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Unless you have left the country you might have noticed the weather is more than a little warm. Not that I am complaining, if I did that it would probably rain non-stop for a year!! I do love the sunshine but I am not so much a fan of working in it, would much rather be reading a book by a pool somewhere. The horses seem to be adapting fairly well to the heat, and are coming during the hottest hours of the day to enjoy some cooler time in the stable. Skip has adapted well to be in his tiny paddock which has turned into a dust bath with his grazing and the lack of rain. It doesn't really seem to bother him as he is happy munching on his hay whilst he kicks back for his rest and recovery, allowing his tendon to heal.
The vet came out to us last week and I was delighted to find that he has now come sound. Therefore we have started some in hand walking for 15minutes twice a day to help build his strength again. In another week we will be able to do start doing some walking hacks which will continue for a month before another vets visit and then hopefully a return to increased work. I have to say I am missing schooling no end and I love riding in the warm weather so I will be pleased to get back on board. Of course I am happy that Skip is making progress as he should be and my fingers and toes are continually crossed to ensure that it continues.
However the bad luck doesn't quite seem to be over yet. With the onset of the heat wave we decided to leave the horses out overnight which worked fine to start with… Then after a few days, each morning I went up to see Skip, only to find a series of nasty cuts- a new one appearing each day! I just couldn't work out how they were happening. I mean he is only in a 10metre paddock on his own! After a nasty cut on Sunday night I decided I had to try and do something to figure the mystery injuries out. So during the boiling hot Monday afternoon I watered the ground and put up some fencing to stop any equine neighbours getting to him to bite him, then I collected all the stones from the ground in case he was sleeping uncomfortably on the ground. Well I am not sure which option worked, but I am happy to report that since I have done this we have no further injuries (though I am still touching wood as I never know what tomorrow will bring). He has another 5 weeks of paddock rest so I am hoping that's the last of the drama.
As the heat continues I am looking forward to getting back in the saddle but not so much looking forward to getting the jodhpurs and long riding boots back on in the 30 degree heat. I have a feeling my 6am starts might be getting even earlier. How are you and your horses coping in the heat wave? Are you still managing to ride? Please feel free to share your top tips and summery tales and I hope to be able to share mine with you during the upcoming weeks xx

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Today I have a new FOTD for you..a very wearable, everyday kind of look..a neutral eye paired with a plummy-pink lip color!
This look can be worn to work, college, school (if you wear makeup to school!) and anywhere else that you can think of!
I paired a brown matte eye with a plummy-pink color and a pink blush to just add some glow. You can modify this look in whichever way you want, based on your color preference and skin tone!
Darker skinned beauties can pair a darker brown eye with a brownish-peach color, or just some nude gloss. Fair skinned girls should add some color, else it might make you look washed out!
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-In the not too distant future Australia, a patrolman named Max cruises the roads looking for revenge against the motorcycle gang that claimed the lives of his wife and son
|My stepdad and sister think this guy looks like Rob Halford from Judas Priest
-Mel Gibson: Max
-Joanne Samuel: Jessie
-Hugh Keays-Byrne: Toecutter
-Steve Bisley: Goose
-Tim Burns: Johnny the Boy
-Roger Ward: Fifi
-Lisa Aldenhoven: Nurse
-Bertrand Cadart: Clunk
-Reg Evans: Stationmaster
-Howard Eynon: Diabando
-Paul Johnstone: Cundalini
-Steve Millichamp: Roop
-Geoff Parry: Bubba Zanetti
-Vincent Gil: Nightrider
Did You Know?
-When Goose gives the rider of the trike a "get-out-of-jail-free" card, it was an on-set joke. The limited budget forced the crew to use an actual motorcycle club (The Vigilantes). They rode to the set each day in costume, with their prop weapons ready. In case of being pulled over by the police, they were given special letters explaining the odd requirements and simply asking for the understanding and cooperation of local law enforcement
-Director George Miller raised money for this movie by working as an emergency room doctor
-The movie was shot in and around Melbourne, Australia
-Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the character Toecutter, also appears in the new Mad Max movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, as Immortan Joe
-The character Nightrider can be heard repeating lyrics from the AC/DC song "Rocker" over the CB radio
-Due to the extremely tight budget, actual police cars that had been decommissioned were used. Steve Bisley, who plays Goose, was the only one wearing actual leathers while most everyone else wore vinyl costumes. The bikes used were donated by Kawasaki and most of the bikers kept the bikes after shooting
-Hugh Keays-Byrne (Toecutter), Tim Burns (Johnny the Boy), Reg Evans (the stationmaster) are all classic Shakesperean-trained stage actors
|Johnny the Boy
-Max's car was a Ford Falcon XB sedan, originally a police car obtained from the Australian state of Victoria
-Most of the extras in the movie were paid with beer
-James McCausland drew inspiration for the movie from the 1973 oil crisis and the effect it was having on Australian motorists
-Queen guitarist Brian May composed the music for the movie
-Most of the bikers used in the film were actual Australian outlaw motorcycle clubs
-Mel Gibson got paid $10,000 for this job while studying acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Arts. Steve Bisley, who plays Goose, was his roommate


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That's right, Traffic Frog is getting a sequel! This version is being built from scratch, meaning all images will be different. The cars are getting a better look, and so is Frog. There will be 30 levels of challenging leaping and squashing. Now you will explore a bigger environment, with improved graphics (just look at the old one and compare). Featuring music from Frogger He's Back!
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I did a search earlier, but amazingly did not come up with an answer. I am currently learning about sprouting. I have one large sprouter jar full of nicely sprouting Mung beans. So I wanted to sprout some black eye peas, since I have tons on hand. Info is hit and miss about weather you can actually eat raw black eye pea sprouts.
Long story short, has anyone here eaten raw black eye bean sprouts? Should I just use these sprouts in cooked recipes? I saw a black eye pea and pasta recipe, which is the whole reason I thought I could sprout them.
I really just want to eat them raw, but will cook them so they don't go to waste, if need be. Thanks in advance for any advice!
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A blog dedicated to tracking my Fantasy Wargame Adventure, (with some help from my dad)!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Amazons and a SpellSinger!
Here are some pictures of some AMAZONS my dad painted.
He is going to use them for his TROJAN WAR game, but he said I can use them for my Fantasy games also,...
Cool shields!
I have a real intrest in Greek Mythology, so these girls will be fun to use in games.
They are EUREKA MINIATURES.
Heaps cheaper than GW miniatures!
Finally, two photos of a SpellSinger I got for a Diorama.
Sorry for the Blurry Pic, but She's a real nice model. A Games worksop figure, so dad had to sell a kidney to get her for me,..
Please feel free to leave a comment or two.
Peace out!
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|Peeling off my gelatin skin is fun and gross at the same time.
I recently Stumbled Upon an easy at-home recipe for pore strips.
For those of you just joining us, Biore Pore Strips are those white cotton things that are around eight bucks a pop that one can buy at the grocery store to clean out one's pores. You wet them, apply them to your nose (or chin or forehead) for ten, fifteen minutes, then rip them off.
Oh those? I love those! Being the gal on a budget I am, I was willing to spend $1.89 and experiment. Two dollars seems like a small price to pay for clean pores and baby-soft skin.
LediaMedia's DIY Biore Pore Strips Mask
What You'll Need
- 1 Tablespoon of unflavored gelatin
- 2 Tablespoons of milk (any kind will work)
- 1 old make-up brush or popsicle stick to spread the mask on your face
How to Make Your Own Biore Pore Strips Mask
- Combine gelatin and milk into a microwave-safe dish.
- Mix until gelatin and milk are a paste. The mixture will have a chunky consistency.
- Microwave mixture for 10 to 15 seconds.
- Remove from microwave and test temperature on your wrist or arm. The skin on your face is the most sensitive on your body so you don't want to burn it.
How to Use Your Biore Pore Strips Mask
- Use an old makeup brush or Popsicle stick to apply mask generously to entire face. Don't be afraid to really slather it on. Remember that it dries uber fast so work quickly.
- Let mask dry for 15+ minutes. You will know its dry when it feels like your face is going to fall off; the skin should be so tight that it hurts to talk. Beauty is pain so suck it up, sistas.
- When you are sure the mask completely dry, start peeling. Continue peeling, peeling, peeling. Peel even more until there is no mask left on that beautiful face of yours.
- Admire your fresh skin in the mirror. Voila, your pores are clean and your face feels like velvet!
What I learned
- Gelatin drying on my face is ticklish. Really, really ticklish.
- It's better to use it all than not enough. I used the mixture sparingly and regretted it during the peeling stage. I didn't have enough to peel off in some areas and it was more of a scraping than a peeling.
- Avoid your eyebrows and hairline. Gelatin is unforgiving and will rip out your hair.
- Don't rush -- wait until it's completely, and I do mean completely, dry before you start to peel. Goop under your nails isn't going to clean out anything.
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Recipe: Flag Cake
One of my favorite annual traditions is making this super-simple flag cake with my daughter. Yes, turning a cake into an American flag is somewhat cliché, but if you consider this the best way to dress up berry shortcake then it's as fun to make as it is to share.
This charming, whipped cream-frosted cake has a colorful surprise inside. It's what makes this vanilla-cake-meets-berry-shortcake recipe stand out from the rest.
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The Secret Surprise Inside Flag Cake
To make a big impact, portions of the batter are dyed red and blue and then swirled into the pan to create a patriotic surprise inside.
A sweetened whipped cream is the best topping for this cake, as it complements both the cake and the berries. Use blueberries and sliced strawberries to decorate the top of the cake.
Flag Cake
For the cake:
Cooking spray
- 3 cups
all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups
granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons
baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon
- 3
large eggs
- 3/4 cup
canola oil or melted and cooled unsalted butter
- 1 cup
whole milk
- 1 tablespoon
vanilla extract
Red food coloring
Blue food coloring
For the whipped topping:
- 2 cups
cold heavy cream
- 3/4 cup
granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
- 4 cups
fresh strawberries
- 1 1/2 cups
fresh blueberries
Make the cake:
Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350°F. Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in together a large bowl. Add the eggs, oil or butter, milk, and vanilla and mix with an electric hand mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
Pour 1/2 of the batter into the prepared baking dish. Divide the remaining batter between two bowls. Dye one red with 3 to 4 drops of red food coloring, and dye the other blue with 4 to 5 drops of blue food coloring. Dollop the red and blue batter onto the cake. You can do a pattern or random placement.
Bake the cake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cakes are lightly browned and spring back when tapped gingerly.
Cool the cake on a cooling rack for 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely on the rack.
Make the whipped topping:
Place the cream, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form.
Cover the entire cake with the whipped cream frosting. Arrange the berries in a flag shape by making a square of blueberries in the top lefthand corner and then making stripes with the sliced strawberries. You can use a small offset spatula to mark lines for the stripes, if needed.
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The Giants went south to D.C., where miscues were their undoing. Chris Canty said the sloppy loss on the 9/11 anniversary was "unacceptable in every regard." Ohm Youngmisuk
The Giants were scoreless in the second half.Recap | Box score | Discussion | Photos
The Giants rushed 20 times for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Ahmad Bradshaw and Eli Manning scored on runs, but Bradshaw gained just 44 yards and Brandon Jacobs carried just six times for 29 yards. The Giants failed to convert on a fourth-and-1 and a third-and-1 in the second half.
Hakeem Nicks had seven receptions for 122 yards, but Manning never really looked comfortable. He also had another pass that was tipped and picked, resulting in Ryan Kerrigan's TD. Left tackle Will Beatty struggled at times, and the revamped line gave up four sacks.
Tim Hightower rushed 25 times for 72 yards. He scored on a 1-yard run; the Giants felt it should have been nullified by a Redskins hold on Michael Boley that was never called. Rookie middle linebacker Greg Jones, making his first start, had four tackles. The Giants' run defense did well considering Justin Tuck was out.
Rex Grossman passed for 305 yards and two TDs. Perry Fewell trotted out three and four safeties to help his depleted secondary and linebacker units, but too often the Giants gave too much cushion. They could not cover tight end Fred Davis, who had five receptions for 105 yards. Jason Pierre-Paul played exceptionally, posting two sacks and a forced fumble.
The Giants held the explosive Brandon Banks to 13 yards per punt return and 24 yards per kickoff return. But a Lawrence Tynes field-goal attempt was blocked, leading to the Redskins' game-sealing drive. Devin Thomas also didn't field a kickoff that bounced inside the Giants' 10-yard line and pinned them at their own 7 after a Giant alertly pounced on the live ball.
The second half was abysmal: The offense kept stalling out on third downs; there was the tipped pick-six; the team failed to convert on two crucial short-yardage plays; and the only field goal attempt was blocked. The Giants still look like they are in preseason mode and need the full week to improve before facing the Rams next Monday night.
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I quite enjoyed this thriller. But don't take my word for it. Here's what Publisher's Weekly had to say:
In British author Toyne's stellar first in a projected trilogy, a thriller in the Dan Brown tradition, an ancient sect of monks who live in the Citadel, a church carved out of a mountain near the fictional Turkish city of Ruin, have been protecting a secret, "the Sacrament," since before the Christian era. A monk who knows the secret, Brother Samuel, escapes from the Citadel and throws himself off the mountain in full view of spectators and news crews. Later, American newspaper reporter Liv Adamsen learns that her phone number, carved into a small leather strap, has been found inside Samuel's stomach. The monk turns out to be her brother, whom she hasn't seen in years, so Liv travels to Ruin to try to solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. She and several other groups battle the deadly monks, who will stop at nothing to thwart their efforts to discover the Sacrament's secret. The truly mind-boggling revelation will leave astounded readers eager for the next installment.I understand if a religious thriller is not your thing. (I would have said the same thing. I was pleasantly surprised by this book!) The good news is that there are over 50 book blogs all over the world participating in this blog hop! Here's a list with links to all of them:
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Yeah, this took me over a month to finally post. That's pretty terrible. I'm going to try to get more on the ball with these.
Rob and I played two games of Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 on one of my few free Saturdays, the 8th. We decided to start playing some of the Situations (scenarios) that are available to give us some variety in the game.
First up was Situation I: Take Out Those 88's! In this situation, the Germans (played by Rob) had 3 crewed 8.8cm FlaK 36 cards on the rear line, with 2 front lines that must be beaten through before the Americans can finally take them out. The goal of the game, of course, is the destruction of those 88s, and the Americans have to accomplish this without aircraft. The Germans aren't allowed to start drawing reinforcements until Turn 3, but they do get 10 free victory points a turn (needing 75 to win).
After choosing our decks (Americans start with 120 points vs the Germans 80), we set up to play. For my starting hand I chose a M4A1 Sherman, Tank Crew, Rifle Squad, and .30Cal LMG Team. My hope was to use the Sherman to spearhead my attack (harder for the infantry Rob starts with to kill, and use the infantry to finish the job (the infantry is harder for the 88s to hit, needing a 13 vs an 11 vs the tank). I didn't write down what my deck consisted of, next time I'll try to include that. My drawn Command Cards were Withdraw (useful if my tank gets damaged), Reconnaissance (not really helpful for this situation, since Rob doesn't start with units in his hands), and Frontline Priority (great for getting a unit I need into my hand when I need it). Not a bad start truthfully.
Rob immediately begins the game by playing a Sabotage card, removing one of the Shermans from my deck. Ugh.
Turn 1:
I commit all 4 units in my hand, hoping to eat through at least one of his frontlines, and putting the pressure on early.
Right after first commitment phase.
Rob begins the Combat phase by playing Fire For Effect, making his artillery a lot deadlier to my poor Sherman (8 intensity vs the Sherman's 5 armor isn't nearly so scary as 12 intensity vs that same 5 armor). He then proceeds to win initiative.
By the way, it's worth noting here that although the choices of targets for each card is very important in game, it's not a very interesting read, so it's not likely to be mentioned in any report I write. Usually just the results.
Rob's first shot was an 88 at my Sherman, which missed. I followed up by having the Sherman (targeted by all three artillery pieces) fire at the German Rifle Squad, discarding the Reconnaissance card for a +1 attack on my 75mm gun. I missed with all of my attacks, however.
The German Rifle then shot at my Rifle Squad, killing it. My LMG fires and misses. With nothing of mine left, Rob goes through his guys- my Sherman dies to an 88, and the German MG-42 Team kills my LMG.
During the draw phase, I draw two units (Tank Crew and a Rifle Squad), and use Frontline Priority to get another Rifle Squad. My Command Card draw is a Fighter Ace (useless in this situation).
Rob at this point has 34 Victory Points (he needs 75 to win).
Turn 2:
I choose to commit nothing, knowing that I'll just get slaughtered, and needing a few more units so that I can sweep through him. I'm able to gain a bit of an advantage solely because the Germans aren't allowed to draw Reserves until turn 3. With no combat, this is a quick turn, and I draw an Artillery Crew, a 57mm Anti-Tank Gun M1, and Commit Reserves (allowing me to play a card from my Reserves deck).
Rob is up to 44 Victory Points.
Turn 3:
Since Rob is going to start getting units this turn, I decide I can't keep waiting. I commit everything, and use commit reserves for another Sherman (I apparently had 3 in my deck). With an artillery piece, 2 infantry squads, and a tank, things are looking up for me.
Rob then wins the initiative. He fires an 88 at my Sherman, damaging it. The Sherman takes a shot at the Rifle Squad, and manages to deal 6 damage to it. The German Rifle Squad fires at one of the American Rifle Squads, damaging it. I draw a 'Shaken' card, retreating my Rifle Squad to the rear line, really hindering my attack.
My other American Rifle Squad beats on a German Rifle Squad, causing 13 damage (don't remember the damage card), but it turns out not to matter as my ATG finishes it off. Not a bad turn for me, really, although not great.
Anyway, during the draw phase I again choose two units, and draw an Artillery Crew and a Tank Crew. I also draw another Fighter Ace. That's just terrible.
Up to 54 VPs.
Turn 4:
Well, with a draw like that, you can imagine I had nothing to commit. Rob did, though. He put a Scharfschutze (Sniper) in his first front line, and plays a Lay Smoke card on his front line Rifle Squad. That limits my front line units to attacking his sniper, and means I can't break through his front line this turn. Ugh!
I once again lost the Initiative.
Rob's first shot is an 88 at my Sherman, but thankfully he misses. In response, my Sherman kills his Sniper. Once again, with free reign to shoot, Rob manages to kill my 57mm ATG and retreats another of my Rifle Squads to my rear line. He's now up to 70VP. Not looking good.
I again choose to draw 2 units, and draw a Rifle Squad and another 57mm ATG. I also draw Sabotage, which I use immediately to get rid of the Pz. VI Ausf. E Tiger I from his deck. Have to take those small victories :).
Turn 5:
With Rob on the cusp of winning, I need to win THIS turn. Well, I can't. But that doesn't stop me! What does stop me, however, is Rob playing a Capture That Unit! card, rolling a 10, and ending the game with 82 victory points. Oops.
That's a picture of a sad me writing down the results of the current game. In the immediate foreground is the impenetrable wall of FlaK 88s.
I pretty much did as poorly as possible that game, and I think next time I play, I'll have to be a little smarter about what I do. Tanks are a bit more vulnerable to his artillery (the 88s were used as anti-tank guns, after all). Maybe more infantry and a few artillery pieces of my own (so I could return fire with my own long range stuff) would have made this a closer game.
We weren't done here though- we decided to take a shot at Situation II: Beachhead Air Defense.
There are two parts to this situation. First is an air battle, with 4 planes apiece, fighting to the death. After this is done, the remaining aircraft are put onto the bottom of the victor's reserve deck, and a land battle begins.
There's one more component to this game, however- a US Landing Ship is making landfall at the beach, and is a vulnerable target for the German aircraft. In fact, for every point of damage done to the LST prior to the aerial fight being done, the German player gets an extra victory point. Given that the American aircraft is a bit better than the German ones, that's a key way to make up the difference.
Rob and I screwed this up, badly. See, we missed the line that the LST was removed once the aerial combat was over. So we left it out there. That means his tanks were taking pot shots at it, and doing a ton of damage. That's pretty game changing. So although I wrote a bunch of notes, and even took some pictures, I'm not going to be writing a report for it. It's sufficient to say that Rob one this one, but the game would have been a lot closer had I actually READ THE SCENARIO. Ah well. Live and learn. Sounds like the second situation will be pretty enjoyable now that we'll do it right.
Here are some pictures of our second game anyway.
Ready to begin the game.
The air battle begins to go well for me.
As always, I'm struggling when it comes to the land-based part of the game.
We'll be playing this game from time to time at PrezCon, so I'll have more game reports going up next month, as well as a review, finally, since I'll finally have enough experience to do so (plus, I need practice writing reviews).
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Battle Report: Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 (1/8/11)
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Sounds like Rob schooled you twice.ReplyDelete
'Sounds like' doesn't mean 'happened like'. I was doing well in situation 2 until we started playing it wrong!ReplyDelete
I mean, I was schooled once, no doubt there.
Now it sounds like excuses.ReplyDelete
Oh School was in session! He got tutored like Henry the VIII!ReplyDelete
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Is God's grace ever conditional? Is there a little box at the bottom of the salvation agreement that you must check, saying that you agree to abide by the terms and conditions?
If this sounds like a silly question—and it should—it is unfortunately a question that needs to be asked and answered, for in some Christian groups grace really does seem to have conditions attached to it. Classic five-point Calvinism, for instance, speaks of Unconditional Election and Irresistible Grace i.e. that God chooses (elects) who is going to be saved and who isn't, and he chooses according to his own reasons—or even whims—and there is nothing anyone can do about it. God either chooses you, or he doesn't. And because God chooses and there's nothing you can do about it, his grace is irresistible. If you are chosen, you will be saved, even if you don't want to be. (To be fair, a Calvinist would say that if you are chosen, you will want to be saved, but the fact remains that whether you want to be or not is irrelevant. All that matters is whether God wants you to be saved.)
So election and predestination are unconditional, but grace isn't. Its condition is whether or not you happen to fall into the "elect" category.
But I have no real beef with Calvinists. I don't agree with them, but I understand their position. I have a lot of friends who are Calvinists, and there is much upon which we agree, and we work together in those areas.
More harmful are those who want to divide Christians into two groups, nominal Christians, and Real Christians—and who feel they can tell the difference. Depending on what is important to the individuals and the groups with which they associate, a Real Christian is determined by their position on certain doctrines, or certain political positions, or their views on evolution vs. creation, the nature of Scripture, or matters of church polity, even the style of worship music preferred.
It's something that is easy to fall into. We all know people who appear to be going through the motions of following Jesus, but to all appearances are Christian in name only—hence the term nominal. And the more you dig into Scripture and matters theological, the more you tend to see some things as more central to what it means to be a follower of Jesus than others. And when other Christians seem to "major on the minors," it's easy to fall into the trap of feeling somewhat superior. You know, they're going through the motions while you are focusing on the stuff that really matters. Or even worse, that they are taking Christianity down a wrong or destructive path while you are trying to follow the true path of Christianity.
And that's a very dangerous path to take, because even if you are right about the majors and minors—or maybe especially if you are right about the majors and minors, this is the path of self-righteousness.
In other words, you can be right about important things and still have a log in your eye (Matthew 7:1-5). And if you have a log in your eye, it doesn't really matter how right you are.
The fact is that God's grace isn't conditional. It just is. It is who God is, and how God operates. His grace is unconditional, unlimited, amazing, overwhelming, comprehensive, incomprehensible—and absolutely necessary, for no one can be saved without it. In fact, Paul said that if grace isn't unconditional—if there is something you have to do to get it, it isn't grace at all. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace (Romans 11:6).
Our challenge is to resist the tendency to receive grace unconditionally but give it conditionally. This goes not only for when someone sins against us or someone we love, but also for when someone simply disagrees with our cherished positions. To disagree is not to sin, and to feel or act otherwise is the ultimate log-in-the-eye position.
We who receive grace unconditionally must also give grace unconditionally, and that is hard, maybe the hardest thing in the world to do. But whoever said following Jesus was easy?
Ironically, those who have the most difficulty giving unconditional grace to others often have difficulty giving it to themselves. If being wrong about some theological or ecclesial matter is sin and grounds for disqualification from being a Real Christian, then you can't afford to admit that you may be wrong. And you have to argue for your position even when it's clear your position is untenable.
At any given time, all of us are right about some things and wrong about others. We shouldn't get puffed up about the areas in which we are right nor down on ourselves where we are wrong.
Ultimately what's important is not being right, but being in right relationship with a God of Amazing Grace.


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The NYPD is investigating images of what appears to be ISIS supporters taking selfies outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in view of One World Trade Center.
The Met photo shows a masked and hooded man with the ISIS logo on his scarf, standing on a snow-covered sidewalk outside the Upper East Side museum.
It began making the rounds on social media Saturday night, with the caption, "We are in your own Backyard," said Eric Feinberg, the co-founder of GIPEC, a cyber-intelligence firm that keeps track of terrorism-related hashtags.
"The NYPD is aware of the photograph. As with all terror related threats, the NYPD is looking into the incident. At this time there are no credible threats related to New York City," an NYPD spokesman said Tuesday night.
Feinberg said the photos , and others like them, are meant to sow fear, and to embolden possible lone wolf terrorists into taking action.
"Maybe it's Photoshopped, maybe it's not. It should be taken seriously," he said.
Last month, a pro-ISIS online propaganda poster showed a captive NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill kneeling before a masked terrorist.
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For my parting shot, somethings that I recommend. I was going to write full blow reviews for my blog but haven't gotten around to it. This will do well enough.
Anathem, by Neal Stevenson. Speculative fiction. A brick of a book. Can be loosely described as a riff on academics and other "knowledge people". In this world, all learned people live in cloisters, separated from others for intervals of either 1, 10, 100 or 1000 years. Apt and humorous observations ensue. There is adventure, of the mind and otherwise.
Morning Miracle, by David Kindred. Nonfiction on the newspaper industry, specicially the Washington post. If you have even a passing interest in newpaper reporting, then I would recommend this. The chapter about the Walter Reed hospital expose is worth it alone.
Where Ideas Come From, by Steven Johnson. One of those businessy books on ideas and innovation. If you are super familiar with that sort of thing this book might not add a lot for you. I was not, and found most of it to be interestingly applicable to working in science.
The Master Switch, by Tim Wu. A history of information technologies. Particularly the open or closed nature of these technologies. What happens when a monopoly dominates a new and important technology? Worth it just for the section on early radio, which is odd and fascinating.


text: Gorges du Verdon otherwise known as Verdon Gorge is considered by many to be the most beautiful river canyon in Europe. I discovered it while browsing through pictures on Pinterest. The picture I stumbled upon depicted a deep canyon valley with the most beautiful colored green/turquoise river running through it. That was the moment Verdon Gorge was added to my travel bucket list!


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Series InformationThe parts of speech
Language arts explorer junior.
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The ability to recognize and correctly use the different parts of speech is key to demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. In this book readers will learn about the role adjectives play in sentences by following the story of Tom and his sister, Kate, who visit the zoo with their Uncle Mike. The story and activity sidebars help teach concepts such using adjectives to provide description and detail, understanding word relationships, identifying common types of adjectives, and making comparisons using comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Channel 19 Dropping UC Basketball
After 26 years, WXIX-TV (Channel 19) will stop producing local UC basketball games with the UC-Miami telecast Dec. 29.
"This is purely an economic decision," says John Long, Channel 19 general manager.
The station was losing money on Bearcats basketball, a 10-year contract signed five years ago, he says. Long informed UC officials last week the station was exercising its option to get out of the contract after five years.
"The economics of the deal has changed greatly in the last five years," Long says.
UC's basketball fortunes and the TV landscape also looks much different today, when college basektball games can be found all over the TV dial and Fox's "American Idol" makes it difficult to pre-empt the nation's No. 1 TV show for local sports.


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Recently, I've been indulging my other hobby of car audio a little too much. It really is hard to have multiple, expensive, time-consuming hobbies 🙂
I've been lurking the regular photo forums while sipping my morning coffee but that's about the extent of my picture taking in the past month or so. That, and I don't have a place to upload pics since I'm still debating whether or not I want to deal with flickr or move up to smugmug even though I'm far from a pro.
Seeing this article posted on a forum I frequent, just hit me in a way that I can't help but agree with wholeheartedly. Being a person on a budget of very little, I can't afford the best or newest. What I do have (and that I'm proud of) are lenses that work well for me and give me results that most would be hard-pressed to tell apart from equipment costing 5 times as much…or more.
I'm a huge proponent of "use what works" and Mike over at TOP couldn't have stated it better. If you haven't read this yet, grab a beverage of your choice and get at it! I'm blissfully ignorant when it comes to lens tests, and you should be, too 😉
Here's a link to Mike's blog, The Online Photographer Hope you enjoy it and it gives you a new perspective or teaches you something 😉


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You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I have discovered (ok, maybe I didn't discover it) healthy ice cream. Being allergic to dairy, ice cream and I don't really get along too well. Although I love the tasate, I do not love what it does to my GI tract. I have long forgotten ice cream, in fact, until today.
I was reading through some raw recipes and came across a very complicated "ice cream", only to realize it just a bunch of frozen bananas. Although skeptical, I happened to have some bananas in my freezer that were calling my name (or maybe that was my newly acquired sweet tooth). I threw 2 of them in the blender with some chopped pecans and let 'er rip! It takes a few minutes to get everything smoothed out, but the result is the consistency of ice cream. From here, add what you like! I put some carob powder in mine and had chocolate ice cream that, to me, tasted just as good as the real stuff. Next time I will try some fruity flavors – made some strawberries or something.
No added sugar. No added flavor. Why don't we market this stuff?!?! I could be rich!
BTW – sorry there's no picture…I ate it too fast!!


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LAUREL HILL — J.C. Dunn, 62, of Laurel Hill passed away at his home on July 9, 2014.
A fireman funeral service will be HELD at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Laurel Hill Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Don Malpass. Burial will follow in the Woodard Family Cemetery.
J.C. was born in Marlboro County, S.C. on Sept.12, 1951, son of the late Johnny Henry Dunn, Sr. and Pearlie Strickland Dunn. He worked in maintenance formerly with the Scotland County school system and the County of Scotland then retired as a supervisor from Z.V. Pate Inc. He served as a fireman with the Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department and retired after more than 30 years of service.
He was a faithful member of the Laurel Hill Baptist Church where loved serving in mission work. J.C. enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends and especially with his grandson.
In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his son Tommy Dunn, and brothers Bill Dunn and Lacy Dunn.
Dunn is survived by his daughter Tina Dunn of Aberdeen, brother John Dunn, Jr. of Laurinburg, sister Nancy Locklear and husband the Rev. G.B. Locklear of Pembroke, sisters-in-law Jane Dunn of Laurel Hill and Doris Dunn of Carthage, and his grandson Lane Bormet.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday at Richard Boles Funeral Service.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to First Bank for the Lane Bormet Scholarship Fund.
Services entrusted to Richard Boles Funeral Service.
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How do I unlock a CS6 extended layer?
If it is a Background layer,
Easiest way is to double-click on the locked layer in the Layers panel.
A dialog will open up giving you options. When you are done setting them, clicking OK makes it a floating or unlocked layer.
If it is a floating layer that has been locked,the lock icon at the top of the layers panel will unlock the selected layer.
Check below link .
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS1375CE44-C305-4d39-8CAF-7CF770557E6Ea.htm l#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78bfa
You can click on lock icon on the Locak panel, just above the layer in layers panel to unlock the layer.


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Monday: Siana Wineland's jabbering about characterization. She's a very warm and supportive person, and a wonderful writer.
Tuesday: Toby Neal's. The topic is creativity.
Wednesday: Raine Thomas's Write as Raine Thomas with an excerpt from The Backworlds.
Thursday: Lynda Young's W.I.P It for a discussion on networking.
Friday: Julie Flander's What Else is Possible? for a little essay on my lack of wilderness skills.
More photos from the Cascades. Click on a photo to enlarge. First: Along the Rogue River after the gorge. Second: Mt. Thieson. Third: Sky-reaching trees.
Join me today at Lynda Young's W.I.P It for a discussion on networking beyond the internet. Platform happens outside cyberspace, too. Lynda was one of my earliest blogging buddies, and she just announced one of her short stories was accepted in an anthology Make Believe. I've been privileged to read several of her stories. She's an awesome writer. So I knew we'd be celebrating her publications. I'm sure there are many more to come. Congrats, Lynda. Here's the beautiful cover:


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Enabling Lync/SfB Client to use proxy server for SIP traffic instead of trying direct connection
Update 2017/09/12 – Added SfB2016 MSI (16.0.4588.1001). We had some reports that when trying to sign in to Skype for Business Online users were experiencing delays during the sign in process. This behavior was related to environments were the Lync/SfB client is configured to use a Proxy Server to connect to the Skype for Business Online servers. After researching the… Read more
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With the emergence of the Hollywood Blockbuster movie some people fear that the narrative is being ignored and the spectacle and special effects of the film are being considered the more important.
According to Buckland "narrative complexity is sacrificed on the altar of spectacle"
It is suggested that in a blockbuster film the narrative becomes thinner, the characters end up being one dimensional and stereotypical and the action is based around loosely linked sequences built around spectacular stunts, stars and special effects.
This is not necessarily true. The plot in a blockbuster may not be complex or challenging but it is not automatically absent from the film just because it has a lot of special effects in it.
The narrative integrity of the old classical Hollywood films is a thing of the past. There is a new kind of narrative which has been created through the use of special effects and action.
In order for a Hollywood film to make a lot of money it needs to be successful overseas as well as in the United States. This is done by making something that will transcend cultural differences. Hollywood studios will make a formulaic blockbuster which is full of spectacle which will be watched the same way all over the world. They will usually include a big star who is easily recognizable.
Blockbusters are concerned with creating an artificial real world that will get the viewers attention, The effects allow the viewer to get more into the film and into the diegetic world being shown on screen if they are realistic enough.
Blockbuster films are sold on their special effects rather than on their plot. People go to see blockbusters
Concerns over the loss of narrative integrity have been discussed during many different periods as Hollywood moves away from the...


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This is the Panegyric which was preached at Westminster Cathedral by Belloc's friend Ronnie Knox. After the Requiem, for Belloc, Absolutions were given by Cardinal Griffin. Monsignor Knox took his text from Jer. I:
"Up, then, gird thee like a man, and speak out all the message I give thee. Meet them undaunted, and they shall have no power to daunt thee. Strong I mean to make thee this day as fortified city, or pillar of iron, or wall of bronze, to meet king, prince, priest and common folk all the country through."
THE other day, in a curiously moving country church at West Grinstead, we laid to rest, not without the tears of memory, an old and tired man. It was a funeral of circumstance; the Mass was Pontifical, the habits of many religious Orders graced the sanctuary, and schoolboys' voices lent an intolerable beauty to the Dies Iris. But in essence it was a country affair ; some of Hilaire Belloc's friends had met to see his body lowered into the grave—there, in Sussex earth; there, beside the wife he had so long mourned ; there, with the house he had lived in for forty years, till it became "like a bear's fur" to him, only a few miles away. Today, as if humouring that other side of him, which loved stateliness and the just proportion of well-ordered things, we gather with muffled foot-falls among the echoing vaults of a great cathedral - we, lesser men, who have lived so long under the shadow of his championship, to remind ourselves what it is we have lost, and to do him honour.
We ask foolishly what such a man would have wished to hear said in his praise if he were alive; perhaps still more foolishly, what he is wishing to hear, if the dead know so much, care so much, about transitory things. It was a question that exercised him greatly, especially at the end of his life ; the appetite for fame was, he said, at once the most irrational and the strongest of all appetites ; of fame itself he told us, "It is but a savour and an air." For his friend Chesterton he prophesied enduring fame only on condition that the cause for which they both did battle should ultimately triumph, and England should return to a happier way of living. Whether that was right may be a matter of dispute; but I think it gives us a clue to Belloc's own feeling about such matters. What he cared for was not the good word of posterity taken in the gross, but the praise of Christendom. Only such praise concerns us, here before his catafalque. Let others remember him—have no fear, he will be remembered - as a great master of English prose, that virile, nervous English prose which he shares with men like Sterne and Cobbett; or as a satirist to be mentioned in the same breath as Swift and Moliere; or as a historian who had the rare quality of making the past live. For us, these are but the trappings of his greatness. Here was a man that interpreted divine things for us, under homely images and in our common speech. He was a prophet.
When I say that, I do not mean to suggest that he had any special skill in forecasting future events ; he made mistakes there, like the rest of us. I mean he was such a man as saw what he took to be the evils of our time in a clear light, and with a steady hatred; that he found, or thought he had found, a common root in them, and traced them back, with what light God gave him, to their origins in history. In this, he resembled a great man whom he was proud to claim as his champion-in-arms, Father Vincent MacNabb, of the Order of Preachers. Father Vincent, who has left us so little record of his splendid gifts, was an inspiration to all that brilliant circle of Catholics among whom Belloc moved; men like John Phillimore, the professor of humanities at Glasgow, and Maurice Baring, whose novels we shall read again. But only two accepted from him the mantle of prophecy, Belloc and Chesterton. And of these, Belloc had the double portion; he was a prophet by destiny and by temperament.
A prophet, by derivation, is one who speaks out. He must not wrap up his meaning; he must not expect success. "To brazen-faced folk and hard-hearted thy errand is, and still from the Lord God a message thou must deliver, hear they, or deny thee a hearing; rebels all, at least they shall know that they have had a prophet in their midst." There is the double tragedy of the prophet ; he must speak out, so that he makes men dislike him, and he must be content to believe that he is making no impression whatever. Such is the complaint of Jeremias, "An ill day when thou, my mother, didst bring me into the world ! A world where all for me is -Strife, all is hostility; neither creditor I nor debtor to any man, yet they curse my name." He would be rid, if he could, of the prophet's burden; and there were moods, at least, in which Belloc would indulge in the same complaint. Even when he wrote the Path to Rome, he was conscious of the strain; "We are perpetually thrust into minorities, and the world almost begins to talk a strange language: . . . And this is hard when a man has loved common views, and is happy only with his fellows." And in his tribute to Chesterton, one of his last works, you will find him exclaiming, half in envy, half in reprobation, at the man who took part in so much controversy, yet never made an enemy; "without wounding and killing," he said, "there is no battle." With Chesterton, as with Johnson's friend who tried to be a philosopher, "cheerfulness was always breaking in"; Belloc's destiny was conflict, and he did not love it. He was "a prophet lost in the hills": Why must he always be different, not thinking the thoughts of common men ?
A sad life? You would not venture to assert it; as a young man, he would sing in chorus, and ride, and sail the seas; nor did he lose, to the end, the pleasures of old memory and of tried friendship. But he was melancholy by temperament; the undercurrents of his mind were sad, and his face never looked happy in repose. And because this melancholy was fed, at all times, by a sense of intellectual loneliness, he stood, mentally, a confessor to the faith that was in him. Many, who shared that faith, would not go all the way with him in following out its implications. Was the story of the Reformation really so simple as he made it out to be? Were financial interests so powerful, were modern politics so corrupt, in real life as in Emmanuel Burden? But his vision was prophetic, and therefore integral. If you could not trace every link in the chain of historical causation, still you could not doubt the logical sequence of events; it was no mere accident that the world which accepted the Reformation drifted, after a few centuries, into being the world we know. If we had lost good fellowship and good craftsmanship and a hundred other things which the natural side of him regretted, it was, it must be, a nemesis, traceable to the loss of certain other things, which the supernatural side of him regretted inconsolably.
Does the prophet do good? No such promise is made him when he sets out with his message. His task is to deliver that message to the men of his time, whether they hear or refuse him a hearing. It may be, the stark language he talks to them, the unconventional gestures by which he tries to thrust it home, will produce a reaction, and wed them all the more firmly to their old ways of thought. There are one or two terrible passages in the Old Testament which almost seem to imply that the prophet is sent out, not to inspire repentance, but to redouble the guilt of his unbelieving audience. What is important, it seems, is that they should know they have had a prophet in their midst. Must that be the epitaph we pronounce today over a man so widely read, so greatly loved? That the violence of his protest defeated itself, and left England less kindly disposed than ever to a propaganda so crude, so exaggerated?
To be sure, he was prophet rather than apostle; he did not, as we say, "make converts." You do not often hear it said of Belloc, as you hear it said of Chesterton, "I owe my conversion to him." But the influence of a prophet is not to be measured by its impact on a single mind here and there; it exercises a kind of hydraulic pressure on the thought of his age. And when the day of wrath comes, and that book is brought out, written once for all, which contains all the material for a world's judgement, we shall perhaps see more of what Belloc was and did; how even his most irresponsible satire acted as a solvent force, to pierce the hard rind of self satisfaction which, more than anything, kept Victorian England away from the Church; how the very overtones of his unostentatious piety brought back to us memories of the faith, and of the Mass, and of our Blessed Lady, to which English ears had grown unaccustomed.
Have I represented him as a figure of marble? No one who knew him, no one who has read the more intimate of his writings, can picture him otherwise than as a man essentially human, twinkling with fun, rippling with vitality. Even as we commit his soul into the hands of his Creator, with those severely impersonal prayers the Church dictates to us, we are haunted by a thousand human memories of him, recall a hundred endearing characteristics of him - his undisguised admiration for lesser men than himself, the punctilious care with which he would bestow charity on a beggar, his rather stiff courtesy to strangers, his fondness for company and good cheer. Human? God knows he was human. For human frailties, may he receive the pardon he always desired. For the wideness of his human sympathies, may he find reward.
And yet, you who loved Hilaire Belloc, you who read him, and found inspiration in the reading, do not imagine that he would be satisfied if we wrote for him the epitaph, "This man endeared himself to his fellows." He was a prophet; men thought him a fanatic, and he has written his own epitaph, I think, in a poem of that name. A Fanatic, he says, is one who keeps his word—not merely this or that casual promise, but
That great word which every man Gave God before his life began : It was a sacred word, he said, Which comforted the pathless dead, And made God smile when it was shown Unforfeited before the Throne.
an undertaking (that, surely, is the sense) that he will be true to himself, that he will carry out faithfully the mission God gave him to perform, that he will challenge the men of his age with his own characteristic protest. No human flattery, no love of ease, no weariness of conflict, shall make him retract the pledge he has given. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have redeemed my pledge" - that is what Hilaire Belloc would wish us to say of him, and there are few of whom it could be said so truly.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.


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IPO Prospect Coupons.com to Buy Yub for $30 Million
On the way toward a possible initial public offering, digital-coupon company Coupons.com has agreed to acquire Yub, according to a person familiar with the agreement.
Yub works with retailers to offer loyalty programs to lure shoppers into brick-and-mortar stores. Coupons.com could use the Mountain View, Calif., company's technology and affiliate network to better track which online offers lead to in-store purchases.
Coupons.com will pay about $30 million for Yub, according to a merger document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
A survivor of the dot-com bust, Coupons.com launched in 1998 to bring newspaper coupons to the Internet. It operates a site that lets shoppers print coupons and also promotes discounts through loyalty cards and mobile promotions. Consumer-packaged goods makers such as General Mills and retailers like Nordstrom pay to promote discounted wares on Coupons.com and its partner sites.
In 2011, Coupons.com was valued at $1 billion when it raised $200 million in funding from venture-capital investors. At the time, VentureWire reported the company was on track to record $100 million in revenue that year. Coupons.com recently picked Goldman Sachs to lead an IPO that could come next year, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.
The deal is a fast payout for Greylock Partners, Visa and other investors who got shares in Yub when the company was recently spun out of TrialPay, a larger company which helps websites and app developers sign up new users by dangling promotions. Yub began with just 20 employees, including Alex Rampell, who co-founded and is CEO of both companies.
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Australia's tough gun controls will be further tightened to restrict access to new rapid-fire shotguns, the prime minister said Wednesday.
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Who's Getting Ready for Zero?
A report on the state of play of net zero carbon modelling
Our new report Who's Getting Ready for Zero is a collaboration between CAT and Track0 (http://www.track0.org), a London-based not-for-profit organisation which serves as a hub to support those working to phase out greenhouse gas emissions.
The report maps out how different actors at national, regional and city levels are already modelling the elimination of greenhouse gases on science-based timeframes compatible with a high chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to below 2ºC.
The report draws on results from over 100 research projects and programmes that demonstrate how we can reach very low or net zero emissions by the second half of the century with existing technology and without harming social or economic development.
We hope this report will build awareness of the wealth of research showing that zero emissions is achievable using technology available today, and contribute to the development of a network of zero carbon practitioners to share their insights and support the development of long-term scenarios and decarbonisation strategies by all.


text: a couple of days ago my hard drive decided to die, I have now brought a cable to turn it into a external drive to take off all my files i really need. It now says i need to format two local disks, i really dont wont to do this as im sure i will lose important files, could anyone suggest a way i can get the files off please. thanks in advance


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"This was our first full season at Gravel Ponds and we've enjoyed every minute of it! From all the fun, family oriented activities, to the clean, well maintained facilities and friendly helpful staff it's such a great place to just relax and enjoy the company of the many new friends we've made since coming here. We only wish we had done this sooner!" - Carol & Ed of Saratoga Springs, NY
"We are in the midst of a major lifestyle change, leaving our home of 31 years and becoming full-time RV'ers. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have a high-quality facility such as Gravel Ponds so close by, enabling us to spend our summers in our home area with family and friends. Over the years we have visited many campgrounds and RV Parks, and we find Gravel Ponds second to none. From the peaceful serene setting to the friendly courteous employees, and the safety and security of a gated community, we could not find a better place to relax and enjoy life. The employees do not just perform a "job" - they seem to genuinely enjoy helping and assisting in all matters when called upon - and many times offer assistance without being asked. Management is always accessible, ready and willing to assist, without being intrusive. Gravel Ponds members are more than just "members" - they form a community of caring people who watch out for each other. We are happy and proud to be a part of this Gravel Ponds community, and look forward to spending many happy years here. We feel that the Gravel Ponds motto should be: "If you don't know Gravel Ponds, then you don't know JACK" - Margaret & Harold Ranous
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London Police Confirm Six People Killed In Attacks
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London metropolitan police have confirmed that six people have died during the attacks on London Bridge and the Burrough Markets.
Three people behind the attacks have been shot and killed by the police.
More than 30 people were injured in the incident.
The police representative credited increased police resources for the quick identification and targeting of the attackers.
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In 2017, we have added the new daily quest system in game helps you to get more diamonds and unlock more piano songs, etc. Further, the game is also added new package which includes all new and great songs. In additional, the battle mode is also improved with more challenges.
Thus, this is special version in various genres of piano games combines various instruments such as guitar, drum, and especially piano! Moreover, this is one of the most popular new games 2017 which provides user the high-quality piano songs and beautiful gameplay.
Let's play Magic Tiles 3 on your mobile - One of the best free new games 2017!
Game's rule:
It's similar to other piano games, you just have to tap the black tiles and avoid the white tiles then enjoying wonderful music in game.
Game features:
Band mode where you can play with more instruments such as guitar, piano, and others.
- Battle mode creates the opportunity for players to compete with others around the world which leads Magic Tiles 3 become such a unique piano online.
- High-quality piano songs, and some popular pop music which are frequently updated
- The special playing technique which is the "perfect, great, cool" accuracy baseline. It requires users to perform accurately and increase the game's challenges.
- The challenge mode which leads users to improve their tapping speed in order to rank on the top of the world.
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Become a real pianist now! And catch up the trend with this new games 2017 right now!
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When I became a Rainforest Guard through the Rainforest Foundation, I received this beautiful and thought- provoking film. "Home" is a brilliant movie, and I suggest you to take some time off to watch it.
"Home" is in the same category as Leonardo DiCaprio´s "11th hour" and Al Gore´s "An inconvenient Truth" (a great tip if you haven´t seen those either).
Seeing such films are necessary to get an overview of the global situation, which can be hard on a day-to-day basis. It´s easy to get lost in a narrow maze of chores and everyday routines.
It is indeed a wonderful world we live in. Watching the beautiful nature scenes makes me want to fight even harder to preserve the vulnerable ecosystems and natural habitats. For me, "Home" is a great inspiration, and I intend to make use of it.
If you would like to become a Rainforest Guard, you can go to the Norwegian Rainforest Foundation´s site here (in Norwegian mind you, I haven´t found an English version yet).
Watch the complete version of "Home" on YouTube here. It´s free, HD quality, lasts 1.33 hours.... Wow. I must say I love the web sometimes!


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Vadok: Barkeep buying stuff
Suggest crafts, talk about existing crafts, debate the finer points of your craftiness.
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- Dwarf Recruit
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Vadok: Barkeep buying stuff
With all the money the barkeep has been extoring from us in Vadok over the last forever, is there any chance that he can start buying some stuff from us for a change? Or does he already do that?
Re: Vadok: Barkeep buying stuff
I think a more important question is what/if coinage will ever be a useful thing in the orkish sphere?
A curvy, copper-haired woman drops a small, strawberry-blonde toddler girl.
- Justanothacivy
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Re: Vadok: Barkeep buying stuff
mending kits
weapon care kits
weapon care kits
Things that made me smile:
Icarus wrote:I'm going to kill the next character I see doing stuff like that. I'm not joking.
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Re: Vadok: Barkeep buying stuff
spools of twine. Odds and ends for various crafts. Armor repair kits. Alcoholic beverages. Plenty of things the orcs need that we don't really have coin to get.
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