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When saying "achoo" might hurt you.
It might have been just another summer day at the office. But when Erina Ramly of Chestnut Hill, Mass., felt a tickle in her nose as she headed to the cubicle of a co-worker, she did not imagine that what happened next would lead to excruciating pain.
She let out a sneeze but soon afterward noticed that she couldn't turn her neck to the left or right.
As the pain in her neck worsened, Ramly went to see her doctor. Much to her surprise, she found out she had whiplash. She was given a neck brace to wear and some muscle relaxants for the pain.
In all likelihood, the sudden movement of the sneeze aggravated Ramly's neck muscles, which may have been tight to begin with because her back was feeling stiff.
"It felt really embarrassing, when I had to tell people the story," Ramly said. "You don't expect to get whiplash from sneezing." But her physician told her he had seen it before, and another friend confided that it had happened to her as well.
Although the chances of hurting yourself while sneezing are extremely low, it can and does happen.
And it can happen to the fittest of us. Not one, but two forceful sneezes sent baseball slugger Sammy Sosa's back into spasm right before a game in 2004. Shortly thereafter, the Chicago Cubs outfielder was placed on the disabled list with a sprained ligament in his lower back.
Sneezing is a quick, sudden motion that can aggravate an underlying problem, like neck or back discomfort, explained Dr. Eric Holbrook, co-director of the sinus center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Given the right set of circumstances, a sneeze has the potential to strain a muscle or pull a ligament.
Traffic fatalities and accidents have also occurred when drivers have turned their head away to sneeze for a split second or have had a sneezing fit.
In November, for example, a Boston man lost control of his pickup truck on a curvy stretch of road adjacent to the Charles River after he reportedly sneezed while behind the wheel. The driver was not hurt during the incident but his vehicle ended up partially submerged in the river.
Other consequences of sneezing don't necessarily lead to injury, but they can be embarrassing. For women who have incontinence, part of the pressure generated during a sneeze might transmit that pressure to the bladder, which may or may not hold, said Dr. Erin O'Brien, a sinus specialist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. This can also happen with a strong sneeze during pregnancy.
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Since the average person tends to sneeze roughly 200 times a year, the odds are low of any harm, noted Dr. Michael Benninger, chairman of the head and neck institute at the Cleveland Clinic. "The greatest risk from sneezing is contagiousness, not personal injury," he said.
A sneeze often starts when an irritant enters the nose, whether it's mucus, dust or an allergen, and this stimulates the trigeminal nerve. An area of the brain called the "sneezing center" senses this and triggers a reflex reaction throughout the body. You take a deep breath in from the lungs, your muscles contract, your eyes close and there's a forceful outflow of air from the nostrils and mouth -- it's all intended to expel whatever was irritating your nose.
"Sneezing is a defense mechanism to protect against a foreign body entering," Holbrook said.
Sneezing is also a subject of curiosity among ear, nose and throat physicians, as well as sinus specialists who get their fair share of questions and hear many old wives' tales about it.
For example, Holbrook says he's been asked whether sneezing with your eyes open will cause them to pop out of your head (he reassures his patients that he has never heard of this happening).
Another myth is that your heart temporarily stops while sneezing.
And then there's the photic sneeze reflex, which is one example that has a medical basis. Looking at bright light or going from dark to light (indoors to outdoors) triggers a sneeze in some people.
About 25 percent of the population has this reflex, and it appears to be hereditary.
Another response that might seem strange and also has a tendency to run in families is sneezing when you have a full stomach. O'Brien says that both her grandfather and father sneeze when they first take a few bites of chocolate, although neither man is allergic to it. Fortunately for O'Brien, she did not inherit this reaction.
Sneezes are thought to travel at a speed of 100 miles an hour with a wet spray that may spread about five feet. So for those times when you need to say "achoo," there are some things to remember to do it safely.
Many experts agree that it was best to sneeze into the bend of your elbow, not into your hand. While you may have been taught as a child to cover your mouth with your hand when you sneeze to avoid spreading germs, kids and adults alike are now being taught to sneeze (or cough) into the inside of the elbow.
Sneezing into your hand is believed to be worse at spreading infection because the hand doesn't absorb mucus very well and often goes on to touch things afterward (instead of being immediately washed).
O'Brien also recommended keeping your mouth open because the sneeze is generating so much pressure you want to let it out.
As for what not to do, it could be risky to suppress a sneeze by pinching your nostrils or closing off your mouth. This can rupture an ear drum or damage the middle ear.
If you're going to sneeze, let it come, suggested Benninger. Historically, he explained, the Greeks believed that sneezing was a gift from the gods -- a signal from above, so to speak. This might be one reason why the phrase "Bless you" came into being, which probably was a derivative of "You are blessed."
As Benninger put it, "If people sneeze, just let them know they're blessed. The gods are with them."


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book of chronicles by music journalist Alessandro Andreola, published by Editora Barbante.
Musicians portrayed: Jimi Hendrix / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Marc Bolan / Poly Stirene / Caetano Veloso / Leonard Cohen / Danny Kaufman / Elvis Costelo.
article about quantum experiments and parallel universes.
illustrated Tokyo food guide, for Gutful of Soul.

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Discard the outer leaves from the cauliflower (young tender leaves can be kept) and break the cauliflower into smallish florets.
Heat three-quarters of the butter in a large pan, watching that it does not brown.
Fry the onion and leek, if using, until transparent, then add the garlic and cauliflower florets.
Fry for 5 minutes on a medium heat, stirring all the time.
Then cover with the hot stock and simmer quite rapidly for about 15 minutes until the cauliflower is soft but not mushy. Although you are going to blend it, you want to preserve all its flavour and some of its texture.
Blend with a hand-held whisk until smooth, though with a touch of grainy texture to it.
Stir in the sweetcorn (keeping a little back for garnish), Dijon mustard, cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg and half the sorrel.
Stir well and simmer very gently for another 10 minutes or so, adding a little stock or hot water if it seems to be going too thick.
Finally transfer to a soup tureen and stir in the remaining butter.
Sprinkle over the rest of the sorrel, more grated nutmeg, the spring onions or chives, if using, and add salt and pepper for a final seasoning.

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To summarise in just a few words: The GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT is a compact lift to transport a wide range of different materials.
Nothing unusual in that, but the real highlight is that thanks to state-of-the-art battery technology the device operates totally wirelessly. With just one touch of a button a manual winch transports a wide range of materials via a ladder system to heights up to 10 m. The remote radio control sets the compact device in motion then the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT easily sweeps 120 kg into the air. All that exhausting dragging up to those top floors is now consigned to the past!
Of course there are still many other unique features which make the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT an absolute highlight.
Whether for tilers, decorators, window producers, joiners, removal companies, DIY enthusiasts and and and… the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT is the ideal transportation tool for all those materials that have to be transported upwards quickly and safely.
Why GEDA? / Why the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT?
With just one touch of a button all kinds of materials are easily transported along the façade, without that tiresome cable spaghetti, leading to faster, smoother construction. Too good to be true? Not at all!
The GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT is THE new kid on the block in compact material hoists. Assembled in a flash by only one person in less than five minutes, the new lift from GEDA uses its powerful 24 V/10 Ah li-ion-battery drive to transport all kinds of materials up to 120 kg. So with just one touch of a button the practical remote radio control sets the compact device in motion from 0 to 15 m/min. Whether the project is a restoration or a new build site, it can be used in virtually every situation.
And last but not least the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT scores due to the experience of its inventor since GEDA products have been setting new standards in height access technology on construction sites for nearly nine decades. Not without reason are GEDA construction and industrial hoists found on construction sites in over 80 different countries. The GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT is the perfect complement to the small units range and with the battery technology is introducing a new generation of height-access technology.
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Always the right combination – by cleverly combining the support and/or the lean-to ladder using the convenient ladder connection kit, progressively adjustable heights from 2.2 m up to 10 m can be achieved.
Even when the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT is not needed, the versatile robust ladder can be used as a traditional construction site ladder. All ladders in the GEDA LIFTLadder system stand out due to their unique “Made in Germany” quality.
How many people are required to assemble the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT?
For common assembly heights it can be assembled by one person.
How much time is required to assemble the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT?
With a ladder length of 4.50 m (corresponds to the GEDA LIFTLeiter 4500/stepladder) the assembly time for one person is about 5 minutes.
What energy source is required for the radio control?
The radio control requires three standard AAA batteries.
Where is the identification plate located?
The identification plate is installed in the battery compartment. When the batteries are removed the identification plate becomes visible.
Is there a replacement battery?
Batteries are in principle available as accessories.
What is the operating life of the battery?
Can the ladder only be used as a GEDA LIFTLadder?
The GEDA LIFTLadder scores highly with its 3in1-Function: The ladder can be used as a stepladder, lean-to ladder and LIFTLadder in combination with the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT.
How must the GEDALIFTLadder be secured?
The GEDA LIFTLadder must be duly secured for safety reasons.
Are any special tools required to assemble it?
No tools at all are required to assemble it.
How many parts does the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT consist of?
For an installation height of 4.50 m the following components are required: Ladder, winch, platform, head section and radio control.
How is the weight of the components?
Are there any tests neccessary?
The GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT winch must be subjected to an annual "country specific accident prevention regulations" test. The GEDA LIFTLadder has to be tested as a conventional ladder.
How is the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT to handle in cold?
In order to get the full capacity of the battery, the device has to be driven upwards and downwards for one to two times. Thereby the full load carrying capacity of 120 kg can be ensured.
I have a device with wireless control. Where can I get the app?
The app for controlling the GEDA BatteryLadderLIFT via WiFi is available on Google Play and Apple App Store for download.

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October see’s the start of pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. 21 pregnancy and baby loss charities in the UK unite and mark the brief but very precious lives of babies who were lost during pregnancy or soon after birth.
When a child loses their parent(s) they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses their partner they are called a widow/widower. But when a parent loses a child there isn’t a word to describe them. Too many families grieve in silence and that shouldn’t be the case. The Baby Loss Awareness Campaign recognises how alone and isolated bereaved parents can often feel. This is why they are encouraging people to try and understand pregnancy and the depth of the devastation experienced when a loss occurs.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month is an opportunity to help banish the taboo around loss and make people aware of the wonderful charities and organisations that are on hand to support parents and offer advice to anyone who has been directly or indirectly affected by the death of a baby.
As many of you will know, I’ve suffered 6 devastating miscarriages. Whilst they all happened very early on in my pregnancies, usually around 7 weeks, this makes them no less harder to deal with. My first miscarriage was in 2011 but I still think about it everyday. I often sit and wonder what could have been? How would our lives be now? What would those babies have grown up to be in life? Unfortunately I’ll never know the answers to those questions.
This year something caught my eye that I hadn’t heard of before, The Carly Marie Project ‘Capture Your Grief’. During October those who have experienced loss are encouraged to raise awareness by ‘mindful healing’ using 31 different subjects. People are invited to explore each subject and share a photo, video, or anything else that captures their own individual journey. The idea is to become more present and conscious in your own grief experience so that you can learn more about yourself and discover more ways of healing to aid you in your journey of grief and personal growth. You are encouraged to use the hashtag #captureyourgrief across social media so you can connect with other people.
One of the subjects that stood out the most to me was number 3 – ‘what it felt like’. There were some days where words literally couldn’t describe what it felt like to lose a baby. But overtime I’ve come to make peace with my losses and can now express what it felt like – it felt overwhelming, it felt devastating, it felt lonely, it felt soul destroying, it hurt, it was physically and emotionally painful but most of all it felt unfair.
Number 30 of #captureyourgrief is ‘my promise to you’ – my promise to my angel babies is that they will never be forgotten. They will live in our memories and our hearts forever. Max will grow up knowing all about the brothers and sisters that came before him.
At 7pm on Saturday 15th October 2016 people from all over the world will light a candle, or candles, which will create a wave of light to remember all those babies who were taken too soon. I’ll certainly be joining in and I have my 6 candles ready in remembrance of my 6 angel babies.
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Thanks for sharing . Loosing a child is very tragic. Loved the idea of sharing pictures across the social media to heal and for awareness. Great.
Thank you for sharing your story. I lost ours at 8 weeks and found it had happened to a lot more people than you first realise.
Beautiful post. I too, suffered a miscarriage two years before my boy was born, it is a really raw grief for a lost child.
Really beautiful, honest post. I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriages and like you said not one of those babies is forgotten which is truly beautiful to hear. I didn’t know the statistics were so close, I have never suffered one and I could not imagine what it is like but you speaking out and sharing your story will hopefully prompt others to do the same. I can imagine that speaking to others and knowing that you aren’t alone in these situations is a relief of sorts.
Your brave to share misscarriage is devasting and I cant image the pain of going thru it 6 times. twice was enough for me. The worst part of it was feeling like there was something wrong with me and seeing pity in peoples eyes if you dare to talk about it. It just makes you love your bubba that little bit more (and a gorgeous baby he is).
It takes courage to share such stories. I will light a candle for sure.
Love this post. It is good we are talking more about pregnancy loss because it happens everyday.
Thank you for sharing your story. I am sorry to hear that. I know the pain which we go through when we loss baby at early stage.
Oh my goodness I can’t imagine how broken hearted (or just broken?) you must have felt after losing 6 babies. The joy, the hope, the future, combined with the heartache and grief and feeling of helplessness that must have come with each new pregnancy. I lost my first baby at 12 weeks just before our first scan and I was devastated. I thought I must have done something wrong and couldn’t move on for a long time. But I knew we had to look forwards the future and am pleased to say we now have a two year old and 5 month old.
Posts like yours are so vitally important. People shouldn’t be afraid to talk about their losses and share their stories.
My angel baby would have been 18 this year and I know I grieved in silence.
Amazing sharing your heart ache, Thanks so much for this post!
I will light a candle for sure having been through such an experience my self.

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The streaming revolution may feel like hype, but Netflix's House of Cards shows that the on-demand world is here to stay, writes Nicola Kemp.
Waiting is dead. Netflix may have invested $100m in David Fincher's beautifully directed House of Cards; but I binge-watched the entire 13-episode first season in just two sittings.
Granted, the combination of a cold and pregnancy-induced exhaustion has made me particularly sloth-like; but freed of the time and scheduling restrictions that broadcast television imposes, why wait for the next episode?
For many marketers it may feel like the on-demand revolution has been long-promised, but has never actually materialised. However, with consumers demanding instant gratification in ever-more areas of their life, ignoring the shift toward streaming services would be a grave mistake.
Netflix now has more than 33m streaming subscribers worldwide, more than 25m of whom are in the US. Moreover, the company is in the midst of an aggressive international expansion campaign.
Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, has described the current broadcast-TV landscape as 'managed dissatisfaction'. However, in the emerging multi-device, on-demand world, where we are no longer subject to endless re-runs of Midsomer Murders, the power is, at last, in consumers' hands.
'Content is king' may well have been the battle-cry of executives across TV-land for decades; but the reality of adversarial - or just plain contrary - scheduling, multiple and crowded ad breaks and slashed budgets have all combined to create a particularly challenging environment. Add to this the continued threat of digital piracy - fuelled, in part, by the absurdity of geographic rights restrictions in an age of global digital communication and entertainment - and it becomes clear that following a 'business as usual' strategy is no longer an option for brands.
Yet many seem content to do just that, still viewing the 30-second spot and 'appointment to view' television as the crux of their marketing campaigns. Faced with the growing army of viewers who now consume media content on their own terms, this approach is dangerously out of touch. When you are on the cusp of change, maintaining the status quo is just another form of self-denial.
Nothing is more damaging to business than a determination to maintain existing business models. Marketers must avoid getting bogged down in arguments over which media channel is most effective, and focus on long-term shifts in consumer behaviour.
Brands can no longer simply rely on media channels to segment their target audiences. On-demand content gives platforms like Netflix the opportunity to create highly targeted interfaces.
The proliferation of digital channels and streaming services has made the competition for eyeballs increasingly fierce. Yet, as the plethora of YouTube successes show, content creators are no longer at the mercy of traditional broadcasters.
It isn't just film studios that must embrace global release dates. Consumers simply will not wait for content. Geographical rights restrictions are of a bygone age. Brands and media-owners must do more to meet demand for 'all-you-can-eat' content and instant gratification.
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Kevin and I have been back from Hong Kong and the Philippines for a while now but have been so busy preparing for Christmas, that unfortunately the blog has taken a back seat. While we were at the Hong Kong Gem Fair in September we had the pleasure of meeting with Jacques-Christophe Branellec at the Jewelmer booth. Jacque told us he liked what we were doing on Pearl Guide and the had seen some of the photos posted on the Pearls of Joy Blog. After talking for a while he invited us as his guests to the Jewelmer 35th Anniversary Gala in Manila and to visit one of their pearl farms near their Flower Island resort.
The Gala was exceptional and a real treat to attend, for more on the gala read my full post HERE. The day after the gala we flew to Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island and made our way to the north end of the island, to catch a small boat that Flower Island sent to pick us up.
The friendly crew ready to pick us up and just one of the islands we passed on our way to the resort.
After passing by dozens of uninhabited islands, beautiful cliffs and crystal clear water we pulled up to a warm welcome at Flower Island. The staff all came out to welcome us with huge smiles and cold drinks! Setting foot on the island truly took my breath away. Kevin and I have been to some spectacular islands around the world but Flower Island takes the cake. The locals know what a treasure they have and take care of it as such, everything was pristine. I really can't say enough about how well we were treated.
As luck would have it, we were the only guests on the entire island! We were completely spoiled. We stayed in a beautiful beach front cottage nestled between palm trees with a gorgeous healthy reef steps from our door constantly calling us into the water.
Kevin and I also took advantage of the stand up paddleboards with a cruise around the island each morning to work up an appetite for breakfast. Delicious meals were prepared for us three times a day using local ingredients and recipes -- including one dinner that featured "pearl meat".
One hot afternoon Kevin asked if they had any coconut water. "Of course!" one of the staff replied and climbed the nearest coconut tree, talk about fresh!
On the second day in paradise some of the staff loaded us on the boat and zipped us off to one of the peal farms. It was another warm welcome as our boat was pulling up. They were all waving at us with a big sign that they had printed our names on. What really struck me was how beautiful the area surrounding the pearl farm was, this tiny island could easily double as a resort destination.
A small glimpse of the beautiful surroundings of Jewelmer's pearl farm.
We toured the whole operation and I was amazed at how many steps are involved from beginning to end in creating a pearl. I walked away with a new appreciation for the science and art behind producing beautiful pearls. There's a lot more to it then just putting a bead in an oyster and hoping for the best!
The farm was strict in preserving it's proprietary practices so a lot of areas including the hatchery were off limits to photography. The hatchery was where all the spat (baby oysters) begin their life-cycle and are bred from oysters selected for their potential to create beautiful pearls. While mother nature is still in charge, nothing is left to chance and they are constantly experimenting with new breeding techniques.
Worker inspecting baskets containing juvenile oysters.
These baby Pinctada maxima oysters are then placed in the nursery where they stay for about two years. Once they have matured they are transferred to tanks and prepared to be grafted with a mother of pearl bead. The grafters take a piece of mantle tissue along with the bead and place it inside the oyster’s gonad. It was fascinating to watch the grafters operate on these little oysters. The skill and precision it takes to cut into the right part of the oyster to place the bead and mantle tissue without harming the oyster is truly an art.
This oyster was chosen as a mantle tissue donor because of golden "lip" on the shell.
One of the grafters used to be a tattoo artist and because of his artistic talent and steady hands he was taught to nucleate the oysters.
A few months following nucleation, the oyster goes through an x-ray machine to ensure it has recovered from its surgery and the nucleus wasn’t rejected. Providing the nucleus is in the correct location the oyster is placed into small cages attached to lines to be dropped into the ocean for approximately two years. The staff, then carefully continue to monitor the many factors that affect pearl quality. They measure for things such as water temperature, water height, rainfall, salinity, and phytoplankton (oyster food!). Boats of workers go out each day to clean and adjust the heights of the lines to ensure the oysters are in the optimal condition for growing beautiful pearls. When the conditions are perfect and the implanted oysters have spent enough time in the water they do a small sample harvest. If they like what they see they will do a full harvest, if something is not right they will adjust the lines and give them more time in the water. Fortunately for us we were there as they were doing a pre-harvest sampling. As if on queue the first oyster yielded a beautiful perfectly round pearl with fantastic golden colors - something Jewelmer is famous for.
Beautiful golden South Sea pearls - no dyes or treatments necessary.
After the farm tour we were invited to snorkel around the farm and view the pristine underwater world necessary to grow world class pearls. Normally in aquaculture you see a dead sea floor, one covered in waste products and certainly not beneficial for the environment. But a pearl farm is different, a pearl farm requires pristine growing conditions and below the surface of the Jewelmer farm was teeming with colorful fish and bright vibrant coral gardens.
The underwater gardens surrounding the pearl farm.
With the pearl farm tour complete we opted to spend our last precious days in paradise simply lazying around and unwinding from a busy buying trip. The only downside was when it was time to leave, as "post vacation depression" is a serious hazard when leaving the Philippines. As we left the island Kevin and I both gave each other a look like "we gotta come back" and I'm sure we will soon.
Amazing Flower Island Sunset on our last night in paradise.
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This single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was pruned to produce extremely small volumes of exceptionally concentrated grapes. The bunches were harvested by hand at full ripeness, fermented in stainless steel and transferred into new French oak barriques for a total of 32 months. There is a classic, lead pencil, cigar-box aroma that is immediately evident on the nose, followed by ripe, dark cherry and blackberry fruit. The rich oak component follows from the nose to the palate, where there is a lovely balance between acidity and firm tannins. The finish is long, clean and savoury, asking to be paired with a succulent meat dish. The wine has great potential to be cellered and should continue to impress well beyond 2030.
John Platter Wine Guide 4.5 Stars: 100% Cabernet, fruit rigorously sorted to create beautifully structured and intense wine, inky hued, lipsmackingly dried. Still veiled by oak but already generous, persistent. Will reward further cellering.

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Please re-read the above quote from Spirit of Prophecy concerning the Tower of Babel, and compare it to what we have going on in the world today! They conceived an idea to 'dwell together' (Ecumenism). They wanted to 'secure themselves in case of another flood' (Climate Change Agenda). They would be 'as gods and rule over the people' (Babylon). The tower was 'designed to turn the attention of the people from God to idol worship' (Sunday Law).
The 'common enemy' during the time when men came together to build the tower of Babel was the fear of another "global ecological disaster" and being scattered. So the people united to build a tower that would 'reach unto heaven.' in order to save themselves from another disaster. (Genesis 11:4). They said ... "let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." (Genesis 11:4). They weren't interested in God's will, they just wanted to be all united together, to 'make a name for themselves' and secure their own future against this 'threat.' This is the character of Satan - the one whom wanted to make a name FOR HIMSELF (Isaiah 14:13-14).
God's will is rejected and replaced by 'common universal human values' - Humanism!
There is nothing of Jesus Christ in this. There is nothing of seeking God's will. This is the second 'Tower of Babel' being erected, in order to unite and control humanity for the 'common good' to secure their own future in this world. And Satan is the one behind it all.
And why is this club called 'The Club of ROME'? In the prophecy of Daniel 2 with Nebuchadnezzar's image, we found that the iron of ROME continued into the feet and would continue to INFLUENCE the 'divided' world until Jesus returns. So is the Club of Rome a kind of 'think tank' for the Papacy, aiding that Papal 'beast' system in bringing the world under it's subjection, as per Revelation 13? It certainly looks that way.
So what is the goal of all this? Well, for a long time, the Vatican have wanted it's false Sunday Sabbath to be enforced around the world - that mark of the beast in fulfillment of Revelation 13. The Vatican has tried brute force in times past to gain control of the world and enforce it's dogmas. But that only exposed the Papacy as to who it's master is - Satan. So now after hundreds of years of scheming, the Papal Church of Rome has invented other ways of enforcing it's dogmas upon the world - deception! Bring about a 'common enemy' and deceive the people of the world into thinking that their future is at risk if they don't UNITE against this 'common enemy' and work together to 'solve' it. And what better way to help so called 'climate change' than to shut down one day every week to 'help save humanity'? Thus the Vatican's long awaited Sunday law can be put into effect.
There are a number of 'common enemies' today that the Papacy is uniting the world against. The climage agenda is the main one, but other common enemies like 'extremism' and 'terrorism' are being used to unite the world together, and thus another 'Tower of Babel' is being erected to 'secure' mankind against these common enemies and unite the world under a 'common cause.' But this will end up failing, just as the original tower failed.
The world is being deceived into uniting under a 'common cause.' But this will turn the world against God and cause the world to join in the idolatry of Rome! Please heed God's warning friends. Do not follow man, follow Jesus Christ, as HE ALONE can secure your future!

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The Hallway Gallery is a platform for emerging artists from New England and beyond. In addition to our rotating art exhibitions; monthly music, film, and poetry events are scheduled on a regular basis. Make sure to visit The Hallway and other Jamaica Plain businesses on the First Thursday of each month for art openings, live music, discounts, food/wine tastings, and much more.
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Aviary is located at 48 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA. This business specializes in Art Galleries and Art Instruction.


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Introducing you to USA Brand, Ace & Jig. A favourite here at Kind Curations, and has been well before we opened our doors in 2018. We are excited to be one of four official stockists across Australia.
Meet Tim. The local behind Hunchmark. Tim's ceramic works have been on the shelves of Kind Curations since day one. We stumbled upon Hunchmark via his architect brother who assisted in the design of our fit-out. What a creative and talented bunch! Tim is insightful, talented and kind, and we are so proud to have his pieces in store.


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Warm up in the trendy and fashionable Bountiful Blanket Plaid scarf. This cozy scarf is made out of 100% Acrylic and measures 55" x 55".
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The groom has been kidnapped! Can the hens unite to save the big day?
This is the Bride's worst nightmare. Become an actual, fully-fledged member of CSI with this intense investigation into the Groom's kidnapping… dun dun dunnnn. This is one of the most popular hen party activities in the capital, and it's totally tongue in cheek – and the Groom is safe.
Here's the plan: the Best Man will film the husband-to-be's kidnapping as he is in a bit of trouble with money – he's spent the entire wedding fund… The Maid of Honour will then take the hen group to a bar, where you'll be met by a Garda inspector who will reveal the tape. Your team will then become detectives for the day and must set off, following a trail of clues to rescue the Groom before the big day.
This is a seriously unique and fun way to celebrate the hen do and, as an added incentive, the winning team gets a bottle of delicious Prosecco.


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From Tissus Toselli, this coated tablecloth is named after the idyllic town of Ramatuelle in the French Riviera. It features a bright and cheerful olives motif on a light green and white background. It is 100% cotton coated with acrylic to make it stain resistant and long lasting. Spills will not go through, protecting your table. Cleanup is as easy as wiping it with a sponge. UV resistant, they resist fading and are perfect inside or outside.
This tablecloth measures 60x120"; it will typically fit a table that seats 8 to 10 people. Machine wash, line dry. Made in France.

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Trump cited Netanyahu's much-ridiculed slideshow in which the Israeli leader claimed to have a trove of "intelligence" on Iran's nuclear weaponisation.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised US President Donald Trump's "historic move" to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Netanyahu has been a leading critic of the accord, saying it did not contain sufficient safeguards to prevent Iran from reaching nuclear-weapons grade capability. It is also critical of the country's regional role and long-range missile programme.
"The deal didn't reduce Iran's aggression, it dramatically increased it, and we see this across the entire Middle East," Netanyahu said. "Despite the deal, the terrorist regime in Tehran is developing a ballistic missiles capability, ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads far and wide, to many parts of the world."
However, the accord brought to a minimum of one year, for at least ten years, the "breakout time" that Iran needs to produce enough fissile material to make an atom bomb.
UN inspectors have certified Iran's compliance with the deal nine times, most recently in November.
Regional observers have also criticised Israel for its decades-long practice of not disclosing its nuclear weapons programme and for skirting membership to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Tuesday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum withdrawing from the 2015 agreement and reinstating sanctions on Iran. Trump also warned any country against assisting Iran.
During his speech, the president cited a much-derided presentation by Netanyahu last week, in which he claimed to have a trove of intelligence on a pre-2003 Iranian plan to develop a nuclear weapon - information that observers say the IAEA likely already know.
European allies, including Britain, France and Germany, have criticised the US decision to withdraw from the accord. They released a joint statement Tuesday saying they "remain committed to ensuring the agreement is upheld".
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani appeared on state TV moments after Trump's announcement, calling the US decision to withdraw "illegal".

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: This one property has a two story 3 bedroom home and a 2013 single-wide mobile home. They share a well and septic system. Both homes are being rented by the owner. The mobile home is wheelchair accessible. The mobile home is in excellent condition and the house is move in ready, but could use some cosmetic updates. Within walking distance to the town market, library, churches, community center, post office, town dock and school. This is a property worthy of your consideration.


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Amazon’s much-rumored set-top media streaming box has been unveiled at a press event today in New York. It’s their $99 Fire TV, capable of playing back streaming media from a variety of different online sources. In addition, it can also handle games, thanks to the unit’s quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM and dedicated GPU. The Fire TV also comes with a handy, simple remote for controlling the unit. Gamers who want a more comfortable gaming experience can purchase the optional $39.99 game controller.
For those who wish to get their hands on one already, it’ll be shipping later today.
If you’d like as much information about the Fire TV as one can handle, the product page is now up on Amazon. The press release is also embedded below if you’re interested.
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 2, 2014– (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Kindle revolutionized reading by making it possible to think of a book and be reading it in less than 60 seconds. Kindle Fire put the world’s largest selection of movies, TV shows, songs, apps, games, books, audiobooks, and magazines in the palm of your hand. In each case, Amazon integrates the hardware, software, and the content into an easy-to-use, seamless, end-to-end service for customers. Today, Amazon is excited to unveil its newest innovation—Fire TV, a tiny box that plugs into your HDTV for easy and instant access to Netflix, Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, SHOWTIME, low-cost video rentals, and much more. Fire TV also brings photos, music, and games to the living room. Meet Amazon Fire TV at www.amazon.com/FireTV.

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We are pleased to announce that we will be launching the Pedagogy Project on HASTAC in the next few weeks. This is a collaborative project, with over 80 submissions by HASTAC Scholars and supporters. This is our contribution to the FutureEd initiative.
Assignments which include multimedia, video, Wikipedia, Twitter, Storify, etc.
All of the contributions will be organized into useful themes. The goal is to have a large collection of assignments and activities for other educators to use in their own classrooms.
Follow announcements on Twitter under the #PedagogyProject hashtag. We will post an announcement on HASTAC when the project is released.
Pedagogy Project 2.0 Twitter Chat!


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You probably think to visit the doctor when your nagging cough has lasted for more than a few weeks, or if you had a sudden injury on the job. Your options for medical care are more than likely a visit to your primary care physician, or the emergency room.
Why Does My Child Need a Sports Physical?
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Summer Protective Gear – Do You Have Everything on This List?
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What Sends People to Urgent Care in the Summer?
Summer is a busy time for urgent care centers. Learn how you can avoid some of the most common summer injuries while you have your fun in the sun.
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industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Sofia's selection for our winter quarter recipe not only looks mouth watering but is ideal for this cooler season. Don't be put off by the preparation and cooking time. It'll be well worth the wait. Persevere and enjoy!
Cover with baking paper and 2 sheets of foil and cook for 2.5 – 3 hours or until the meat falls easily away from the bones.
Remove from the oven and transfer the ribs carefully to a separate tray to cool.
Bring to a gentle simmer and regularly spoon the sticky sauce over the ribs for 1 minute, turn over and repeat the process until golden and glossy.


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As one of the largest supplier of law enforcement equipment in the Midwest, U.S. Uniform & Supply offers a vast inventory of high quality apparel for men and women serving on the front lines of duty in our nation.
We house an extensive selection of apparel to cover your uniform needs. Our product inventory includes: law enforcement uniforms, uniform shirts, black duty gear, cordovan brown basketweave duty gear, less-lethal products, body armor, footwear, pants, outerwear, campaign hats, gloves, flashlights, handcuffs, handcuff cases, belts, batons, concealment, vest systems, casual wear and t-shirts.
We have been serving law enforcement units and professionals since 1990 – and to that point we are the largest supplier of cordovan brown basket weave duty gear and brown sheriff uniforms.
Whether you need law enforcement tactical gear, a brown police uniform, a navy or black uniform, a sheriff uniform, basket weave duty belt, police campaign hat, Safariland mag pouch or EMS uniforms, you’ll find tons of options to meet your uniform requirements and preferences.
At U.S. Uniform & Supply, we know that the logos you wear represent you, your duty and your mission. We provide customized logos for qualified public safety professionals in any city, state or county in the U.S.
We are also proud to offer on-site embroidering and alteration services for law enforcement. From patches to name tape and collars, we can do it all! If you need alterations, we can handle that too. We understand the importance of comfort when it comes to law enforcement apparel so we make sure you get the perfect fit, every time.
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Experience the TMAG in a new way by capturing your thoughts and observations using sketch noting. This fun method can be done by anyone and takes the pressure off ‘being able to draw’ or ‘being able to write’. Suzy Cooper will teach you simple methods you can copy exactly or adapt to suit yourself. Even the simplest words, sketches or found objects can look terrific if you apply some design ideas to them.
Absolute beginners are absolutely catered for. If you’ve always wanted to draw or to add words to your drawings, come and join us. This would be a great preparation if you are planning a trip and wanting to keep a travel journal.
Meet up with the rest of the group afterwards for a coffee and to share your work (if you want).
Suzy is a long-time member of the Friends, and served on our committee a couple of years ago.


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A prizewinner!! Well done to all who made their own costumes for Halloween.
Halloween has come to our class!!!!!!
We love when our Buddies help us to read!
More fun and games in Senior Infants!
We didn't let a little rain stop us going on a fabulous nature walk in Kevinsfort!
We had fun at Súgradh le Chéile!
We planted garlic bulbs in the garden for a winter crop.
We went on the bus to Sligo LIbrary for storytime.


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Treat the newborn arrival to this classic babygro by Absorba. This super soft velour babygro has a gorgeous fluffy sheep and stars design.
Easy popper closing to the front make this a must have.
With European sizes, we recommend that you buy up a size - if you're baby is 3months, buy a 6 months. Babies grow not shrink!


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When I added the Campion Christmas stories to the festive reading blog, I realised that I hadn’t ever written a Series I love post about Margery Allingham’s detective and so one was really somewhat overdue. So, to start off the new year, I’m putting that omission to rights.
Albert Campion – not his real name – is a detective and problem solver. He’s got an aristocratic background that is hinted and and has to be pieced together* – and many sources say he started as a parody of my beloved Lord Peter Wimsey. Indeed as well as their family history, their physical description is fairly similar – Campion is thin, blond, wears glasses and has a face that is described as bland and inoffensive and as having a deceptively blank expression. Wimsey by contrast is describes as being fair, average height, with a monocle and with a vaguely foolish face. You see what I mean? But as the books go on Albert is definitely his own man and a character in his own right. He’s more of an adventurer and a man of action than many of his Golden Age Counterparts – and more often on the edge of the law. Where Wimsey has Bunter – a gentleman’s gentleman with a flare for photography and chemistry – Albert has Lugg, an ex-con with a passion for trying to better himself but constantly being reminded of his past as he and Albert encounter his former criminal associates. Albert’s friend in the police is the detective Stanislas Oates, who over the course of the series rises through the ranks of The Yard to become its chief.
The Campion stories tend more towards the adventure than straight up detective fiction – for example, my particular favourite is Sweet Danger which sees Albert posing as minor royalty at a foreign watering home and then attempting to outwit a criminal mastermind in the hunt for documents to prove who the ruler of a tiny but oil rich principality is. There are chases, and a treasure hunt, and evil machinations and attempted witchcraft and it all builds to a very satisfactory conclusion. The one in the series which gets most attention is The Tiger in the Smoke – which is a thriller not a detective novel – as Albert tries to track down a psychopath in foggy, smoggy London. I also really like The Fashion in Shrouds, in which Albert’s fashion designer sister (also estranged from the aristocratic family) falls under suspicion after two deaths that are rather convenient for her best friend.
The series started in the 1930s and ran through until the 1960s, so I need to add my usual caveat about there being some dated attitudes and language in some of these – particularly the Fashion in Shrouds if I recall correctly – which means that the modern reader needs to approach with slight caution, but I don’t think there’s anything worse here than there is in Christie or Sayers.
There are 19 Campion novels written by Margery Allingham, two more written by her husband (who completed the final Allingham novel after her death) and then another five modern continuations by Mike Ripley. I’ve read most of the Allingham written stories – although interestingly I think Campion’s first appearance, as a side character in The Crime at Black Dudley, is one of the ones in the series that I haven’t read. I can almost see your puzzled face at this – but I have an explanation: I discovered Campion when I was living in Essex and on a very tight budget. I was reading my way through the local library’s detective selection and they had a whole shelf of Campions – because Margery Allingham was a local author. I promptly read my way through as many as I could lay my hands on – but it was pre-goodreads and I wasn’t keeping track. I still don’t own many of them – a fact which has hampered me not inconsiderably in putting this post together!
There were also two series of TV adaptations in the early 1990s, starring Peter Davison as Campion, which do occasionally pop up on TV (usually on Alibi or Drama) which are fun if not entirely faithful to the plot and a bit clunking in places. They’re definitely not as well put together as the Joan Hickson Miss Marples for example, the David Suchet Poirots or the Inspector Alleyn adaptations, but if you like the books then they’re worth a look as a curiosity if nothing else.
I’ve got a couple of Campions as audiobooks too which has actually been a really nice way to revisit the series. Once I get my audiobook and podcast backlogs back down and under control, I’m planning to get a few more – and fill in some of the gaps in the series.
If you’ve read any Campion books – or have a favourite – let me know in the comments!
*And I can’t remember all the pieces at the moment!
Not a lot of reading done last week – I started the week in New York and ended it on a plane back to Washington from Dallas and there wasn’t a lot of reading time other than the travelling. But luckily, I had an easy choice for my BotW pick thanks to my new local library and Carl Hiaasen’s Skin Tight.
After a Mick Stranahan stabs his unexpected guest (who came armed) using a taxidermied fish, he starts to try to figure out who it is who wants him dead. Unfortunately the intruder died so quickly he couldn’t answer any questions. And there are plenty of suspects. As an investigator at the State Attorney’s Office there were plenty of people who had a grudge against him even before he nailed a crooked judge and got fired. But then the list just keeps growing and soon it becomes clear that if Stranahan wants to enjoy his retirement, he’s going to have to figure out what’s going on before he ends up dead.
If that sounds a bit mad, that’s because it is. It’s a dark and satirical screwball comedy where every character has at least one serious character flaw, but very few of them realise it. I’ve spoken a lot about my search for more books to scratch my Steph Plum-esque itch and this definitely did that. Stranahan is much less likeable than Steph and a lot further from the straight and narrow than she is, but this is the same sort of madcap adventure you get with her.
My only real problem with Skin Tight is that it was published nearly 30 years ago and that’s making it hard to get more books by Hiaasen, although not impossible as my to-read pile will already show. It does mean though that the bad news is that Skin Tight isn’t available on Kindle or Kobo at the moment – and it may well be out of print in the US as well as the UK. It is available on audiobook from Kobo, but if you want an actual book you’re going to have to buy it secondhand (Amazon and Abebooks have plenty of copies at various price points) or do what I did and get it from your library.
This week’s BotW returns to my old stomping ground of Girl’s Own fiction. However it is slightly out of my usual wheel house in that it’s not a school story, but a career book. Compared to my reading of school stories, I haven’t read many career books, but one of my favourite books that my mum passed on from her childhood was Shirley Flight, Air Hostess so a book in a series called Sally Baxter, Girl Reporter definitely appealed to me. I found it in the Oxfam Bookshop in York (on the same trip that I picked up two Oxenhams and Dorita Fairlie Bruce) and I bought it, because after all, I am a journalist after spending my childhood pretending to be one, so what could be more perfect?!But this is definitely a recommendation for people who are afficiados of the genre – because it has some… let’s call them issues.
So, Strangers in Fleet Street is apparently the 15th book in the Sally Baxter series and it sees Sally, who is a teenager working as a reporter at a national newspaper, taking charge of a group of foreign readers of the Evening Cry (her paper) who won a competition to spend two weeks in London. She’s their guide – but she’s also hoping to get some stories from their visit. Sally soon makes friends with most of the visitors but a series of disappearances – of money, of earrings and of a person – lead to suspicion being thrown on her little group and Sally is determined to unmask the real culprit – not just for the scoop but to save her new friend’s reputations.
This ticked pretty much all of my boxes – it’s got a mystery and a bit of adventure. It has a fun cast of characters and it has a lead character who is doing an interesting job, in a male-dominated profession. OK Sally may be on human interest duty in this book, but she’s definitely doing the job and she’s not the only one – there’s a more senior woman reporter too. Looking at the information about the other titles in the series that I found here, it seems that Sally seems to get a lot of the softer stories – as opposed to crime, trials or politics, but then court rooms and council meetings are hard to make sound exciting – but a lot of it involves globe-trotting. Even without that list, Sally mentions trips to Hong Kong and North Africa – so it does sound like an exciting and appealing life, which has got to be one of the major aims of a career novel. My quibbles with it are all around some of the rather old-fashioned (putting it nicely) attitudes. Sally herself is very fair but the way the young North African boy is portrayed is definitely very stereotypical and of its time. And the resolution to the mystery involved another trope that I’m not very keen on, but I can’t say more than that because it’s a huge spoiler. So lets say that I won’t be lending this to my 10-year-old niece. But if you are a fan of Girl’s Own fiction and know where its weaknesses and blind spots are, this is a very enjoyable way to spend a few hours. And I’ve already been on the second hand book sites looking for more in the series.
As I mentioned, my book came from a charity bookshop, the secondhand dealers have lots of copies of various books in this series (please don’t beat me to them) but unless this is your secret niche book love, it’s probably not going to be one for you- and if it is, you already know how to source this sort of thing, so no links this week!
This may be one of the least surprising BotW picks ever, considering that the first book in the Custard Protocol series was a BotW, as were several of Gail Carriger’s other books (Sumage Solution, Manners and Mutiny and Timeless) and she was one of my discoveries of the year back when this blog was but a child. In fact, the only question you have may be: What took me so long to read Imprudence, given that it came out in July last year. Fear not. There are answers ahead.
Now, part of the reason this has taken so long for me to read is that it was all boxed up with the to-read pile at the back end of last year, but the reason it was still waiting to be read at that point was a line in the blurb: “her werewolf father is crazy”. Having read Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series, I had a fair idea what was going on there, and I was worried about how it was going to resolve itself. I love and adore Rue’s Paw – Conall Maccon and although he has his stupid moments (to whit, his idiotic behaviour in Blameless) I was a bit worried about what might happen to him. And I had a few rocky moments early on in the book, which involved near tears and sniffling. But I got through it and I was ok. And that’s as much as I can say without it all being a big old spoiler. And while we’re talking about the Parasol Protectorate, I found myself wishing that I’d re-read Timeless before I read this, because a lot of the action is in Egypt and there’s a lot of references to the events of that book. It did all come back to me, but I think I would have been cooing with delight sooner if I’d done a reread first. And so of course now I need to go and do that reread to check if there were any references that I missed in Imprudence. There are old friends here – and some who are less friendly.
If I have a quibble, it’s that everything is wrapped up very quickly in the end – the main romantic through line and the adventure-quest one. I could have read another 50 pages of that resolving itself. But maybe that’s just me. And if you’re wondering what prompted me to read this now, it’s the fact that the latest novella that Carriger has written is set after this book, and I *really* want to read that and so needed to do things in order. Because I’m like that. And we all know that I’ll be pre-ordering the next in this series, Competence, just as soon as there’s a paperback preorder link. Because I’m like that too.
As always in posts like this, I’m going to remind you all that this is the second in this series, but really actually the seventh if you’re counting Parasol Protectorate (which as you may have guessed have a fair bit to do with this) and eleventh if you’re going chronologically and including the spin-off prequel Finishing School YA series. So don’t start with this one. If you’re impatience, go and read Prudence first, but really, what you want to do is start with Soulless and work your way through Alexia’s story before you come to Rue. And then do the Finishing school, because that is so much more fun once you start to work out who everyone is and how it all fits together. Just my two-penneth. They’re all available in Kindle and Kobo and Audible* and you should be able to order the paperbacks from any good bookshop. Like the Big Green Bookshop.
*Although NB, the first audiobook pronounces Lord Akeldama’s name wrong. It’s Ak-el-dama not A-keel-duhma or however she says it. It’s fixed by book 2 and I can just about cope with it in book one, even if my brain does repeat it pronounced correctly after every time it’s used.
Lots of painting and filling and cleaning in my week off work, and not as much reading as usual, but in the end it was an easy choice for this week’s BotW – Connie Willis’s To Say Nothing of the Dog. Delightfully this was a recommendation from a work colleague who thought I would love it and he was totally right. I love it when that happens.
Ned Henry has time-lag. He’s been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s trying to find a hideous artefact in the ruins of Coventry cathedral. But all those jumps have scrambled his brain and he’s sent to Victorian England to recover away from the demands of Lady Schrapnell – who is rebuilding the original Coventry cathedral in the middle of Oxford. The bad news is he has one job to do in the nineteenth century before he can relax. The trouble is, the time-lag means he can’t remember what it is. There’s a boat trip, eccentric dons, drippy maidens, dopey undergrads, a cat and a fellow time traveller called Verity Kindle.
I loved this so much. It’s got so much of my catnip in here: it’s got modern people having to grapple with the Victorian era, it’s full of references to other books – of particular interest to me through thread of Peter Wimsey and Golden Age crime novels – and a mystery adventure plot as they try and hunt down the Bishop’s Bird Stump and prevent the future from being altered because of their actions.
To recap: time travel, history, humour, literary in-jokes and Peter Wimsey references galore. What more could I want?
This was my first Connie Willis book, so now the research is going on to figure out which of her other novels might be my cup of tea. If you like the Chronicles of St Mary’s series, by Jodi Taylor, you should definitely try this but I can’t think of many other books to compare this to (If you have any other suggestions for fun time travelling novels please do let me know) although I think if you like steampunky novels this might work for you, ditto books full of references to books. I need to go and read Three Men in a Boat because that’s a big influence here, and I’ve never read it. I also need to go and buy myself a copy of this because I want one for myself so I can lend it and I’m going to have to give this copy back.
You can get a copy of To Say Nothing of the Dog from all the usual sources.
You may have noticed that a week on the beach means that I’ve read a lot of books and whilst I have been bingeing a little on Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St Mary’s series (and Margery Allingham to a lesser extent) my favourite book last week was Dave Sinclair’s The Barista’s Guide to Espionage.
I’ve said elsewhere that this book is what would happen if Stephanie Plum had James Bond’s baby – and according to the publisher that was what the author was going for, so big success there.
How can you not love a book with a cover like this?!
This is so, so, so much fun. I mean, Eva blazes through this book, living up to her name with the trail of wreckage in her wake. And Harry the Billionaire is really well done – he has enough moments of being really human that you can see why Eva struggles to side against him at time – he’s not like a Bond villain were you know the only reason he’s attracted his female hangers-on is because he’s rich*. This unravels like an action movie – with set pieces scattered across the world and bluffs and double bluffs galore. I can’t wait for the sequel – and hopefully the movie.
This was another book which came to me via my Fahrenheit Press subscription – which has already given me previous BotW’s Murder Quadrille, Black Rubber Dress and Death of a Nobody as well as a bunch of other excellent books which have been in the running. Fahrenheit Press are starting to bring out physical copies of their books, but as yet, the only place you can get this is on Kindle but it’s definitely worth £2.95 of your hard-earned money.
*Except May Day. I think she likes Zorin because he’s mad and lets her be violent (and he’s rich, and younger than most Bond villains).

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We are also a well established Communion Dress & Accessory shop where we provide first class customer service, affordable prices and fantastic choice. We currently stock dresses by designers Emmerling, Rosa Clara, Little People, Celebrations, Macis Design, Christie Helene, Isabella & Koko, Lacey Bell, Joan Calabrese, SophistiKatie, Stardust, Rainbow Club & Tappers & Pointers.
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Check your plan materials to see which of these prescription drug programs are available or apply to you.
Step therapy encourages the use of generic drug options, when possible.
Some prescription drugs have a maximum quantity that can be given to a patient within a certain period of time.
Specialty drugs are used to manage conditions such as multiple sclerosis, hemophilia, hepatitus and rheumatoid arthritis. Order them from a specialty network pharmacy to get convenient home delivery, savings and support.
If you're eligible, you can save by getting a 90-day supply of prescriptions that you fill regularly. Choose to order by mail or visit a pharmacy in the 90-dayRX network.
Some plans cover specific over-the-counter drugs, including certain antihistamines and proton pump inhibitors for acid-related stomach disorders. Using the over-the-counter versions can save you money.
CCStpa offers an optional retail pharmacy vaccine program for certain vaccines.
CCStpa offers employers an optional preventive drug program that covers prescription drugs before employees have met their deductible.
The value-based design program helps employers manage their overall health care costs and can help lower employees' out-of-pocket costs for some drugs.


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Despite deleting Alex Jones’ podcasts, Apple says the InfoWars livestreaming application will remain on the App Store.
If you are unfamiliar with InfoWars, it is a controversial conspiracy theory platform that is a notable spreader of fake news. The twist here is that Alex Jones is the founder of InfoWars. So, Apple, is keeping the InfoWars podcast application in place, but removing Jones’ podcasts.
Apple is certainly not following the lead of other tech companies. Google shut down Jones’ personal YouTube channel and Facebook removed videos and banned him for 30 days. The InfoWars page has been warned on Facebook. Twitter and Snapchat are known to be monitoring both Jones, while many outlets have outright banned InfoWars.
As you would expect from news stories with Apple and InfoWars in the headline, the scandal has done little to harm Jones or his site. In fact, the added exposure has given his apps a boost.


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There is a growing backlash against women being treated as equals in churches around Australia, with some women being pressured not to become priests. Barney Zwartz reports on the battle looming.
THE PROBLEM crept under Muriel Porter's radar. The first the veteran Anglican women's activist noticed, it was at last year's Melbourne synod when a minister proposed a motion about the need to attract young men to church.
Anglican priests are ordained at St Paul’s Cathedral, Muriel Porter (top) and Hannah Craven.
Someone else moved to add "and young women"—and it was defeated.
Then she began hearing uncomfortable stories about young women being told they were defying God in wanting to become priests, that it was a role reserved for men, that the "headship" teaching (which says women must be subordinate to men) was on the march.
Women were being discouraged, even intimidated.
Porter was shocked. For decades Melbourne had been the diocese most supportive of women priests, and the issue seemed long resolved.
But now, in the Anglican Church and in others, it seems to be a divisive issue once again, with a backlash unleashed and gaining ground.
The question is broader than whether women can be priests and exercise leadership over men, though that is usually how it is framed inside the church.
home, where the once-traditional idea that they should submit to their husbands is gaining fresh traction.
This is being re-examined in churches around Australia: Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Pentecostal and others.
Porter says the change in Melbourne and elsewhere is due to a rising number of hard-line young Melbourne ministers who are strongly influenced by resurgent conservatism in the United States.
She says they are "very masculine and horrified by what they call the 'chickification' of Christianity".
According to Kevin Giles, a Melbourne evangelical minister and veteran of the fight for women's equality within the church, the issue is "about power—who has it and who doesn't, who determines how the Scriptures should be read".
Those who support the "headship" doctrine are called complementarians.
They say women and men are created equal in value but with different roles, in which leadership is reserved for men.
The biblical text they rely on is Paul's first letter to Timothy, which says: "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man; she must be silent."
The pro-equality group argues that these verses have a specific context and are not a permanent mandate. They rely on texts such as Paul's letter to the Galatians: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ."
This group, who call themselves egalitarians, argue that ministry is based on abilities and not gender.
According to Giles, the debate is not about whether women can "minister".
He says: "Everyone is in favour of women's ministry, because that can be anything—even making tea. The real key is leadership, headship. The debate is full of code words, but unpacked it means men lead, women obey."
Giles and his wife, Lynley, a noted marriage educator, are sufficiently concerned that they have organised the annual international conference of Christians for Biblical Equality in Melbourne this weekend.
Founded in the US in 1988, the group claims it has members from 100 denominations in 70 countries.
Kevin Giles blames the increasingly confident assertion of headship doctrine on the influence of the Sydney diocese—Australia's largest and most powerful, and a staunch advocate of headship—and the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, which is influential in universities around the nation.
"It's a minority, but it's a vocal, strong, able minority which does a lot of good work in other areas."
Modern technology is also playing a significant role in emboldening conservatives to stand against women joining the threefold ministry of deacon, priest and bishop.
Important American evangelical leaders such as Mark Driscoll and John Piper are instantly accessible through their podcasts and blogs, which thousands of people around the world download every day.
Driscoll, of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, wants more testosterone in the church. He complains that the church has produced "chickified" men.
"Sixty per cent of Christians are chicks, and the 40 per cent that are dudes are still sort of chicks."
In a famous 2006 sermon, he said real men avoid the church because it projects a hippie, queer Christ, whereas men want the "ultimate fighting Jesus".
According to Cheryl Catford, a Churches of Christ minister who has researched the issue, Driscoll would never have had the influence 20 years ago that he has now.
Catford, who is a speaker at this weekend's conference, has researched attitudes to gender roles among Pentecostals (churches such as Hillsong that in America are called evangelical).
Paradoxically, such churches often have glamorous women in the pulpit while at the same time teaching that women must be subordinate.
She says many young women are not even attempting to get into Christian ministry.
"If they can get in they can't express their gifts in the fullest extreme, and sometimes run up against neo-Calvinism. So a lot of younger women are going off and doing their own things."
Among Anglicans, the young women bearing the brunt of opposition are reluctant to say much because they are told that to highlight disagreement within the church would hinder spreading the gospel.
Hannah Craven, who is training for the priesthood at Parkville's Ridley College—the institution that trains evangelical Anglican candidates for ordination and is at the centre of the renewed debate in Melbourne—says she has noticed the trend both at Ridley and in the wider church.
"It's one of those things people are afraid to bring up publicly, and you have the sense it's happening under the radar. You hear a group of people met and talked."
Craven feels strongly supported by her own church, St Hilary's in Kew, but even so she is not unscathed.
"From my perspective, it's more that sense that God's called you to do something, and you are striving to be faithful and obedient, yet know that a lot of people believe that in the process you are being disobedient and ungodly. And you have to take that seriously, and can't help but find that discouraging. It creates uncertainty."
Megan Curlis-Gibson, a young minister at St Hilary's, agrees.
"I've had people decide not to come because I'm preaching, or tell me why what I'm doing is wrong. It's just a conversation for them, but I'm sitting there defending my entire career. The implication is that I'm disobeying God in everything I do."
RIDLEY College principal Peter Adam, a complementarian, believes that Christians can hold either view with a clear conscience.
He concedes that the issue has become a source of tension among students, but so are other matters, such as infant baptism.
Nevertheless, he says, the women's issue is "very delicate. There are a number of political undercurrents going on in the diocese of Melbourne over this issue at the moment. There's a rumour going around that Ridley is lobbying the diocese to stop ordaining women, which has no truth at all."
Adam's policy is not to stifle debate.
"For the broader welfare of the church, I think it's better not to take sides in a way that precludes others or denies them their rights to participate in the diocese."
Ridley's written policy is to welcome and provide equal training for male and female students, and accept a variety of views on the roles of men and women in ministry and leadership — the same policy as the Melbourne diocese and, indeed, the Anglican Church of Australia.
Leading advocates of headship believe egalitarians are overstating the problem. Ridley lecturer Rhys Bezzant, a leader of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Melbourne, says the group makes "an easy whipping boy".
"The issue isn't front and centre on Melbourne campuses. There would be staff who hold a variety of views, and students and student leaders.
AFES is not nearly as monochrome as people want to suggest," he says. Healesville minister TimAnderson, a leader among younger evangelicals who want to limit women's ministry, says he does not argue with the same stridency as the case is argued in Sydney, and that he respects other people's views.
"I believe women shouldn't be in charge of churches or preaching to mixed congregations.
Within the scope of a large church like St Hilary's, with a decent-sized ministry team, there's a range of roles God calls women to that they can fulfil very well, but I wouldn't include being senior minister or regular preacher."
But women's ministry is far less significant to him than, say, the consecration of a lesbian as bishop in the US last month, or Christians who minimise the importance of Jesus Christ.
"When there's stuff like that on the radar, it's not helpful to get wound up about secondary matters."
Anderson says pro-women's ordination advocates such as Kevin Giles and Muriel Porter expected that after women were ordained in 1992, opposition would fall away and that opponents would gradually retire or change their minds as they encountered women doing a good job.
"That was their hope, so it's with considerable alarm that they see this isn't happening," he says.
He's right that Porter is alarmed. She says the problem is serious, especially as the Melbourne diocese has from the first been a leader in the fight for women's equality in the church.
It was Melbourne that in 1976 called on the national church to do whatever was needed to ordain women—Melbourne evangelicals, unlike their Sydney counterparts, were strongly supportive—and Melbourne was among the first to ordain women in 1992, a move approved by 90 per cent of the synod.
But evangelicalism today is shaped more by Sydney's Moore College, and it is these evangelicals, who teach subordination of women, whose churches are the fastest growing.
Today,Melbourne has 524 Anglican male priests and 106 women. Half of Ridley's students are women, and they make up 31 per cent of candidates for ordination.
Porter notes that while many liberal women priests have been elected to represent Melbourne at the Australian synod this year, there will not be one evangelical woman priest. She says evangelical women are not being promoted or encouraged by their side of the political divide.
Porter says these evangelicals think women should be subordinate everywhere, but they have lost the battle in wider society.
People would laugh, she says, if anyone suggested women should not be MPs, judges or chief executives. Family and church are the only remaining spheres where these evangelicals can be influential.
Porter says if evangelicals understood their history, they would advocate an equal role for women in church because feminism has an evangelical heritage.
"It came out of Bible believing women in the US in the 19th century who wanted to fight for the freedom of the slaves, and were told they couldn't speak because they were women."
So Porter is steeling herself for battle once more.
"I'm heartbroken that this reaction has emerged, and sad that I and my friends have to take up this cause again that we thought was safely accomplished. And we will take it up again. We are not simply going to acquiesce in the undoing of 25 years of our life's work."


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How Can You Perfect Your Pronunciation?
What Is The English Accent?
Although English does not use any written accents to give clues to the way that the language should be spoken. There are some stringent rules about English pronunciation, which should be followed if you want to be correctly understood.
It can be challenging to understand the notion of the hidden tonic accent in English, and many words just have to be learnt individually. For example the word ‘read’ which can be said in 2 ways, both have different meanings. This word has no accents or indications of how to read the word nor which pronunciation is correct until it is added to a sentence to give context.
We see this occurs a lot in English, for example, why are two words that are almost identical (beard and heard) not pronounced following the same rules?
To communicate in English, follow our advice and we will squash some of these mysteries!
• The pronunciation of English sounds.
• The pronunciation of English words.
• The rhythm of the sentence.
• The intonation within a sentence.
It is very likely that even with a grammatically correct sentence, that you have already been misunderstood, especially by a native English person. A significant part of proper pronunciation is practising the language and learning how to pronounce each word.
Even native English speakers have to do this because how you read a word does not always equal how you say it. For example, ‘Southwark’ which is an area in London is not said how it read. I used to see tourists come onto the bus all the time asking for South-Walk and no one knew what they were talking about. But once you learn that the area is called suth-ark, you can be immediately understood.
In this case, you need to learn this word independently and add it to the long list of irregular words in the English language.
English is one of the most commonly spoken languages on the planet, many countries speak English as a first language. All of which have their own expression of the language. To complicate matters further not only are there different English sounds internationally and different ways to pronounce words but also within countries you can find different pronunciations.
In the United Kingdom, the spoken accent between the north and south of the country as very different. For example, when I travel from London up to the north in Scotland, I do struggle to understand the English spoken there. While the English words have a similar meaning worldwide, the rhythm and the intonation do differ significantly in all parts of the English speaking world.
So when we speak about English accents, it is better to try to focus on one country zone at a time. For example, asking what is the English accent like in the united kingdom or the USA is a more straightforward question to answer although still too broad to give a sensible answer. The English accent is vast and varied all over the world.
The first step to speaking English as a native is to agree to be flexible in the way that you speak. Indeed, it is often said that children learn English more easily, but children are just more flexible in their thinking and have no problem changing their way of thinking and speaking. But adults are only as able to pronounce English correctly and progress in the English language provided they agree to change the way they form their words and express them verbally.
If it is your aim to learn to speak English quickly, it is best to listen to it as often as possible! This can be in conversations, in movies, on the radio, online or in exchanges. This is how children learn to speak their mother tongue. Using the same technique and given dedication and patience, you can do the same. Listening and imitating is of course very important when you are working to improve your pronunciation skills.
Regularly learning by exposure is a great way to make your language learning more accessible. Listen to the radio in English, watch films in English listen to music in English, you have access to English in many areas all of which can help to solidify your learning.
But be careful, not only to listen do back up everything you are hearing with lessons about what it is that you are learning.
Tips For Where To Find Opportunities To Improve Your English Language Skills.
YouTube has many wonderful videos which can help you learn all about how to pronounce a word in English. Audible is an audiobook website which allows you to listen to books. The great thing about this is that you can buy the book in English and follow along with audible.
Netflix and Amazon Prime are a few online streaming services which allow you to watch movies, documentaries and TV series with subtitles. The great thing is that they also have options to listen in multiple languages and read subtitles in various languages too.
Online apps like Babbel which allow you to meet with other language learners and improve your English oral skills by exchanging a language or working together.
Websites like Couchsurfing are an international travel community where you can also interview new English people or make friends internationally with people who are open to globalism and meeting people from other cultures and background.
The point of couch surfing is for you to share your culture and help people from other countries. In their forums, you can find many English speakers who will be willing to help you. Also, should you choose to you could host an English speaker in your home or travel to meet a native English speaker.
You can join forums like those on the lonely planet website to meet people who would like to help people from other countries so that you can learn and concrete your English.
Pronouncing the ‘th’ – This is one of the hardest sounds to pronounce in English, and it can be pronounced in a few different ways.
Confusing the ‘L’ and the ‘R’ – these sound are often mixed up which gives a different meaning to the words altogether. For example Rice and Lice.
Confusing the ‘W’ and the ‘V’ – This is often noticed when saying the word water or west. Again saying Vater instead of water gives your sentence a different meaning which could give confusion to listeners.
The changing intonation with the letter ‘E’ – Adding an ‘e’ to a word changes the syllables, for example Not and Note although they look the same are not said with the same intonation. Not is said with 1 syllable and Note has 2 syllables.
Silent consonants – Many words in the English language contain letters which are silent, words like Wednesday which are said Wensday. It is hard to know which words have silent letters as there is no structured rule to define how it works.
Learning the words with silent letters is an excellent way to make sure that you are pronouncing words correctly.
The inconsistencies in English comes about because the language has been inspired by Germanic, Norse, French, Italian, Arabic and many more languages. Since we can’t change the rules of English spelling and pronunciation, we might as well learn what we can and study hard to overcome them. Enjoy and good luck!


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Sequestration results in suspension of Military Tuition Assistance program.
Yet another casualty of the sequester. All but one branch of the mulitary, the Navy, has suspended the popular tuition assistance program. One of the biggest reasons people enlist is because of the education benefits. I thought Republicans said the sequester woukd not have any effect on us. Is that just another Republican lie?
The across the board cuts that have cost the military $46 billion is causing these cuts. The military comptroller recomended the TA be cut instead of something else. This suspension is for fiscal year 2013, which lasts until October. The suspension does not affect those currently enrolled in classes using previously aporoved tuition assistance. Each branch is responsible for funding and administering the TA programs.
The program can only be used by active duty service members pursuing an educational goal. Member of the National Guard and reserve units can use the program while on active duty. The program pays up to $4,500 per year per student. In fiscal year 2012, in the Army alone, 201,000 soldiers took advantage of the Armys TA program. It provided $373 million, helping 2,831 soldiers earn their associates degree, 4,495 earned their bachelors degree and 1,946 earned their graduate degrees. This is obviously something that helps these soldiers when they re-enter the work force.
Now please remember that while President Obama and the Democrats worked to avoid this sequester. All the while Paul Ryan said these cuts were a good thing, John Boehner said he got 98% of what he wanted and Mitch Mcconnell said revenue was off the table. Republicans wanted these cuts, they got them. Now they are saying that they will look into this. Thank you Republicans for taking care of Americas true heros, the Military.