you knew that you would be made a fool of? And firthermore, which were you using acetylene or oxygen?
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are you stupid? Oxygen on its own will not burn... WTF! I was using an exact mix from a welding torch to produce a true flame, neither carburizing or oxidizing. once I got the mixture exact I put the flame out by snuffing the tip against the floor and allowed the gas to continue.
The only fools here are the ones so entrenched in their beliefs that they will not accept the testimony of someone who's tried it. You all must be Liberals because only liberals are this stupid.
You are a pathetic imbecile if your spudgun goes "FWOOOMP" as you fire it.
Ok you know what affliction, I tried to be nice, I was willing to accept the highly unlikely claim of 1/2 mile (which you have said might not be true), I offered you suggestions on trying to prove your claim, but now your just being a F*cking asshole and annoying as hell.
You criticize senior members who I garentee know more about cannons then you do and how to improve them. You reject common and proven ideas which so many people have tried and been pleased with the results and increase in performance.
I read your post about the fuel meter, and all you did was put members down who criticized you by saying you were some how superior because of your age and experiences.
You laughed at the fact you thought 16 year old teens think they know more then you, which, I'll be damned, is true in most cases because I'm 16 and I definantly know more then you about all these things you claim to have so much experience in (except the engine and vehicle thing), and I know their are members here who know more then me about almost everything, and therefore know more then you.
Now then, if you want to use your camping stove setup thats fine, I actualy thought it was a cool idea and had previosly been using that method with great success. If you want to use only your ideas and reject others, thats fine by all means be my guest. But don't you God Damn Dare come on this site and claim what you do is better then everyone elses, that you are superior, and criticize senior members who have more experience and know more about spudguns then you.
It is in your best interest to apologize to the people who you claim know nothing, never again act and assume your ideas are better then ours, and shut the hell about how superior you are, and from now on make only useful, complimentary comments, and keep an open mind, and then maybe you'll learn something from this site.
If not, then GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
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I don't think he will be reading your post for a LONG time, if ever...
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
Right on dude. But Affliction is banned, he said the F word.
The guy wanted us to believe he had more degrees than a thermometer, and people like that really get on my nerves.
It seems now that I'm getting a reputation for being the pitbull of these forums, and for using <pun>"physical" takedowns</pun>. Whether that's a good thing remains to be seen - but so far, it doesn't seem too unpopular with the regulars.
Novacastrian: How about use whatever the heck you can get your hands on?
frankrede: Well then I guess it won't matter when you decide to drink bleach because your out of kool-aid.
...I'm sorry, but that made my year.
lool Joannaardway !! The physics demonstration (even if it was shorty) was too damn cool! I'm curently studying physics at the university too, and i think the potato/ ant comparaison was pretty accurate
1/2 mile? that stands for what? 800 meters approx? That's a lot....even with an oxy/acetylen combustion.
well...this guy named Affliction is banned now, i suggest we stop talking about him, or everything he wanted will be his: that we talk about him.
So let's just stop this conversation (just a suggestion...)
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Rumer Willis: Dad Bruce Willis' 58th Birthday Celebration!
Rumer Willis feeds her parking meter before heading to a meeting on Tuesday (March 19) in Los Angeles.
Later in the day, the 24-year-old actress met up with her father Bruce Willis and her younger sister Tallulah to celebrate his 58th birthday at Spago in Beverly Hills. Happy birthday, Bruce!
"Best quote I've heard in a while. LA is the City of self-diagnosed schizophrenia…everybody wants to be someone else" Rumer tweeted the day before.
10+ pictures inside of Rumer Willis and her younger sister celebrating their dad Bruce's 58th birthday…


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Black Beans and Rice
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup cooked long grain rice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1. In a nonstick skillet that has been coated with cooking spray, saute the onion, green and red peppers, garlic, basil and pepper until tender. Stir in tomato sauce. Add the beans, rice and vinegar; heat through. Transfer to a serving dish; sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition Facts
1 cup: 175 calories, 2g fat (0 saturated fat), 1mg cholesterol, 396mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 10g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 vegetable.
Nov 16, 2018I had my doubts with such a simple recipe but I was pleasantly surprised. I really liked this dish. I didn't have black beans so left them out and it was still good. It had a flavor that made you want to eat more. I think it was the vinegar and cheese that made it taste so good. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 31, 1969
I make this but I also add some Cajun seasoning, left over steak or chicken sliced thin. I also add cooked greens and a can of corn. I either serve in a bowl with black bean chips or serve rolled up in a flour tortilla with pepper jack cheese over it and chopped tomatoes.
Dec 31, 1969
I agree! This really is bland. I added a sprinkle of chili powder, lime juice, sugar and fresh cilantro. It made a huge difference. It turned out this was a great recipe to build on. Thanks!
Dec 17, 2007
This is one of the blandest dishes I can remember eating. We added salt, pepper, a shredded carrot, a stalk of chopped celery and a can of green chilis to make it more palettable, but it only barely helped. Don't think I'll make it again.


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This is my latest entry into Chuck Wendigs' Weekly Flash Fiction Challenge. I had to choose a one word title from the list he published and write a story for it. I chose Permanence and this is what I came up with. Enjoy!
She watched from behind the glass. Everyday they came to look at her, to sing, chant, leave gifts, plead and pray to her. Everyday; hundreds of faces, hands and mouths.
They started, these faces, hands and mouths, coming to her as children. Over time, though she could not say how long, children became teenagers, then adults and then old and infirm. And then they didn't come at all.
The room that she looked at from behind the glass became empty. It changed, only in small ways, dust growing on things, paint peeling, glass cracking and stones falling. But it was always changing. The light changed regularly. Sometimes the empty room was filled with golden sunlight that would shine through the floating flecks of dust and she would imagine that the room was filled flocks of fairies flying around her, performing tricks in the air just for her. At other times, the room was dark for long stretches of time, the only light was a pale blue that came from a crack in the ceiling that illuminated a thin line across the floor. Then it was gone. But then the light would come back and so would the dust fairies, but this time of light was growing shorter.
Soon the dark took over completely. She hadn't been expecting it. There had been a cacophony of noise, and everything shook and broke as if the whole world was falling in on itself. Then there was only darkness. Not even the small knife cut of blue light shone through from the ceiling. There was nothing. And she sat there in the nothing. Staring out from behind the glass into nothing.
Sometimes she slept. At least she thought it was sleep. When she closed her eyes she saw things that she hadn't seen in a long time. Things from before the glass when she had walked through streets and towns and rooms like the one she now sat in. She remembered the mothers, the lessons they would teach her about the glass and how one day when a thousand years had passed, she would sit behind the glass and the people would come to her, and oh how they would love her. They would come to her and look and sing, and chant, and leave gifts, and plead and pray to her. And she would live forever.
Sometimes when she slept, she saw the time when she was ready to go behind the glass. She would see the knives and the needles. She would feel the flames as they pushed into her veins and she entered another kind of darkness. A darkness so terrible that it was all she could do not to die. Then she opened her eyes again and she was behind the glass and the people were there as the mothers said they would be.
She slept and saw these things again and again but every time she opened her eyes there was still just darkness. She thought that would never see anything else. But then there was something. Something moved in the darkness accompanied by a scraping noise. It went on and on until then there was light. Just a small pinprick at first but then there was more and more until the darkness crumbled away revealing a hole in the wall of the room that had been her prison.
Into this hole of light came two shadows, looming over the glass and they held up small lights of their own. She saw their faces, unlike any she had ever seen before and she rejoiced. The faces spoke, both quickly and at the same time to each other and not to her but about her. Then more faces appeared and more speech was made about her but not to her. The darkness crumbled away to reveal more faces. Not only faces but huge machines. And these new faces, and machines spoke not to her but about her.
Then the room moved. It dropped slightly below her then started moving past her and she realised that it wasn't the room moving but the glass. It was she who was moving. Then something fell over the glass and it was dark again. She could still hear all the faces and the machines, but she saw only darkness. And she wept.
Then, the new darkness was lifted and she found herself in another room, full of light and all around her were hundreds of people. They were clapping and smiling, raising glasses in her direction. Some of them pointed boxes at her. Boxes with round glass in the middle that flashed blinding light at her so that she was soon seeing coloured circles. They filed past her one by one, peering closely, pressing there faces right up to the glass. Some even tapped it. Some of them even spoke to her but most spoke about her. She didn't mind. This was better than what the mothers had promised her.
Then after they had filed past her, and drained their glasses which had been refilled several times, they left. The light was dimmed and a silence fall over her. She hoped the people would come again. All that time, alone in the darkness had been unbearable and she couldn't suffer it again.
She was just drifting off to sleep again, just starting to dream of knives and needles and the mothers again, when something in the room moved. She opened her eyes and there was a new face in front of her. It was old, even older than the faces of those which had been children had grown to be. It was smiling and then it spoke to her and her only.
"My love," it said. "The time has come. The Mothers said you would live forever and so you shall."
Then old, frail hands opened the glass. She didn't even know that it could open. The hands reached inside and she left the room. She never looked from behind the glass again.
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Podcast #31
Since the universe hates my podcasts, it decided that yesterday I didn't deserve to have working internet in the afternoon. So here I am on a Saturday, finally getting a chance to upload yesterday's podcast. I'm surprised nobody's used to this by now. Anyway, in this week's podcast I discuss Run All Night, Film Vs Digital, Mad Max Fury Road, the original Interstellar ending and A LOT more. I want to say come back Friday for another podcast, but it will probably end up being a Saturday, won't it?
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The subject of Chuco looks into the camera with a raised eyebrow and a measure of attitude that seems to say, "This is who I am, where I've been. Take it or leave it." Few of us have the courage to put that out there. We hide behind manners, groomed appearances and smiles, and try to please, to fit in, to present ourselves in relation to those we are with. When someone presents themselves without those masks, it can be startling. When they have a body inked with images, it's even more so.
Born in New York City, Schwartz grew up in Eastchester. He came out to Denver in 1957 and has been there ever since. He began his art career as a sculptor, creating projected light pieces. By the time he was 28 years old, he had work in four museums and had obtained a measure of recognition. He decided to publish an art magazine that would help artists find grants and fellowships. Ocular was aimed at visual artists and, according to Eric, "was the most widely read art publication in the country in the late 1970s."
After a stint working as a photographer for ad agencies, Schwartz found himself attracted to fine art photography—a natural progression to a medium where it's all about using light and shadow to tell a story or express a point of view. As Eric puts it, "This is my way to express my feelings about life."
Earlier this year, Denver's Robischon Gallery presented its first solo exhibition of Eric's photography, featuring seven, large-scale portraits of individuals boasting Chicano tattoos. It takes years to gain the trust of those in this particular LA subculture and Eric put in the time, slowly gaining enough trust to be allowed to carry out his project.
This primarily monochromatic tattoo style, featuring brief color images such as a brilliant blue butterfly or a red lipstick kiss, originated in prison and sometimes bears symbolic gang affiliation markers. Yet, the roots of the symbolism run much deeper, referencing historical Aztec warrior imagery and religious icons such as Our Lady of Guadalupe, classic Hollywood beauties such as Marilyn Monroe, and men as action heroes alongside personal references and symbols. Each man's choices make a point, reveal an individual history. Beyond their fierce, no-shit, gaze a viewer glimpses men who have played their way through a tough hand and are much more complex than a first, perhaps prejudicial, glance reveals.
For more about Eric Schwartz and his work
(Images: Top left, Chuco/Warrior, pigment print on canvas on DiBond aluminum, 52"x40"; above right, Joseph Rodriguez, East LA, pigment print on canvas on DiBond aluminum, 52"x40")
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An Assembly of Objects
It seems like a long time since I've done a proper Finished Object post! And this isn't going to be one, not really. I've had much craft time lately but I have been working a bit on various projects.
Here's some in-progress shots of some knitting and a skirt:
My friend wanted me to add some velcro on the bottom to help prevent it from sliding, but I ran out of time! I guess she can do that herself, right??!!??
Here's some in-progress shots of some knitting and a skirt:
I'm working on a Rowan design (my first ever) Trillium by Erika Knight. It's made with cotton yarn and I'm sure it won't be ready to wear this summer, but the design seems pretty timeless, so next summer is okay by me. :)
And here is a terrible in-progress shot of another version of my self-drafted pencil skirt, this time using the wool remnants from my almost-finished-but-will-never-fit-me Burda jacket:
All that remains to do is: a) the back slit; b) hem it; and c) create buttonhole/sew on button. So this should be finished by the end of my sewing class on Thursday night. Next time I use this pattern I really need to add some pockets!!
I do have one finished object to show you. However, it's not terribly exciting. As a favor to a friend I made a couch cushion cover out of some curtains that she bought.
You can see how big the cushion is; it's the bottom seat cushion. I had to get major help from my sewing teacher 'cuz I wasn't sure how to go about doing it. And I don't even want to calculate the miles (or rather, kilometers, since this is France) that this cushion racked up before the project was finished. It was originally in Biarritz, then Paris (via the Alps), then Orleans, then it's going back to Biarritz tomorrow.
|That's T. being funny.
Anyhow, we basically made a fitted sheet for it. The fabric is fake-suede. There's a picture of the bottom side with the elastic gathering.
And here's a close-up on a pretty nicely-done corner, thanks to my teacher's expert guidance:
This was actually pretty straightforward to do but if I tried to figure it out on my own the result would've looked a lot less made-to-measure and a lot more home-made. It doesn't look like it, but the cushion isn't really rectangular. It has a weird lip on the front and along the sides.
Another element was that we had to make holes for the buckles. So, buttonholer here we come!
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Every year at Thanksgiving, Engage with Grace asks bloggers to participate in a yearly "blog rally", a term I'd never heard of before. Bloggers encourage their readers to spend a little time discussing end-of-life (EOL) values with their families while giving thanks. An excellent tool for this is the One Slide Project, which is found on the Engage with Grace website. The site gives suggestions on how to introduce the subject and facts on why it is so important.
On more than one occasion, I have watched families struggle to determine the best course for a loved one who could no longer decide for herself. Sometimes, family members from out of town are unwilling to give up their loved one and futile care goes on much longer than anyone anticipates, leaving a swath of guilty and angry family members and damaged relationships that can last for years.
On Tuesday night, the #HCLDR twitterchat centered around end-of-life issues. We had been thoroughly primed by Lisa Fields' thoughtful blog post (@PracticalWisdom) and the thoughts flew fast and furiously. For a transcript, please click here. Above all, there was agreement that EOL discussions are important and if your primary care physician is not asking you what your wishes are, you should be telling him. Don't wait until it's too late and people that you don't know or don't want are making decisions for you. Make this holiday of thanks an opportunity for your family to understand your wishes. And you theirs.


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Sirens Call Publications is pleased to announce it's next call for our bi-monthly #FREE eZine – The Sirens Call.
For this issue of The Sirens Call, we're looking for stories of 'Lost Souls'.
The 'other side' can be a terrifying place for souls who have passed, an unimaginable place where all sorts of horrors occur. Are these lost souls stuck in Purgatory, forever running from whatever may be trapped there with them? Do they cling to our plane of existence desperately trying to communicate, or malevolently causing harm? Perhaps your story doesn't speak of the after, but tells of death itself and the soul's encounter with a Reaper.
Tell your tale from any perspective you'd like – just make sure it features a lost soul and some bite. Remember, this is a horror eZine you're writing for.
Previously published pieces are most welcome.
Submission Deadline: December 5…
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Here is the finished project.
Purple, Green and Black...she is in heaven over this!
Sunglasses and shoestrings and the Pink Hippo notepad.
It was nice to do a one afternoon project. I like instant gratification sometimes...LOL!
Love your pocket organizer! those colors look great together!! could you tell me what pattern you used??
Found you through the Sew Darn Crafty link and I clicked on to follow you. I hope you'll come over for a visit sometime.
I love your organizer! Also didn't know that you had another blog :)


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|Reference : Removal of Androgens and Estrogens from Water by Reactive Materials
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|Removal of Androgens and Estrogens from Water by Reactive Materials
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|Phillips, D. H. [> >]
|Elliott, Christian [> >]
|Van Der Heiden, Edwige [Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Analyse des denrées alimentaires > >]
|Scippo, Marie-Louise [Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Analyse des denrées alimentaires >]
|Muller, Marc [Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire >]
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group of endocrine compounds. Statistical surveys have
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estrogens in the UK and US.
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contaminants from dairy farm effluent. This can be achieved
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activated carbon, zero-valent iron, and organoclay was carried
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A MAJOR public inquiry lasting three weeks ordered United Utilities to improve sewage systems affecting Southport's beaches.
The Environment Agency has argued for the improvements to the sewer network since the 1990s.
After appeals from United Utilities, which did not want to make the improvements, the work is going ahead.
A planning inspector, appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that the current volume of storm sewage being released from Preston's sewer network is having a negative impact on local bathing and shellfish waters and that it should be reduced.
The Environment Agency clearly demonstrated that upgrading seven of United Utilities' combined sewer overflows in the Preston city centre area would lead to an improvement in the quality of bathing and shellfish waters.
The improvements to the sewer network are expected to be completed in time for the 2011 bathing season.
Tony Dean, Environment Agency North West Regional Director said: "We have argued for improvements to this section of the sewer network since the late 1990s and we are delighted with the result.This decision is welcome news for anyone visiting these beaches who, once the improvements are in place, will be able to enjoy the cleaner bathing waters."
A United Utilities spokesperson said: "We have had the appeal decision, and we are currently reviewing the decision and its implications."


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Every place seems to be Salvadoran. I like Salvadoran, but I am craving my tejano and norteño taco de barbacoa, taco de lengua, taco de tripa, etc...Back home in Texas we have copious taco trucks and carts and taquerías on every corner. Where to go when I am craving the taste of home? I am looking for a place with good meats, well made salsas, and possibly even fresh hand made corn tortillas, though factory fresh works for me, too.
I am sure I could find this stuff if I drove far away, but there has to be something in or near to Herndon, right?
While I am at it, is there a place around here that sells barbacoa by the pound? I am looking for tejano/norteño style beef barbacoa de cachete or cabeza.


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Before we get to the running backs, here are a few responses to Monday's posts.
Stillpan4gold had an interesting read on the quarterback assessment when he wrote about expectations. Alex Smith was looked upon as coming from the same lineage of Montana, Young even Garcia. The team even tried to structure an advertising campaign around it until realizing the pressure the organization was heaping on Smith. It's quite possible Smith will never succeed here, because expectations are so high. He might have to go somewhere else.
Bionic3 summarized the quarterback assessment post by saying that Smith was equal to Rob Johnson and Shaun Hill was equal to Jeff Garcia. Smith moves much better than Johnson and also throws the ball away better. If Smith had stayed healthy, I don't think the 49ers would have given up 55 sacks last season, because he would have avoided many of them. When he started every game in 2006, no quarterback in the league threw the ball away more than he did.
At the end of OTA's, I was talking to a defensive player, who actually compared Smith to Garcia, because Garcia also struggled with throwing a pass before a receiver broke. But he said Garcia succeeded with toughness and the ability to run around and make plays on his own. Smith has that ability, but hasn't used it yet for whatever reason.
Last season, running back Frank Gore added to the giddiness that pervaded the team. After racing to a team record 1,675 yards rushing, Gore predicted he'd top 2,000 yards. Coach Mike Nolan tempered Gore's goal by saying he might not get enough carries. In fact, the days of 2,000-yard rushing seasons might be over with coaches finally convinced that they can't overload their running backs.
While Gore was poised for 2,000 he wound up with 1,102. Many factors contributed to this: He sprained his ankle early on, he lost his mother during the season and then good friend Sean Taylor, and the offensive line didn't block as well. But, there's another factor, no one talks about and that will be key for the upcoming season – the score.
When Gore rushed for 1,675 yards, he did so on 312 carries. Last season he got 260 carries. Granted he missed a game with the ankle, but the main reason for the dip in opportunity was the 49ers were trying to catch up in lopsided games, eliminating the running game altogether.
Here's a look Gore's carries in blow outs:
Game 3: Pittsburgh 37-16, 14 carries by Gore
Game 4: Seattle 23-3, 16 carries
Game 6: NY Giants 33-15, 14 carries
Game 7: New Orleans 31-10, 12 carries
Game 9: Seattle 23-0, 13 carries
Game 12: Carolina 31-14, 12 carries
Game 13: Minnesota 27-7, 16 carries
That's seven games, when the 49ers couldn't get Gore needed touches. The goal this year is 25 touches a game with roughly 20 carries and five receptions. But that won't happen unless the 49ers are in more games. If they played more competitively last year and Gore carried the ball the same amount as '06, he would have finished with 1,321 yards at his average last year of 4.2 yards a carry. A rhythm runner, Gore's yards per carry probably would have gone up because he gets better in the latter parts of games and seasons. He might have been in the 1,400 or 1,450 range.
So offensive coordinator Mike Martz's idea of Gore driving the offensive bus will only happen if the team avoids last year's slow starts.
Gore is also likely to be better in the upcoming season. The impact last year of the loss of his mother, Liz, had to be huge. She was a remarkable person, and Gore talked to her nearly everyday. A drug user at one time, once her family started falling apart, she stopped using drugs abruptly and started taking in her wayward brothers and sisters in her one-bedroom apartment in Miami. She became the family matriarch.
She also saved her son by getting Frank the learning help he required for his rather severe dyslexia. Her assistance, plus Frank's unconquerable determination to meet the minimum requirement on the SAT, got him into the University of Miami and eventually launched his NFL career.
The sprained ankle also seemed to prevent him from cutting all the way back against the grain on his gap runs. Typically those plays give the runner three options – follow your blocker, cut back to the middle, or cut all the way to the other side of the play. Gore rarely seemed to take the third option, particularly right after his ankle sprain.
Fundamentally, the running game should improve. Martz will adopt more motion in the formations and use plenty of misdirection, just as Norv Turner did when Gore exploded for the 1,675.
Martz also realizes that without question, Gore is his best player. While Martz's career so far has been dominated by the pass, the logic of using the talent available to him should supersede his passing inclination.
Also, Martz might install Gore as a receiver often. Running backs were rarely primary receivers last year, and that is likely to change.
Foster and Gore share similarities. Gore's career nearly ended in college with two serious knee injuries, and after his rookie season, he needed dual shoulder surgeries. Three of Foster's first four seasons were interrupted by microfracture knee surgery, a broken collarbone and a cracked fibula. Both are similarly sized (Gore 5-9, 223 and Foster 6-0, 222) and unfortunately, both fumble – eight each in the last two years.
In fact, I think they are too similar. The 49ers were better suited with the combination of Maurice Hicks and Michael Robinson as backups. Hicks was a quick, darting runner and the best receiver out of the backfield. What Robinson, the former quarterback and wide receiver, lacks in running instincts he makes up with power and smarts. Robinson remains, but Hicks signed a free-agent deal in Minnesota.
The signing of Foster also keeps Thomas Clayton buried on the depth chart. The seventh-round pick from last year has promise.
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A MUSICAL about capitalism, site-specific performances, and a symposium will form the Galway Dance Days festival which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.
The festival is organised by Ríonach Ní Néill, NUI Galway dance artist in residence, and will feature premieres, solo performances, large-scale theatrical spectacles, and talks.
The highlight is certain to be Anti-Capitalism: The Musical! which mixes acrobatics, musical theatre, circus, song, dance, social criticism, and fairy godmothers through a cast of 15 dancers, singers, circus performers, actors, and a live band.
Choreographed and composed by Deirdre Murphy, it is on at The Cube, Bailey Allen Building, NUIG on Saturday and Sunday.
In Founder (tomorrow, 8pm ), Swedish choreographer Maria Nilsson Waller transforms vacant offices in Fairgreen House, Fairgreen Road, into a world resonating with the wonders of the sea.
Judith Sibley and Chrysalis Dance Company will perform the specially commissioned These Moments, as part of a series of dance works by Irish female choreographers on Saturday at Fairgreen House.
Fairgreen House will also be the location for Emma Fitzgerald's intimate solo show, The Sea and the Shape of My Heart, Aoife McAtamney's Softer Swells, and Úna Little's Grace, inspired by the Magdalene Laundries.
Issues of gender, activism, and the environment, will be the focus of the Corp_Real International Symposium, running throughout the festival in the Bailey Allen Hall.
Convened by Dr Aoife McGrath (Queens University ), Dr Finola Cronin (UCD ), and Ríonach Ní Néill, the symposium will feature Swedish landscape architect Carola Wingren speaking about introducing dance into climate-change research in southern Sweden and Liverpool academic Rachel Sweeney on flooding.
Other events include Choreographing Feminist Politics in Ireland; a discussion on artists' contributions to a more equitable society; and My Methyl, a collaboration between Galwegian artist Michelle Browne and choreographer Emma Martin at Fairgreen House tomorrow.
Tickets are €15/12 for individual events or €39/30 for an all-in festival ticket. Booking is through www.entertainment.ie For full programme details see www.ciotog.ie


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- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 1:24 AM
babaji you are the powerful light house in me as my ship and the navigator had gone astray......now i can see where my destination lies......sakutations to you O GURUDEV.....NAMASKAR...NAMASTEYReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Om Namah Shivay Baba ji. I am so lucky that i have been introduced to you. I know for sure you will change my life for better. Aap itne gyani ho. You are amaging. Keep sending me your love, blessings. Love to attend your shivir one day and i hope that one day arrives soon. i am so much connected to you and through you to lord.Love you Baba ji. Kirpa karo and reply please.ReplyDelete
Babaji ap ko hamara pure parivar ka koti koti pranam aur dhanyawad.ReplyDelete
Babaji you are the best.
- AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM
you are wonderful. Your service is wonderful. Only a few people are undertaking the responsibility of popularizing the golden age. Baba, how will be Dec21,2012 and Dec22,2012 in physical reality
- AnonymousJune 22, 2012 at 1:23 AM
naamaah shivaay babamaa love you plz keep blessing mee so that i get the power to follow your path love you baba maa be always with me like u are namah shivay..........love you & thanks alot for your love ,blessing & shivir .namah shivay.........thank you once again namah shivay........ReplyDelete
- AnamikaJune 22, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Namah shivaya babaji, I feel so blessed n privileged to know about u . I m deeply connected to u and through u to my lord shiva. U showed me the way to connect to the almighty. I wish deeply n sincerely from my heart for to u come to tanzania at least once. Call me babaiji to ur shiver, aa ke saakshatkar darshan Karnataka chahti Hun aur aa ke live discourse Sunna chahti Hun. Shower ur blessings babaji on me n my family. I luv u babaji.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2012 at 11:19 AM
NAMAH SHIVAYA BABAJI,Babaji you are my everything, plz accept my pranaam and call me for siddha dhyan, saambhvi sadhana. i am very 2 grateful to you i am very2 grateful to siddha gurus who shows me right path in my life.thanks babaji plz tell me how i should do maha meru shri vidya sadhna....ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 16, 2013 at 11:30 PM
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- AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 2:53 AM
My Dear Babaji, You are wonderful and like Lord Shiva on earth. You satsang is very wonderful and it is my doz in a day. Thanks for Sanskar Channel. Om Namaha Shivaya.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2013 at 8:15 AM
Luv u babaji.I m so blessed that I met u.u gave me a purpose of my life.thank u babaji.luv uReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 7:34 AM
dhanyam swaraami Baabaaji from dlpthy B,loreReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 18, 2013 at 12:50 PM
babaji i m being watching your episodes on tv they r just amazing. I just want to experince it now!ReplyDelete
- AbhishekJune 22, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Om nam shiva babji i love youReplyDelete
Om namah sovay guruji,i m suffering by -ve power,i wants to attend sribidya sadhana sibir with u.pls guruji bless me.ReplyDelete
baba ji i m janu sharma i dnt hve job and very dispresed due to family problem. Babaji plz so me path i m disturbReplyDelete
- sabitha singhJuly 29, 2013 at 3:53 AM
my dear guru ji and guru maa, Namah shivay, babaji thank u so much for coming in my life and making it positive. guruji i feel so lucky to have you as my guru, pls always guide me in my life and shower your sanjeeveni blessing on me and my family.thank you so much guru ji.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Om namah sivaya babaji.ReplyDelete
I m coming plz aap mujhe apni sharan me le loReplyDelete
I m coming plz aap mujhe apni sharan me le loReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2013 at 4:36 AM
I request u to plz mujha apni sharan ma la lijia thanksReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM
It is said that a salvation is not possible without a guru and, you do not need to seek for right guru. At appropriate time and place, the GURU will find you and take you in his fold for a spiritual journey. People and friends on spiritual path tells me the above all the times and, I get anxious every time because, I am obvously, waiting for a guru. I have a choice to make between a raj yoga and shiv yoga. Both may be difficult but, I am ready for it. I really enjoy the daily discourses on tv by baba Avdutanand.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 2:51 AM
Baba how out side of country get your blessing for Shri vidya, sanjeevani vidyaReplyDelete
plz help me ,i watch your all videos , can i get your blessing throuh web, ifelt that, is it true or some say it's just my belief plz help me Om nama Shivaya
- AnonymousDecember 31, 2013 at 5:43 AM
nama shivaya baba gi..............ReplyDelete
Dhanya Sad Guru Deba , Babaji tera charana me aa kar jannma safal paya.......love you Babaji...ReplyDelete
Dhanya Sad Guru Shivananda.....
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 5:23 AM
aum namah shivaya babaji aap ko sader parnaamReplyDelete
babaji namah shivaya apko koti koti pranam . apki kripa hamesha rahi hiy love you babaji hamare sath hamesha rahiye apke charanome prarthna meri kripa karke hame ashish dijiye. thank you babajiReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 7, 2014 at 4:33 AM
baba jl namah shivaya babaji ma aps jalde a jalde milna chahti hu kquki mari life m satguru nhi or m app ko guru banna chahati hu.guruji kripa krna ,radhe radhe.............ReplyDelete
nmhe shivya baabji....babaji mujhe sadhna krte 3 year ho gya h na to mere helth thik hui h or na hi mujhe naukri mili h...ReplyDelete
plz karpa kro babaji.... m ap k charno m bar bar nman krta hu nmhe shivyaReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2014 at 10:00 PM
babaji iwill meet u earlyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2014 at 8:03 PM
babaji namaha shivaye...I love u babaji...please keep sendingReplyDelete
blessing on me n family with maa sanjeevini...thanku babaji
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2014 at 1:48 PM
Om Namaha shivaye, I really love you babaji , I would like to meet you. It would be my life achievement to meet you babaji please reply to meReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2014 at 6:17 AM
Namaste baba jee i came to know about you through internet i always try to watch your videos on youtube, baba jee mein bahut pareshaan rehta hun life jo bhi chahta hun kabi milta hi nahi hai muje baba jee i'm very unlucky for everything in my life pls muj par kripa karo muje apni sharan mein le lo i want to meet uuu baba jee kripa karo. my name is harindra chaudharyReplyDelete
aapke charno main mera shat-shat naman Babaji. Kripa karo babaji kripa karo. please bless me. pleae please please....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2015 at 6:36 AM
babji om namah shivay. babaji iam trying to be shiv yogi. I Listen to your preachings on tv every day. Let me tell u little about my self. My husband is my first guru. I started sadhana about 25 years ago. He explained to me everything what you preech,but there is always more to learn. I want your ashirwad. For me you are dronacharya of aklavya. I tried to tontact u so many time on the no i see on screen but failed. How can i contact u. om namah shivayReplyDelete
Babaji namaha shivayeReplyDelete
Pranam babaReplyDelete
Is there a srividya sadhna happening anywhere in delhi in may 2016?
Namah shivaya
Babaji plz shivir mein bula lijeye mujhe..... I need u guruji... Plz...ReplyDelete
Babaji plz shivir mein bula lijeye mujhe..... I need u guruji... Plz...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2017 at 11:44 PM
if this man is that knowledgeable why doesn't he go to the nook and corner of indian villages and change them ! why is he sitting at one place and preaching that too charges 2500 rs and 600 rs ! what is this?ReplyDelete


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One week had gone by since the villagers had burned down the Dilapidated Hut, and Toadmila had built herself a stone house with wide windows and a stone door and tile of burnt clay on the roof. She'd also made herself new furniture and a few essentials: pots and cups and cutlery and a cauldron. She even had a separate room with a bed and a soft mattress, and a warm blanket and a fluffy pillow. And she had a fireplace in the main room, with a pot of vegetable stew simmering on top of magical green flames that burned without smoke and produced just enough heat to keep the room warm.
There was only one thing that she'd recovered and kept from the debris of the old hut: the self-filling cup of magical tea. But though she kept it on her new table, she hadn't had a single sip from it since she'd started building her new home.
For some reason, the villagers had not bothered her again, no doubt disheartened by their initial failure to roast her. But as she waited for the stew to boil one evening, she heard footsteps outside her house. No shouts off "Kill the witch!" no crackling of burning torches, just the quiet tapping of lonely feet, and then a shy knock on the door.
Toadmila straightened her back and turned her head to the door. No doubt, this was the beginning of the job that she'd been trained for, her first customer looking for potions or spells. She flicked her wand and the door opened slowly, with a dramatic screeching sound. A girl, about the same age as Toadmila, peered through the open door, not daring to come in. She was tall and skinny, her face browned by sunlight and smudged with dust and possibly mud. Her hair, the color of dry straws, was tied in two braids, and her clothes, made of russet, looked too wide and too short for her, and badly worn. From her gaunt face, a pair of round, brown eyes searched around the room.
"Hello..." the girl said irresolutely. "I'm looking for the witch..."
Toadmila noticed that the girl wasn't carrying either a pitchfork or a torch. This was very encouraging.
"I'm the witch," Toadmila said, trying to sound as professional as she could.
The girl looked puzzled.
"Oh, but that can't be," she said quickly, studying Toadmila with wide eyes. "Witches are old and hunchbacked and they have warts and crooked teeth and an ugly nose and... you only have the nose, and gray hair."
Toadmila raised her wand in as unmenacing a manner as she could manage, with its tip pointed at the ceiling,
"I'm a witch," she said firmly, pointing at her wand with her free hand.
"Oh," the girl said, taken aback by this undeniable proof. "Then you're going to make John fall in love with me, right?"


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Poll:Would you choose a secure school or a "gun free" school for your children?
As a parent of two young sons, I'd rather send my children where there is armed security along with strict rules for allowing entry to the premises. If the president's children, celebrity children and other wealthy children are able to send their kids to secure schools our children deserve equal protection. Our children aren't worth less or less important, they are our future and should be equally protected.
CBS:Parents of children who survived the deadly massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School speak to CBS News about NRA head's call for armed security guards in every U.S. school.
NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre rejected calls for more gun restrictions, and instead stated that "gun-free" zones made schools less safe by inviting criminals with guns into unprotected areas.LaPierre insisted, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."He called for the presence of armed guards in every school across the U.S. "We need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protect program proven to work, and by that I mean armed security," LaPierre said.LaPierre went on to add, "When it comes to our most beloved innocent and vulnerable members of the American family -- our children -- we as a society leave them every day utterly defenseless."
has apparently forgotten that back in 2000, on the one-year anniversary of the Columbine shooting (which occurred with an assault weapons ban in place), President Clinton requested $60 million in federal money to fund a fifth round of funding for a program called "COPS in School," a program that does exactly what the NRA is proposing and the media is currently in overdrive mocking:
Clinton also unveiled the $60-million fifth round of funding for "COPS in School," a Justice Department program that helps pay the costs of placing police officers in schools to help make them safer for students and teachers. The money will be used to provide 452 officers in schools in more than 220 communities.
"Already, it has placed 2,200 officers in more than 1,000 communities across our nation, where they are heightening school safety as well as coaching sports and acting as mentors and mediators for kids in need," Clinton said.
The media is not only so driven to ensure Sandy Hook is used to win this round on gun control that they've become morally blinded to what really needs to be done to immediately secure our schools; they've lost their grip historically and politically.
Unfortunately, under Obama, funding for school security was cut. Obama Let 1 Billion Dollars in School Security Funds Lapse Before Sandy Hook Mass Shooting. Instead he chose to send billions overseas to fund terrorist countries and supply jihadists, enemies of the US, with weapons to remove Gaddaffi in Libya and Assad in Syria.
In the end,I believe more parents would rather their child have the best protection and security available and one way to do this is to provide trained armed security who can be volunteer or paid parents or NRA members,retired law enforcement or ex military. One way to fund training and security is to use teacher's union dues. The NRA has over 11,000 certified police instructors who are available to provide training. It's time to consider common sense security in our schools. As the NRA leader said, we protect presidents, money and buildings with armed security why not our most precious, irreplaceable and one of a kind children?
When it comes to school safety and security parents should have more of a voice and a choice in these decisions, not the federal government. I bet more parents would choose the armed/secure schools over the unarmed schools. Which would you choose and why??


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Huawei Mate 9 Camera Samples Released
by Nov 2, 2016 3:22 am5
The Huawei Mate 9 will be unveiled in Munich in a little over 24 hours from now, and to whet our appetite sample photos have been released online to give us a glimpse of what Huawei's second collaboration with Leica can offer.
The Mate 9 is the sixth phone from Huawei this year to sport dual rear cameras. Kicking off the trend with the Huawei P9 (and P9 Plus) which garnered much praise for its wonderful performance, then following it with the Honor V8 and Honor 8. The Mate 9 is expected to be the best of the lot as its rear cameras are a 12MP + 20MP combination, a significant upgrade from the P9 which uses a combination of two 12MP sensors.
The pictures were posted on Weibo by a user with the name @Lee Bruce_Lee and are tagged "Munich in the morning". The pictures have gotten positive reviews most especially the first picture.
READ MORE: EMUI 5.0 May Launch Alongside Huawei Mate 9
The Huawei Mate 9 will launch first in Munich, Germany tomorrow before making it back to China for a November 14 launch scheduled to hold in Shanghai.
What do you think of these first set of camera samples? Are they better than the competition or is it too early to judge?


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What is Creativity?
What is Creativity?
Lets define creativity in order to better understand what creativity is. People searching online might search 'define creativity'. Or even 'creative ideas'. But the definition of creativity is varied depending on where you're looking.
Google tells it like so:
"the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness."
The Business Dictionary states:
"Mental characteristic that allows a person to think outside of the box, which results in innovative or different approaches to a particular task."
Bill Gates would have you believe that creativity is down to computers:
"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."
And then there is Charles Mingus:
"Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."
My definition? Hmmm…
When I think of myself being creative, it incorporates many different things.
It could be in the way I plan an outfit. The way I teach a child long multiplication so that he understands it. It could the the way I write an email to a visa application service. Or the way I cook a meal. Even the way I organise my books and records in a cupboard. But do we consider that these are real creative ideas? Is creating one plate of food for a family of four and having each element ready at the same time classifiable as being creative? Planning skills yes, but I also believe its a creative act. Often we don't have everything we need, so our options become improvising on the spot, or giving up. The improvisation aspect is us becoming even more creative with what we have to hand.
In much the same way as planning a drawing. What are you going to draw? You glance around and what do you see? A teacup. A window. Further afield, theres a boat on the river beyond the window. Which incidentally is splattered with heavy raindrops so that everything is more than slightly obscured. But that's ok, we'll just work around that, figure out a way to make these elements work together. Maybe the raindrops will actually be little teacups sliding down the windows? Oops, was that us being creative right there?
Remember at school? Being set the task of drawing your ma and pa? My Pa had blue hair, and it was LONG, at least in my drawing. But my Pa didn't ACTUALLY have long blue hair. And I got criticised for being silly. I'm still 'silly' to this day, only now I've labelled it 'creative'.
Creativity is about doing something interesting with something.
Challenging the 'accepted' way, doing it YOUR way, and not being afraid of the outcome. Letting go and seeing what happens and embracing the final result.
I'd really love to hear your thoughts on what Creativity means to you. Drop me an email at [email protected]


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a'-mi-a-b'-l (yedhidh, "beloved"):
Applied to the tabernacle or tent of meeting "How amiable ("lovely" the Revised Version, margin) are thy tabernacles" (Psalms 84:1), the plural having reference to the subdivisions and appurtenances of the sanctuary (compare Psalms 68:35). The adjective is rendered "amiable" in the sense of the French amiable, lovely; but the usage of the Hebrew word requires it to be understood as meaning "dear," "beloved." Compare "so amiable a prospect" (Sir T. Herbert), "They keep their churches so cleanly and amiable" (Howell, 1644). "What made the tabernacle of Moses lovely was not the outside, which was very mean, but what was within" (John Gill). See TABERNACLE.
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