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Once again I am linking up with Quick Lit over on Modern Mrs Darcy to share with you some short and sweet reviews of the books I’ve been reading lately. Here are the notable.
The Husby read “The Sixty Minute Father” soon after we became parents and quickly declared he would re-read this book every year. So when I came across “The Sixty Minute Mother” on the church bookstall for a bargain price, I just had to give it a go. This book encouraged and challenged me in three very specific ways. Firstly, that as a mother I need to accept my children and not just love them, love and acceptance are two very different things. Two, that “if we do this, we can’t do that” and it’s as simple as that. Whether I work at home caring for my children or work outside the home serving others, I will be missing out on something and yet gaining something else. And thirdly, I learnt that parenting isn’t for cowards, my days with my girls safely tucked in my nest are numbered and one day I will need to let them go (and how I handle that is pretty key to our adult relationship). And did I read it in sixty minutes I hear you ask? Unfortunately it took me longer, but then I am a slow reader who also had to deal with a clingy toddler and cranky baby in between chapters.
It is estimated that a child enters care in the UK every 22 minutes. In this book, Krish Kandiah challenges the church to better play it’s part in caring for the orphans in our midst, known better in todays context as vulnerable children. It’s a well balanced mix of Biblical teaching, insightful case studies and practical considerations that make it deeply challenging and truly gripping. This book left me feeling heart broken, convicted, daunted and inspired all at the same time, a very dangerous combination!
Heartbroken – for the thousands of vulnerable children in the UK alone that are in need of a home for good.
Convicted – that I very much have a part to play in this hard but rewarding mission.
Daunted – at the responsibility and difficulties that would come with caring for such children.
Inspired – by the difference the church could make it it chooses to support the care of vulnerable children in our own communities.
I ask that everyone read this book, but do so with caution, it will open your eyes, it will convict you and it will change you.
Continuing with the theme of vulnerable children, this book is a very brave attempt at redeeming international orphan care. The book focuses on the three main responses to the orphan crisis in the developing world: orphan care, short term missions and international adoption and highlights that despite many good intentions to help ‘our response to the orphan crisis runs the real risk of exploiting vulnerable families and children’. I have to admit as someone who has met orphans, been on several short term mission trips and who doesn’t rule out international adoption for my own family, this book thoroughly depressed me (as all books discussing the orphan crisis should do, I guess?) and yet, by the end it had also filled me with great hope. Hope that there is a way to help without hurting, a way to be obedient to our Biblical call to defend the fatherless. I recommend this book to anyone who supports orphan care ministries, to anyone planning on serving overseas and to anyone interested in international adoption. Despite being an emotionally challenging read, it is an important one that discusses the ethics and common misconceptions surrounding the care of orphans and vulnerable families.
Regular blog readers out there will have no doubt stumbled across popular blogger Myquillyn Smith, aka “The Nester” at some point. Her delightful blog, Nesting Place shares the secrets of decorating for real people and with some wonderful results. This book came out at just the right time for me, coordinating perfectly with our move into our new home earlier this year. As a recovering perfectionist and self-confessed neat freak, decorating can be somewhat trying but I can honestly say this book has been so freeing for me, enabling me to take on board the many practical tips Myquillyn has to share. This book has given me the courage to take risks, to get on with some projects and to ignore those well intentioned voices that say to go cream when in my gut I know I want to paint the walls white. It’s helped me to prioritise my spending and work out which items I feel are worth splurging on, like light fixtures and bed linen and which items I think I can make savings on, like cabinets and chests. This book has also encouraged me to define my own decorating style, thus knowing when to stay clear of the trends that just aren’t me – like cow hide rugs and wall antlers – and when to stick with the things I love, like hanging my wall gallery even if one off statement pieces are currently the in thing. ‘It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful’ has become my decorating mantra, which you will now often find me muttering under my breath as I nervously paint up another piece of furniture or sew some simple homemade curtains. As Myquillyn says, “Done is Better than Perfect” and I have to agree. It’s a perfect coffee table book full of beautiful photos and easy to read chapters that you can keep coming back to.
Today I am linking up with Quick Lit over on Modern Mrs Darcy to share with you some short and sweet reviews of the books I’ve been reading lately. Here are the notable.
Since becoming a mother I have realised that women are indeed very scary. This mummy gig is pretty isolating and with most of my friends either working nine to fives or living overseas I knew it was time to branch out and start dating some other mums. Enter Melanie Dale and her humorous book on developing ‘mom-lationships’. I enjoyed Melanie’s down to earth writing style, which is consistent with the writings over on her blog. It is full of lots of common sense advice that acts as a helpful reminder on how to pursue new friendships. The baseball analogy used was particularly helpful and enabled me to identify potential friendships and evaluate the bases my current ‘mom-lationships’ are at and come up with a strategy on how to move these forward. It’s an easy read which will have you laughing out loud.
Motherhood is one of the biggest blessings, it brings so much joy and yet it drains so much energy. This is the paradox of motherhood that Lisa Grace Byrne describes in Replenish. As a mother there is a fine line between sacrificing for your children and neglecting your own self care. After reaching a point of complete burnout, Lisa Grace Byrne identified eight core essentials that we mothers need to work on to experience true health and vitality. From nourishing food to joyful movement, authentic connections and anchored quiet – these were the cores that shouted for my attention first. Full of insight and practical tips on how to care for the woman behind the mother, her studies in biochemistry, nutrition and public health along with her accreditation as an holistic therapist fill you with confidence that she clearly knows what she is talking about! This a book all mothers with kiddies still in the nest should own, it’s a great manual for motherhood, a book you will keep coming back to. Five stars from me.
It turns out I’m a minimalist and didn’t even know it! I just thought I was a neat freak who didn’t like clutter. Living clutterfree with kids is definitely more of a challenge though, hence why I got a copy of this book. I ended up skimming through it in the end rather than reading it in it’s entirety as a lot of his suggestions were just plain common sense to me and already long established habits in our home. However, I found the chapters on keepsakes and artwork particularly helpful as I tend to be a sentimental creature, hoarding every memento and piece of paper that may be able to document our lives. After reading this I was able to sort through my two boxes of keepsakes and narrow the items down to one box. So although a lot of this book was not new information to me, for the slightly less organised, untidy people out there it definitely could give you some practical tips on decluttering, which will then free you up to live a simpler, less distracted life.
A Life That Says Welcome is a practical introduction to the art of hospitality, which has much less to do with entertaining and much more to do with the condition of your heart. I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting from this book, but the title appealed to me and I enjoyed it nonetheless. In part it is a record of the authors own experience of running an open home, as well as a practical guide covering chapters on decluttering, cleaning and even easy recipe ideas to help you get started. It’s definitely a book to read with a notebook at hand, ready for jotting down all the ideas you can transfer to your own home. I particularly enjoyed how she affirmed our call to hospitality through searching the scriptures and in particular her reference to Mary & Martha has really stuck with me. She had some refreshing points about these two sisters and from now on I will remember that opening my home and serving others first starts with opening my heart in the presence of the Lord.
I kickstarted the year with this book and it was just what I needed after the birth of my second daughter, when my body wasn’t quite feeling my own and my mind turned to getting my body back to some new sense of normal. This book blew me away and seriously challenged my priorities in regard to my own health and fitness. It is not a diet book nor a fitness guide, but rather a theological argument that challenges the church to put a higher priority on pursuing physical health. It has left me with a new and much healthier stance on achieving physical fitness, one that seeks to strengthen my body in order to strengthen my soul. I highly recommend this book, it is full of wisdom and relevance and gets five stars from me.
Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Physical Touch and Gifts. You may think you know the 5 love languages, I did, having heard about them on a marriage course a few years back, but this small taster was no substitute for the actual book. I honestly found the book somewhat revelatory! It is full of wonderful case studies and many ‘a ha!‘ moments that will leave you with practical ideas to use as tools in your own marriage. I have come to understand both mine and my husband’s emotional needs so much more and would recommend this book to all married couples, no matter how long you have been married, you will learn something of use. From now on this is my go to gift for newly engaged couples, another five stars from me.
I’m a bit of a Rob Bell fan, I could listen to that guy talk theology geekery all day long, but funnily enough I’ve never read one of his books – until now! This book did indeed give me a new way of understanding marriage and in conversation with the Husby I’m now often referring to how things are effecting the zimzum, or rather the space created between us. I particularly enjoyed how Mr & Mrs Bell interjected with each other through the book and the stick men drawings were also rather helpful. This is an easy read and a good book to pick up if you’re not wanting anything too heavy from a marriage book, gets three stars from me.

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text: Aaron Rigsby is a storm chaser of 6 years, Adventurer, Hiker, and Urban Explorer. Aaron at a young age, always had a desire to explore new places, see new sites, tell stories, and meet new people along the way. Ever since he received his first camera at 8 years old he's been hooked ever since and after graduating High School decided to take his photography to a whole new level and in the warm months lives life on the road. If he's not chasing storms across the country, he's hiking trails, and mountains or exploring new locations across Ohio. Ohio has many places to be explored, it just takes some times to find them. Aaron likes to add people in his shots to really put into perspective how small we are compared to the many wanders of the world. You don't need to know what you are looking for, you just need to start looking.

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Your return to your True Selves has been an arduous journey at times, pray tell, but my gifted ones – my lighted ones, you are thoroughly prepared and “wired” for this illustrious journey all the way to fruition.
Be prepared for more refinement of your purpose and your destiny. As you enrich yourselves with the energies building and building as we speak, you may notice a lot of quivering in your Light Bodies. They are taking on greater amounts of light and so, must adjust. More pockets and packets of information will thus be opened for your awareness, and it is important that you relax and allow them to “come to light” so to speak.
Your refinement may leave you feeling “lost” and “empty” at times, but it is merely the adjustment and the intake of greater energies. I beseech you to take it in stride and not to “try“ to figure it out too much, but just allow and surrender and BE. This is still a little foreign to many of you, as you often get the “call” back to what you think is your true reality and so you must “attend” to things which may or may not bring you into a lower vibration.
However, this is all part of the refinement, this choosing of what you will put your attention to, and the richness of being that can result from just letting go and BE-ing with the new, strange and unknown senses – just a little while longer each time – can lift you higher and will allow you to experience the reality of the higher dimensions in a deeper and more fulfilling way, and in a more sustaining way.
It is all a gradation of up-liftments and you are all doing very well. Leaving the old behind will feel strange at times, but allowing yourself to soar into unknown territory, of a greater Lightness of Being, will prove very rewarding to you and also fortify your experience and “Be-ingness” there.
Take it at your own pace, dear ones, but keep lifting; keep viewing things through the lens of these glimpses of the higher dimensions you are becoming more and more privy to. For it is acclimating you to reside forever in that milieu, your rightful place.
As you lift and linger in those pockets of lighter energy and view everything from that perspective, you will find that the “pulls” into the lower dimensions of needs and wants and “have-tos” will begin to slip away more and more and become much less present and “charged” for you.
And so it is, as you ascend and expand and ascend into your “Lighter Truth and Being”. Nothing is looking the same, and this is appropriate, for as you change within, everything is morphed and altered; but in experiencing the sweetness of it, you will not want to go back.
Look for the “Lightness” in everything, for that is where your creation is fueled, where your transformation is fueled, dear ones. It is “written in the stars”, so to speak, that you shall inherit the earth, a New Earth, and you have achieved much already to that end.
Go at your own pace, but stay with your intent to absorb as much Light as you can, and to allow it to build to a crescendo within to allow an explosion of color and purity to envelop everything.
Feel and “See” yourself walking always in the Golden Light and consider it your new home. It will thus start to spread to others and envelop the world much more quickly.
For all intents and purposes, much is changed and much has shifted. Move aside the veil of your lingering illusion and see your world clearly for the first time. It is your norm now. It just remains for you to embrace it, dear ones.
The Glory of Creator is at your fingertips and you only have to allow it to grow in evidence for you. Sketch your intentions and dreams into the mist of this great Light that you are allowing to come forth from within, unleashed for your own betterment as well as for others.
The result is not always definitive, or concrete, but that is your old way of measuring things. The glory and change is in the breath of your newly felt Lightness of Being as you lift yourselves higher with thoughts and actions of Unconditional Love for yourselves and for others, as you bathe in that Light and Love as your natural habitat from here on out.
You are the peacemakers of the world and it is seeping out from every one of your “pores” of your lighted presence and Being. Enjoy the view and enjoy the scenery and get used to it. It is becoming your True Reality, dear ones.
Lovely! Thank you, Sananda and Fran.
How cool, Ron! Wow…how wonderful to see that in your meditation. We are definately shifting and changing and experiencing higher dimensions….I had a dream the night before the message that felt like I and we had all shifted into the higher realms, which I didnt really remember until I had received Sananda’s message and started posting it and the whole time I was reading and posting the message, I kept getting glimpses of the dream..which were so palpable…it .has stayed with me ever since, keeps coming up in glimpses…..thanks for reblogging!, and have a wonderful day!
Impeccable timing. THANK YOU both!

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The Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute has one of the largest, most experienced cardiac surgery team in south India. Over the last 2 1/2 years, more than 200 patients have had their heart surgery performed at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute For – ranging from valve surgery / repairs to CABG’s, complex aortic and arch surgeries.
The Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute performs coronary artery bypass operations with a success rate of over 99%. Even complex operations, Re-do surgeries and aortic and great vessel surgeries, are routinely performed at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute with excellent results.
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeries offer beating heart surgeries, Valve replacement / repair surgeries for adults and pediatric patients.
The Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeries is a tertiary care centre with specialized divisions cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, cardiac anesthesiology and intensive care, preventive cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation and perfusion technology.
Thoracic surgeries, lung and Mediastinal surgery.
Surgeries for peripheral vascular disease like Aorto-Bifemoral bypass, Femoro-Femoral bypass, Femoro-Popliteal bypass surgeries and as combined procedure with bypass surgery is being performed with excellent results.

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Returning from summer break in 1952, the Class of '54 was greeted by a lanky, Lincolnesque Midwesterner who had just been chosen to succeed Harry N. Wright as the College's president. Dr. Buell G. Gallagher was officially inaugurated as the seventh President of City College on February 19, 1953 before 2,100 public officials, university delegates, faculty members and invited students. In his inaugural address, he denounced outside pressure on education declaring that "the people's right to know is key to all our liberties."
In addition to a new College President, the Class of 1954 witnessed many changes on CCNY's campus. The campus grew by eighteen-and-a-half acres stretching from 130th to 135th streets, creating the South Campus. The student cafeteria opened a new bakeshop and the ancient Army Hall dormitories were shut down. The downtown center was renamed the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business and Public administration in honor of Bernard M. Baruch, a distinguished businessman and alumnus of CCNY. In addition naming the downtown center after him, the Class of 1954 devoted their Lexicon to Mr. Baruch.
As the College improved its facilities, it also opened its doors to new students. In September 1951, the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences became co-ed. It was the last school in City College to welcome women. Dorothy Schnabel '54 was the first women to join the Electrical Engineering honor fraternity, Eta Kappa Nu, and also the first co-ed to hold a badge in the engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi. In May 1954, the College's newspaper, The Campus elected its first women editor-in-chief, Francine Marcus '55.
Students and faculty joined to survey the College in the first All-College Conference. Over a thousand participated in a series of panels on all aspects of College affairs. Student Council President Joseph Clancy was first to conceive of this project, which was carried out by the student-faculty committee.
During their four years at City College, the Class of '54 attended many social affairs. There were numerous Lewisohn Stadium concerts, Carnival and House Plan. The Farewell Ball for the Class of 1954 was held at the Hotel Astor. The Senior Prom included dining at the Hotel St. Moritz and dancing on the Astor Roof. The Business School held their prom in the Colonnades Room in Essex House.
Several prominent speakers addressed the CCNY Community. President Harry S. Truman spoke at the Alumni Association's annual dinner and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to a great number of CCNY students and faculty gathered in the Great Hall. Lilly Christine, known in burlesque houses and 1950's men's magazines as the "Cat Girl," toured the campus. Senator Herbert Lehman (D., NY) also visited the College.
The Class of '54 bore witness to the biggest sports controversy in the College's history. After winning the 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball and the 1950 National Invitation Tournament, it was uncovered that four CCNY players shaved points in exchange for money. The basketball players were arrested and City College was banned from playing at Madison Square Garden and moved from Division I to Division III.
While basketball and most sports at the College were beset by various maladies and mishaps, the College's soccer team, the Lavenders won four Metropolitan Intercollegiate Championships and several players made City and All-American all star teams. The Beaver baseball team won the Metropolitan Conference Championship in 1953 for the first time in history. The swimming team also managed to provide added laurels to the prominence of Lavender athletic squads by capturing their first City Championship in 1954. The Class of '54 produced some of the finest individual records in wrestling with sterling performances from Dave Lesky, Jerry Steinberg, and Bernie Lloyd.
Many of these class notes are excerpted from the 1954 Microcosm, Editor-in-Chief Edward Swietnicki and the 1954 Lexicon, Co-Editors Herbert W. Brody and Richard G. Karp.

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As the epidemic of excessive ambulance waits at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments hits the headlines, BBC News has announced that 76,000 patients were forced to wait more than thirty minutes in ambulances outside A&Es – one in eight of the total.
This phenomenon inevitably impacts on ambulance waiting times, putting patients at risk.
Now whistleblowers at a Sutton’s St Helier hospital have told the SKWAWKBOX that on Tuesday night the number of people waiting at the same time for an ambulance reached two hundred.
The Trust has not been reachable for comment.
If the figure is correct, it paints a bleak picture for those in need of help across the country.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt has both denied and admitted that the NHS is in crisis.
Have similar information about your Trust? Email ambulancewaits@outlook.com.
Doctors and nurses are taking to social media sites to apologise to patients for the state of their departments with one described as in ‘third world conditions’ while others are calling for more help from the government.
In Portsmouth, the situation is no different with Queen Alexandra Hospital struggling under the pressure that comes with winter months. The Cosham site has seen ambulances waiting five hours to hand over patients to the emergency department and desperate pleas from management for additional staff to go into work.
Bit like Local Authorities have sold off most of the road gritters over the years. Some even sold them all. No chance getting an Ambulance then either except that the calibre of our NHS staff would walk with the kit to save a patience. Pity Management could not give the same respect.
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I believe that something is needed to bring these politicians to account, the Tories denied they were privatising the NHS when they clearly were.
The so called clever bit though is that they can claim parliament voted for the legislation which relieved Hunt of all responsibility for the privatisation process that is ongoing.
The current situation is that the CCGs are outsourcing all the NHS contracts by law. So that all services will end up in the private sector except those that the private sector doesn’t want.
We can thank those nice Libdems for supporting these Tories in the destruction of the NHS.
Whilst we are all distracted by the stupid EU debate the Tories are busy selling the ground from beneath our feet.
The EU is a total distraction, we have Neo-Liberal politicians in Europe with exactly the same agenda as these Neo-Liberal Tories and we fiddle whilst Rome burns. Because people are drawn in by the corrupt media who are leading the debate.
Getting rid of the lying Tories is and should be every bodies major priority, everything else is irrelevant.
BBC, you excuse for a publicly funded broadcaster, instead of trying to protect Hunt (I wrote a book on how to privatise the NHS) how about interviewing professor Allyson Pollock who really does know what she’s talking about? Would her comments and information be TOO accurate for you?
Demand a General Election now! Get it anyway one can! Get out and demonstrate against this Government! Write to MPs. contact Trades Unions, locally and nationally,write into media, put the demand on social media! Time to organise as an electorate and don’t wait for Labour to do it! If there’s Labour branches any in your neighbourhood contact them and demand that they act, they assist and they organise!
This is an outrageous affront to democracy. The British value their NHS and would not want it sold off to privateers. It is not a government’s to sell. It’s OUR NHS.
The BBC could ask Dr Bob Gill for the facts on the privatisation of the NHS. But they are very unlikely to. He woukd tell the truth.


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The cultural phenomenon called the Renaissance began in Italy during the fourteenth century and spread throughout much of Europe by the end of the sixteenth century. It involved a flowering of art and scholarly and philosophical pursuits, often inspired by a renewed interest in the Classical cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Some historians of the nineteenth century saw the Renaissance as a sharp break with the medieval “dark ages,” a sudden burst of intellectual light after the supposed gloom and stagnation of the Middle Ages.
However, that view has been eclipsed by more recent historians who emphasize the accomplishments of the medieval period. In fact, the European Middle Ages were a time of tremendous creativity and innovation. The era saw the development of many institutions we take for granted in the world today, in law, government, and education. Medieval artists and craftspeople created exquisite works, from tiny, detailed miniature illuminations adorned with gold leaf, to radiant fresco paintings, to soaring cathedrals glowing with intricate stained glass pictures. Medieval thinkers grappled with the writings of the ancient Classical philosophers, incorporating Aristotelian logic into new methods of working through theological debates. Medieval inventions include staples we take for granted in our everyday lives, from buttons, mechanical clocks, and eyeglasses to systems of banking, credit, bookkeeping, and insurance.
The Renaissance certainly encompasses a distinctive culture, with indisputably new ideas. But many areas of life experienced more continuity with the Middle Ages than change. Medieval Europe bequeathed a legacy to the Renaissance and beyond that continues to influence our thought, art, institutions, and culture. Writings and book illustrations from the Middle Ages demonstrate the vitality of the period.
Why might Renaissance and later historians want to envision an abrupt difference between their own times and the medieval past?
How do medieval manuscripts help us to understand the “long view” of the development of many modern institutions?
The foundations of modern nation-states and legal codes were established during the Middle Ages. From about the eleventh century (centuries before the Renaissance), judicial courts in continental Europe drew upon the law codes of ancient Rome as models for the development of complex legal systems. Roman law, which came to be called civil law (from civis, the Latin word for city) seemed especially well suited to regulating the vibrant commercial trade and property transactions that flourished during the central Middle Ages. This body of law was reworked and codified as the Napoleonic Code in the early nineteenth century, and it remains the basis of the legal codes of many European countries today.
England’s legal history took a different course, with the evolution of “common law,” or case law. In a common law system, precedent—previous decisions by courts on various matters—is as important as official law statutes. Courts in a civil law system have no authority other than what is provided for by specific laws. In common law courts, judicial decisions themselves become “law,” with the same authority as statutes. The English common law system came to North America with British colonists, and it forms the basis of the judicial system of the United States. Thus our courts have the independent ability to interpret law texts and set precedents that become the basis of future court decisions.
The basis of modern representative governments also progressed in medieval England. Early in the Middle Ages, Anglo-Saxon kings convened assemblies of noblemen (often called barons in England) and high officers of the church, in an institution called the Witenaġemot or Witan. Members of the Witan provided the king with advice and counsel and also had the right to consent to new laws and any changes to ancient custom. Anglo-Saxon England also established a sophisticated system of regional and local administrative units and judicial tribunals. The kings issued writs, formal written orders documenting royal actions, appointments, and decrees.
The French-speaking Normans, who conquered England in 1066, retained this basic governmental framework, while replacing most Anglo-Saxon officials with Norman lords and churchmen. They also changed the language of official documents from Old English to Latin. At the time, Latin served as a common language across Europe for governmental and church matters. Norman kings also established the much-hated Forest Law, which set aside vast tracts of forest land in England for the exclusive use of the king. No one else was permitted to cut wood or hunt game in royal forests; penalties for violations of the Forest Law could include mutilation or even death.
By the thirteenth century, the Angevin dynasty of Norman kings had eroded the role of noblemen in English government. Advancing a principle they called “force and will,” they claimed the right to make arbitrary decisions, theorizing that the king, as the established representative of God on earth, was above or outside the law. This contravened the time-honored recognition in England of the authority of custom and laws. Resistance to this change generated open rebellion by many barons against the unpopular King John. The rebels swore to “stand fast for the liberty of the church and the realm.” In 1215, the Archbishop of Canterbury, England’s highest church official, supervised peace talks with the rebels and helped them to draft a set of demands. These were formalized into a document known as the Great Charter, or Magna Carta. In June of that year, the rebels and King John met in a meadow called Runnymeade, about twenty miles outside London. John agreed to set his seal to Magna Carta, signifying his agreement to its principles, and the barons renewed their oaths of loyalty to the king. Shortly thereafter, the Pope declared the Charter invalid, saying John had accepted it under duress, and John repudiated it. Civil war broke out in England, ended abruptly by the king’s death from a sudden illness in October 2015. He was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, who became King Henry III.
The Great Charter was amended, rewritten, and reissued several times over the next century, most importantly in 1225 by Henry III. In 1217 Henry also sealed the Charter of the Forest, which reduced the amount of land considered royal forests, and gave some rights of common access to royal private lands. Such access was crucial to common people as well as nobles, as they relied on wood and turf for fuel and also needed to pasture animals like pigs and sheep on those lands. This charter also repealed the death penalty for hunting game on the king’s lands, though violators could still be fined or sent to jail. In 1297 King Edward I confirmed Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest, having them copied into the official Statute Roll as official laws. Many handwritten copies were made of the 1297 version.
Parallel with these legal developments, England’s political system also evolved to place limits on the authority of the king. By the thirteenth century, the advisory body called Parliament, made up of barons and high church officials, had gained the rights to be consulted by the king and to consent to new laws and taxes. In some cases, lesser-status knights and urban people, called burgesses, were also called to contribute their opinion. This group of people outside the ranks of the nobility became known as the Commons. King Edward I, who reigned from 1272 to 1307, started the practice of allowing all Englishmen, including commoners, to petition Parliament about their grievances directly. The amount of authority Parliament enjoyed waxed and waned over the next few centuries, as some strong kings were able to impose their will without worrying about Parliament’s consent. After the Middle Ages ended, some English kings tried to assert absolute authority based on divine right. The ultimate supremacy of Parliament over the king was not settled until the late seventeenth century, after a civil war, the beheading of one king, and the deposition of another in what is known as the Glorious Revolution.
Who was left out of the provisions of Magna Carta?
Magna Carta, Carta de Foresta, and other 13th-century statutes, England, c. 1300? The Newberry’s copy of these two charters was probably made around the year 1300. It is bound in a tiny book along with a number of other statutes of the time. It also contains curious additions, such as a threatened curse by the bishops of England on anyone who violates any charters. The two main documents and most of the laws are in Latin, but a few statutes are written in French, which the king and nobles would still have spoken at this time, a remnant of their Norman heritage.
Modus Tenendi Parliamentum; Tractatus de Senescalcia Anglie, England, mid-15th century The Modus Tenendi, originally written during the fourteenth century, provides a summary of the procedure of Parliament. Its description of parliamentary procedures and organization are now believed to be idealized, rather than descriptive of actual practices. The Newberry’s copy, which includes initials in burnished gold leaf and a lovely border of strawberries and flowers, is one of nineteen known copies that date to the Middle Ages.
The 1297 version of Magna Carta (in Latin) is followed by the Forest Charter. It also includes things like a curse by bishops on people who break charters (medieval legal documents, usually of property transfers), and various law statues, some in French.
An important early treatise on how the English Parliament was supposed to operate.
At today’s high school and university graduation ceremonies, participants wear long robes, often in bright colors. Faculty members and those graduating from master’s or doctoral programs may also wear “hoods,” a length of multi-colored cloth draped around the neck and hanging down the back in elaborate folds. Both garments serve as reminders of the medieval origins of the university.
Universities grew out of an older medieval tradition of cathedral and monastic schools. By the eleventh century, such schools in cities throughout Europe were attracting large numbers of young men eager to learn. The Latin word universitas means a community or corporate body. The first university, a legal corporation of students and masters that set the curriculum, standards, and degrees, was established in the Italian city of Bologna in 1088. Universities spread rapidly throughout Europe, with more than sixty established before 1500. Students and faculty were considered minor church functionaries, so they wore the same kinds of robes as priests and monks, with at that time attached hoods that could be pulled up over the head.
The basic course of university study centered around the seven liberal arts, a curriculum passed down from late antiquity. These included the trivium of Latin grammar, logic, and rhetoric (or persuasive argument), and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, music (theory, not performance), and astronomy. Some students continued on to higher courses of study in medicine, law, philosophy, or theology. All classes were conducted in Latin—students from all over Europe could attend a university in any city and converse in that language with students and masters from various origins. From very early on, universities excluded women and non-Christians. Soon university training became a prerequisite for many high government and church positions, and also for professions such as medicine and law.
The rise in universities stimulated a huge new demand for books. Before the medieval invention of moveable-type printing in the West, in the mid-fifteenth century, every word in every book had to be laboriously handwritten. While production of high-end luxury manuscripts, decorated with miniature illuminations and gold leaf, flourished (see the Religion and Popular Piety section below), books needed by hundreds of university students were usually produced as inexpensively as possible and often quite plain. Those that survive show evidence of heavy use, often including marginalia (notes written by readers in the margins and between lines of texts) and manicules (little drawings of a hand, with a finger pointing to a line the reader wants to emphasize—similar to today’s students using a yellow highlighter).
In the second half of the fifteenth century, the advent of printing technology revolutionized book production, permitting much faster manufacture of copies. Medieval books printed before the year 1501—when print was in its infancy—are called incunabula, from the Latin word for cradle. In the earliest incunables, printers tried to make their books look as much like traditional handwritten ones as possible. They used the same format as manuscript books, and imitated handwritten scripts with their typefaces. But soon printers experimented with new techniques and apparatuses, creating a look distinctive to printed books.
How might a proliferation of literacy and book production change earlier medieval social structures?
How would the necessity of university training to enter many professions change opportunities available to those who were not permitted to attend?
Principia in sacrum, and other works, Southern France, c. 1325 This book includes a collection of texts assembled from different independent manuscripts and bound together for the use of a university student. It includes many treatises and sermons routinely assigned for the study of theology. It also contains a very rare example of a work by Pierre Jean Olivi, a Franciscan professor at the University of Montpellier in France. Some of Olivi’s theological writings were controversial, though he defended them successfully to a council. But after his death most of his writings, including this one, were declared heretical and burned, so very few survive. Notice the owner’s marginal notations and the manicule (the little hand drawn at the upper right of the page).
De vita et moribus philosophorum (On the lives and deaths of the philosophers), printed in Cologne, 1473 or earlier This early incunable of a text for students of philosophy was typeset and laid out to look as much as possible like a medieval manuscript. This is the first page of the book—like most manuscript books, it does not open with a separate title page. The printer also left empty spaces at the beginning of new sections of the book; an artist later added the large colored initial letters you see here, in imitation of the medieval practice called rubrication (from the Latin word for a red ocher color, though in practice initials in medieval books could be worked in many colors).
Discordiantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini, Printed in Rome, 1482 This incunable, a theology text, demonstrates great strides in printing design in just a few years, compared with the previous book. The first page features an elaborate woodcut border and initial, and woodcut initials and illustrations appear, as seen in the second image here. In addition, titles in bold type and blank spaces indicate breaks and sections within the book, instead of expecting a hand-rubricator to mark those.
Early printed books often remained in use for many years. When this book was rebound around the year 1500, the new owner had a portrait of himself painted on the front cover, and his coat of arms on the back. He has been identified as Matteo Corti, who later became personal physician to Pope Clement VII.
Pierre Olivi, et al. Circa 1325.
Includes parts of the Principia in Sacram Scripturam by Pierre Jean Olivi, lectures and sermons on the Sentences of Peter Lombard and an epitome on Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics. Numerous marginal additions.
Early incunable, typeset and laid out to look as much as possible like a medieval manuscript. No title page; empty spaces left for an artist to add colored initial letters.
Pages feature elaborate woodcut borders, initials, and illustrations throughout. Bold titles and spacing indicate breaks and sections (instead of expecting a hand-rubricator to indicate those).
In the early Middle Ages, most European people’s active religious practices were limited to attending church on Sundays and occasionally participating in sacraments like baptism, communion, and confession. Common people and nobles supported communities of monks or nuns who withdrew from the world and spent much of their days in ritual prayer for the benefit of the larger society. Ordinary people relied on the prayers of these religious to intercede with God on their behalf. Church services were conducted in Latin, which few could understand. Literacy was low, and the rare manuscripts of the Bible that existed were almost exclusively in Latin also, so scarce opportunities existed for lay people (people who were not priests, monks, or nuns) to experience religion in a meaningful way.
From about the thirteenth century on, due partly to the spread of universities, a larger proportion of the elite classes could read Latin (if not write it—writing was taught as a separate skill, often limited to professional scribes and religious officials). About the same time, many people began to yearn for a closer, more personal relationship with God and the saints. This led to a movement called popular piety, in which lay people, first primarily from the upper classes but then joined by an emergent well-off urban merchant class, developed practices to incorporate religious observance into their everyday lives out in the world. This movement included new devotional practices, pilgrimages to holy sites, and group activities like processions. Many scholars have noted a new religious individualism in this movement, an ideal of connection between the individual and God not mediated by priests. This medieval personal piety movement prefigured both the Renaissance ideal of individualism and later Protestant pietism.
A compilation of saints’ day calendars, biblical readings, prayers, hymns, and other devotional material known as a Book of Hours was first created about 1240 in England, and the books became wildly popular by the fifteenth century. The contents are based on the Divine Office, the lengthy recitations of Psalms, other Bible readings, and other liturgical material performed by monks and nuns at eight specific hours, or time periods, each day. But in a Book of Hours these devotions are abbreviated, so that a lay person could spend a few minutes on them several times a day, rekindling their relationship with God and the saints. Mass production of expensive, luxurious, and lavishly illustrated Books of Hours handwritten on fine parchment arose in several cities, with the best known center in Bruges, in modern-day Belgium. Less expensive versions with fewer illustrations followed for the merchant classes.
Book of Hours, Use of Salisbury, Bruges, c. 1455 This gorgeous example of a luxury Book of Hours was created in Bruges for the English market. Featuring brilliant colors, generous use of gold leaf, and typical millefleur (thousand-flower) borders, it was scrupulously cared for and used by a succession of owners. The first image shows a miniature illumination of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, about to be assassinated by soldier of the English King Henry II. In 1538, King Henry VIII, who by that time had broken with the Catholic pope and declared himself head of the church in England, issued a decree “unsainting” Thomas. He ordered all references to Thomas to be stricken from religious books. You can see on the page facing the illumination that the owners of this book during Henry’s reign have complied by lightly crossing out the prayer to Saint Thomas. Apparently they could not bring themselves to deface the beautiful illustration.
Further demonstrating the way that medieval religious books continued to be valued and utilized long past the Middle Ages, even in Protestant households, the endpapers of this book were used to record marriage and birth records for two sixteenth-century English noble families. The inscription in the second image here begins “The namys of the children of Wilham Gonstone and Benet his wif of the perisshe of Saincte Donistones in the est as hereafter ffolowith.” Subsequent entries record such events as the birth of the couple’s first son, Dany, on November 29, 1508, at five o’clock in the morning.
On the following page appears records of the family of “Sir Thomas Myldmaye, knight, and the Ladye Frauncys his wiefe,” recording the births of their five daughters and three sons, plus a son borne to Thomas by his second wife Margaret, over the years from 1568 through 1593. This Thomas Mildmay was the nephew of Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I.
Why might church authorities be uncomfortable with lay people’s turn to a more personal religion?
What opportunities might the personal piety movement have provided for women in medieval society?
Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Bruges?, c. 1450 This small Book of Hours is significant for its “girdle binding” (in this context “girdle” means “belt”). The portable book could be hung from the belt and carried around. That allowed people to pause in their normal tasks at the allotted time, pick up the book and complete the appropriate readings and prayers for the time of day, then drop the book and continue with what they was doing. We know girdle books were popular, based on hundreds of images of people wearing them, but very few of them survive. The Newberry’s is one of fewer than thirty known medieval examples.
Medieval Illumination: Women Wearing Girdle Books, date unknown During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, cutting illustrations from medieval books and pasting them into scrapbooks became a popular pastime. This illustrated initial cut from an unknown manuscript shows two women wearing girdle books like the one above.
Books of Hours, devotional books with prayers and readings to be done several times a day, became popular in the late Middle Ages, part of a movement toward personal piety by lay people, long before the Reformation.
Endpapers with marriages, births, etc., written in.
An example of “girdle binding.” Hung from a man’s or woman’s belt and carried around. This format was popular, based on hundreds of images of people wearing them, but very few of the actual books survive (under 30 examples are known).
The Renaissance humanist project included the revival and study of the classics of ancient Greece and Rome. But ancient philosophers like Aristotle were respected and relied upon as authorities throughout the Middle Ages. In the twelfth century, additional works by ancient Greek authors like Aristotle became available in Western Europe for the first time in several centuries, brought east by Crusaders or north from Muslim Spain. European scholars reading about ancient Greek systems of thought devised a method of learning and debate that came to be called Scholasticism after its development by “scholastics,” or school-men, of the universities.
Scholasticism’s aim was to use dialectical reasoning, or formal logic, to draw conclusions and resolve contradictions. It evolved into a rigorous system of disputation, involving logical rebuttal of proposals and counterproposals. The scholastic method was applied to many fields of study, but its main aim was to harmonize and reconcile Christian teachings with Classical philosophy, especially with the works of Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. Some Italian Renaissance humanists dismissed scholasticism and its focus on theology. But Renaissance humanists in Northern Europe remained more interested in Christian texts and less hostile to scholastic method.
How did the medieval scholastic method influence Renaissance humanism?
Politica and Rhetorica, Bologna?, 13th century? This Latin version of two of Aristotle’s most important works may date from as early as the year 1200. It is written in a script called gothic bookhand, with colored initials and headings.
Physica, De Caelo et Mundo, Metaphysica, Parva Naturalis, and other works, Germany?, early 14th century This Northern European compendium contains Latin translations of many works by Aristotle, as well as material by other philosophers and theologians. Written in a later gothic script, it includes large red or blue initials marking new sections of the text. Many initials on this page sport elaborate “pen flourishes” that extend to create a border.
De Ethica ad Nicomachum, translation of Johannes Agryropolus, Florence?, late 15th century This was a new Latin translation of one of Aristotle’s works by the famed fifteenth-century Greek-born humanist John Agryropolus. Its beautiful clear script, developed in Italy around 1400, is called “humanist minuscule.” This page also features a gold-leaf initial with green, blue, and pink vine-stem decoration, with a drawing of a bird at the top.
This Northern European compendium contains Latin translations of many works by Aristotle, as well as material by other philosophers and theologians.
Bender, Thomas. The University and the City: From Medieval Origins to the Present. London: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Clemens, Raymond, and Timothy Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. New York: Cornell University Press, 2007.
Frugoni, Chiara. Books, Banks, Buttons: And Other Inventions from the Middle Ages. Translated by William MCCuaig. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
Haskins, Charles Homer. The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927, revised 1955.
Madigan, Kevin. Medieval Christianity: A New History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
Southern, Richard. Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Volume I: Foundations; Volume 2: The Heroic Age. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997, 2001.
Starkey, David. Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots of Modern Politics. London: Quercus, 2015.
This collection was generously funded by the Walter E. Heller Foundation.


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Money must be sent to Melvin Alfred, Asaba, Nigeria Delta, Nigeria.
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industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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If you love the look and feel of wooden blinds but need to work with a tighter budget – faux wood blinds are a great fit. Faux wood blinds offer the classic appeal and style of wooden blinds but they are an ideal choice that is affordable and long-lasting too.
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Congratulations to litigator Eddie Taia on his promotion to Associate at Franklin Law.
Eddie continues to make a significant contribution to the growth of the region’s premier law firm and to serving the commercial litigation and mediation needs of the area. Franklin Law partners are pleased to be able to welcome Eddie to a more senior position within the firm.
Eddie is an experienced and well regarded litigator. His expertise is in finding pragmatic solutions for employers and commercial operators and in working to prevent commercial contract and employment issues escalating.
Being a part of a disagreement that may end up in court can be very stressful to most people. Having someone who can be considered, respectful and committed to the task at hand is important, and Eddie is well regarded in this by his peers and his clients.
Eddie’s advice to business people and employers in looking to reduce the likelihood of encountering legal issues is to be on the front foot.
“Businesses that have contracts that will hold up, employers who are aware of their obligations and have robust policies in place will likely be better placed to avoid issues arising. Employers who are familiar with their obligations under the law, and are equipped with that extra bit of knowledge can go a long way in helping avoid what can be costly and lengthy disputes,” he says.
Eddie represents clients in court on a regular basis. His court work often involves dealing with difficult and complicated cases, sometimes it involves dealing with unexpected and tricky matters of employment and employer/ employee relationships.
Read Eddie’s article on Secret Recordings in the Workplace.

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text: In spite of the intensive and varied vaccination procedures to control Infectious Bursa Disease (IBD), the emergence of a very virulent (vv) IBD pathotype in Ethiopia and post vaccination outbreak have led to high economic losses in the poultry industry. The objectives of this study was to determine optimal time of vaccination against IBD and molecular diagnosis of clinical cases in commercial poultry farms in central Ethiopia. The study was conducted from November 2016 to April 2017 on exotic breed chickens kept under semi-intensive and intensive poultry farms selected randomly by simple random sampling technique in Addis Ababa, Bishoftu, and Adama areas. It was a type of prospective longitudinal study where chickens were followed for a defined period of time until they reached 6 weeks of age for clinical cases. A total of 11 samples from 11 farms were collected from clinical cases of infectious bursal diease in chickens (5 samples from Bishoftu, 3 samples from Adama and 3 samples from Addis Ababa) were analyzed with RT-PCR. Of these 8 samples (72.73%; CI: 39.03 – 93.98) were positive for infectious bursal disease virus RNA. The RNA of IBDV was detected in 4 of 5 (80%) of samples from Bishoftu and 2 of 3 (66.67%) of samples from each of Adama and Addis Ababa. For vaccine experimental study, One hundred eighty, day-old Lohman brown chicks were reared and used for this purpose. The chicks were divided into three groups A, B, C. Groups A were vaccinated via drinking water route at 7th day whereas B were vaccinated at 14th day of age. Group C was acted as control. Blood samples were collected from wing vein of individual chicken at day 1, 7, 14, 21, 28, 40 and serum was harvested. Indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (IELISA) was employed to measure antibody titration. The proportion of chicks in the unvaccinated group with S/P ratio greater than the protective level continuously fall from 0.90 on day 1 to 0.0 on day 14. At day 21 of age after hatching, the time IBD commonly occurred, 55% of the chicks in group A had protective antibody level with average antibody titre of 1064.61± 748.1621; whereas only 5% of the chicks in group B had protective antibody level with average antibody titre of 123.2321 ± 212.0105. It was concluded that in chickens with low MDA, the 1st vaccination should be given at 7th day and repeat after one week. The effect of vaccination programs on the immune response to IBD vaccine in the farms should be further investigated.

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We welcome guest contributions and are pleased to share this game idea. Scare up some fun this Halloween with Ghost Hunting!
As a youngster, I participated in a cool game that I just KNOW would make a great addition to any party, kids or adults – so I’ve decided to share it!
It’s goofy enough to get in some good laughs, and kids will go wild with fun with this awesome idea. I call the game Ghost Hunting, and it involves you, a ghost, and some stomping just for good measure.
On spooky, creepy Halloween night, it’s just you and your ghostly ally against the rest! For best results, have at least five players. The more the merrier!
Each player grabs a balloon and blows it up.
Next, draw the creepiest ghoul face you can muster. The scarier the face, the more likely your opponents will wet themselves, and therefore give you more time for stomping! Also, don’t forget to name him. Something not too out of the ordinary…Dexter, William, Casper, anything you wish.
Finally, throw on some glow sticks to avoid crashing into each other, and hit the lights! If using a black light to make the white balloons glow, turn that one on now. If you start feeling something touching you but don’t see any glow sticks nearby, stay calm, you are merely being groped by an actual ghost. So be sure you all decide on a safe word before you hit the lights…tee hee!
No grabbing or holding any opponents.
Once your ghost has passed on to the next world, you must sit out. Do not attempt to stomp anymore ghosts.
The partner of the last ghost standing wins!
Have multiple ghosts attached per game. Three on the same ankle for example.
Happy ghost hunting, and happy Halloween!
When it comes to Halloween costumes most of the kids love to wear ghost hunting while participating a cool game. These games will be more interesting with different types of ghost mask like pirates masks and so on. It also includes rules while playing and some of the variations too. Moreover it will be playing in dark light. I am eagerly waiting for the final day to come to celebrate the festival.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Days of Our Lives spoilers tease that there are some big confrontations ahead this week in Salem. One key figure returns to town, while those in Salem are scrambling to make things go their way. What can viewers expect to see during the week of August 3?
Many fans learned a while back that Chloe would be returning to town, and it seems that this begins on Monday’s episode. Days of Our Lives spoilers from She Knows Soaps detail that Nicole and Chloe will be having a big confrontation that fans won’t want to miss.
Serena seemingly will work on leaving Salem, while Theresa angles to stay put at the Kiriakis estate. Paige and Kyle will continue to grow closer to one another, but JJ is doing whatever he can to change the course of their relationship.
Just how far will JJ go to get Kyle out of the way? Days of Our Lives spoilers indicate that he’ll make his way into Kyle’s apartment, looking for leverage against him. We Love Soaps teases that Brady will be suspicious of Theresa and her scheme to stay put at the Kiriakis mansion, while Daniel will come across Chloe and Nicole’s big battle.
Abigail will be getting the results of the paternity test this week, and it seems she’ll be torn over the news she gets. As fans know, however, these results may not be entirely accurate, as Clyde interfered to make sure that things would turn out the way he wanted.
Celeb Dirty Laundry shares Days of Our Lives spoilers that Abby will be led to believe that Ben is the baby’s father. Of course, it will be a while before viewers will find out if Clyde actually needed to change the results or not. It seems that Abby and Chad will talk, but she won’t see how they can have a relationship now that she thinks her baby is Ben’s.
Days of Our Lives spoilers tease that Chad will be heartbroken over how this plays out this week, but there may be a big twist and shocker ahead on this front. Some details for the episodes airing this week indicate that Clyde’s plan may not go quite as he anticipated, and Abby struggles to wrap her head around the DNA results.
Also ahead this week, Kate will come across Paul in the midst of a situation that puts him in a difficult position. There’s a medical crisis coming up for Caroline, and there’s more drama revolving around Clyde on the way.
There’s plenty of drama ahead yet this summer, and fans can’t wait to see how it all plays out. The chaos continues weekdays on NBC with new episodes of Days of Our Lives.

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industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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The clients started the day with a strenuous yoga session. Afterward, there was a consensus amongst everyone that we wanted to have a relaxing day. We packed a bunch of snacks in the cooler and took them to a shaded beach on the north side of the island. The day was unusually clear, the trade winds were blowing, the sun was out, and the water was a bright, clear blue traveling with us along the highway.
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Pearl Thusi slams a troll who rubbished American female rapper, Cardi B for her kind of music.
The thespian is a lover of songs, as she recently featured a Nigerian singer in a song titled Balance well.
While the troll said that Cardi is wack as she’s fond of singing about p*ssy, Pearl dragged the troll calling him a senseless person.
“Which cardi b have you been listening to? The one I listen to sings about money mostly. Or did you tweet this as a cry for attention? no sensible person tweets rubbish like this. Tbh.” Pearl tweeted.
Which cardi b have you been listening to? The one I listen to sings about money mostly.


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Our aim is to provide a forum for students to network and share ideas, provide an environment that will foster innovation and entrepreneurship and help students cultivate and develop their own ideas.
Thousands of people search for a definitive answer on what makes an entrepreneur, so what does it actually mean to be one? It doesn’t mean you have to be setting up new business ventures every day; an entrepreneur is someone with the foresight, drive and ambition to take a risk and solve business or consumer problems.
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The Lowery team takes take customer service very seriously. Together, we are committed to providing exceptional, timely service to all of our clients.
Judy has been a member of the Lowery team since 1992. She holds the CLU®, ChFC®, and CASL® designations, which are professional designations from The American College for individuals who wish to specialize in life insurance and estate planning. She works closely with clients and understands the importance of excellent customer service. She is responsible for coordination of all plans and serves as the central contact for all questions and services.
In her free time, Judy enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and friends.
Meagan is an Associate Wealth Management Advisor for the Lowery team. She joined the Lowery group in December of 2009. She was an intern for Northwestern Mutual and graduated from Lindenwood University with her degree in Business Administration.
She has obtained her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP®) designation, Series 7, Series 6, and Series 63 security registrations. She handles all Investment Operations, coordinates the financial planning analysis' for retirement income, education funding, asset allocation, security evaluation, wealth preservation, asset protection, and wealth transfer.
Meagan is also in charge of our Marketing initiatives. She serves on the Advocacy Board for the Christian Activity Center and is a Leadership Belleville Alum. She organizes our community outreach and campaigns.
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Abbi is an Associate Financial Representative for the Lowery Team. She joined as an intern in May 2017 and converted into the New Financial Representative Support role in May of 2018. Abbi graduated from McKendree University in May of 2018 with her undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance. She is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Accounting from McKendree University.
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Angela joined Lowery's team in January of 2016. She is our Director of Client Services and is the first point of contact when you enter our office. She greets clients, answers incoming phone calls, and provides general administrative and clerical support. She graduated from SIUe with her Bachelor’s in Psychology. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband Eric and three children, Harper, Norah, and Decker.
With almost 10 years of marketing and advertising experience, Jodi joined Northwestern Mutual in February 2015. Jodi helps people learn more about how a career as a Northwestern Mutual financial representative can provide the rewards and opportunities of self-employment -- flexibility, having a positive impact on people’s lives and virtually unlimited earning potential.
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Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI (NM) (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Christopher R Lowery is a Representative of Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC), Milwaukee, WI (fiduciary and fee-based financial planning services), a subsidiary of NM, and federal savings bank. All NMWMC products and services are offered only by properly credentialed Representatives who operate from agency offices of NMWMC. Representative is a District Agent of NM and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI, (long-term care insurance) a subsidiary of NM, and a Registered Representative of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (securities), a subsidiary of NM, broker-dealer, registered investment adviser and member FINRA (www.finra.org) and SIPC (www.sipc.org).
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NOLLYWOOD actor and comedian, John Okafor, has proffered a wild twist to the generally held view that comedy is innate in him.
In an exclusive interview NFC in Lagos last week, the man popularly known as Ibu; (Load) revealed rather unguardedly; “It is an idiotic gift that God gave me”.
“You can't be serious”? Citytraker thundered back at him, but he persisted: “I am serious. I thank God for making me an idiot. That gift has not only opened so many doors for me but has put a lot of money into my bank account. Same gift has made people to laugh and forget their sorrows. As you have rightly said, I do not try to be funny. Everything about me is funny.
“My talk is funny, my movements are funny, my tastes are funny, especially my taste for food and women.
“I used to be the poorest in my village (Eziokwe, Nkanu West L.G, Enugu State), but now the story is different. I might not be a millionaire presently, but I am comfortable.
You can see that I have used what God gave me to get what I want in life.
But why refer to such ability in making people laugh as a gift of idiocy. Besides, does such gift exist, Citytracker sought to know from certainly one of the three funniest men in Nigeria.
Anybody who is stupid is stupid. It does not matter which other name you call yourself.
All is well, only that at present there are lot of problems in Nollywood. The misunderstanding between some section of markets and the Censors Board has affected the business negatively. As you can see, it has also affected me.
I have just returned from an eight-city tour of Germany. The programme was tagged “Laughter Importation”. It was packaged by a Germany based Nigeria, Richmond Igbineweka.
In the course of the year, we will move the train of Laughter Importation to Italy and Belgium before bringing it down to Africa. In Africa we will tour Liberaia, Gbana, South Africa and others.
Laughter Importation is a tight package of drama sketches, stand-up comedy, music and features other Nigerian acts besides me.
They are Maleke, I go dye, Clint de Drunk, Okey Bakassi and Ovie Whiskey.
Others are godfather, Picolo and Shakara.
I was married once. I have four children and I am done. I don't want to marry again.
I will continue to have relationships because women contribute eighty nine percent reason for every man's existence and that includes me.
I don't get attracted to any woman except she is beautiful. She must have everything in quantum too.
They should not rush it. Put God first. Pray over whatever your ambition. If you pray about it, you will be surprised the results. The prayer might not be answered immediately, but eventually it would be answered.


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Beth Silverman, a junior pitcher with a 35-0 career record at El Camino Real High, has been dismissed from the squad for the remainder of the season, Coach Neils Ludlow said Thursday.
"Beth will not be playing with us this year because of irreconcilable differences and problems that haven't been totally resolved," Ludlow said. "Hopefully, we can get everything worked out in the future and I'd like to plan on her being back with us next year."
Silverman was unavailable for comment.
Ludlow told his players of the decision after Thursday's 9-2 nonleague victory at Westchester. In that game, freshman pitcher Cari Silverman, Beth's sister, picked up her first victory as the Conquistadores (4-0) extended their winning streak to 60 games, longest in the state.
Silverman has not played since March 11, when she reportedly cursed at a teammate during a nonleague game at Newbury Park. After the game, Silverman's teammates complained about the pitcher's attitude. Ludlow gave Silverman a "leave of absence" from the team until a final decision was reached.

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I don’t know, man. I don’t even know.
Let’s be real: Mike Tyson is one of the strangest motherf*ckers to come out of the boxing world (and by extension, the sports world). From biting off Evander Holyfield’s ear all those years ago to landing in jail for a considerable amount of time, it is definitely not off-base to say that Tyson is one polarizing and bizarre figure. On top of that, he is often times more remembered for this “eccentricity” (and that’s putting it nicely) rather than being remembered for his numerous boxing feats.
Phineas and Ferb made my day when they featured THIS on the show.
Strange as he may be, however, it makes sense that someone would eventually attempt to make a film about him, if only because they want to capture such strangeness on the silver screen.
And on that note, Screen Crush recently reported that Jamie Foxx—who is an Oscar-winner—will be playing the notorious boxer in an upcoming biopic. Foxx is not the only talented person on board the project either. Oscar-nominated writer Terence Winter (he was nominated for his writing on The Wolf of Wall Street) will reportedly be writing the script. Rick Yorn—Jamie Foxx’s manager—will also be producing the film.
Aside from the strange subject matter that is Mike Tyson, I am inclined to keep an eye on this project, as I am a big fan of Jamie Foxx and enjoyed his turn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as the unapologetically pathetic and wacky Electro (I also look forward to his appearance in Annie later this year).
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I don’t think Jamie Foxx could pull it off, and I don’t see this biopic pulling a big audience into the theatres. Sounds like a train-wreck to me.
Interesting. I’m not all that hype for this project, but I like Jamie Foxx and I think he is wholly capable of nailing this. The audience thing is up in air though.
Foxx could pull off the voice, and perhaps if he buffed up a little he would share a small semblance to Tyson. But I just have a feeling he won’t be able to convince the audience that he IS Tyson. If he does, then an Oscar nomination would be imminent.
I have some faith. I don’t think a lot of people thought that he was going to pull off being Ray Charles so well, but lo and behold, he did.
Lol! Understandable. The whole project–minus Foxx–gets the side-eye from me.


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TORONTO, ON - A policy paper released by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) this morning focuses on improving teaching and learning, expanding high impact learning opportunities, and enhancing inclusive learning experiences.
TORONTO, ON - A policy paper released by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) this morning, focuses on technology enabled learning, with the purpose of providing recommendations to develop a post-secondary technology strategy in Ontario.
TORONTO, ON - A policy paper released by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) this morning, focuses on the cost and affordability of post-secondary education in Ontario. The paper was written, approved, and published by students with the purpose of providing recommendations for renewing Ontario’s tuition framework, reducing tuition costs, and restoring public funding to Ontario’s universities.
TORONTO, ON - Today, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) released its stance on Freedom of Speech and Expression that was written by student delegates and passed at the General Assembly on November 4th. Students believe that free speech is already protected by Canadian law on their campuses, and that they are able to engage in fruitful discussions and debate. However, students are concerned about the provincial government’s directive on free speech and OUSA asks that the provincial government rescind the directive.
TORONTO, ON - This morning is the start of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA)’s Advocacy Week. Students from across Ontario will head to Queen’s Park to advocate for safer and healthier university campuses and to better prepare graduates for the workforce.
TORONTO, ON - This morning, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) released their annual magazine, Educated Solutions. This year's volume focuses on post-secondary tuition and funding.
TORONTO, ON - Starting today, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) re-launches the #TextbookBroke campaign. The campaign highlights the high cost of textbooks students are forced to pay in addition to paying for their tuition and other fees. In January, students shared their stories about the detrimental costs of textbooks on their wallets and mental health. Factors such as the cost and lack of flexibility of traditional learning materials, including textbooks, create different financial and learning barriers that can limit the courses some students can afford to take. An affordable post-secondary education is essential for students to succeed in all aspects of their undergraduate career.
TORONTO, ON - Today, the Ontario government announced that post-secondary institutions in Ontario will be required to develop free speech policies by January 1, 2019.
TORONTO, ON - The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance welcomes newly appointed Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, Merrilee Fullerton to the role.


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Momo: Welcome Michael Jackson and thank you for joining me in this wine interview.
Michael: It is a pleasure, thank you for calling out to me. Momo, your rendition of “Blame it on the Boogie” caught my attention and I am so happy to share my wine habits with you and my lovely fans.
Momo: Most people do not know, but you were a wine aficionado. Some might say you were a wine drinker “in the closet”.
Michael: Yes Momo, I loved wine, but I was careful on how much I drank and what pills the doctor had prescribed that day. I remember my first glass of wine. I was 5 years old and my father Joe, would carry a suitcase of these jugs wrapped in straw baskets while on tour. I believe it was Chianti. When I would feel anxious about going on stage, my father would pour me a glass of wine.
Momo: Did you enjoy drinking at such a young age?
Michael: I guess I did. It sure was better than seeing my father angry. It could have been “Dangerous” for me and my brothers.
Momo: As you grew older, did you prefer a style of wine?
Michael: I did, I was very fond of young wines. I really enjoyed whites and reds, but what I was most a fan of were Rosés. I loved Rosés that are young and fruity. They are not red and they are not white. I was so impressed that from a dark red grape one could make wine light and taste like a white. I would sit outside at the Neverland Ranch and watch my family as I sipped on Rosé and ate KFC and enchiladas.
Momo: Are there any wines that you felt were “BAD”?
Michael: Oh yes, I remember one day my friend Magic Johnson brought a bottle of Sparkling wine from Australia. The darn thing was black, sparkling wine is white! He called it Sparkling Shiraz. I told him to “Beat it”! I think he liked it because it had a lot of “Jam”.
Momo: So it does matter if the wine is “Black or White”?
Michael: Well not really. It’s just that the bubbles and dark ruby color got me all confused. It had a sweet taste. It really was not a “Thriller”. We shouldn’t discriminate on color. I love wine and I wish I could have turned more people on to it while I was alive. One thing I will always cherish is when Paul McCartney said to me while drinking a bottle of Wrotham Clone Pinot Noir, “Michael don’t be afraid of what people think about your wine choices. Wine is great among friends. Don’t Stop till you get enough”.
Momo: Great advice from a great person. Before my spirit insect crawls away and I start to get too cold in my spirit place, do you have any last words for your fans?
Michael: I really like a lot of wines. “We are the world, so let’s make better wines and let’s start living”! Thank you Momo, it was a pleasure to “Remember the Time” wine I could drink wine.
It is just too confusing. He’s actually really a meat and potatoes kind of guy. Who would of thunk?
And coming from middle America, I thought he would have been a Labatts 50 type of guy. You learn something every day.