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Min arxizeis ti mourmoura (in english: "Don't start the grumble") is a greek series directed by Elen Solomou, Konstantina Giahali and Vicky Alexopoulou.
The story starts with 3 couples: Haris and Vaso (age of 23-35 years old), Marina and Ilias(age of 35-45 years old) and Voula with Minas (age of 50-65 years old), to grumbling in a funny way. Haris is a jobless musician and Vaso a nurse. Marina likes to go shoping and Ilias is a cheap accountant. Voula is a josher and Minas is a old man.
I love this series very much, because it is very funny and very clever! Panos Vlahos is hillarious in the lead as Haris Maragos. Dafny Lamprogianny is very good in the lead as Marina Akrivopoulou-Harami and Elen Kokidou as Voula Vlahaki-Stratelli is very funny too.
The series is for the whole family and that's why I like it. I recommend this series!


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2015 Audi Q3 Owners Manual – The 2015 Audi Q3 is the brand's smallest SUV–and it doesn't appear a time too soon, what with the BMW X1, Mercedes GLA, and Buick Encore presently swarming into the low end of the compact-crossover niche.
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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:27:44 +0200
From: Shankar Panigrahi
Subject: Re: Old Hindu Dogma Getting New Colour in Ananda Marga #2
(Note: This is an updated and corrected version of the second letter in this series. A link to the initial letter is appended below. In addition, all below sections in brown italics are excerpts from that first letter. – Eds)
"The existing Hindu dogma of shraddhanjali or punyatithi (annual death ceremony) has been redecorated and given a place in Ananda Marga – not just in the form of so-called mahaprayan but also as an annual death day ceremony for Ananda Margiis who have passed away.
Unfortunately this has become a general trend in our Ananda Marga society.
Some may think this is something glorious, but when it runs contrary to Baba's teaching, then there is no question of it being something good. Rather it is a dogma that should be removed.
The new dogma is that some are turning the death day of their dear relative into an annual death day ceremony.
Since 1990, there have been innumerable cases wherein margii families choose to observe the anniversary of the death of their cherished relative.
For instance, someone dies on July 1st, then the prescribed system is to mourn and observe death death for no more than 12 days. That means, by 13 July, all public ceremonies and gatherings related with the mourning of the deceased must be completed. That is Baba's system.
But some families are opting to celebrate the death for years and years, by honoring the anniversary of the death each year on July 1. They mark those celebrations by reciting shlokas, distributing food and clothes, and garlanding the deceased margiis's photo etc. Just as is done in the Hindu dogma of punya tithi / shraddha.
To some naive persons this may sound "honorable" or "respectful", but it is 100% against Baba's system."
Unfortunately, here are a few recent examples of "prominent" margii families that are going against Baba's teaching.
[A] The family members of Ac Harishankarji of Ranchi performed the first shraddha divas (death day ceremony) of Shrii Harishankar by incorporating the Hindu dogma mass feeding. Not only that, every year since, on the death day anniversary of Ac Harishankar, the son and his family come to Ranchi and, along with other family members, they garland Harishankarji's samadhi (tomb), which is inside the house premises. These are "important" margiis yet they are involved in Hindu dogma each year on the anniversary of Ac Harishankarji's death.
[B] Lokanath Pradhanji, a well-known margii of Debagad, Sambalpur in Odisha state, is involved in annual death day ceremonies. Pradhanji was a college professor who was blessed with microvita sadhana by Ba'ba. But on the death day anniversary of his father, he performs akhanda kiirttan for 12 hours in his residence, feeds the kiirttanites & relatives – i.e. Hindu dogma of mass feeding. This occurs every year on 13th June which is the occasion of his father's death anniversary. In this case, Lokanath Pradhanji is continuing the dogma of mass feeding and kiirtan year after year after year. This is a more serious case.
[C] Another margii, Pratap Nayakji also involved in dogmatic Hindu shraddha tradition of doing mass feeding for the occasion of his wife's shraddha ceremony. Nayakji is well-versed with Caryacarya, yet on the anniversary of his wife's death, he did the mass feeding the first year and continues honouring her with garlands on the anniversary of that day. Ironically, before his wife's death he was against mahaprayana, now he is in favour of it. By the way, Nayakji was a WT sanyasi before emergency period. He knows the rules, yet still he indulges in annual death day celebrations anyway.
[D] Other important margiis like Bhaskar Jenaji observed the death day or shraddha divas of his mother accompanied by a mass feeding in the dogmatic Hindu tradition. Since that time, others have tried to convince Jenaji to do a mass feeding each year, but thus far Jenaji has resisted. Bhaskar Jenaji received microvita sadhana. If he had been strict in following only the Ananda Marga system and not done the Hindu dogma of mass feeding at the shraddha ceremony, then he would not be facing the pressure to continue this dogma year after year. Even then, to his credit, he does not give in to the pressure.
[E] Prof Aditya Mohantyji observed the initial shraddha ceremony on the death day celebration for both his wife & his father with mass feeding according to the Hindu dogma. He too was blessed with microvita sadhana. He was aware that he should not do mass feeding, but due to social pressure he gave in to Hindu dogma that first year. To his credit, he has not continued it like Lokanath Pradhanji does.
In particular these three – Loknath Pradhanji, Bhaskar Jenaji, & Prof Aditya Mohantyji – are samaj leaders who go to conferences and seminars preaching the gospel of Prout and neo-humanism. So when people see them cave in to Hindu dogma, then naturally others will also do the same. That is what happens when leaders fail to live up to an ideal.
Actually, all of the above are so-called important margiis – holding important posts – but see their standard. They had the opportunity to see Baba and receive His blessing. When they were close to Baba they understood His guidelines, but as soon as they were apart from Baba they could not keep His teachings in mind – they could not follow His mandates. Such persons are the worst type of devotees.
Baba says "According to Tantra, disciples are of three categories. The worst category are likened to pitchers placed inversely in a tub of water. Such pitchers contain water as long as they are kept in the tub, but as soon as they are taken out, all the water pours out. These disciples acquire spiritual knowledge when they are in close contact with the preceptor, but as soon as they are apart from the preceptor they forget all his teachings." (Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life – 9, Tantra and Sádhaná)
That is the state of the aforementioned so-called senior and great margiis.
According to Baba, greatness is based on something else.
Baba says, "It is action that makes a person great. Be great by your sádhaná, by your service, by your sacrifice." (Ananda Vanii #20)
According to Baba, greatness is not determined by being a senior citizen or gaining a top university degree, or any other worldly quality. Greatness comes from one's sadhana, service, and sacrifice.
The aforementioned persons think they are following so-called mahaprayan, therefore their dealing is good. They justify that they are merely emulating what is done in Kolkata each October. But nothing could be further from the truth; their dealing is not good. They are drowned in dogma yet do not realise it. Such is their unfortunate state.
Note: In Ananda Marga, shraddha should be done once within the 12-day mourning period and money must not be spent on food / feasting or charitable donations to the priest. Just we follow Baba's given ceremony in Caryacarya. Spending money on shraddha means succumbing to Hindu dogma. So if one does a mass feeding in honour of the deceased during the 12-mourning period, then that is bad. Then there are those who do annual death day ceremonies and spend lavishly on food / feasting and donations. That is a second scenario. Both situations are bad, but doing a dogmatic Hindu-style shraddha on the anniversary day is worse. Any of the above margiis falling in either of these categories are living representations of Hindu dogma. They should change their ways immediately.
Since long, because of this death day dogma, Indian society has been exploited financially by Hindu priests. The common people incur huge loans and are forced to feed their entire village on annual death day celebrations. Plus they pay those priests enormous sums of money. If all this is not done, then they will not go to heaven. In turn, many lead miserable lives trying to repay these huge loans. Spiritually this is very bad and socially it is crippling. There are many reasons why this death day dogma is poisonous for society, but this is one of the major ones. Because of this, centuries ago led by Carvak, atheism was on the rise in India. People were getting exploited by the priests and Carvak stood up against those religious exploiters. Even then he could not root out this dogma completely. So still society is suffering. Now is the time for all Ananda Margiis to wipe out this dogma with our dharmic, God-centered approach, by Baba's grace.
Baba's system is a 12-day mourning period.
Of course we all know that Baba has firmly declared in Caryacarya that the period of mourning shall be 12 days – no more.
Baba says, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (Caryacarya – 1)
Thus to observe an annual death day ceremony is against Baba's guideline and against His wish.
All this type of dealing is not at ll pleasing to Guru.
However, certain families justify that when so-called mahaprayan is observed every year as shraddhanjali (dogmatic Hindu shraddha ceremony) in Tiljala, then why can't we (i.e. the family) observe the death of our dear loved one, each year on the anniversary of his death.
They innocently think that by honoring the death day annually, they are pleasing both Baba and their deceased relative. But in true sense they are satisfying neither. Because to please Baba one must follow His teachings and to please a deceased person one must honor their wishes. And most often, in the case of a Ananda Margiis, honoring their wishes means following Guru.
Thus by observing the annual death day, neither party is pleased. The deceased is not pleased nor does Guru approve.
Yet people have fallen into this trap because that is the prevailing Hindu dogma and that is what groupists like Sarvatmananda have popularised in Ananda Marga.
This is the predicament and the new dogma that is taking birth.
These people forgot Baba's slogan:
Baba says, "You boys, you girls, you the spiritual aspirants, must always remember that you must never surrender at the altar of dogma. In the past, dogma committed so many nuisances, dogma created so many fissiparous tendencies in this human society. Your slogan should be "Dogma – No more! Dogma – No more!" Establish yourselves above the boundaries of dogma, and be established in the excellence of human glory." (A Few Problems Solved – 4, Dogma – No More)
We must not succumb to the dogmatic Hindu beliefs of mass feeding on the initial shraddha ceremony nor observing the annual death day ceremony with feasting and public donations. As disciples of Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, we must glorify Him by adhering to and practically following His divine teachings.
Shankar Panigrahi
Note 1: BABA'S GUIDELINES ON SHRADDHA
The following is Baba's discourse – Shraddham – from Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3:
What's the meaning of shráddhá? "Shraddhayá diiyate yastu ityarthe shráddhah" – "that which is offered with shraddhá is shráddha." And what is shraddhá? "Shrat satyam iti dhiiyata ityarthe shraddhá", that is, when an idea or a culminating point is accepted as supreme, then that idea or culminating point is called "shrat"; and when the mind, with its propensities, moves towards that object, that movement is called shraddhá. Shrat + dha is shraddhá. Now let us see some of the prevalent usages of the world in connection with this shraddhá, or shráddha. When you offer something with shraddhá, it is shráddha. A priest may say that your father will die only once, and so after his death you should arrange for a sufficient quantity of food-stuffs, a sufficient quantity of edibles, a sufficient quantity of clothes, etc., for him. And that has been done in India for about five thousand years, since the time of the Atharva Veda. And people have generally offered rice and sesame, also honey and ghee, to be consumed by that person who has left the world.
Regarding these things, Maharshi Charvaka (he lived in India about 2500 years ago, during the time of Lord Buddha. He was a bit senior to Lord Buddha. Charvaka's disciple, Ajit Kusum, was a contemporary of Lord Buddha) said "If you are in a room, and another man is in the courtyard a few yards away, and you offer rice and sesame for that man, he won't get that rice and sesame, and his hunger won't be satisfied. And if a man is in another world, Aparaloka, and you are offering rice and sesame for him, will he get them? Is it reasonable? No, no. All these things are exploitation by the privileged class."
After offering rice, sesame, clothes, etc., what do you find? The rice is consumed by the purohita in his house. Go to his kitchen, and all that rice is being consumed by his family. That dhuti which is being offered by you for your late father is being used by the purohita, and the sháŕii by the purohita patnii; and the gamci, the towel, if it is surplus, is sold in the market. And the utensils are also sold in the market. So your deceased father, your parents, who are now inhabitants of Aparaloka, won't get anything.
And the second thing you will see, or you will feel, is that they do not require these things. The microcosm, or unit spirit, does not require any food or clothes or sesame or utensils. All these ideas are scoundrels' philosophy. And they have been doing this type of exploitation for the last five thousand years, since the time of the Atharva Veda.
In some other corners of the world, people wait for forty days, and after forty days they offer a particular type of prayer, and that prayer is supposed to make the position of the dead person secure. Is this logical? Certainly not. All these things done in the name of shráddha are nothing but a cheating business.
In prehistoric times also, those people of less-developed intellect used to think in this same way, that even after death people require worldly objects. So in prehistoric times also you would find, looking within the graves, that they used to offer barley (at that time wheat was not popular), wine, honey, such things. And even now in India during shráddha they use these things – barley, wine, wool – so that the dead person will wrap that woollen cádar around themself, etc.
Now, as I told you, in all corners of the world this type of exploitation is going on. And why are the people being exploited? Because they are under the veil of superstition. They are superstitious people. They are less developed in intellect.
I remember a short story. In my town there was a businessman. Say his name was D́oman Sáhu. And his father was also a businessman. During the day he was a businessman, and at night he was a d́áku(2) . Say D́oman's father's name was Mohan Sáhu. Now a big pańd́ita came from Kashmir to my home town and said that he had the capacity with the strength of his mantra, to arrange heaven for all pápiis, all degraded persons, all degraded souls. Then D́oman thought, "My father Mohan is a d́áku. Let me take the help of this big pańd́ita and arrange heaven for my d́áku father."
So the pańd́ita said, "Yes, yes, yes. I will do everything, but I want fifty guineas as a fee for the purpose." And D́oman agreed.
But D́oman's friend was one Mr. Ravi Ghose, a very intelligent man. Ravi Ghose said, "You see, D́oman, that pańd́ita is a businessman, that is why he wants fifty guineas. You do one thing. Let there be bargaining. Tell the pańd́ita, 'You see, pańd́itajii, I can offer only fifty silver coins, fifty rupees. Please agree.'"
Then the pańd́ita said, "Yes, it will be done, but had it been fifty guineas, your father would have reached just below the Párijáta tree of Nandana Kánana of heaven. If you give fifty silver coins, fifty rupees, he will reach the main gate of heaven, but not near that Parijata tree."
D́oman thought, "Right near the gate. Then that short distance will be covered by my father on foot. Then let me spend only fifty rupees."
Then again he went to Ravi Ghose, that crooked and intelligent fellow. Ravi Ghose said, "You see, D́oman, our first attempt has been a success. Now you just tell him, 'Pańd́itajii, I will spend only forty rupees; not fifty.'"
Pańd́itajii said, "In that case, there will be a short gap."
Then next day D́oman said, "No, I will spend thirty rupees," and so on. And finally the settlement was for ten rupees.
So this is the commercial story regarding shráddha. There is nothing in it.
So what should one do? Haven't we any social responsibility for dead persons? When the necessity arises, we should offer shraddhá for them, not barley or wheat or woollen clothes or wrappers or ghee or sesame. What can we do? As long as a man is here in our society we have a social responsibility for him. Human beings are social beings, we have a social responsibility for them. And when the leave this world and go to the other world, they go beyond the scope of our responsibility. We cannot render any service to them. Our social responsibility is over as soon as the cremation is done.
So what can we do? We can say "O Parama Puruśa, while that man was with us we tried our best to do whatever we could do. But now they are beyond our scope, they are beyond our jurisdiction, so please do take care of them." This much of a request can be made by us, and nothing more than that. And the Ananda Marga shráddha is just like that. Here we require no edibles, no clothes or anything else. We offer our shraddhá, and we do nothing else, and we can do nothing else. (Ananda Vacanamrtam – 3, Shra'ddha)
Note 2: PLEASE FORWARD THIS LETTER
For their welfare, please forward this email to any of the margiis mentioned in this letter, so they can adhere to Baba's teaching fearlessly.
Note 3: LINK TO ORIGINAL LETTER


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It's been awhile since I've updated my blog – but I wanted to remind everyone that it is still Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are conflicting recommendations out there – bottom line – talk to your doctor, know your body, and if something doesn't seem right – get checked out.
With that introduction, I'd like to post this note from my wife who completed another phase in her treatment of Breast Cancer.
Dear Chemo,
I'm just not that into you. We're done. Our 4 months together needs to end. It's been a one sided relationship. You took my hair, my eyebrows, my eyelashes. Because of you I needed 5 units of blood. You sucked the energy out of me, left me with fevers, a barking cough, severe nausea that had me vomiting in mid sentence. Not to mention you consumed most of my thoughts. My hands peeled off and now my cellphone won't recognize my fingerprints! You tried to strip me of my identity, my dignity and my pre-menopausal status. But I'm still standing! So after 4 long months I am so glad this relationship is ending today. My only request, you did your job. You killed any remaining cancer cells. If you did, then the past 4 months with you was worth it.
Breast Cancer Survivor
P.S. we are never, ever, ever getting back together.
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Off-Broadway's The New Group presents The Sensuality Party beginning April 25; Justin Kuritzkes' new play depicts college life and is being staged in campuses throughout New York City. Directed by Danya Taymor, the production is playing through May 13.
The Sensuality Party features Catherine Combs (Gloria), Jeff Cuttler (High), Katherine Folk-Sullivan (These Seven Sicknesses ), Jake Horowitz (King Lear, TFANA), Layla Khoshnoudi (Men on Boats) and Rowan Vickers (Bad Jews). The production has costume design by Beth Goldenberg.
Kuritzkes' play follows six college students, three women and three men, who reflect on an incident of group sex they shared during their first semester. "What began as a rather casual experiment went suddenly and horribly wrong," state press notes. "As they internalize and even fetishize this event, they battle their own disaffection and disconnection from the wider world."
The Sensuality Party is being performed at Pace University NYC Campus, Pace University Westchester Campus, Brooklyn College, LaGuardia Community College, Gallatin School (New York University), Baruch College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, LaGuardia Community College and Baruch College.
For the full schedule and to purchase tickets, priced from $10 for students, visit thenewgroup.org/sensualityparty.


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Part time au pair in Jyväskylä available (Au Pair)
Hi Everyone,
I'm a 24-year old student in Jyväskylä and Im wondering if any of you need or know someone who needs a part time au pair in Jyväskylä (some mornings, evenings, or weekend because most of the afternoons Im very busy).
I have had experiences in being an au pair and doing household chores. About me, people say that Im a very open minded person, creative, fun, and hard worker. I also like to consider myself a fast learner.
I like traveling, reading, and outdoor activities. I speak English, Indonesian, Dutch, some Norwegian, basic Finnish and Russian.
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With the "Excellently advised" project, the Folkwang University of the Arts is pursuing the goal of establishing a comprehensive system of professional and personal advice for students. At the same time the project team is developing a quality management tailored to the specific situation at the Folkwang University of the Arts. The project is funded under the title "Excellently advised – reloaded" during the second funding period of the 'Qualitätspakt Lehre', a programme to improve the teaching quality at universities, by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
The team "Excellently advised" consists of the Student Advisory Service, the consultancy network, the quality management and the change/project management. The combination of these fields of activity ensures a comprehensive, sustainable and cross-campus advice for learning and teaching, and the custom-fit development of quality assuring instruments and procedures.
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WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - Lakeland Community College women's basketball used a fast start and was able to overcome a sluggish second quarter to beat Erie Community College 81-57 Saturday afternoon to earn its eighth consecutive victory.
With the non-conference victory, the Lakers improve to 8-0 overall and maintain a 2-0 record in the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference.
Aryana Jackson came off the bench and hit three 3-pointers to lead the Lakers with 22 points and five rebounds. Armani Jackson scored 17 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double with nine rebounds.
Delesha Jackson and Brianna Williams each scored 12 points while Angel Cannon came off the bench to score 10 points on her birthday.
Lakeland got off to a fast start in the opening quarter as Brianna Williams score nine points in the opening 10 minutes and the Lakers led 27-7 after one. The second quarter was almost the opposite as Erie came out strong and outscored Lakeland 25-17.
Even with the rough second quarter, the Lakers still held a 44-32 lead at the break as Armani Jackson and Aryana Jackson each scored five points in the quarter.
The third quarter was pretty equal for both teams as Lakeland narrowly outscored Erie 15-13 behind eight points from Armani Jackson. The Lakers held a 59-45 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Aryana Jackson and Cannon each scored eight points in the final quarter to help the Lakers outscore Erie 22-12 to cruise to the 24-point victory.
Lakeland will next travel to face Jamestown Community College on Saturday, Dec. 16 for a game at 1 p.m.
For more information about Lakeland athletics, visit www.athletics.lakelandcc.edu.
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Founded in 1967, Lakeland Community College was the first college in Ohio created by a vote of the people. True to our mission, Lakeland provides quality learning opportunities to meet the social and economic needs of the community.
Offering day, evening, weekend and online classes, the college serves more than 10,800 credit and 2,800 noncredit students (2016). For more information about the College, visit www.lakelandcc.edu.


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Recently Social media took to mocking former Bafana Bafana stalwart Mark Fish after he shared a picture he thought was him with Hugh Masekela, and was instead Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse. Much hilarity ensued as the entire country briefly forgot the fact that Zuma is still president (and that the amazing Hugh Masekela had died) and shared pictures of random people who looked loosely like, or shared a characteristic with, another celebrity. #MarkFishChallenge
I was at University when I was first accused of being Hollywood actor William H Macy. Mr Macy had recently been absolutely killing it in the movies with roles in Fargo, and something in which he played a fake superhero The Shoveller, so his face was pretty well known and inevitably some wit at my student job declared me to be his doppelgänger. I was flabbergasted. Mr Macy is a great actor, but he is also about as attractive as Donald Trump bending down to take his pants off. I, a debonair sophisticate, beloved by men and women alike, couldn't possibly share a passing resemblance with this man, who in another age may have earned his coppers being paraded from town to town in a cage for the peasants to gawp at.
Since then others have remarked at our similarity, terrifyingly more often as I get older – and probably look more like Frank, his character in Shameless. It's something I would like to pretend I am used to, and so when Mark Fish made his monumental Twitter cock up, I posted a picture of myself claiming a likeness to a man I hadn't previously noticed was in fact a Hollywood heartthrob. That tweet was largely ignored – and I had specifically chosen a photo in which I thought I looked particularly Macyesque (E-Macy-ated?). Perhaps I don't look that much like him after all?
The thought was just as sad as discovering I had looked like him in the first place. I realised with a sinking feeling that my retirement plan had been to claim to be him to gain entrance to funerals, and weddings, before shovelling free buffet in my sack.
Anyway I guess what I am saying is that Hugh Masekela is dead, and before now nobody knew that I was the main victim of that.


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Dear Family and Friends,
This week was also a very good week. I can't remember if I said that last week was good but this was good. My companion and I are seeing miracles happening left and right. There are people stepping up in the branch to help out, there are members fulfilling their calling, and so much more.
(Elder Sabey and Elder Pickett)
Yesterday, being Sunday, after church and after the siesta, we went out to work like normal but this time we had a goal in mind. We needed to sac out a fecha with a girl who my companion has been teaching for three months now. Well, to make a long story short, we did! She is going to get baptized the 20th of March. We now have three fechas! Two are for the 13th of March and then her for the 20th. The two for the 13th are Vanessa y Luis. Siblings. Then the 20th is Victoria. All three of them are under the age of 15. Vanessa is 12, Luis is 10, and Victoria is 14. We are so happy for them and are very grateful for the blessing of getting them baptized.
(The pension in 9 de Julio)
Yesterday, also, I had to give a talk in sacrament meeting for all 37 of us that were there. Just to give you an idea of what kind of people show up, we had 7 men, 9 women, and 21 children under the age of 18. Loud? Just a tad. I spoke on how we can elevate-aumentar…. the same?.... the spirituality in our lives. I read the scripture about what the fruits of the spirit are. Gal 5:22-23. I focused on two of the fruits. Faith and Peace. If we are living righteously, we will have the peace to know that we are doing what God wants us to do. But with peace, brings humility. We must do what the Lord wants done. His will, not ours. I know it may not seem like it but God knows what is going on right now on the earth. He knows that people are suffering but when we can have that knowledge that everything is in His control, why do we have need to worry. If we are on the Lord's side, we have no need to fear. That is where the faith comes in. Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not unto thy own understanding. We need, no, we have to know that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us. We have to know that Jesus suffered for us. And once we have that knowledge, we can share it with others. We can tell them that there is hope. You don't know how many times I have heard people blaming God for the natural disasters and why would God let this happen kind of stuff. I am almost tired of it but it is a teaching opportunity to teach them that God is in control. We are here not to pass through a perfect life. Stuff happens, but you have to keep pushing forward. If this life did not have any trials, then what are we here for? If we didn't have trials, we would be big blobs of nothing because we didn't learn anything. So the next time you have a trial, thank your Heavenly Father for the plan he created. Thank Him for the opportunity you have of trying to be like him some day. He has given each of us that opportunity and it is our decision if we want to take hold of it and do something with our life.
(Map of the Province of Buenos Aires with the location of 9 de Julio)
Thank you so much for the pictures. I really enjoyed all of them. Thank you mom and dad and cui for the pictures. Congratulations Ryan on your new store. It looks so cool! I am so happy for you. I hope you are recuperating well. I love you Ry. And to answer some questions, mainly for Marcos. This place called Nueve de Julio is a tad bigger than Rigby but you kinda get the same feel. Very nice old people here. The address for our pension is Edison 446 and the capilla is San Juan 962. Just so you can google earth it or something. Well gotta go. Siesta time. I only get it once a week so I have to aprovecharlo. If you have more questions, let me know. There isn't much to talk about because I am in the country. Literally.
(Map of the City of 9 de Julio)
Love Elder Pickett
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As most of the world knows by now, the small city known as Fort McMurray has been entangled with a wildfire that has caused the entire city to evacuate. I've never mentioned it in the past because I never felt a need to, and I simply never had the time to, but I take on photojournalism assignments from time to time, and was sent up to Fort Mac to get hopefully get some coverage, and I felt like sharing some of the photos I captured during my short time there and felt like it'd be better to put some words with them.
This isn't an article about what it was like to flee the city as it was burning, or about what people grabbed as they left. This isn't an informative post about the fire, its statistical numbers, and the science behind and within it. This isn't a blog about how helpful the citizens of Alberta and Canada as a whole have been to those who have lost their homes to mother nature.
This is a piece about what I saw when I went there the day after the evacuation; and to be perfectly honest, it's not all that interesting. But I know that I have a few people who will be asking "So what was Fort Mac like when you were there?" and this can pretty much sum it up. …..But seriously, if you're expecting some epic story – this is not where you'll find it. Like… really.
So first thing first: Waking up on Wednesday morning and being told "You're going to Fort Mac" and having to pack up all my gear, which is almost always scattered because I'm lazy like that, and having to gather clothes and travel essentials as quick as possible is a little stressful. Which now that I think of it, may actually be similar to how evacuated residents of Fort Mac felt – only with less panic and pressure since me, my home and my city was not surrounded by flames from hell. So maybe not…that stressful… by comparison…
Anyway, onto the open road we (and by we I mean Metro newspaper Editor Tim Querengesser and I) go and we couldn't help but notice that there were a lot of cars going in the opposite direction with this light coating of brown dust on them. It wasn't quite dirt and it wasn't quite dust, so we imagine it was ash from the fire as cars fled Fort McMurray. Everyone's seen the videos of cars driving next to a flaming inferno a forest, but now that we were seeing the cars covered in ash, I could imagine how close they got to the fire.
After getting a little lost because my Google Maps decided not to notify me that it was not taking me the regular route due to the fire, we finally found Highway 63, which is the primary highway in and out of Fort McMurray. At some point along the highway, it goes from a 2 lane 2 way to divided 3 lane highways. It was at this lane splitting interchange that we saw our first line up of cars coming out of Fort McMurray. I was surprised to be honest; as I didn't think there were any car line ups left since most of the of the evacuation was done on Tuesday. But I guess a lot of people had camped out or shacked up overnight along the highway or in the small town of Wandering River, which is the only town between Fort Mac and this kind of small cluster of towns in the south.
Between Wandering River and Fort McMurray is nothing but 200km+ of highway and no gas stations. We had heard about the line ups at gas stations for fuel, since it was pretty scarce. So we tried to fill up as much as we could along the way, and had a small 10L gerry can just in case. When we got to our first gas stop, we weren't too surprised to still see some small line ups for gas, and people asking other people who were already filling up if they can just borrow the pump to fill a gas can in exchange for cash.
As we got further into the big parts of Highway 63, we began to notice less and less cars in both directions. Then we began to see all the abandoned vehicles. Left behind due to running out of fuel. At some point we pulled over just for a quick stretch and photo of this interesting cloud in the distance (which later on turns out was the smoke cloud from the fire). While we were off in this little dirt area, a man with a truck towing a trailer asked if we were stranded. Both the back cab of his truck and the trailer were stockpiled with red canisters of fuel. Although we weren't in need of it, it was nice to see that good samaritans were already out and about, willing and trying to help.
It was a bit of a race to get to the scene on time, as we had time constraints, but luckily the highway was quite deserted, as you may imagine, which made for quick and easy travels. But as we came closer to Fort Mac, we started noticing more and more abandoned vehicles. Some deep in ditches, some looked like they were in severe accidents. Oddly, it would seem as though many were able to glide themselves to a rest stop or a pull off area which created a bunch of small "abandoned vehicle" graveyards. At some point, there was an abandoned evacuation bus on the side of the road. I'm rather curious what happened there… and where the bus full of people went. But the amount of abandoned vehicles being so close to the city helped piece together the mentality of the cars fleeing the city. They either left so quick that they didn't have time to get fuel, or they couldn't get fuel either because of line ups, or the gas stations had evacuated.
At a point just 25km south of Fort McMurray, where Highway 63 and Highway 881 meet was a mass of police, trucks, and other kinds of service vehicles which essentially let us know that we would not be allowed to proceed any further along Highway 63. I was kind of surprised really, because although the smoke cloud was very large, it didn't seem to really make the air "Smokey". As a matter fact, I couldn't even smell smoke. Partially due to the intense winds blowing west, but it was still surprising none-the-less. We had a very slim timeline, so we finished up pretty quickly and then sat around for a while, watching the giant smoke cloud grow bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Within just a few hours, the smoke clouds size had grown considerably in every direction and dimension. At the end of the day, I would learn that it reached as high as 35,000 feet high, and grew from 10,000 hectares to 85,000 hectares during that day. At this checkpoint made by the police, there were 2 fueling trucks set up, ready to give fuel, food, and water to any vehicles coming out from Highway 881, as Anzac was under voluntary evacuation.
Hungry, without any restaurant nearby and unsure of what to do next, we decided to try and find other vantage points and to check out the town of Anzac, a mere 20 minutes away. Anzac had a decently sized recreational facility that had been turned into an evacuation centre. We had heard rumours of the Anzac evacuation centre evacuating as we arrived into the town, and when we got to the rec centre, we found people queuing up to get onto a white tour bus that would take them to Northlands in Edmonton; though some people had no idea where the bus was going. They simply wanted to get on and go. Inside the evac centre was mostly empty already. There were empty cots all over the place, and when I say all over the place, I do mean all over the place. Cots were set up anywhere there was room. next to the vending machines, in a general sitting lobby, even along a walkway atop seating designated for sport viewing. It was a big surreal and hard for me to imagine every cot being filled and a bunch of people trying to sleep, as I've never had to even come close to being in that kind of a situation before.
Just inside the main door was a man making announcements on a loud speaker, saying that the buses to Edmonton were only a voluntary evacuation. But from the looks of how empty the centre was, I'd say that most people had already gone. A few minutes later, that voluntary evacuation turned into a mandatory one. On the outside of the centre were clumps of people, and whatever belongings they had with them. Some people had boxes with stuff in it, some others had proper suitcases packed. Those in a hurry or without a suitcase sufficed with a garbage bag. All of them were waiting for the buses to come and while they waited, they would stare with concerned awe at the enormous smoke cloud that loomed in the distance, slowly approaching. As the evening became later and the light darker, we began to notice the orange glow at the bottom of the smoke cloud. This was what I was really hoping to see. A fiery glow, caused by the flames and captured by the smoke.
It wasn't quite late enough yet, so we were still looking around for any interesting ongoings, and that's when a convoy of yellow buses passed by, on their way to Anzac. After determining there wasn't much else that was going to happen tonight, we decided to call it a night and get some shut eye in this parking lot with a bunch of abandoned cars. That's when the buses passed us again and we thought they went into the city of Fort Mac. So we tried to follow, and accidentally went past the police controlled checkpoint that was blocking entry into Fort Mac. Turns out the buses didn't go in, and the police were not allowing us to go back to our cozy parking spot on Highway 881, because it was the highway that led to Anzac, which was now under a mandatory evacuation. We had no choice but to go south away from the town, and found a little spot off the side of the highway where it seemed a bunch of other people were taking refuge for the night. Immediately I noticed that the clouds (or smoke, at this point it was hard to discern the two) had a beautiful orange glow to them, and I took one last photo before bed.
I'll be honest, I hate sleeping in vehicles. I can nap in them, but I can never sleep in them. But at least it was a minivan and I could fully stretch my legs. Not like that one time I went to Yellowknife and slept in my wagon, where I couldn't fully stretch my legs. Oh the memories… horrible horrible sleeping memories…
Next morning we went back as far north as we could, into right where the checkpoint was again. This time there was noticeably a lot more media than before. The giant smoke cloud had dissipated and moved further east. Aside from a bit of smoke in the air, it didn't really feel like there was a crazy fire going at all. The air was as smokey smelling as someone having bonfire in their back yard. The police still weren't letting anyone other than essential personnel into the city, which was fair, as the fire was raging and supposedly the trees surrounding Highway 63 going into the city was on fire. By this time, there were severely fires quite close to the town of Anzac, and it was supposedly approaching our checkpoint. So police requested that we move 10km further south, putting us at 35km from the city.
Since we hadn't really had a proper meal nearly 24 hours and we would be too far from the fire to report on anything, we decided to head back south to Wandering River in hopes of finding food that wasn't a granola bar (which we were running low on). Weirdly, near Fort Mac, there wasn't a shortage of water or fuel, but a serious lack of food since there was literally nothing nearby. Not much to our surprise, by now Wandering River no longer had long line ups for gas, and wasn't filled with people trying to get food or accommodation. We drove further south to the hamlet of Boyle that night, where accommodation was also available now, as it was all full just days before. We ended up getting a glorious 5 hours of sleep in a bed, and not a van. Because sleeping in vehicles suck.
The next morning right at the first light, at the same time the the first vehicle convoys from the North were being escorted to the south through the city, we took off Northbound again with hopes of being let into the city, now that civilian vehicles would be escorted through it. The fire itself was news that everyone knew about by now, and a large majority of the civilians were already safe in Edmonton, Calgary, and various other locations; with a large amount of civilians being moved south so that they could also seek refuge. The only new development was that Anzac now had fire on it's doorstep, and that those who fled north during the evacuation were now being escorted through the city to head south, as there were no supplies in the north. At the end of the day, it would have an estimate 12-16 buildings burned down. But what we really wanted though, was to get into the city of Fort Mac or Anzac, to see things up close.
By now, news crews from all over the world had arrived on site to report on this disaster. But even so, wouldn't you know it, we had zero luck getting into the city, as expected. So after doing some more work, and finally seeing physical flames for the first time since arriving, we packed it in and headed back to Edmonton – for now.
I'll be honest, I'm not remotely satisfied with how these 3 days have gone. I've gotten some neat photos, but nothing that no one else can get, and I haven't gotten what I've really wanted to capture: The city itself. But quite frankly, sitting there day after day, reporting about a fire that everyone already knew about, and waiting to be let into the city was tiring all on it's own. So hopefully, once the city is secured and cleared for entry, I'll be given the opportunity to go back and bring to all my thousands of readers (ha! I wish!) a fire hand account of what it was like in there.


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24 hour racing comes to Ayrshire
Details have been released for a major new 24 hour race in Scotland planned for June 2019.
East Ayrshire Leisure, who already stage the successful Roon The Toon 10K and the Roon the Park 5K (ideal as a Couch to 5k target) plus the more challenging Cairn Table hill race and River Ayr Way ultra, are introducing an event for summer 2019 - the K2-4.
The new event combines a 12 hour individual race and a 24 hour individual and team race. The venue is Kilmarnock's Dean Castle Country Park, noted for its scenic paths and trails, and its 14th century castle.
24 hour races have been growing in popularity in recent years with events like Endure 24 and Thunder Run attracting thousands of runners for what have been described as 'Glastonbury for runners'. Camping, showers and food will be available on the Dean Castle Country Park site.
Scotland already stages two popular 24 hour events - Glenmore 24 and Edinburgh 24 and organisers of the K2-4 are hoping to emulate the success of the big events held south of the Border.
24 hour racing has been one of the big trends in events in recent years with runners attracted to the flexibility of being part of a team running over relatively short distances and being involved at an event that includes a serious ultra challenge.
The lap principle is common to 24 hour races with entrants trying to complete a number of circuits either as an individual or as part of a team. The K2-4 course is a 4k route on predominantly surfaced paths with some undulation.
The race action starts at 10.00pm on Friday 28 June and finishes on Saturday 29 June at 10.00pm.
Entry fees are £50 for individual entries and £200 per team. Prizes for the furthest distance for male, female and team entries.
Check out runABC Scotland's '24 Hour Racing Is The New Black' feature to find out what 24 hour racing is all about.


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Thousands of Japanese people are in the streets demanding the US remove its military bases. But what's the real agenda of the G7? The refugee crisis, war in Syria, the ongoing struggle in the Ukraine. Why does the G7 still exist?
A State Department internal audit criticized Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State, claiming Clinton had not sought permission to use it. This comes just days after 17 veterans of the US intelligence community wrote an open letter to President Obama, urging him to expedite the FBI review of Clinton's security violations so the public will have access to the report. Does this new audit mean Hillary Clinton will face legal consequences? Becker is joined by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, one of the signers of the letter from Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity to President Obama.
Turkey's President Erdogan has threatened to block the deal with the European Union on refugees if the bloc does not grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens. Will competing agendas between EU powers and Turkey sink the deal. Kemal Okuyan, journalist and regular contributor to Turkey's Sol newspaper, joins Becker to discuss what Erdogan wants and what the EU demands.


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This weekend, while Lauren was in Belfast with her Mitchell gang, I travelled into the Burren with my fellow philosophers.
The Burren-which means the rocky place- is a rugged, rural part of western Ireland known for its natural limestone formations and the unique plant life that find a way to live there. Our university, NUI Galway, owns a beautiful small retreat center and research facility in the Burren that is predominantly used by natural scientists conducting field research.
On Friday afternoon the 12 students in my program and one of our professors, Heike Schmidt-Felzmann, drove caravan style for an hour from Galway to the Burren site. The primary purpose of the retreat was to work on the service-learning component of our master's program. Basically, we will each be doing at least 100 hours of work with a community organization around Galway. The work will in some way be tied to the philosophical and ethical issues explored in our courses and dissertation work. Service-learning is a particular type of pedagogy that is very new for NUIG and the students here haven't had much experience with it. So, the retreat was designed to introduce the idea and give us a chance to brainstorm potential project and placement ideas. Having worked on the coordination side of service-learning for two years in Chicago, returning to the receiving end as a student is fun. And, combining deep discussions about the role of service and ideas about democracy with a weekend in a beautiful remote place was particularly enjoyable.
On Saturday evening a handful of us ventured out into the wilderness for a walk and ended up in a pub named Cassidy's that literally felt like it was in the middle of nowhere. Somehow, however, the parking lot was full. Inside we found something special and quickly learned why so many people had flocked to this remote rural pub. A 13-piece traditional music group that included 2 fiddles, 1 banjo, 3 Irish button accordians, 2 guitars, a tin whistle, a flute, two bodhrans (Irish drumb), and a beautiful Irish harp was playing. We learned that a local resident was hosting some friends from Germany and had organized a special group to play for the night to show his visitors the best example of traditional Irish music.
I wish so much that I could bottle up the hour or so we spent in that pub and share it with everyone I know. The experience of basic, authentic community felt among the people there was inexplicable. Every person knew all the words to every song played. Most people–except us and the Germans–seemed to know each other. The owner handed out free snacks a few times, as if we were guests in his house. Several times older men sitting at the bar would just start singing a known standard, and the band would start playing the melody along with him. When the harpist played a solo ballad, people started off in to the distance with smiles. Some closed their eyes. A few teared up.
In this global world of ours where technology and complexity rule, the basic coming-together of neighbors seems to happen less and less. But the Irish surely haven't forgotten the value of the local community and the meaning of tradition.


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The Columbia County School District is excited to begin the 2020-2021 School Year.
For students opting for the traditional, in-person learning model, the following information applies:
Elementary students will begin school August 3, 2020, and attend school Monday through Friday under health and safety measures outlined in the district Return to School Plan.
Middle and high school students will start the school year on the A/B Model as outlined in the Return to School Plan located in table 1. The staggered schedule will ensure the ability for proper social distancing and to reduce population in classrooms, in hallways, and in common areas to include cafeterias.
Students whose last names begin with A to K will be part of Group A and students whose last names begin with L to Z will be part of Group B.
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The Columbia School District is publishing the middle and high school A/B schedule, pictured below, through the week of Oct. 9, 2020. This is for planning purposes only. Should the need arise to shift instructional models away from the A/B schedule, we will do so at the appropriate time.


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