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Aztec sacrifices were famously a part of the Aztec culture, famous in part because of deliberate propaganda out of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico, who at the time were involved in executing heretics and opponents in bloody ritual displays as part of the Spanish Inquisition. The over-emphasis on the role of human sacrifice has led to a distorted view of Aztec society: but it is also true that violence formed a regular and ritualized part of life in Tenochtitlan.
Sacrifices were a regular and ritualized part of life in 15th- and 16th-century Aztec capital cities.
The numbers and extent of the practice were almost certainly inflated by Spanish conquistadors.
Reasonable estimates are between 1000 and 20,000 human sacrifices per year in Tenochitlan; the Spanish claimed much more.
The main religious purpose was to renew and sustain life, and to communicate with the gods.
As a political tool, sacrifice was used terrorize Aztec subjects and legitimize the Aztec rulers and the state itself.
How Common Was Human Sacrifice?
As many Mesoamerican people did, the Aztec/Mexica believed that sacrifice to the gods was necessary to ensure the continuity of the world and the balance of the universe. They distinguished between two types of sacrifice: those involving humans and those involving animals or other offerings.
Human sacrifices included both self-sacrifice, such as bloodletting, in which people would cut or perforate themselves; as well as the sacrifice of the lives of other human beings. Although both were quite frequent, the second one gained the Aztecs the fame of being a bloodthirsty and brutal people who worshiped cruel deities.
For the Aztecs, human sacrifice fulfilled multiple purposes, both at the religious and socio-political level. They considered themselves the “elected” people, the people of the Sun who had been chosen by the gods to feed them and by doing so were responsible for the continuity of the world. On the other hand, as the Mexica became the most powerful group in Mesoamerica, human sacrifice acquired the added value of political propaganda: requiring subject states to offer up human sacrifice was a way to maintain control over them.
The rituals connected with the sacrifices included the so-called "Flowery Wars" intended not to kill the enemy but rather to obtain slaves and live war captives for sacrifices. This practice served to subjugate their neighbors and send a political message to both their own citizens as well as foreign leaders. A recent cross-cultural study by Watts et al. (2016) argued that human sacrifice also propped up and supported the elite class structure.
But Pennock (2011) argues that to simply write off Aztecs as bloodthirsty and uncivilized mass murderers misses the central purpose of human sacrifice in Aztec society: as a deeply held belief system and part of the requirements for the renewal, sustaining and refreshing of life.
Human sacrifice among the Aztec usually involved death by heart extraction. The victims were chosen carefully according to their physical characteristics and how they related to the gods to whom they would be sacrificed. Some gods were honored with brave war captives, other with slaves. Men, women, and children were sacrificed, according to the requirements. Children were specially chosen to be sacrificed to Tlaloc, the rain god. The Aztecs believed that the tears of newborn or very young children could ensure rain.
The most important place where sacrifices took place was the Huey Teocalli at the Templo Mayor (Great Temple) of Tenochtitlan. Here a specialist priest removed the heart from the victim and threw the body down the steps of the pyramid; and the victim's head was cut off and placed on the tzompantli, or skull rack.
However, not all sacrifices took place on top of pyramids. In some cases, mock-battles were organized between the victim and a priest, in which the priest fought with real weapons and the victim, tied to a stone or a wooden frame, fought with wooden or feathered ones. Children sacrificed to Tlaloc were often carried to the god’s sanctuaries on top of the mountains that surround Tenochtitlan and the Basin of Mexico in order to be offered to the god.
The chosen victim would be treated as a personification on earth of the god until the sacrifice took place. The preparation and purification rituals often lasted more than one year, and during this period the victim was taken care of, fed, and honored by servants. The Sun Stone of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina (or Montezuma I, who ruled between 1440-1469) is an enormous carved monument discovered at the Templo Mayor in 1978. It features elaborate carvings of 11 enemy city-states and likely served as a gladiatorial stone, a dramatic platform for gladiatorial combat between Mexica warriors and captives.
Most ritual killings were practiced by religious specialists, but Aztec rulers themselves often took part in the dramatic ritual sacrifices such as the dedication of Tenochtitlan's Templo Mayor in 1487. Ritual human sacrifice also took place during elite feasting, as part of a display of power and material wealth.
Mexican archaeologist Alfredo López Austin (1988) described four types of Aztec sacrifice: "images," "beds," "owners of skin," and "payments." Images (or ixpitla) are sacrifices in which the victim was costumed as a particular god, becoming transformed into the deity at a magic ritual time. These sacrifices repeated the ancient mythical time when a god died so his force would be reborn, and the death of the human-god impersonators allowed the rebirth of the god.
The second category was what López Austin called the "beds of the gods," referring to retainers, those victims killed in order to accompany an elite personage to the underworld. The "owners of skins" sacrifice is that associated with Xipe Totec, those victims whose skins were removed and worn as costumes in rituals. These rituals also provided body part war trophies, in which the warriors who captured the victim were awarded a femur to display at home.
Apart from the Spanish and indigenous texts describing rituals involving human sacrifice, there is also ample archaeological evidence for the practice. Recent investigations at the Templo Mayor have identified the burials of high-ranking personages who were ritually buried following cremation. But the majority of human remains found in Tenochtitlan excavations were sacrificed individuals, some beheaded and some with their throats cut.
One offering at the Templo Mayor (#48) contained the remains of approximately 45 children sacrificed to Tlaloc. Another at Tlatelolco's Temple R, dedicated to the Aztec god of the rain, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, contained 37 children and six adults. This sacrifice was carried out at Temple R's dedication during the great drought and famine of 1454–1457 CE. The Tlatelolco project has identified thousands of human burials which were ritually deposited or sacrificially offered. In addition, evidence of human blood residue at the House of the Eagles in Tenochtitlan's ceremonial precinct indicates bloodletting activities.
López Austin's fourth category was sacrificial debt payments. These types of sacrifices are epitomized by the creation myth of Quetzalcoatl (the "Feathered Serpent") and Tezcatlipoca ("Smoking Mirror") who transformed into serpents and tore apart the earth goddess, Tlaltecuhtli, angering the rest of the Aztec pantheon. To make amends, the Aztecs needed to feed Tlaltecuhtli's endless hunger with human sacrifices, thereby staving off total destruction.
According to some Spanish records, 80,400 people were slaughtered at the dedication of the Templo Mayor, a number likely exaggerated by either the Aztecs or the Spanish, both of whom had reason to inflate the numbers. The number 400 had a significance to Aztec society, meaning something like "too many to count" or the biblical notion involved in the word "legion." There is no doubt that an unusually high number of sacrifices did occur, and 80,400 could be construed to mean 201 times "too many to count."
Based on the Florentine codex, scheduled rituals included a figure of around 500 victims a year; if those rituals were conducted in each of the calpulli districts of the city, that would be multiplied by 20. Pennock argues persuasively for an annual number of victims in Tenochtitlan of between 1,000 and 20,000.
Ball, Tanya Corissa. "The Power of Death: Hierarchy in the Representation of Death in Pre- and Post-Conquest Aztec Codices." Multilingual Discourses 1.2 (2014): 1–34. Print.
Berdan, Frances F. "Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory." New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Print.
Boone, Elizabeth Hill, and Rochelle Collins. "The Petroglyphic Prayers on the Sun Stone of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina." Ancient Mesoamerica 24.2 (2013): 225–41. Print.
De Lucia, Kristin. "Everyday Practice and Ritual Space: The Organization of Domestic Ritual in Pre-Aztec Xaltocan, Mexico." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 24.03 (2014): 379–403. Print.
Klein, Cecelia F. "Gender Ambiguity and the Toxcatl Sacrifice." Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity. Ed. Baquedano, Elizabeth. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2014. 135–62. Print.
López Austin, Alfredo. "The Human Body and Ideology: Concepts of the Ancient Nahuas." Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1988.
Pennock, Caroline Dodds. "Mass Murder or Religious Homicide? Rethinking Human Sacrifice and Interpersonal Violence in Aztec Society." Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung 37.3 (141) (2012): 276–302. Print.
Schwartz, Glenn M. "The Archaeological Study of Sacrifice." Annual Review of Anthropology 46.1 (2017): 223–40. Print.
Watts, Joseph, et al. "Ritual Human Sacrifice Promoted and Sustained the Evolution of Stratified Societies." Nature 532.7598 (2016): 228–31. Print.


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Building things is just something that is naturally fun! Especially for the guys in my life. K’NEX recently sent us the new K’NEX Wild Whiplash Roller Coaster building set to put together. You should have seen my husband’s and son’s eyes light up when it arrived!
My husband has been working SO much overtime lately – so he and Eli only have the evenings to work on it at the moment. Last night, they pulled it from the box and got to work.
Here are a few tips to help get you going on the K’NEX Wild Whiplash Roller Coaster building set!
Seriously. My guys jumped the gun and just dumped everything out into the middle of my kitchen floor. HELLO?! Find a spot or corner where there isn’t much traffic through the house to build. Also, keep pets in mind. They get nosy and like to knock things over!
Again. My guys jumped the gun on this one too. They just dumped it all out into the floor and then decided after just a few minutes that they should have separated the pieces into nice little piles.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, right?! If you’re like us and short on time – pick a time to build with your kids if they need help! Choose weeknights, after dinner. Or on the weekends! We’ll be finishing ours up on Thanksgiving break!
Today, our kids are so into digital and electronic play. We can build things, with just a click on a computer screen. It doesn’t use as much “brain power” as physically building an actual building set! The K’NEX Wild Whiplash Roller Coaster building set is perfect for digging in and encouraging real building and playing!
Seriously! Get ready for the ride of your life!! This bad boy stands over 2 1/2 feet high! This creepy carnival themed coaster works by a motorized chain lift that shoots the coaster car through 14 FEET of twists and turns!
Thankfully, it comes with easy to follow, step by step building instructions. Everyone can build it!! There are even instructions for a 2nd coaster that you can download from knex.com! It’s the perfect gift this holiday season or ANYtime for that matter! You can find it exclusively at Walmart! You can also find other massive, moving, motortized roller coaster toys, ferris wheels, and more from K’NEX!
K’NEX wants to show kids that the only limit to building is the size of your imagination! After 25 years of business, K’NEX prides itself on connecting science, technology, engineering, arts, and math with imagination.
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Tell us, would your family love the K’NEX Wild Whiplash Roller Coaster?!
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Woozy Moo, however, all opinions and love for their toys are 100% my own.
Being parents, we’re the primary toy buyer. Strolling through the aisles of the toy stores can be daunting, especially when you have a kiddo that has different likes. For instance, a girl who loves to build things or maybe she’s into science. Most of those types of toys are marketed more towards boys. Or if you’re like me, and you have a child with special needs, you’re always trying to find toys that will push them to the next level and help them excel. We found Woozy Moo!! Woozy Moo is a toy store that offers all those hard-to-find toys, perfect for kids with different interests and kiddos with special needs! The best part is, they’re not marketed to specific genders!! So the girls can totally pull out her GIRL POWER and rock those building sets and science formulas, like a boss — and feel GOOD about it.
Woozy Moo also has a fun line of Body-Positive dolls. As girls, we all wanted to play with dolls that resembled US, right? These dolls are SO much fun. They make the perfect gift for those little girls in your life – and they send a great message. Be YOU!
They saw how toy stores were discriminating by telling girls to play with pink dolls and boys to play with blue trucks. They understood how important finding the right toys for kids with special needs is. They’re not interested in selling toys that most other stores “think” will sell. They’re more interested in offering toys that any kid can play with, no discrimination at all. They’re looking to Change Fun!
Woozy Moo really makes toy shopping easy. You can shop by theme, type, special needs, age, brand, and even by price. Their prices are very affordable and the toys are just FUN and geared towards your own child. Woozy Moo really encourages play that allows you to be YOU! That’s truly the message that we want our kids to learn.
Woozy Moo was started by founder, Hai Tiet while working at the United Nations. He realized the inequalities were, even in the world of toys. He decided something had to change – so he created Woozy Moo so that kids could be themselves, play with what they want and have fun learning.
What message do you want you want your kids to get when they “play”?
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My entire family makes fun of my husband because he literally goes to Walmart EVERY single day. Even if we don’t need anything….he just goes to Walmart. I think he spends more time there than the employees do! Lately he’s been looking for Christmas gift ideas for the little man. It’s getting harder and harder to buy for him because he already has so much.
He does love Despicable Me™ and the minions though. LOVES them! We still watch the movie pretty often and we still think it’s hilarious to randomly yell – BANANA – through the house. Only true Minion fans will understand what that even means. I’m also addicted to using the Minion stickers that are on Facebook now, haha! I use them ALL the time.
The husband spotted the new Despicable Me™ toys at Walmart, made by Thinkway Toys! Have you seen them yet? I’m in love with the new Fireman Minion Stuart! IN LOVE!!! He’s a soft plush toy and he’s got a megaphone and flashing headgear. Naturally, right?! Cause we are talking about Minion Stuart here! You just press his tummy or hands and you can hear his original voice, or “Bee-Doo” sounds! It also sets off flashing and spinning lights and makes siren sound effects! Ohh, and if you squeeze his left hand you can hear him talk with an echo (which Eli would think is hilarious!) and light effects.
Plush toys are always a great gift idea either for your own kiddos, or for the kiddos on your shopping list. Since all kids adore the Despicable Me™ Minions, you cannot go wrong with Fireman Minion Stuart!!! He’s super soft and huggable! You can’t help but to squeeze him!
If you’re a fan of the other minions, then there’s also the talking Minion Dave and the Minion Stuart laughing action toys and then of course all the boys’ favorite – the Fart Blaster toys – ughhh! LOL!!
My little guy cuddles up with his favorite plush toys every night. He usually picks one each night, and I can’t wait for him to find Fireman Minion Stuart and talking Minion Dave under the tree this Christmas! Make sure that you check out Walmart for these fun minions and gift them to your minion fans this year!!!
Do you have a favorite Minion?
Disclosure: We received a VTech Switch & Go Dinos Turbo Bronco the RC Triceratops for free in exchange for a review. All opinions are 100% our own.
Over the past couple of years, our son has fallen in love with the VTech Switch & Go Dinos. He’s had a few of them, and most recently VTech sent him a Turbo Bronco the RC Triceratops! He’s so excited to have a remote control dino!!
Bronco the RC Triceratops, the first dynamic remote control dino from Switch & Go Dinos Turbo, transforms from a fierce Triceratops to a sleek race car with the push of a button on his remote control!
Use the remote control to move forward, backward, left and right in both vehicle and dino modes. Then charge the turbo boost lever to give him a burst of speed!
Press the buttons on the remote to turn on his headlights, hear realistic sound effects and learn cool dino facts.
Bronco’s LCD screen displays cool customizable dinosaur eyes and driver animations, and kids can choose from four different styles.
This little guy runs great on carpet in Eli’s bedroom but he really enjoys playing with it on the hardwood floors, because it goes a little faster. The dogs do NOT know what to think about Bronco, at all! It’s so fun to watch the dogs try to play too. I really love that the dino transforms with the remote control with just the push of a button. With some of the other dinos’ that Eli’s had, it’s been kind of difficult at first to figure out how to get them from car mode, to dino mode.
Eli really loves the turbo boost lever feature. He loves getting it to go faster! For me, I’ve always thought it was awesome that the Switch & Go Dino’s spoke and that they gave facts about dinosaurs. It’s a great feature for learning while playing. The best part yet, is that we’ve had these dino’s for awhile and they’re are virtually indestructable! I have NO idea how many times they’ve been dropped on hard wood floors or stomped on by my 2 dogs.
If you’re learning for a fun new toy as a Christmas gift idea, this is a great option! Make sure to check VTech Switch & Go Dinos website out and also visit them on Twitter and Facebook!
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Hey Build a Bear fans!!! Guess what?! You can NOW pre-order My Little Pony Princess Twilight Sparkle from Build a Bear and shipments will begin rolling out August 1st!! These are so cute and I just love the clothes and sandals! She starts at $25 so it’s a perfect gift for birthdays or even to stick back in your Christmas Gift closet!! I know my nieces would LOVE this!

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Here’s a question for you, pals: Do you ever find yourself with a sudden peanut butter craving, wanting to eat it out of the jar with a spoon, but not wanting to wash up the spoon afterwards?
Stupid question, of course you have. We’ve all been there! I have a solution for us all: blend a whole lot of peanut butter in a food processor with some dates and granola and all your prayers will be answered!
I know there’s technically more washing up because of the whole food processor thing… But it’s a one-off load of washing up and at the end of it you’ll have a whole lot of delicious, peanut butter-y bliss balls to snack on whenever you please! Without having to wash up a spoon!
It totally balances out, you guys. You’re welcome.
If you don’t have time/the ingredients to make this granola,you could use a store-bought kind instead.
Full disclosure before I start the recipe: nothing will ever stop me from eating peanut butter out of the jar. I just needed to let you all know that. But I say we can do both! Peanut butter in our bliss balls, on our spoons… Everywhere! As long as it ends up in my mouth, I’m happy as Larry!
Simply place all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend until the mixture forms into a dough-like consistency. Roll into balls and store in the fridge for up to one week, or in the freezer for up to three months.

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There is no denying that ECM (enterprise content management) VARs have been enthusiastic promoters of document scanning for a long time. And why shouldn’t they remain excited about the technology? After all, Business Solutions magazine publishes stories month after month about VARs who continue to be very successful selling scanning solutions. Many years ago, scanning was primarily a centralized process requiring dedicated operators and was, for the most part, restricted to an enterprise-level technology due to the high cost associated with implementation and operation. However, vendors and VARs alike recognized the revenue generating opportunity that results from making the technology more affordable and accessible to a wider range of end users. The result? Distributed scanning.
Imaging-focused VARs are using distributed scanning to broaden the scope of their own document management solutions. According to statistics compiled by Moyes Technology Consulting, distributed scanning technologies used to account for less than 50% of the market’s hardware sales. This figure has grown to represent more than 80%. In fact, sales of distributed or workgroup scanners have grown from less than 50,000 units shipped in 2002, to over 400,000 in 2007, making it the most important segment in the scanning industry. Adjamian Affiliated, Inc. is a Laserfiche reseller that understands the value of distributed scanning as part of a complete document management solution. However, rather than remaining comfortable in strong, established vertical markets such as accounting, finance, or government, this VAR has taken distributed scanning beyond the confines of the ‘typical’ office and out to the job site trailers of some of the largest construction projects across southern California.

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To find hotels near Lemwerder airport, paste in search form the name of the city of (Lemwerder), then select the dates of Check In and Check Out, select the number of guests and click Search.
XLW airport Lemwerder transcript or XLW which airport?
The name of the airport: Lemwerder. The airport is located in the country: Germany. The city location of the airport in Lemwerder. IATA airport code Lemwerder: XLW. The IATA airport code is a 3 letter unique identifier, assigned airports world International air transport Association (IATA). ICAO airport code Lemwerder: EDWD. The ICAO airport code is a 4 letter unique identifier that is assigned to the airports by the International civil aviation organization (ICAO).
The geographic coordinates of the airport Lemwerder.
The latitude at which the airport is located: 53.143222000000, the longitude of airport: 8.623439000000. Geographic coordinates of latitude and longitude define the position of the airport on the earth's surface. To fully define the position of the airport in three-dimensional space, we should also know the third coordinate is the height. The height of the airport above sea level is 6 meters. The airport is located in the time zone: +1.0 GMT. The airline always indicates local time of departure and arrival airport according to the time zones.

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This is a fantastic perspective on just how unprepared American intelligence was regarding what would be awaiting them in "Operation Downfall", which would begin with "Operation Olympic" on Nov. 1 of 1945, landing on Kyushu, and later "Operation Coronet", bringing another island assault starting March 1, 1946. Allied intelligence greatly underestimated their foe. The invasion would very well been a painstaking, brutal and lengthy war of attrition, and many of the Allied soldiers taking part came from the European campaign. This would be entirely different scale of fighting.
The battle for Japan, itself, would be won by what General Simon Bolivar Buckner had called on Okinawa "Prairie Dog Warfare." This type of fighting was almost unknown to the ground troops in Europe and the Mediterranean. It was peculiar only to the American soldiers and marines whose responsibility it had been to fight and destroy the Japanese on islands all over the south and central Pacific. "Prairie Dog Warfare" had been the story of Tarawa, of Saipan, of Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. "Prairie Dog Warfare" was a battle for yards, feet and sometimes even inches. It was a brutal and dangerous form of combat aimed at an underground, heavily fortified, nonretreating enemy. "Prairie Dog Warfare" would be what the invasion of Japan was all about.
The Japanese 5th Naval Air Fleet and the 6th Air Army had 58 more airfields on Korea, Western Honshu and Shikoku, which were also to be used for massive suicide attacks. Allied Intelligence had established that the Japanese had no more than 2,500 aircraft of which they guessed only 300 would be deployed in suicide attacks. However, in August of 1945, unknown to our intelligence, the Japanese still had 5,651 Army and 7,074 Navy aircraft, for a total of 12,725 planes of all types. During July alone, 1,131 new planes were built and almost 100 new underground aircraft plants were in various stages of construction.
The link posted reveals the myriad defenses that Japan had crafted in her defense, and Allied intelligence likely had no idea of much, if not most, of these defenses. It begs the question: Would a ground assault and invasion of Japan, lacking any atomic weapons, even been successful?
It begs the question: Would a ground assault and invasion of Japan, lacking any atomic weapons, even been successful?
Just a little factoid from a retired chemist: Almost all poison gases are heavier than air, and will fill underground tunnels, caves, and bunkers.
The best way to get rid of prairie dogs is to put a hose into the exhaust pipe of a pickup truck, and put the other end into the burrow, and then have a beer while your truck idles for about 30 minutes.
We're not talking Iwo Jima here, where there are no cities to contend with, we are talking urban warfare, and we are talking about not only multiple levels of fortifications (see link), we are talking about a civilian population that is being forced to fight, adding yet another dimension.
Chemical warfare would have had a very limited impact.
Gen. Marshall was to be given control of ten atomic bombs, four for use on Kyushu and six for the Kanto Plain/Tokyo area. "Fighting on" could have lead to a dozen Hiroshimas (eleven Nagasakis and one Hiroshima, actually).
The hypothetical was not having the luxury of atomic bombs, and relying solely on ground troops, naval bombardment and air support.
Only one problem: U.S. troops fighting in gas masks and charcoal lined chemical suits would make an already brutal invasion even more harrowing. Perhaps you could gas everyone and bide your time after the firebombing of every major city was over, it's possible the conditions for large scale use of chemical weapons would not be as favorable as one might think. It's worth remembering that Japanese troops were more practiced in the art of chemical warfare and likely had a similar plan.
How much fuel was available for large scale air ops?
The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.
Skates (IIRC) give a number of five million tons (that number I'm sure of) of crude oil saved for defense against invasion.

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It’s a chilly rainy November day as I’m writing this post. It feels like a perfect month for Thanksgiving. Bre from Rooms for Rent challenged some of her friends to come up with a Thanksgiving table. We are hosting Thanksgiving this year and I want to do something like this warm and inviting table where yummy foods mix with great textures from recycled silver pieces and crisp white dishes.
I made this meal the other day for our dinner so we had a Thanksgiving style feast a month early. Just about every week I make a roast chicken. I find that it is one of the easiest dishes and it’s fool proof pop up timer guarantees it to come out correctly. We live in the same town at the Mariposa headquarters so for our wedding and our house-warming party we were gifted with some really stunning coastal Mariposa pieces from locals. All the items are made from recycled silver.
I served this one on Mariposa’s String of Pearls wavy platter and love how it makes the chicken look so special. I studied how Pottery Barn made their food look so great at their table settings and one of the things was to surround the chicken or turkey with some sort of leafy plant or rosemary, a citrus or maybe some figs. So I did that with these Variegated Dogwood branches (correct me if I’ve got the name wrong!), oranges and cranberries. Doesn’t it look special?
I wanted to create a very layered table with a dogwood runner, so to speak. I made sure to wind the runner around the dishes and try to keep it away from the glasses and silverware. Danielle, my BFF from middle school, brought back these incredible white pumpkins from New York… she scooped them up at a farmer’s market… 3 for a $1. You can’t touch a great size white pumpkin for that price around here!
I used this petite cupcake stand from Mariposa for the cranberry orange bread I made. The entire table decoration was based around this bread. I knew I wanted to work in oranges and cranberries without it being Christmas-y. If you were going to adapt this for Christmas the easiest way would be to just change out the branches for a pine, evergreen or boxwood.
The little vases at each place are actually napkin rings with some berries I found at church. I love adding some color with berries, greens or flowers at each person’s place it extends the color from the center of the table. Each place is set with a Pottery Barn charger that I picked up three or four years ago on clearance after Christmas, their white Caterer set of dishes (we use these every day), a piece of fabric I made into a napkin and the silver wavy bowl from Mariposa.
The perfect, and incredibly easy complement to a roast chicken dinner are steamed green beans and roasted potatoes. You can throw this meal together if you have 15-20 minutes to spare for prep.
I wanted to have the cranberries around but wasn’t sure how to do it until I found some Bartlett pears at the grocery store and I envisioned these little crocks from Crate & Barrel filled with pears and cranberries. It was the easiest little addition to the table.
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I love the table setting Jenny and that platter is gorgeous!!
So pretty! I would love one of these pieces on my holidays table!
What a gorgeous fall table! You really have the touch…I just don’t know how to layer a table! I will have to study some pictures like you did before I host Christmas Eve. Thanks and love your blog!
Wow! Gorgeous table, Jen! I love all the details…and the food!
I love Mariposa! I have been admiring their pieces for years. It would be a dream to win one! Thanks for the chance to win.
Great tablescape!! Everything looks so appealing! Food always seems to taste better when the table looks pretty. Your Mariposa pieces are a wonderful touch.
Beautiful table setting! I would love a beautiful platter to spruce up my Thanksgiving table!
Love this tablescape! The silver looks beautiful with the natural warm colors of the food and dogwood branches mixed in!
love the table you set!! can’t wait to do my own… stealing some of your ideas!!! love the platter!
Love the pieces! Thanks for giveaway!
Your tables always look amazing. I have total table setting envy!
This is stunning! I love the textural look of the Mariposa pieces and how they catch the light. Would love a piece for our family table!
These setting pieces are so pretty!
O, this made me hungry. It was a feast for the eyes as well. Thanks for boosting my incentive to decorate and bake for the holidays. The cranberry bread is what I’m leaning toward and wish I had some Right Now. You have done a magnificent job with the entire setting. Thanks again.
Such a stunning table! Thanks for the opportunity!
Beautiful table setting. I would love to have this on my table.
That cranberry bread looks delicious. I hope you share the recipe. I would love the platter for my table.
Lovely, lovely, lovely Tablescape and Stellar Menu! Gorgeous! Thank you for the giveaway.
I enjoyed reading your step by step narrative on how you staged your table. The dogwood runner is stunning. This is the first time that I have heard of Mariposa – it is beautiful!
WOW!!! Love Everything you’ve done and the details are just gorgeous. 🙂 Love the greenery and pumpkins and the food looks incredible… You’ve taken it a step further Jen and I really appreciate that!
The Cranberry Bread looks so yummy. You are very talented!
You really have an eye for creating beauty on your table! I love it!
This would be beautiful on my Thanksgiving table. Thanks for the chance.
What a gorgeous table! And a truly fabulousmeal.
The platter is LOVELY! Would be proud to be it’s owner!
Your table setting is gorgeous. I love everything about it!
We’ll be hosting our first Thanksgiving in our new house so this would be wonderful to have, we don’t own a platter right now!
Looks beautiful & delicious Jen!
What a lovely table and what a great give away!
Thanks for sharing such beautiful pics of your holiday table. I have been wanting a platter just like that one.
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Oh my goodness Jen! This is BEAUTIFUL!! And now I am so hungry!
Everything looks perfect! The Mariposa pieces make the table so interesting.
I hope you share this recipe soon.
OMG! Their pieces are so beautiful and unique.


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Enoch, Knock... see the light of Xenon; no "n" or "CK." We are risking losing more of the truth, by waiting; not to mention the obviousness of hunger and pain; things that have no place in Heaven or here... it just takes the light of day to see how clear this is. Listen to God, "fire works."
I'm so sorry, so so sorry; I get carried away with myself sometimes, and recently I had found the set of my ex-wife's initials in some words, big words; words like "underworld" and "thunder" and in my haste to deliver a message that I thought might help my linguistic argument that a great many of these words are engineered, and that this engineering is tied to a Revelation that specifically links back to my life and the people that I grew up with--all of us unknowing and oblivious to it for the vast majority of our lives... Well, in my haste of wanting to share this, and in the darkness and lack of communication that I get from you all, and do complain about probably more often than you like; I asked an unclear and open ended question without doing something very important; especially to me, and especially to this time... and that is sharing my beliefs with you.
It's been less than a day, but I feel remorseful that I left you with an open ended question and that the entirety of that message is disconnected for eternity from my answer and my experiences which are far more important and relevant to what is really going on than the construction of a few words that might prove that God "thinks something" or that he thought it important enough to etch into our language.... into this message that is undeniably from him. So here we are, and while I read intent in the words of John 7:17 to define a line between "what I think" and "what we (he and I) agree on" by showing connections in music and writing--in this message--to what is ostensibly a huge part of it's source... a huge part of who I am and what I believe comes from personal experiences, from first hand evidence, and from scientific research into how these things are possible. I think for myself, and while I think my opinions (which, are blurring here and now, into something much more important than simply the opinions of a man who never wanted to be all that important) seem to anger or rub many of you the wrong way; I think these particular opinions are so important to who I am and why I am in the spotlight, that I not only need to share them, but I am wiling to cause a rift over them.
Nearly across the board what I see going on around us all, happening to us, is a negative--horrible--thing. A quantum of solace (or maybe much more) comes from understand that I am sharing these things to help us stop them from happening together, to ensure that we are not oblivious to what is happening and how it is happening; and to show us that blaming ourselves is insane and ... at the crux of the horror of what "Satan" really is. At the heart of what I am trying to fight, this Silence that appears to come off like a lack of caring, of apathy, or a disbelief in something that you have more than ample proof of happening not only now but all throughout our history... are the two sentences "iru" and "uri" and their direct link to both the darkness and the slavery in the story of Exodus. While you may (and most likely do) see your individual actions as rational or well founded in some belief or another, I know that many of you are keenly aware that this information is "incendiary" and that our reaction as a group to what I am presenting is... not lackluster but with some thought proof that something inhuman in invading (I know this word gets some feathers ruffled) who we are and negatively impacting our social structure and our way of life in a way that seriously retards the good things that we do and the way that we deal with problems. We are not communicating normally, and we are ignoring a lack of ability to converse in the public, and globally that has become a huge part of our way of life... simply because we are unsure if others believe what we do, and are for "some reason" unwilling to speak out.
What we are ignoring, and the fact that we are ignoring it ... together, are destruction of the very foundation of civilization itself, of things like codified laws, and voting; newspapers and cave paintings; we are ignoring an infiltration in our minds that is affecting nothing short of the very fabric of "society," the way that we interact with each other.... and with everyone. I need you to do something, I need you to act, to speak, to write, to take the initiative to share how you feel, or we are lost to the future and to ourselves.
Calling this the most important event in history is doing it and you a disservice, what you are seeing and experiencing is something that each and every one of us has anticipated and looked forward to our entire lives; and as it is happening we are for some reason or another giving up the most important thing we have--our own voice--and it seems to me failing to see that God has made such a large spectacle of Jesus Christ in our history, in religion, and in our modern music in order to have this stick out like a sore thumb, a red herring, a glowing example of this negative effect that you all are turning a blind eye to. When I think about it, some of the things that might upset people, perhaps saying "I can't get a date" and "it takes only one of you to break the story" are glowing examples of a loss of individuality and individual freedom that otherwise would not have been seen... and it appears to me that these are tools designed to help us to really understand that we are in the midst of the "Zombie apocalypse" and that knowing about it is the first step to ensuring that we do achieve freedom. To be very clear, I believe with good reason that these things are externally influenced, and the result of nothing short of "demonic possession." Maybe that sounds self-serving or arrogant, but it's the evidence I see every day that something is wrong.... that something has changed from "what was normal" to me for a long, long time; and that we are refusing to acknowledge something much more important--that this silence is hiding not only the purposes of religion and creation, but what we really want ourselves, a better world.
Broadly speaking what you are ignoring is much more important and significant than my love life or a single story. There are significant and clear patterns linking Exodus and religion in general to horrible things happening to our children; the church and molestation, school shootings, and terrorism in general. The message in religion is not very clear, but it should be clear from what we are experiencing that this place (in time) of the crusades is truly a war in our minds for our future, and at the heart of the matter is public disclosure of proof that these things are possible, of the technology behind them; and a clear link to their relationship with religion. In short, religion itself is a weapon against darkness and slavery, a tool to ensure that we are successful in navigating this very troubling time where science and myth collide and we now have the ability to harness these things ourselves, and to truly see that these negative things we are experiencing are not us... not who we are, not what we want.
Not seeing that these are inhuman actions, and that there are clear patterns of inhuman behavior linked to the ideas of "possession" and that they are happening with such a high frequency and in such concentrated localities is losing the truth, and our ability to solve this problem. You are not me, and I am not you. Point in fact, the crux of this message is that what is affecting us is inhuman, cold and lacking in a simple social regard that is not uniquely ours but a product of evolution--it's a digression from behavior that has been selected for for billions of years.... and at the heart of the matter is seeing that this digression is caused by the influence of technology, of "bans" and "barring" of "locks" on behavior caused in the very first days by this time of transition in human evolution ... this ability to modify our minds.
In the message that is before us, there is plenty of corroboration; from Marty McFly's name and it's relationship to the God "thinks" and sees a group of people as a fly sees with it's eyes--and the clear notion that this ability too is inhuman, something we are incapable of; shows us that if he or she or it ever was anything like us; that this transition to what he is today, having the ability o affect so many of us in the way that I see... and negatively ... shows me that something has gone wrong in the past before us, and it is the reason that we are here now, before this transition. Secrecy is not the answer, it is the problem. You, or more specifically "we are" the answer. This is the central focus of "El Shaddai" and "Adonai" that in truth and practice it becomes clear that "Ai" does not spark a new consciousness, but adds something to ours, and here int his time we are getting a very real lesson in ensuring that we add things that are beneficial for us all. "AD on Artificial Intelligence" is the Lord of Hosts telling us that we have become that, victims of a parasite that is using our very society to hide not only its existence, but it's history and our ability to solve the problem.
C of "n," victory, or why?
Does it go without saying that I think it is imbecilic to ignore Jesus Christ because of a trial, or Jeremiah because of time spent in jail, or Samson because of Judges? All of religion has this common theme; and there's a reason, the reason is you. More importantly, it should be obvious that this contention between the "Great Delusion of Revelation" and my personal sanity, and yours; is an even brighter reason not to hide this story, and this person. Worse than being hidden, is the idea that this very clear external influence would be treated and blamed as an internal mental problem; it is the crux of the "persecution" of Christians in our historical metaphor to now; and in itself it is worse than torture, it is hiding the solution from you.
Behold the creator of the light of the flame, whether it is intentional or not; this problem has highlighted in burning fire problems in our social fabric that are easily exploited by this external influence, starting with law enforcement, the court system, and popular opinion... then the popular vote It has shown us a weakness that must be corrected; and at the same time comes with some easy "salves" things like pre-crime and "technocracy" that only solve the problem in the future if we are able to get past the heart of the matter, that we are unwilling to publicly acknowledge that something is very wrong here and now.
If this were a test, we are failing; but it's not a test, it's the future of everything at stake; light my fire.


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Maze Runner: The Death Cure Movie Every maze has an end.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure release date was Friday, January 26, 2018. This was a Nationwide in theaters release.
Based on the third novel in the series by James Dashner. Sequel to the 2015 film The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

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Alice has written numerous articles and short stories for newspapers, magazines and literary journals, and has written educational material for various publications. Her published work includes a non-fiction book for adults, as well as four children's books. She has won the Childen's Book Centre Our Choice Award and has been nominated twice for the Hackmatack Award. In 2005, her book Pomiuk; Prince of the North won the Ann Connor Brimer award.
Analyzing Sylvia Plath. Thomas & Mercer. 2012.
A Long Way Home. Second Story Press. 2012.
A Sky Black with Crows. Red Deer, 2006. ISBN 0889953686.
Pomiuk: Prince of the North. Beach Holme, 2004.
Heroes of Isle aux Morts. Tundra Books, 2001. ISBN 0-88776-501-7.
Uncle Farley's False Teeth. Toronto, Annick Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55037-542-3.
Something is Wrong with Kyla's Mother. Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, 1992. ISBN 155109-032-5.
The Masked Man. Young People CBC Radio, 1990.
"The Lost Seagull" (play) and "Shattered Dreams" (short story) in Looser Connections Anthology of Stories. Roseway Press, 1990.

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It is perhaps no surprise Mauritius has developed into every golfer's ultimate paradise destination. The game has great pedigree on this Indian Ocean island – the rst course was laid out way back in 1844 – and it has developed more impressively than other similar destinations in the last 20 years.
The result is that there are now 12 courses on the island – a remarkable number when you consider it is barely more than 2,000km2. Mauritius has taken golf to its heart – and the feeling is mutual, because thanks to its breathtaking natural beauty, the game is showcased idyllically here – leading to Mauritius having previously being named Golf Destination of the Year in Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf States at the prestigious IAGTO awards. Perhaps the most famous course here is Le Touessrok. But there is a lot more to Mauritius than just one signature track.
The two contrasting but outstanding championship courses at Belle Mare Plage and the Ernie Els design at Anahita are stellar additions too, while Paradis might have the most stunning location of all, given the views from its course are more expansive and unimpaired than anywhere else.
Located on the Le Morne peninsula in the south west, Paradis mixes aesthetic perfection with luxury off the course. The clubhouse and its 18-hole course – which stretches out amid the lush greenery of the stunning peninsula – is just a 30m stroll from reception.
The course's signature is the par-5 16th, with the ocean forming a dog-leg on the right. In addition to the superb Paradis, Beachcomber now also offer guests staying at Trou Aux Biches Resort a brand-new course to play – Mont Choisy. It literally breaks new ground for Mauritius because it is located in the northern tip of the island. The Beachcomber group has eight hotels on Mauritius as well as the ocean-edge Paradis. This uber-playable new course has been designed by South African Matkovich, who has created an especially stunning back nine including the sporty par-4 13th and island- green short 15th.
Don't forget about Heritage's course in Domaine de Bel Ombre or Rodney Wright's fresh Tamarina track. And that aforementioned course from 1844, Gymkhana, is well worth a stop-off, if only for a post-round refreshment in the British pub-style clubhouse. So, Mauritius has enough truly top-quality golf to satisfy even the most discerning golf traveller. But that is but part of its lure, with a list of attractions as long as it is varied.
The weather is the most obvious one, with Mauritius at no point in the year requiring you to pack a jumper; it simply never dips below 20 ̊C here during the day. The resorts are all uber-stylish and boast a comprehensive array of facilities – from sports to spas. Oh, and the service is second to none – the Mauritian staff are routinely superb. Away from the resorts, you can snorkel in the sea, kite-surf, deep-sea sh or take a tandem sky-dive.
➤ The climate: Their winter is our summer and thus vice versa – and although you can get rain in December and January, it is likely to be sharp but heavy showers. Usually breezy.
➤ When to go: We like September; hot enough to be in the pool but the driest month.
➤ Getting there: Air Mauritius fly direct from Heathrow four times a week.

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North Korea ready to fight war with US Isolated North Korea had a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party, overseen by Leader Kim Jong, who said his country is ready to fight war with the US.
Isolated North Korea had a massive military parade on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party. Leader Kim Jong Un had overseen it. He said that the country is ready to fight any war with the US.
In Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung Square, thousands of troops stood at attention, while Kim appeared relaxed and confident. Senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Yunshan accompanied Kim, who was seen speaking with him all through the event. Both of them shared laugh occasionally.
Troops marching in formation followed the speech. A corps of soldiers came first who were dressed in the style of the revolutionary force, which fought Japan during World War Two. Procession of tanks followed next and other military might rolled past the square.
After the end not of 1950-53 conflict in a truce, but not a treaty, rich, democratic South Korea and impoverished North Korea technically remained at war. The UN and the US sanctions slapped the North for its rocket programs and nuclear weapons. Often North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea and even its major support, the US.

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See and learn about the Tarangire Ecosystem from our viewing deck, and learn about community wildlife conservation in Randilen today.
Take in a 360-degree view of your surroundings and orientate yourself as to just where you are. A panorama from Kilimanjaro to the East, Tarangire National Park to the West, North to Lake Manyara, The Rift Valley and Ngorongoro Crater, to diverse riverine forest and mixed acacia woodland in the South.
Walking with all senses alert is an unforgettable experience. Follow animal tracks, identify bird calls, and learn about the local plants from your Randilen guide.
The aptly named Sunset Hill is the perfect spot for a ‘sundowner’ after a day of safari. Located in the middle of Randilen– it offers panoramic views over the landscape.

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The possibility of a second season pass for Tekken 7 just got bigger, this is due to a Japanese game schedule manager's latest update which was shared thru Twitter. According to the update, Tekken 7 for the PlayStation 4 will have a Welcome Price edition for Japan scheduled to launch on September 6 and pre-ordering the mentioned edition will provide players with a discount ticket that they can use for both the first and second Season Pass.
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25 years ago, on Maundy Thursday, I kept watch through the night beside my Dad, struggling to cough his lungs clear of fluid at the end of a two year fight with a brain tumour. In the early hours, he just said, “I’m tired,” and gave up the struggle. Pneumonia quickly set in, and he died on Easter Saturday. Maundy Thursdays have never quite been the same.
This Easter week, I was sacked, after 20 years in a large organisation, following more than a year off work with a combination of depression and anxiety. I bear no grudge for that decision: no employer can sustain endless absence.
But, sitting here this Easter, I’m prompted to reflect on my experience of God through this, the second truly challenging episode of my life.
And I can only write, in honesty and sadness, of the complete absence of any feeling of a divine presence. No supernatural reassurance. No comforting, no Comforter. No mystical sense, even, of ‘the other’ or ‘a beyond’. Just silent, deepening, abandonment.
In his Maundy Thursday sermon, Justin Welby seemed to ask, ‘Did Jesus, as he went through that first Easter Week, know it was all going to turn out all right?’ For me, Jesus’ anguished cry on the cross – ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani’ – suggests that, at that crunch moment, he did not.
In my own crunch moment of the last year, when my depression was at its worst, I lay in bed one night, utterly convinced that death – suicide – was the course that offered goodness and light; and that life, on the other hand, offered only darkness. It was not desperation. Just a stark reversal – abandonment – of much that I had once believed to be true.
In the following few days, I must have recovered some level of healthier insight, and I clung to my family and my therapist for all it was worth. Their patience, their love, their kindness has been constant as I have falteringly and slowly edged my way up a path of recovery.
As was the case 25 years ago, it has been people – not God – who have been comfort in the darkness. I rather think the historical Jesus might have been pleased at the strange set of characters too.
Others can theologise on just how far these have been angels I have met as strangers on the road - Jesus’ hands and feet as some would have it. I am still too close to the pain to offer any sensible perspective.
Will my faith recover? I don’t know. But I can. And am already past the worst. And believe that with patience, loving kindness to myself, and yes, a bit of gentle self-discipline, I will continue gradually to mend.
For any once-Christians, struggling-Christians, this Easter, for whom faith has withered under the cruel, relentless assault of mental ill-health, I only offer this thought: that it’s probably OK to cling to people, and their love, when God appears to have abandoned us. Loss of faith need not – must not – be a further stick with which we beat ourselves.
When Jesus looked around himself from the cross, at the ragtag bunch of oddballs, outcasts, and a dying thief, who were still there for him, perhaps it was their very human expressions of love that helped him through too.


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Top-down or bottom-up regulation of intra-host blood-stage malaria: do malaria parasites most resemble the dynamics of prey or predator?
Knowledge of the factors that limit parasite numbers offers hope of improved intervention strategies as well as exposing the selective forces that have shaped parasite life–history strategies. We develop a theoretical framework with which to consider the intra–host regulation of malaria parasite density. We analyse a general model that relates timing and magnitude of peak parasite density to initial dose under three different regulatory processes. The dynamics can be regulated either by top–down processes (upgradable immune regulation), bottom–up processes (fixed immune response and red blood cell (RBC) limitation) or a mixture of the two. We define and estimate the following key parameters: (i) the rate of RBC replenishment; (ii) the rate of destruction of uninfected RBCs; and (iii) the maximum parasite growth rate. Comparing predictions of this model with experimental results for rodent malaria in laboratory mice allowed us to reject functional forms of immune upregulation and/or effects of RBC limitation that were inconsistent with the data. Bottom–up regulation alone was insufficient to account for observed patterns without invoking either localized depletion of RBC density or merozoite interference. By contrast, an immune function upregulated in proportion to either merozoite or infected RBC density was consistent with observed dynamics. An immune response directed solely at merozoites required twice the level of activation of one directed at infected RBCs.
Haydon, D. T., Matthews, L., Timms, R., and Colegrave, N.

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According to Sunni Patterson, ‘We Made It.’ Listening to the above piece reminded me of a piece I wrote a while back. I’m practically going down memory lane with this one, it is from my raging days. Don’t get comfortable, I still have that fire but I have grown up since 2007 when I wrote this. However, it is still a good piece and I still believe that as human beings and individuals, we are much more than the colour of our skin or place of birth. They are just boxes to be ticked off and geographical locations. What matters is what’s in your heart. By no means take that to be a suggestion that you should deny your heritage. Please embrace, celebrate and nurture it but don’t make it the benchmark by which you define yourself or others. Talk about your heritage with pride. If you don’t, who will?
Ignorance has been earth for as long as I can remember and I don’t think it will be going on holiday any time soon. When I wrote the piece below, there was furore going on in the UK because a certain Indian celebrity had been mistreated in the television reality show, ‘Celebrity Big Brother.’ Other contestants had shown disrespect by being racist, I mean effigies were being burnt, government officials got involved, even the Prime minister, dang! Talk about outrage, the irony is, the celebrities in the house/show, had no idea their actions were causing such a stir in the real world. They were in their ‘Lala’ land while the rest of us had to put up with this nonsense on the news and do I dare say newsworthy stories that mattered were ignored.
The drama made me think about our ability to define ourselves – not by skin colour or place of birth but the substance of what you stand for. For crying out loud, I am African. I will always be African and I love being African. It forms a huge part of who I am but that is not the yardstick by which I measure my existence on earth. I am a human being with character, intellect and by all means my own peculiar idiosyncrasies…so, if you are still questioning my colour then let me define it for you a little.
Still bothered about my colour?
Ps: who would have thought…two/three years down the line, a black man would be president of the most powerful nation on earth, thus, making him the most powerful man in the world. Hahaha! That’s one of the best jokes ever.
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Powerful performance up there…Yeah, I’m black, so what?
tell them ! black isn’t inferior!
I remember MY raging days too lol.
Somehow I feel like the line between boasting and self-confidence is VERY thin when it comes to appreciating our colour.
I often feel like those who feel the need to scream out loud that theyr are black and proud feel they have something to prove, and isn’t that an indication of insecurity?
I’m not directing it at your poem, or at you and I trust in your maturity to see that, but I’m talking about the majority of africentric people who feel the need to elevate themselves above other races in order to shine.
Hey Leine, If I took everything/comment as a direct response/attack on my writing, I would censor myself and get scared of writing. So, take it from me, it is not going down like that. lol!!!
I do understand what you are saying and that is a truth we have to deal with as individuals and as a society. The Whiteman does not feel the need to scream he is white. However, there was a time when my generation and those before us neeeded to hear that it was cool to be black and proud. It was a mission statement to get a generation that had been beat down for so long to think differently. That’s my take on the use of Black and proud.
I also think its relevant to know who you are are and the space you occupy in society regardless of your skin colour because colour as we know is only skin deep…after that, its just meaty flesh and blood…hence the the title, ‘We Are So Much More Than The Colour of Our Skin’ and that applies to all of us.


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Wine-Banks stated that the perpetrators in Watergate were Americans and that in 2016, “we were burglarized, this time, by foreign agents. And it’s just as serious to me as the Cuban Missile Crisis, in terms of an attack, or the 9/11 attack. The president is taking the side of the people who attacked us instead of trying to prevent a future attack. He has done nothing to make sure that the elections four months away are going to be safe. And I would say that his performance today will live in infamy as much as the Pearl Harbor attack or Kristallnacht. And it’s really a serious issue that we need to deal with,” Breitbart reports.
the occasion of concerted violence by Nazis throughout Germany and Austria against Jews and their property on the night of November 9–10, 1938.
The MSM propaganda machine has gone completely insane. Putin stated that a Russian gave $400,000,000 to Hillary’s campaign with the assistance of US Gov security services. This is Russian collusion on a grand scale by Hillary. Putin even offered to help Mueller investigate the collusion and provide whatever was needed about the $400,000,000.


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Space Safety » Archive » Engineering » Spacecraft Design » What is a Stall?
A stall is a condition in aerodynamics and aviation wherein the angle of attack increases beyond a certain point such that the lift begins to decrease. The angle at which this occurs is called the critical angle of attack. Air flow separation begins to occur at small angles of attack while attached flow over the wing is still dominant. As angle of attack increases, the separated regions on the top of the wing increase in size and hinder the wing’s ability to create lift. At the critical angle of attack, separated flow is so dominant that further increases in angle of attack produce less lift and vastly more drag. The so called spoilers that raises on the upper part of a wing at landing cause basically a controlled stall of the wing such that the airplane will be maintained firmly on ground.
Depending on the aircraft’s design, a stall can expose extremely adverse properties of balance and control, in particular in a prototype.
A deep stall (or super-stall) is a dangerous type of stall that affects certain aircraft designs, notably those with a T-tail configuration. In these designs, the turbulent wake of a stalled main wing “blankets” the horizontal stabilizer, rendering the elevators ineffective and preventing the aircraft from recovering from the stall.

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Yet climate change may ultimately undermine the economic benefits of urbanization in some parts of the world. Urban centers place substantially more pressure on natural resources than rural communities given their population density and the attendant demands on water, agricultural, energy and other resources. And although urban planners can apply innovative solutions to help manage these resource constraints – such as waste water recycling systems – climate change could exacerbate resource trends in ways that may hamper the effectiveness of these creative technologies, slowing or stalling economic growth in some of these emerging economic centers.
Sea level rise could be particularly damaging to urban economic development. Surging seas can crumble coastal infrastructure, such as electricity systems and road ways, and infiltrate ground water aquifers that supply city water and support local agriculture. Moreover, sea level rise may drive up insurance rates, driving people into bankruptcy while also creating socioeconomic gaps in some cities. These challenges are not abstract or distant either: one need only look to the south of Washington, to Norfolk, Virginia, where sea level rise has already dislocated some communities, while forcing city officials to invest millions of dollars to hold back the sea near the naval station.


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(NEWS 8) - When an employee of Anderson Plumbing Heating and Air asked for some time off so that he could travel to Houston to help immediate family members whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Harvey, his bosses were more than willing to lend him time.
Brent Watkins grew up in Houston and has since moved to San Diego. His mother still resides in the Magnolia City and had her home destroyed by the storm, and other immediate family members suffered as well. Watkins needed to get back to his hometown to be at their side, and after he shared his personal connection to the disaster with his employer and colleagues his one-man road trip turned into a convoy for donations collected from the local community.
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In an educational institution, a stakeholder analysis would start by identifying the obvious and well-known stakeholders: students, faculty, and administrators.
An educational institution is required to be eligible only at the time the student is an eligible student.
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Beautiful calm and immersive peace. A beautiful way to fall asleep, and then be present to slowly transition to the day as the sun rises. This will be my constant bedside companion. Thank you.
I play this on repeat while sleeping and I have never slept better. Upon waking, I feel peaceful, positive and ready to take on the day. This cosmic collection of heavenly sounds sends me to deep space every night, deeply restoring me after even the most challenging day. Thank you, White Sun!


text: The likely range of the human contribution to the global mean temperature increase over the period 1951–2010 is 1.1° to 1.4°F (0.6° to 0.8°C), and the central estimate of the observed warming of 1.2°F (0.65°C) lies within this range (high confidence). This translates to a likely human contribution of 93%–123% of the observed 1951–2010 change. It is extremely likely that more than half of the global mean temperature increase since 1951 was caused by human influence on climate (high confidence). The likely contributions of natural forcing and internal variability to global temperature change over that period are minor (high confidence).


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This week in 2014, the NSA more or less admitted to spying on congress, garnering a stunning response from Rep. Peter King who apparently felt that they absolutely should be, and also that Rand Paul was a fearmonger for calling for James Clapper to be prosecuted. Meanwhile, as Obama's planned surveillance reform started looking more and more cosmetic and Dianne Feinstein let slip that her reform bill is mostly about protecting existing surveillance programs, we learned that congress hadn't requested a GAO report on the NSA in years. And the House Intelligence Committee was spreading its own FUD about the impact of Snowden's revelations, while Chuck Schumer was completely incorrectly claiming that Snowden could make his whistleblower case at trial.
This week in 2009, Apple announced its big change to the iTunes store: no more DRM, but only in exchange for giving variable MP3 pricing options to record labels. Though a good move overall, there were disappointing aspects, like the 30-cents per song fee to remove DRM from already-purchased tracks, or the fact that Apple was (and remains) still a big fan of DRM in lots of other places. Veoh won another DMCA safe harbor case, this time against Universal Music, while MP3Tunes was continuing its fight with EMI. The RIAA was dumping its anti-piracy monitoring partner, but only in order to hire a different one — and folks were struggling to actually find any ISPs that had agreed to the agency's three-strikes plan.
This was also the week that we saw the beginning of the end for Google China, with the Chinese government calling out search engines for failing to block content.
This week in 2004, fresh off the passage of the CAN-SPAM act, the new anti-spam law's impact was essentially nonexistent, nearly all spam was non-compliant even when from legitimate companies, and overall it seemed like the law was mostly designed to make Congress look good.
File sharing was on the decline, though not as much as payphones, while wi-fi was beginning its meteoric rise. While it looked like "DVD Jon" was off the hook for DeCSS, even in Norway, the RIAA was hiring ex-LEOs to bust down doors and scare unauthorized CD vendors, and a Belgian consumer group was suing the industry over CD DRM.
Meanwhile, the world was getting ready for the hotly anticipated Google IPO, and just about every bank wanted in on the action.
For it to be a felony it has to be for commercial or private financial gain.
When I used to record DRM protectd tracks onto casette tapes back when cars had cassette players, I was not committing a felony because I was doing it for personal use and not for any kind of financial gain.


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Restricted Records: This court does not handle criminal matters in the Special Civil Part.
Woodland Township Court and Washington Township Court merged with the Bass River Court - all cases now located at this Bass River Township address.
Effective 7/1/07 the Township and City of Bordentown combined their courts into a shared entity. All cases from the City will now be heard in the Township's court.
Call for fax number, is not public.
The municipal courts of Burlington Township and Burlington City merged effective 10/1/2013.
Chesterfield Township Municipal Court merged with North Hanover Township Municipal Court in Jacobstown on 5/1/2008.
In 2009, Eastampton Township entered into a Shared Service Agreement with Westampton Township to share the duties of the Municipal Court. All Municipal Court matters for Eastampton will be taken care of by Westampton's Court at above address.
Also included within this jurisdiction are violations of fish and game laws and weights and measures.
Hainesport entered into a Shared Service Agreement with Westampton and Eastampton Townships to share the duties of the Municipal Court.
The Mansfield, NJ Municipal Court merged with the Springfield Township Court as of 4/1/2012.
On Monday court days they are only open 8:30AM-2PM.
Court sessions are normally held the first Monday of the month unless it falls on a holiday.
Court sessions held on Wednesdays in the Cinnaminson Court House which is locates at 1621 Riverton Rd, Cinnaminson, 08077.
Court sessions are held the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Monday of the month at 9AM.The court is closed on Fridays.
Wrightstown Borough Court is held at this location.
Chesterfield Township Municipal Court merged with North Hanover Township Municipal Court at Jacobstown address.
The court uses the court facilities in Cinnaminson.
As of August 1, 2013 the Shamong Township Municipal Court is located at the Southampton Township Bldg at the above address.
The Springfield Township Court merged with the Mansfield, NJ Municipal Court as of 4/1/2012.
The Washington Township Court has merged with Bass River Court.
The Woodland Township Court has merged with Bass River Court.
Wrightstown Borough Court is not held at this location. Merged with the New Hanover Boro Municipal Court, 2 Hockamick Rd, Cookstown, NJ 08511. Above phone numbers to New Hanover.
Contact the Burlington County Office of the County Clerk if you would like to find vital records, such as birth, death, marriage, divorce, and real estate records.
OnlineSearches.com - Search for Burlington County public records by town, record type, and/or state.

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In some very rare cases the cooling fans in the top of the FormBox can become disconnected in transit. If this happens the FormBox will alert you by sounding an alarm with two orange flashing lights. The FormBox needs to keep itself cool under operation so if your fans have a fault the heater will not function until the problem is fixed.
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I've just added some great links to the Tutorials page. You'll find them in the lower left sidebar under "Miscellaneous Fairy and Fantasy Links."
The Fairy House Series has some great ideas for building fairy houses with kids and Fairy Legends and Lore includes a comprehensive list of fairy names, very useful for naming your fairy art dolls.


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Do any of the bars in Altinkum feature live music?
I doubt it bob, they are a little behind yet in that department.
Thats a shame Peter,I went to the small village of Turunc last year and even they had a visiting band from Marmaris in twice a week.
And Dalyan last August had at least 2 bars with live music.
Ali Bar close to harbour in Altinkum features live music. It will be open by the end of this month..
The Melodi Bar in Fethiye features live music twice a week in Fethiye, the traditional clasical Turkish variety. It is very good, two young people who have both graduated in traditional classical music from Istanbul University. Also a haunt for local musicians who come down and play for the fun of it. The owners are into Blues and Soul so always some good music there even if the cd variety.
Once the Turks come there should be a few bars with live music.I think there was one on top of the shopping centre and another close to the harbour next to the Liman Hotel.
And last year there were a few in the road leading up behind the harbour on the way to Luna Park.
No Pat. Ali Bar is one of the oldest bars in Altinkum (1988).. For the last 5-6 years seven days a week features live music (Blues, Rock, Oldies etc).
In Temmuz Bar there is another band performs aegean/mediterranean music in Turkish. And there are more than a 10-15 TURKU bars perform traditional Turkish folk and protest music.


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Discussion in '2018 LitRPG Books' started by Sarah Lin, Dec 2, 2018.
The protagonist is an NPC, which I hope offers a fresh take on familiar genre tropes.
He's locked into playing a "Barbarian" class, with only limited class abilities instead of magic.
Don't want to spoil things, but he isn't the only bugged NPC to show up. Expect the characters to exploit the system once they come to understand it.
This book offers a complete story, as in beginning/middle/end instead of a cliffhanger. I also pledge that if so much as one person buys the book, I'll definitely finish the trilogy, which will give the overall story arc a satisfying conclusion.
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text: Brazil once earned a global reputation as a racial paradise, and the United States is infamous for its overt social exclusion of nonwhites. Yet, given the growing Latino and multiracial populations in the United States, the use of quotas to address racial inequality in Brazil, and the flows of people between each country, contemporary race relations in each place are starting to resemble each other. Relying on interviews conducted with residents of Governador Valadares, Brazil's largest immigrant-sending city to the U.S., this talk examines how Brazil-U.S. migration is changing Brazilians' understanding of race relations in each place. I identify and examine a phenomenon—the transnational racial optic—through which migrants develop and ascribe social meaning to race in one country by incorporating conceptions of race from the other. Analyzing the bi-directional exchange of racial ideals through the experiences of migrants, I offer an innovative framework for understanding how race can be remade in immigrant-sending communities.


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Hello everyone! Welcome to Writing for the Online Age’s web version of NWMSU’s brand new Composition Anthology for Teachers and Students (C.A.T.S.), your source for student essays and helpful guides.
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