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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.
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A. Ben-Hadad comes against Samaria.
1. (1Ki 20:1-6) The demands of Ben-Hadad, king of Syria.
Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it. Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Thus says Ben-Hadad: 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.'" And the king of Israel answered and said, "My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours." Then the messengers came back and said, "Thus speaks Ben-Hadad, saying, 'Indeed I have sent to you, saying, "You shall deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children"; but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hands and take it.'"
a. Ben-Hadad the King of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him: This was a formidable military attack against Israel. Though they were outwardly strong politically and militarily during the reign of Ahab, they were not strong enough to discourage such an attack.
i. "Ben-Hadad may be the same king Asa enlisted against Baasha in 15:18; or he may be that king's son or grandson by the same name." (Dilday)
ii. "The thirty-two kings would include minor tribal chiefs." (Wiseman)
b. My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours: Ahab's response to Ben-Hadad fit his general personality. He was a man concerned with the luxuries and comforts of living, and so he did not have the character to stand in the face of such a threat. Ahab surrendered unconditionally to Ben-Hadad.
i. Ahab believed he was in no position to resist Ben-Hadad. No doubt, the national and military might of Israel was greatly weakened by the three and a half year drought and famine that had just ended.
c. They shall search your house and the houses of your servants: This was a greater demand than what Ben-Hadad made at first. "When Ahab agreed to his terms readily, Ben-Hadad demanded the additional right to unlimited search of the palace and the houses of Ahab's officials so as to carry away anything of value." (Patterson and Austel)
2. (1Ki 20:7-9) Ahab is counseled by his elders to resist.
So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him." And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent." Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.' " And the messengers departed and brought back word to him.
a. The king of Israel called all the elders of the land: It was wiser for Ahab to seek the counsel of the elders of the land before he surrendered to the Syrians. Now, in the brief time between the message of surrender and the actual abduction of his women and the plundering of his goods he sought counsel.
b. Do not listen or consent: The elders of Israel rightly saw that such surrender to Ben-Hadad and the Syrians was the first step to a total loss of sovereignty for Israel. If they wanted to remain a kingdom at all, they had to resist this threat.
c. But this thing I cannot do: Ahab told Ben-Hadad that he would do most of what he requested, but not all. But to deny a tyrant on one point is to deny him on every point. Ahab could expect a harsh reaction.
3. (1Ki 20:10-12) Ben-Hadad threatens and readies his army.
Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me." So the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.'" And it happened when Ben-Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were drinking at the command post, that he said to his servants, "Get ready." And they got ready to attack the city.
a. The gods do so to me, and more also: Jezebel swore a similar oath of vengeance against Elijah (1 Kings 19:2).
b. Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off: Though it was uncharacteristically bold speech from Ahab, it was also a wonderful piece of wisdom. The idea is that you should do your boasting after the battle, not before.
c. They got ready to attack the city: Syria and its allies readied, and the city of Samaria braced for a furious attack.
B. Victory for Israel.
1. (1Ki 20:13-15) The prophet promises victory.
Suddenly a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, "Thus says the LORD: 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" So Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'By the young leaders of the provinces.' " Then he said, "Who will set the battle in order?" And he answered, "You." Then he mustered the young leaders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the children of Israel; seven thousand.
a. A prophet approached Ahab king of Israel: This nameless prophet does not seem to be either Elijah or Elisha. He was one of the 7,000 in Israel that were quietly faithful to Yahweh.
i. Adam Clarke had an interesting (though unlikely) idea: "It is strange that on such an occasion we hear nothing of Elijah or Elisha. Is it not possible that this was one of them disguised?"
b. Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the LORD: This was a generous promise of God towards Ahab and Israel. Their hardened idolatry and rejection of God deserved divine abandonment. God had every right to just leave them alone and let them perish without His help. Yet God is rich in mercy, and He showed that mercy to Ahab and Israel.
i. There is a small irony in the statement, "and you shall know that I am the LORD." Ahab saw the victory of Yahweh over the pagan god Baal on Mount Carmel-yet he was not completely convinced. Graciously, God would give him even more evidence.
c. So Ahab said, "By whom?" Ahab looked around at his army and military leaders and naturally wondered how God could bring a victory against a mighty enemy with them. Ahab wondered who would lead the battle and God told him, "You." God wanted to win this victory by working through the unlikely people Ahab already had.
i. Whenever a work for God is to be done, we often ask Ahab's question: "By whom?" When many Christian leaders ask God that question, they expect God will answer by bringing someone new to them, a leader or champion that can do the work or at least help with it. However, God's normal way of working is to use the people already with the Christian leader, even if they seem to be a very unlikely army.
ii. God would do this work against Syria and Ben-Hadad with an army of only seven thousand. Undoubtedly, these were not the same seven thousand that stayed faithful to God in Israel, but there was a correspondence between their numbers to show that God could and would work through each group.
2. (1Ki 20:16-21) Victory for Israel.
So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were getting drunk at the command post. The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, "Men are coming out of Samaria!" So he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive." Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them. And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry. Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
a. Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were getting drunk at the command post: The same sinful heart that made Ben-Hadad attack Israel also made him a drunk. In part, he was defeated by his own weak character.
b. If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive: It may be that Ben-Hadad intended to say that if the men from Israel had come for war, they should be attacked and killed. Perhaps he spoke in a drunken confusion, giving foolish orders to his soldiers.
c. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: God blessed the army of Israel and the leaders that Ahab had, even blessing Ahab's own leadership of the army. Despite great odds, they won the battle.
i. "The battle strategy appears to have been to send out the small but well trained advance party who could perhaps draws near to the Syrians without arousing too much alarm and then, at a given signal, initiate a charge that, joined by Ahab's main striking force, would both catch the drunken Arameans off guard and throw them into confusion. The plan was more successful than Ahab dared to imagine." (Patterson and Austel)
3. (1Ki 20:22) The prophet advises preparation.
And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you."
a. The prophet came to the king of Israel: This nameless prophet again advised Ahab. The victory over Ben-Hadad did not end the conflict between Israel and Syria.
b. Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do: The prophet directed Ahab to prepare for a Syrian attack in the coming spring. The prophet knew that God works through the careful preparation of His people.
C. A second victory over Syria.
1. (1Ki 20:23-25) The Syrians try again.
Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they. So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their places; and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so.
a. Their gods are gods of the hills: The idea of the localized deity was prominent in the ancient world. They felt that particular gods had authority over particular areas. Because the recent victory was won on hilly terrain, the servants of the king of Syria believed that the God of Israel was a localized deity with power over the hills, not the plains.
i. Here they imagined that God could be molded into into an image that they wanted or could related to. "The art of god-making is very common among men. Instead of going to revelation to see what God is, and humbly believing in him as he reveals himself, men sit down and consider what sort of God he ought to be, and in so doing they are no wiser than the man who makes a god of mud or wood or stone." (Spurgeon)
ii. Many today think that God is a God of hills but not of the plains. They think God is a God of the past but not of the present. They think God is a God of a few special favorites but not of all His people. They think that God is God of one kind of trial, but not of another kind. "Depend upon it, since Satan could not kill the church by roaring at her like a lion, he is now trying to crush her by hugging her like a bear. There is truth in this, but it is not all the truth. Do you really think, my brethren, that God cannot preserve his Church in the particular trial through which she is now passing? Is he the God of the hills of persecution, but not the God of the valleys of prosperity?" (Spurgeon)
iii. "Will God aid a Whitfield and not help a poor local preacher holding forth upon the green? Will he assist the earnest minister who addresses thousands, and desert the simple girl who teaches a dozen little children the old, old story of the cross? Is this after the fashion of God, to patronise the eminent and neglect the lowly? Does Jesus despise the day of small things?" (Spurgeon)
b. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they: The action they recommended was logical, given their theology. Their theological belief directed their advice and action.
2. (1Ki 20:26-28) The armies muster and God promises victory.
So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. And the children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went against them. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the countryside. Then a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Because the Syrians have said, "The LORD is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys," therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'"
a. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the countryside: When Ben-Hadad came to avenge their previous loss, they came with overwhelming force. Ben-Hadad didn't want to risk another humiliation.
b. Because the Syrians have said, "The LORD is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys," therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand: God took the bad theology of the Syrians as a personal insult. Our bad and wrong ideas about God always take away from His glory and majesty, never adding to them.
i. "God resents their blasphemy, and is determined to punish it. They shall now be discomfited in such a way as to show that God's power is every where, and that the multitude of a host is nothing against him." (Clarke)
3. (1Ki 20:29-30) A second victory for Israel against Syria.
And they encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day. But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.
a. The children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day: This was clearly a miracle, yet it was a miracle working through the existing Israeli army, not by another outside agency. God wanted to show that as unlikely as it seemed, God could work through this outwardly weak and ineffective instrument.
b. Then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left: After the great victory on the battlefield, God moved in other extraordinary ways to defeat the Syrians, who had defamed His character through their bad understanding of Him.
i. "The 27,000 killed in Aphek would include everyone in the city when the walls fell." (Wiseman)
4. (1Ki 20:31-34) Ahab's willingness to make peace with an enemy of God.
Then his servants said to him, "Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life." So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says, 'Please let me live.' " And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother." Now the men were watching closely to see whether any sign of mercy would come from him; and they quickly grasped at this word and said, "Your brother Ben-Hadad." So he said, "Go, bring him." Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot. So Ben-Hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Then Ahab said, "I will send you away with this treaty." So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
a. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: Not long before this Ben-Hadad spoke severe threats against Ahab and the Kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 20:1-6). Now he humbled himself as much as he could to win mercy and favor from the unexpectedly triumphant King of Israel.
i. "The rope around the head was a sign of supplication, the figure being that of the porter at the wheel of the victor's chariot." (Patterson and Austel)
ii. Sinners should come to God the King with the same manner as Ben-Hadad. They should come with sincerity, with humility, with surrender, with earnestness, and with close watching to see whether any sign of mercy would come to them.
b. Is he still alive? He is my brother: Ahab felt a kinship towards this pagan king with exceedingly pagan ideas of God. Perhaps Ahab wanted Ben-Hadad and Syria's friendship as protection against the powerful and threatening Assyrian Empire. If so, he looked for friends in the wrong places.
i. "This was not courtesy, but foolery. Brother Ben-Hadad will ere long fight against Ahab with that life which he had given him (chapter 22:31)." (Trapp)
c. I will send you away with this treaty: Ahab had no business making this treaty. The victory was the LORD's and did not belong to Ahab; he had no right to negotiate away the victory.
5. (1Ki 20:35-38) A prophet prepares to confront the king.
Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the LORD, "Strike me, please." And the man refused to strike him. Then he said to him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, surely, as soon as you depart from me, a lion shall kill you." And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him. And he found another man, and said, "Strike me, please." So the man struck him, inflicting a wound. Then the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
a. A certain man of the sons of the prophets: This seems to be a different prophet from the man mentioned earlier in the chapter. This is another reminder that the 7,000 faithful followers of Yahweh were active in Israel.
i. "Although he is not named, Josephus believed the anonymous 'man of God' introduced in verse 35 was Micaiah who figures so prominently in the next story. He suggested it was in retaliation for Micaiah's prophetic condemnation that the king put him in prison." (Dilday)
ii. "This is the first reference to these special bands of prophets (2 Kings 2:3-7, 2:15; 4:1, 4:38; 5:22; 6:1; 9:1) who appear during the critical period of the Omride dynasty but are otherwise not well attested." (Wiseman)
b. Strike me, please: Directed by God, the prophet needed an injury to display to King Ahab. When his neighbor refused, the prophet announced coming judgment on the neighbor-through the unusual method of a lion attack (a lion found him and killed him).
i. The neighbor was not just another man in the kingdom of Israel. The implication was that he was a fellow member of the sons of the prophets. He himself was a man given to following God and sensitive to God's work in the prophets. He should have known better. Though this is not as clear in the New King James translation, it is more clear in other translations: his companion (NIV), a certain member of a company of prophets said to another (NRSV) another (NASB) to another man (NLB).
ii. "This seems a hard measure, but there was ample reason for it. This person was also one of the sons of the prophets, and he knew that God frequently delivered his counsels in this way, and should have immediately obeyed; for the smiting could have had no evil in it when God commanded it, and it could be no outrage or injury to his fellow when he himself required him to do it." (Clarke)
c. Disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes: Ready with his injury, the prophet waited for the arrival of King Ahab so he could deliver his message from God to the king.
6. (1Ki 20:39-40) The prophet gives an object lesson.
Now as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and there, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, 'Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.' While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." Then the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it."
a. Your servant went out into the midst of the battle: After the pattern of other prophets, this anonymous prophet brought a message to King Ahab through a made-up story.
b. While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone: The prophet's story told of a man who was responsible to guard the life of another, and proved himself unfaithful. In the story, the guilty man's excuse was that he was busy here and there-which was no excuse at all. He should have paid attention to the job he had to do.
i. "This was likely enough to happen on a battlefield. It would not be possible to hold your prisoner, and to busy yourself about other things at the same time." (Meyer)
ii. The prophet's made-up story with the fictional excuse becomes real in the life of many, especially many ministers of the Gospel. "If a man is called to preach the Word, and becomes busy over a hundred things other than that of his central work, and so loses the opportunity to preach, his failure is complete. That which is our God-appointed work, we must do. If we fail in that, the fact that we have been 'busy here and there,' doing all sorts of other things, is of no avail." (Morgan)
iii. He was gone: Even as the fictional prisoner escaped, so many opportunities escape us in the Christian life. "I want you all to remember this morning that if any portion of life has not been spent in God's service it is gone. Time past is gone. You can never have it back again, not even the last moment which just now glided by." (Spurgeon)
c. So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it: In the prophet's story, he was unfaithful in guarding something that was entrusted to him. Ahab rightly judged that he should be held responsible for his failure to guard what was entrusted to him.
7. (1Ki 20:41-43) The rebuke from God.
And he hastened to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. Then he said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'" So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.
a. The king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets: This showed why the prophet found it wise to disguise himself as a soldier recently returned from battle, and why the wound was necessary. Ahab consciously shielded himself from the prophets.
b. Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people: God intended that Ben-Hadad should be utterly destroyed, but He also intended that this happen by the hand of the army of Israel. God was interested in more than the mere death of Ben-Hadad, but also in the way that death came about.
c. So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased: Ahab was sullen and displeased, but he was not repentant. He had the sorrow of being a sinner and knowing the consequences of sin, without having the sorrow for the sin itself.
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I would not describe myself as an early adopter of technology. I sort of get around to things eventually when it comes to anything tech or remotely cutting edge. Apple Pay being a case in point; having just upgraded my phone I finally have both the inclination and the technology to allow me to join the world of "mobile payment". I am already wondering how I ever managed without it. All of the smaller purchases that required me to carry cash (I have always felt a sense of guilt at paying for anything less than about GBP 15 with anything but cash!) have been surpassed this week; with a quick flash of my phone at the retailer's appropriate place, hey presto, it's all sorted.
That's why this morning's announcement that CVC and Blackstone have made an offer worth over GBP 3bn for Paysafe, the online payments company, following on the back of the announcement of a number of deals for online / mobile payment companies over the course of the last few months, takes on a completely new meaning to me.
Having seen the announcement of this deal and the media interest it has generated I decided to take a quick look back in time to determine when the M&A world spotted the trend that I only got to this week! I ran a search on all announced M&A / PE deals where a controlling stake has been acquired in a target company involved in mobile / online payments in the last 10 years and it made for very interesting reading!
Between 2008 and the end of 2012 there were fewer than 100 deals totalling a little over USD 7.2bn. Since the beginning of 2013 there have been 286 deals totalling USD 27.6bn (if we include today's offer for Paysafe). With the announcement of the Paysafe deal this morning the sector is already showing a 25 per cent increase by deal value when compared with the whole of 2016 and we are only 6½ months into the year! July seems to have been especially busy; with Bambora, Digital River World Payments, Paytrail, E-pay, Paysbuy, and Docdata Payments, companies located all over the world and all involved in online or mobile payments, being subject to acquisition.
With the changes in technology meaning that more and more people are likely to move like myself into the world of mobile payments, the consolidation being seen in this industry at present is no surprise and makes me wonder about the future of cash itself!
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A Slick Way to Weave In Slippery Ends
I'm literally zooming up the shoulders of the Drawstring Raglan (from Summer Knits 2008) and I only have about thirty more rows to go. It's a fun section, because each row is shorter than the last due to the raglan decreases. Whoo!
I was getting really excited about that, until I realized I had a gadzillion ends to weave in. OK, I just counted, and so far, I have 31 ends to wrangle. Eek. Weaving in ends. Not so much fun.
I've noticed a fair number of requests asking for helping with weaving in ends, particularly with yarns like this one, slick and shiny and just a bit slippery. So, let's have a little adventure in end-wrangling, shall we?
Let me preface this by saying: There are many ways to handle yarn ends. You, as Fearless Knitter, have to evaluate your particular knitting situation and choose the method that suits both your fabric and your yarn best. A method that works with a fuzzy stockinette fabric may not work as well in a slick silky lace shawl. So it's best to arm yourself with several methods, and, as the gentleman in Indiana Jones would say: "Choose wisely."
In any yarn-tail weaving situation, you have several basic objectives. You want to weave in the ends so that: (a) they are hidden from the front side of the garment, (b) they do not distort the fabric in any noticeable way, (c) they do not make a stretchy fabric less stretchy, and (d) they stay woven in.
A Method For Weaving In Silky, Slick Ends in an Open Fabric
I knit my Drawstring Raglan (Knits Summer 2008, did I say that already?) in the yarn called for in the pattern: Berroco Seduce, a shiny, half-slippery, half-rough blend of linen, silk, rayon, and nylon. The yarn is slightly thick-and-thin; for you yarn nerds, its construction is a three-ply base held together with a shiny binding thread.
The lace skirt of the jacket is made up of 5 colors distributed amongst 13 stripes; the stripes are too far apart (methinks) to carry the colors up along the edges as one might normally do in a striped fabric. Therefore, I'm going to have to weave in a bunch of ends.
Considerations: I don't want the woven-ends ends to show; I certainly do not want them to come undone. The additional consideration here is that most of the ends will be woven into a lacy, rather stretchy fabric; I do not want to destroy this property of the lace.
Here's how I manage all those silky, multicolored ends:
1. I try really, really hard to change yarns at the end of a row.
2. I tie both ends, old and new, together using a loose overhand knot, leaving about six to eight inches of both ends. (This knot is just to hold the yarns in tension while I knit; it will be undone later.)
3. I knit until several inches past the yarn change, creating enough fabric to give the area around the yarn change a bit of stability.
4. When I am ready to weave in the ends, I untie the overhand knot, and thread one of the ends through the eye of a yarn needle.
5. Working on the wrong side of the fabric, I weave the needle through the first couple of "purl bumps," up and down through each purl bump.
6. This is a lace pattern, so I do not want to run the yarn tail across any of the holes in the pattern. Instead, I make sure the thread follows the stitches already there, weaving in and out of various stitches as I go. Sometimes I go up, sometimes I go down; but I never cross over a lace "hole" and I never cross over into another color.
7. Important: I do NOT pull the yarn tail tight as I am weaving. I try to match the tension of the yarn-forming-stitches that I am weaving into.
8. Every couple of stitches, I use the needle to "split" the yarn in the next stitch I am weaving into, so that the yarn does not just go "next to" other stitches, it literally goes through them. (This will help keep the yarn from slipping out of place.)
9. After weaving in and out and through for a couple of inches, I carefully snip the yarn tail close to the wrong side of the fabric.
10. I repeat the above for the other ends in this area–however, I try to weave in other directions, in other rows, so that not all the ends are packed into a single small area.
11. Final step: I give the fabric a gentle tug in all directions in the area where the yarn was woven in, to ensure that there is still plenty of elasticity and drape in that section
This all might seem like a lot of work, but I've seen a lot of badly woven-in ends that were visible flaws in otherwise gorgeous garments. So listen to an audiobook, turn on the TV, and take some time to weave in those ends properly, and you'll save yourself from feeling like you have to make excuses later: "Oh, don't look at that part, that part didn't work out so well." Be proud of every last stitch!
Want to learn more about finishing your sweaters? The Knitter's Companion has an entire chapter on seaming, including some of the best diagrams I have ever seen. Those diagrams have saved many a seam in my sweaters (thank you, Vicki!)
Have any other tips for how to weave in ends with slippery yarns? Leave a comment!
— Sandi
Sandi Wiseheart is the editor of Knitting Daily.
What's on Sandi's needles? Shoulders of the Drawstring Raglan. What's on Sandi's spinning wheel? Awesome handpainted alpaca fiber that badly wants to become a shawl when it grows up. What's in Sandi's sink? A brand new Corriedale fleece, being scoured and rinsed!


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The Nephilim were on the Earth in those days, . . ., when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown (Genesis, 6,4).
Mighty men, descendants from the union of the sons of God with the daughters of men. This is the Holy Bible.
The Hyperuranicon has a different version of the same story.
According to he Hyperuranicon Nephilim (that in their language meant giants) was the word used to name the descendants of the Ancient Ones who remained on Earth after the Catastrophe, thousands of years ago.
Firsteable it was used by their subjects to name Sataran and the other members of the first Symposium. Sataran and his fellows appreciate this word, that started to be used also for their sons.
They gave this word the meaning of descendants of the Ancient Ones and, because of this, afterwards also the three sons of Melqart and their descendants were called Nephilim.
One of the goals of Sataran was to preserve the power for their descendants, and to do it he decided to preserve the purity of their blood.
So, under his leadership, the Symposium set secret laws to accomplish this goal.
They set strict rules about the Symposium itself; the membership of the Symposium followed the rules of inheritance for the first-born, and only a pure blood Nephilim could take the seat of a member dead without heirs.
They allowed what they called the Mistake of Yahwan, mixed marriages with lower people, but they didn't approved it.
If you take a wife among the daughters of common men, your children shall be Nephilim, but they shall be named half blood. And the same for the woman who take an husband among the sons of common men.
If an half blood Nephilim take a wife among the daughters of common men, he and his family shall be no longer part of the Nephilim; and the same for the woman who take an husband among the sons of common men (Chronicles, XIII, 12)
It was a racist law, but in Sataran mind the Nephilim and only the Nephilim should be the aristocracy of the world, and only because actually he was a pshysician and he wanted to avoid hereditary diseases, he allowed marriage with no Nephilim people.
Now we have these programs as the DNA project of National Geographic. They appear to be scientific researches on DNA and human migrations. Sure they are.
But what if all these programs would be a system for the Symposium to check and control know precisely who has Nephilim blood in our modern world?


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BioShock Infinite Video Shows Us the Women Behind Elizabeth
BioShock Infinite's Elizabeth promises to be one of the most advanced companion AIs ever to grace a video game. A new video shows us the women behind Liz's magic and gives us a peek at some of what we'll see when we play the game.
Ken Levine and the crew from Irrational Games repeatedly extol her virtues every chance they get and it serves to make us more excited about running around Columbia with Liz. The video introduces us to some faces that might be familiar to anyone who has been following Infinite's development. We spend some time with Courtnee Draper, Heather Gordon, Amanda Jeffrey, and Anna Moleva. Respectively, they provide Liz's voice, motion capture footage, design, and face.
A lot of the video discusses how these four women were integral in making Liz feel like a real person, rather than just some video game character that was scripted to say something or act a certain way. For example, instead of just standing there and waiting for Booker to go somewhere, Liz will lean up against the wall and cross her arms, letting Booker know that he's cheesing her off.
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Discussion in 'Forex Brokers' started by pzwag, Dec 5, 2006.
any one got any experience with these guys good and bad?
This is a managed account, not a dealer/marketmaker. It does not seem you can self trade.
so did you choose this forum named Forex Brokers because we do not have a spam forum here?
Michael B.
Check collective2.com. The same trader(David Nelson) is tracked under "Eclipse Fx", "smartetrades". I had a managed account and lost 45%. Most managed accounts out there are pretty bad, with traders having no risk management. I tried about a dozen MAs, and lost over $30K in November. Only couple did well.
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A gogoșar is like a bell pepper except that it is short, stout, and thick. It is about half the height of a bell pepper, and 3 or 4 times the thickness. They are also a little sweeter. I prefer them to bell peppers, and this sauce L makes is absolutely delicious. They are harvested in September, so that's when she makes and conserves this sauce for the winter. It goes great as a dip for breads or even over a pasta.
5 kg (25-30) gogoșari
1/2 kg (7-8 medium) onions
400 grams oil
200 grams honey or sugar
200 grams vinegar
5-6 bay leaves, ripped
10 grams peppercorn
*Salt to taste
15 garlic cloves, chopped
1 bunch of celery leaves, washed, and chopped
Chop the onions, garlic and celery leaves. Wash, clean and slice the gogoșari. Saute the onions in the oil until soft, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the honey or sugar, bay leaves, and peppercorns. *If you are conserving for the winter, add salt without iodine. If it's just for a meal, regular iodized salt is fine. Add the vinegar and turn the heat low. When it starts to boil, add the garlic and more salt if needed. Add the gogoșari and mix. Put the cap on the pot and turn the heat up to high. Let it boil for about an hour. Just before you put it in jars, add the celery leaves.
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Being Spiritual
There seems to be an idea that being spiritual means that we should be at all times love and light… and that is indeed the case. But what does that really mean? In the world we live, we sometimes come across people or situations where this concept is lost. There will indeed be times when someone will try to turn your spiritualism on you and use it to his or her own advantage. This is when you need to stay in your center if you decide that you have been treated less then fairly.
To us, the idea of spiritualism is that of a process or journey. It is one of self-discovery and of learning not only who you are, but who you want to be and knowing that the light of the divine is within all of us.
We strive to share that growth with your fellow humans and to in turn help others find their strengths and their own unique gifts. But beyond that, Spiritualism to me means to live your life in the highest of character, mentally, morally and ethically. It means taking responsibility for your actions and understanding that the decisions you make affect more then just your surrounding small world. It means understanding that you create a ripple effect of energy that sets in motion a chain of events that you are held karmically responsible for.
Does this mean we always do the right thing? That we have always done the right thing? NO. In fact we have made many a bad decision and my actions have hurt people and ourselves. That is our Karma individually. But we have grown from this truth and like Maya Angelo says "When you know better you do better"
Our spiritualism has become the most sacred of connection I have ever known. It has taught us that we are all connected and that it is so important that we all take responsibly for our own energy. Keep your energy pure and of the highest moral character. Be honest with yourself and with others. Stand up for what you believe in. It does not make you less spiritual to speak up when you feel you have been mistreated or when there is an injustice.
Being spiritual is a commitment; a life long relationship filled with happiness and sorrows, and growth. It is ever changing and yet it is the only constant that we have.
We are a family here at the studio and when something affects one of us, it affects us all. We stand by one another and create energy that will make things pure.
Thank you for your continued support to our family.
-Ando, Kayla & Wanda
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You are all AMAZING people, people's lives change after meeting you and sharing at the studio. What a legacy......Happy Birthday Angela, celebrate the day we were all blessed to have you enter this world. Kayla I hope you area feeling better, this is a message from your body that you needed to rest.
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Michigan freshman guard Carlton Brundidge still searching for time as Trey Burke's minutes continue to rise
In Michigan basketball coach John Beilein's world, there's normal freshmen and there's abnormal freshmen.
Wolverine freshman point guard Trey Burke lands in the abnormal category, a player who's played beyond his years early this season as one of No. 20 Michigan's biggest bright spots.
As for Burke's classmate, Carlton Brundidge? He's what Beilein describes as normal. In other words: he's not ready to be a major contributor.
"(Brundidge needs to) just keep practicing and let everything slow down," Beilein said Friday. "It's a process."
Prior to arriving at Michigan this season, Burke and Brundidge held similar ratings from the top national recruiting services.
Rivals.com actually rated Brundidge higher on its list, giving the 6-foot-1, 190-pounder from Southfield a four-star ranking and the No. 106 spot in the Rivals Top 150 list. Burke, meanwhile, was a three-star prospect, tagged as 142nd-best prospect in America.
ESPN.com did the same, giving Brundidge a rating of "94," while Burke came in at "93."
The rankings don't exist anymore, though.
And neither do the comparisons.
Burke has been a fixture in Michigan's starting lineup since the second game of the season, and is currently second on the team in scoring (12.5 points per game), second in minutes (33.0) and first in assists (4.8).
Brundidge, meanwhile, has played in just five games, logging three total points in 15 combined minutes.
Before the season began, Beilein pointed to both Burke and Brundidge as players who could see extended time at point guard this season. Obviously Burke's made the most of that opportunity.
Brundidge? He's still trying to get on the floor.
"He's getting there," Beilein said. "He's progressing, he's making good progress, but the biggest issue with Carlton right now is that he's got two senior combo guards (Stu Douglass and Zack Novak) playing in front of him who really help facilitate our team and get people in the right spots.
"We're hoping he can help us as a backup point, but we just have to have time with him to do that. It's very limited right now, the time we have just to work with him."
As Michigan inches closer to the start of Big Ten play, Burke's minutes continue to rise. He played 38 minutes against Oakland earlier this month before logging 37 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday.
Beilein has repeatedly maintained that he'd like to find more rest for Burke. In addition, he says Douglass remains the primary backup at point guard, even if he'd prefer the senior shooter to play more off the ball.
But as much as Brundidge could seemingly help Michigan with its lack of ball-handling depth right now, Beilein's not prepared to rush things.
"(When Burke makes) mistakes, we don't have another choice," Beilein said. "With the other freshmen, we do have another choice.
"Carlton's going through the more normal (freshman) process."
Odds and ends
Beilein said freshman forward Sai Tummala has returned to practice after suffering a concussion and an ankle injury earlier this season. The Michigan coaching staff still has plans to redshirt Tummala, though, as is the case with first-year forward Max Bielfeldt. ... Asked how close sophomore forward Colton Christian is to breaking into the rotation, Beilein said, "He's got to be able to perform in games and in practice every day. There will be windows for him, but it's tough to go past an eight- or nine-man rotation."
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
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Sat, Dec 17, 2011 : 5:53 p.m.
Brundidge has not been as impressive as I thought he would be based on the accolades he was getting in HS. Looking at his body type and game style, I was hoping he would turn into a Rumeal Robinson type player, although it is sad to see how Robinson has not acted like a good citizen since his playing days. Burke on the other hand is a bonafide stud of 5 star proportions, I love that guy. He is a Freshman All-American in the making, he was under rated obviously.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011 : 3:34 a.m.
Agree totally, Burke has exceeded every ones expectations I"m sure. Can't wait till Mitch gets here next year, watching him and Burke will be a real treat for at least a couple of years.
Fri, Dec 16, 2011 : 9:58 p.m.
Watched Brundidge play the last 2 years at Southfield and could never understand what Beilein saw in him, maybe though, he is smarter than we give hime credit for, he is getting a free education.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011 : 3:28 p.m.
"Exploited to the hilt?" Really? Athletes receive preferential treatment compared to the rest of the student body. They receive many more benefits and opportunities too. On top of that, they receive a free education. No one forced them to take the scholarship. If they have better opportunities, they can choose them instead.
Fri, Dec 16, 2011 : 10:33 p.m.
How can you say he's getting a free education. These athletes are exploited to the heilt
Fri, Dec 16, 2011 : 9:31 p.m.
The situation is colored in this story, as if there's something wrong with Brundidge, when the real story is that Trey Burke has been exceptional.


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Teachers' Notes
mama's trippin'
Katy Watson-Kell
Publication Date : 2006
The story opens with sixteen-year-old Von Taiaroa waiting anxiously for his mother at Wellington Airport. He hasn't seen her in over ten years and she's already an hour late. Von, a recently diagnosed diabetic, has been raised in Fremantle by his Moriori/Maori father, Jack, and is uncertain what to expect of a mother he barely knows.
Following an awkward reconciliation, Von is overwhelmed by a range of emotions. His conflicted state intensifies as he begins to understand the enormity of Charlene's problems. His mother works every night at the notorious Endorphin dance club; her boyfriend, Pete, set up a methamphetamine lab but is now on the run from the cops and his drugdealing partner, Rob. Charlene's been left with an onerous debt and no possible way of repaying it, and all the while she's struggling to look after her toddler daughter, Stella. Von is concerned for his mother, but he is also suspicious about her motivation for inviting him to see her - did she ask him to New Zealand just to be her babysitter? Nonetheless, Von soon forms a bond with his tiny half-sister - he can empathise with 'the Torturer' - her situation often stirs up troubling memories from his own early childhood. And he even manages to find a bit of time for himself, befriending Henry who runs the local music store.
Then, one night after work, Charlene brings Rob home. A night of violence follows. Charlene takes up her drug habit again and a few days later, she doesn't come home at all. Von is left in crisis with a traumatised two year old. When Welfare visit the flat and threaten to take Stella away, Von realises he has to act. Enlisting Henry's help, Von follows his instincts and flees with Stella to the far-flung Chatham Islands where he discovers a deep spiritual connection with his Moriori ancestors finding both peace and resolution.
Author Inspiration
The inspiration for mama's trippin' came from two very different sources. The first was a growing frustration over the proliferation of one dimensional media coverage focused on youth drug issues. I passionately wanted to show a different (and very common) perspective - the lives of both a teenager and young child struggling to cope with the fall-out of their mother's drug addiction. Many young people live in homes where their adult role models abuse drugs and alcohol on a regular basis. I believed the novel would have much more impact if Charlene, the mother, was experiencing problems with an illicit drug such as methamphetamine - a substance usually discussed in the context of youth drug culture - because it would allow both teenage readers and adults to connect with her character more objectively. It was also very important to me that this novel didn't become an 'issues' book - Von and Charlene's story had to come first and foremost - their demons and vulnerabilities needed to emerge very naturally.
My second source of inspiration came from the Moriori of Rekohu and Rangiauria, (Chatham Island and Pitt Island) New Zealand. Moriori culture was built on the principle of peace and they lived by an ancient law that forbade all killing and warfare. In the years following the 1835 invasion of Rekohu, the Moriori made the ultimate sacrifice for their beliefs. Instead of repelling the invaders, they welcomed the new arrivals and were willing to share their resources. Moriori mana remained intact but decades of slavery and subjugation followed during the nineteenth century. Von, the main protagonist in mama's trippin', is a young Moriori descendent and I thought it would be interesting to explore the parallels between Von's struggle to form a bond with his deeply troubled mother and his emerging respect and empathy for his Moriori ancestors. In his efforts to help Charlene, Von draws on traits that lie buried in his nature - tolerance, forgiveness and compassion for others - which ultimately help him survive the 'enslavement' he experiences during her slide back into addiction. While writing mama's trippin', I was invited to the official celebration of Kopinga, The First Moriori Marae, on Rekohu (Chatham Island). During my stay on the island, I finally had the opportunity to meet some of the Moriori friends who'd shared so generously during the research phase of the novel. There were also many unforgettable experiences on visits to Moriori sites including the Manu Moriori (tree carvings or dendroglyphs) at Hapupu, Manukau reserve and the kopi groves and middens along the Henga foreshore.
About the Author
Katy Watson-Kell was born in Scotland and moved to Western Australia when she was ten. After leaving high school on a whim, she spent the next ten years talking her way into a smorgasbord of occupations including golf course attendant, handbag seller and professional luncher. Eventually her creative juices bubbled to the surface and her first young adult novel, Juice, won the Avis Page Award for the highest ranking Australian novel, Older Readers category, in the West Australian Young Readers' Book Awards 2002.
Katy's ancestry is a melting pot of Australian, New Zealander, Irish and Scots, and she is the descendent of an Irish convict girl transported to New South Wales in 1828 for the robbery of a person. Her great-great-grandmother, (on her mother's side) was born in 1846 in Kawhia, a small west-coastal town on New Zealand's north island. After handing in the final manuscript of mama's trippin' to her publisher, Katy felt compelled to contact family in New Zealand. This contact was to lead to an incredible revelation - she finally discovered her Moriori cousins.
Educational Adaptability
The themes explored in mama's trippin' make it a valuable resource for classroom studies and discussions over a wide range of subject areas. Written in an engaging, accessible third person narrative which flows between different viewpoints, this novel would be an excellent reader for students from Year 9 onwards through to tertiary level.
Topics for Classroom/tutorial discussions:
Parental drug addiction and its impact on families:
In mama's trippin', Von often has to deal with difficult situations as a result of his mother's erratic lifestyle and drug use.
- In what ways can teenagers/children be at risk, both emotionally and physically, when exposed to the drug/alcohol abuse of their parents?
- What choices/resources are available to teenagers/children when faced with such a situation?
- Should people learn to take personal responsibility for the impact of their drug use?
- Is drug/alcohol dependence an illness?
- What is codependency? Is this also an illness?
- Are there resources available for addicts and their codependents?
Diabetes and its management:
Von has recently been diagnosed with diabetes.
- Discuss how diabetes has affected Von's self-image?
- Is it possible for him to manage his diabetes and still participate fully in teenage life?
- What aspects of his life have been most affected by diabetes?
Parenting issues:
Charlene, Von's mother, left when he was six. But Jack, his father, never told him about her addiction.
- Was this a wise decision?
- How could Jack have explained addiction to such a young child?
- In what ways has Von suffered as a result of his mother's absence from his life?
Because Charlene is often distracted by the problems she is faced with, she sometimes overlooks the needs of her toddler daughter, Stella.
- Discuss some of the parenting choices Charlene makes during the novel.
- When called into work for an urgent meeting, what other arrangements could she have made for her daughter?
- Does Charlene's exhaustion and drug use inhibit her ability to parent effectively?
- When Von assumes the role of Stella's full-time carer, does he have the life skills and maturity to deal with the situation?
- Does Charlene expect too much from her teenage son?
- Should teenagers be expected to 'play parent' to younger siblings?
- How does Stella respond to the more caring approach of her brother?
- Why does Von feel so protective towards Stella?
- Are there any positives for Von as a result of his new relationship with Stella?
Cultural conflict
Information on the historical background of the Moriori of Rekohu and Rangiauria, (Chatham Island and Pitt Island) New Zealand has been provided by the author. This information may be useful to teachers when planning class discussions on the impact of European contact on indigenous cultures, cultural conflict and slavery.
The Moriori of Rekohu and Rangiauria:
For centuries the Moriori strictly adhered to a covenant of peace known as Nunuku's Law - a covenant that banned all murder and the eating of human flesh forever. In the late eighteenth century, the Moriori had their first encounter with Europeans. Never having seen white men before, the Moriori believed these strange beings had come from the sun - misunderstandings soon took place and an unfortunate skirmish left one Moriori, Tamakaroro, dead. Unhappy with the part that they played in the skirmish, the Moriori made a commitment to welcome all visitors from that time onwards.
When whalers and sealers started arriving on the Chathams in the early nineteenth century, the Moriori made them welcome and they lived together peacefully. However, the Moriori suffered badly from introduced diseases and their population soon fell dramatically. In addition to bringing new diseases, the sealers rapidly wiped out the seal colonies, a vitally important resource for the people of Rekohu and Rangiauria. In 1835, a European vessel, the Rodney, transported about nine hundred Taranaki Maori over to the Chathams.
After decades of fighting in the Musket Wars in New Zealand, warfare had become a way of life for the Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama Maori tribes who had lost their traditional homelands in North Taranaki. When they first arrived on the islands, the Maori tribes were severely weakened but the Moriori made then welcome and nursed them back to wellness. But soon the new colonists made their hostile intentions obvious as they began to 'walk the land' and claim new territory. After holding an emergency summit, the peaceful Moriori refused to take up arms against the invaders. Instead, they decided to share their home with the new arrivals - to take part in warfare would have compromised their mana. But the Moriori suffered terribly as a result of this stance; around three hundred people were slaughtered and many were eaten. Any remaining survivors were enslaved for decades and nearly fifteen hundred Moriori succumbed to despair and disease.
By 1862 only 101 remained and when Tommy Solomon, the last full blood Moriori died in 1933, it was commonly believed that the race had reached extinction. But fortunately this was not the case - many Moriori descendents still live on, some on the Chatham Islands and others on mainland New Zealand. For more information on the Moriori and their resurgence as a culture please visit the excellent Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand website: http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/Moriori/en
More information:
Moriori - A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)
Michael King (Penguin Books)


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Old Faithful Geyser. 707.942.6463 www.oldfaithfulgeyser.com
Beau Limousine. 800.387.2328 www.beaulimousine.com
California Wine Tours. 800.294.6386 www.californiawinetours.com
Napa Valley Wine Train. Gourmet Dining! 800.427.4124 www.winetrain.com
Lincoln Avenue Spa. 707.942.5296 www.lincolnavenuespa.com
Golden Haven Spa. 707.942.8000 www.goldenhaven.com
Pink Mansion In-Room Massage. 707.529.9401 www.specialoccasionmassage.com
Evangeline. 707.341.3131 www.evangelinenapa.com
Sam's Social Club. 707.942.4913 www.samssocialclub.com
Brannan's. 707.942.2233 www.brannansgrill.com
Calistoga Inn. 707.942.4101 www.calistogainn.com
All Seasons. 707.942.9111 www.allseasonsnapavalley.net
Down the road in neighboring St. Helena:
The Market. 707.963.3799 www.marketsthelena.com
Terra. 707.963.8931 www.terrarestaurant.com
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I once read a fascinating article comparing crochet and other cottage industry crafts to viruses. The theory was that any particular craft (the virus) must find a willing individual (the host) to become interested or "infected" with the craft. The craft cannot create itself, so the host is essential for replication. The host must then be able to "spread" or teach the craft to enough new hosts to ensure the craft's survival.
I have certainly done my part in spreading the Crochet Bug this last week. My friend Capt. Colie was bitten by it a couple of weeks ago when I showed her some examples of amigurumi. How could anyone resist the myriad of creatures created by Beth Doherty on Gourmet Amigurumi? The infection began, and we got together last Wednesday to start crochet lessons.
Imagine my excitement when just two days later Capt. Colie presented me with her first amigurumi--a polar bear she created herself, without a pattern! I couldn't believe how fast she picked it up. It turned out pretty well, too:
Update on the Cream & Sugar Twins
They opened their eyes this week, and are almost twice the size as they were when they first came to live with us. They grow up so fast! They are already sleeping through the night. Soon they will be eating solid food, and it will be time to start litter training them and searching for their Forever Homes.


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The Career Management Tips will be very helpful for achieving your goal. That time every people wants the success and become very successful and for this new comers search the Tricks to Getting Success so candidates for you, we are updating all tips and tricks with the help of this page. Get the help through this page and achieve your goal.
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Keep your resume up-to-date: Because without this, you will not the precipitated in any exam interview. Your resume is one of the most important documents you have to offer so you don't want to rush it or ignore it for years on end. For getting the success candidates needs keep up to date your resume. If you haven't looked at it since starting your current job, pull it out, brush off the dust, and add the relevant information
Join a professional association for your vacation and/or industry: Candidate for gaining the success chooses right association for your vacation according to your interest. The associations are one of the most powerful career tools available, too many people disregard them. Find out what's available for professionals who share your role or work in your same industry and then choose it.
Get a mentor: A professional mentor can help guide you through your career by sharing his or her experiences and offering practical advice. In every person life, a mentor plays the important role he/she will guide and helps you for the take a good decision. Find a professional in your field whose career you'd like to emulate. It doesn't have to be someone who does the exact job you'd like to do in the future.
Become a mentor: Regardless of where you are in your career, there is someone who can benefit from your knowledge. In the way of career, you need the guidance's for doing the good work so for that find that person and take him or her under your wing. Being a mentor is a wonderful opportunity to learn while you teach and then you will get the success.
Keep a win list: As you progress through your career, keep a running list of your accomplishments. Through our work get the promotions or touch the higher post and goal this is a very important for achieving the goal.
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Think about what you want to achieve in your career: For gaining the success choose work according to your interest because for doing the better and good work interest will be very important. Pay attention to what the experts are saying. Know your strengths, and which skills are marketable? Take an assessment test if you have to.
Build your networks: In every field today network is a very important phase for doing work effectively and well Mindy. It could be as simple as introducing them to each other and interact with each other, or sending those articles and other information that are meaningful and valuable to them.
Candidates attend events to continually build and expand your network of contacts. When you hear of an event, pass on the information to people who might benefit from attending as well, and let them know why you thought of them this is a very helpful for your success.
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Be in the know: For knowing better career study and read industry journals, blogs in your niche and industry, as well as blogs that focus on career management tips this process provide you the new ideas and things for your work.
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Excellent article by Jeri Clausing on two key trends:
1) Upswing in luxury travelers seeking experiences that can't be found in any typical guidebook.
2) More families and multi-generationals seeking to provide their children with supplemented education through travel.
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What's driving today's economic growth in tourism? Where does the future of tourism lie? And how are organizations in the travel and meetings/events industry finding renewed vitality, spunk and financial vigor? The answer lies in Specialty Markets. As every organization should develop and execute a business strategy on Specialty Markets, this blog is dedicated to assisting you and your company in such endeavors. So what are the Specialty Markets? That's what we'll discover together below...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Virtuoso chief on experiential and multigen travel trends (Travel Weekly)
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I hate it when I see an amazing music video (such as the one below) yet the song that it's for is absolute shite (such as the one below). I don't have any idea why Melanie C (Sporty Spice from the Spice Girls - yes, she's still making music) would want to do a cover of Siousxie and the Banshees' "I Want Candy" (or why she would allow someone to tell her to do it), but it's pretty much a dog. Yet, at least we have the video clip, an amazing pop neon overload feast of eye-candy. Geddit?! EYE CANDY! ...*crickets chirp*
March 6, 2007
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Ugh...Sucks the life out of the original and replaces it with buckets of bland...It does look good tho'
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Eastern Florida State College has hired former UCF tennis coach Robert Cashman as the new men's and women's tennis coach.
Cashman spent 17 seasons as the UCF head coach where he enjoyed success both on and off the court. Before joining Rollins College as an assistant coach in December, Cashman's UCF teams won three Atlantic Sun championships between 2002 and 2005 and also had the highest team grade point average for men's sports at UCF six times.
"We are thrilled to welcome on board Bobby Cashman as our new Men's and Women's Tennis Coach," Eastern Florida State College Associate Vice President of Athletcs Jeff Carr said. "When talking to his references the same theme was said by all of them, that he is a winner and will do it the right way on and off the court. I am so excited to have Bobby as part of our staff. I really believe he will take our tennis program to national prominence over the next several years."
Cashman, who was also an assistant coach at the University of Kansas and the Associate men's and women's tennis coach at Barry University, takes over a Titans program that finished 11-8 on the men's side and 18-9 on the women's side.
A member of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Cashman has also volunteered his time at the Lipton Tennis Tournament in Miami, working a series of free clinics for inner-city children. He is married and has three children.
Robert Cashman becomes new Titans tennis coach
Eastern Florida State College has hired former UCF tennis coach Robert Cashman as the new men's and women's tennis coach.


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During the hot summer months, we use over half our water outside, mostly to water lawns. We need to learn ways to give plants the water they need to grow and thrive - no more, no less - and to do it as efficiently as possible.
Of course, rain is this best irrigation system, when we get enough. Look for ways to harvest the rainwater that flows from your roof through canalés, gutter downspouts, and other places. You can find plastic barrels to gather water from these runoffs, then later run a hose from the barrel spigot to irrigate your plants.
You can redirect water flow in your yard by creating berms (hills) and swales (depressions). Maybe you'll also notice ways to adjust your concrete and stone paths to redirect water to your plants.
If you'll make sure the mulch around your plants is at least 3 to 4 inches thick, you'll boost water retention in the soil, reduce soil temperature, and even suppress weeds. That's 1 cubic yard of shredded bark or crushed rock to cover 100 square feet of lawn.
Consider drought-tolerant shade trees: they act almost like mulch, cooling the soil, and thus slowing evaporation. Santa Fe, at some 7000 feet of elevation, has very intense sun exposure. Most plants appreciate any shade they can get.
Short of rain, drip irrigation is a great choice. A drip system delivers water slowly and directly to the plants' roots. This cuts evaporation and runoff, and avoids the overspray that's often common to other methods.
If you install a drip system (or have a pro do it for you), make sure it drains properly to prevent freezing. You may be able to convert your current irrigation to a drip system with multiple outlet adapters for the drip emitters. Of course, as with any irrigation system, you (or your pro) will have to check and adjust your drip system every now and then.
Many folks use graywater for irrigation. (Graywater includes wastewater from showers, baths, and clothes washers, but NOT from a toilet or kitchen sink.) Some folks use a hose to conduct clothes washer water directly to the yard, or buckets to collect shower water while they're waiting for the hot water to arrive from the other end of the house.
If you'll follow these precautions, our state and local governments won't bug you about using graywater:
- Never use graywater for direct consumption.
- Chlorine bleach may damage plants, especially if it touches the foliage: avoid using graywater from the wash cycle if bleach has been used.
- Don't let graywater run off your property.
- Use only water from clothes washing, bathing, or a bathroom sink. Don't use water that has come in contact with soiled diapers, meat or poultry, or anyone with an infectious disease.
Drip system maintenance checklist
Any irrigation system needs regular inspections, adjustments, and repairs to run best. Every month, check for leaks and clogs. Clean the clogs, and repair the leaks. Beyond that:
- Spring
- Adjust the controller for watering times and durations.
- Replace the controller's backup battery.
- Replace filters.
- Make sure the drip emitters are getting water to the entire root zone of each plant.
- Summer:
- Adjust the controller for watering times and durations.
- Make sure the drip emitters are getting water to the entire root zone of each plant.
- Winter:
- Turn off the system: it's not much needed now, and turning it off will help prevent freezing damage.
- Drain the system, and leave the filter housings open.
- When the system is needed, open the valves manually.
- On occasional warm days, you can restart the system as long as you follow the first two Winter steps after you're through watering.


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Awards for your kids (and others)
While I am still trying to sort out my computer ... (GRRRRR) and am not able to upload any photos ... here a link that I just RE-discovered. (So at least there is some good in having to tidy up my computer.) If you want to print out awards for your kids there is a great site where you find all kinds of reward templates for free. You can add a name and other stuff as well. There are even "romantic" ones there ... oh, I should have rediscovered them before Valentine's Day! Love this one and this one. On second thought - my husband might probably not be AS thrilled as I would be about an award ... well, maybe it would depend on what I write on there ...
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Diane Kruger: CANNES with Ludivine Sagnier!
German actress Diane Kruger and French actress Ludivine Sagnier make an appearance on the Canal+ TV show Le Grand Journal in front of the Martinez Hotel during the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on Friday (May 21) in Cannes, France.
The co-stars, both in Giambattista Valli, promoted their new movie Lily Sometimes (Pieds nus sur les limaces), which won the Art Cinema Award at Cannes Directors Fortnight 2010. Diane and Ludivine play very different sisters with a strained relationship after their mother's death.
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Superdrug Lashes
False Lashes are getting more popular by the day and many ladies now wear them as a day to day make up accessory. Personally i like wearing them if i am going out for night, and if i am going out for a themed night out, then i will wear the most outrageous ones i can find!
False lashes, just giving the finishing touch to a make over.
Lashes come in a variety of sizes and shapes and my favourite ones are 'Lashes' by Superdrug. They are cheap, yet don't look cheap. they can also usually be found on a special offer ( at the moment they are on a Buy one get one half price offer, but this is subject to change) Superdrug also offer the 100% happiness guarantee, meaning that if your not 100% happy with the lashes, then you can return them to your store and get 100% of your money back.
The lashes look Natural and are designed to flatter your existing lashes, whilst others offer Volume, meaning they will volumize your lashes, giving you extra thick lashes and are perfect for nights out, they give you the impact you need. The lashes range even goes up to ultra volume for extreme thickness, especially fab for themed nights out.
I am a fan of individual lashes and it would be great to see these be added to the Lashes range. The last longer than strip lashes and you just apply them where you need them for fullness. Superdrug lashes are all ideal for contact lens wearers.


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Intriguing Stations of 2014, Part I: In The Lab (With A Pen And A Pad)
By Sean Ross
Last years, broadcasters took tentative but significant steps toward doing what they must to stay competitive in 2015: addressing the spotload issue on FM music outlets; adding new online radio stations that had the spotload that listeners were coming to expect for "continuous music"; creating new content for the broader world of "audio" that didn't rely on an antenna and transmitter.
By contrast, broadcasters threw themselves with enthusiasm to the world of low-powered FM translators. Translators allowed broadcasters some low-risk innovation, but even more low-risk spoilers. At least two major groups launched major-market stations that were intended to remain indefinitely commercial-free. In addition, translators played enough of a role in the resurgence of alternative radio and the launch of classic hip-hop to confound any real read on the long-term potential of the formats.
The net effect of so many stations that were built only to flank, and so many tentative solutions to vast challenges, was that 2014 was a year of relatively modest successes. Fortunately, our look back at each year's "Intriguing Stations" is never about only the biggest ratings stories. It's about both new and existing stations. Some were a talisman of industry change. Some were just enjoyable audio tourism (we'll look more at those in part II). Not all were stations per se. A few came from our major groups. The most significant development, one with implications for all broadcasters, came from public radio.
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BeSafe Raincover - Izi Go & Izi Sleep
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- "It does the job" by Smn14
This will keep your baby dry (except for directly under the very large have holes, which cannot be properly shut and can let rain in) but it doesn't feel like it's made for the be safe car seats specifically - it is baggy and not great quality. Also, mine arrived screwed up in a ball and is therefore very creased.
All in all, it does the job but is probably no better than a cheap, one-size-fits-all type cover.
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This is a brilliant raincover, really handy if needing to just pop into the shops or having to walk a short distance, keeps baby from the wind & rain!
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So much cheaper than I thought it would be. Fits perfectly on to the car seat and is well ventilated, so glad I went for this instead of a one fits most! Also the service was great-arrived the next day with a time slot of an hour! Will definitely order from you again-thanks!!!
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After Mark Ruffalo's brother Scott Ruffalo was shot in the head last week, police have come forward with a suspect in the attempted murder case, according to TMZ.
A warrant has been issued by the Beverly Hills Police Department for Shaha Mishaal Adham, a woman who sources say is related to members of Saudia Arabian royalty. She has already hired high profile lawyer Keith Davidson in preparation for what's to come.
Another "person of interest, Brian Scofield, has yet to be named as a suspect.
Scott is still clinging to life after the shooting in his Beverly Hills apartment last Monday.
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this is from the 2005 album PipeLine Under The Ocean
it's written as straight 8's but there is a bit of push and pull in his bass line.
the drum track is fantastic and FWIW I think this is as good a Kiwi penned pop song since , well since a while.
also cop how it has the random extra bar throw in here and there. This wasn't (at least to me) readily apparent until I bothered to learn it.
Sting and Peter Gabriel often do this too.
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How can I describe the beauty of His love?
It envelops with the touch of soft velvet
It protects with the fierceness of approaching danger
It surrounds with a peace unseen, unknown
Oh! The Father's love is love
Love forever grounded
Love forever living
Love everlasting freedom
Love forever giving
Worship Him with wings of song
Let your joy flutter softly heavenwards
Radiantly shining, praise and adoration
Little butterflies of your love
In sweetness a savor floating
Pureness of the early morning dew
The great black cockatoo heralds a brand new day
The wondrous cries in perfect blueness
Reach out and receive Him
He won't turn away
In the quietness of the day
Rest. Let His arms softly cradle
Listen for whispers gently spoken
And know the Father's Word is love
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The extraordinary Kim Hye-soo descends into a subway tunnel to suffer a memorably macabre meltdown in Tartan Asia Extreme's THE RED SHOES.
2005, Tartan Asia Extreme, DD-5.1/DTS 5.1/DD-2.0/MA/16:9/ST/+, 103m 45s, DVD-1
This Korean horror film by sophomore writer-director Kim Yong-Gyun doesn't hit all of its marks but is well worth seeing; it's deeply unsettling rather than frightening or abusive, and it has a visual flair (courtesy of DP Kim Tae-Kyung) that at times taps into the stylized wickedness of Dario Argento's work at its zenith. Tropes from other films and filmmakers are evident at times, but there is also a kernel of great originality and promise here. The film is well-acted throughout, but outstanding are Kim Hye-soo and little Park Yeon-ah as a mother and daughter who (in scenes reminiscent of DARK WATER) take a cheap, grungy apartment after separating from the unfaithful man of the family. The mother, Sun-jae, is an optometrist who hires a young separated architect (Kim Sung-su) to design her new offices; she is also a shoe collector who finds an abandoned pair of elegant violet pink (not red) heels on the subway, which she takes home with her. The shoes have an overpowering, irresistible effect on Sun-jae, her daughter Tae-soo , and her sister, all of whom come to hysterical blows in the effort to hold onto them. Sun-jae recognizes the shoes' destructive influence and makes an effort to get rid of them, but they always come back into the possession of her increasingly strange daughter, who claims visitations from her father -- who has not been informed of their whereabouts.
Writer-director Kim has said that his film is about "the extremity of a woman's desire for her womanhood." Part of the shoes' allure is certainly narcissistic and tied to female fantasies of glamor; however, the film's story also encompasses aspects of the original Hans Christian Andersen tale of the same name, the Powell and Pressburger classic, the 1990 Tobe Hooper TV movie I'M DANGEROUS TONIGHT (based on a short story by Cornell Woolrich), as well as David Lynch's TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (there is even a filthy homeless woman who looks like a deliberate facsimile of the one played by Lynch himself in the trailer park prelude of that film) and some perceptual surprises worthy of A TALE OF TWO SISTERS. Kim makes the notion of the shoes more personal and nationalistic by weaving into this material references to the insecurities attached to bare feet and the Eastern tradition of leaving one's shoes at the door.
After a fairly gripping first hour, the film loses some of its hold with a disappointing, belabored "logical explanation" of its supernatural events, which -- in an appropriate but peculiar swipe from Kieslowski's RED -- involves a woman appearing on billboard advertisements all over town. Despite the choppy navigation of its middle, THE RED SHOES is worth seeking out for its picturesque and poetical set-pieces, its adventurous toying with audience (and protagonist) perceptions, and, most of all, for a magnificent climactic meltdown by Kim Hye-soo, who conveys the most palpable sense of fear and dread I've seen onscreen since Angelica Lee in THE EYE [Gin gwai, 2002]. Frankly, Ms. Kim commands one's attention on an altogether more complex level, being sexier and scarier and disciplined enough to stylize a performance without ever losing touch with its realism. There's no erotic content to speak of, but one of the most admirable things about the film is its ability to pull those punches in a way that baits and intrigues rather than disappoints. Lee Byung-woo's minimalist electronic score also warrants praise and special recognition for sounding original, supportive of the action and atmosphere, and musically interesting all at the same time.
Tartan's disc presents the film in a very nice anamorphic 2.35:1 transfer, but especially pleasing are the five-channel audio tracks which sport unusual and sometimes ticklish attention to detail. The extras include a Making-of featurette interviewing the director and principal actors (17m 3s), a "Look at the Visual Effects" (13m 43s), a theatrical trailer that references Hans Christian Andersen and the Bible (2m 12s), and a subtitled audio commentary by the director and cinematographer, which I have not yet sampled.


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Abas Digital Life introduced its new Abas Digital Life leather cases for the iPad, iPhone, and other electronic devices on Sunday. The company claims it can complete, ship and deliver its cases within days of order.
The company's iPad case offerings include the Tabbed Folio and Simple Sleeve, and the Fashion Shell Case and Sleeve Case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
Tabbed Folio for iPad
The cases are available in several colors and leather types including crocodile.
The Tabbed Folio is priced at US$160, the Simple Sleeve costs $120, the Fashion Shell Case costs $36, and the Simple Sleeve is priced at $30. All of the cases are available at the Abas Digital Life Web site.