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In the latest hysterical reaction to the bold and spectacular resignation of Lt.General Thomas Cirillo from the SPLA 'tribal' army, President Salva Kiir, in a top secret meeting with some special members of his ethnic Dinka so-called Jieng council of elders, resolved on the following resolutions:
1- To dispatch secret Dinka security agents to the neighboring countries with the special mission to locate and assassinate General Thomas Cirillo;
2- President Kiir ashamedly has offered millions of dollars whoever can bring to him the head of General Thomas Cirillo, and finally;
3- President Kiir and his nefarious tribal advisers, in desperation, have conspired and decided on launching a nefarious and genocidal plan of killing members of General Thomas Cirillo's tribe, the Bari community. Already, as widely reported by other media sources, Kiir's tribal SPLA soldiers have been widely dispatched to all the areas around Juba up to the neighboring East African states, to hunt down and kill General Thomas Cirillo.
As reported by several media sources, the SPLA government soldiers, desperate on the wild hunt for General Thomas Cirillo, raided Kobi village on the Juba-Nimule road where they reportedly committed massive crimes of raping on the women and many of these victims were brought to Juba for treatment.
Gen. Thomas Cirillo precisely accused Kiir and his cabal of Dinka advisers of turning the country's military into a Dinka "tribal" army that has taken part "in systematic killings of people, rape of women and the burning of villages in the name of pursuing rebels in peaceful villages."
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Lt.General Thomas Cirillo's Heroically resigns from Kiir's "Tribal government:" What's next?
The best and the most popular top SPLA general, war hero and freedom fighter, General Thomas Cirillo Swaka has finally decided to quit today the so-called tribal government of South Sudan led by Salva Kiir Mayardit. Below is his resignation letter:
To: President Salva Kiir Mayardit,
President of the Republic of South Sudan,
Commander-in-Chief, Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army,
Juba, South Sudan. Dated: 11/02/2017
I, Lt.Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the Deputy Chief of General Staff for Logistics, SPLA, hereby tender my resignation as Deputy Chief of General Staff for Logistics, and from the SPLA.
It has been my honor and privilege to have served the people of South Sudan during the liberation struggle and during the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which led to the conduct of referendum on self-determination and attainment of independence of South Sudan. I am proud to have been part of the Liberation struggle and generally in having served the people of South Sudan in numerous military and political assignments over the last three decades.
I am resigning from the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and from the SPLA because of the following reasons:
1. I am convinced the violence which erupted in Juba in December 2013 and swiftly spread to several parts of South Sudan, in due course becoming a devastating war, was planned and orchestrated by design. This TRIBALLY engineered war resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent lives and the displacement of at least two million people….mainly innocent civilians, women and children currently living in miserable conditions either as internally displaced (IDPs), virtually prisoners in the UN camps or as refugees.
In August 2015, after almost 2 years of civil war and suffering of the people, the warring parties signed a deal, the ARCSS, brokered by IGAD. Unfortunately, the Government of South Sudan deliberately orchestrated violations of the peace agreements which led to fighting in Juba in July 2016, total collapse of the Agreement and resumption of war in the country.
2. I am dissatisfied and have lost patience with the conduct of the President and Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), the Chief of General Staff and other senior officers in the HQS of the SPLA as well as Unit Commanders. The President and these SPLA officers have systematically frustrated the implementations of the peace agreements and pursued the agenda of the JIENG COUNCIL OF ELDERS of ethnic cleansing, forceful displacement of people from their ancestral lands and ethnic domination.
I can no longer continue to be part of the ongoing destruction of our beloved country by the same army.
3. The SPLA is supposed to be transformed and professionalized into a national, non-partisan army as stipulated, however, President Kiir and his Dinka leadership clique have tactically and systematically transformed the SPLA into a partisan and tribal army. It's a militia loyal only to its tribal leadership of Pres. Salva Kiir and Chief of General Staff, Paul Malong Awan. The SPLA has lost respect of the South Sudanese people and even the International community. Worst of all, it has shattered the dreams, hopes and aspirations of the people, and it has taken the lead or participated in the systemic killing of the people, rape of women and burning of villages.
4. Pres. Kiir and Jieng Council of Elders (JCE), which is the real Cabinet of the Government, failed to recognize the sacrifices and struggle of other nationalities and they even go to the extent of denying the contributions of other nationalities during the liberation struggle. The President and his tribal JCE have concentrated on entrenching Dinka ethnic domination, turning other organized forces and the SPLA into brutal tribal forces, terrorizing and intimidating their opponents.
5. To implement the above policies, the President and his clique systematically recruited Dinka in all security sectors and units, paying particular attention to promoting and appointing Dinkas from sections hailing specifically from Bahr el Ghazel region, the home area of the president and Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Paul Malong Awan. Most of these recruits are promoted to officer ranks and made commanders of most SPLA units. The same for the Police, Prisons, Fire Brigade, Military and National Intelligence, CID and Customs, all commanded by Dinkas. By design, other nationalist revolutionaries who fought the liberation war have been humiliated, demoralized and effectively demobilized from the service.
6. Mathiang Anyor and Dut ko-beng tribal militias who have taken over the SPLA have become an occupation force in some parts of the country, consciously in pursuit of a policy of ethnic targeting and a campaign of systematic rape, killing, mistreating, humiliating and torturing civilians. All these done in a culture of impunity. Mathiang Anyor have deliberately applied a policy of scorched earth by burning whole villages and grabbing land, especially in Equatoria, Chollo land in Upper Nile and the Western Bahr el Ghazel. For instance, during December 2013 and July 2016 violence, these tribal forces, including President Kiir's own Tiger Division, brazenly went on the rampage killing, rape, torture and looting systematically in an unprecedented manner.
7. The continuous insecurity happening right now across the country is caused by the SPLA militia and other ethnically organized forces and security organs. They are the ones killing people in the capital, Juba, and other towns in the name of 'Unknown Gunmen.' In fact, these are 'known gunmen.' This is why many South Sudanese are fleeing to become internally displaced or refugees. The President and the Dinka political leadership only came out and condemned these kinds of atrocities when Juba-Yei road incident took place in October because the victims were from the Dinka ethnic group.
8. The SPLA militias and other security organs are looting government assets and hijacking government vehicles and taking those stolen properties to their states to use or sell, there is no remedy for the aggrieved.
9. Innocent civilians, especially Non-Dinkas, are being arbitrary arrested, detained and killed by the security organs all over the country. Those detained are subjected to torture and humiliation in what is called 'Safe Houses." In Jebel Luri, where the President's special residence is built, and in Gorum military area controlled by Tiger Division of Kiir and the Mathiang Anyor militia, many innocent detainees are dying in these "prisons" falsely accused of either expressing opposing views or supporting rebels.
10. Until this time that I am submitting my resignation, many years have elapsed without holding official meeting of Command of the Army, especially after General Paul Malong took over command of the SPLA. There is total collapse of the chain of command; the Commander in Chief (C-in-C) and the Chief of Staff mostly meet in their own residencies with close and trusted officers who are their tribesmen (tribal commanders).
These officers are labelled as "Loyal Officers."
*** Strangely, included in these meetings are some members of the Jieng Council of Elders, (perhaps as 'non-uniformed officers'- essentially tribesmen directing or advising the army).
*** All the powers in the army are confined to the Chief of General Staff who uses them to build and consolidate the military strength of "SPLA militia" for implementing the "Dinka Agenda" of subjugating, humiliating or destroying any of the other tribes who dare to stand in their way.
*** The small number of SPLA soldiers are deliberately neglected, without deployment, unarmed, even during emergencies.
11. Since 2005, after CPA was signed, most SPLA from non-Dinka (mainly from Equatoria Region) are deliberately deployed out of Equatoria to Bahr el Ghazel and Upper Nile regions.
*** As a policy, they have been kept out of Equatoria since the signing of the CPA in 2005, and even denied leave or permission to visit their families.
*** Those who have been in the Eastern Sudan from during the liberation war and were subsequently deployed to Upper Nile, Abyei and Bahr el Ghazel areas after the war, are still in those places up to this moment.
*** They have lost contact with their families, children and parents. Many have lost their lives in those wars after the CPA, during the wars with Sudan, Gen. George Athor's rebellion, the Cobra wars of David Yau yau and the 2013 by the split within SPLM and the fight over power.
*** Upto this moment, these dear sons of our nation who offered their lives for the liberation and freedom of our people are being treated in an inhuman way just for the sake of massaging the egos of a small clique of people pursuing a futile agenda of tribal hegemony.
*** On the other hand, SPLA soldiers from the Dinka ethnic group have been strategically deployed and posted in non-Dinka areas to support the policy of land occupation and enforcing the agenda of forceful DINKANIZATION and domination of the country.
12. This discrimination and crimes against humanity are committed not only on non-Dinkas alone but also visited on the Dinkas who are opposed to the policy of discrimination on ethnic bases and destruction of the country. Such Dinkas are regarded as enemies as well.
*** The policy of ethnic domination and subjugation being pursued openly by the President and his close associates has made Dinkas to be painted with the same brush by the other communities/nationalities, without making distinction between the good Dinkas and the bad ones.
*** As a result, the Dinka community has come to be hated by their own brothers and sisters from other communities. Pursuit of this wrong-headed policy has also destroyed the fabric of South Sudan society.
13. All this time we have been talking to and persuading the C-in-C and members of the Army Command hailing from the Dinka ethnic group, especially those who are known to be members of Dinka ruling clique, to refrain from this tribally oriented policy that cannot promote nationalism and unity, and which can only destroy the country to no avail.
*** All these efforts went in vain as they have fallen on deaf ears. Therefore, it has become important at this crucial moment of our history not to continue working under the leadership of President Salva Kiir that is intentionally subjecting the people of South Sudan to unprecedented and unacceptable cycles of violence and human suffering.
*** This type of inhuman treatment and the human agony it entails has never happened before, even during the time when Khartoum was ruling South Sudan.
Given the above reasons that are by no means exhaustive, I hereby resign from the position of Deputy Chief of General Staff for Logistics, and from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka,
Deputy Chief of General Staff for Logistics, SPLA.
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cc: Minister of National Security
cc: SPLA Chief of General Staff
cc: Deputies of Chief of General Staff
cc: SPLA Inspector General
cc: Director of National Security
cc: Directors in the G/HQS
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cc: Specialized Units Commanders
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"We're building societies through community organizations, and diverse groups of people in the communities are coming together to overcome differences. We bring people out to talk about child protection rights, gender equality, and health issues like clean water. The program inherently has a convening power."
Johann Olav Koss, Founder and CEO of Right To Play
About Johann Olav Koss
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Seven years later, Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and social entrepreneur, founded Right To Play. Through sports and games, the nonprofit helps children build essential life skills and better futures, while driving social change in their communities with lasting impact. Right To Play works in the most disadvantaged areas of the world, engaging with girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV/AIDS, street children, former child combatants, and refugees. Right To Play's mission is to improve the lives of children in the most disadvantages areas of the world by using the power of sport and play for development, health, and peace.
After his initial trip to Eritrea, Norwegian speed-skating legend Johann Olav Koss made world headlines when he won three Gold Medals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games, breaking a total of 10 world records over the course of his career. Koss has gone to win numerous accolades, including honorary doctorates from the University of Calgary and Brock University, and was named "One of 100 Future Leaders of Tomorrow" by TIME Magazine, and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2006. Johann completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Queensland, and completed his Executive MBA at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Current Operations of Right To Play
Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play is a global organization, training local community leaders as coaches to deliver its programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease. Right To Play reaches 1 million children and youth through weekly activities, and has trained nearly 12,000 volunteer coaches and 5,000 Junior Leaders to help run its weekly programs.
Approach and Distinguishing Features
Right To Play's global impact benefits one million children weekly, with play and sports programs that improve life skills, health knowledge, behavior, and classroom engagement, to name a few. Nearly 50 percent of the children and half of the volunteer coaches, teachers, and leaders are female. Right To Play involves entire communities by working with local agencies, parents, teachers, and community volunteers to implement their programs. By training community leaders as coaches that deliver its programs through its coach-teacher model, local volunteers build leadership skills and meaningful connections between youth and adults.
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Keeping it Real
June 12, 2012
Posting on Facebook often times trumps my blog writing. I express myself more often there since the response tends to be quicker. My apologies for the slow blogging at times.
We started our week off with a family weeding of the garden that was so successful (i.e. no important plants were removed accidentally) that I hope to have the kids help again next Sunday. They actually enjoyed weeding, too, which was an added surprise.
Things are going on as normal around here. Healthy, happy, growing kids. Several children need new uniforms for school since their dresses are too tight and too short.
Of course we are grateful to all the folks who help us feed these children, and help us bring aid to needy folks around us. We recently started another 'experiment' like the one we are continuing with Millicent. This time, it's a small baby and his mom. Both are showing positive test results for HIV. Both are very skinny and need to get more nutrition before they can take their ARVs to keep the virus from attacking their immune systems. We want to feed them, help them with their rent and other expenses so they can get strong enough to start their retroviral meds and ultimately get strong enough to work and start living a normal life again.
I'm off to spend my evening with the family. We're watching Thundercats (not my fav) and Last Man Standing.


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This paper presents a novel approach to measure the cutting temperature in process and control it to some extent by using an internally cooled smart cutting tool with a closed internal cooling circuitry. Numerical modeling based on the finite element analysis-computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method is carried out by using ansys and fluent, then the surface temperature distribution of the tool is fitted and the equivalent heat transfer coefficient of the tool surface contacting with cooling fluid is computed. Analytical thermal model of the tool is established based on the lumped parameter method. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation results are in good agreement, which demonstrate that the innovative smart tooling design concept can effectively sense the cutting temperature at the cutting tool tip in process and also be used to reduce and control the critical cutting temperature in cutting zone for adaptive machining of difficult-to-machine materials, such as titanium and Inconel alloys. Experimental cutting trials are carried out to further examine and validate the method and concept of applying the smart cutting tool system.
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Conceptual illustration of the cutting temperature measurement and internally cooled tooling structure: (a) cutting temperature computed by using cooling inlet and outlet temperatures and (b) cooling fluid flowing routes and geometrically travelling distances within the smart cutting tool
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Modeling and simulation illustration of the tool temperature contours and fluid velocity: (a) tool temperature contours with internal cooling, (b) velocity of the cooling fluid, and (c) temperature distribution on the noncooled tool
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Thermal resistance network on the tool
Offline experiment setup of the internally cooled tool
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Comparison of the average cutting temperature
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Experimental setup for cutting tests
Rake faces of a cutting tool before and after a cutting test: (a) rake face before cutting and (b) rake face after a cutting test
The sampling of infrared images obtained in cutting process with a cutting speed of 670 rpm: (a) infrared images without cooling and (b) infrared images with internal cooling
Comparison of analytical, numerical, and experimental results for two cutting conditions: (a) comparison of average cutting temperature and (b) comparison of outlet temperature
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The Family First senator from South Australia has held talks with Treasurer Joe Hockey over controversial budget measures including the $7 per visit GP co-payment.
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For some reason, I thought Dan lived in Southern California. I had never bothered to ask him or even check; after his passing, I was shocked to learn he lived less than 100 miles from me and sailed the same San Francisco Bay that I had 30 years ago > we never discussed sailing.
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In December 2015, as a gift, Dan offered to master one of my songs. I had recorded a Barry Manilow song at the last minute just before Christmas. Dan's critique of my recording was clear. He told me, "…that he added a bit of his TLC to the master bus, but he didn't touch anything else; he didn't even remix the stems, telling me, '…your song out of the box was already properly mastered." During my last phone call with Dan, he reiterated to me, "Harry you mentioned producing other musicians; you should. Because you're really good at this." That is the highest compliment anyone has ever given me.
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Frisco Tip-Off Classic
by Jason Key
The 2015-2016 high school girls basketball season kicked off with the Frisco Tip-Off Classic held November 12-14, 2015. Continue reading for a look at some of the teams and players that caught my eye.
Duncanville defeated Plano 96-47 in the championship game. Duncanville has one of the best inside-outside combos in the state in highly recruited 2018 Zarielle Green and 2016 Louisville commit Ciera Johnson. 2016 North Texas commit Madison Townley, 2016 Xavier (LA) commit Rosie Davis, and uncommitted 2016 Chrineisha Davis lead a complementary roster that goes 8-9 deep. Watch out for 2018 rising prospect point guard Aniya Thomas. Duncanville is the early favorite in the loaded 6A Region 1.
While a young, but very talented Plano team took a tough loss in the championship game, they had a very productive weekend going 4-1. Led by 2016 Louisiana-Monroe commit Carissa Moody, 2018 Lauren Davenport, Katie Ferrell, and Emma Halverson, Plano is showing continued growth and will be tough to deal with as the season progresses.
The headliner of the tournament was 2016 national #1 and Baylor commit Lauren Cox of Flower Mound. Cox displayed an ever-improving elbow jumper and her usual elite defensive rebounding and blocking skills. Once she shows a consistent shot from the three—especially on the trail—she is going to be special at Baylor. Other 2016s that showed well were Texas A&M commit Arleighshya McElroy (Richardson), Houston commit Dorian Branch (Richardson), Brianna Lester (Richardson), Peyton Padgett (Frisco), Kathleen Donovan (Frisco Wakeland), Utah State commit De'Anira Moore (Allen), Juliette Akinwole (Allen), Briana Heath (Allen), Makenzie Grill (Flower Mound), Celsi Caraway (Mansfield Summit), Morgan Hellyer (Flower Mound Marcus), Jocelyn Scott (McKinney North), and Mikayla Foy (Mckinney North).
The 2017 class is really starting to take shape as many standouts from this class were represented at the tournament. Here are some of the top recruits: Rebecca Lescay (Frisco Liberty), Jordan Hamilton (Frisco Liberty), Rice commit Temi Aloa (Allen), Haleigh Hill (Allen), Octavia Jackson (Lubbock Coronado), Breah Powell (McKinney North), Tia Wright (McKinney North), Hannah Reynolds (Prosper), Bailey Lightfoot (Prosper), and Louisiana Tech commit Madison Washington (Red Oak).
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The 2019 class got its first taste of varsity action. Here are some freshmen we will be watching for the next four years: Randi Thompson (Frisco Liberty), Nyah Green (Allen), Whitney Cox (Flower Mound), Tavy Diggs (Plano East), Jordyn Oliver (Prosper), Irie Razor (Richardson), and Noelle Yancy (Richardson).


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Europe is going through major changes. Our aim is to look at the key issues in our continent from a biblical perspective.
How can Islamic radicalism be countered after the imprisonment of the Christian governor of Jakarta?
As Christians keep visiting the people affected by the disaster, they have come to be called Kirisuto-san or 'Mr./Ms. Christ', with respect and appreciation.
When 'alternative facts' take over from truth, a culture is in big trouble. What can we do as Christians?
The deepening partisan ideological divide in all sectors of US society will mean that governance will most likely lurch from one extreme to another. This will have major ramifications for the church and mission.
2.1 billion people of world's population has little or no Gospel access. Christ-followers should be outraged by this spiritual injustice.
A number of Muslim groups are actively seeking a Caliphate, although their conceptions of it differ. These groups include Al-Qa'ida, Daesh (IS), Hizb ut Tahrir, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Honor and shame are prominent in Majority World cultures, where these moral values form the 'operating system' of everyday life. People avoid disgrace and seek status in the eyes of the community.
Conversion from Islam is impossible in many places and in the few locations where it is possible legally, there are social and cultural impediments to change.
Without careful and disciplined action, the church's theology and practice of mission will be impoverished.
While India has always had a religiously plural ethos, contemporary India has been polarized along religious lines with the advent of the Hindu nationalist political party to power in 2014 with an absolute majority.
It is estimated that over 100 million people in the majority world base their livelihoods on locally mining gold, precious stones, and other high-value minerals with minimal equipment, capital, and training.
Today, we might comfortably discuss ministry by, even under, but especially from leaders with disabilities.
The Christian church is a global phenomenon, and mission is a worldwide endeavor.
A new generation of African younger leaders is rising to the challenge of missions.
This is God's work, taking whispers from the margins and translating them for many to hear, speaking truth to power.
I will present a conceptual model. It was life-changing for me to discover it, and I have found that it clearly matches the biblical directives, as well as the fuller biblical narrative.
From 1995 to 2012, there were about 480 foreign entities working inside North Korea, of which 70 were Christian. Christian groups have operated in 85 counties in the country, meaning that some 60% have had some exposure to Christian organizations.
So as we look to the future, what should govern our aspirations? Perhaps Jesus' models of salt and light in Matthew 5:13-16 could give us a framework.
The Hadith reports can take Muslims in many directions: to compassion for widows and orphans, to patriarchal attitudes towards women, to disdain for religious minorities, and to military jihad for the cause of Islam.
The basic place of meeting between Christian and Muslim is our shared regard for Jesus the Messiah; and the most fundamental point of difference is not the place of women or of violence, but who we believe the Messiah to be.
Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar have also enacted similar laws, with Nepal going so far as to include them in the recently adopted constitution.
One obvious implication is the age of retirement for ministers, elders, trustees, and others. Should leaders continue to retire at, say, 65, or as in a number of denominations, 70?
An evangelical emphasis on nurturing societies that encourage openness, tolerance, and diversity of religious expression should be seen as a benefit to all citizens and beneficial to mission and ministry globally.
The secular 1970s did not prepare Europe well for the religious vitality that would become all too apparent during the late 1990s and onwards.
"The churches in Syria, as they are in Iraq, are facing four main challenges amid the current regional crisis." An article by a Syrian pastor.
Opinions expressed are those of their respective contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of Evangelical Focus.


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Ok, so I forgot. Shit happens, and you just get distracted. Even when you're seeing it regularly like I have been in my clients' lives, you can still forget, and I'll bet real money I'm not the only magician helping others who has momentarily forgotten.
I forgot the power of magic.
When my house got all burnt down from the demons, I withdrew from magic a bit. I still did ascension-type theurgical stuff, and I'd do some neat tricks with the stuff I've been learning in the Eighth Sphere here and there to get ahead at work, to cut through traffic, and to remain invisible to cops and robbers (I was delivering pizzas in the 'hood for a while), but I kind of shied away from doing magic to help myself much.
Last week when my loved one wound up in the hospital, I did an uncrossing rite one night, you know, just in case I'd picked up something without realizing it. The hospital was only one part of a three-pronged attack, and the other two prongs were equally painful and stressful. As soon as I did the rite, each of the prongs was addressed. Made me want to write a blog post about how when magic creates issues in your life, you can tell when you've fixed the source of the problem when the issues caused by the crossed condition seem to resolve as magically and mysteriously as they appeared. Might still get to it, but if not, there it is in one sentence.
Not long after that, I was driving home and dealing with some remaining loose ends related to the issues brought on by the crossed condition, and I had one of those RO moments. Just got sick of all the bullshit and called on everything I know to fix my life up, addressing each of the issues individually and in specific detail, while leaving enough wiggle room for the spirits to do their work on my behalf. I called into being a new reality, and set all the forces under my direction towards building that reality in my life, ASAP.
And it worked like magic. I mean, truly miracles and wonders, extreme coincidences and powerful manifestation of things I said I wanted to happen. And yeah, I had to put some work into making it happen, I had to take the opportunities that presented themselves, and I had to, you know, DO the Work, and it wasn't any easier than usual, but it totally paid off huge. Every seed I planted grew into a huge harvest, and it was overnight. Literally for some things, and figuratively for the longer-term plans. Overnight.
And I've been doing Work for my clients all this time, and they've had strange coincidences that could only make sense in the context of the magic I'd done on their behalf. They got what they wanted in spades too. One lady even had a guy pop into her life whose last name was one of the choirs of Angels after we did some angel magic. Subtle? Nah.
But magic for myself? Practical, get rich and make my life easier because I deserve it magic? I just didn't think about it much. When it did cross my mind, it got swept under the rug as I took care of other people's problems and desires.
Well, fuck that shit, man! Seize the booty, says I, with a pirate wink and a swashbuckler's smile. If you're doing a bunch of magic for others, or you've been focusing on Ascension when you do have time for magic, take some time for your self, some ceremonial ritual time and conjure up your Supernatural Assistant, your Genii Loci friends, your Elemental Familiars, the Seven Archangels of the Planets, the Seven Winds, the Seven Flames before the Throne of God, and put in your requests, submit your invoice for services rendered, get those budget charge codes for the upcoming scheduled tasks in your project, get that girl/boy companionship you need, put in your room service order, and soak in the jacuzzi for a bit while they go about making things happen for you.
Those piles of gold aren't going to conjure themselves, yo.


text: Question #1 I want to create a slideshow with the images in my "saved photos" directory. But i want to create my own sequence. How can I move around the photos in order to place them in the order of my choice? Question #2 How can I move a photo from my "saved photos" dir to one of my other normal directories ? Thanks for your support.


text: I am up for my upgrade in April. I had originally planned to wait for whatever Apple releases in September-ish and upgrade at that point. I have debated whether I should cross over to Android for the last year or so and now I really am on the fence. This isn't a debate about that; I know how ridiculous it would be to ask for advice on that point on an Apple forum. My consideration is paying full price for a no-contract Android device and testing it out for however long the return period is (10 days or so) and seeing what I think. Regardless of what I decide, I would return it before the return period ended. That way, I could get a feel for Android and could make a more informed decision when my upgrade time frame came about. My questions are...would AT&T screw me somehow for doing this? I do not want to use or forfeit my upgrade, which is why I would pay the no-contract price for a phone. I have the grandfathered unlimited data plan on my iPhone; would this transfer smoothly to an Android device? This question is quite important since I could decide to go the Android route later on when I am ready to upgrade. What is the best route to take here? Jailbreak my iPhone and see what I think of that? I am a hands-on person...so I really feel that I need a little time with an Android device and don't really know anyone close to me that owns one.


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Playstation 4 consoles sold considerably less than the Xbox One during the month of April, denoting a high accomplishment for Microsoft as it is marked the only time the tech giant managed to beat its rival almost two years after both companies set their gaming consoles up for pre-orders. Following the announcement of new gaming systems at the E3 gathering in 2013, Sony obliterated Microsoft's pre-order deals by more than 300,000 units in the U.S alone.
Regardless, things are beginning to change with the late marketing strategies Microsoft has utilized as part of a campaign to boost sales for its consoles. The tech organization spent millions of dollars on bringing its loyal fans exclusive gaming add-ons and games free of charge, in an attempt to draw much-needed attention to its products, including the Xbox 360. Having served out some of the best-selling games free of charge, such as, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and Tomb Raider, the Xbox One and Xbox 360 saw an uncommon boost in sales, contrasted with the Playstation 4, which has been selling at its usual standard pace.
Mike Nichols, Microsoft's promoting manager for Xbox, reveals: "As the best-selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month." He continued: "Xbox One console sales in the U.S. increased 63 percent in April 2015 compared to April 2014 and Xbox Live comparisons showed the number of active global users [Xbox One and Xbox 360] grew 24 percent." Playstation was not able to convey comparative results to those of Microsoft, the report proceeded.
Notwithstanding the sudden help in sales for the Xbox platform, Sony anticipates making a few declarations at this year's E3 press conference, held at the L.A Memorial Sports Arena on June 15th. Aside from the general Playstation upgrades, Sony is expected to divulge its own exclusive content to their gamers with expected announcements on Uncharted 4, No Man's Sky, and Until Dawn. All of the three games will only be released on Playstation 4, it has been noted.
Following Microsoft's statement on its accomplishment in beating Sony with the most consoles sold in a month, a representative for Sony uncovered that the organization was also pleased with the accomplishments it had made throughout the year, most notably with the sales for the Playstation 4. While recognizing being prevailed over by Microsoft in the month of April, Sony were snappy to hit back, reassuring that they still hold the title for selling more consoles than Xbox, globally.
"As per NPD, PlayStation keeps on driving programming deals for April 2015 and PS4 remains the total deals pioneer in the US. We are anticipating an astonishing E3. We would like to thank fans around the world for their continued support of the PS4," the representative uncovered. Sony has been dominating Microsoft and their gaming systems since its release in November, 2013. The Playstation 4 has sold an astounding 21 million units while the Xbox One is near to coming to its own turning point with 13 million.
Furthermore, with the upcoming E3 press conference, in which Sony plans to reveal exciting new updates for its wildly popular systems, the company is pulling out all of its own marketing strategies in hoping to sustain its name as this generation's best-selling gaming console, leading its competition against the Xbox One. Microsoft will also be holding their own E3 event on the same day, insinuating that Sony's rivals are destined to come out on top with what they have planned to showcase to their audience next month.
By Maurice Cassidy
INQ: E3 2015: Sony Dates PlayStation Press Conference, Will PS4 Surprise?
VB: Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 in April, according to research firm NPD
YIBA: What To Expect From Sony's Upcoming E3 Conference
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Each day of Lent I am publishing one of Charles Wesley's hymns or poems. In my experience, the selection of Charles Wesley's hymns that we actually use in worship is very small. This is sad, because his hymns are filled with deep theological truths and great beauty.
Use these as a part of your Lenten disciplines, and share any thoughts or reactions in the comments.
Lent Day 3
Spirit of Faith, Come Down
(United Methodist Hymnal #332)
Spirit of faith, come down,
reveal the things of God,
and make to us the Godhead known,
and witness with the blood.
'Tis thine the blood to apply
and give us eyes to see,
who did for every sinner die
hath surely died for me.
No one can truly say
that Jesus is the Lord,
unless thou take the veil away
and breathe the living Word.
Then, only then, we feel
our interest in his blood,
and cry with joy unspeakable,
"Thou art my Lord, my God!"
O that the world might know
the all atoning Lamb!
Spirit of faith, descend and show
the virtue of his name;
the grace which all may find,
the saving power, impart,
and testify to humankind,
and speak in every heart.
Inspire the living faith
(which whosoe'er receive,
the witness in themselves they have
and consciously believe),
the faith that conquers all,
and doth the mountain move,
and saves whoe'er on Jesus call,
and perfects them in love.
Friday, February 8, 2008
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I used the adb utility which ships with the SDK to copy the script to the device. Assuming you have the SDK installed, you can do this with the following command: adb push ts.py /data/data/com.google.ase/scripts/ts.py. In order to test this script on your own, you will require a Twitter account. My device is running Android 1.5. Of course, using the adb utility to copy the file to your device is not required — just trying to save you a little time.
adb push ts.py /data/data/com.google.ase/scripts/ts.py
Confessions of a Python Newbie
The script used for our demo (ts.py) is written in Python. Before we jump into the script itself, I have a quick confession to make: I have avoided Python up until now.
Now don't throw anything at me, I haven't avoided it because there is anything inherently wrong with Python. There is just not enough time in the day to keep up on every language and up until now, I have been quite happy working in other environments and languages. But I have been curious about Python and there is nothing I like better than an excuse to learn something new. So I used the opportunity of learning more about Android Scripting Environment as an opportunity to learn Python!
While I'm no Pythonistia yet, this actually uncovers one of the beauties of Android Scripting Engine: I was able to write something functional in a language I have never used before. If you have skills in Python, or one of the other supported scripting languages, you can be up and running in no time at all creating your own Android applications. So with that little caveat behind us, let's have a look at the ts.py script which allows us to make updates to a Twitter account.
import android # core Android routines
import httplib # for talking to web servers
import urllib # to format our status update nicely
import base64 # to encode our username and password for Basic authentication
print 'Cool, we\'re running!' # sorry, had to do this...
# get an instance of Android
droid = android.Android()
# where are we posting data to?
twitterhost = 'twitter.com'
uri = '/statuses/update.xml?'
# get our status update from user
statusmsg = droid.getInput('Twitter Update','Whatcha Doin?')
#extract the "textual" portion of the response
statusdata = "%(result)s" % statusmsg
# uncomment the next line to display the message to the terminal screen
#print statusdata
# uncomment the next line to display a notification to the user
# clean up the data so it can be sent as the 'querystring'
statusupdate = urllib.urlencode({'status':statusdata})
# setup your username and password here...
username = 'yourusernamehere'
password = 'yourpasswordhere'
credentials = username + ":" + password
# uncomment the next line to see what credentials you are using....
#print credentials
encodedcredentials = base64.encodestring(credentials)
# connect to server
h = httplib.HTTP(twitterhost)
# build url we want to request
fullurl = uri + statusupdate
#uncomment the next line to see the url printed
#print fullurl
# POST our data. Twitter requires status updates to be POSTed
h.putrequest('POST',uri + statusupdate)
# setup the authentication header
h.putheader('Authorization','Basic ' + base64.encodestring(credentials))
# setup the user agent
# we're done with the headers....
# get the response from the request
returncode,returnmsg,headers = h.getreply()
# should compare the returncode to 200 for a good response, etc.
#display whatever the results are....
f = h.getfile()
print f.read()
This source file is maintained in a Google Code hosting project.
Twitter Script in Action
When the app initiated, it prompts the user for a textual input, asking the user for a status update. If you are not familiar with what a status update is, ask a teenager. Just remember to keep it clean — as it will be visible to the world on your Twitter account! Once you have entered a small piece of text which informs the world of the very important task you are accomplishing such as brushing your teeth, taking a walk in the park, writing a new Python script, etc., hit the OK button on the dialog.
Twitter Status application in action
And if we're successful, we should see the update on our Twitter page.
The extremely meta update shown on my Twitter page
There is so much more to the Android Scripting Environment — I highly encourage you to take a look, at the project page to learn a bit more for yourself. Why not install the ASE on your Android device and show off your Python skills? If Python is not your thing, it appears that the ASE will soon be supporting Ruby and JavaScript. Happy scripting!
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Swissôtel Lima: A mark of distinction in South America
Swissôtel Lima is an award winning and distinctively luxurious hotel, combining renowned Swiss hospitality with contemporary design, highly-personalised service, charm and efficiency.
Located in San Isidro, the most attractive business, residential and commercial district in Lima, the property is within walking distance of exclusive stores, restaurants and nightclubs.
Swissôtel Lima provides 24-hour transportation to and from the airport, in luxury and modern vehicles with experienced, bilingual and qualified drivers.
Swissôtel Lima offers five international restaurants where guests can enjoy everything from a light snack to the most sophisticated of meals, including the flavours of Peruvian and international gastronomy.
The hotel also offers a first-class fitness centre with high tech equipment, such as a Power Plate machine.
Meanwhile, the meeting and function rooms are conveniently located on one floor and range from nine state-of-the-art meeting rooms to a 618 square-meter ballroom. All offer the best technical features and are suitable for social and cultural events, meetings, conferences, weddings or product presentations, where guests can delight over a themed coffee break or a sumptuous banquet.
At Swissôtel Lima, dedicated staff supervises every detail to make a meeting as productive and enjoyable as possible, with each event tailor-made to suit specific requirements.
Finally, the Executive Floor is also available to select guests, offering refreshments throughout the day, as well as an open bar in the evening, and the services of a dedicated Executive Floor Manager throughout.
Private meeting rooms and a Business Centre, offering guests laptop access to hotel residents and their guests, are also on hand.
World Travel Awards
Swissôtel Lima was last year recognised as Peru's Leading Business Hotel by the prestigious World Travel Awards.
This year, the luxury hotel is hoping to go one better, having been nominated as South America's Leading Business Hotel ahead of the World Travel Awards Caribbean & the America Gala Ceremony in September.
Head over to the World Travel Awards website to vote for Swissôtel Lima.
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1. Juice Garden Ltd, 13 May 2015
The online juice retailer's own website included claims over its juices such as "LEAFY GREENS Apple Kale Spinach Lemon Ginger Detoxifier…" and "BLOODY MARVELLOUS Beetroot Apple Carrot Lemon Blood Purifier…"
Complaint / Decision
Complainants challenged the words "Detoxifier" and "Blood Purifier", stating they were subject to EC Regulation 1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health Claims made on Foods. The ASA upheld the complaint.
The advertiser stated that it did not seek to profit from health concerns and that they would be willing to make changes to the ad, but did not provide a substantive response. This was a clear breach of the Code.
However, the ASA went on to review the claims and determined that "Blood Purifier" was not an authorised health claim appearing on the EU Register. As only authorised health claims can be made to promote foods when implying a relationship between food and health, "Blood Purifier" was in breach of the Code.
Further, the ASA considered "Detoxifier" as likely to be understood by consumers as a reference to the general benefits of the food on overall health. Such claims are only acceptable if accompanied by a specific authorised health claim and, as "Blood Purifier" was found not to fall into this category, "Detoxifier" also breached the Code.
When viewed in conjunction with the ASA's decision in Philips Electronics UK Ltd's adjudication on 25 February 2015 this is an unsurprising result. Health-related claims will always be heavily scrutinised and particular care needs to be taken in relation to claims on websites which may not be subject to the same degree of scrutiny as traditional advertising.
2. IJM Enterprises Ltd t/a bathrooms.com, 27 May 2015
Claims on the advertiser's own website stated "RRP £1999 NOW ONLY £499", along with other RRP prices.
Complaint / Decision
The complainant, a competitor, challenged whether the "RRP" claims, and the savings claims on which they were based, could be substantiated as the advertised products were exclusive to the advertiser. The ASA upheld the complaint.
Bathrooms.com responded to say that the RRPs were based on prices of similarly designed products in their sector either sold on the high street or online by high street retailers. It also provided examples of such products and their prices. Bathrooms.com explained that it reviewed its RRPs regularly to ensure they were in line with the market and did not mislead customers.
The ASA considered that customers would understand RRP claims to mean that the same products are generally sold by other retailers at the stated prices, which it required documentary evidence of in order to substantiate the claims. As the products are not stocked by other retailers, the ASA considered that the advertiser was not in a position to demonstrate that the stated RRPs were the price at which the products were sold by other retailers across the market. Therefore, the claims were misleading and could not be substantiated.
Although RRPs can provide a useful starting point for savings claims, the ASA will generally take a strict view on RRPs. This adjudication follows BIS Pricing Practices Guide, specifically paragraph 1.6.2 ("You should not use an RRP or similar for goods that only you supply"), and clarifies the ASA's interpretation of Rule 3.40 ("Comparisons with recommended retail prices (RRPs) are likely to mislead if the RRP differs significantly from the price at which the product or service is generally sold"). For a good to be "generally sold" it must not be offered exclusively by the advertiser, otherwise the RRP given is likely to mislead.
3. Spacevac Technologies Ltd, 13 May 2015
Website claims for the SpaceVac gutter cleaning system stated "SpaceVac rated as the No. 1 High Level Cleaning System in PFM Magazine". Clicking on the claim directed visitors to a page stating "We are very excited and proud to announce that SpaceVac has topped an independent high level cleaning system test, carried out by an independent industry tester and reported on findings by Premises & Facilities Management Magazine ... With independent tester Ian Robson of Progress Cleaning Services, Southampton putting each of the system [sic] through their paces, the SpaceVac system receives rave reviews from the industry expert" and named two other brands included in the testing.
The page incorporated a link to download the article about the test, which gave details on how it was conducted.
Complaint / Decision
A competitor, Spinaclean, whose system was tested against SpaceVac's, challenged whether the ad misleadingly implied that the test was against a representative market sample and therefore breached the Code. The ASA upheld the complaint.
SpaceVac stated that it had provided its standard model for the testing and that Spinaclean had provided its own standard. It also explained that the independent tester had criticised the poles and heads of the competitor's system as part of his assessment. SpaceVac considered that the article linked to in the claim demonstrated that the products were comparable, with the exception of vacuum units, but that vacuums were not criticised by the tester or the article. However, as it had not conducted the test itself, SpaceVac felt was not in a position to provide further evidence.
The ASA acknowledged that SpaceVac had not conducted the test, but as the results were included in its marketing, it was responsible for ensuring the claims made about the test and its results were suitably substantiated. The ASA considered that the claims would be interpreted by consumers to mean that the magazine, PFM, had rated SpaceVac the best system on the market as a whole. As the test had only been conducted on three systems, and there was no evidence to the contrary, the ASA felt that the test was not representative of the market as a whole.
The ASA considered that this was further demonstrated by the fact that, while SpaceVac's vacuum units in the systems tested were made by the same manufacturer as the competitor's, the competitor's system used in the test comprised a less powerful unit. Further, SpaceVac manufactured a comparator model with similar specifications to the Spinaclean system used. Therefore, while the ASA acknowledged that the test focused on the pole systems of the products rather than the vacuum unit, it noted that the quality of the base units was specifically criticised as part of the testing. As a result, the ASA determined that the test report did not substantiate the claim used in the ad and that it was therefore misleading.
The ASA always takes a strict approach to "number one" claims and will always require clear and independent substantiation.
4. Volkswagen Group UK Ltd t/a Audi, 13 May 2015
A voiceover in a TV ad for an Audi car stated "Audi's all-wheel drive system, Quattro, shrugs off the worst the winter can throw at it. But Quattro's also rather good at dealing with soggy autumn leaves, deeper-than-you-think puddles, and that drizzle that lasts from October to, well, October…" the ad also featured the car being driven through snow, heavy rain, mud, deep puddles and fog.
Complaint / Decision
The complainant questioned whether the ad irresponsibly glamourised speeding and dangerous driving. The ASA, however, did not uphold the complaint.
The advertiser stated that the weather conditions in the ad, while poor, were not extreme and were a reasonable representation of the weather experienced in the UK throughout the year. The key focus of the ad, it argued, was to demonstrate the Quattro technology's ability to give drivers confidence in such conditions, and the advertiser provided evidence of how the technology operated.
The complainant particularly highlighted a scene in which the driver was seen smiling, and argued that this was due to his excitement at driving recklessly. Audi explained that the driver's smiling was instead a demonstration of his enjoyment of the experience of driving safely, and Clearcast stated that the Code did allow references to driving pleasure.
Audi also explained that the scenes were filmed within the applicable speed limits and speeds had been adjusted where appropriate to take account of the adverse weather conditions. As a result, it felt that the ad showed safe driving and handling and did not encourage irresponsible or dangerous driving. It also pointed to the lack of heavy revving or excessive engine noise which would suggest speeding.
Clearcast agreed and looked to specific shots to demonstrate that the car was driving at an appropriate speed and responsibly.
The ASA considered the responses from both the advertiser and Clearcast and concluded that the ad did not depict the car driving at excessive speeds, aggressively or dangerously. It also considered that the scene in which the driver was smiling was brief and did not suggest excitement. Instead, the speed and handling characteristics of the car were shown in the context of the ad's message that the technology made the car better at dealing safely with difficult weather conditions. As a result, the ad did not breach the Code.
While the ASA has taken the view that the driving in car advertising is not necessarily dangerous simply due to the weather conditions featured, care must of course always be taken to ensure they do not depict reckless driving. There is always a line to be drawn and consumers should not be encouraged to drive irresponsibly.
5. Hillside (UK Sports) LP t/a Bet 365, 27 May 2015
A pre-roll ad appearing before YouTube videos featured Ray Winstone stating "Oi! Don't you even think about pushing that skip button, I'm watching you", followed by an explanation of the offer.
Complaint / Decision
One complainant questioned whether the initial exclamation was aggressive and threatening, thus making the ad irresponsible. The ASA did not uphold the complaint.
The advertiser stated that the statement made at the beginning of the ad was intended to be a light-hearted and humorous way of encouraging viewers to watch the advert in its entirety, while also drawing attention to the skip button available, enabling them to avoid watching the ad if they wished. Bet 365 also stated that the exclamation was non-personal and presented in a 'tongue-in-cheek' manner that it felt viewers would not interpret as aggressive. It pointed out that the only consequence of clicking the skip button would be that the viewer would not see the ad they did not wish to view.
The ASA considered that viewers were likely to recognise Ray Winstone and associate him with aggressive characters and roles, but determined that they would also understand that the ad played on his 'tough' image and was light-hearted in its attempt to encourage viewers not to skip the ad. Thus, it did not believe viewers would perceive the claim as a genuine threat.
The ASA also considered that the ad did not associate the act of gambling with tough or reckless behaviour, nor did it promote those as positive traits within a gambling context. Therefore, the ad did not breach the Code, as it was not socially irresponsible.
Humour in ads can be difficult to judge. Advertisers should therefore be aware that the ASA may not be 'in on the joke'.
6. Paddy Power plc, 27 May 2015 (a TV ad was found not to breach the Code as it did not particularly appeal to those under the age of 18)
A TV ad promoted a free bet offer for bets on Cheltenham races. The ad featured Ruby Walsh saying "I love Cheltenham more than Christmas" and a voice over stating "there's some great jumpers in this race, like this beauty…" Subsequently, images and slow motion footage of horses and jockeys wearing woolly jumpers was shown.
Complaint / Decision
A complaint questioned if the ad breached the Code as it would have particular appeal to those under 18 years of age, but the ASA did not uphold it.
Paddy Power explained that the ad did not feature any content or character of particular appeal to children, including cartoon figures or content associated with youth culture. It also felt that the ad was not childish in its execution and that Christmas jumpers were associated with popular adult culture.
Clearcast agreed and stated that the use of 1970s style music and jumpers made the pun more likely to appeal to older audiences.
The ASA considered that while the ad was humorous and surreal in style, which may have general appeal to audiences including children, it was clearly focused on betting on horses. There was no content that reflected or was associated with youth culture, and the ASA therefore considered that the ad was unlikely to be of particular appeal to those under the age of 18. As a result, the ad did not breach the Code and the ASA did not uphold the complaint.
The ASA will always be concerned where a gambling-related ad makes reference to youth culture. However, this can be difficult to judge, and humour can mean that an ad is more likely to be considered by the ASA. However, in this case, the ASA has taken the view that the specific music, style and tone of the ad would not appeal particularly to children.
7. Cashcade Ltd t/a Foxy Bingo, 27 May 2015
A TV ad featured a fox character wearing a suit and walking through rain on Brighton Pier. As the weather changed to sunshine, he was joined by people dancing and singing, as well as a fun-fair including people riding a helter-skelter, a merry-go-round and a roller coaster.
Complaint / Decision
The ASA challenged whether the ad, and particularly the fox character, was likely to appeal to those under 18 years of age. However, it found that this was not the case and did not uphold its complaint.
The advertiser responded to say that the fox character was aligned with adult, celebrity culture and traditional British innuendo, therefore intentionally distinguishing it from youth culture. While it noted that anthropomorphic characters are common in children's entertainment, it felt that being a fox did not by itself make a character particularly appealing to children and that the fox in the ad was not a youthful character.
In addition, Foxy Bingo pointed to the overall feeling of the ad, stating it was intended to be similar to a 1950's film musical with a modern twist, and to appeal to all ages. While the fun-fair could be appealing to children, it felt Brighton's historic association with British beach holidays would appeal greater to older generations, particularly given its contemporary association with betting and gaming.
The ASA considered that the character, his purple coat, dandy walk upright on his hind legs, and overall style resembled Mr Tod from Beatrix Potter's children's stories, which were being broadcast on children's TV channels. However, his song-and-dance style, speaking voice and interaction with adults distanced the character from this comparison, and the ASA therefore determined that children were unlikely to make a connection between the characters.
As a result, the ASA considered that the ad would have a wide appeal, including to children, but that it was unlikely to have particular appeal to those under 18 and therefore was not in breach of the Code.
This adjudication is reminiscent of an adjudication in relation to a Fox's Biscuits ad from October 2008, featuring a panda. The animal, in that instance, was also found not to appeal to children.
Moreover, it is interesting that, in this case, the ASA directly challenged the ad, investigating into its potential breach of the Code without a complaint from the public or a competitor. Gambling ads will always be a particular focus for the ASA and are likely therefore to be prone to such direct challenges.
8. Bear Group Ltd t/a Spin Genie, 27 May 2015
A TV ad featured a poem "You land in a world of magic and fun/ It's exciting, Spin Genie, best adventure bar none/ Open the door to smashing surprises/ Collect goodies that can win you a stash of cash prizes/ Journey with me and the further you go/ The more you could unlock a world full of dough/ Through deserts and mountains, the wonder begins/ Join Spin Genie today for 50 free spins". It also showed a gold coin collecting jewels and treasure items as it moved through a desert to an oasis, mountain and island.
The home page of the advertiser also featured a cartoon dog called Spin above links entitled "Join", "Play" and "Adventure". Under the "Adventure" link, text stated "Spin will whisk you away to his magical world through the levels to collect extra bonuses" with various games including "Pixies of the Forest", "Fluffy Favourites", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Transformers Battle For Cybertron", "Piggy Payout" and "Pirate Princess".
Complaint / Decision
The complainant questioned whether the ads would be of particular interest to those under 18 years of age and were therefore irresponsible. The ASA agreed they were likely to appeal to minors and therefore found the ads to breach the Code.
With regard to the TV ad, Clearcast explained that the visuals, voice-over, on screen text, background music and theme were chosen as they would have general appeal, rather than particular appeal to those under 18. It felt that the ad resembled video games that were aimed at both children and adults, and only used recognisable casino, betting and gaming graphics that were linked to the games featured on the advertised site. Clearcast argued that these elements came together to demonstrate that the ad was not aimed at children.
The advertiser also responded to state that the ad was broadcast after the watershed and only during breaks of shows indexed as having an adult audience.
The ASA disagreed and considered the ad to be reminiscent of a child's video game. The rhyming poem and language used created an impression of adventure which was added to by the graphics. As these are all often elements of children's programmes and games, the ASA considered that the TV ad was likely to appeal to those under 18 years of age and therefore breached the Code.
Regarding the advertiser's website, it explained that they had aimed their site to the casual gambling market, predominantly females between 25 and 44 years of age, playing mobile-based games characterised by 'fun' branding and highly stylised or animated characters. Spin Genie explained that the character Spin had been drawn to avoid Disney-style imagery or that of well-known cartoon characters and had avoided drawing a 'cute and cuddly' dog. It also felt that "adventure" was synonymous with risk-taking behaviour, which would appeal to adults rather than children.
The ASA considered that cartoons have the potential to appeal to those under the age of 18 and need to be used particularly carefully when advertising gambling. In this case, the ASA determined that Spin was not adult in nature and was likely to appeal to children, particularly given the text explaining that he would "whisk you away to his magical world". The names of the games were also likely to be familiar to children and included further cartoon-like imagery which would appeal to them. As a result, the ASA determined that the ad breached the Code.
This decision may seem surprising when contrasted with Foxy Bingo's ad, above, where another animal-based character in a childish setting was not found to breach the code. However, a comparison between these two adjudications demonstrates that the ASA does not only look to the characters used in ads, but rather their overarching theme and impression, when adjudicating. However, with this being the third gambling-related adjudication this month to be reviewed for their likelihood of appealing to those under 18 years of age, advertisers should consider the overall tone and whether they are targeted to the appropriate market.
9. Solitair Ltd t/a Solitair Holidays, 27 May 2015
A flyer and brochure stated "Join the first choice for Single Travellers… SOLITAIR The first choice for single travellers". The brochure also included small print explaining "The First Choice for Single Travellers is for trademark purposes".
Complaint / Decision
A complaint questioned whether the claims were misleading as their basis was not sufficiently clear. The ASA agreed and upheld the complaint.
The advertiser provided a copy of its terms and conditions which stated "Solitair trademark does not imply to any sales or revenue".
The ASA considered that the fact that the "first choice" claim was not based on unit sales or turnover was material information that may impact a consumer's decision to enter a transaction, and that its position in the terms and conditions would easily be overlooked by consumers.
In addition, the ASA determined that the brochure's qualification was not sufficiently prominent and that consumers would not understand that the claim was not based on unit sales or turnover. As a result, the claim was misleading and breached the Code.
Though the advertiser attempted to circumvent the Code's provisions on comparative claims by stating that the claims were instead a trademark of the brand and not based on comparisons of sales or revenue, they still fell foul of the Code. Holidays represent a large expenditure for many consumers, and the ASA's decision in this adjudication demonstrates the need for clarity, even where claims are not comparative.


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Jeff from Clarenville, Newfoundland, dropped off some photos and video of one of his swarms from July 18th, 2011. I plan to do everything I can to avoid swarms where I live. Even though the bees are their most docile in this state, I got a feeling most people in my urban 'hood would not react well to seeing my bees swarm like this. I'll leave it to Jeff to tell us about it in the comments.
Note to urban beekeepers: Don't call them swarms. You want to keep your neighbours' freak-out factor to a minimum. Call them splinter colonies instead.


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This blog offers news, advice, and commentary for real estate investors and land developers.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Government Owned Real Estate Selloff
The government at all levels is broke. The Feds, the states, and even your local city and county needs cash to pay usually absurd levels of fixed operating expenses like salaries and pensions.
So now there is a huge selloff in government owned real estate. Everything from parking garages to baseball fields to prisons to rivers and lakes. If the government owns it, it is likely for sale. The government is also picking up many properties through forced sales, foreclosures, tax sales, and other creditor proceedings.
Today some real estate investors just bought the Orange County (California) fairgrounds. Check out the sweet deal they got. Even some of the local pols realize how sweet it was and objected. Read this excellent article from the O.C. on who these local investors are and how they put this deal together. Fascinating stuff. This is a truly spectacular piece of real estate. Impossible to recreate at any price. The map above shows how large this parcel is and how many separate cash flows it has all on a rather undeveloped piece of land.
Wherever you are, some government is likely selling or attempting to sell a piece of your neighborhood.
The deals will be excellent for shrewd investors. The government is motivated, very very motivated, and needs cash fast. The properties they hold are often local gems, irreplaceable. And the financing offered including tax abatements, low interest loans, and other incentives are unique to dealing with a government entity. No private party can waive taxes, for example.
There are many ways to play this trend, a subject I will address further in future articles.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY – The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced charges in the murder of a beloved Castle Point mother.
On Wednesday, prosecutors charged 18-year-old Mark Haywood with one count of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and first-degree robbery.
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28-year-old Porsha Owens was leaving to take her three children to daycare when Haywood approached her at gunpoint. He was trying to steal her car, but he couldn't get it to start. He shot her twice in front of her three children – ages, 8,6 and 3.
Officers responded to the 10200 block of Lord Drive Monday morning where Owens was found. She was transported to a hospital where she died from her injuries.
Owens' family said she tried to get across the street to get help. Her 8-year-old son rushed to her side and flagged down a police officer.
In a press conference on Wednesday, prosecutors said people in Owens' neighborhood were extremely helpful in the investigation, which ultimately led to Haywood's arrest.
Haywood lived less than two blocks away from Owens.
A cousin of Porsha told 5 On Your Side she was a devoted mother and loved her family. Owens was a district safety officers for the Riverview Gardens School District.
"Officer Owens was a treasured member of the RGSD family, who worked diligently to build positive relationships with scholars and staff. We are working with her family to make sure they receive the support they need," Riverview Gardens School District said.
Haywood's bond is set at $1 million, cash-only. Prosecutors said he does not have a criminal history.
Owens' funeral will be held on June 20.
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Newly discovered similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis may lead to a return of dream therapy for psychiatric treatment. Potential use of the modality is buttressed by emerging research suggesting a potential evolutionary relationship between dreams and psychosis.
The findings were discussed during an European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop.
According to background information, lucid dreaming – when you are aware you are dreaming – is a hybrid state between sleeping and being awake. It creates distinct patterns of electrical activity in the brain that have similarities to the patterns made by psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia.
Confirming links between lucid dreaming and psychotic conditions offers potential for new therapeutic routes based on how healthy dreaming differs from the unstable states associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
New data affirms the connection by showing that while dreaming lucidly the brain is in a dissociated state, according to Ursula Voss from the University of Frankfurt in Germany. Dissociation involves losing conscious control over mental processes, such as logical thinking or emotional reaction. In some psychiatric conditions this state is also known to occur while people are awake.
"In the field of psychiatry, the interest in patients' dreams has progressively fallen out of both clinical practice and research. But this new work seems to show that we may be able to make comparisons between lucid dreaming and some psychiatric conditions that involve an abnormal dissociation of consciousness while awake, such as psychosis, depersonalisation and pseudoseizures," said the workshop's convenor Silvio Scarone, from the Università degli Studi di Milano in Milan, Italy.
Meanwhile, the previously discredited idea of treating some conditions with dream therapy has attracted interest from clinicians. An example is people suffering from nightmares can sometimes be treated by training them to dream lucidly so they can consciously wake up.
"On the one hand, basic dream researchers could now apply their knowledge to psychiatric patients with the aim of building a useful tool for psychiatry, reviving interest in patients' dreams," continues Scarone.
"On the other hand, neuroscience investigators could explore how to extend their work to psychiatric conditions, using approaches from sleep research to interpret data from acute psychotic and dissociated states of the brain-mind."
The existence of such psychotic conditions may be rooted in the evolutionary role of dreams, where dreaming is thought to have emerged to enable early humans to rehearse responses to the many dangerous events they faced in real life.
Developed by Antti Revonsuo at University of Turku in Finland, if this threat simulation theory is correct it may have origins even further back in evolution, given that other mammals such as dogs also exhibit the characteristic electrical activity of dreaming.
Researchers also looked at the idea that paranoid delusions and other hallucinatory phenomena occur when the dissociative dreaming state involving replay of threatening situations is carried through into wakefulness.
"Exposure to real threatening events supposedly activates the dream system, so that it produces simulations that are realistic rehearsals of threatening events in terms of perception and behaviour," said Scarone.
"This theory works on the basis that the environment in which the human brain evolved included frequent dangerous events that posed threats to human reproduction. These would have been a serious selection pressure on ancestral human populations and would have fully activated the threat simulation mechanisms."
Nevertheless, most experts believe there is more to dreaming than a response to threats. It may also have a role in the learning process, according to Allan Hobson, a psychiatrist and dream researcher recently retired from Harvard University in the US.
Prevailing opinion is that contents are added while you are awake and integrated with the automatic program of dream consciousness during sleep. This theory is consistent with observations that daytime learning is consolidated by night-time sleeping, leading to the phenomenon where people remember facts better the day after they have learnt them than at the time.
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Hello Lost Coast Fans, Coby here with
a reminder for our challenge of this month:
Girls, girls, girls.
There are already a couple of great cards
made for it. If you want to join us:
You can win $10 for these great stamps!
The stamp I used is from Carmen's Veranda, the new
stamps Linda is selling! Aren't they sweet those girls?
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How to properly dispose of an American flag
Seek local resources
Contact your local veteran services groups such as the VFW, American Legion Post, or D.A.V. to ask about dropping off your flag. Some of these groups will hold an annual flag retirement ceremony as a community service.
Burn safely and respectfully
You may burn a flag to retire it. The flag should be burned completely and the ashes buried. To add the appropriate respect, the VFW recommends all those present come to attention, salute the flag, and recite the Pledge of Allegiance before observing a brief moment of silence.
Be aware, however, that burning is best for cotton flags. Nylon or polyester flags give off fumes when burned, and these can be hazardous to both observers and the environment.
Cut and bury
The Boy Scouts of America recommends a procedure to cut the flag (never through the blue star field). When that is done, the flag ceases to be a flag and can be disposed of in any proper manner. Other resources suggest burying the flag as a respectful disposal method.
Send off for recycling
You also may send your flag to a recycling group such as Flag Keepers or American Flags Express. This is a safer alternative to burning flags made of synthetic materials. Notably, Flag Keepers also accepts state flags as well as those from friendly foreign governments.
For more information, see The United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions.


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Indian actress; her full name is Madhhurima Banerjee. She currently acts in many south-Indian films. She started her career as a 14-year-old artist in the Government of India project 'Kadambari', which is a Bana Bhatta classic from the 5th century AD. It was made in Sanskrit and Hindi and telecast on DD National network. For this project, Madhhurima had been spotted in a Mumbai music recording studio by the world famous Indian film director G. V. Iyer. She had been recording children's songs in her voice. After 'Kadambari', Iyer, impressed by her work and beauty, offered her the role of Sita in his Ramayana that he was planning as a multinational film with foreign actors and with Sanjay Dutt in the role of Ravana. He also gave her a certificate for her good acting talent. Iyer died during the planning stages of the film. Though offers from films and TV serials did pour in after that, Madhhurima, being from a non-film background, immersed herself in her studies and rejected the offers. While pursuing her 5-year law studies, she was offered women-oriented lead roles in Telugu films, As the roles portrayed powerful, modern, professional personalities like a doctor who was a criminal psychiatrist, an engineer who is an industrialist, with strong social messages, she accepted the roles and became a Telugu star overnight while continuing her law studies. Madhhurima has learnt ghazals and bhajans from her mother and classical Hindustani music. She is also trained in Kathak and Bharat Natyam and western dance. She is also talented in drawing and painting but could not pursue this interest further.
Madhhurima comes from a middle-class family of professionals. Her father is a mechanical engineer who has served in the Indian Navy and is now General Manager of the largest private shipyard of India. Her mother has been a researcher in the field of Virology and is a content writer who has worked in multinationals in the IT sector and is now a novelist.


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Beginning and ending our day in prayer is a good spritual disicpline for every Christian.
My wife and I watched a DVD the other day entitled "When the Game Stands Tall," the true story of a California high school football team, which amassed an unpreceden
Will you heed the call?
Recently i have encouraged students to read the book Radical by David Platt. The theme of this book is "taking back your faith from the American Dream". This book has challenged the way i live for Jesus.
HI GAP Family!
I am so excited to be writing to you from our first ever blog update! Our new website is pretty cool, right? Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making it that way!
In Jeremiah 2:12-13 The Lord rebukes his people for two evils: "They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters" and they have "hewn for themsleves broken cisterns that can hold no water." In other words, they we
[Spoiler alert: if you plan to see the film Noah, you might want to read this after you've seen it!]
The Psalmist cries out: "Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?" (Psalm 10:1).
Charles Templeton, who at one time was a world-renowned evangelist with the Billy Graham Association but then suddenly abandoned his belief in God, writes in his book, Farewell to God: "If there is a lo
Media sources have recently reported that so far more than 80 million people have watched the History Channel's mini-series "The Bible" (Not sure if they are counting noses more than once, but that's still a lot of people!). A first blush most Bible-believing Christians would say that's a good thing! But after watching the first couple of installments of this much heralded series, I'm not so sure.
Welcome to the brand new CFC website!
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Great brought the Greek language to the existing world. [reigned from 336 to 323 B.C.] "Hellenistic Culture" became the term to describe much of the activity of the day. In Egypt, a city name, of course, Alexandria became a focal point of this new world. Here, scholars of the day tried to tie the Greek and Near Eastern thought together. Jewish scholars [285 - 247 B.C.] translated the Hebrew canon into a Greek translation called "The Septuagint". The Hebrew word for "John" [shown last post] became translated into the Greek shown above.
The actual text where this translation occurs is shown below. The Greek word is underlined.
The Hebrew to Greek before the Roman world came into existence. What a deal it is.
My copy is from: The Septuagint with Apocrypha, by Charles Lee Brenton. It was first published in London in 1851. My edition is by Hendrickson Publishers, Eighth Printing December 1999, p. 563.