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Ephesians 1:1 — Ephesians 4:32
1 1Paul, an aapostle of Christ Jesus through the 2will of God, to the 3bsaints who are 4in cEphesus and are 5dfaithful in Christ Jesus:
2 1aGrace to you and 2peace from 3God our bFather and the 4cLord Jesus Christ.
3 1aBlessed be the 2bGod and Father of 3our Lord Jesus Christ, who has 4blessed us 5with every 6spiritual 7blessing in the 8cheavenlies 9in Christ,
4 Even as He 1achose us in Him 2bbefore the foundation of the world to be 3choly and 4without blemish 5before Him 6in 7dlove,
5 1aPredestinating us unto 2bsonship 3through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the 4cgood pleasure of His dwill,
6 To the 1apraise of the 2bglory of His cgrace, with which He 3graced us in the 4dBeloved;
7 In whom we have 1aredemption through His bblood, the 2cforgiveness of doffenses, according to the eriches of His grace,
8 Which He caused to 1abound to us in all 2awisdom and prudence,
9 1Making known to us the 2amystery of His bwill 3according to His cgood pleasure, which He 4dpurposed in Himself,
10 Unto the 1aeconomy of the 2fullness of the times, to 3bhead up all things in 4Christ, the cthings in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him;
11 In whom also we 1were designated as an ainheritance, having been 2bpredestinated according to the 3cpurpose of the One who works all things according to the 4counsel of His 4dwill,
12 That we would be to the 1apraise of His glory who have 2first hoped in Christ.
13 In whom you also, having heard the aword of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, in Him also believing, you were 1bsealed with the cHoly Spirit of the 2promise,
14 Who is the 1apledge of our 2binheritance 3unto the 4credemption of the 5acquired dpossession, to the 6epraise of His glory.
15 Therefore I also, having aheard of 1the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you and your love to all the saints,
16 Do not cease agiving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
17 That the 1aGod of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 2Father of glory, may give to you a 3bspirit of 4cwisdom and drevelation in the efull knowledge of Him,
18 The 1aeyes of your heart having been 2benlightened, that you may know what is the 3chope of His 4dcalling, and what are the 5eriches of the glory of His 6finheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the surpassing greatness of His 1apower toward us who believe, 2according to the boperation of the cmight of His strength,
20 Which He caused to operate in Christ in 1araising Him from the dead and 2bseating Him at His 3right hand in the 4cheavenlies,
21 Far above all 1arule and authority and power and lordship and 2every bname that is named not only in this cage but also in that which is to come;
22 And He 1asubjected all things under His feet and 2gave Him to be bHead over all things 3to the 4cchurch,
23 Which is His 1aBody, the 2bfullness of the One who 3cfills all in all.
1 1And you, though 2adead in your 3offenses and sins,
2 In which you once awalked according to the 1bage of this world, according to the 2cruler of the authority of the air, of the 3spirit which is now operating in the 4dsons of disobedience;
3 Among 1whom 2we also all conducted ourselves once in the 3alusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature 4children of bwrath, even as the rest;
4 1But God, being arich in 2mercy, because of His 3great blove with which He loved us,
5 Even when we were adead in offenses, made us 1balive 2together with 3Christ (by 4cgrace you have been 5saved)
6 And 1araised us up 2together with Him and 3bseated us together with Him in the 4cheavenlies 5in Christ Jesus,
7 That He might 1display in the 2ages to come the surpassing 3ariches of His grace in 4bkindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 1For by 2agrace you have been saved through 3bfaith, and 4this not of yourselves; it is the cgift of God;
9 Not of aworks that no one should bboast.
10 For we are His 1masterpiece, 2acreated in Christ Jesus for bgood works, which God prepared 3beforehand in order that we would cwalk in them.
11 Therefore remember that once you, the aGentiles in the flesh, those who are called 1buncircumcision by that which is called ccircumcision in the flesh made by hands,
12 That you were at that time 1apart from Christ, aalienated from the 2commonwealth of bIsrael, and strangers to the 3ccovenants of the promise, having 4dno hope and 5without God in the 6world.
13 1But now in Christ Jesus you who were once 2afar off have become 3near in the 4bblood of Christ.
14 For He Himself is 1our 2apeace, He who has made 3both bone and has broken down the middle 4wall of partition, the 5enmity,
15 1aAbolishing in His 2flesh the 3law of the commandments in 4ordinances, that He might 5create the two 6in Himself 7into 8one bnew man, so 9cmaking peace,
16 And might areconcile 1both in 2bone Body to 3God through the 4cross, having 5slain the enmity 6by it.
17 And 1coming, He aannounced peace as the bgospel to you who were 2cfar off, and peace to those who were 3dnear,
18 For 1through Him we both have 2aaccess 3in bone Spirit unto the 4cFather.
19 So then 1you are no longer 2astrangers and sojourners, but you are 3bfellow citizens with the saints and 4members of the chousehold of God,
20 Being 1abuilt upon the 2bfoundation of the capostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the 3dcornerstone;
21 In 1whom 2all the building, being 3afitted together, is 4bgrowing into a holy 5ctemple 6in the Lord;
22 In whom 1you 2also are being built together into a 3adwelling place of God bin 4spirit.
1 1For this cause I Paul, the 2aprisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the Gentiles --
2 1If indeed you have heard of the 2astewardship of the 3bgrace of God which was given to me for you,
3 That by 1arevelation the bmystery was cmade known to me, as I have dwritten previously in brief,
4 By which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the 1amystery of Christ,
5 Which in other generations was 1anot made known to the sons of men, as it has now been brevealed to His holy 2capostles and 2prophets in 3spirit,
6 That in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are 1afellow heirs and 2bfellow members of the Body and 3cfellow partakers of the dpromise through the gospel,
7 Of which I became a 1aminister according to the 2bgift of the cgrace of God which was given to me according to the doperation of His 3power.
8 To me, 1less than the aleast of all saints, was this bgrace given to announce to the cGentiles the 2unsearchable 3driches of Christ as the gospel
9 And to enlighten all that they may see what the 1aeconomy of the 2bmystery is, which 3throughout the ages has been chidden in God, who created all things,
10 In order that now to the 1arulers and the authorities in the bheavenlies the multifarious 2cwisdom of God might be made known through the 3dchurch,
11 According to the 1eternal apurpose which He 2made in 3Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 In whom we have aboldness and 1baccess in confidence through 2cfaith in Him.
13 Therefore I ask you not to faint at my aafflictions for your sake, since they are your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the 1aFather,
15 Of whom every 1family ain the heavens and on earth is 2named,
16 1That He would grant you, according to the 2ariches of His glory, to be 3bstrengthened with 4cpower through His 5Spirit 6into the dinner man,
17 That Christ may make His ahome in your 1hearts through 2faith, that you, being 3brooted and grounded in 4clove,
18 May be full of strength to 1apprehend with 2aall the saints what the 3breadth and length and height and depth are
19 And to know the 1knowledge-surpassing alove of Christ, that you may be bfilled 2unto all the 3cfullness of 4God.
20 1But ato Him who is bable to do superabundantly above all that we 2ask or think, according to the 3cpower which operates in us,
21 aTo Him be the 1glory in the 2bchurch 3and in 4Christ Jesus unto 5all the generations forever and ever. Amen.
1 I beseech you therefore, 1I, the 2aprisoner bin the Lord, to 3cwalk worthily of the dcalling with which you were ecalled,
2 With all 1alowliness and bmeekness, with clong-suffering, bearing one another in dlove,
3 Being diligent to 1keep the 2aoneness of the Spirit in the uniting 3bbond of cpeace:
4 1One aBody and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one 2bhope of your ccalling;
5 One 1aLord, one 2bfaith, one cbaptism;
6 One 1aGod and bFather of 2all, who is 3over all and through all and in all.
7 1But to each one of us 2agrace was given according to the 3bmeasure of the cgift of Christ.
8 Therefore the Scripture says, "Having aascended to the 1height, He led captive 2those taken captive and gave 3bgifts to men.''
9 (Now this, "He aascended,'' what is it except that He also descended into the 1blower parts of the earth?
10 He who descended, He is also the One who ascended afar above all the heavens that He might 1bfill all things.)
11 And He Himself gave 1some as aapostles and some as bprophets and some as cevangelists and some as 2shepherds and dteachers,
12 For the 1aperfecting of the saints 2unto the work of the 3bministry, 2unto the 4cbuilding up of the dBody of Christ,
13 Until we all 1arrive at the 2aoneness of the bfaith and of the full cknowledge of the 3dSon of God, at a 4efull-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the 5ffullness of 3Christ,
14 That we may be no longer 1alittle children tossed by 2waves and carried about by every 3wind of bteaching in the 4sleight of men, in ccraftiness with a view to a 5system of error,
15 But 1holding to truth in 2alove, we may 3bgrow up into Him in all things, who is the 4cHead, Christ,
16 1Out from whom aall the Body, being 2bjoined together and being 2knit together through every 3cjoint of 4the rich supply 5and through the 6operation in the dmeasure of 7each one part, 8causes the 9egrowth of the Body unto the fbuilding up of itself in 10glove.
17 This therefore I say and 1testify ain the Lord, that you no longer 2bwalk as the cGentiles also dwalk in the 3evanity of their mind,
18 Being 1adarkened in their understanding, alienated from the 2blife of God because of the 3cignorance which is in them, because of the 4dhardness of their heart;
19 Who, 1abeing past feeling, have bgiven themselves over to lasciviousness to work all uncleanness in greediness.
20 But you did not so 1alearn Christ,
21 If indeed you have heard Him and have been ataught in Him as the 1breality is in Jesus,
22 1That you 2aput off, as regards your 3former manner of life, the 4bold man, which is being corrupted according to the lusts of 5the deceit,
23 And that you be 1arenewed in the 2bspirit of your mind
24 And 1aput on the 2bnew man, which was ccreated according to 3God in 4drighteousness and 4eholiness of 5the freality.
25 1Therefore having aput off the 2blie, speak 2ctruth each one with his neighbor, for we are dmembers one of another.
26 Be 1aangry, yet do bnot sin; do not let the csun go down on your 2dindignation,
27 Neither 1give place to the adevil.
28 He who steals should 1asteal no more, but rather should 2blabor, working with his own chands in 3that which is respectable, that he may have something to 2dshare with him who has need.
29 Let no 1acorrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for 2bbuilding up, according to the need, that it may give 3cgrace to those who hear.
30 And do not 1agrieve the Holy 2Spirit of God, 3in whom you were 4bsealed 5unto the day of 6credemption.
31 Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and evil speaking be aremoved from you, with all malice.
32 And be akind to one another, 1btenderhearted, 2cforgiving one another, even as 3God in Christ also 4forgave you.


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Last season, Hilliard Davidson High School girls cross country coach Jennifer Maurer knew she was cutting it close between the day she would give birth to her son, Andrew, and the final day of the season.
Last season, Hilliard Davidson High School girls cross country coach Jennifer Maurer knew she was cutting it close between the day she would give birth to her son, Andrew, and the final day of the season.
She made it through the Division I state meet Nov. 3 -- where Tori Brink and Kaci Crook competed, finishing 51st (19 minutes, 35.31 seconds) and 46th (19:28.78) -- and also the awards ceremony, which was Nov. 6.
But in the early morning of Nov. 7, she went into labor, and Feb. 28, nearly four months later, she announced her newborn son as the main reason she was stepping down as coach.
Around the same time, long-term sub Emily Holliday took a position as an assistant coach with track and field team, helping out with the distance runners, and May 29 she landed the position as the next girls cross country coach.
Maurer's initial plan was to take six weeks off and return to teaching and coaching cross country, but after spending time with Andrew and realizing the care he needed, she chose not to come back for the rest of the year. She then decided she would take the 2008-2009 school year off as well and also would not coach cross country.
"(My husband David and I) hadn't talked about it for sure," Maurer said. "But once we had (Andrew), he was a bit needy in the beginning. I felt it was important to be home, and I didn't want to miss all of his firsts."
Holliday graduated in 2007 from Huntington University, where she ran cross country and track. She set the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time (11:31.2) that qualified her for the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in Fresno, Calif. She graduated from Van Wert in 2003, helping its cross country team reach the Division II state meet in 2001 and 2002.
"I am very passionate about running and I'm definitely just ready to shift the focus off of myself," Holliday said. "For so long, I've just focused on myself and my own running. I'm ready to focus on the girls."
Holliday will be taking over a team which lost four runners who helped the team qualify to the regional.
But Brink is expected to return next season, and she has been the team's strongest runner since entering the program as a freshman. Davidson qualified to state as a team that year and then Brink competed alone at state as a sophomore.
Brink and senior Bridget Onders are the lone holdovers from the team that competed at state in 2005. Also expected to return from last year's postseason team are sophomores Aubrey Gilliland and Jessica Hoover.
Davidson was eliminated from the postseason at the regional meet Oct. 25, finishing sixth (151 points) as the top four teams advanced to state.
The Wildcats were second (81) behind Thomas Worthington (62) at district and finished third (49) in the OCC-Buckeye meet behind Dublin Coffman (32) and Upper Arlington (45).

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We are very pleased to announce that our Chapter's premier event for 2018 will be held at the 115th Anniversary Rally in Prague from the 6-7th of July 2018.
Join us as we celebrate 115 years of the mighty H-D in one of the most historic cities in Europe. This mega celebration event will include Day and Night parades, Live concerts, The Harley-Davidson Museum, New Bike expo, Custom Bike shows, Stunt shows, Themed parks and Attractions, Cinemas and Theatres, and even a European Championship Title Fight!
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If I went blind tomorrow, I could walk into the office and find my way straight to my desk, no problem. It's just a matter of following the scratchy squawk emitted 24-7 by a black box bolted to the cubicle.
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I'm listening for key phrases that mean my night is about to change - things such as "shots fired," "man down" or "house fire, fully involved." Most of the time, events do not reach that level of intensity.
In actuality, most emergency communication is, from a news perspective, quite routine, and the language used is carefully formulaic and politically correct. Sometimes, though, especially late at night, a personality will slip through, or I'll just hear something odd.


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- Nest: Probably the best known company after their recent acquisition by Google. To put it as simply as possible, Nest allows you to monitor the energy output in your home and adjust your needs accordingly. For instance, if you want to shut the heat off at your home while you are away at work, and then have it kick back on right before you leave the office, Nest can oblige. Nest is intuitive, and will pick up your schedule and patterns so that it can better meet the needs of your home. Over time, the manufacturers believe that the thermostat can save you up to 20% on your heating bills. They also manufacture smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. Cost: $250.
- AT&T Digital Life: With a recent ad campaign, I have seen more pop up recently about AT&T's new system. For the entry level consumer, Digital Life is basically a souped up burglar alarm. Digital keypad, window sensors, etc... If you want to spring for a bit more, you can have the system attach itself to your utilities as well. With the correct fixtures, you can adjust your heat, turn your water on and off, and lock and unlock doors from your phone or iPad. How often will you need to turn your water on and off while away from home? Probably not that often. How fun would it be to convince your house sitter that your home is haunted? Pretty fun. Cost: $39.99/mo for basic package.
- Lockitron: There are a few products similar to this, but this one might be my favorite. My favorite part is the ease of installation and the variety of notifications. It essentially slips over your current deadbolt, and takes only a few minutes to get up and running. It has built in wi-fi that will automatically unlock your door as you approach, you can send the code out to friends or family (although I am unaware if the codes have an expiration), and it has a battery that will last for up to a year. As I mentioned above, the notifications are pretty nifty. Not only will it let you know when the door is accessed, it will also notify you when someone knocks at the door. It is a very cool feature and excellent add-on to any "smart" home. Cost: $179.
Is it imperative that you have all of the most updated automation features in your home? Absolutely not. Is it pretty cool to live like the Jetsons? I think so.
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Our strong relationship with the Customer allowed to entrust us with its other brands, including: Motomagic Coroner Customs, a company dedicated to professional custom bikes. We have developed a complete visual identity, conducted image-based activities in social media and an E-PR campaign, and prepared a complete set of trade fair materials to be used for events, such as the Poznań Motor Show – the biggest motor show in Poland.


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Teeth whitening involves either the discolored teeth whiteningaccording to their natural shade or the whitening to go past the actual color. Discolouredteeth have nothing to do with tooth's health. Restoration of the natural teeth shade involves teeth whitening procedure. This can be executed by way of removing the layer of stains at the tooth's external surface and also calculus of tartar.
There are typically forms of stains extrinsic and intrinsic stains. Intrinsic stains are the yellow stains that have caused naturally over the years. in this form of dental stain, the dentin's tan is found out after the teeth wears off and it gives it a yellowish off-white shade. Antibiotics which include tetracycline or maybe the over exposure of tooth to fluorine (fluorosis) can cause the so called intrinsic stains.
Tooth Stains caused by the consumption of coffee, red wine, tea, or smoking or tobacco are sorts of extrinsic stains. The natural tooth color can be restored by removal of the stain from the surface of the teeth. This could be achieved by dentist by means of cleaning the tooth and this process is professionally referred to as 'scale and varnish'. This can be done at home by following proper oral hygiene methods and using products which are aimed toward this problem. Calculus or tartar is a hardened dental plaque and the professional is required to remove.
Teeth Whitening at home or in-workplace.
In-Office teeth whitening
Before a dentist proceeds to perform this procedure of teeth whitening , he's taking all the required records about the patient's general fitness and dental fitness history, along with allergic reactions and sensitivity in their tooth. Also, an examination is done via the expert to determine the location and restorations of the tooth and x-rays are carried out to determine the dental irregularities if any. The whitening shade guide facilitates in determining the patient's teeth shades and how light the color should be
In-office tooth whitening method can lighten teeth from two to eight shades. The whitening will last as long as eight months however it usually depends on the lifestyle of the patient. Consequently, it's also important that after the procedure of teeth whitening the patient takes precautions to avoid foods and medicines which could stain the teeth. A light-cured shielding layer is used to guard the soft tissues such as the gums and papilla that are the gum tips between the teeth. That is required because in any other case, it may result in chemical burns to those soft tissues. The most used bleaching agents are hydrogen peroxide or car amide peroxide which breaks down within the patient's mouth as hydrogen peroxide.
Laser tooth whitening or light accelerated teeth bleaching user laser light to boost up tooth whitening procedure in the dental workplace. Popular type of technology used in the laser is halogen arc, plasma arc and LEDs. The high energy in laser beams excites the peroxide particles and helps the whitening procedure. Many products and devices are already available in pharmacies aiming same thing. Consequently, it is able to be done at home as properly.
At home tooth whitening
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Natural ways also can be used for this cause which includes use of malic acid that is observed in juices of green apples. Over usage of malic acid can dissolve the tooth enamel to expose the yellow dentin under. This could lead to a further darkening of the teeth. Food products such as carrots, apples and celery, however, causes excessive saliva production which by means of mechanically cleaning, lightens the teeth. in addition they avoid oral odor by killing bacteria gift inside the mouth.


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|Coordinates: 25°03′N 83°37′E / 25.05°N 83.62°ECoordinates: 25°03′N 83°37′E / 25.05°N 83.62°E
|76 m (249 ft)
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Bhabua is a city of Kaimur district in the state of Bihar, India. It is the headquarters of Kaimur district. It is all set to be declared as the world's first green City.[1]
Bhabua is located at 25°03′N 83°37′E / 25.05°N 83.62°E. The Buxar district of Bihar State and the Ghazipur district of U.P. State bound it on the North. On the south is the Garhwa district of Jharkhand State and on the West is the Chandauli and Sonbhadra districts of the U.P. State. On the East is Rohtas district of Bihar State.
About District[edit]
The district has 14 police stations and covers an area of about 340,447 hectares (841,260 acres), Geographically, the district can be divided into two parts viz. (i) Hilly area and (ii) Plain area. The district has close linkage with the history of Shahabad, which was its parent district also. The old district of Shahabad had four subdivisions of which Bhabua was one. The present district of Kaimur has been formed from the whole of this Bhabua subdivision. The District of Bhabua is divided in wards e.g. Ward 6 for Gavai ward 12 near Patel chowk etc., all wards have a ward commissioner who looks after the welfare and civic affairs of the ward and the head of all the ward commissioner's is elected amongst themselves who is called the chairman. Currently the ward chairman for Bhabua is Jainendra Arya popularly known as Jhonny. The current District Magistrate of Bhabua is Shri Rajeshwar Prasad Singh, IAS, the current SP of Bhabua is Smt Harpreet Kaur(IPS). The current MLA of Bhabua is Rinki Rani Pandey from BJP . The nearest big city is Varanasi which is 70 km from here and we have buses every half an hour running to and fro.
Kaimur has an old and interesting history. In pre-historic days the plateau region of the district has been the abode of the aboriginals whose chief representatives now are the Bhars, the Cheros and the Savers. According to some legends, the Kharwar were the original settlers in the hilly tracts of Rohtas. The Ovaons also claim that they ruled over the stretch falling between Rohtas and Patna. One local legend also connects Sasaram the present headquarters of Rohtas with king Sahasrarjun, who was killed by Saint Parshuram in a fight.
The district of Kaimur formed part of the mighty Magadh Empire from the 6th century BC. to the 5th century AD., under the Mauryan Empire and Gupta rulers of Magadh. In the 7th century AD., this district came under the control of Harshwardhan, the ruler of Kannauj. An inscription in the Mundeshwari temple near Bhabua refers to the King Udaysena as the ruling chief of the area.
The Seal of King Sasanka of Guada in Bengal is inscribed at Rohtasgarh in the district of Rohtas. The Chinese pilgrim Huen- tang, who journeyed through the country in the 7th century AD., passed through Arrah, the headquarters of the old Shahabad district through this region of newly formed Kaimur district. The area of the district successively came under the rulers of Shail dynasty of Central India and Pal dynasty of Bengal.
According to C. Mark, a historian, the first ruler of Pal dynasty controlled this region. Later on Chandauli controlled Varanasi-Chandawali and also the Kaimur district in the 12th century, as confirmed by the Tarachandi inscription near Sasaram.
After the fall of the Guptas the district in all probability relapsed into the hands of the aboriginal tribes and came under the control of petty chieftains. The Rajputs who came from Ujjain and the province of Malwa had a series of conflicts with the aboriginals and it took them many hundred years to subdue the aboriginal completely.
The Census report of 1961 describes that when Bakhtiar Khiliji attacked Bihar in 1193 A.D. He found Shahabad in the hands of petty Rajput chiefs often fighting among themselves. They were not united and strong enough to offer powerful resistance to the Muslim invaders. Hence Bakhtiyar Khiliji had an easy victory over them and the district soon became a part of his kingdom. Later it was annexed, along with the rest of Bihar, to the kingdom of Jaunpur. A hundred years later, it passed under the direct control of the Muslim empire of Delhi.
Sher Shah's father, Hassan Khan Sur, got the Jagir of Sasaram. Later Baber invaded the area in 1529 and has mentioned Hindu superstitions about river Karmanasha. In 1537 the old Shahabad district witnessed advancement of Humayun and his subsequent conflict with Sher Shah at Chausa. Later the district of Shahabad which includes present Kaimur district also was included in Akbar's empire.
In 1758, Shah Alam during his conflict with Lord Clive of East India Company went to Durgawati and with the help of local Zamindar Pahalwan Singh crossed the Karmanasha River. Subsequently, Pahalwan Singh succumbed to comply and live on the latter's terms.
In 1764, the old Shahabad district witnessed conflict for supremacy and the English became absolute masters of the area after defeating Siraj-ud-daula in the battle of Buxar. Again the area was shaken by the rebellion of Raja Chait Singh of Banaras but eventually the English succeeded in suppressing the revolt.
Lastly the historic 1857 mutiny under command of Kunwar Singh had its impact in the district. As a result, during the independence movement the district had a substantial contribution to the freedom of India. Much after independence in the year 1972 Rohtas district was formed out of the old Shahabad district and in the year 1991. The present Kaimur district was formed out of the Rohtas district.
Places to See in Kaimur[edit]
Maa Mundeshwari Temple[edit]
Maa Mundeshwari Temple is a very old and popular place of Bhabhua. Located on hills of Kaimur, the temple has a historical importance.[citation needed]
The city of Kaimur has a glorious history and exhibits a true coherence of the Mughal and Hindu dynasties. The historic monuments and ancient temples, that form tourist attractions of the city, serve as an evidence of its rich past. If you are planning a visit Kaimur, the top priority will go to the magnificent temples that the city so often boasts of. Apart from that, there are numerous other places of interest in Kaimur. In the following lines, we have provided information to make you well equipped with the must see places in Kaimur.
Akhlaspur - largest village in Bhabua district with 14 ward. Akhlaspur was also known as KHALASPUR. Baba Ji pokhra and sabari ka mandir temple is a very famous site of bhabua.[citation needed] The village is situated at the middle both river surwara and kuknahiya river.Dr.Pramod kumar singh the former MLA of bhabua assembly belonging from this village. The GANDHI KUSTH NIWARAN OF BHABUA establist by the freedom fighter Lt. laxami singh.Many school which is running on the land is donated by the people belong to this village.it has one intermediate school, two high school, three middle schooland more than three primary school.it has highest education level in whole district.it is also known as the "addars gram".
Mokari :- Mokari have a Shri Gosgir baba Temple near the Patahar.This Village is poor for Education but famous for quality of Rice in India(FCI).[citation needed]
Kamata village is situated 6 km north to the bhabua town. The village is the home of Patariha dih Baba brahm (In bhojpuri known as baram baba).OLD shiv mandir, purab pokhra mandir, Mahabir mandir & Kali mandir are temples of this village. there are four schools in this village, DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, Sri Ram Bal Viddyalay & Government middle school& aganwadi. This village is role model of self sustainable village. There are two public ponds, known as east pond & west pond, both are used for fishery & water resource. Income from these ponds are used for village development work. Population of the village is nearly two thousand five hundred Per hectare. income of the farmer of the village is very high compare to other village of this district, Yuva morcha of the village organized many function on the occasion of holi, Durgapooja, Sarswati puja, etc.
Baidyanath Village is situated 9 km to the south of Ramgarh block headquarters. The village is home to a Lord Shiva temple that was built by the rulers of Pratihar dynasty. Numerous coins and others valuables of historical importance have been discovered here. According to archeologists, the temple was renovated in 812-13 AD. Today, it serves as a major tourist attraction for those who visit Kaimur.
Durauli is a village situated 8 km to the north-east region of Ramgarh. The place has two old temples that were built by the Cheros. Both the temples have been decorated with sculptures, carved on the spire.
Ramgarh village, situated in the Bhagwanpur block in Bhabua Subdivision, boasts of the Mundeshwari temple. It is one of the oldest temples in the state. Inscriptions of archeological importance that have been found here, describing the temple build as far back as 635 A.D. The temple is built on a hilltop that rises to a height of about 600 feet.
Chorghatia village is situated in Adhaura block. It has a waterfall and scenery.[citation needed] The natural environment of the place attracts many visitors.[citation needed]
Chainpur is situated 11 km to the west of Bhabua headquarters. It is known for housing the mausoleum of Bakhtiar Khan (Bakhtiar khilji as mentioned in the History), who is said to have married the daughter of Sher Shah. The fort at Chainpur is also a place worth visiting. Then, there is the Hindu shrine of "Harsu Brahm". It is believed that a Kanyakubjya priest named Harshu Pandey, under the reign of Raja Shaliwahan, ended his life in protest against demolition of his house. Later, a temple was built to commemorate him.
Bhagwanpur lies 11 km to the south of Bhabua, near the Kaimur hills. It is said to have been the seat of power of Kumar Chandrasen Saran Singh, who claimed his descent from Paras. Raja Shaliwahan annexed Bhagwanpur, overthrowing but Sher Shah.
Adhaura is situated at a distance of 58 km from Bhabua. It lies on the Kaimur plateau, at an altitude of approximately 2000 feet from the sea level. Situated amidst hills, covered by lush green forests, Adhaura is a place that definitely merits a visit from the tourists.
Chand is a main centre of Bhabhua District because the chand is situated on U.P & Bihar border. The chand has a historical background Mahtma Budha stay here about 265 days in Ghurahupur. A Bageshwari Devi temple is very famous of this area.[citation needed]
Dabadhiya is situated at 10 km distance of bhabua district.there is an old shiva mandir west side of village. There is a government shop and middle school. There is both side of the village.
Bhekash is situated at 3 km distance of bhabua district. this village mainly belongs to rajputs and Brahmin. there is an old shiva mandir outside the village.the village is situated at the bank of surwara river.
Marichawn is situated at 11 km distance of bhabua district and 10 km(apprx) of mohania.here surwara river and kuknahia river meet each other.it is said that the name of marichawn is given at the name of great saints marich. Sidhanath temple(Ratan Puri Baba) This is a Shiv temple established by Saint Ratanpuri Baba who was the disciples of great sage baba Gorakhnath, situated near to village Bararura at bank of river Karmanasa. Residents of Village Baraura having great faith on this temple and Baba Sidhanath is resident god of Village.
Hatta is situated at 15 km distance of Bhabua district. Here are Rocks Gym, which has produced many body builders.
Masoie village which is on the way of durgawatti hatta road connecting nh2 ..
Bhabua Road railway station is the nearest Railway Station on the Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord, which is about 14 km north from Bhabua town. The main trains are Purushottam Express, Mahabodhi Express, Poorva Express, Kalka Mail, Mumbai Mail, Doon Express, Chambal Express, Shipra Express, Sealdah Exp, Budhpurnima Express, Asansol - Ahmedabad Express, Dikshabhumi Express, Jodhpur Exp, Garib Nawaj Express, Ranchi - Varanasi Express, Jharkhand Express, Sasaram - Anand Vihar Terminus AC Express etc. The town is 195 km from Patna and 84 km from Varanasi by road.
NH 2 (G.T. Road) crosses through the center of the district from Karmanasha to Kudra for about 50 km. NH 30 originates from it near Mohania and connects this district with the capital Patna via Arah. Apart from these, there are also a few State Highways in the district.
Mohania Sub-division is situated on Gaya-Mughalsarai Section of Grand Chord Railway line; the railway station is called Bhabua Road. The district headquarters is 14 km south from the railway station and the G.T. Road. The railway station has four platforms for the smooth flow of traffic.
- Rashtriya Computer Saksharta Mission (M V D Computer)
- Rajeev gandhi computer saksharta mission,
- Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel College,
- Bhupesh Gupt College,
- Shahid Sanjay Singh Mahila College,
- Patel Degree Mahila College.
- Mother Shakuntala Residential Public School. Run By HRS
- St. Loretz English school, near bhupesh gupta college
- lord buddha public school, chhawani muhalla bhabua-09
- Oxford Public School, Opp. collectorate gate
- Manava Bharati Heritage School
- Adarsh Gaurav public school
- The Modern School
- St. Joseph's school
- Town High School, Bhabua
- Delhi Public School
- New Convent School
- GEMS English School
- Atal Bihari Singh High School
- S.S Girls High school
- Maa Rajeshwari Girl Inter College
- Udasi Devi High School
- R.P.S. Public School
- Tagore Academy
- DAV Public School Ratwar
- Rose Bud School
- St. Xavier's School
- Gaurav public school
- A H Public school
Pooja kids play school, Bhabua
- Children's Academy Residential school Bhabua-12
- Super-60 coaching institute Bhabua-12
Ekta Chowk[edit]
Ekta chowk is the main market place of Bhabua, its also called the heart of this town. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi is located at Ekta chowk.
Jayprakash Chowk[edit]
This Chowk is dedicated to Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan a legendary leader of Bihar. Four road routes are connecting with this Chowk which also connect some of the prominent villages of Kaimur as in north Akhalaspur, Sikathi, Bhekas, marichanw & so on. In south Bhagwanpur, Adhaura, in East Bhabua town & in west Mokari, Chainpur, Lodipur & others. Some few meters in west of Jayprakash Chowk one another Chowk is called Patel Chowk.
ShivaJi Chowk[edit]
This Chowk is located north side of JayPrakash Chowk. "DEVI MANDIR" is one of the temples in Bhabua that located near ShivaJi chowk.
Patel Chowk[edit]
This Chowk is located nearby East side of JayPrakash Chowk.
Ashtabhuji Chowk[edit]
This Chowk is located in East-North of Bhabua.Which is mainly know because of it 8 road accordation.There is a mahavir temple at this chowk.Asthbhuji chowk connects Bhabhua with many villages area.
- ^ "Bhabua in Bihar to become World's first Green City". Biharprabha News. Retrieved 15 January 2014.


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Friday, July 30, 2010
Like Me, Hate Me
I remember it was back in the very early days of 1990, the start of the 90s decade, and on this cold, dark, rainy and windy day I was walking from my class to the bus stop, about to head home. The wind was very fierce! It was so strong, it literally blew my umbrella right out of my hand, and I had a load of books and magazines in my arm at that time. One of the books I had was a magazine I had with an article and pics of Dian Fossey. It was my most favorite book of all. I kept it with me so I could always read it during my free periods. It was a magazine that my previous boyfriend got for me, so it was very special in that way as well. I still remember the day he got it for me, but that's a whole other story I will save for a later post. Well anyway, when that gust of wind knocked my umbrella out of my hand, it also made me drop all my books and magazines and stuff. Another nice guy, who I typically saw at the bus stop there, came over and helped me pick up all my items and even caught my umbrella for me. The wind was strong enough that I just pointed the umbrella back towards the wind and it got back in it's normal position once again, and I continued on to the bus stop to wait for the bus. Well, I was almost positive I had all my stuff once again. So, I went home with a clean conscience.
Well, when I got home, I discovered something terrible. I discovered my favorite magazine was gone! I looked and looked in my pile of books, over and over again, thinking maybe I overlooked it, but no. It was just GONE!! I felt so bad, I layed down in bed, put the covers over my head and cried my eyes out! Anna came rushing into the room wondering why I was crying, and when I told her, her attitude was like "Oh is THAT all you're crying about? Because you lost a stupid magazine??" To Anna, it was just "a stupid magazine." But to me, it was a wonderful and exciting array of pictures and words, put together by Dian Fossey herself, and was given to me as a gift by my ex-fiance, who was now also gone. And it made me sad. Well, Anna wouldn't give me solace, neither would Eva, and pa sure as Hell wouldn't! He accused me of acting like a child, and said he wasn't going to "baby" me anymore! All I was looking for was a shoulder to cry on and the one time I needed him the most, my father was accusing me of acting like a baby??!! It was like a nightmare landscape! I was surrounded by insensitive morons! I did find a wee bit of solace in the computers at the school, where I could sit and write about this horrible night the night before. Even back then, I still always typed my diaries on the computer! Well, at the time, Jennifer and I had just met, so I was still in the "getting to know her before I get too close" phase. Well, she came up and sat next to me at the computer, and asked me how I was and I told her I was miserable. She asked why and I told her of the events that happened the night before on my way home. I was having a typical "woe is me" moment. LOL! Believe me, those moments were rare for me back then!!! But to my surprise, Jennifer offered her alleviation. She put her hand on my shoulder and massaged it in a friendly manner, and told me that it'll be OK. I was half teary-eyed, but I looked at her, and I actually felt the sun shining through. I began to feel progressively better as the day went on. Soon, I was not sad anymore. From that day on, Jennifer was like honey and I was like a bee. We became very good friends after that! Or so I thought, for the following 3 years.
Jennifer and I were friends for about 3 years, then in 1993, something happened. I don't know what happened, but for a while, I tried calling her home and all I ever got was an answering machine. At first I thought nothing about it and left a message, knowing she was always good about returning my messages. So I left a message and waited. I waited for about a week, and still hadn't heard from her. So I called her back and left another message, then hung up and waited again. I cannot tell you how every time I heard the phone ring I hoped it was her returning my call, but it wasn't. I must have tried about 3 more times, each time leaving a message and never heard back from her. The thing is, I have no idea what happened to her! She all of a sudden went from being my best buddy and almost a big sis, to just brushing me off like we had never met before, and I had no idea why. I can only speculate.
One theory I had involved this other guy named Bob, who was looking for a roommate to share his apartment expenses. All I was ever going to become was his roommate, so he and I set up a day and time to meet up and he could interview me. Well, somehow my pa caught wind that I was going to meet someone that I was thinking about moving in with, and he forbade me to go. Unfortunately he was my only way of getting there back then. So if he wasn't going to take me, I couldn't go. I could not call Bob and let him know the circumstances, so I called Jennifer, and got her answering machine. I asked her to tell Bob that I just could not go, and my father would not let me move into his apartment. Whether she told him or not, I have no clue! But I did call and I left that message on Jennifer's answering machine. Maybe she thought I was dissing him? Maybe she never got the message due to some kind of malfunction? Maybe she thought I was making excuses, I don't know.
Another theory I had was that my sis and I put an ad in the local newspaper, and well, someone called one day while the ad was in the paper, and she spoke in a whispery voice. I thought it was Jennifer because she had a sort of whispery voice naturally. So I stayed on the line and talked as if it was her. But the more I talked to this woman, the less she sounded like Jennifer! She was kinda weird!! I didn't say much once she started acting off base, but I knew this was not my friend. So, I asked this young woman what her name is and she answered "Cindy." She never spoke above a whisper, which I thought was odd. I asked her if there was something wrong with her voice and she said no. Then she asked me "You know what I'm doing now?" and I said "What?" Almost knowing what I was going to hear next, and not wanting to hear it!! But Cindy answered, "I'm touching myself." I got pissed and said to her "BIG DEAL!!" and banged the phone up in her ear! Well, wouldn't you know it, the phone rang not too long after that, and I didn't know if it'd be her again, or someone else about the ad. This time though Anna answered the phone. She said a woman spoke, and did sound whispery. Well, Anna wailed into her, saying "I know who you are, you called here earlier and bothered my sister!" She told the person on the phone to get off the phone and never call here again. To this day, I often wondered if that may have been Jennifer? I wish to GOD I knew for sure!! But I have a gut feeling that it was my friend!!
Well, both of those incidents happened within days of each other, and I did notice that after that, Jennifer stopped speaking to me. So it had to have been because of one of those events that she and I are not friends anymore. Anna should have asked for the person's name before going off on her. I wish I had answered the phone instead of Anna!! Because I would have known if the person who called really was Jennifer, or just that prank caller, Cindy. I would be able to tell the difference then. Anna couldn't. She didn't talk to Cindy, I did. And frankly I don't think Cindy would have called back! All I told Anna about Cindy was that she didn't speak above a whisper and the things she said and how weird she sounded. Well, at first I thought she was Jennifer. I was kindof expecting her to call because of the message I left on her answering machine about Bob a couple of days before. Jennifer too, like I said, had a whispered voice, for her it was natural. So that was why at first I thought Cindy was Jennifer. Well, for a long time I felt bad about losing the friendship with Jennifer, simply because we were such great friends for so long.
I've grown harder in my old age, and now, losing friends only means something if I've known them for a long time and got along so well with them. This also includes no feelings of treachery coming from them, which I have a sixth sense about. I've been around enough phony people to know when they are going behind my back and saying or doing shit that they shouldn't. And I can literally "feel" if a person holds any degree of resentment towards me, even if they do act nice to my face. Even on the internet! I just have impeccable instincts. Well, one person who I am Facebook friends with, she posted a video about lions up a few days ago. A day, or so, before that she posted a video about the club-winged mannakin, which is a very interesting bird. I love birds a lot! Still hoping to get some of my own. But I hate lions. Well, this person doesn't seem to like the idea that I don't like lions. I told her my favorite animals are lemurs. Well, they are! She keeps asking me why I don't like lions, and I already told her. She didn't know what lemurs are, so I told her to do a search for them, well she did, and came back with this video of a tarsier opening it's eyes slowly. A tarsier is almost a lemur, kind of an intermediate between lemurs and monkeys. But they are not strepsirrhines like lemurs are. So, she seemed to want to know more about lemurs, and asked me to chip in more information. Well, I didn't have time to do it last night, so I waited until today, when I had a spare second or two, and I posted on her wall a couple of pics I had of sifakas, which are my most favorite lemurs.
Really, it is my decision, no one else's. All I ask of my friends is not much, but that they understand that I feel the way I feel, and I cannot change. I've heard all the arguments about lions from biased panther-lovers, I've even been called every name in the book by the more uneducated versions of panther-lovers! NONE of it has any impact on how I feel about panthers. Well, tonight, this friend asked me what my 3 most favorite animals in the world are, and to summarize why I love these animals.
Well, my 3 most favorite animals that I can name right off the bat are lemurs, dolphins and otters, pretty much in that order. All these animals have one special thing in common, they are happy, lively animals that seem to epitomize the joy of living. Dolphins and lemurs even have an extra bit of a personality bonus: They can sing! And they sing really well! As good as any human. Lions? What do they do all day? Nothing but eat, shit and sleep, and they kill for fun. When a lion kills a hyena, do you think they are going to eat it? If you do then think again. When a whole troupe of lions brings down an elephant, do you think they will eat the whole 9-ton carcass? Again, think again. A whole pack of lions may consume about 300 pounds (thinking of maybe a pack of 30 lions). What's left? They leave behind about 95% of the carcass to scavengers. So IMO, lions do kill for fun. They are no better than poachers are in human society. IMO, lions don't even have any compensating qualities. They're still ugly as sin. They try to croak out some sounds, but I've heard more melodious noises come from a dying cow. Sorry, but nothing anyone can say will make me like lions ever again.
************NEVERMIND!!! It was all a joke! And a good one on me! LOL! :P
2 comments :
- mikessa said...
TF, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I seen what the two of you wrote on the lion video. It shows up on my FB wall. If this person wont except you for WHO you are, then its not worth it. But you on the other hand tend to take it to a different level, forcing others to think like you. So you are both to blame for the whole thing. If she doesnt like lemurs, thats her opinion. But she doesnt have to go wild just because you cant stand lions. Everybody is different nobody can think alike. Thats why we have variety. If you cant except variety, then why the hell are we even here?
- July 30, 2010 at 3:36 AM
- TimGal said...
I know when someone asks me something, I tend to go into too much detail, but I want to make sure that person understands. And no, it's not like I forced anyone to think like me. I looked at it as showing her something new and fascinating, or showing off like a proud mama. That's how I am and probably how I'll always be.
- July 30, 2010 at 9:28 AM


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Why should you comment on blogs?
Why are comments such an integral part of blogs? What advice would you offer on writing effective blog comments?
Comments are integral because it truly allows a blogger to interact with his/her readers. Unlike newspapers & Tv where you don't get the one on one feedback a comment can inform a blogger of things that can help strengthen their blog, what their weaknesses are, can help provide supporting evidence, or can throw a stick in the mud to a bloggers theory.
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Tritions Orbit Artist Noise Trail Immersion Interview is up...
1. How did the band come to mix Grind, Noisecore and Industrial elements into a Very Math metal overtone ?
We started out as a Mathcore band in 2013, but later on we got into different genres, like the new wave of dissonant Black Metal and Blackened Hardcore, Post-Metal and Ambient. So we realized that what we wanted to do for our first full-lenght album was trying to combine the attitude and the sound of the styles that we were starting to approach with the "Math" side of our music, already present in our first EP.
2. The Frantic elements of the music and off time signatures are what make the band so interesting what bands influenced you of course you can hear Converge, Dead guy, Dillinger Escape Plan and bands like Gorguts , Virus and Opeth .
Yes, we love the bands you mentioned! Apart from those, we also love bands like Ulcerate, Deathspell Omega, The Secret, Amia Venera Landscape, Altar Of Plagues, Celeste and Krallice, that influenced the "Post" and Black metal side of our music.
Our "Math" side, instead, is influenced by bands like War From A Harlots Mouth, Ion Dissonance and The Arusha Accord.
3. I know very little about the label your signed to Tritions Orbit tell us about them and how did you begin working with them ?
We got the contact of Catia and Against PR through a friend because we needed some promotion for the album and then we decided also to print and distribuite the physical CDs with them. We want to thank them for the work!
Digital distribution,instead, is being handled by Moment Of Collapse Records, so we also want to thank Sebastian!
4. What is a live show for N.T.I like and how does it differ from the album?
Hard do tell how it differs from the album: for instance, maybe we try to look more like more like a Hardcore band than a Metal band in terms of the show, even if our musical style has more Metal elements.
Anyway, our main goal regarding live performances is to make the show coherent with the music.
In order to do that, for example, we use a fog machine and a particular set of lights, and often put creepy interludes between the songs.
5. If you could make a proper video for any track on the album which would it be and why?
For all the "right in the face" tracks of the album we think that a playback video is the way to go. That's why we chose that kind of video for the song "Organism" and we would have gone with the same solution if we had chosen "In Somnis", "Placenta" or "Tongueless". If we had chosen a more introspective track for the video, like "Birth" or "Light Eaters", probably the best solution would have been a video without the band playing, but something like dreamlike and dark images flowing.
6. In 4 words describe the band to someone that hasn't heard you.
8 strings blackened chaos
7. You album cover is very interesting how does it play a role in the story of Womb?
Yes, partly. First of all, we decided we wanted a piece of art as our album cover. Casually we found the image of the women dancing and we decided to adapt it for the album cover.
The album is a concept about a metaphore of the womb, and we thought that the image of those women was somehow coherent with the idea and the intention of the album.
8. What music or books are impressing the band at this time?
Speaking of metal, some stuff we really loved in 2016 are the new records by Deathspell Omega, Plebeian Grandstand, Coma Cluster Void, Krallice, Dysrhythmia and Gorguts; but we're also listening to a lot of non-metal artists: Saåad and Arve Henriksen to name a few, and in general a lot of Ambient and Dark-Jazz.
9. Do the members of Noise Trail Immersion have other project as well tell us about them.
Yes. Our singer Fabio and our drummer Paolo also play in Thirst Prayer, a blackened hardcore band, our guitarist Daniele has a side studio project called Occulta Veritas (Post/Progressive Metal). Lorenzo, Davide and Daniele are also collaborating together on building a little studio and doing productions both for metal and electronic music bands/artists (in particular, Lorenzo and Davide also do electronic beats for other artists.
10. What you thoughts on Social Media and Digital media in 2017 is it truly the next frontier of the extreme music underground?
Social Media is definitely important since it's the most relevant, and easiest as well, way to comunicate with the audience. About digital media, it surely plays a big role, but we also believe that physical CD-s and vinyls are not gonna be "left out", and that's a good thing. It's good that we have music in a digital format, but it's just one of the options.
11. Where do you see the sound of N.T.I heading with future releases?
Actually, we have almost finished writing a new full-lenght album and we'll record it this year. This new record will be a little different: first of all, It's darker than "Womb". Speaking in terms of genres it's a little more "black" and a little less "math", but the crazy element is still there and the guitar parts are really intricate, since the two guitars play different parts in most of the album.
In this new record every song is connected to the following one, so that the album seems like just a long track, and we're really excited about that.
12. Does Imagine play a role in the band at all?
Yes, maybe not the most important one, but it plays a role. Anyway, we try to concentrate mainly on sound and impact.
13. Are there any local acts from your area that we need to know about that just are not getting press ?
Well, we think that Italy is full of awesome bands that deserve more. To name a few, Sunpocrisy, O (Segno Circolare), La Fin, Wows, Haram, Khoy, Tutti I Colori Del Buio, Last Minute To Jaffna, Fall Of Minerva, Despite Exile, Lies Of Nazca, Marmore, Zeit and many more.
14. If a large label came and offered you a deal is it something that would work for band like Noise Trail Immersion?
Maybe yes, Maybe not. The main point is that large labels for many reason often tend to be "sectorial" from a certain point of view, while we feel like we don't really fit in a specific "scene" right now, and maybe we'll never really fit. For example: in terms of attitude, we feel like a Black Metal band, but at the same time we realize we're not really doing Black Metal. Sure, there's a lot of Black Metal influence in the music, but clearly that's not the same.Anyway, that's not a problem to us, we just like doing the music we do, and we don't do this for a living, so we're not aiming to become "someone".
15. I really like to know where did the name of the band come from and what meaning does it hold?
We don't want to disappoint you or anything, but they're just three random words we thought sounded cool when put together.
16. Thank you for the time any closing thoughts here
Thank you and Absolute Zero Media for the opportunity! It was a real pleasure!


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Well this is the first of hopefully (but not likely:) many entries into this blog about my upcoming year in Africa. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm spending next year at Heri Adventist Hospital in Kigoma, Tanzania with my amazing friend Neil Patel.
I've been waiting for a call for a while...trying to get in contact with different places but nothing seemed to work out. Then we heard about Heri and everything seemed to line up.
So to drag on this attempt at a decent blog posting I'm going to ramble on about what my next few months are going to look like. As soon as I get out of taking finals in a few weeks, a friend and I are driving back to Walla Walla and then down to Oregon where I'll get to spend two days before I fly out to Mozambique to spend a month with my family. In mid-June I'm flying back to work at Big Lake Youth Camp for the summer. My job is RAD counselor so I'm going to be hanging out with kids while we go rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and do other adventurous activities.
I'll probably be leaving for Tanzania in mid-September assuming everything works out well. Yay for summer vacation! It's only six tests, one presentation, four papers, and four quizzes away.
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The Arizona Rattlers have the most efficient offense and defense in the Arena Football League, but even they shouldn't be able to do what they did in the second quarter last week against the Philadelphia Soul. Continue reading The Splendidly Efficient Rattlers
Tag Archives: Arena Football League
AFL Power Rankings, Week 11
I don't have enough fun and interesting facts for a full post, so here are a few to tide you over until next week.
- Until Week 10, no team had surrendered a safety all season. The LA KISS have now given up two in two weeks (no one else has surrendered one).
- Jacksonville's three defensive TDs against Tampa Bay exceeded their non-offensive output for the rest of the season combined (they had one defensive TD and one special teams TD).
- Tampa Bay reached 10 touchdowns surrendered first, getting all the way up to 11 in just 10 games. Yes, opposing defenses average more than a touchdown per game against the Storm.
Here are your power rankings:
- Philadelphia (1.21)
- Arizona (1.12)
- Jacksonville (1.10)
- Orlando (1.02)
- Cleveland (0.99)
- Los Angeles (0.93)
- Tampa Bay (0.81)
- Portland (0.78)
Jacksonville improved their ranking by annihilating Tampa Bay. Portland couldn't capitalize on the Storm's poor performance, losing by a lot to Arizona. Orlando and Cleveland's dead-even battle resulted in almost no movement for both teams. And Philadelphia has started running away with No. 1 honors.
This is a big week for our rankings – the No. 1 and 2 teams will battle, as will 3 and 4. The biggest disparity in a matchup this weekend is between Cleveland and Portland, and the first game between those two teams went to overtime. Enjoy the games and hopefully we'll shake things up next week!
AFL Power Rankings, Week 10
This season, I've still been keeping track of weighted success rates. These numbers only take into account offensive and defensive prowess based on scoring success rates. Drives where there isn't enough time to score at the end of a half, drives where the winning team just kills the clock, etc. don't count against totals. Neither do special teams, because the nature of bar balls, onside kicks, etc. seem to be more luck than skill.
Weighted Offense:
- Philadelphia, 80% scores
- Orlando, 79%
- Arizona, 78%
- Jacksonville, 75%
- Cleveland, 74%
- Los Angeles, 67%
- Tampa Bay, 54%
- Portland, 53%
Weighted Defense:
- Philadelphia, 38% stops
- Los Angeles, 33%
- Arizona, 32%
- Jacksonville, 30%
- Tampa Bay, 30%
- Cleveland, 26%
- Portland, 26%
- Orlando, 22%
Orlando's best week was Week 1, which means it gets the least weight in this week's ratings; Portland's best week by far was this week. Those last two are likely to change, but the current positioning underscores how badly Orlando's defense has struggled to get off the field in recent weeks.
The total scores, then, provide a general framework for my Week 10 Power Rankings.
- Philadelphia, 1.19
- Arizona, 1.10
- Orlando, 1.02
- Jacksonville, 1.05
- Cleveland, 1.00
- Los Angeles, 1.00
- Tampa Bay, 0.84
- Portland, 0.79
I put Orlando ahead of Jacksonville based on the strength of their superior special teams play, which has produced eight touchdowns to Jacksonville's one (although that one was produced by new acquisition Reggie Gray, who scored this week). They've also done a better job of winning games, which is what the sport is all about. Cleveland wins the tiebreaker over Los Angeles on the strength of their seven defensive touchdowns to Los Angeles' three.
Facebook Cover Schedules, Vol. 1
Now that the Portland Steel have finally been named and their logo has been announced, I'm able to finish the home schedule graphics I've made as Facebook cover images. Of course, after using my template from last year to show what areas would be covered, it appears that Facebook has made it so even more of your profile pic will be in the way of the image, removing the 2016 part of the image.
I hope you'll be able to live with having to remember what year it is. 😃
Anyway, here are the American Conference's team schedules; you can see the National Conference schedules at this link.
Game Day: Portland Thunder vs. Spokane Shock
AFL Referees: Making NBA Refs Look Perfect
As a resident of the Northwest, and a guy who watches a lot of AFL games, I've been subjected to a lot of terrible refereeing. A good 80 percent of the worst refereed games I've seen have involved Dave Cutaia's crew, and I'm sick of it.
When dealing with poor refereeing, I'm used to the NBA's model, where the idea seems to be to err in favor of the team that's losing by a considerable amount, or perhaps the home team, to try to keep the game interesting for longer. With Cutaia's crew, however, it always seems as though they want to be part of the winning team, helping the superior squad gain even more of an advantage through horrific calls and non-calls.
Below are a few photos (and videos) of the most obvious missed calls and made-up calls. Continue reading AFL Referees: Making NBA Refs Look Perfect
V'Keon Lacey Earns Catch of the Week Honors
CHICAGO – San Jose SaberCats wide receiver Reggie Gray has been awarded Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Week, while Tampa Bay Storm defensive back James Harrell has been awarded Riddell Defensive Player of the Week, and Philadelphia Soul wide receiver Marco Thomas has been awarded J. Lewis Small Playmaker of the Week for Week 10 of the 2015 Arena Football League season. The Cutters Catch of the Week has been awarded to Portland Thunder wide receiver V'Keon Lacey, while the AFL Highlight of the Week has been awarded to Philadelphia Soul defensive back Kent Richardson.
Lacey (6-4, 220, Angelo State) made a spectacular one-handed touchdown catch between two SaberCat defenders in the fourth quarter of Portland's 42-61 loss to San Jose in Week 10. The third-year wideout led the Thunder with five receptions for 59 yards and a touchdown in the game. He will receive a Cutters hat and shirt in recognition of the catch. The catch was also featured on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10.
For the rest of the release, visit the Arena Football League website.
Arena Football League Midterm Grades
All 12 Arena Football League teams have made it through the midpoint of their season, so it's an ideal time to hand out mid-term grades.
I took the offensive and defensive success rates, added them up, then let the SaberCats set the curve, giving them an overall 100 percent grade. Everyone else gets their grades adjusted based on that 100-point scale.
The National Conference's average grade was a 73.6; the American Conference tops that with an average grade of 75.3. However, the National Conference has a huge disparity, with both the two top teams and four of the five bottom teams. The American Conference is the AFL's middle class, with four of their six teams earning Cs halfway through the year.
|San Jose SaberCats
They have the best offense and defense in the league, they're 10-0, and they still have potential to do more. When they look sloppy and bad, they win by 20. What happens when they play well?
|Arizona Rattlers
Yup, the Sabercats are wrecking the league so badly that no one else scores in the A range. Arizona's offense has had some hiccups while working through missing their receivers early in the season and then their quarterback problems with Davila's injury and Coleman's leaving the team. The Defense has been really good; San Jose's defense has just been ridiculous. If this team gets healthy, they are definitely still a threat to the SaberCats. Continue reading Arena Football League Midterm Grades
Game Photos: San Jose SaberCats 61, Portland Thunder 42
New Thunder Quarterback in the Card(er)s?
After his performance last night against the Sabercats and given the next opponents are the hapless Los Angeles KISS, I speculated a bit about whether or not Alex Carder might become the next starting QB of the Portland Thunder sooner rather than later. Check out the article on ArenaFan.


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Merry Christmas
Every year I carve a stamp and use it for my Christmas cards. I used linoleum for this year's design instead of speedball. It was more difficult to cut but created a smoother stamp when completed.
Bear in Mind Podcast - Digital Currencies
I appeared on the University of Northern Colorado's podcast Bear in Mind this week for a quick chat about Crypto-Currencies, Bitcoin, and Blockchain.
Jekyll Liquid Plugin Hello World
This blog has been built with Jekyll templates for about a month now, and I recently moved it over to Bitbucket and hosted with Digital Ocean. Since it moving away from GitHub for hosting, I can use custom plugins! GitHub limits the plugins they allow on their site for security reasons, which makes sense.
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This blog was running WordPress for the past three years, and today I decided to convert it into Jekyll. The most significant driving factor is that WordPress is overkill for what I want to do. I need a platform where I can publish content and manipulate. Besides the WordPress platform, the template I was using had a handful of extra plugins that were required to run the blog.
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It was a lot of money in the early 60's. $2.06 an hour!
I had experienced unemployment. I had delivered newspapers and magazines door to door. I had been a hockey program assembler at a printing firm where I earned a few pennies an hour. And I had worked as a auto parts clerk at a small accessories store, where my weekly net pay was $24.17.
The big dollar excitement came when I landed a job in the steel plant general labour pool. Times were good and they were hiring. Steady work and a future. Why, I'd be starting with at least $70 a week. This was more than enough to start my life of independence.
In very short order, I moved on from the yard and found myself working the midnight shift loading steel rails on ships bound for God knows where. And at some point, I had gotten myself elected shop steward of the United Steel Workers of America. Suddenly, I had prestige and was making the good money that comes with flat rate plus tonnage. Who could ask for anything more? Well, I wanted a car.
A car is, as every teenager knows, the first measure of adulthood, whatever your class or station in life. This "rite de passage" is more significant that shooting one's first elephant. It is way beyond one's first real date and subsequent first on-target kiss. It represents, as Henry Ford well knew, the moment of truth – the separation of the sheep from the shakers and movers.
This big step must be handled personally. It is not a time to seek advice from one's father or mother, even though you would not have to beg for that advice. You go into this knowing that you can (and likely will) make mistakes. You accept that. What you would never accept is admitting it.
My first payday at the docks found me at the local used car dealership. And there it was. It was clearly waiting for me. Long, black, shiny, four tires, front and back seats, a steering wheel, and most important of all, a beautiful full-throated AM radio guaranteed to blast the fog from the windows and anyone over 25 from the car itself.
Under the hood? I don't actually recall looking there, though I must have asked if there was an engine. Rust? Why would there be rust on a good as new car?? I ran to the salesman's office to sign whatever he put in front of me. One of those documents was a financing contract, and today I really do wish I had read the large print.
My mind was fixed on only one thing: getting my citizen's band (CB) radio and antenna installed and heading out on the highway. I had already picked out the CB that would be installed on day two. I fantasized speeding down the highway calling, "Breaker, breaker, Mad Dog to Whiz Kid Four, do you copy?"
In the 60's, cars were an immense high, girls were women and the music, only fully enjoyed at high highway speeds. Dances were good plain fun and drugs were something your mom sent you to the pharmacy for when somebody got sick. Tempting fate had something to do with sharing one pint of beer with a half dozen friends. Such a risky venture as this was always followed by a swoosh of Listerine that near eradicated your breath altogether.
As critical to growing up and having fun as they were, cars did cost a lot, even then. Those concerns were, however, mainly for those slackers who weren't going to be making close to a hundred dollars a week, stuck in jobs where there wasn't anywhere near the guaranteed security that I would have at the docks.
The future was bright, and into that bright future I'd be driving behind the wheel of my shiny, almost new Pontiac Parisienne. What more reassurance did I need than the confidence the finance company had shown in me?
I was on cloud nine. It was a time of huge paychecks, not to mention the adrenalin high of working the midnight shift as a dockworker. And then came quitting time when, into my shiny black, very fast, Pontiac Parisienne, I would leap for a few tours of the town before passing out in complete exhaustion. This was darn close to destiny fulfilled.
Something should be said about the social and economic environment wherein these events were experienced. The coal and steel towns of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia were small communities by today's standards, but relatively large in the context of the 60's. Mainland magazines would call the folks around there "blue collar," but we probably would have called ourselves just "hard working."
These were towns where sons did what fathers did, where daughters did what mothers did. And these were towns where sons and daughters probably repeated each and every single mistake that their parents made in their own lives. None of these folks would consider for one moment that the way of things could change, or appropriate that they should. In steel and mining towns, you enjoyed what you could, when you could. There were good times. There were long, unhappy bad times. Often, when the good times came, there was only tired relief. Celebrations seemed to focus on the birth and growth of children and grandchildren.
But this is digression…we were talking cars, specifically about boys and their first car. Some observers of the human condition have said that a man doesn't forget his first woman. That may be true, but equally, a boy entering manhood never forgets his first car. He remembers his dreams, his final fulfillment, his thrills and his agonies.
He remembers too the "revelations" that came with his own wheels. The first of these was the number of instant friends one gained. Gaining friends is of course not the reason you get a car. If you weren't successful and popular, you wouldn't have the wherewithal to be buying a car anyway. And these friends seem to have the most incredible needs to get somewhere distant at the most inconvenient times imaginable.
The second revelation is something called "operating costs." I am quite sure nobody ever told me about the cost of gas. And I am absolutely sure that no one ever told me about the cost of mechanical repairs. Even though I had worked for a year as a car parts salesman, I was appalled to discover these guys charged three times the retail price to install it. Then there was insurance. I felt like I was being made to suffer and repent for the sins of every bad driver since the Model "T" hit the streets.
The third revelation is about how bits and pieces of my shiny new car seemed to pop off or break with annoying, and embarrassing regularity. One day I rolled back the floor carpet and found….the road. Yep…had to do with something called "rust." It scared me just a little bit to discover that I had been driving all those miles with nothing between me and a fast moving asphalt strip but a half-inch of furry nylon.
All these revelations, as awful as they were, paled before that fateful day when I took my father for a drive in my new car.
"A beauty, eh," said I, as we tooled down the road towards open
country, and freedom from the ills of the inner city. It was Saturday afternoon and he had finally succumbed to my several offers to "come for a test drive." Not that I would ever let him take the wheel. Not that he ever would ask. These rules are from unknown primeval sources.
"Not bad," said he, as he cautiously allowed his eyes to roam the interior. "Great radio." We traveled another mile or two, the wind blowing a gale through the open windows. "Everything OK underneath?" he asked. This was a permitted question, given that you couldn't easily see the underside. Just so long as it wasn't followed up with criticism, real or implied.
"Nah," says I, "didn't bother. The salesman was a straight guy who told me it had never been more than three blocks from home. Summer driving only." That line, incredibly, was new to me then. I couldn't even guess how many times I have heard it since.
"What's the acceleration like?" Now this struck me as a bit of an odd, and possibly dangerous question. "Brilliant," I said. "Did you think it was losing its edge because it's a couple of years old?" This of course represented a grievous error on my part. Too late, I realized that I had gone defensive with what was probably an innocuous question.
"No, no," he said, "quite the contrary. It's just that she seems to have an acceleration boost of some sort. Who exactly owned it before?"
I knew I was now on dangerous ground, but for the life of me had no idea why. What the devil is an "acceleration boost?"
"Had she had any accidents?" I really did appreciate his calling my beauty "she."
"Not a one," I replied, "I made a definite point of asking the salesman about that."
My father ruminated on these, and presumably other matters as I showed him how loud the radio could go and how fast I could drive on the most narrow and winding roads I could find.
He didn't say much for some time, and I felt a slight unease creep in. I replayed our conversation, wondering what, if anything, had caused him to slip into a thoughtful funk. My bravado started to shrivel.
Though my friends and I suffered parents as a biological necessity; in truth, we longed for acceptance and praise. But such came only infrequently. What came with tedious regularity were the arched eyebrow, and the all too frequent critique. Years of this treatment eliminated all interest in seeking advice, but nothing would ever eradicate one's needs for reassurance and encouragement.
My father, who of course experienced all these things with his father, was sensitive to all these issues. On our return to the house I was rewarded with a thanks for the drive in the country. He stood there with me for a moment, surveying my first tangible asset.
But now I was sure that something was indeed amiss. He asked if he could look in the trunk. That baffled me. "Sure," I said, as I ran for the key. It popped open with a reassuring "pong." He searched the trunk carefully, looking for what I could not imagine.
He found a small repair on the sidewall. It had completely escaped my notice. "She used to have a whip aerial," he said. The significance of this to me was zero. And what he said next floored me. "What decided you to buy a second hand police car?" He must have heard my "gulp." But he didn't follow this with any comment or criticism – leaving me with the clear impression that he honestly wanted to know what my motives were. I was very pleased, to say the least, but I was too dumbfounded to even imagine a response. I seem to recall the best I could come up with was a lopsided grin, a grin that must have convinced him I was completely bonkers.
In the two years following, the significance of that little bit of history became quite clear indeed. The "acceleration boost" that may have helped capture hundreds of evildoers, had also ground the engine's pistons to Jell-O. Tramping through snow, fields, floods and who knows what else had just about demolished the vehicle's suspension. I am now convinced it had been bonded with plumber's putty to allow it to get off the lot without coming all apart. And the brutal man-handling that service vehicles get meant that there was the creeping evil of rust behind every screw and in every crack and crevice.
I took the Pontiac Parisienne with me when I went to college. Returning to school was a decision I made when I got very tired of being a back shift stevedore who often failed to reach quota. And I had become very, very tired of being laid off every three months.
When the finance company came to re-possess my car, there wasn't much for them to gloat over. There were more spots with rust than without. Where the antennae had been, there was now a gaping hole – a suitable match for the one under the driver's feet. The black smoke it now gave off reminded me of the smokestack of a battleship. She was on her last legs, but I stood proud as they drove her away.
As sad as this denouement may seem, I need to remind my readers that it was merely the final chapter in a really quite good novel. One shouldn't judge a book merely by its ending. And there is the larger picture: this was my first car. We boys don't ever forget that. Now, if I could only remember the name of my first love……………
[This essay appeared in The Coastal Courier on July 24, 1993]