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(This is a translation of another touching post in Arabic by my dear friend, Eve, who is blogging from Lebanon, braving the terror of the Israeli offensive there... She wrote to me in an e-mail today: "i'm at a coffee shop, the connection at home seems to have surrendered at last. . . i dont know when i'll check my inbox again...")
I'm here now. From the other side of the sea, from the second face of the moon. Where everything is sweet, and calm, even if always cold.
I had to leave, you know.
Everyone was taking a bite off this land. And I… couldn't stand it anymore.
The scene at the border was painful.
They all wanted to stay; they all had to leave.
I wanted to call out to them, I was about to hold their shoulders, shake them like this, and yell at them: "How could you? Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?" I forgot that I, too, with the departing am departing.
The worst way for one to travel is by boat, you know? The plane, a few minutes and you're flying. The car, a step on the fuel and you go. But on the boat, you stay standing, contemplating the marina, against your will… Looking at the land getting further away, at the people getting smaller, at a hand waving, and a hand, choked, that couldn't wave. At a bag flying in the air, at a girl pinning laundry on a clothesline, at shuttered houses with no girl pinning laundry or clotheslines. Looking at your dream that they lost… At your dream that, maybe, you let get lost.
He didn't understand me, my friend at the airport, when my head fell onto his shoulder, and I started to sob.
No, I'm not glad to be safe now. I am upset, I am crestfallen, I am choked from the inside…I am here in safety, and you are still over there. I am here a living illusion, no more, but you are at least alive. I am here but not worth more than five minutes of the news. I am a number. We are all numbers. Our identity is corpses and the stone that is shattering… Here were are barbarians, we don't know how to live together, don't know how to love. We don't know that a homeland comes, always, before religion…
I'm here and not there
Here and not here
Here forgetting myself there
Never here
Always, with you, there
I'm starting to ramble. You take care of yourself. Do sing me that song from time to time… if you still sing.

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German Club
German Club (Der Deutsche Klub "Freundschaft")
The German Club sponsors several events every year:
- "Stammtisch" - A weekly meeting organized by students where all levels can practice their language skills and meet local German speakers in a supportive, informal environment
- "Filmabend" - Each month, our club screens a documentary or a German-language film so that students can learn more about German history and contemporary culture.
- "Oktoberfest" - Our main outreach event and fundraiser is our annual Oktoberfest celebration that regularly draws 100 attendees from the University and Cookeville community.
- "Kaffee und Kuchen" - German students and club members bake a variety of German confections to sell at TTU's annual international festival, Window on the World.
- "Ausflug" - We organize a number of cultural excursions to the opera or art museums in Nashville; the German Club pays 50% of the cost for club members.
- Additionally, in the past, club members have also organized a Faschingsparty, a Wandertag, a Curry Wurst Sauce Competition and Easter Egg painting.


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666 The Battle of Good Versus Evil
A Religious Paradox
If you are a true believer in the Lord God Almighty then it must also be a fact that you believe in his arch enemy Satan. to you the world revolves around the constant battle of Good versus Evil and even after your death your soul will go on for eternity in either Heaven or Hell.
That simple fact is the basis of most religions if God does exist then Satan must exist also.
Because of that fact a paradox is created because Gods strength is dependant on peoples belief in him and Satans strength is also dependant on belief meaning that if you believe in God then you must also believe in Satan which also means that they have equal strength, if you worship God you increase the strength of Satan and if you are a Devil Worshiper then you increase the strength of God because to believe in one is to believe in the other.
Of course if you are a non believer then God to you does not exist and neither does Satan because you cannot believe in one and not the other.
God Vs Satan
Good Versus Evil
Harry Potter has Valdemort, Superman has Lex Luther,Sherlock Holmes has Moriarty, Good versus Evil it is the basis of many fictional stories Each good character has a nemises and the battle begins in most cases good triumphs over evil and all is well with the world once more.
It is a version of Karma for every good thing that happens in the world something bad happens somewhere else, for every person that dies a new life is born into the world, when someone gets richer, someone somewhere gets poorer, the world balances itself out.
God Versus Satan
God is Credted with all that is right with the world, the birth of a child, a good harvest, sunshine, the moon and the stars, love and all of the things in life that make us happy
Satan is blamed for all that is wrong in the world, wars, pestilance, disease, hunger, death, flooding, everything in life that makes us sad
If things go wrong in our lives we turn in prayer to God to help us through difficult times and we push the blame on to Satan Instead of taking responsibility for our own actions that led us to go wrong in the first place.
We blame Satan for our own shortcomings in life because he is the perfect scapegoat.
The strange thing is that we take most of the credit for things that are good in our lives and thank God for helping a little, But when things go bad we give the credit to Satan and take little of the blame on ourselves.
Who Is Satan?
The Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Satan or any of the many other names he is known as, is according to many religions an Angel who rebelled against God, in the Garden of Eden, Satan is said to have spoken to adam and Eve through the serpent tempting them to eat the forbidden fruit disobeying Gods command to them.
The ultimate goal of Satan is to lead people away from the love of God — to lead them to fallacies which God opposes. His pride is considered a reason why he would not bow to God as all other angels did, but sought to rule heaven himself. The popularly held beliefs that Satan was once a prideful angel who eventually rebels against God, however, are barely portrayed explicitly in the Bible and are mostly based on inference. Moreover, in mainstream Christianity he is called "the ruler of the demons" (Matt. 12:24), "the ruler of the world" and even "the god of this world." (2 Cor. 4:4). The Book of Revelation describes how Satan will be cast out of Heaven, down to the earth, having "great anger" and waging war against "those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus". Ultimately, Satan is thrown into the "lake of fire" (Revelation 20:10), not as ruler, but as one among many, being tormented day and night for all eternity.
If Christians believe in the bible then according to the Book of revelations they have nothing whatsoever to be afraid of, How can we believe that satan has an influence in the world of today? How can we believe that everything wrong in the world is down to Satan? How can we believe that Satan is everything that is evil when it clearly states in the bible that Satan is not the ruler of the underworld or Hell, he is merely another soul burning in the eternal flame.
The mark of The Beast
If Satan is just another soul burning in the eternal flame being tormented forever then who is to blame for all that is evil and bad in the world?
Do we blame the Almighty God?
God, who is all powerful and sees all that goes on in this world, his creation that took him a whole 7 days to create, his pride and joy the world and the universe, can we really blame him? He is all good, but there is still evil and bad things happening every day on this earth. murder, rape, theft, every day somewhere in the world everyone of Gods 10 Commandments are broken and every day the world continues to revolve around the sun we have flooding, pestilence,plagues, death and we still blame Satan for them all, even as he burns in the fire pits of hell tormented forever by the Love of God.
Satan is innocent of all charges after all he has a stonewall alibi.
(I am not a religious person as you can probably tell from this article far from it, I believe that religion is the cause of most of what is wrong in this world, therefore I choose not to believe in God nor Satan preferiing to blame man for their own downfall)
666 is the number of the beast and this has been my 666th article on Hubpages
Your Opinion
Do you believe in God or a Higher Power?
the only reason why I believe in God its because I can always feel that he is there whenever i need him , those bad things happens to us its just a prerequisites in order for God to know how strong our faith is on him . the stronger love you gave for God the stronger the Evil will do everything to put you away from your faith but if you are strong enough to stay with him till the end you will live forever with him with complete joy and love and happiness an everlasting love and every good thing you knew you can have . If you don't believe in God so who created you?, a bullet from a worm whole? .lol heheh
i belive in god but after reading this page i realise that if i say that i belive in god then i will be beliving that the devil does exist in this world. the fact that the devil does exist in this world that i can belive and the fact that devil has the most power than god that is only a friction. god is the creare of all things in this world and i belive that god can not create something which has much power than him, that is impossabkle even i, i can not creat some thing which beat me in the near future. god is the only man who is exist and capeble of doing god things in this world no 1 beside god can punish a human being for the wrong which has been done.
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Hi Jimmy, I read through your Hub and I should say it looks like you have a certain grudge against God or disliking towards Him. I am a Christian and with what I think I can say that neither God nor Satan can come down in physical form to make you do something. I would say that all the bad that is happening in here now in this world is the work of Satan bcoz Satan is using man and the weak souls to do his bidding. Even in the Garden of Eden he chose Eve and coaxed her to eat the Forbidden fruit. God did not make machines or robots but he made man and woman and gave them something which he did not give to any other of His creation, the option of desire, the option of CHOICE. If Eve had not eaten that fruit, it would have been the downfall and failure of Satan. If the weak souls in today's world succeed in following God and not doing the bidding of Satan, he will fail. Now for your another of your question, the part where you mentioned about Satan in eternal fire. That part is yet to come bcoz it happens only after the ARMAGEDDON which is the destruction of the earth or as belivers say it as the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. It is there where the angels and the demons fight a battle on Earth at a place called Armageddon in Jerusalem and Satan is defeated and cast into the fiery pit chained.
The five Devils control not this universe. They control some of the other ones, but not this one, not yet anyway.
Well, if you believe in God being the God of all things, then God is the God of Satan, or Satan is a part of God. If all things are one, God is Satan and Satan is God.
Hi Jimmy,
I believe in God, but not necessarily Satan. I think Satan is a creation of humankind (and possibly leads to downfall). I also don't think that religion is the cause of what is wrong with the world ... that is definitely of the creation of humankind ... but take heart ... it is the interplay of dark and light, good and evil, contrasting forces that makes the world turn ... (you said something like that, right?)
Excellent post! I will see most of you soon >:o
666 is a great number my friends give it a chance
Through man God assumes the role of all the characters in scripture... including Satan. One must read the bible not as secular history, but as parabolic revelation to understand this. God is in you...but he is sleeping...and he has purposely forgotten who he is...so that you might discover his glory. When I tell you God is in you, God in me assumes the role of Andrew (he who brings man to God). When you refuse to believe this revelation, God in you is playing the role of Satan (the unbeliever). When you ask me to prove to you that God is in me, and produce water from stone, I say to you "Get behind me Satan!" for that is the role you play.
funny duels in duality
When I voted on Tuesday the number that came up for me was 666. All the ladies at the voting table remarked on it. Not much I could do but I knew I wasn't going to vote for the devil.
Congratulations on hub 666. A nice take on a controversial subject. Well done Jimmy
Great Hub, and great comments. Congrats on Hub number 666 :)
Steve, we must be pets with a bad owner and a good owner, why else would be be here. I used to beleive in Satan but now not so much. If someone way back in our past--like generations ago did something not so popular, that will play out for many lifetimes and it isn't evil, it's just playing out. You can change it and it isn't that hard. We must take responsibility for our own actions today, yesterday is gone, but you can change it from today onward. No evil and not Satan with that.
we'll make great pets
Well I don't know...but everywhere I look I see miracles of all kinds...from a seed grows a number of great things..from the very light of the sun live begins in the oceans...and from there , there is no end to wonders...So if there is no God how can this be? Or a higher Power...whatever one wishes to call it...as one smells and can see and taste and reason and feel and on and on...and there is an evil force..Satan? I am not sure but we have all been told from the beginning about an evil force...whatever one wishes to call it...it is there; otherwise we wouldn't have all the horror stories you have mentioned...So I shall continue to pray...continue to marvel at this planet we call earth...and continue to hope I make it to Heaven one day...
Congratulations on your 666th hub and a well written one...Thanking you also for the chance to be me...G-Ma :o) hugs
At one time I never believed in the existence of satan or the devil. However certain things like rap music kindles in me the suspicion that he does exist. Hearing of activities which are attributive to low or no morals also support this suspicion.
However I recall that some clever lady or gent mentioned somewhere in hub pages that if satan is less powerful than GOD, he does not pose a threat.
My apologies to the younger folk who "dig" rap.
Jimmy you did it man, you did it!
This is the 18th comment. Which is 6 plus 6 plus 6 or 666. Give me a high five!
(Jimmy I had to edit because Lady Guinevere snuck in. Maybe you can delete her comment and she can retype it below. Ya, send her an email and tell her the plan)
You all are too funny!!
Well then lets not forget his:
email firstname.lastname@example.com
or his
website www.666.com
1-666 area code of the Beast
00666 - zip code of the Beast
Route 666 - Way of the Beast
666 F - Oven temperature for ROAST Beast!
A Good and Funny Hub Jimmy :)
(I just noticed your score for this hub is 66)
Cool, Dan.
You're right. Isn't christianity silly? I believe in the God of the scriptures. I do not believe in the god of the churches.
Great hub and because you don't blelive in either it is the most unbiased opinion. Great job! I agree with you but I think Rome has a larger part inall the corruption then anyone is lead to believe. They started the religions based on some texts they found and then used it to gain power of the people's and those who believe are brainwashed to believed that nothing else is good because they take their children from a very early age and instill that doctrine into them causing them not to question the church. The church can tell them anything they want and they will beleive it over all others. They don't even test it to see if it is true--because they are taught not to and some verses right out of that bible are glossed over in the very teachings they profess. Then again you got to question the very existence of the Bible because if it was a Rome thing and all their misleadings about the books and mistranslations of the very words--whose to know that the whle thing wasn't fabricated to gain Rome more Power over the World.
I wonder??? I was just chimming in on hubpages this morning and it looks like Satan has taken over everything. lol.
My computer caught a virus, someone spammed the religion forum under the ailias Satan, this hub 666. lol.
Great hub, really love the comic book picture of God and Satan. I wonder what would hurt more, God choking Satan with his big white bread or Satan knocking God in the face with his hoove?
Anyways, great hub, made me smile a little.
It means we will hit 1000 before too much longer. :)
A coincidence - I did a Hub 666 yesterday (about Soup, lol), looked at the number and thought of the supercomputer that is said to reside in Denmark and able to hold all information in existence. A good conversation starter. I should have come up with a 'devil's soup' - haha.
666 is said by religious scholars to represent "not quite 7", therefore falling short of perfection. Another good conversation starter, although 6.99999999999+ is more correct, no? It's poetic license and oral tradition, I'm sure.
I go by only the original languages of Old/New Testaments and can't accept at all the mistranslations that have caused so much trouble - like The Crusades and many forms of abuse. Unforgiveably misleading.
Provocative Hub, to be sure and I liked reading it.
Thumbs up! -- And wings and hooves up from the eternal opponents.
Very well written!!
Very interesting and entertaining too! I don't believe in Satan myself...the problem is I think He believes in me. ;)
Great post Jimmy! I too sentiment your feelings about religion and what a hub to commemorate your 666 hub! lots of people still don't know that all the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666:)
Keep em coming!;)


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USS Obama going down, Libya emails to Obama's administration.
State Department emails from day of Libya attack show Al Qaeda-tied group on radar
By Chad Pergram
Published October 23, 2012
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...#ixzz2ABA6n3a7
A series of internal State Department emails obtained by Fox News shows some some of the initial assessments of last month's deadly consulate attack in Libya, including one email within hours of the attack that noted that the group Ansar al Sharia had claimed responsibility.
Ansar al Sharia has been declared by the State Department to be a an Al Qaeda-affiliated group. A member of the group suspected of participating in the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi has been arrested and is being held in Tunisia.
The emails obtained by Fox News were sent by the State Department to a variety of national security platforms, whose addresses have been redacted, including the White House Situation Room, the Pentagon, the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence.
Fox News was told that an estimated 300 to 400 national security figures received these emails in real time almost as the raid was playing out and concluding. People who received these emails work directly under the nations top national security, military and diplomatic officials, Fox News was told.
The timestamps on the emails are all Eastern Time and often include the subheading SBU which is shorthand for Sensitive But Unclassified.
The first email indicates that U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and other personnel were in the compound safe haven. Officials later discovered that Stevens and three other Americans had died in the attack.
The first email was sent at 4:05 p.m. ET with the subject line U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi Under Attack (SBU).
The Regional Security Officer reports the diplomatic mission is under attack," the email reads. "Embassy Tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well. Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and four COM personnel are in the compound safe haven. The 17th of February militia is providing security support.
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The second email came at 4:54 p.m. ET, with a subject line Update 1: U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi (SBU)"
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The third email came at 6:07 p.m. ET and was sent to a different email list but still includes the White House Situation Room address and a subject line of Update 2: Ansar al-Sharia Claims Responsibility for Benghazi Attack (SBU).
Embassy Tripoli reports the group claimed responsibility on Facebook and Twitter and has called for an attack on Embassy Tripoli," the email reads.
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This is going to crush Obama. Emails...
Not sure how he hides now
Didn't move anybody to help them!
Obama = Failure.
Seriously, no effort to help them over several hours!
in other news, Chavez , Castro and Putin are all for his re-election.
communists in your corner for the win!
It was because of a video , let's stay on track here folks.
This is an embarrassment to Americans!
If Romney new this info was coming out then maybe that's why he didn't press the issue in the final debate. It's going to take care of itself.
Reuters running with this. MSM will have to cover it now. Carney will turn flip flops tomorrow
Here to think the loudmouth Trump was releasing something BIG ( in his mind ) about Obama tomorrow !
Who needs that, This just Trumped anything the Donald could come up with.
What kind of individual could stand in an airforce hanger where the coffins with the bodies of our fallen in them have just been rolled in, with those peoples family's there and lie to them and say it was because of a youtube video?:shake:
Obama's next reply on this is, those 4 Americans had Romneisia. But that's OK, we have ObamaCare to take care of that!
They arrested the man that made the Vid. I have just as big of a problem with that as I do the cover up. Actually I have a bigger problem with that
This is damning news for The President. Reuters isn't exactly Conservative. This is going to blowup tomorrow and be huge.
Do any of you Liberals or Democrats find this a bit applauding of our POTUS ?
The lies and deceit from the current administration & POTUS ?
Any of you ?
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When I posted about my new storage boxes, you may have noticed sat on my desk some oddly shaped chipboard boxes beginning to take shape:
When I was sorting through my huge amount of stash, I came across some leftover pages of a paper pad I had used in a project ages ago (Memory Trunk)... one of my very favourites - "Mariposa". The problem with many of these scrapbook pages, is that they are just too pretty to cover with photographs and journalling, and it's hard to embellish a page that is already so ornate with decoration. So, they've sat in a drawer waiting to be rediscovered. I also had left over a clock mechanism, torn book pages, scraps of chipboard and so many other bits and pieces! I grabbed a whole load of inspiration from Kathy Orta (Paper Phenomenon - see link on the right) and have started making a mantle clock. It's a bit on the large size, as the clock mechanism I had needed about a 6.5" diameter clockface. Kathy's version is about 8 or 9 inches wide I think... Mine is nearly 12 inches - and just as high too! At the moment, it's in pieces as I'm doing this project slowly - adding and re-jigging things as I rediscover what's hidden away in my stash pile. Even the mod-podge I'm using to 'lacquer' the project is leftovers - a mixture of what I found in the bottom of old bottles. Instead of numbers for the 'dial', I've used some brads leftover from a previous project.
As I wanted this clock to be different from the grandfather clock I have recently finished, I decided that after covering it with the torn book pages, I would paint the edges (Gesso so thick it needed to be thrown out, but mixed with very cheap leftover childrens white paint to thin it out) and then age the edges a bit with some ink. I'm being so frugal that I even washed out and re-used a dilapidated old blending sponge that really had seen better days! The paper I chose for the back would have lost a lot of the wording - which is my favourite bit - had I cut it as is... so I used the top part of the paper for the bottom part of the clock base.
The inside is still a bit 'bendy', something which I hope will better itself when the middle banding is attached. I'm keeping the inside just as the torn pages design. I knew that the leftover pieces of chipboard I have really wouldn't be big enough to fill the whole space - so I put in dividers. I thought that I would use the long space for envelopes and letter paper, and the smaller spaces for pens and pencils - leaving a space large enough for an album that can be made from scraps - the space is about 9"x3".
The album will be bound with rings - as I found some lurking in a drawer - so that's just more leftovers to use up! What a shame my New Years Resolution wasn't to use up as much of my stash as I could - I'd have been doing brilliantly with that :)
I'm actually doing quite well with my resolutions...well, a couple of 'mantras' really:
Housework before Craft work!
A tidy desk is a productive desk!
We'll see how long those last! *lol*
Well, I've rambled on for a while now, so I'm off to look for Miss Violet - Baby does love to play in the snow! (Unlike Callie, the sensible cat and Lily the old dog).
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Minneapolis City Council Approves $1.6 Billion Light Rail
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minneapolis City Council has voted to approve municipal consent of a $1.6 billion light rail project.
The council voted 10-3 Friday in the last local approval needed for the Southwest Metro Transit light rail.
Some members were concerned about the route, the potential environmental impact and the lack of urban bus amenities.
Barb Johnson, Cam Gordon and Lisa Goodman voted against project.
Andrew Johnson, who voted in favor of the project, says he thinks the environmental impact would be minimal.
Jacob Frey says although the route is flawed, it would reinforce Minneapolis as the center of the region.
The proposed light rail would run from Eden Prairie to downtown Minneapolis. Half of the project is expected to be funded by the federal government.


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Work commences on the Robert May's School expansion on Monday 24 July 2017 and is due to run until 31 October 2018. Throughout the project, provision has been made for contractors' parking to be entirely contained on the school site.
There will be a number of phases during the project where larger vehicles will be on site. Specifically this involves a crane and larger lorries to carry out ground works being on site between approximately November 2017 and February 2018.
Further information will be available from September on the school's website by following this link: www.rmays.org.


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WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Venturing into enemy territory, President Bush traveled to a retreat for House Democrats on Saturday to invite the new congressional majority to work with him on immigration, energy and even national security.
"I do know we agree on some things," the president told a ballroom full of lawmakers and their families in a carefully choreographed meeting of Washington's competing centers of power.
Bush sought to turn on the charm for his Democratic rivals, cracking jokes about his diction and showering praise on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and her new grandson (who also got a hug from the president, days after getting one from former President Clinton).
"I kind of remembered -- help me remember the good old days," Bush said later in brief remarks to reporters. The president had not gone to House Democrats' annual retreat since 2001, shortly after he took office.


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The Telegraph Hay Festival's children's section, Hay Fever, has teamed up with BBC Radio 2 for another story competition for children aged under 13. 500 Words was launched exclusively by Chris Evans on his Breakfast Show this morning.
Evans said: "When we launched 500 WORDS in 2011, we hoped to inspire young minds around the UK, and we were just astonished by the imagination and talent leaping off the page of the stories that flooded in. Last year's competition saw a staggering 74,000 entries – more than twice the number of year one, so we have very high hopes for 2013. Let the creativity commence!"
He also announced that a number of new famous faces are set to join the competition judging panel - including Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond who takes up the mantle of head judge.
Also joining the panel are author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who scripted the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Games, Malorie Blackman, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Charlie Higson.
As part of the competition, entrants have to compose an original work of fiction using no more than 500 words. Hopefuls should apply via the Radio 2 website.
Fifty chosen finalists will be invited with their families to The Telegraph Hay Festival on Friday 31 May as special guests, where they will watch Evans broadcast his Breakfast Show live to the nation. Six winners will be announced live on air and will get to hear their stories read out by a famous narrator.
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Los Angeles, Nov 12: Actress Katie Holmes will reportedly spend Thanksgiving with ex-husband Tom Cruise for the sake of their daughter.
Holmes and Cruise parted ways in August this year but want to make the festival day special for their six-year-old daughter Suri. They got married in Italy in 2006 after meeting in April 2005.
"Tom and Katie are determined to show Suri that they're still friends and devoted parents," okmagazine quoted a source as saying.
"They know it will mean so much for her, and both are happy to swallow their pride to make sure she has a fun holiday. Thanksgiving has always been a really big deal for them," the source added.


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6:52am PT by THR Staff
Stephen Colbert Celebrates 'Rogue One' Trailer, Jokes of 'Star Wars' Spinoff's Sequel
Stephen Colbert took a moment of Thursday's Late Show to comment on the newly-released trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
"It's got everything: Stormtroopers, Imperial walkers, that droid that's just a box with legs!" he noted of the Star Wars spinoff starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen and Forest Whitaker. "It's got the Star Wars logo, people standing in florescent lighting and, of course, the Death Star, which the Empire can't stop building for some reason."
"I cannot wait," he continued of the film's December release. "My only issue is, shouldn't I have to wait? I'm used to waiting ten years for a new Star Wars movie, and twenty for a good one."
"Don't get me wrong — I'm going to be there to see it opening weekend, just like I will for Episode VIII, the young Han Solo movie, Episode IX, the BobaFett movie, and VH1's Behind the Music: Cantina Band," he joked. "I'm just happy they put 'one' in the title. That way, we know there will be sequels and I can't wait for the sixth installment, Rogue One 2: Episode III."
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Song of Apps and iPad Cases – Game of Thrones is Back!April 10, 2012
It might seem a bit early to worry about the coming of Winter, but don't tell that to the residents of Westeros, the fictional setting of George R. R. Martin's uber-popular book series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Currently airing on HBO as the big budget series Game of Thrones, this epic medieval fantasy has stepped out of the nerdy niche of Dungeons & Dragons aficionados and Comic-Con cosplayers and crossed into the mainstream in a big way. Have you been tuning in? If so, then travel north with us, past The Wall, into the mysterious territory of Game of Thrones fandom with apps, iPad Cases and more!
The Game of Thrones Companion ($2.99) – This app for iPhone and iPad will help you navigate the complicated mythology, politics and interwoven plots that make Martin's massive books so gratifying- if not somewhat confusing as well. A full wiki at your fingertips, browse through the places and characters of the Seven Kingdoms for extra insight as you read or watch.
House Lannister or House Baratheon iPad Cases ($145) – Handmade from real leather and embossed with the slogan and logo of the houses they represent, these iPad cases are sure to drive any hardcore Game of Thrones fan wild. The dark stitching and antique brass clasps deliver a vintage feel that honors the lush mythical setting of Martin's stories, and each of the two cases take the appropriate steps to mirroring the styles of the warring lords they show allegiance to; House Lannister is red, regal, and shining bright, while Baratheon is dark, rustic, and richly worn in.
Wallpapers, Backgrounds, and Avatars (Free) – HBO knows that we're not simply tuning in for an hour and then forgetting the regularly mind-blowing on-screen events, so they've provided an abundance of Game of Thrones online ephemera at their official website to keep us waiting for the next week's action to come. From iPhone and desktop & iPad wallpapers, to profile pictures and Twitter backgrounds, your entire digital life is ready to go full fantasy fanboy.
Alexei Bochenek is a lifelong tech nerd & film buff based in Los Angeles. When he's not playing with his phone, it's because the movie has started. Shhhhh!


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My buddies and I had finished a season rowing for Brock. It turned out one of our number was planning on taking a year in Europe after the summer and had to get a passport.
What happened was that in order to get his passport in time for his trip he had to take it personally to a passport office to get served. The nearest one was in Hamilton 50 km away but rather than drive, 3 of us decided to take an afternoon and cycle there and back. We were all in excellent shape so the distance wasn't going to be a problem and we all had good bikes to use so we set off.
The office was in a building in downtown Hamilton at Catherine and Main. It remained a federal office building in the city for decades although I think it has now been changed over to other uses. I happened to know it well because I had been there several times going through some of the procedures to qualify for officer training during university but that is an entirely different story.
As Ken, the names have been changed to protect the guilty by the way, went in to the office to get his needs taken care of Jim and I stayed outside and watched his bike. During this time I mentioned to him that the street lights down Main street in Hamilton had been synchronized so that if you drove the speed limit they would all turn green for you. Again back then this was a fairly new and remarkable thing. To this day through downtown Hamilton it is possible to drive through several lights in a row before getting snagged by one and it the traffic is light and you restrain yourself to about 50 km/ hour you can go blocks and blocks without having to stop.
When Ken got finished and we turned to head home Jim relayed the info I had given him and we decided to see how many lights we could make on our bikes. Remember to stay in sync we would have to travel at 50 k so we knew we couldn't make it all the way but we wondered how many we could get.
Ken I must add was at times a bit of a rabble rouser and somewhat of a tough customer. I don't think he was ever in any serious trouble while growing up but he did have a short fuse and certainly the body and temperament to make it unwise to cross him very much.
As we set off down the road we made about 6 lights before getting stopped the first time. part of that section had been down hill and the next few miles were practically flat making it tougher to try and keep up but we were young fit and having a good time reveling in out own athleticism for no other reason than that we could.
As we headed off on about the 4th set of lights for us though things got suddenly very serious. Ken had gotten to the front of out trio and we were whizzing down the road almost matching the lights. As we fell a bit farther behind each set it became clear that in another block or two we would lose them again when an inattentive driver suddenly pulled out of a side street right in front of us. Jim and I managed to swoop around him but Ken who had ben closest t-boned the car at full speed and I remember seeing him go airborne right over the top of the vehicle.
He somersaulted in the air over the car and came down feet first on the pavement. Normally that would have resulted in him then pitching forward onto his face and grinding to a halt on the street but Ken who had a full tilt racing bike to ride also happened to have on cleated cycling shoes. For anyone who has ever worn these they are extremely slippery to walk on because the cleats back then were either hard plastic or metal and protruded from the sole of the shoe. AS it turned out this saved him. Instead of getting traction and sticking to the pavement when he landed he skidded several feet on the cleats essentially skating down the street. and came to a stop still upright.
I expected to see him immediately take after the driver and punch the shit out of him but he turned looked him in the eye and wagged a finger at him like a schoolmarm chastising a bad student. We later asked him about it and he said he was so glad to be upright that it never occurred to him to do anything else.
THe bike however was totaled. The front wheel was pretzelled and the fork bent back till what was left of the wheel was jammed into the down tube. There were several scratches and dings and the drivers door had been caved in by the force of the collision.
To give the driver credit he stopped,apologized and ended up paying for the replacement cost of the bike. He also took Ken to the Hamilton Bus depot and paid for his ticket home as he had no other way back since his bike was trashed.
Ken used the money for his trip instead and when he returned form Europe the next year he had bought a very nice BMW motorcycle over there that he could then ship back home duty free because of the length of time he had owned it. Jim and I made the rest of the trip home uneventfully and other than the inconvenience of doing without a bike for a couple of weeks no harm was done.
Oddly enough decades later the world cycling championships were held in Hamilton and I went there as a volunteer. My first day of working there was as a traffic marshal on the corner of Main and Catherine the same building we had gone to that day. There I got to watch some of the best cyclists in the world tearing along Main street which had been closed to traffic. I don't think any of them could have kept up to the lights either but luckily for them they didn't have to.


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- High-Performance 64-Pin VQFP Thermally Enhanced Package (PowerPAD)
- 2.5 V Power Supply for Low Power Operation
- Programmable Voltage Output Swing on Serial Output
- Interfaces to Backplane, Copper Cables, or Optical Converters
- Rated for Industrial Temperature Range
- On-Chip 8-Bit/10-Bit (8B/10B) Encoding/Decoding, Comma Alignment, and Link Synchronization
- On-Chip PLL Provides Clock Synthesis From Low-Speed Reference
- Receiver Differential Input Thresholds 200 mV Minimum
- Typical Power: 250 mW
- Loss of Signal (LOS) Detection
- Ideal for High-Speed Backplane Interconnect and Point-to-Point Data Link
PowerPAD is a trademark of Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments TLK1501IRCP
The TLK1501 is a member of the transceiver family of multigigabit transceivers used in ultrahigh-speed bidirectional point-to-point data transmission systems. The TLK1501 supports an effective serial interface speed of 0.6 Gbps to 1.5 Gbps, providing up to 1.2 Gbps of data bandwidth. The TLK1501 is pin-for-pin compatible with the TLK2500. The TLK1501 is both pin-for-pin compatible with and functionally identical to the TLK2501, a 1.6 to 2.5 Gbps transceiver, and the TLK3101, a 2.5 to 3.125 Gbps transceiver, providing a wide range of performance solutions with no required board layout changes.
The primary application of this chip is to provide very high-speed I/O data channels for point-to-point baseband data transmission over controlled impedance media of approximately 50 . The transmission media can be printed-circuit board, copper cables, or fiber-optic cable. The maximum rate and distance of data transfer is dependent upon the attenuation characteristics of the media and the noise coupling to the environment.
This device can also be used to replace parallel data transmission architectures by providing a reduction in the number of traces, connector terminals, and transmit/receive terminals. Parallel data loaded into the transmitter is delivered to the receiver over a serial channel, which can be a coaxial copper cable, a controlled impedance backplane, or an optical link. It is then reconstructed into its original parallel format. It offers significant power and cost savings over current solutions, as well as scalability for higher data rate in the future.
The TLK1501 performs data conversion parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel. The clock extraction functions as a physical layer interface device. The serial transceiver interface operates at a maximum speed of 1.5 Gbps. The transmitter latches 16-bit parallel data at a rate based on the supplied reference clock (GTX_CLK). The 16-bit parallel data is internally encoded into 20 bits using an 8-bit/10-bit (8B/10B) encoding format. The resulting 20-bit word is then transmitted differentially at 20 times the reference clock (GTX_CLK) rate. The receiver section performs the serial-to-parallel conversion on the input data, synchronizing the resulting 20-bit wide parallel data to the extracted reference clock (RX_CLK). It then decodes the 20 bit wide data using 8-bit/10-bit decoding format resulting in 16 bits of parallel data at the receive data terminals (RXD0-15). The outcome is an effective data payload of 480 Mbps to 1.2 Gbps (16 bits data x the GTX_CLK frequency).
The TLK1501 is housed in a high performance, thermally enhanced, 64-pin VQFP PowerPAD package. Use of the PowerPAD package does not require any special considerations except to note that the PowerPAD, which is an exposed die pad on the bottom of the device, is a metallic thermal and electrical conductor. It is recommended that the TLK1501 PowerPAD be soldered to the thermal land on the board. All ac performance specifications in this data sheet are measured with the PowerPAD soldered to the test board.
The TLK1501 provides an internal loopback capability for self-test purposes. Serial data from the serializer is passed directly to the deserializer, allowing the protocol device a functional self-check of the physical interface.
The TLK1501 is designed to be hot plug capable. An on-chip power-on reset circuit holds the RX_CLK low during power up. This circuit also holds the parallel side output signal terminals during power up as well as DOUTTXP and DOUTTXN in a high-impedance state.
The TLK1501 has a loss of signal detection circuit for conditions where the incoming signal no longer has a sufficient voltage amplitude to keep the clock recovery circuit in lock.
To prevent a data bit error from causing a valid data packet from being interpreted as a comma and thus causing the erroneous word alignment by the comma detection circuit, the comma word alignment circuit is turned off after the link is properly established in TLK1501.
The TLK1501 allows users to implement redundant ports by connecting receive data bus terminals from two TLK1501 devices together. Asserting the LCKREFN to a low state causes the receive data bus terminals, RXD[0:15], RX_CLK and RX_ER, RX_DV/LOS to go to a high-impedance state. This places the device in a transmit-only mode, since the receiver is not tracking the data.
The TLK1501 uses a 2.5-V supply. The I/O section is 3 V compatible. With the 2.5-V supply the chipset is very power-efficient, consuming less than 360 mW typically. The TLK1501 is characterized for operation from 40°C to 85°C.


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Mumbai, Sep 17 (PTI) Anthill Ventures, which handholds early-stage startups, is in the process of raising USD 25 million to expand its corpus, a senior partner said.
"We are raising USD 25 million to expand our fund. We are looking for two types of investments, either from corporate ventures or strategic investors from family offices," Prasad Vanga, founder and CEO, Anthill Ventures, told PTI here. It is looking to close the fund-raising by the first quarter of 2018.
"We help startups scale their business from pre-series A stage to Series A. This is an under-served area, and many startups die at this stage without access to good market access or advice," he added.
The company started in 2014 with a corpus of USD 2 million and has grown 150 per cent since, he added. The platform has so far made 21 investments, split between India and Singapore. "We will make another four investments this year," Vanga said.
It is looking to launch four sector-specific accelerator programmes in 2018, he further said.
He observed that early stage capital is drying up and there is ample scope to help companies scale up at early stages.
On startup valuation, he said it has more or less stabilised from the astronomical level two years ago and come down to decent figures. PTI DSK NP ARD ABM JMF


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Mr. Speaker, the member and I live in northern Ontario and know the challenges it is facing. Some of the plant closures happened some time ago. We are facing Christmas now and a lot of people are running out of resources.
I have to mention a statement he made. He asked why the government would take us down this road. What did the NDP think it was going to do? It had heard all of the right-wing rhetoric and knew what great friends the Conservatives were with the current American administration. Did the NDP actually think that the Conservatives were going to stand up for the workers of the communities? That was not going to happen with this administration.
He mentioned billions in forestry and we know we were unable to deliver that. We did not have time to deliver the package that we had proposed, and we accept Canadians' judgment after it happened. However, the package was designed after listening to the very people he mentioned, community leaders, unions and the industry itself. The package had some real value. Would people in the member's riding and across northern Ontario be working had that package been delivered?


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SOURCE: Lewis, C. S. "The Faerie Queene." In Spenser's Critics: Changing Currents in Literary Taste, edited by William R. Mueller, pp. 206-32. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1959.
In the following excerpt, originally published in 1936, Lewis discusses the various levels of moral and philosophical allegory in The Faerie Queene.
Let us return to the Knight and the Lady in the opening stanzas [of The Faerie Queene.] The knight has a red cross on a silver shield; the lady is leading a lamb. The lamb has puzzled many readers; but we now know1 that it had a real function in earlier versions of the legend of St. George, and (what is much more important) we know that the lady was commonly represented leading her lamb in the pageants of St. George and the dragon. In other words, the two figures which meet us at the beginning of The Faerie Queene...
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Wavii, the latest of countless news aggregators for your smartphone, promises to customize your news feed based on your Facebook profile. The BBC reported that the aggregator is likely to compete with Facebook's news feed, prompting early speculation that it could become a target for a Facebook buyout.
The Seattle-based technology processes up to 1,000 articles per minute and can detect rumors and story duplicates, but according to technical adviser Jim Pitkow, "Wavii gets rid of the fluff of the Internet."
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I thought I would share with you all a few snaps from my recent family holiday to Los Balcones, Spain. I had the most relaxing time and I got to spend some quality time with my family and my boyfriend. Spain is my kind of home away from home, i've been so many times and I always feel comfortable there. Next year i've decided to venture out and try new places, but for now, please enjoy my cheesy smiles and love for food!
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The Hello Kitty brand is quite a phenomenon. Created by Sanrio in the mid 70s, their cat has featured on many completely different products (my wife has a Hello Kitty emergency alarm!), and has gone through many different styles.
There is even a special official magazine devoted to all things Hello Kitty, called Kitty Goods Collection, and today's watch is from that magazine.
In 2009, for the Memorial Vol. 3 edition, they issued a free watch to commemorate 35 years of the cute feline.
The watch features Hello Kitty sitting down and holding a red flower. The front of the watch opens to reveal a small LCD display and two buttons (along with a picture of two flowers and a butterfly). As with most kids watches, it is very basic with only time, date, and seconds.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
"Platinum Hit" Tonight on Bravo
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Platinum Hit Friday Night on Bravo
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Blogging Bravo Interview with Jackie Tohn of Platinum Hit
Platinum Hit songwriter, Jackie Tohn talks about her experience on the Bravo show.
A highlight: Jackie is a reality-show veteran and made "top 36" on Season 8 of American Idol.
In addition to her songwriting and singing, Jackie is also an actress.
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This 1981 Arrows F1 car is in perfect shape. It has been fully race prepped, fluids changed, detailed and ready to go. Please call for more details.
The Arrows Formula 1 team was established in November 1977 by a breakaway group of personnel from Don Nichols'sShadow team and some of their associates. The five founding members were Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S). The team set up in headquarters at Milton Keynes and built the first Arrows F1 car in just 53 days. Arrows signed up Riccardo Patrese (also from Shadow) and Varig sponsorship was found for the car in Brazil where it finished tenth. Rolf Stommelen joined the team in South Africa, bringing Warsteiner beer money. Patrese led the race until his engine blew but he went on to score Arrows's first points at Long Beach in it's third race.
Ambrosio soon disappeared from the team, being jailed for financial irregularities in Italy. And there was further trouble when Shadow sued for copyright infringement, claiming that the Arrows FA/1 was a straight copy of the Shadow DN9. While the case was going on Patrese finished second at the Swedish GP. The team, knowing that it would lose the case and not be able to race the FA/1, decided to build a new car called the A1. This was completed in 52 days and appeared the day after the High Court in London banned the team from racing the FA/1.
For 1981 Goodyear tyres quit F1 and Arrows signed up with Michelin. Patrese stayed and was joined bySiegfried Stohr with sponsorship from Beta Tools and Ragno. Patrese and the revised A3 took pole at Long Beach but retired after 24 laps. Patrese finished third in Brazil. The team switched from Michelin to Pirelli in mid-season. Jacques Villeneuve, brother of Gilles, replaced Stohr for the final two races, but failed to qualify for both.


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In line in with its philosophy of connecting new demand centres to the exiting gas grid, in March 2015 H-Energy initiated the process of natural gas pipeline infrastructure creation by proposing two natural gas pipelines one each on the West Coast and East Coast of India by submitting Expressions of Interest to the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). After following the due process of public consultation PNGRB invited bids for both of these pipeline projects in March 2016.
Following the tender tender process H-Energy emerged as the successful bidder and has been awarded the authorization by PNGRB to lay, build and operate the Jaigarh – Mangalore natural gas pipeline. The pipeline will be approximately 635 km and will connect H-Energy's Jaigarh LNG receiving terminal to the demand centres in the coastal towns and cities of Ratnagiri, Goa, Karwar, Udupi and Mangalore.
H-Energy has also emerged as the successful bidder for Contai – Dattapulia – Jajpur – Dhamra – Cuttack – Paradip pipeline, the authorisation for the same is awaited from PNGRB. The pipeline length will be approximately 715 km and it will connect H-Energy's offshore Digha FSRU project to major demand centres in West Bengal and Odisha. The pipeline will also connect to to the Bangladesh gas pipeline network at India-Bangladesh border near Dattapulia and enable regasified LNG from H-Energy's FSRU project to be transported to customers in Western Bangladesh.
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The total length of the pipeline will be approximately 635 km and it will connect H-Energy's Jaigarh LNG reciving terminal to the demand centers in the coastal towns and cities of Ratnagiri, Goa, Karwar, Udupi and Mangalore. Regasified LNG flowing through this pipeline will act as a key source of clean energy for industries, homes and vehicles in these coastal towns and cities fuelling economic growth in these areas.
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H-Energy East Coast Private Limited (HEECPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of H-Energy plans to setup a world class Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) Project located offshore Digha, West Bengal, on the east coast of India. The FSRU will have a regasification capacity of about 3.0 MMTPA and is expected to be commissioned by Q3 2019.
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Greater Than, Less Than
Posted in Daily Focus on Thursday, December 26, 2013
I thought my daughter was going to pull out her hair when she said, "Mom, I just don't get this!" We were studying the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to in math, and she simply couldn't remember which sign to use when there was a lesser value. I explained, "A simple way to remember is that the sign should point to the smaller value." My daughter smiled as she began to understand and exclaimed, "Mom, you're so smart!"
Unfortunately, the concepts of greater than and less than do not work in the spiritual matters of our lives. Many times we try to make our sins appear less by comparing them to the sins of others. If we haven't murdered, stolen, or used drugs to harm our bodies, we may think we're not too bad. However, comparing our sins to others doesn't make them less or greater. James 2:10 tells us, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." No matter if you've told a little white lie or you've just robbed a bank, in God's eyes your sin is sin. We may try to point our finger at someone else to think we are better, but like the old story goes, pointing at the sins of others always leaves three fingers pointing back at you!
Do you try to justify your "little" sins by saying they're less than someone else's sin? According to the world, you might have the right answer, but not according to God. Christ died an agonizing death on the cross for you because His love was greater than any of your sins, big or small. Stop comparing and start confessing your sins to Him today.
Jesus, forgive me for thinking there is such a thing as "little" sin. I know each of my sins nailed You to the cross, and I bow before You today in repentance. Please, cleanse my heart and fill me with the Holy Spirit. In Your name, Amen.
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Another way to remember the signs... The alligator's open mouth wants to eat the biggest number. lol
"Always speak and act as men destined for judgement under the law of freedom." (James 2:12) It would have been much more eloquent to say "us" or "we" or "our" in your last paragraph rather than "you."
At this time of year it is so easy to become tired and distracted.Satan knows where our weak spots are.I thought I had a handle on a point of irratation when POW I fell into this sin again. I was startled at the choice I had made. It was selfish, lazy, prideful, dis-honoring to the Lord. I was SO greived! Renew a right spirit within me Lord. I never had control over my human nature. Only the Holy Spirit can give me victory over the old woman/human nature in me. Every day in every situation I must choose Christ as my Lord and Saviour.
Thank You, Lord, for another message on Your holiness. Help us not to compare ourselves with others... but to know You, wonderful, redeeming, faithful and true.... You, are our righteousness!


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Project located in West Hartford, CT. This project was done over a span of two years, and a series of different projects to get it all put together, and all the finishing touches. The client wanted a Japanese style garden in their backyard, so we put pencil to paper and developed a landscape plan that was exactly what they were looking for.
As you can see in the photos, there are many different elements in the overall design, but some of are the symbolic water feature, beach sand Zen garden, bluestone bridges, two patios, several sitting areas, and plenty to look at! As this design continues to grow and develop it will become even more of a mystery that it is now, the plantings will completely hide the mulch, and around every turn there is something new to look at. Overall each landscape element helps create the different rooms and feelings in this garden, from the beautiful 'Sango Kaku' Japanese Maple to the Stonedust walking paths.
A beautiful design to be enjoyed for years to come!
Project located in West Hartford, CT. Existing landscaping was completely overgrown, and the walkway was uneven and crumbling. We transplanted the 12-14ft rhododendrons into the backyard for screening, as well as many of the other plantings. We then installed a new curved retaining wall, new bluestone steps, new brick walkway connecting both doors of the house, and a full landscape planting design. Project came out awesome, add in the low-voltage lighting system and this house really stands out!
Project located in Glastonbury, CT. This client came to us with a problem. Someone was going to begin developing the land behind their property, and they were looking to be proactive and install some plantings to screen the future development.
We developed a thoughtful landscape design, based on the plans for the development and the locations of the new homes, as well as their major site lines to them. As a result plantings were chosen for specific reasons, and sizes were increased to be more of an instant screen. Beautiful Norway Spruces were installed along with 'Green Giant' Arborvitae that can reach 40ft, and a wonderful Weeping Alaskan Cedar. Planted in front of that were a great mix of smaller shrubs and perennials to add a huge amounts of color to the property.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. Project included removal of an old patio on the left of the front door, and removal of the front step and walkway. We then replaced the front step with a new step with antique brick riser, a chocolate bluestone step tread, and lilac bluestone landing. We replace the walkway with irregular lilac bluestone as well. New simple front foundation planting, and hydro-seeded the lawn rounded out this project.
In a separate project on site, we installed an aluminum fence/gate with a pier that matched the front step. New backyard planting design was also installed.
Project located in Glastonbury, CT. We installed a complete front landscape design. We transplanted the existing oversized holly and rhododendron to the backyard as screening, and installed new plantings. We also removed a few trees in the backyard, as well as some additional plantings.
Project located in Rocky Hill, CT. The existing pool had no pool decking or patio space surrounding it when we were called. There were many different designs done, and design changes implemented during the construction phase, but overall our client came away with the pool environment that they wanted. We used beautiful granite for the entire project, which ended up looking really nice with the green lawn and blue pool. Curved retaining walls, to pick up the curve of the pool, and steps were installed to terrace the backyard was more level. Overall it ended up with three large sitting areas around the pool, and a large entertaining area off the walkout basement. Installation of a new sod lawn, boulders, and screening of the pool equipment finished this project.
Project located in Glastonbury, CT. Project was a complete removal of their backyard, as you can see the changes. We installed a Unilock Pisa II block wall in place of the white fence. A beautiful full color bluestone patio, was installed over the septic tank clean-out, but designed to still allow access for cleaning. Installation of sod, low-voltage lighting, and some plantings were done also.
We have also installed a front planting design for this client, and the year after the backyard work came back and installed plantings above the wall to put the finishing touches on this transformation.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. This project was a complete landscape design of the front of the house. We started by removing everything including the concrete walkway, and the aged slate front entry. We then created a grand entrance that was better suited for the style of this house, with bluestone walks to the driveway and street, all off a circular the circular entry. Narrow European Hornbeams anchor the entirely new planting plan on either corner of the house, along with a low-voltage lighting system, really makes this property stand out.
Project located in Glastonbury, CT. Project included installation of new front steps, new front walkway in pavers, and a completely new front landscape design.
We also installed a second planting design project in their backyard the following year.
Project located in Avon, CT. Originally from the street you could barely see the house, with overgrown plantings, and some poorly placed trees. On such a quiet street there really was no need for the blockage. So we came in and opened it all up, with a landscape design that reworked the entire front of the property. A new curved entrance to the front door, with a new front step, made it more inviting. We also created a space to enjoy the front yard and be able to keep a watchful eye on the children, essentially a front patio, but integrated into the overall design. Complete planting design, low-voltage lighting system, and hydro-seeded lawn completed the work.
Project located in Avon, CT. Project was a bunch of different projects over the entire property, but the focus was the front foundation and creating some curb appeal. There was a scale issue with the property, and by adding height to the wall, planting plants that were larger, helped fix this problem. Really nice 6ft hollies were placed near the front door, with focal points such as the hinoki cypress as you come up the steps at the driveway.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. This was part of a master plan that was install all at once, with planting design, new patio, two new walkways, and a seating wall. The existing patio was all old bluestone that we reused to make the other two walkways on the property. The existing wall was like a pancake (wide and short), and had no smooth surface on top, which made it very awkward as a seat wall. We took down the existing wall, installed the proper footings, and rebuild it as a slender seat wall with a beautiful bluestone cap. The plantings were designed to offer color and textural highlights while offering screening from neighboring traffic.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. This client had virtually nothing in the front yard, other that your typical straight walk with lawn on both sides. They were looking to change that with less lawn, and a walk leading them to the driveway, where they walked the most. We removed the existing walk and steps, and installed new ones. The walkway itself became one of the front steps. We raised the walk to create a step at the driveway and one less step at the house, and by doing so; we changed a level yard into a sloping, more interesting one. This also allowed for a neat sunken sitting area, that, when you are sitting in it the plantings block the street yet allow you to still feel like you are a part of it all.
This was all done with Unilock Pavers and Wall Stone. It was also a good idea to change the front door color with everything else that was done.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. This project was the installation of a large bluestone patio, along with some drainage, lawn hydro-seeding, mulching. We also installed the 4ft aluminum fence with gates.
Interesting during excavation for the patio we found an old foundation below the surface, that couldn't be determined what it was originally
Project located in Southington, CT. Project was actually a phased implementation of a master plan. First we installed a front foundation planting plan. Then we installed a boulder retaining wall in the front continuing to the side yard where we then installed large granite boulder slab steps leading to the backyard.
Project located in Bristol, CT. Client had an existing hillside that was an eye sore; we came in a built a burgundy hill granite seat wall with a planting design for the hillside. This allowed the wall to become seating for the backyard, and the curling of the wall created a great little space for a firepit.
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Project located in Avon, CT. Project included the installation of a hillside planting design. This is a great example for hydro-seeding, and planting design over the years. Since hydro-seeding really takes a few years to see the full results, you can see in the photos the difference a year makes!
Project located in West Hartford, CT. Project was an installation of a new free form patio in the backyard, new front walkway and step, as well as new side entry landing. All masonry was done with irregular bluestone.
Project located in Somers, CT. Our client came to us looking to connect the many different entrances to their wrap around deck, as well as a solution to the pile of vintage brownstone that was on site. A simple walkway was developed to connect entrances, with the brownstone used as some steps. The remaining brownstone we used to create a sunken pea stone sitting area, which came out really nice. The property is very large with no real definition of space, so by creating this sitting area, it carves out a nice intimate sitting are a. Future plantings will complete this project, which the homeowner is in the process of doing.
Project located in West Hartford, CT. This site had some odd dimensions to it, in the before picture only about half of the lawn area is their property. The existing deck was removed and we installed a new set of steps with a patio to enlarge the space. By keeping the patio level with the lawn, it made the entire space feel larger. We also installed a nice planting design for the backyard, as well as the front yard. The front lawn was hydro-seeded and looks great.
Project located in East Granby, CT. On this project we installed a landscape planting design, raised vegetable garden area, new lawn with the correction of some drainage issues, and screening from neighboring new construction. The walkway was already in place, and we designed based on the existing site conditions.
Project located in Bloomfield, CT. Project included a landscape design plan for the entire property. It included cutting out some thick brush to extend the size of the property, planting installations, lawn installation, and a small patio in the backyard.
"You (Mark) and Matt did a fantastic job. Everything is exactly as I had hoped and your workmanship is impeccable."
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You and your team did an incredible job with our landscaping. From our first meeting to the initial design, through production you were exceptional. We were very impressed with the attention to detail that went into the project. Your crew was friendly and professional and clearly very skilled. You worked quickly and came in on budget.
We are thrilled with the final product and can't thank you enough for turning our backyard from a messy waste of space into a beautiful place for our family to enjoy."
Roni and Adam Grossman,
West Hartford, CT
"I just wanted to thank you guys for the excellent job you did on the drainage system in my backyard. My experience in the past with contractors has not been very good, and I was very pleased to find somebody who did what they said they would do and did it in a timely fashion."
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Karianne and I wanted to thank you for the excellent work you and your team did landscaping our front yard. You came highly recommended and did nothing to diminish your reputation. The designs that you provided nicely incorporated some of the ideas, which we had with your knowledge and creativity. We appreciated being intimately involved in this process. The estimate, which you provided, was fair and we liked the "a la carte" aspect of it (even though we ultimately realized that we would get the best results from having you guys do everything). The recommendations, which you provided for lighting and irrigation, were also great. When work started the crew was professional, neat and timely. Things went quickly and without any drama. Once work was done every neighbor felt obliged to stop by to tell us how great the yard looked. Although this was not our original intent, it sure felt nice. We felt good passing on your name to them and hopefully we'll see the "Earth Landscape" sign up on other yards in the neighborhood this spring.
Thanks again for everything and we look forward to working with you again.
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Step over the threshold of this snug Lebanese eatery in Victoria Park and wonder as every trite wintery cliche comes to mind. Cosy, warm, inviting, traditional, etc etc. As decor goes, The Prophet really does live up to every one of them. Colonial chairs and rustic display cabinets abound and I was back in my Mum's country kitchen, greedily guzzling her home-made chicken soup (see earlier post).
I was there with a group of raucous Mums who were letting off some steam after a heavy week of parenting. To hell with it, we cried, as we threw the menus back at the waitress and demanded the banquet. Actually, we didn't demand it but were told we had to have it because there were ten of us. No matter, we weren't there to read.
Entree ensued with a trio of dips. How strange, we mused. One of them tasted of garlic puree which - surprise - it was and we gleefully ruminated how offensive we would be the next day: perhaps the kids wouldn't come near us? Such was the power of Lola's Garlic Dip in all its smooth creaminess, which chef and owner Jihad Moussallem apparently spent years perfecting. We also enjoyed a solid hommus, a smokey baba ganouj and layer after layer of warm Lebanese pita.
Where does the time go? Entrees disappeared and mains materialised in the form of gigantic falafel balls, spicy beef and lamb kebabs, and mounds of fresh, palate-cleansing tabbouleh. I'm sure there was more but by this time we were at the musical chairs and taking silly photos stage of the night so I didn't get back to the eating bit until a generous square of Turkish delight appeared in front of me.
The service was a little slow and sullen but overall an excellent night was had by all. The Prophet is a busy place so book in advance, and it is BYO. You can always purchase a bottle of wine from The Balmoral two doors down if you enjoy spending $20 on a cleanskin, but for my money I'd pick one up on the way.


text: Happy Friday everyone! I've been hard at work editing the photos from the Aug. 14th shoot for Laura Whitney Couture and I thought I'd share this one with you (done in sepia just for fun). Such a lovely picture! She reminds me so much of Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady! The hair and make-up was done by Irma & Sienna of Mixx Salon in White Bear Lake. The photograph was taken by my friend Ali Karbassi, and the gown and headband was designed and made by me!