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12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14 For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
15 If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. 16 Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.
17 No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. 18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[a] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.
19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. 20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.
21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. 23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
24 If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. 25 If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.
24 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5 If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
6 Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as security.
7 If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
8 In cases of defiling skin diseases,[b] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them. 9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.
10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge. 11 Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. 12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession. 13 Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.
14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and are counting on it. Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.
17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
25 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty. 2 If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves, 3 but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.
4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
5 If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. 6 The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
7 However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me." 8 Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her," 9 his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line." 10 That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
11 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, 12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.
13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. 18 When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. 19 When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
26 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 3 and say to the priest in office at the time, "I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us." 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. 7 Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. 8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me." Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 11 Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
12 When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. 13 Then say to the Lord your God: "I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them. 14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. 15 Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey."
16 The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. 18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19 He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.
27 Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Keep all these commands that I give you today. 2 When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. 3 Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. 4 And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. 5 Build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. 6 Build the altar of the Lord your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 7 Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the Lord your God. 8 And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up."
9 Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God. 10 Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today."
11 On the same day Moses commanded the people:
12 When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. 13 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
14 The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:
15 "Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
16 "Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
17 "Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor's boundary stone."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
18 "Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
19 "Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
20 "Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
21 "Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
22 "Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
23 "Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
24 "Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
25 "Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
26 "Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
28 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.[c] 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. 24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. 33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 34 The sights you see will drive you mad. 35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. 56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God— 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, "If only it were evening!" and in the evening, "If only it were morning!"—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
29 [d]These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
2 Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:
Your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land. 3 With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders. 4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear. 5 Yet the Lord says, "During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. 6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God."
7 When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them. 8 We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
9 Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do. 10 All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel, 11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water. 12 You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, 13 to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you 15 who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.
16 You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here. 17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.
19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, "I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way," they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. 20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven. 21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it. 23 The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger. 24 All the nations will ask: "Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?"
25 And the answer will be: "It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them. 27 Therefore the Lord's anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book. 28 In furious anger and in great wrath the Lord uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now."
29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
30 When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, 2 and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[e] and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 4 Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. 5 He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. 6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. 7 The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. 8 You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. 9 Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
31 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2 "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has said to me, 'You shall not cross the Jordan.' 3 The Lord your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the Lord said. 4 And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. 5 The Lord will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. 8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Then Moses commanded them: "At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Festival of Tabernacles, 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. 13 Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
14 The Lord said to Moses, "Now the day of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him." So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.
15 Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. 16 And the Lord said to Moses: "You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them. 17 And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, 'Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?' 18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.
19 "Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them. 20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant. 21 And when many disasters and calamities come on them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath." 22 So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
23 The Lord gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you."
24 After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, 25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord: 26 "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you. 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! 28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them. 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made."
30 And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:
32 Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
2 Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 I will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.
6 Is this the way you repay the Lord,
you foolish and unwise people?
Is he not your Father, your Creator,[f]
who made you and formed you?
7 Remember the days of old;
consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.
8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[g]
9 For the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
10 In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
12 The Lord alone led him;
no foreign god was with him.
13 He made him ride on the heights of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
15 Jeshurun[h] grew fat and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned the God who made them
and rejected the Rock their Savior.
16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God—
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
20 "I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
21 They made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
23 "I will heap calamities on them
and spend my arrows against them.
24 I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
26 I said I would scatter them
and erase their name from human memory,
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, 'Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.'"
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this
and discern what their end will be!
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
as even our enemies concede.
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
34 "Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?
35 It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them."
36 The Lord will vindicate his people
and relent concerning his servants
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.[i]
37 He will say: "Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 "See now that I myself am he!
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand.
40 I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders."
43 Rejoice, you nations, with his people,[j][k]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;
he will take vengeance on his enemies
and make atonement for his land and people.
44 Moses came with Joshua[l] son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses, 49 "Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel."
33 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2 He said:
"The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned over them from Seir;
he shone forth from Mount Paran.
He came with[m] myriads of holy ones
from the south, from his mountain slopes.[n]
3 Surely it is you who love the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.
At your feet they all bow down,
and from you receive instruction,
4 the law that Moses gave us,
the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5 He was king over Jeshurun[o]
when the leaders of the people assembled,
along with the tribes of Israel.
6 "Let Reuben live and not die,
nor[p] his people be few."
7 And this he said about Judah:
"Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
Oh, be his help against his foes!"
8 About Levi he said:
"Your Thummim and Urim belong
to your faithful servant.
You tested him at Massah;
you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
9 He said of his father and mother,
'I have no regard for them.'
He did not recognize his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.
10 He teaches your precepts to Jacob
and your law to Israel.
He offers incense before you
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 Bless all his skills, Lord,
and be pleased with the work of his hands.
Strike down those who rise against him,
his foes till they rise no more."
12 About Benjamin he said:
"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,
for he shields him all day long,
and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders."
13 About Joseph he said:
"May the Lord bless his land
with the precious dew from heaven above
and with the deep waters that lie below;
14 with the best the sun brings forth
and the finest the moon can yield;
15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains
and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[q] his brothers.
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns are the horns of a wild ox.
With them he will gore the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;
such are the thousands of Manasseh."
18 About Zebulun he said:
"Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and you, Issachar, in your tents.
19 They will summon peoples to the mountain
and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,
on the treasures hidden in the sand."
20 About Gad he said:
"Blessed is he who enlarges Gad's domain!
Gad lives there like a lion,
tearing at arm or head.
21 He chose the best land for himself;
the leader's portion was kept for him.
When the heads of the people assembled,
he carried out the Lord's righteous will,
and his judgments concerning Israel."
22 About Dan he said:
"Dan is a lion's cub,
springing out of Bashan."
23 About Naphtali he said:
"Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord
and is full of his blessing;
he will inherit southward to the lake."
24 About Asher he said:
"Most blessed of sons is Asher;
let him be favored by his brothers,
and let him bathe his feet in oil.
25 The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze,
and your strength will equal your days.
26 "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides across the heavens to help you
and on the clouds in his majesty.
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,
saying, 'Destroy them!'
28 So Israel will live in safety;
Jacob will dwell[r] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
where the heavens drop dew.
29 Blessed are you, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights."
34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, 2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4 Then the Lord said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."
5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him[s] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[t] of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 who did all those signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. 12 For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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Thank You for bringing a visit on my website!
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I hope that you will visit my blog site frequently. By this way I will try to update you with the latest news about me.
This Web Site and also the Blog Site are quit new, so for the moment there are only still the "standard" pages but any comments about the layout are already welcome now! (I have made this website and all other pages like the blog - contact form and disclaimer pages from scratch).
My photovoltaic system was placed on January 2009 by the firm ALRASOL. To be able to follow-up that system, I had also invested in an datalogging system, SOLARLOG 400e. With that device you can follow-up your PV plant all over the world as it is connected to your local home network and via an router to the internet.
My PV system (6.81 kWp) is now up and running since January 2009 till ...... I hope for many years.
For more details about how my PV system is perfoming, including some pictures, please click on the top of this page on "Solarlog".
UPDATE December 26, 2013: As my property is rented out, the online updating of the data is NOT working due to network issues. The solarlog has been configured to connect on 192.168.1.1 but the renters have a router what has 192.168.0.1 as network address. This I can only update when I will be in Belgium.
Below an schematic overview of an PV system and the Solarlog 400e device .
1. Solarpanels (Solarworld 227 Wp). 2. DC to AC transformers (SMA Sunnyboy 3300 TL HC). 3. PV system Kwh counter (To see how many kWh your PV plant has produced). 4. Fuse box. 5. Local in house power socket. 6. Total kWh counter (from the electricity delivery company).

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New Transformers: War for Cybertron DLC hits the PSN today
The War for Cybertron rages on.
The new DLC features two new playable characters, Zeta Prime and Dead End. Both characters are usable in the game's Escalation mode and you can select their Chassis in the Transformer creation mode.
This isn't just a character add-on pack. Also included are two new Escalation mode maps (Pulse and Static) and three competitive multiplayer maps (Horizon, Sector, and Metropolis). In the Autobot map Pulse, players are able to explore the insides of the Decepticon Trypticon. Static, a Decipticon map, throws players into an environment filled with traps.
Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Characters Pack 2 will be available in today's PlayStation Store update for $9.99.


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April 25, 2007
WEST HARTFORD, CT - Sophomore Bobby Rushton scored three times and added an assist, while sophomore Zach Smith won all 25 of the faceoffs taken on the night to set a new NCAA record and lead the Sacred Heart University men's lacrosse team to a 12-10 win at the University of Hartford Wednesday night. Sacred Heart, 3-8, had eight different players in the scoring column.
Smith was perfect on the game for the Pioneers going 25 of 25 in the face-off column and setting an NCAA Division I record in the process. Smith became the seventh player in NCAA history to finish a game with a perfect faceoff percentage (1.000) in a minmum of 10 attempts. Smith's feat moves to the top of the list for best perfect performance however, besting Alex Garn of Army who won 20-of-20 against Lafayette in 2001. In addition to his perfect night, Smith picked up 18 ground balls in the win.
Ricardo Vargas finished with ten saves for the Pioneers.
Hartford, 2-11, wad led by Justin Bearse who finished the game with four goals while Rob Steffens tallied three goals of his own. Brian Tilley, Jacob Eustice and Steve Roop contributed with one goal each. Sophomore goalie Jon McMahon finished with 13 saves.
Steffens gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead with a goal just :25 into the game off a pass from Tom Harris. Less than two minutes expired before Bearse hit his first goal of the game with an assist from David Spivey to put the Hawks up 2-0.
The Pioneers would get their first goal of the game from Morse off a rebound in front of the net at the 9:36 mark. A Hartford player would then get a three minute penalty for an illegal stick to give Sacred Heart the man-up advantage. The Pioneers would capitalize with two goals- one coming from Rory Morse and the other from Evan Morgan to make it 3-2. Rushton would hit two more goals for the Pioneers give SHU a 5-2 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Nicholas Russo put Sacred Heart ahead 6-2 with the first goal of the second quarter. Hartford then hit three consecutive goals to close within one at 6-5 with just over two minutes left in the half.
Michael Collins scored the next two goals of the game for the Pioneers, allowing them to go into the intermission ahead 8-6.
The two teams would trade goals the remainder of the game. A Peter Greco goal with 9:11 left in the game gave the Pioneers a 12-8 lead. Steffens and Bearse would score for the Hawks in the final six minutes to close out the scoring.


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Blue screen errors, or stop errors, on Windows-powered devices are resolved by setting the system to start up using the last known good configuration, using system restore or rolling back any newly installed device drivers to the previous version. Other ways to resolve a stop error are to check the hard disk for data corruption, scan the system for viruses, apply the most recent Windows updates and service packs and updating hardware drivers to the latest version.
An outdated BIOS is another common cause of stop errors, and updating the BIOS can resolve the issue. Test the integrity of hardware connections including internal data and power cables, memory modules and expansion cards by opening the case of the PC if possible and reseating each component. Inadequate amounts of hard disk space can cause data corruption and other serious issues that trigger a stop error. Viruses are capable of infecting the master boot record or boot sector of a hard disk, rendering the system unable to launch or operate properly. When the system is unable to boot into Windows, use a bootable antivirus utility to scan and cleanse the system of viruses.
Stop errors are generated by the Windows operating system when an error is encountered that prevents Windows from booting properly. Stop errors are caused by either software or hardware malfunctions and are commonly attributed to hard disk corruption or failing RAM.


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A native of Fayetteville, I discovered yoga shortly after leaving my job as a lawyer in pursuit of a more fulfilling career. During this uncertain transition, I searched for something that would help ground me both spiritually and emotionally. I found these qualities (and more) in the practice of yoga. As a self-described "gym rat", I was naturally drawn to the vigorous and athletic style of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Since being introduced to the practice, I have strived to maintain a daily yoga practice. Over the years, I has observed the profound impact of yoga in my life – from the development of strength and flexibility, an increase in confidence, a greater sense of emotional peace, and a greater recognition of purpose in life.
I firmly believe that yoga can benefit all people regardless of age, shape, or background. Yoga is not just for the young and fit. Because of this, I teach a variety of classes – from vigorous Ashtanga to gentle hatha yoga for beginners. My focus is on trying to individualize the practice as much as possible within a traditional group class setting. As a teacher, I strive to create a comfortable and playful environment where each student can expand and deepen his or her understanding of yoga and life.


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Match Report
Hemel Hempstead Town 3-0 Whitehawk
Saturday 5th August 2017
National League South
Whitehawk fell to a 3-0 defeat on the opening day of the 2017/2018 season despite a gutsy performance away against Hemel Hempstead Town
The opening period of the game was dominated by the hosts who had earned a number of early corners, but failed to make any chances count from them. However they should have taken the lead in the 6th minute through Summer signing Charlie Sheringham, but after struggling to control the ball in the penalty area, his tame shot was saved well by Hawks keeper Alex Tokarczyk. Just 7 minutes later Hemel did manage to find the back of the net as Greenhalgh saw the rebound of a Tokarczyk save fall to his feet and he couldn't miss from 3 yards out.
The opening goal seemed to galvanise The Hawks who started to grow into the game more and more and began creating more chances of their own, pushing the hosts back further into their own half, with Bayan Fenwick having a couple of on-target strikes saved well by Tudors keeper Laurie Walker and Pape Gueye hitting the side netting after a brilliant run down the right wing. The hosts could have and probably should have increased their lead before half time, but Charlie Sheringham somehow headed wide with the goal at his mercy.
The Hawks started the Second Half the opposite to the First Half and looked likely to grab an early equaliser, with Defender TJ Elliott getting a good shot away on goal and Forward Connor Tighe beating off 2 defenders to force the Home keeper into making a smart save. Hemel had yet another chance to double their lead after 75 minutes, but again Sheringham missed when it was easier to score, volleying over from 2 yards out. However, The Hawks' relief at the miss was short lived after a fantastic save by Tokarczyk saw the ball fall to ex-Hawk Alex Osborn, who made no mistake from 10 yards out.
Hemel grabbed a third on the 90th minute after Joe Howe hit the back of the net with a good finish, but the scoreline certainly flatters the hosts who were pushed all the way by the plucky Hawks, who will no doubt look to get their first points on the board on Tuesday night at Home against East Thurrock United.
Whitehawk: Tokarczyk, Wakley (Rodrigues 58′), Gordon, Elliott, Brice, Sanders ©, Rose, Whittingham, Gueye, Tighe, Fenwick
Subs not used: Hawkins (GK), Harding, Walsh
Hemel Hempstead: Walker, Driver, Howe, Parkes © (McNamara 85′), Hamblin, Kalozki, Miles (Osborn 71′), Hatton, Sheringham (Walsh 83′), Greenhalgh
Subs not used: May (GK), Connolly
Goals: Greenhalgh 13′, Osborn 80′, Howe 89′ (Hemel)
Yellow Cards: Sanders, Rose (Whitehawk)
Hawks Man of the Match: Adam Brice
Attendance: 409
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Jeff Jones, the president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job.
Uber has confirmed Jones' resignation and in a brief statement wished him the best.
Jones' departure comes days after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said the company will hire a chief operating officer who can help write its "next chapter."
The San Francisco-based firm has been hit by several controversies, including allegations that it routinely ignores sexual harassment. A recent video showed Kalanick profanely berating a driver who confronted him about steep cuts in Uber's rates.
Uber also acknowledged it has used a program to thwart authorities who have been trying to curtail or shut down its service in cities around the world.
Jones had left Target, where he was chief marketing officer, to join Uber in September.
In a note to staff, Kalanick suggested Jones had left because he was upset that plans had been announced to hire another executive who would have outranked him.
"After we announced our intention to hire a COO (chief operating officer), Jeff came to the tough decision that he doesn't see his future at Uber," he wrote.
Google sister company Waymo is currently suing Uber for allegedly stealing its self-driving car technology and infringing its patents.
Kalanick also was criticised recently when he was filmed shouting at an Uber driver, afterwards admitting that he needed to "grow up" and get "leadership help." He later announced the COO appointment.


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Today, I challenge you to set out and conquer fear itself, for once fear is conquered there is but nothing to hold you back.11 Aug 2017/by Patrick Rodo/0 Comments/in Inspirational Quotes Topics: Fear
Patrick Rodo
I am a recent high school graduate and 18 year old entrepreneur. Not knowing what I wanted to do all throughout high school I constantly contemplated what my future would look like. I knew I wanted to start a business of some sort. I knew I wanted to help people in some way. I didn't want to start any regular business in the pursuit of money though. I wanted to create a business that valued honesty, positivity, and quality as its foundation.
What did this leave me with? The blueprint of what is now called Rodo's Balm. I started Rodo's Balm 6 months after graduating high school in December of 2012. After much encouragement and positive feedback I'm excited to continue to pour everything I've got into Rodo's Balm and ensure that I leave a trail of positivity throughout my journey.
For more information, please visit rodosbalm.com.


text: I had the unique opportunity to Ab (2) Eden 410 XLT's (I own these) and (2) Aguilar GS410's (borrowed)side by side during practice the other night. I ran the eq exactly the same for each cab and used a SWR SM900 and a SVT4pro to compare. The Eden as i already knew where woofy with the low mid hump. The reason I was trying cabs was I am tired of the extra woofiness and extra unusable frequencies of the Eden. The Aguilar cabinets suprised the hell out of me. They were really tight extremely punchy and well defined. No woof just clear punchy tone. They also move a boat load of air. My Edens do not move any air. At first i was wondering where the draft was coming from. My only problem with the Aguilar cabs was in the mix it got lost sometimes. With the Eden cabs I could here the notes better. (I did not like what I heard but I could hear it) I guess since I did not change the eq you could easily eq these cabinets for the live mix. They were awsome cabs and now I have serious GAS! Maybe time to sell the Eden cabs. Anyone interested they come with custom flight cases. I have one more cab I want to try but I can not find a store locally that has one. I want to try the Ampeg PR 810H. Anyone have this cab?


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Program Description
Put your creativity to work in a career that lets you express your artistic vision. Many AUM students have gone on to work in their own private studios, but Studio Art also prepares you to work as an art director, illustrator, forensic artist, museum or gallery director, art restorer, and television and film set designer. In AUM's Studio Art concentration, you'll concentrate in Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics, or Photography and learn your craft in small classes under accomplished faculty who are themselves artists. You'll have the chance to exhibit your own work in a campus gallery and enter local and national competitions.
Studio Art is a concentration in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art degree.
Points of Pride
- Dedicated studios: painting, sculpture, printmaking, and photography all have their own studio space.
- State of the art equipment: a new vinyl printer, a new 3-D printer, and a new photography lab with darkrooms, a shooting studio, and digital equipment.
- Small classes: almost all studio art classes have 20 or fewer students, which means more individual attention for you each student.
Put Your Degree to Work
Note: While salaries vary depending on several factors including your level of experience, education and training, and geography and industry, here is a sampling of the future job growth and salaries in this area.
Job growth in art and design occupations is projected to be slower than average, growing only 2 percent from 2014 to 2024 and adding 16,700 new jobs to the economy. But there will be a growing need for designers to create visual effects in smartphones and other technologies and to design effective business websites. The latest median annual wage for art and design occupations was $43,100 — higher than the median annual wage for all occupations.


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New York soul singer-songwriter Morgan James has released her sophomore album, Reckless Abandon (via her own Hedonist Records on April 7th) and is on an extensive tour, featuring upcoming appearances in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., Chicago and more (see tour dates and album track listing below). Check out Pollstar's tour feature here: http://bit.ly/2nKBfZv and James' story behind the album in an interview with The Huffington Post here: http://huff.to/2nbx6S2
Known for phenomenal, noteworthy live performances, James is a talent born to capture an audience. No matter what stage she's taking, she casts a captivating and sultry fusion of pop, funk and R&B that impassions audiences.
James transitioned from The Juilliard School to Broadway through a journey of upside down turns that created the mosaic that is now Morgan James. With a voice beyond her own body, she searched the streets of Manhattan to find the perfect home for her vocal instrument. It was when she decided to strip away her operatic training, dared to test her technique and live on the edge of a cliff during performances that she found her strength and individuality. Her blossoming led to leading roles in Motown: The Musical, Godspell and more while establishing herself as an artist in her own right.
James' prior music has garnered critical acclaim while reaching a wide range of listeners through her organically formed fanbase. It was not long ago Prince gave the singer his final blessing to cover his song "Call My Name" and mentor Berry Gordy Jr. was noting, "Sexy and charming, Morgan James is a multi-talented performer...she can do it all." With two Epic Records releases under her belt (Hunter and Morgan James Live), the eyes of over 125 million views collectively on her social channels, a Top 15 hit on Billboard's Urban AC chart and nods from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, she is proving herself to be a force to be reckoned with.
A Morgan James live performance is lightning in a bottle. Having made appearances from Carnegie Hall to The Kennedy Center and Montreal Jazz Festival, she has enchanted audiences worldwide with commanding performances.
Reckless Abandon spotlights Morgan James' wondrous talent, transparent songwriting and ability to create a must-see live experience.
Reckless Abandon
Track Listing
1. Up In Smoke
2. Unworthy
3. By My Side
4. Lifted
5. Making Up For Lost Love
6. Ransom
7. Jenny
8. No Faith
9. Pity
10. You Thought Not
11. Need Somebody
12. Reckless Abandon
Morgan James
Reckless Abandon Spring Tour
4/10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Machester Craftsman Guild
4/11 - Kent, OH - Kent Stage
4/12 - Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
4/13 - Burlington, ON - Burlington PAC
4/14 - Columbus, OH - Lincoln Theatre
4/15 - Cincinnati, OH - Ludlow Garage
4/18 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe
4/19 - Chicago, IL - City Winery
4/20 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
4/21 - Madison, WI - Highnoon Saloon
4/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota Jazz Club
4/23 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
4/25 - St. Louis, MO - Ready Room
4/26 - Columbia, MO - Rose Music Hall
4/28 - Dallas, TX - The Kessler
4/29 - Houston, TX - The Heights Theater
4/30 - New Orleans, LA - Le Petit Theatre
5/3 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center
5/18 - Washington, DC - The Hamilton
5/19 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head on Stage
5/27 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Jazz Festival
6/2 - Las Vegas, NV - Smith Center
6/3 - Phoenix, AZ - MIM
6/6 - San Diego, CA - Voodoo Lounge
6/8 - Modesto, CA - State Theatre
6/9 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Atrium
6/10 - Napa, CA - Blue Note
6/11 - Napa, CA - Napa Valley Jazz Getaway
6/14 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
6/15 - Seattle, WA - Triple Door
6/16 - Pasco, WA - The Scarlett Room
6/17 - Boise, ID - The Olympic
6/20 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
7/23 - Centre Hall, PA - Karoondinha Music & Arts Festival
8/20 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Bowl


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Time to Exit Iraq? CAP's Korb on Olbermann - MSNBC
Is it time to exit Iraq? Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Larry Korb joined MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss the news that Republican Senator John Warner has broken with the White House and is calling for US troops to begin to exit Iraq before Christmas 2007. To read STRATEGIC RESET, CAP's new policy plan for Iraq and the region please see: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/strategic_reset.html ARE WE WINNING THE WAR ON TERROR? See the TERRORISM INDEX, a new bipartisan survey of foreign policy experts from CAP & Foreign Policy magazine: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/08/terrorism_index.html THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org
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My latest contribution to The A.V. Club is an essay on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and 10 episodes to get you into the series. You may watch them in any order you wish. They used to make TV series that way.
Before you click over, I am tempted to make some sardonic remarks about the "sponsors" at The A.V. Club. But since I don't have Hitchcock's box-office clout, I am bowing to descretion. You are under no obligation to do the same.


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A replica livery made from Ombra Racing's Huracan GT3 back in 2016 Total Spa 24h. This is my first uploaded work, so there may be some mistake here and there. Feel free to rate/comment, and then lastly enjoy it!
Credits :
Baliwa (Fog lamps)
chargingcar (Tires tex)
How to install :
Extract and paste the folder to ...\Assetto Corsa\content\cars\ks_lamborghini_huracan_gt3\skins
#10 Ombra Racing Huracan GT3 (2016 Spa 24h ver.) 1.0
2016 Spa 24h based livery by Ombra Racing


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Aquaman is one of my favorite DC Comic characters so I am sad to say I really don't like the look of the Aquaman in the upcoming Batman/Superman film- Tattoos, a long beard (never liked the 90's bearded Aquaman) he looks more like a South Pacific Islander than the King of Atlantis. However, even worse is I have just read the main villain for the Aquaman standalone movie that follows is going to be Ocean Master - Aquaman's half-brother Orm. Now Orm is a decent villain, kind of Loki-ish to Aman's Thor....But Aquaman's worst enemy, his Joker, his Green Goblin, his Red Skull, his Bullseye is Black Manta. He's done the worst damage including murdering Aquaman's young son in the late 70's. I hope they will reconsider and make Black Manta the villain of the Aquaman film.
I am looking forward to seeing how they render the Red Tornado on this week's upcoming episode of Supergirl. Always felt that DC Comics introduced the silver age-to-present day Red Tornado to compete with Marvel's The Vision (both are synthetic life forms) but unlike the Vision who was a really complex figure that Marvel used to explore what is the essence of life, what is being alive, Red Tornado was a secondary character with mildly interesting powers....I have not seen the New 52 version so hopefully they have finally developed the character. I do like the Red Tornado as a comic book hero. The trailer and still photos for the TV version look good.
Have read The Calculator is coming later this season on ARROW. He's a good DC Comics villain with a lot of potential. The original storyline where they introduced him in Detective Comics fighting a series of heroes in order to calculate their weaknesses before Batman himself was superb. Even better if he wears the cheesy outfit! .


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SILVER SPRING - After police pleas for a telephone dialogue, the serial sniper stalking the Washington region responded yesterday with a different statement: the killing at daybreak of a bus driver, accompanied by another demanding letter left for authorities, less than a mile from where the gunman began shooting three weeks ago.
Police answered last night with their longest televised address to the killer, saying it was not "electronically possible" to achieve what the sniper demanded of them. In a letter left at the site of the Saturday shooting in Ashland, Va., the sniper demanded that $10 million be wired to a domestic bank account and threatened further violence, law enforcement sources have told The Sun.
Yesterday's multipage letter, left at Aspen Hill's North Gate Park, repeated Saturday's demands, officials said.
"We remain open and ready to talk to you about the options you have mentioned," Montgomery County Police Chief Charles A. Moose said last night. "It's important we do this without anyone else getting hurt."
Moose then instructed the sniper to call authorities to obtain a toll-free number he could use in the future, and offered to set up a post office box to be used for communications if that would make the sniper "feel more comfortable."
"You indicated that this is about more than violence," the chief said. "We are waiting to hear from you."
The killer claimed in the Saturday letter - which had similarities to another note left by the sniper - that he has unsuccessfully attempted about six times to contact police, only to be thwarted by phone lines jammed by tipsters, according to law enforcement sources. Police have verified some of those calls by checking their logs.
Earlier in the day, Moose revealed one reason why police are so desperate to maintain contact with the killer. The letter left behind at Saturday's shooting, he said, contained an alarming threat: "Your children are not safe anywhere, at any time."
The disclosure of this threat and yesterday's killing further raised the stakes in the cryptic dialogue taking place between police and the killer - partly on the public airwaves - over satisfying the killer's demands.
Those demands, meanwhile, have taken many by surprise. There were many theories about motives of a sniper who has now killed 10 and wounded three, but few expected he was driven by a quest for money.
"He had our attention after the first day," said one law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Why ask for money now?"
Bus driver Conrad Johnson, 35, of Prince George's County was shot in the torso at 5:56 a.m. as he stood on the top step of his commuter bus at a bus staging area on Grand Pre Road in the Aspen Hill area of Silver Spring.
Police had not confirmed a ballistics match with the sniper's previous shootings, but they had other evidence for a link: About 1 p.m., they found the killer's latest letter in the park adjacent to the scene, a law enforcement source said.
The killing and the letter marked the sniper's return to Montgomery County, where he launched his attacks on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 with five fatal shootings. Since then, the sniper had killed four others and injured three, but skirted the site of his initial crimes, going as far away as Ashland, 100 miles south of Washington, for Saturday's shooting.
Yesterday's resurfacing of the killer just outside the nation's capital renewed an intense manhunt in the Washington suburbs, with hundreds of police clamping down on the morning rush hour with roadblocks and street closings. A weary Moose told reporters that police had "no vehicle lookout to share, no person lookout to share."
The sniper's return also rekindled intense fears in the metropolitan area - fears that were heightened by Moose's late-afternoon revelation of the threat against children.
That disclosure intensified a daylong debate over the decision by Montgomery County to open schools yesterday, albeit on the "code blue" high alert. The decision contrasted with the Richmond area, where 11 school districts, with a total of 150,000 students, canceled school yesterday after meeting with authorities who had knowledge of the threatening letter.
Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan said county leaders had decided not to follow the Richmond area's lead yesterday morning because they "have utmost confidence in the investigative team conducting the work being done here" and did not believe that only children were now at risk.
Moose agreed, seeking to quell alarm about the killer's threat against children by pointing out that the killer's diversity of targets has put everyone, not just children, at danger.
"This person or people have shown the ability and willingness to kill people of all races, ages, genders and professions," he said. "We have not been able to assure anyone of their safety in regards to this situation."
County officials decided late in the day to open schools again today even after news of the threat against children fueled parental fears.
Yesterday morning's killing came after Moose's televised plea on Monday for the sniper to call authorities because they were unable to understand a garbled call he had made earlier that day. In Saturday's letter, the sniper instructed police to call him at an Ashland pay phone, but police were unable to make the call by the appointed time, a law enforcement official said.
Rather than calling back yesterday, the sniper's first act of the day was to strike again - and to strike on the home turf of Moose, the man leading the investigation and making the direct pleas to the killer. This brazen choice of location, experts said, was likely meant as a direct jab at the authorities leading the investigation - possibly in response to the police attempt to nab the sniper Monday at a pay phone they thought he had been using.
"What it said is psychological: I've killed five people up there, I've killed a few in other places, and I can go back to the same location and you're still not there," said Maurice Godwin, a criminal investigative psychologist at Methodist College in North Carolina.
Experts who are baffled by the sniper's demand for money speculated that perhaps he didn't understand his motivations for killing, and now realized he needed something to justify taking so many innocent lives.
"I had assumed that his motives were beyond money," said Jeffrey Ian Ross, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Baltimore. "I thought it was more in the area of acknowledging his skill, both as a shooter and his ability to evade capture. Maybe his motivations were not clear beforehand. Maybe he's finally coming to the realization that he can make some money."
Yesterday's shooting bore many of the sniper's trademarks. Johnson's bus stood near North Gate Park, a wooded setting that would have provided the gunman adequate cover, with a short footpath that runs directly to nearby Connecticut Avenue, a main suburban artery.
Like all the victims, Johnson was hit by a single shot. And like many recent victims, he was shot under the cover of darkness - a precaution the killer appears to be taking after initially shooting most of his victims in broad daylight.
John T. O'Neill said his alarm clock had just gone off in his ground-floor apartment on Grand Pre Road when he heard the gunshot. But he didn't immediately realize what the noise was - a failure he was still ruing hours later.
"I shaved and fixed my hair; I thought it could have been a firecracker," said O'Neill, whose apartment has a clear view of the park but is screened by trees from the bus stop. "I should have called [the police] and said I heard a shot."
Other neighbors recognized the gunshot more quickly and called the police. Johnson, a father of two, was still alive when the police and ambulances arrived, but he died soon afterward at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
Helicopters and two small planes circled overhead, police dogs combed the park, and officers recorded license plates of every vehicle in the area. Meanwhile, police closed roads around Aspen Hill and set up roadblocks all over the area, from the Capital Beltway to Route 108 running east into Howard County.
Radio traffic monitors were asked by police not to report road closings, so as not to tip off a fleeing sniper. Police inspected nearly every car that was driven by a man - a tactic different from their previous focus on white vans and white trucks, the vehicles that have been spotted at previous shootings.
Area residents responded to the shooting as they had after the initial burst of killings three weeks ago - canceling appointments, shepherding their children home from school and staying indoors.
About 200 residents ventured out for a vigil last night at Faith United Methodist Church in Rockville that was attended by many of the area's political and religious leaders, including Washington Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, Rep. Constance A. Morella and Washington Mayor Anthony A. Williams.
"We want to stand and say with one voice that we will not rest until these acts of violence stop," Williams said. "We want to show unwavering support for all those who have been affected by these heinous and horrific acts."
Sun staff writers Mark Matthews, Ivan Penn and Jeff Barker contributed to this article.


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By Richard Hepworth, President of Trelleborg's marine systems operation
Trelleborg's marine systems operation will showcase its Universal Safety Link (USL) technology at The 8th Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference (13 – 15 November) onboard the Viking Mariella in Helsinki.
The conference offers a technical perspective on the innovation and investment driving the uptake of LNG, methanol and other low-flashpoint fuels in the commercial shipping sector. With a focus on knowledge sharing from a variety of projects, the conference examines the latest advances in vessel design and operation, propulsion, supply infrastructure and associated technology.
At the conference, Steve Ward, Technical Sales Manager of Trelleborg's marine systems operation UK, will also take to the stage to provide an overview of the developments in Emergency Shutdown (ESD) and Ship-Shore Link (SSL) System technology over the last decade. He will discuss the need for standardisation and compatibility across markets.
The conference provides the ideal platform for us to connect with ship owners and operators, LNG carriers, shipbuilders, as well as port and terminal owners and operators in the region to discuss the importance of specifying compatible and proven technology and its role in ensuring the safe, efficient transportation and transfer of LNG as a fuel.
For more information about The Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference, visit: http://www.motorship.com/gfsconference


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We will also cover economical living in the Australian bush, along with the social elements of living in the bush.
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Leeds Castle Donate their Highest Ever Amount of Shoeboxes to the Mustard Seed Relief Mission
Staff at Leeds Castle this year have donated a grand total of 62 gift-filled shoeboxes to under-privileged children in Romania and Ukraine, as part of a charitable activity headed by the Mustard Seed Relief Mission.
Leeds Castle Triathlon 2018 awarded 'World Qualifying Race' Status
Leeds Castle is delighted to have become the 2019 ITU Standard Distance Triathlon Qualifier (Draft Illegal) meaning the top finishing athletes in the 2018 event will be eligible to enter the 2019 Lausanne ITU Standard Distance Triathlon World Championship
Leeds Castle Golf Course to Host 10th Anniversary 'Tri-Castle Cup'
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 'Tri-Castle Cup', a friendly but competitive golf match played between teams of staff members from three of the country's most popular Castles. Leeds Castle is delighted to host this year's competition o
Gold for Leeds Castle Florist at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
Wildlife, bugs and beasties are the inspiration behind the fragrant floral interpretation of an English country garden, which caught the attention of the judges at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2017 to win 'Best Exhibit in the Floral Design S
'Time for Tee' at the Leeds Castle Golf Course
The Leeds Castle golf course now offers golfers a delicious reason to return to play at the historic course. With new catering facilities, the clubhouse now serves hungry golfers fresh and tasty home cooked breakfasts, lunches and even a traditional style
Leeds Castle Awarded AA Unique B&B of the Year
Leeds Castle in Kent is delighted to have won the title of AA Unique Bed and Breakfast 2017. The award, voted for by AA Inspectors who inspect and rate over 2000 B&Bs throughout the United Kingdom, was presented at the annual AA awards ceremony held at th
Helping us to protect our heritage for future generations
A new heritage crime prevention organisation, supported by Kent Police, launches today [22 February 2017] at Leeds Castle to help to preserve heritage assets for future generations. Heritage crime is any offence which harms the value of heritage assets an


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'Twitter Me Some Love' Soon To Be An Internet Song Classic
Last year, I posted my "Top Ten Twitter Songs of All Time," and included a voting POLL. The results named Ben Walker and his song entitled: "You're No One if You're Not on Twitter," as the winner. While I don't think Ben ever left his day job as an online developer, his song will go down in the annals of Twitter Twhistory as a classic! However, to that list of Twitter all time hits, I now need to add Marcomé's latest single titled 'Twitter Me Some Love.'
Uploaded recently to YouTube and her Web site, Marcomé's Twitter single was written, arranged and produced in signature Marcomé styling and features vocals by singer/artist Bruno Pelletier (most recently known for his the role of James Dean in the rock opera La Legende de Jimmy) with creative animation by Veloce Animation.
I would categorize the music and lyrics as a "New Age" lullaby with its melodic trance-inducing tones, and its refreshing take on love and sharing. See if you don't agree.
According to Marcomé, the song is the first of a series of Twitter songs that will eventually make their way to an album. The 'Twitter Me Some Love' Lounge and Dance remixes will be out soon. The initial song is available world-wide via the digital outlets of iTunes, Napster, Emusic, Amazon and high-quality MP3s and CDs are available at www.Marcome.com.
Marcomé (pronounced Mar-ko-may) is a gifted Canadian singer songwriter whose impressive professional experience and background as a quality sound and mastering engineer has allowed her to collaborate with renowned artists and producers. Her unique musical inspiration and artistic sense has provided her the opportunity to work with such artists as Diana Krall, Cecilia Bartoli, Le Cirque du Soleil, Branford Marsalis, Sir George Martin, Tom Waits, Daniel Lanois, Pat Metheny and Yes.
In interviewing her for this post, I asked for some of her insights regarding Twitter and she indicated that it has virtually changed her perspective as how we can touch people globally. "If you had told me years ago I would have friends in Denver, London, Japan all at the same time I would have asked 'How?' is that possible?" Apparently Twitter has made that possible since Marcomé who only joined Twitter in 2009 now has over 35,000 followers.
And while she has reached out to Ev Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey at Twitter's headquarters to announce the launch of "Twitter Me Some Love," she thinks her message is still making its way up the Twitterstream.
Marcomé writes, mixes and produces each of her releases. In every sense, the song is truly her homage and celebration of how Twitter is responsible for not only making her a better artist, but a better person.
According to Marcomé, "Twitter Me Some Love,' is an ode to the growing Web community" that make this globe a much smaller place. She refers to interactions vis a vis the microblogging site as 'unconditional love' and she thinks the love that she shares with her followers through her music and her Twitter posts can make a difference.
And in my humble opinion, I think this particular Canadian songbird is hitting all the right notes when she tweets and when she records. Why not consider retweeting some of her love today.
Twitter Me Some Love Lyrics
My soul is yearning for the wisdom of the ancient world
My heart is filled with dreams of colored skies
for you and me
Ive been traveling the earth searching light
Striving through the dark clouds wanting to be free
Twitter me some love
I need your angels now
Twitter me some love / follow me / follow you
Twitter me some love
Send me a musical kiss
Twitter me some love / follow me / follow you
Twitter me some love
I need some angels now
Twitter me some love / follow me / follow you
Twitter me some love
Send me a musical kiss
Twitter me some love / follow me / follow you
You can buy it here.
by Anonymous
Awesome twitter song and video
This is awesome!
I'm discovering Marcome for the first time. I have been playing some of her other stuff too and I'm enjoying it very much. Her blog is also worth the trip at www.Marcome.com/blog Great artist, thank you! 5*
by Anonymous
That's such a good song that you don't need to be on twitter to appreciate it! Cheers to this exquisite music artist. I will make sure I check her out, this is really good.
by Anonymous
really great video!
by Anonymous
sorry,not only video,but a song also!
by Anonymous
Awesome video. Nice girl. She is really good.
by Anonymous
"Félicitation" for your song and beautiful video!


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It is inspiring to witness tributes to those in the military who have put their lives on the line to protect the United States of America from unjust aggressors. However, not all Americans are satisfied with hearing the speeches of politicians and Congressmen this 4th of July. At least that is the message Planned Parenthood Federation of America sent to its friends on this holiday.
To celebrate the 4th of July, PPFA president Cecile Richards wrote an action alert focusing on military abortion rights! "Will Congress stand up for women in uniform when it counts?" she asks. Instead of celebrating the freedoms afforded us by these servicemen and women, Richards chose to denounce the current policies regarding abortion on military bases. According to Richards, "Right now, women serving abroad in the U.S. military are denied the basic freedom to make their own medical decisions, because abortion is banned at military hospitals and bases. More than 100,000 women, including active service members and spouses and dependents of military personnel, live on military bases overseas and rely on military hospitals for their health care."
Since when is an expression of freedom the equivalent of directly murdering an innocent civilian who, in this case, happens to reside in the womb of his mother? Clearly, Planned Parenthood has trouble recognizing the existence of a second human being during pregnancy. It always has.
Richards goes on to say, "A servicewoman who becomes pregnant while serving with our forces in Iraq or Afghanistan is required to venture out to a local medical facility—seeking abortion care likely to be unsafe or altogether unavailable—or return to the US, leaving her mission and her career behind. This is an outrageous injustice to women who sacrifice so much, and it's time for a change."
It is beyond belief that Richards uses words like "freedom," "injustice to women" and "sacrifice" to further dehumanize the baby while ignoring the dangerous physical, psychological and spiritual effects the act of abortion has on the mother. It is as though Richards is telling her audience that it is fine for the military to wage war against the enemy on foreign soil as long as expectant military mothers can wage war on their preborn children, regardless of who dies or who suffers in the process.
Insane? Of course it is, but in the culture of death, nothing makes sense in the first place. It is not coincidental that Independence Day was chosen as the focus of this most recent PPFA alert, given the fact that the U.S. government has literally turned its back on the most vulnerable citizens in our own country.
This insidious assault on human rights reminds me of the profound words of Pope John Paul II, who pointed out in Evangelium Vitae (section 20),
This is what is happening also at the level of politics and government: the original and inalienable right to life is questioned or denied on the basis of a parliamentary vote or the will of one part of the people-even if it is the majority. This is the sinister result of a relativism which reigns unopposed: the "right" ceases to be such, because it is no longer firmly founded on the inviolable dignity of the person, but is made subject to the will of the stronger part. In this way democracy, contradicting its own principles, effectively moves towards a form of totalitarianism. … To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom: "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin" (Jn 8:34).
This is why it is imperative that we focus on human rights for all human persons. This is not only one of the reasons why our military men and women strive so hard to defend genuine freedom, but why freedom itself can never be tied to direct killing. Freedom has nothing to do with freedom of choice to kill, but everything to do with freedom to live, love, welcome and nurture.
Our repeated focus on the human personhood of that child—whose very existence is such a threat to the voices of evil—will, God willing, restore sanity to the crazed society in which we live.


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Nepal & Myanmar cancel visits, Seoul and Tokyo getting tough
Dec. 15 – China is facing increasingly hardened diplomatic attitudes from its neighboring countries, with four – Nepal, Myanmar, South Korea and Japan – allowing protests at varying degrees of what is considered Chinese belligerence.
A South Korean coastguard official was stabbed to death at sea after the Korean coastguard intercepted a Chinese fishing vessel in its waters in an incident the South Korean media have talked up as "Chinese Piracy at Sea." The Chinese vessel's captain has been charged with murder and 17 Chinese fishermen have been detained. The situation further deteriorated between the two countries after what sounded like a gunshot was fired at a window of the South Korean Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.
Tokyo is expected to lodge protests after China sent their new, and largest 3,900-ton armed patrol ship on its maiden voyage to islands and areas considered disputed between China and Japan, including several offshore oil and gas fields and various Sino-Japanese joint development zones.
Also, in highly unusual moves, Premier Wen Jiabao's scheduled trips to Nepal and Myanmar next week have both been cancelled. Myanmar, which recently hosted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently cancelled a Chinese project to build a Dam on the Irrawaddy River. No explanation has been given for the Nepal cancellation.
China has been more assertive recently in refusing to give ground over disputed border areas, and appears to have been playing too hard to gain projects through use of financial and trade muscle. The Chinese efforts to extend territorial land borders with India, where it claims the State of Arunachal Pradesh in its entirety, as well as parts of Ladakh and Kashmir, have long grated with India. Meanwhile, attempts to claim the whole of the South China Sea, in addition to parts of the East China Sea and Yellow Sea have been stepped up. 2point6billion learns that Chinese Embassy officials around the world have been paying particular attention to antique dealers in maps and similar cartographic relics, buying up whatever they can find, presumably in order to prove long held claims or to destroy examples that do not fit with their stated aims. Officials from nations affected by such territorial disputes may wish to consider the importance of such items concerning both cartographic and anecdotal evidence in ancient and historic documents.


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These aren't laws or even rules. The following list is some items I've found in working on small businesses and they fit really well with owning a CrossFit gym.
1. You take a vacation and your business does better than if you were there.
2. You get home early to your family.
3. Servicing your clients doesn't mean "you" service all of them.
4. At least one member of your staff's pay is commensurate with a local doctor or lawyer.
5. Other people on your team find a quick and effective solution to a problem that arrises.
Ask yourself if you get a YES for each question.
5 Yeses – You have a business not just a job. Look to expand soon.
4 Yeses – You're looking more like a business every day.
3 Yeses – You're on the cusp. Don't stop your momentum.
2 Yeses – You probably find it hard to get to work.
1 Yes – You should get out now or recommit to improving
Watch this video where Seth Godin talks about the fitness industry.