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What would today’s world look like without Instagram? Less than a decade ago, Instagram started as a place to share snapshots from your phone and allowed you to use a few basic filters to spice up an image (cue the birth of the well-known “Valencia” filter). Eight years later, Instagram has become its own empire: conceiving the world of influencers, opening a whole new market for advertising, and creating a space for communities to grow and learn from each other.
What has Instagram offered the modern creative? Let’s explore the value Instagram gives to four different artists and how they are using Instagram in their everyday lives.
Before we examine the use of Instagram by artists on an individual level, there are a few common themes of the creative Instagram community that are important to keep in mind.
1) Instagram is an outlet for sharing and discovery – with the opportunity, and likelihood, to forge connections along the way.
Picture an amateur painter looking for inspiration. While scrolling through the #watercolor page on Instagram she stumbles upon the account of a watercolor painter from a neighboring town. She admires the artist’s style and attention to detail so she DMs the artist a sample of her work asking if he might be willing to offer her guidance. He writes her back giving advice and critiques and just like that, a relationship is formed.
This could happen with two musicians, two designers, two photographers…you name it. Creatives of all types use the platform to find inspiration, share their work, and make connections.
2) Instagram is a modern-day portfolio.
With (almost) all things digital, most artists have moved towards showcasing their work through websites, slide decks, and social media. Since its emphasis is on photo-sharing, a wide range of artists commonly use Instagram to display pieces from their portfolio on their accounts and some have accounts devoted entirely to their portfolio.
Now, let’s take a look at a few artists in the world of Instagram.
Furniture designer Chris Wolston finds his work in the spotlight quite often. In addition to using Instagram to share personal content, inspiration, and examples of his work, he shares earned media with his followers. From features in British Vogue and Sotheby’s to spreads in Architectural Digest, Wolston’s earned media are no small feats. Instagram gives him an added outlet to promote the recognition he’s received.
For Hip-hop choreographer and dancer Guy Amir (also known as “Guy Groove”), Instagram is a playground: a place for his choreography to shine. His account highlights videos of routines he’s created showcasing his choreography style and many of the dancers he’s worked with. The videos are filmed with simple studios as the backdrops with dancers dressed casually, emphasizing his choreography. Amir’s moves are not only popular on his personal page, but also widespread among the dance community of Instagram. The hashtags #groovygang, #GuyGroove, and #guygroovechoreography each have a few thousand posts of dancers performing Amir’s choreography. Continually using these hashtags and encouraging his dancers to do the same will boost Amir’s presence in the Instagram world. And the greater his reach, the greater his chances are that new dancers will discover his work.
Designer Luke Choice’s feed is a vivid collection of typography, animation, and illustration marked by pops of bold colors. He’s built up a strong following at around 88,200 which has allowed him to use Instagram as more than just a place to showcase his work. Choice is considered an Instagram “influencer” and attracts major companies to participate with him in “paid partnerships” through the platform to reach potential consumer bases.
He was commissioned by SweeTarts Candy to create a visual campaign for the brand’s new gummy candy. Choice featured a post highlighting his work for the product, a paid promotion by SweeTarts as noted by the “paid partnership” and #ad tags. For Choice, Instagram has not only been an arena for promoting work, but also a source for driving business and generating income.
Getting paid per post is becoming increasingly popular on Instagram as the user base continues to grow. Individuals are purchasing directly from their smartphones more – 62% of smartphone users have made an online purchase using their device in the last year – and companies are earning a profit simply from user clicks.
New York and Miami-based fashion photographer Anthony Parmelee actively uses his Instagram for creative and professional endeavors. Originally, his Instagram served as a space to share personal content, but as he noticed others in his industry using the platform more and more as a tool for business and marketing, he began to do the same.
Anthony is in the process of curating content that gives his followers (about 85-90% of whom are fashion industry related) a behind the scenes journey they wouldn’t get to experience from just seeing his work in a magazine or on an advertisement.
This behind the scenes footage is for the CoverGirl “virtual greeter” – an AI component of the first CoverGirl store which will be located in Times Square and open in the fall.
Anthony has shifted from spending hours of paging through Vogues from around the world, Marie Claire, and Elle to find inspiration (and hundreds of dollars to buy the magazines) to sparking his creativity through social media. He now uses Instagram and Pinterest to study inspiration and creativity, taking screen clips of media he likes and saving it to his inspiration folder to refer back to when he’s looking for his next big idea for a shoot. And Instagram has given him the opportunity to find new people to work with and places to shoot.
“A lot of times if I see really good retouching I’ll take note of the accounts that are tagged to reference who worked on the shoot. Or if I see a really great model, I’ll see who’s tagged and then I’ll follow that person, or at least have their handle so I know who they are and can reference that if I want to use them. I do this for locations as well. When I follow a Miami photographer or a New York photographer I can see places they’ve shot. I might see a really great beach or house or resort and then I’ll reference that location tag [if] I want to shoot there.
Anthony gets inquiries through Instagram on a daily basis. Most professional inquiries he receives through his website and email, Instagram inquires tend to be models who want their picture taken, but he notes that these DMs are still good information to have as they open the lines of communication.
His goal at the moment is to increase his number of followers by posting a few times per week and using hashtags pertinent to his work like #editorial and #fashionphotographer. By increasing his following, he hopes to get more people to regularly see his work and ultimately drive them to his website, LinkedIn, and other social outlets.
If you’re looking for new inspiration to fill your feed, follow our account @studiopaxchi. We would love to connect in the realm of Instagram.


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The great Joan Rivers’ legacy has been recapped flawlessly in the week following her death.
There was debate about whether her true funeral wishes were going to be honored, but according to the accounts of celebrities who attended in Manhattan on Sunday, it was the kind of star-studded extravaganza Joan would have wanted.
Veteran Broadway performer Hugh Jackman told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show last night that he performed “Quiet Please, There’s A Lady On Stage” during Joan’s funeral service. Apparently Joan wanted Jackman to perform it ever since she saw him in The Boy from Oz on Broadway in 2004.
Cho joined Jane Lynch, Lily Tomlin, Regis Philbin, Ryan Seacrest and Don Rickles on a tribute special episode of “Larry King Now” this week. The full episode is now available on Hulu.
I was delighted when I saw who attended. Thrilled to hear the Gay Men’s Chorus, Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald performed. I have a new found respect for Howard Stern (the secret is out – beneath that gruff exterior is a pussycat) for delivering the eulogy. Delirious when the theater community banded together to demand that the Broadway lights be dimmed in Joan’s honor. We will never in our lifetime see another like Joan Rivers. RIP.
In life as in death, the irony of her words are haunting.
@Ronbo: Nonsense. If you allow terrorists to plant bombs under your house, dig million dollar tunnels under your house to infiltrate Israel, and use you for human shields AND DON’T LEAVE WHEN YOU GET THE WARNING….don’t be surprised if you die.
Rivers was a Russian Jew and not about to roll over while the caliphate proceeds to exterminate Jews. AGAIN.
She was a fearless truth teller till the END.
@ScaryRussianHeather: Nonsense. If you allow terrorists to ethnically cleanse a people in order to impose your tribal state and then continue to steal what remains of their land while cramming them in to the most densely populated prison camp on earth before bombing it in to ruins…don’t be surprised when the rest of the world turns on you.
Rivers was a one-note mediocrity who often didn’t even write her own material and you are an inane, shrieking idiot who has mistaken caps lock for eloquence.

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Got one in my garage.
Yota hilux came through with a radiator! Thanks Chuck!

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I’m continuing my series ‘at the Mansion shoots’ for I still am able to use the Mansion as a shooting location. I hope this will last some more time. Another big thank you to the owners of the house.
As you all know, the mansion is being restored and updated to modern standards. This means the house is changing about every week. Some two weeks ago we had this room completely packed in thin plastic foil, to prevent the woodwork from any damage during the plaster renovations.
About Eline, we met trough Facebook. She had seen my moodboard in my call for models and was very happy she could get a shoot with me. We never met before, never spoken etc. … During a short ‘warming up break’ we were talking about her studies and my professional career and about my wife studying again, and guess what, … after a few moments we found out that her mom is in the same class my wife is in!!! No need to tell that the atmosphere got even better after that.
I think Eline is really beautiful, she’s got a strong facial expression, long wavy hair and a tall, slim body. As a photographer I couldn’t wish for nothing else. She’s easily ‘posable’ and she took a lot of pleasure in dancing with the plastic foil at the end. Thank you Eline for this pleasant shoot!
About the shoot. It was very dark that day, but I still wanted to shoot only natural light. I had a trigrip reflector with me, but we only used it on the first part of the shoot (with the lace curtains) I love to work in different places of the house, to create some different looks in every shoot. All images shot on Canon 5D II with my Canon lenses.


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Howard Lovy’s Nanobot (USA, single author blog) and Blog @ NanoVic (Australia, multi contributor blog) both closed in early June. Find out about the hows/whys in their last posts : Farewell, NanoBot and Farewell from NanoVic.
Blog @ Nanovic continues in a different name, but Howard’s blog is finished. I am upset by that.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, Howard Lovy’s Nanobot was definitely a reference for nanotech followers. Concerning Blog @ Nanovic, well, one could say the news page of NanoVentures Australia (http://www.nvaustralia.com.au/news/) is sort of a prolongation – without the possibility to comment. But the scope of Ingenuity @ Bridge8 (http://bridge8.wordpress.com/) is definitely much wider/different than just nanotech.

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Professional experts from Global Migrate will help you to get thorough information about how you will be able to get maximum points during the initial screening process for investors’ visa. Experts of this company will also make you aware of the benefits of UK business visa from UAE. If your initial filing gets approved then you will be awarded direct citizenship and your family members will also get secondary passports to the foreign land.
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Experts of Global Migrate will help you to acknowledge the documents which you require as a proof of business proceedings to get investor visa for UK from UAE. Initially, it is mandatory to provide a business plan along with partnership agreements, if you have any. You are also advised to provide documents regarding business premises in a foreign land as well as documents about insurance. It will make the process of getting investor visa for UK from UAE smooth and less time-taking.
Professionals will also help you to gather genuine documents about the total amount of money that you have for business proceedings and your bank details. To apply for the investor visa you also have to give proof about the source of money and have to provide the concerning authorities proof that the money can easily be transferred to their country. Furthermore, one also has to provide proof that your money can easily be converted into foreign currency.
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text: This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church's guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a concise concordance, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts.

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Participants at Mississippi State University’s Intergenerational Summer Camp on insect and plant ecology may attend because of the bugs, but they soon discover that looking for plants is equally interesting.
Among the camp’s goals are the exploration of the interactions between plants and insects. These relationships, whether positive or negative, can reveal how nature stays in balance said camp director John Guyton of the MSU Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture.
"Plants provide insects with food, shelter and breeding places. Insects pollinate plants, kill off competitors and serve as food for carnivorous species," he said.
To understand insect-plant interactions, campers have classroom discussions with horticulturists and entomologists, and then spend time collecting, identifying and pressing leaf specimens. They learn the identifying characteristics of plants, such as leaf shapes, leaf arrangement on stems and the types of leaf veins.
Campers also receive information on how to avoid collecting leaves from dangerous, irritating or poisonous plants such as poison ivy.
The significance of relationships between insects and plants motivated camp organizers to add plant ecology as a topic. Years ago, former camp director Mike Williams, an Extension entomologist, felt campers needed to recognize poisonous plants while hunting in the woods for insects. He asked Extension horticulturist Lelia Kelly to help campers identify and avoid these plants.
"Lelia said, ‘Well, there are plenty of edible plants in the woods, too. Why not include them?’ and her remark spurred interest in expanding the scope of what was primarily an insect camp," Williams said.
Guyton asked Kelly to organize the plant ecology segment of camp. She added a plant identification exercise by asking campers to collect leaves and use them to classify plants.
"Children soon realized that interrelationships between entomology and ecology were an interesting and fun experience at camp," Guyton said.
Kelly thought it also would be fun for campers to identify edible plants by using them to make salad for an evening meal. The salad has become wildly popular with campers, she said.
"The plant world is as fascinating as the bug world," Kelly said. "For the salad, the campers had the choice of mixing traditional garden plants, such as chives, iceberg lettuce and sweet basil, with wild edibles, such as daylily petals, peppergrass seeds and violet leaves."
Collecting leaves, eating edible plants, chasing insects and hiking through the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge has allowed campers to immerse themselves in the natural world. Their enthusiasm is self evident to any observer.
"Today I collected a lot of plant specimens, and I have to say my favorites are the compound leaves," said fifth grader Savannah Munn, 10, of Starkville. "I hope that I will have as much success with pressing the leaves so I can keep them as part of my nature collection."
Her enthusiasm is shared by other campers, many who come to Mississippi from as far away as California, Texas and Pennsylvania.
Corran Hall, 9, who is a fourth grader from Des Moines, Iowa, came to camp after making a deal with his parents. His mother, Teresa Hall, told him she would take him to a summer insect camp as long as he promised not to take bugs into his school. Teresa discovered MSU’s camp by doing a Google search online.
"Collecting leaves is fun, but I can’t wait to catch some night insects with black light," he said. "That is just so cool."
While insects continue to be the camp’s main lure, plants are catching up.
"Our academic professionals enjoy working with youth and campers of all ages," Guyton said. "They take complex science concepts and make them understandable. Our campers know that when they leave, they can pick up the phone and get their questions answered by one of these professionals."
The camp is sponsored by the MSU Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and the MSU Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Several state agencies, such as the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and the Mississippi Department of Health, also provide support.


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Imogen Grant made her senior debut at World Rowing Cup 1 in Belgrade last weekend, missing out on the bronze by under half a second. Aged 22 she was the youngest sculler in the final by two years, but Grant, who learned to row at Trinity College, Cambridge already has two boat race wins and an U23 World Rowing Championships under her belt.
Grant performed well at GB Final Selection Trials in April coming third behind Emily Craig and Ellie Lewis and ahead of lightweight big-hitters, Gemma Hall, Fran Rawlins and Maddie Arlett. Grant, who has an abundance of positive enthusiasm for competition, is likely to be selected for the U23 World Rowing Championships being held in Poznan at the end of July.
Belgrade was an opportunity for Grant to get some racing experience in a single at international level but now her focus is on Henley Women’s Regatta. In 2016 she won the LW2- with Ellie Hopgood of Cambridge and last year she won the LW2x with Imogen Mackie of Oxford Brookes. This year she is entered in the Championship Single competition rather than the lightweight category in order to get more racing experience against quality opposition. “There are some really strong people entered so it will be a stretch but I am really looking forward to it,” said Grant.
This year’s sculling event has attracted athletes with Senior, U23 and Junior World Championships experience including Kate Littlejohn of New Zealand (JWRCamps 2017), Cara Grzeskowiak of New Zealand (U23WRChamps 2016) , Nienke Van Hoogenhuijze of Holland (WRCups 2013/14) as well as domestic talent such as such as Seun Olusanya of Exeter, Katy Wilkinson-Feller of Tideway Scullers and fellow CUWBC teammate Tricia Smith. Lucy Glover, who won the event last year, is racing in Championship W2x with Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne of UL.

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text: Born 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. TODO completed Postgraduate Studies at Tama Art Univ in 1997 and he was enrolled atAcademy of fine arts Dusseldorf in Germany in 1999, and received Meisterschueler of Prof.Daniel Buren in 2003. His works has been shown in many galleries and museums in Japan and overseas; Art Front Gallery, Tokyo(2016), Gallery αM , Tokyo(2015), URAWA ART MUSEUM, Saitama(2014), MA2Gallery, Tokyo(2013), Kanagawa kenmin Hall Gallery, Kanagawa(2009), Eurohypo,Eschborn, Germany(2008), Kunsthaus Mettman, Mettman, Germany(2004), VILLA de BANK, Netherlands(2003), Skydoor Artplace Aoyama, Tokyo(1998), Takamatsu City Museum of Art, kagawa(2007), Dusseldorf, Germany(2007), Museum of Sant Paul de Vence, France(2000). His works have been shown as public art in Hotel Hoshino-ya,Nagano Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto.


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Today I have some exciting news. My UK associate Sam Osborn and I have a new retro gaming podcast called “Back in My Game!” This will not be a specifically Nintendo or NES-centric podcast, although we will discuss Nintendo from time to time because they’re awesome.
If you’d like to leave any comments for us (which we will absolutely read on the air), do so under this post or on the podcast website: http://backinmygame.libsyn.com/website.

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After an earlytea/coffee at the hotel you are transferred to the domestic airport for your flight to Ladakh. This must be one of the most sensational flights in the world. On a clear day from one side of the aircraft can be seen in the distance the peaks of K2, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum and on the other side of the aircraft, so close that you feel you could reach out and touch it, is the Nun Kun massif. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure to acclimatize to the rarefied air or you may choose to stroll along the main bazaar - observing the varied crowds. Looking into curio shops is an engaging experience. A particularly attractive sight is the line of women from nearby villages sitting along the edge of the footpath with baskets of fresh vegetables brought for sale. Behind the main bazaar, Chang Gali is less bustling but has interesting little shops selling curios and jewellery. Further on are the labyrinthine alleyways and piled-up houses of the old town, clustering around the foot of the Palace Hill. In the other direction, down the bazaar, are the Tibetan markets where one can bargain for pearls, turquoise, coral, lapis lazuli and many other kinds of semi-precious stones and jewellery, as well as carved yak-horn boxes, quaint brass locks, china or metal bowls, or any of a whole array of curios. Overnight at Hotel.
Morning breakfast at the hotel and leave for city tour of this fascinating city Leh- capital of Ladakh, situated at at highet of 3505 meters and is towards the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a beautfull destination with many attractions and is the centre of Tibeto-Bhddhist culture for ages. Its colourful Gompas have attracted teh devout Budhhists from all over the globe. City tour will include the Leh Palace- The battle scarred and deserted 16th century ruins of the royal residence built by singee Namgyal. Shankar Gompa and Leh Mosque. Overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast leave for full day exucursion to visit Shey, Thiksey and Hemis monastries. Overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast drive to Khardong-La (80 kms round trip), highest motorable pass in the world (alt: 18,380 ft.) and recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. On the drive back from the pass, you will be rewarded with spectacular views of the Indus Valley and the endless peaks of the Zanskar range. Rest of the day free to explore the markets. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
Early morning tea/coffee at the hotel and transfer to the airport to board onwad flight to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi direct transfer to hotel and after quick wash and change leave for combined city tour of old and new Delhi.
Morning breakfast at the hotel. In time meeting/assistance at the hotel and transfer to international airport to connect your return flight for home country.

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English ivy (Hedera helix) is an evergreen ground cover native to Europe. It grows best on the shady east and north side of structures in moist soil. Although it spreads to 10 feet over the ground, it can climb up brick buildings and trees as high as 20 feet or more. The aerial rootlets can damage masonry, and the thick growth gives cover to pests that can adversely affect the health of trees. When English ivy grows thickly and spreads beyond its borders, you may decide to transplant, or relocate, some of the ivy from one area to another.
Prepare the area where you are going to transplant the English ivy by removing all grasses and weeds. If the soil is packed hard, turn it with a shovel to loosen it. Spread a 1/2-inch layer of compost over the area, then rake it smooth and dampen with a gentle stream of water.
Locate the pieces of English ivy that are well-rooted into the ground. Every leaf node, or area where two leaves sprout along the vine, has the potential to set out roots. Look for a length of vine with numerous leaf nodes that have viable root systems.
Clip long lengths of ivy away from the larger planting with a pair of hand shears. With the hand shovel in one hand and the length of ivy in the other, slowly pull the ivy from the ground using the hand shovel to loosen the roots around each leaf node where there are roots attached to the ground. Continue using this method until you have the amount of English ivy needed for the new location.
Cut the English ivy into 8- to 10-inch sections by cutting between leaf nodes. Then set the sections of ivy over the new planting area 6 to 10 inches apart, depending on the amount of ivy you have to transplant.
Cover the sections of ivy with a 1/2-inch layer of dirt mixed with compost. Be sure the leaf nodes where the roots have contact with the soil in the new location are covered with soil. Moisten the soil and the new sections of English ivy and keep moist until you see new growth. Once the ivy is actively growing, add another 1/2-inch layer of compost over the ivy roots and planting area and water regularly, keeping moist, but not wet. Although English ivy thrives in moist well-drained soil, you can kill it by overwatering and causing the root systems to rot.

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text: Aodh Ruadh under 14 girls welcomed Glencar Manorhamilton to Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh as they played their first challenge of the new season. While the visitors emerged victorious it proved a good test for the Shamettes against high quality opposition. Caoimhe Keon was excellent in midfield throughout, with sister Orla also shining at corner back. Second half sub Evelyn Gallagher put in a great display with captain Sorcha McGonigle also giving a great account of herself in defence. Bridin Maguire worked hard in midfield and showed great bravery getting down for a 50 50 ball in the secondhalf. Up front Laoise Kelly took some great scores while reluctant goalkeeper Leah Travers was a good contender for player of the match.


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I came across that story too and saw the cop cam video of it. I understand how things can get hectic in such situations but, gee, mistaking a gun for a taser is kind of a stretch. Just about a week ago another "I thought my gun was a taser" incident happened; it was a traffic stop and the black guy refused to get out of the vehicle so the cop drags him out and they wrestle on the ground a few seconds and then a female cop who was with the other one shoots the driver and uses this same excuse. Maybe tasers should be painted pink or given some other notable obvious characteristic; not sure but I think the female taser shooter was fired over it. Maybe tasers should be replaced with Bull Buster cattle prods; they don't look anything like a gun.
This cop apparently violated policy by wearing both on the same hip. So, there's a known risk, policy is put in place to reduce that risk, the cop ignores that policy and a citizen is severely injured, yet the cop skates.
I'm not sure that visual cues will work given the nature of close quarter altercations. Maybe each should require a double trigger pull, with the taser producing an 'Aaahooogggaaa' on the first pull and the gun a shouted 'BANG!' in Clint Eastwood's voice. The former will often cause a perp to melt in laughter and I know the latter would scare me into submission, thus usually negating the need for a second trigger pull with either.
You know that your prison system is truly horrendous when even 45SHOLE/Barr's DoJ says so and threatens to sue.
I think it would be a good idea to send Jeff Sessions and Roy Moore into the Alabama state prison system in an undercover role to get to the root of this. It might take a couple years to do an adequate investigation. Roy will be sent to share cell space with "Big Lance" who is very well versed in prison shenanigans and can generally ferret out anything suspicious. Jeff will be tasked with growing out his hair, if he can, and also affecting a scraggly beard. That, along with his natural guilty look, should get him into the right situations to figure out what's going on there.
Just finished reading "The Black and the Blue" by Matthew Horace, a black former police officer and ultimately a high ranking ATF agent. It's a good treatise on the issues of race relations and police brutality over the past decades written from personal experience of the author.

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text: Pianki offers an excellent selection of leather notepad holders. Each luxuriously handmade leather padfolio belongs to a larger collection of leather business bags and accessories. There are several choices of excellent leather finishes. Buy them alone or with their collection mates to keep a consistent look and style in all of your business accessories. Never miss an important idea with these elegant luxury leather writing pads.

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In addition to core curriculum requirements served by our online content providers, TA students must engage a number of face-to-face electives which support achievement of 21st Century Learning benchmarks. Our program will develop these characteristics in our students.
Service Learning integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teaches responsible citizenship, and strengthens communities.
Emotional Intelligence is a way of understanding and shaping how we think, feel, and act. Improved emotional intelligence skills create higher achievement and improved social skills. Emotional Intelligence contributes to successful interpersonal and interpersonal relationships at school, at home, and at work.
Environmental education curriculum will help students practice and build upon their leadership and Emotional Intelligence skills. Engaging students in lessons about environmental issues broadens their perspective on the world and promotes stewardship in a consumer society.
Students in Global Studies explore the world, culture and international citizenship.
Middle school students explore the five themes of geography, map skills and create projects.
Middle school students explore geography and cultural perspectives. They demonstrate their findings in a presentation of the project. Below are some examples of student work.
Level III - "The Race Around The World"
Upper level middle school students and high school underclassmen compete a virtual race traveling to 7 continents, documenting currency used, accrued, lodging, food, miles traveled, and distance traveled. Winners will have traveled the furthest and spent the least amount of money.
Level IV - "UN Mock Conference"
High school upperclassmen participate in cultural studies that focus on varying perspectives, international current events and the history behind them. This class culminates in a four day United Nations Mock Conference. Students represent a country delegate and their perspective with research and debate skills.
In the Smart Lab, students use Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to design and build everything from digital art to original robots.
Grades 5/6 -"Exploring Smart Lab"
Fifth and sixth graders explore computing skills, technology use, typing, and personal safety on the internet. They will create a showcase of all their work to present to their peers.
Seventh and eighth grade students choose and create two projects of their own design. They learn effective use of social networking, collaborative wiki and web design, and honing technical skills.
Grades 9/10 - "Gearing up for Competition"
High school freshmen and sophomores create high quality projects with an emphasis on showcasing their work. In addition, students pursue proficiency at keyboarding and computer skills. During the semester, students will submit at least one piece of work to STEM related competition.
Grades 11/12 - "STEM Career Exploration"
Juniors and seniors reflect on and explore career opportunities. Students select a STEM profession, work with mentors in the field, and create a career portfolio of professional calibre.


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1. Identify how and when to refer patients for further evaluation and or medication.
2. Recognize and identify the symptoms and sources of burn-out and countertransference and how to handle them properly.
3. Know and understand the meaning of laws pertaining to the welfare of your patients as well as the rights of patients.
4. Identify and apply the mandatory reporting laws.
5. Know different methods which are used to assess for suicide and understand their limitations.
6. Understand the importance of proper record-keeping particularly regarding how HIPAA applies to you.
7. How to evaluate the best methods to provide yourself and your patient with a safe environment while working with dangerous patients.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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It is critical to prioritise the improvement of systemic and formal assessments in schools as we move towards improving quality learning outcomes in the General Education and Training band.
Dr Chetty added that a critical step in monitoring the success of implementing new policies and innovation, and whether learners are suitably equipped for the 21st Century will be the development of good metrics that provide valuable feedback on system-wide improvements. “According to a 2018 World Bank Report, a lack of measurement makes it hard to access the status quo, to make predictions and to know what actions taken are making a difference. It is therefore encouraging that social partners and teacher unions are supporting the modern design of the Systemic Evaluation Programme to evaluate aspects and components of the Basic Education Eco-System to provide all relevant stakeholders with a framework for improving learner performance from Grades R to 12,” Dr Chetty concluded.


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AUTO version is equipped only with special rubber crevice tool and 4 m hose Ø 40.
Medium size wet/dry vacuum cleaner.
The IK version is equipped with stainless steel container and an antistatic device.
Additional nylon filter in standard delivery, HEPA cartridge filter and paper filter bag are available as an optional.
The PD version is equipped with a drain hose to empty the container (liquids).
Two motors separately switchable. AUTO version is equipped only with special rubber crevice tool and 4 m hose Ø 40.
Great capacity and powerful wet/dry vacuum cleaner with chassis equipped with wheels/castors.
The IK version is equipped with stainless steel container and an antistatic device. Two motors separately switchable.
The CBN version is equipped with container with tilting and locking system. Driving frame in anti-shock plastic material. Available in option cartridge filters M and HEPA class.
Wet/dry vacuum cleaner with chassis equipped with wheels/castors; great capacity. The AS 590 IK CBM version is equipped with stainless steel container and anantistatic device. Two motors separately switchable.
The CBM version is equipped with container with tilting and locking system. New, robust metal trolley. Paper filter bag with cap, nylon filter and spacer for plastic bag (optional). Standard and HEPA cartridge filter (optional).
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Three motors separately or simultaneously switchable. Nylon filter and spacer for plastic bag (optional).
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High performance wet/dry vacuum cleaner, with driving frame and stainless steel container. Equipped with an antistatic-kit. Three motors separately or simultaneously switchable. Nylon filter and spacer for plastic bag (optional). Standard and HEPA cartridge filter (optional). AUTO version is equipped only with special rubber crevice tool and 4 m hose Ø 40.
High performance wet/dry vacuum cleaner, with driving frame. Three motors separately or simultaneously switchable. CBN: container with tilting and locking system. Nylon filter and spacer for plastic bag (optional). Standard and HEPA cartridge filter (optional).
High performance wet/dry vacuum cleaner. Three motors separately or simultaneously switchable. The IK CBN and IK CBM versions are equipped with stainless steel container with tilting and locking system, an antistatic device and gives the possibility to use Ø 90 accessories. The IK CBM version is equipped with new, robust metal trolley. Nylon filter and spacer for plastic bag (optional). Standard and HEPA cartridge filter (optional).


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GP for 20 years, photography business for a decade. Good at expression and conveying others' emotion through photography....if I can use my skill to raise awareness and thus help others less well off than ourselves then I'm fulfilled.Diane and Derek Edwards are friends of my parents; they started Smiles for Tanzania after a visit to Lake Victoria Children's Society and realisation of a need to help educate, feed and clothe vulnerable orphans and disadvantaged children in isolated villages. The story which stuck in my head was of a 3 year old girl who took a piece of food for hunger and was punished by having her hand held in a fire....I have a means to help and so I will. There are thousands of families in the villages living in poverty, without schooling...education is the way out of poverty.
I'm climbing Kili; I've heard the final assault is tough! Heart and mind willing...working on the body!


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By Place Saint Catherine in Brussels, you find remains of the first fortifications of Brussels. Tour Noire dates back to the early 12th century.
The Modern Novotel Tour Noire blends into the architectural development of Brussels, or rather the absence of one. Brussels is a mish-mash of old and new buildings in all styles. Some are, esthetically adjusted to each other, but the large majority clash completely.
The area around Place Saint-Catherine is one of the best preserved areas, with older Flemish style houses. Just around the corner, however, by the opera house, you find areas that are plainly hideous.
And between these "zones" suddenly you stand in front of Tour Noire, incorporated into a modern building belonging to the international Novotel chain. Tour Noire belonged to the first walls of Brussels, a series of fortifications erected around the city in the early 13th century.
As the city quickly grew them, a second, larger set of walls was built to better enclose and defend the city. The Tour Noire belongs to these fortifications that were dismantled between the 16th to 18th centuries. The tower belongs to isolated portions of the first walls that can still be seen today. Others can bee seen in Rue de Villers, where you can see the Tour Saint Jacques.
The existence of Tour Noire exemplifies what fascinates me of Brussels. This city never seize to surprise me, as there are unexpected to see around the next corner.


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This week I talked about facing fear, and the reality that I often battle what others think of me (fear of man). This truth in the mirror confronts that fear head-on!
So, I don’t know about you, but I know that God has called me to step out in faith and have courage, flex my brave, seeking His approval above all else.
Thank you, Lord, for another opportunity to bring your honor and glory!


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A Washington adviser who advised a Ukrainian political party and collaborated with a co-defendant of Paul Manafort was charged with violating the federal prosecutor's disclosure obligations and is expected to plead guilty on Friday morning, according to court records.
W. Samuel Patten, 47, of Washington, DC, was charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act because he did not register with the Ministry of Justice when representing the Ukrainian opposition bloc from 2014 to 2018.
Patten was charged with criminal information, a type of charge-off documents that are used when a defendant waives indictment and usually announces a lawsuit against the prosecutor. A hearing will take place on Friday before Judge Amy Berman Jackson at the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
5, the company received about $ 1 million for its work advising the opposition bloc and members of that party, including a prominent Ukrainian oligarch identified as Foreigner B.
Patten was listed as Managing Director and Konstantin Kilimnik as Managing Director of Begemot Ventures International, a limited liability company founded in 2015, the Daily Beast reported for the first time. A website for Begemot, which is linked to Patten's email address but does not list the company's customers, reported the Daily Beast.
Patten also reportedly worked in the Oregon subsidiary of Cambridge Analytica parent company SCL Group in the US According to the Daily Beast, who described his work as the development of "microtargeting" technologies by at least one major US presidential candidate he reported from 2014.
Patten has a varied CV. He worked in the oil sector in Kazakhstan from the mid to late 1990s and served as campaign director for President George W. Bush in 2000. He also worked briefly in the State Department under Bush, where he worked as a political advisor to and assisted Iraq Saddam Hussein.
Federal prosecutors accused Kilimnik, along with former Trump presidential president Paul Manafort, of prosecuting Manafort's criminal conspiracy and money laundering lawsuit in the district. Manafort was also convicted this month of banking and tax fraud in Virginia.
Prosecutors with Special Advisory Service Robert S. Mueller III said Kilimnik, a longtime Manafort employee in the Ukraine, had been investigated by US investigators for links with Russian intelligence. He and Manafort are charged with repeatedly contacting two members of a public relations firm and asking them to falsely testify to what the prosecutor at the behest of Manaforts calls secret lobbying.
The indictment was filed by US Attorney General in Washington instead of Special Adviser Robert S. Mueller III. Mueller's team also referred an investigation into the political work of the other Manafort employees, lobbyists Tony Podesta and Vin Weber, to prosecutors in New York.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Patten said in 2017 that he had met Kilimnik in Moscow more than 15 years ago, Kilimnik was an employee of the International Republican Institute, a democracy family affiliated to the US Republican Party. Patten ran the office from 2001 to 2004. "I relied on him," Patten told The Post.
Kilimnik left IRI in 2005 to work for Manafort in Kiev, where he began as a translator for the American consultant and was eventually appointed manager of Manafort's Ukrainian office. Patten praised Kilimnik as a person who helped Manafort navigate the complicated Ukrainian political scene.
Beyond his work as a translator, Patten told the Post Office that Kilimnik "would help Manafort understand the political context and why people do what they do."
Patten said last year that Kilimnik was working for Manafort Ukraine was perceived by its allies and opponents alike as the wisest of American consulting operations in that country.
"I would think that Manafort would have been useless there without Kostya," he said with a common nickname for Kilimnik. "You can not just fly in and talk about the good old days of Nixon, they must have some relevance there."
Patten was born into a gossipy milieu of social climbing and Washington power politics. He is the grandson of the late Georgetown-Doyenne Susan Mary Alsop and can remember that Henry Kissinger knocked him on the head at a party at the age of nine.
Patten told the Post Office in 2014 that a visit from newly-inducted President Kennedy to the Alsop house in Dumbarton Street NW confirmed hours after many celebrations the social significance of his grandmother and step-grandfather, political columnist Joseph Alsop.
The first husband of Susan Mary Alsop was Bill Patten senior. but the son she bore during her marriage – also called Bill – was not Patten's son. The child belonged to a notable British politician, Duff Cooper, with whom she had an affair in the late 1940s.
After the death of Patten Sr. in 1960, his widow Alsop married his close friend.
Sam Patten's father moved to Maine, ran a small weekly and later became Minister of Prisons. Sam was educated in Maine in 1993 and attended Georgetown University.
Manafort, 69, has not been found guilty of any allegation in Washington's case for his political work and alleged attempts to conceal his income from 2006 to 2017. The prosecutors claim that during this time he has washed $ 30 million as a consultant for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
The openings are to begin in DC on September 24.
Richard Leiby, Tom Hambuger and Craig Timberg contributed to this report.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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BookPals has changed the way that small business owners do their bookkeeping.
Now, instead of being stuck in some back room while everyone else is relaxing of an evening, you can do your bookkeeping any time and anywhere with your smart phone.
Best of all, you can give your Accountant access to all your receipts with the click of a couple of buttons so that they don't have to keep hassling you at tax time.


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How to Make Flapjacks - Quick, Easy and Yummy!
Learn How to Make Flapjacks with this easy recipe. The favourite simple, English, chewy, gooey, kids bake. Add chocolate if you fancy, or use dairy free spread to make them vegan. Use gluten free oats to make them gluten free too.
I’ve got to tell you, my home baking has fallen down a little lately.
We are living in a new house (October, is that still ‘new’?) which has a pretty rubbish kitchen and once I’ve been cooking all day for work, I kind of forget to cook treats for George and Harriet.
I’d like to tell you that Mum guilt got the better of me but actually I accidentally ordered a COMEDY sized huge bag of Jumbo Oats by mistake.
I realised that I’d never shared this recipe and in writing up how to make flapjacks, I’ve realised I MUST make them more. They are SO good!
Before we get into the details I feel I should clarify what a flapjack is for any transatlantic readers.
In America a flapjack is actually a pancake. English flapjacks are more of a gooey oat/granola bar, made with butter, sugar, golden syrup and oats, all baked in the oven.
Flapjacks are a super simple and easy treat.
What ingredients do you need to make flapjacks?
All you need to make flapjacks are butter, sugar, golden syrup and oats.
How do you make flapjacks?
The absolute key in how to make flapjacks is all in the cooking time.
They really are such a simple bake to make. Firstly you melt unsalted butter in a heavy bottomed pan. Once the butter is melted, stir in sugar and golden syrup. As soon as the sugar is dissolved, you remove the pan from the heat.
Now stir in your oats, making sure that they are all coated with the mixture.
Put the flapjack mixture into a baking parchment lined baking tray. Carefully press them down using a spatula to ensure they cook evenly and are the same thickness when you cut them.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, the edges of your flapjack should just be starting to brown, but the middle should be soft with a slight amount of wobble.
Which oats should I use in flapjacks?
I used Jumbo whole oats, in this flapjack recipe. They give a lighter, more crumbly texture.
You can also rolled oats, which make a more dense flapjack.
Should flapjacks be crunchy or chewy?
For me the perfect flapjack is a chewy one, with slightly crunchy edges. Anything else is simply not good enough!
However, if you of the crunchy flapjack persuasion, just cook your flapjacks for slightly longer.
What other ingredients can I add to my perfect flapjack recipe?
Once you have mastered the basic flapjack recipe, the world is your oyster in terms of other flavours.
A simple covering of melted chocolate after cooking adds some sugary goodness that will be a hit with the children.
You can also add dried fruits for an extra portion of fruit.
The list is endless, let me know if you find your perfect flapjack flavour!
Do you cut flapjacks hot or cold?
Leave the flapjack in the tin until it is completely cooled before cutting into sixteen squares and removing from the tin.
I think allowing them to cool helps them to keep their shape and means that you don’t need to overcook them.
Can you make Dairy free or vegan flapjacks?
Yep! Just replace the butter with your favourite dairy free spread.
How long do homemade flapjacks last for?
In our house this is about 5 minutes but if you can resist temptation this flapjack recipe will last for around 10 days kept in an air tight container.
You can also freeze flapjack in portions for up to one month.
This perfect sized baking tin.
Great quality baking paper like this.
Always use a good quality baking parchment to line your baking tray. A top tip is to make small cuts in your parchment at each corner to help it fit the baking tray better.
You can vary the type of sugar used in your flapjack. I used soft brown sugar in this recipe to make it chewy and rich. You could also use castor sugar but it won’t be quite as tasty. Dark brown sugar would give a darker appearance and a richer flavour.
I have used 1tsp of salt in this flapjack recipe. You can leave this out if you are cooking for young children, but I do have to say I think it really adds to the recipe and brings out the flavour.
If you prefer you could substitute honey for golden syrup, I haven’t tried this myself, but if you do let me know how you get on.
If you fancy some inspiration for other simple sweet treats or after school snacks then take a look at my Ultimate Banana Muffins or Microwave Brownies recipes.
Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. I’d love to know how you got on and what you thought of it if you make this Easy Flapjack recipe. Please rate the recipe and leave me a comment below if you do.
PS. Look at these two getting in on the post photo act. HAHA! Hope your children enjoy this recipe as much as mine do.
Preheat your oven to 170deg (fan) 150deg (conventional).
Line a 20cm x 20 cm baking tray with baking parchment, cut slits in each corner so it fits neatly.
Melt your butter in a large pan over a low heat.
Once melted add your sugar. and golden syrup. Once the sugar has dissolved remove from the heat and stir in the oats.
Give the entire mixture a really good stir so that all of the oats are coated.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, the edges should be starting to brown but the middle should still be soft and wobbly.
When the flapjacks are cold, remove from the tin and slice your flapjack into 16 squares with a sharp knife.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Light It Up! Chic Lamps and is located at https://www.californiahomedesign.com/product-finds/light-it-chic-lamps/.
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Just as an image formed on a plane mirror is a duplication or reflection of the object placed directly opposite its surface, there is also a dangerous condition that can affect Christians contending for the faith which can make them start to reflect what they are contending against.
A person opposed to a set of errors can also develop signs of errors: becoming dishonest, hateful and rigid. I call it the “Mirror Image Syndrome.” When this syndrome affects a cult expert, he takes on the very cultic mindsets he is fighting – exclusivism, elitism and tyranny of thoughts.
Sometimes, it’s baffling how a person would seem to stand on an impressive edifice of Christian scholarship only for you to realise that his intellectual integrity is actually in the pits. The more famous and influential a Christian figure is, the more they need to be held accountable for what they say or write in public, especially, if their agenda is more important to them than truth.
Previously, I used Rebecca Brown and Daniel Yoder as examples of how spiritual warfare can devolve into spiritual quackery when integrity is lacking. I will be using another popular Christian author to highlight the blighting effects of the Mirror Image Syndrome.
For five decades, Chick Publications, the ministry founded by Jack Chick, has published hundreds of illustrated gospel tracts in different languages, along with many Christian articles, comics, books and videos on issues like abortion, homosexuality, false religions, evolution and Bible versions.
Fittingly, Dr. Rebecca Brown once worked for Mr. Chick. In her words, “Jack Chick is one of the kindest and most honest and Godly men I have ever met. He taught me many valuable things in the Lord’s work” (Standing on the Rock, Solid Rock Enterprises, 2002, 64).
1. The testimony comic series of ex-Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera (1935-1997) drew much ire to Chick’s ministry when it was published. There is still a debate whether his testimony was genuine or fake. He gave dates and names of places; presented his ID card and papers, and had his past confirmed by Dr. Gerard Bouffard, an ex-Catholic bishop in Quebec. To an extent, he also defended himself before his critics.
Notwithstanding, there were several glaring errors and outright embellishments in his stories which cast much doubt on the veracity of his claims.
In the Double Cross, after he had left the monastery with his sister, the Mother Superior said with a frown: “He is damned forever! The Virgin will take care of this Father Rivera. He is another Judas that has sold out our Holy Father, the Pope” (p. 9). How did Rivera know she said this?
On page 11, a Vatican priest asks “Would Father Rivera go to the Jehovah’s Witnesses or the Mormons?” his fellow replies “Never! He’s a real Christian and he knows about their false teachings.” Rivera wasn’t present there, so how did he know they said this?
Was he also suggesting that Catholic leaders don’t consider themselves to be real Christians but secretly admit that Protestants are? Either Rivera or Chick was putting words into these people’s mouths to further an agenda.
2. The series spent more ink spreading Jesuit hysteria and instilling mistrust in readers than presenting the Gospel to Catholics. It says Kathryn Khulman was a Catholic “undercover agent” sent to the Pentecostals; Jim Jones was “another undercover Jesuit” who sacrificed his flock to fulfill his oath (Double Cross, p. 27) and Fidel Castro was also a “well trained Jesuit under oath” (The Godfathers, p. 31).
No credible evidence was presented to back up these accusations. The reader is simply asked to take Rivera’s word for it because he knew centuries-old, “hot secrets” of the Vatican.
3. The Alberto comics are laced with Vatican conspiracy theories, wild enough to make Dan Brown green with envy. Rivera claims the Nazi and Communist parties, the KKK, Illuminati, Masonry, Jehovah’s Witness, Mormonism, Christian Science, Unity cults and Islam were all founded and developed by the Catholic Church or Jesuits (The Godfathers, p. 4, 31; The Force, p. 25; The Prophet, pp. 12-23).
Again, no evidence of these claims was given. While I agree that Catholicism is an aberrant religious system with a bloody history, to blame it for every other cult and social or political plague on earth is tabloid sensationalism and sheer inanity. Satan has been creating false religions long before the Vatican came on the scene and he doesn’t need it to create a newer one today. Christians who wish to reach Catholics with the truth should not use these materials.
Where did they get this piece of information from? No citation or reference was provided there. Why? Because the statement is a lie. The Vaudois (or Waldenses) were followers of Peter Waldo (1140-1205 AD). How could they have existed a millennium before Waldo was born? If the Vaudois didn’t exist at that time, to assert they went to Antioch to receive an Italian Bible is pure fabrication.
“God chose Erasmus as His vessel to shine the light of the Gospel during the hellish Dark Ages … Erasmus was God’s undercover agent! By day he was a faithful Roman Catholic serving the pope, working diligently in the libraries. But at night he wrote tracts that ridiculed the Catholic system… This was a dangerous game. But Erasmus played it because he utterly despised the devilish pope” (p. 67).
A footnote said: “Much of the information in this section comes from the excellent research of Gail Riplinger’s In Awe of Thy Word (2003), Chapter 27.” The term “excellent research” is meant to psyche the unwary reader. In fact, Gail Riplinger’s research is as “excellent” or reliable as National Enquirer, TMZ or any other gossip tabloid.
While Erasmus attacked the corruption and immorality among the clergy, he was a real Catholic. He was “a devoted worshipper of St. Anne” and wrote “a collection of prayers to the Holy Virgin.” He believed in the Eucharist and upheld papal authority.
He pledged to always be “a faithful subject of the Holy See” and wrote: “Christ I know; Luther I know not. The Roman Church I know, and death will not part me from it till the Church departs from Christ.” He didn’t recant his beliefs (Anthony Froud, Life and Letters of Erasmus, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1894 pp. 86, 279, 261).
If Chick and Daniels cared more about truth, their information should have come from Erasmus’ original works instead of a secondary work of a KJV Onlyist fraud. By the way, if being an “undercover agent” was evil for Jim Jones or Kathryn Khulman, why was it acceptable for Erasmus?
This is meant to instill fear into readers to think those who read a modern Bible version are under Satan’s grip.
Page 125 shows a chart linking the NIV Bible to its Zondervan publisher (formerly owned by Harper Collins Inc.) and this links to the Satanic Bible and the News Corporation owned by Rupert Murdoch, a Catholic knight. This is guilt by association. It was intended to link the NIV with “Catholic Church” or “The Satanic Bible” in the reader’s mind. In the absence of solid facts, the authors resort to inflaming emotions.
7. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines fiction as “something invented by the imagination or feigned; specifically an invented story.” It’s also called a fable or fabrication. For instance, if a person today writes a story about Abraham in Ur, imputing words to the characters in the story, he has written a work of fiction.
“One of Noah’s sons has got to be the weakest link. I’ll find him and make him serve me!” He tells Cush: “Look, Cush, you don’t need this pressure. You’re a man. GO BUILD YOUR OWN CITY!” (p. 20) So Cush “built the tower of Babel … to unify the people under one religion” (p. 21).
When you compare this with Genesis 10:8-10 you can easily see that Chick and Daniels wrote from their own imaginations.
We are told: “Nimrod had hated Shem and all followers of God Almighty so he started to persecute them with the help of his secret police.” (p. 32) “Nimrod and his wife demanded human sacrifices, which were devoured by him and his priests” (p. 33).
There is no biblical or extra-biblical evidence that: (a) Nimrod had a wife (b) started a religion or was worshipped as a god (c) Shem had followers let alone were persecuted and (d) Shem killed Nimrod. In fact, there is no historical record of Nimrod; only a possibility that he is the same as Gilgamesh.
8. On page 40, Satan tells Nimrod’s widow, “Stick with me, Semiramis, and I will make you the Queen of heaven!” Holding up her baby to the Babylonians, Semiramis says “Behold Nimrod, your slain and risen god!” (p. 41).
In reality, there is no trace of Semiramis in Sumerian or Babylonian records. The only Semiramis (which is a Greek name) known in history is Queen Sammuramat, wife of Samshi-Adad V of Assyria who ruled approximately 824-811 B.C.
A Babylonian priest, Berossus, (c. 3rd century B.C.) in his Babyloniaca lists the kings of Babylon and makes a reference to Semiramis ruling in Assyria – not Babylon – after 812 BC. This date matches the period the historical Sammuramat lived.
This proves Nimrod and Semiramis didn’t live in the same era. There is a gap of more than 1000 years between them. No reference work – whether it’s the Encyclopedia Britannica, Jewish Encyclopedia or the World Book Encyclopedia – places Nimrod and Semiramis as contemporaries, let alone as a couple.
This disproves their theory that “All goddesses were made from one woman [Semiramis]” (p. 82). These deities have been worshipped for centuries before Semiramis. All pagan goddesses are demons, not geographical mutations of a dead Assyrian queen!
Page 53: “As ‘Asshur’ Tammuz rode north and built four cities, including Nineveh.” A footnote gives Genesis 10:11-12 as reference but vs. 22 says this Asshur was one of “the children of Shem”!
The dramas between Semiramis and Tammuz illustrated between pages 52-59, were based on nothing but “ancient myths.” I remember I was disappointed when I first read this book, because I had expected a scholarly work. How sad that Mr Chick who has attacked the myths and fables of Catholicism, Mormonism and Paganism has resorted to the same.
Personally, I will think twice before I allow my name be put on a Christian book filled with lies, shoddy research and “tales [Gr. mythos] artfully spurn” by pagans (2 Pet. 1:16). A soldier of the cross would rather starve than profit on falsehood.
As Christians, we must not lose sight of the Biblical standard of honesty and integrity of character and we also need to watch out for this syndrome in our lives.
Was The Reformation a Runaway Train?
Disinformation is an intentional spread of false or inaccurate information designed to discredit a conflicting information or support false conclusions. Catholicism has perfected this tactic to a tee. As a result, the Protestant Reformation has been caricatured and the Reformers demonized. Rome portrays the Reformation as a runaway train, inspired by wanton lust, arrogance and self-independence in order to justify her apostasy and falsehoods.
“The magnificent conception of a Catholic church bound together in one organization, one faith, one ritual could hardly have been realized by imagination alone, without the aid of time and circumstances” (James Thompson, Edgar Nathaniel Johnson. An Introduction to Medieval Europe, W. W. Norton & co., 1937, 46).
“We order those who follow this doctrine to receive the title of Catholic Christians, but others we judge to be mad and raving and worthy of incurring the disgrace of heretical teaching, nor are their assemblies to receive the name of churches. They are to be punished not only by Divine retribution but also by our own measures, which we have decided in accord with Divine inspiration” (Sidney Ehler and John Morrall, Church and State Through the Centuries, Burns & Cates, 1954, 7).
“Considering the Papal court has filled the whole Church with simony, and the consequent corruption of religion, it is natural enough the heretics should call the Church the Whore” (De Planct Eccl. ii. 28 cited by Ignaz von Dollinger, The Pope and the Council, London, 1858, 185).
When Jesus said the gates of hell would not prevail over His church, He was referring to the revelation of Himself which Peter expressed (Matt. 16:18). The gates of hades are powerless against the church as long as she believes and confesses this truth. This is based on Christ’s faithfulness, not an alleged “charism of infallibility.” Jesus was referring to the Church, His Body (all true Believers) in that passage, not an institution.
Roman Catholicism is a departure from Christ and the faith “once handed down” by its denial of the sufficiency of Scripture, the sufficiency of Christ and His sacrifice. So, the promise in Matthew no longer applies to it (Jude 3). The apostasy of the Roman church became full-blown at the council of Trent (16th century) where it codified its false doctrines.
Notably, the Council of Trent wasn’t a linear continuation of the Latin or Medieval church. In fact, the Western church before Trent was more pluralistic in doctrine than the Roman church between Trent and Vatican I. Therefore, one can say there were Christians in the Roman system and outside of it through the centuries. These were the ones who constituted the true Church, not the religious institution.
In Catholic lingo, a “heresy” is any deviation from a doctrine defined by the Church. Apparently, these Christian movements were judged as heretics, not on the basis of their writings in contrast with Scripture, but for their disagreement with the Roman church (Rome positions itself as the standard of orthodoxy).
For instance, Priscillian, the Bishop of Avila, was falsely accused of “heresy,” immorality and witchcraft and beheaded (along with 6 others) in 385 A. D. whereas 7 of the works he wrote to refute these charges have been discovered in the library of the University of Wurzburg, Germany.
“The rumors of the fornication which is said to prevail among them is most false. For it is true that once a month either by day or by night, in order to avoid gossip by the people, men and women meet together, not, as some lyingly say, for purposes of fornication, but that they may hear preaching … They are wrongfully wounded in popular rumor by malicious charges of blasphemy from those who say that they commit many shameful and horrid acts of which they are innocent” (Walter Wakefield and Austin Evans, Heresies of the High Middle Ages, University of Michigan Library, 1991, 305).
Apart from the Albigenses, there were also the Waldenses, Bogomils and Poor men of Lyons whose few surviving writings showed they were “heretics” to Rome only. Two notable works: History of the Evangelical Churches of Piedmont (1648) by Samuel Morland and An Inquiry into the History and Theology of the Ancient Valdenses and Albigenses (1838) by George Fabler, drew on works dating back to the 13th century indicating that the beliefs of these pre-Reformation groups were similar to those of Evangelicals today.
“It is now clearly known that the Paulicans were not Manicheans” says a historian, “the same thing may probably be said of the Albigenses.” He added, “The Roman Catholic Church sought diligently for excuses to persecute. Even Luther was declared by the Synod of Sens to be a Manichean. The Archbishop Usher says that the charges of Manicheanism on the Albigensian sect is evidently false” (John Christian, The Glorious Recovery of the Vaudois, London, 1857, 1 xvii).
This is a disinformation. The Reformation was not a “revolt” by any means, since the Reformers stood for the same truths that many within and without the Roman church all through the centuries stood for.
Archbishop Agobard of Lyons (779-840) spoke against image worship and the church’s unbiblical liturgies and practices. Bishop Claudius (8th century) rejected Catholic traditions, saints and relic veneration. Peter of Bruys (12th century) spoke against Catholic dogmas and left the priesthood; he was killed for it.
Henry of Lausanne, a monk, who exposed the errors of Rome was arrested in 1148; he died in prison. Berengar of Tours opposed transubstantiation based on Scripture, the church fathers and reason; he was excommunicated.
Men like Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, William Tyndale and Wessel Gansfort stood for the supremacy of Scripture long before the Reformation. Contrary to what Catholics are made to believe, Luther, Calvin and Zwingli were neither loons nor buffoons. They proved their cases by appealing to the church fathers, church councils and reason.
When Luther posted his 95 theses at the door of the church of Wittenberg, he still adhered to some Catholic doctrines (e.g purgatory, Mariolatry etc). His intention was to reform the church from within, not to leave it. But when the Roman church couldn’t prove its ideas from Scripture, but instead excommunicated Luther at the Diet of Worms, he had to leave.
Other lesser-known Reformers were Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Henry van Zutphen, Propst Jakob, Johann Esch, Heinrich Voes and Hess Kaspar. Most of them were killed for disagreeing with Rome. Catholics may have sank too deep to question the tyrannical system of Rome that crushes every voice of dissent, nevertheless, the Reformation was God’s plan to call His people out of an apostate religious system.
This remark is quite revealing, though not in the way Catholics intend. Henry VIII was a staunch Catholic who wrote a polemic Assertion of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther (which earned him the title ‘Defender of the Faith’ from the Pope). In 16th century England, the Catholic church was not in the good books of the common people. The priests were immoral; the church owned about a fifth of all property in England and levied heavy taxes on the people.
Then the King wanted an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry the more beautiful and perhaps more fertile Anne Boleyn. But Pope Clement VII, pressured by Catherine’s nephew, Emperor Charles V, refused to grant Henry’s wish. This prompted Henry VIII to break with Rome and declare himself head of England’s Catholic Church. This decision was supported by the House of Commons (since popular sentiment against Rome was already high).
“Henry was now the sole judge of what, in religion and politics, the English people were to believe” wrote a historian. “Since his theology was still Catholic in every respect except the papal power, he made it a principle to persecute impartially Protestant critics of Catholic dogma, and Catholic critics of his ecclesiastical supremacy” (Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Simon & Schuster, 1950, VI, 529).
It was during Henry VIII’s time that Tyndale was burned at stake for translating the Bible into English. Henry died in 1547 leaving “a large sum to pay for Masses for the repose of his soul” (Ibid, 577). Contrary to what Catholics are told, he wasn’t a Protestant!
There are several areas in which the Satan talked about in the Quran match that of the Bible. But there are also some divergent areas which will be mentioned here.
If this refusal of Satan to bow to Adam was what made him accursed and evil, it definitely leads to a quicksand. In Sura 7:12, Iblis said his refusal to bow was because he was created “from fire” while Adam was created “from clay.” Now, if Allah considered Adam – created from clay – worthy of worship by angels, that means Jesus the Uncreated Word of Allah is more worthy of worship.
By rejecting the Deity of Christ, either the Quran badly contradicts itself or Allah is inconsistent by commanding his angels to commit the sin of shirk (creature worship). By implication, Muslims who refuse to bow to Jesus are on the side of Iblis.
It must be noted that the command to bow to Adam was “to the angels,” not the jinns. In Islam, Satan is one of the jinn created from “smokeless flames of fire” (Q 15:27), not an angel, yet he was being cursed for not bowing. It makes no sense.
This is like a teacher who walks into a classroom consisting of Asian and Hispanic students and orders all the Asian students to stand up. Then queries a Hispanic student “Why are you not standing up? You are rebellious and you must be punished!” Of course, we would conclude that this teacher is being unfair, unjust and even racist. Yet we are being asked to accept such illogicality and injustice coming from a divine revelation.
In the real Biblical account, Satan tempted Eve, not Adam. He led her to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil by questioning God’s word, promising her wisdom and divinity. While Eve was deceived, Adam knowingly disobeyed (Gen. 3:1-5, 2Cor. 11:3).
Though Muslims want us to believe all the words in the Quran were written by Allah in heaven, the presence of Satan’s direct statements in the book indicates that either Allah at times talked as Satan or Satan was one of Allah’s alter egos.
For instance, Allah says: “Verily, I shall fill hell with the jinn and mankind together” (11:119). That is not God speaking (cf. 1 Tim. 2:4). In Sura 38:78-81, after Allah cursed Iblis, he appealed for a respite (temporary break) from the curse, which Allah granted until judgement day. Then Satan said: “by thy power, I will put them all in the wrong way” (v. 82).
“It has been revealed to me that a company of jinn listened (to the Quran). They said: ‘We have really heard a wonderful recital. It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein. We shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord. And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord. He has taken neither a wife nor a son” (Sura 72:1-3).
Was it Allah speaking here or Muhammad? If it was Allah, that means Allah was telling Muhammad about what Muhammad himself experienced at Taif! Notice that these spirits spoke the same way Muslims speak in the physical plane.
Now, if following Satan leads to eternal loss and his plan is to lead people astray, why should the words of his fellow jinn (demons) be taken as reliable? Why should their claims about the Quran or Islam be taken as truth? Are these not ploys to achieve their agenda?
Why listen to creatures who – according to Islam – specialise in eating excreta to tell us what recital is “wonderful?” Muslims say there are good and bad jinn, but how did they come to know that? As Christians, one main proof they are all evil is their denial of the Sonship of Jesus thus making God a liar (1 Jn. 5:10).
Wait a minute, I thought Allah was the one near the Muslims, promising them victory over the Meccans? In vs. 43, Allah said he made Muhammad see his foes as few in number whereas they were many and 5 verses later, we are told it’s Satan who actually deceived the Muslims. Isn’t Allah just another name for Satan? After all, the Allah the Meccan pagans worshipped was the same Allah Muhammad claimed to speak for?
This spell apparently lasted for a year. If Muhammad, the “special prophet” of Allah himself, was not immune to occult spells, then it’s ridiculous for Muslims to believe they are not under Satan’s claws.
Muslims quote this to “prove” that Muhammad couldn’t have received his Quranic messages from the Devil because a certain verse of a certain chapter of it says so. Did Muhammad himself deny the possibility of a satanic input in his recitations?
These verses make it crystal clear that Muhammad was hearing “whispers” from Satan, jinn and some men in his mind that made him seek refuge with Allah in fear (notice that he didn’t qualify the jinns, he knew they were all evil). This explains why his recitations were incoherent and inconsistent. The “satanic verses” is a case in point.
Early Islamic historians like Tabari, Ibn Sa’ad and Yahya point out that Sura 53:19 had undergone certain changes after it was first recited. In it, Muhammad had favourably acknowledged the Meccan pagan goddesses mentioned there – Allat, Al-Uzza and Manat as “the exalted Gharaniq [a high flying bird] whose intercession is approved” (Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasulallah, 165-166).
Because Muhammad had previously preached against the other pagan gods in the Kaaba, the Meccans were glad that he “has spoken of [their] gods in splendid fashion.” They even prostrated with him in worship (Kitab al-Tabaqat, 1:237).
So every prophet that had ever arisen must have had some lies mixed in with their words too for Muhammad’s falsehood to sound legitimate! Subhanallah! Under the Law of Moses, a prophet who spoke in the name of false gods as Muhammad did was under a death sentence (Deut. 13:1, 5).
On a side note, if Satan could so freely speak through Muhammad, what makes Muslims so sure that his recitations weren’t entirely satanic verses? How do they know for certain that the Quran is not a deceptive “flowery discourse” inspired by jinn and evil men? How do they differentiate the truth from the lies? Everything is accepted based on blind belief.
As Christians, we see the Quran as a deception inspired by the Father of lies because it contradicts God’s Word of Truth, the Bible (Gal. 1:8).
Now, let us journey into the Hadiths to see what they also tell us about the Islamic Satan.


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People who do not live in the metropolitan area do not understand the feeling, but from Tokyo to Yokohama you can go by train in tens of minutes. So we took a break and went to see the Chinatown in Yokohama.
Since the current Chinatown is being developed as a tourist site, it is clearly organized like a main street selling gifts and an alley with lots of restaurants. While looking for souvenirs on the main street, when hunger decreases it is better to enter the alley and find your favorite shop.
There is a huge building called "Yokohama Daisekai" in the center of the city. It is a building that a villain looks like living in fiction, but in reality it is just a building.
The gate "Pairou" is built to surround the four sides of the city. Each gate has the name of God that is said to protect the four sides.
On the north side is a black gate with the name "Genbu". There are few shops around here, so tourists do not pass, but since it is near the stadium, people going to the stadium may pass.
A blue gate is built in the east. This gate is the largest of the four. If you come to Chinatown from the subway it will go through this gate.
The south side is a red gate with the name of "Suzaku".
On the west side a white gate is built. When you visit Chinatown from JR, you will pass through this gate.
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