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OMG! 10 pipe bombs, some in packages containing "white powder" sent to 10 of the highest profile lefties! It's interesting "the bomber" had the mettle to mail them from a United States Post Office with the return addresses on "his" deadly devices listed as the former head of the Democratic Party and former National Legislature, Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
The Washington Post and other outlets confirmed the use of Ms. Wasserman Schultz's name:
Officials said the packages used as a return address the office of Wasserman Schultz, who chaired the Democratic National Committee during part of the 2016 campaign.
There are however conflicting reports. CNN reported that:
Most of the packages had a similar return address: that of US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, whose last name was misspelled.
They also assured us dum dums that:
There is no information to suggest she(Wasserman Schultz) sent the packages.
Were not all that dumb though.
This is the package CNN received:
Notice Anything Odd?
There is no Post Mark on the stamps
Having used many of the services at the Post Office, this seems extremely out of the ordinary. After all, those stamps represent $6 dollars that can be used again if removed from the package with care.
The WaPo article cited above was released at 10:22 A.M. on 10/24/2018, it states:
The pipe bomb addressed to Brennan was found in the mail at CNN's headquarters in New York.
The CNN article cited above was published on 10/25/18, it states:
The "live explosive device" was delivered by courier to CNN's offices at the Time Warner Center in New York and was addressed to the former CIA director. New York police said an envelope containing white powder also was found as part of the device's original packaging.
Now as you can see, CNN itself states it received a "live explosive device" from "courier." IIt's odd CNN couldn't get it's story straight on how the bomb was delivered but was competent enough to open the bomb and photograph it without getting blown up.
It seems they were just playing with it:
Note, the ISIS looking Arabic script was reported by NBC to in fact be a parody reading "get 'er done."
Now, I'm not really that into conspiracy but, I am thinking more about them in some cases like this one. One other thing in these pictures seems off but, IDK. Just these two news reports are not enough to draw any conclusions except what is apparent and what we were told.
What is apparent is that the stamps are not postmarked. Maybe the clerk wasn't trying to touch that weirdo package.
What is also apparent is that CNN had no real problems taking the "device" from the package and photographing it. Were the bombs real or dummies?
I'm sure there are and will be plenty of videos made about this incident.

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Australia DayOn 27 January 2004 from Melbourne, VIC | comments closed
Yesterday was Australia Day, celebrating the discovery of Australia. In the morning I went to City Hall to hear the Governor's speech, to see the raising of the flag and to watch the march pass by. In the afternoon Anke (a Dutch girl) and I went to Government House, which is only open on Australia Day, creating a long queue to get in and walk through. But it was pretty interesting to see. Afterwards we watched a few buskers and other activities along the river. In the evening there was music at Federation Square and lots of fireworks above the city, so we watched that before getting a few beers in a pub.
Today I checked out the jobs in Melbourne in the morning, but I could not find anything really interesting. In the afternoon Mark called that he found a job for me in Ballarat, something we talked about when I was there. So the rest of the afternoon I read a book in the park and in the evening I sorted out my photos in an internet cafe. The most interesting photos of Victoria are online now.
Gold RushOn 25 January 2004 from Melbourne, VIC | comments closed
On Thursday evening there was a campfire at the hostel. In most places in Australia campfires are restricted because of the high risk of bushfires, so I was glad there was one here. I had a great time chatting with the other guests and just looking at the sky full of stars. Because Halls Gap is in a valley far from any industrial zone there is very little light polution, and it was possible to see a lot of stars. I even saw a shooting star (finally, I am usually just too late to see them).
On Friday I relaxed at the hostel until I was picked up by the tour that was dropping me off in Ballarat, Australia's largest inland city (about 70.000 inhabitants). During the Port Arthur tour in Tasmania I met Mark and Margy, an Australian couple living in Ballarat. Since I was passing through I took them up on the invitation to drop by. With a few beers we chatted all evening.
On Saturday morning Mark dropped me off at Sovereign Hill: one of Victoria's most famous tourist attractions. It is an open-air museum with the atmosphere of Ballarat in the 1850's, according to the same principle as the "Zuiderzee Museum" in the Netherlands. I spent more than half the day there, just wondering around the old gold mining town, viewing live demonstrations, visiting the mine, and panning for gold (no success). Afterwards I shortly visited the Gold Museum, and took the train back to Melbourne.
Today was another typical Sunday: pancakes in the morning, socialising at the hostel, shopping in the afternoon (almost all shops are open on Sundays here), and more socialising at the hostel.
GrampiansOn 22 January 2004 from Halls Gap, VIC | comments closed
Yesterday was a fairly busy day here in the Grampians. I did my laundry in the morning, and afterwards Theresa and I went for a triathlon: hiking for 4 hours, biking for 1 hour and swimming for 15 minutes (the lake was not very nice). In the evening we cooked some pasta and I finished the ice-cream (great stuff, it is already soft right out of the freezer!).
I am staying at Tim's Place, a really nice and cosy hostel. I like the smaller hostels better, because of the more homely feeling; it is easier to get to know people here. Today was a day to relax, with a brunch and a short (1,5 hours) hike in the Grampians. Tomorrow I will be heading back to Melbourne to be there for Australia Day on Monday.
Great Ocean RoadOn 20 January 2004 from Halls Gap, VIC | comments closed
Early Monday morning I got picked up by Dave for a tour of the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians. I wanted to do a 3-day tour but that one was either booked full or cancelled. He still wanted me to go on his tour though and even offered I could do the tour I wanted for free if I did not like this one. I agreed with that, since the weather forecast was really great and I wanted to get out of Melbourne. After switching bus drivers in Melbourne we headed off to the Great Ocean Road. It is really just a long coastal road with lots of beaches along the way, some viewpoints and some spectacular rock formations at the end. Because so many people rave about it and it is considered one of Australia's must-have-done's, my expectations were quite high. It did not manage to live up to those expectations. It is a really nice coastal road, no doubt about that, and the rock formations like the Twelve Apostles, The Arch and London Bridge are quite spectacular. But it really missed the dramatic cliffs, secluded beaches and hairpin bends I had expected. Basically it paled in comparison to some of the coastal roads I have taken in South-West Turkey, in between Olympos and Fethiye.
Almost at the end of the Great Ocean Road we switched tour groups, because the first bus was getting back to Melbourne and Theresa (a German girl) and I were going on to the Grampians. We stayed the night at a small hostel, where the owner had made a nice BBQ dinner and taught us how to play the didgeridoo (I have no natural talent for that, as expected). Except for the mozzies (mosquitos) it was a lot of fun.
This morning we visited some sights in the Grampians, making lots of photos with people (me as well of course) standing on the ledge of a cliff. The weather was great (sunny, 30 degrees), and the photos are really cool. We had lunch at McKenzies falls, and afterwards the rest of the tour group switched busses to go to Adelaide. Theresa and I got brought back to Halls Gap in the middle of the Grampians, where I am planning to do some hiking, biking, laundry and eating lots of ice-cream, since there is a freezer here (most hostels do not have one), so I bought a nice 1,2 litre package, which should be enough for 2 days ;-).


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Save Me will have readers wondering just how far they would go to save the ones they love. Lisa Scottoline is writing about real issues that resonate with real women, and the results are emotional, heartbreaking and honest.
Rose McKenna volunteers as a lunch mom in her daughter Melly's school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a mean girl who's been bullying her daughter. Her fears come true when the bullying begins, sending Melly to the bathroom in tears. Just as Rose is about to follow after her daughter, a massive explosion goes off in the kitchen, sending the room into chaos.
Rose finds herself faced with the horrifying decision of whether or not to run to the bathroom to rescue her daughter or usher Amanda to safety. She believes she has accomplished both, only to discover that Amanda, for an unknown reason, ran back into the school once out of Rose's sight. In an instance, Rose goes from hero to villain as the small community blames Amanda's injuries on her. In the days that follow, Rose's life starts to fall to pieces, Amanda's mother decides to sue, her marriage is put to the test, and worse, when her daughter returns to school, the bullying only intensifies. Rose must take matters into her own hands and get down to the truth of what really happened that fateful day in order to save herself, her marriage and her family.
In the way that Look Again had readers questioning everything they thought they knew about family, Save Me will have readers wondering just how far they would go to save the ones they love. Lisa Scottoline is writing about real issues that resonate with real women, and the results are emotional, heartbreaking and honest.
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BALLS OF STEEL™: Meet Author and Screenwriter Christopher J. Moore
A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Christopher J. Moore, feature screenwriter, TV writer, author and professor at Chapman University's TV Writing and Producing M.F.A. program. Chris recently taught an on-demand webinar for The Writers Store, Writing TV from Inside Hollywood and Out, so I thought it was a good time to revisit Chris's writing journey and inspirational advice. If you're looking to break into TV, get Chris' on-demand webinar today!
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When I go to L.A., I always frequent the same coffeeshop to get my local-screenwriter fix. No, I can't share the name of the establishment because I promised those writers I wouldn't give away their secret writing cave. And no, it's not a Panera.
On a recent trip, I met the most fascinating group of gentlemen (though they're probably reading this and snickering at being referred to as 'gentlemen') in the back room, all seated at separate tables, typing away in between cracking jokes and ribbing each other about their projects. It was the perfect balance of work and water-cooler banter. By the time the afternoon was over, I had been initiated into their writers' circle and looked forward to joining them again before my trip ended.
Today, I want to introduce you to one of those men, Christopher J. Moore.
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I asked Chris if he'd be willing to share with our readers why he started turning his spec scripts into novels.
A little backstory on Chris first. He graduated from film school in 1997, and three years later, won the Nickelodeon Fellowship, garnering him an agent and a full-time writer title.
What is it about this coffeeshop that keeps calling your name?
A lot of people don't understand writers. They don't understand that you chose a career where you're rolling dice on life. The guys at the coffeeshop get it and understand. You can burn your spouse out with talking or complaining about this business. When I don't write I get depressed. Then if I write, even if only for 15 or 20 minutes, it's like Prozac. Its like someone injected me. I feel optimistic, like I can take over the world.
All of us dream of being a full-time working writer. What does a typical writing day look like for you?
Nothing glamorous. Wake up, take kids to school, come back, go to the office or write in the family room until about 1:00PM. Then I take a walk and go to the coffeehouse with my fellow writers for two or three hours. Come home and deal with the kids. Have family time. At 10PM, I start writing some more until whenever I feel finished.
But there are some days that are totally different. I have to put my business hat on and sell books, dropping them off at bookstores, book clubs, a school, even a hospital. If I see you at a gas station, I might stop and ask if you read fiction and hand you a book.
A lot mixed into being a writer is returning emails and dealing with the business side. Hey, but I love just writing for a living, and because of books, I haven't missed a beat.
How many scripts have you written?
I've written at least 20 features scripts, not counting all the TV scripts and pilots. It's so funny, you don't really think about it, whether you're writing them on spec or writing them for someone. I'm always writing. Now I have enough material to keep my agent busy, so I'm writing novels.
Of those scripts, about a dozen are specs. In this business you're constantly coming up with ideas. I wanted to write specs and not be in the market to write for someone all the time, more like an author. I like to come up with original ideas. To me, that's more satisfying.
What made you decide to turn them into novels?
I won Nickelodeon Fellowship in 2000 with God's Child on spec. Then I started having these meetings all over town. Keep in mind, this is 2000. God's Child is about an African-American family; it's more like Terms of Endearment. That movie was probably one of the biggest influences. My grandmother had passed, and I just wanted to write a drama. I was in that mode. It was one of those scripts that was personal. After I won, I went out on meetings. Everyone loved it, but it was a black drama, and it didn't have someone waving a gun through the whole thing. I thought to myself, one thing everyone would identify with, is it was not a black story; it was a human story. It can be black, white or whatever. How can I get the story out there because people only see it one way, especially when they see me… an African American? People have a perception about what it should be. As I kept getting the same notes, I explained that's not what the story is. That experience made me think of turning it into a book, and then it could be exactly the way I want it.
It worked out great because the screenplay functioned like an awesome outline. I studied character, and all different things about story, so I knew how to tell a story, even though it was my first novel.
What surprised you about process?
First thing I did was I started to read books differently. I'd look at books like TheOld Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, who's known for straight-to-the-point writing. I read and studied it. Then I read Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code and Toni Morrison. I would read them, not just to enjoy the story, but also to see how they broke up the chapters, or if they wrote in 1st person or 3rd person. I wrote the first couple of chapters in the first person, then I felt locked into one character, so I tried 3rd person. I just kind of studied. It wasn't hard for me. I enjoyed it. I could really rank up the tension and prolong it. I didn't have to hit the inciting incident on page 10. I didn't have any of those restrictions we have in screenwriting. To me, the only rule was to make people turn the page. That was what was so freeing about it. I still love screenwriting, but it is a different muscle.
Do you think writing novels helped your screenwriting?
What's cool about it is my books have always been scripts, but now, I'm living with these characters more. It takes me longer because I'm constantly thinking about them. I'm able to do things with them that if I was just writing the script, people would think it was a waste of time and pages. You're discovering more about the characters through plot than backstory in scripts. As I've written the book, it makes me go back to the script and put something new in because it's important. In my books, I write the screenplay first. It helps me stay on point to write a fast-paced novel that people won't put down.
Self-publishing or traditional publishing? Was the fact that writers have little control over the fate of their screenplays part of your decision?
Yes, I researched people who had self-published. There's so much information out there. I looked into it, and decided I didn't want to go to a major publisher. Times are different, and they aren't handing out big book deals anymore. So I was looking at it from the point of view that if I'm going to do this, I need to treat it like a business. It's kind of like going into a shark tank with a publisher. Even if they gave you $50,000, you aren't going to see a dime from your book sales until that $50,000 is recouped. So basically it's a loan. And they own it. And most book offers nowadays are between 5 to 10 thousand, and the royalties are around 6 percent. So if you have an agent he'll tell you not to quit your day job. It puts things in perspective. Plus you'll know when a publisher is serious about your book and offers you a real deal.
It's a small group of people who make a great living writing books. Most of them have jobs or else they'd starve. Ultimately, you have to look at it like a business, and you have to be honest with yourself. Am I the kind of person that will get in my car and sell some books or go to a fair and stand out there promoting? If you just want to write the novels and let other people handle it, then you should go the traditional publishing route. But nowadays, it's kind of changed too where if you have a publisher, their going to say, "What's your plan? How many Twitter followers? What are you going to do?" It's like you're doing it anyway. It's the nature of the beast.
What are your long-term goals regarding writing?
I'm a storyteller. I love writing on a TV show. I love the process of writing screenplays, television, novels and, at times in my career, all three are going on. I sold a script when I was on a TV show, and at the same time my book was coming out. I love all of it. I even love traveling all over the country selling my books. I look at Michael Crichton's career, and I thought if I can wave a magic wand, that kind of career would be awesome. He's not someone who just created shows; he wrote the scripts to his movies as well as 20 or 30 novels. That's so much more fulfilling than if he was just writing screenplays. Maybe he would have only had two movies made, especially originals. One thing people don't realize about screenwriting is most of the time when people have a lot of movies made, it's not like they have 10 or 15 movies made; its not like they sold 15 spec scripts and they went into production. Most of time, they sold one or two and then were able to rewrite people and get credit or get an assignment for something already going into production. For the every day writer, if you get a couple movies in your career, you're so lucky. That's what I love about the books; it's going to allow me to create a body of work for people to read.
I'm not saying it's never going to happen. I'm a dreamer. An optimist. Life is about living for the dream, but sometimes people look at writers who have literally had lightening in the bottle strike three times, like Shane Black, and think that's what will happen. Not to say that it can't happen, but we look at these things that happen to one person, but there are thousands of people out here trying. It's tough. It took me eight years to sell my first spec script.
I graduated from film school in 1997, won the fellowship three years later. I was fortunate. Sold screenplays worked on shows, wrote for all kinds of different producers, sold a whole lot of books and even went back to college and got my Masters in screenwriting just last year. Because I understand that, as writers, we should be constantly learning and growing in our craft.
What's your advice to survive the marathon?
Sometimes you complain because you're constantly comparing your success to other peoples' success. You set yourself up to be depressed or quit. You have to define your own success. Someone sees the movie may make $200M in the box office and yours may make $200,000. If you're truly in this business because you love the art and the work, it should not matter. You are doing what you love. I had this revelation through the last few years of my career where I realized my writing in and of itself was success.
As you get older, you start thinking I could have been a doctor or a surgeon… I haven't had one of my features made… you start to question it. I honestly feel this is a calling. It is something I feel the Creator put us on this planet to do. That's what keeps me going. It keeps me motivated. It's not about money or being a multimillionaire in Beverly Hills, overlooking the city. That's just stuff that people perceive how Hollywood is.
Hollywood is smoke and mirrors. There are people out here who are famous in this town and broke. The money comes and goes even faster. Everything isn't what it seems, so it has to be about more than just doing it for money and glory. It truly needs to be a calling. Otherwise, make your life easier and pick something else to do.
We spend all this time working on these stories, but you have to catch lighting in a bottle to sell it, then again to go into production, then again that it's even good. That's why I tapped out a long time ago as to trying to control something I have no control over. When the Universe is ready for you to have it, nothing can stop it. That's why if you love it, never quit.
This example of a conversation I have far too often should make people realize what a crazy business this is:
How do you sell a script? Well, you get an agent to get a company to buy it. How do you get an agent? You need to get a company to buy it to get an agent.
So you started writing novels?
Novels have saved my life. I have a lot of TV credits, but I'm telling you, when I'm out there on the streets and people come up to me and tell me they read one of my novels three or four times, that is so much more gratifying than when I walk onto the set of a TV show I'm writing for and hear three or more million viewers saw your episode. My books are so much more gratifying.
One thing about books that is cool is they can live on forever. People can discover your book 100 years from now. Jane Austin never made a living as a writer. She was published, but she wasn't a big hit until later. Now her books are best sellers and turned into movies.
Books can also travel. I live in L.A., and when people come here from around the world, I sell my books to them. They take them home, and share them with their friends. No going to DVD hell for them. I had a person tell me, "My son sent me your book, and he's in Afghanistan. All the people there were reading it." I was like, what? Afghanistan?
When I used to hear the war stories that it took 15 years to get a certain movie made, I didn't realize they really meant that! I have a project they've been talking about for eight years now. Life is short. I'm so glad I'm not going to have a stack of scripts sitting in my closet. When I'm gone, I'm going to have my stories out in the world. People will either love them or hate them, but they're out there.
John Ridley is one of my earliest inspirations. He wrote the book U Turn and Oliver Stone turned it into a movie with Jennifer Lopez. He was also a TV writer on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, one of the writers on Red Tale, and wrote 12 Years a Slave. He was one of my inspirations as to wanting to write a book too. He was writing novels and scripts. He's had a nice run in Hollywood, but he's always written books. It seems like a more full life and a happier life. I've met and am friends with A-list writers, and trust me, when they can't get their stories out there, they are just as unhappy and beat up as the writer who has never sold a script.
What advice would you give your 18-year-old self?
To understand that it's a business. To understand that you have to love it. And also not to put life off for screenwriting. And I would say that to actors, producers and anyone in this business. Get married, if you want to, have kids, don't do the ol' "I have to wait until my movie goes into production or sell a script." You can sell a script, get married and have kids and be broke by the time the baby is delivered. Live your life.
I figured that out while I was at Nickelodeon. We had our first baby when I was at the end of the fellowship. My wife and I had made a conscious decision we were going to do this. It's the best decision I made. When you have kids and family, your priorities change a little, but at the same time, you still have to do what you love. I've been pretty fortunate in my career, being able to make a living, but at the same time, I'm so thankful I wasn't putting life on hold. That's how you end up bitter, angry and constantly comparing yourself to others.
As you're pursuing your writing career, live your life, travel, and enjoy life. Define your own success. Find a job. Do not be one of these writers who sits at home, staring at the phone and waiting for Hollywood to call… find a job that allows you to get that writing in, even if it's just an hour a day. I used to work with disabled adults. I got more writing done back then working a job than I did when I was just writing full-time at home. You don't want to sit and wait. That only makes you mad, desperate, and make bad choices. But if you have that gig that allows you to feed yourself, you're able to be in it for the long haul and not feel like it needs to happen yesterday.
Christopher J. Moore's books, The Five Steps of Mr. Washington, Waiting For Mr. Right and God's Child are available on Amazon. Follow Christopher on Twitter @ChrisJMoore06 and Facebook.
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IGNOU DPE Re Admission – If you fail to complete your DPE programme with prescribed max time duration then you can take re admission in DPE programme to complete your study. Candidates have to follow short re admission procedure for it to complete their DPE programme.
What is DPE Re-Admission?
First of all we like to introduce about DPE re admission facility in IGNOU University. There are many of the students who already take admission in IGNOU DPE before few time or year and fail to complete their study for unknown reason then they have option to take re admission for complete their remaining study with additional time period. Candidates have to pay fees for it on the basis of pro rata fees structure to take re admission in remaining year or incomplete programme of DPE.
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Mostly Re-admission for DPE is open with general admission session so once admission cycle is announced by university for Jan or July session then candidates can submit their DPE Re Admission Form to university with requested fees and before due date.
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Late on a Saturday night, Brett and I were heading to Honeymoon Island for a party at the end of June. Seeing the clouds on the way in, we were expecting rain.
The rain was far off in the gulf and stayed out there the entire night.
Crazy grackles hanging out at the pavilion we were at.
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The Presidents Cup 2015 unveils official apparel for U.S., International Teams
Reveal includes scripting for on-course attire for each day of competition, rain gear, formal wear for Opening Ceremony
September 21, 2015
- September 21, 2015
- The uniforms for both teams have been unveiled and will be worn from Oct. 6-11 in Incheon City, Korea. (Courtesy of Presidents Cup)
SEOUL, Korea – The Presidents Cup 2015 tournament officials are pleased to unveil on-course attire for each day of competition, rain gear and Opening Ceremony formal wear for the players, captains and captains' assistants for the upcoming event. The Presidents Cup, a team, match-play competition featuring 24 of the world's top golfers, comes to Asia for the first time, to be held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo IBD, Incheon City, Korea, Oct. 6-11.
Although The Presidents Cup players have their own sports-apparel sponsors, they will be wearing uniforms during the matches and proudly representing their respective countries as a team. The captains and their assistants work hand-in-hand with the teams' respective apparel designers to create and select the clothing lineup for the week, and their choices for each day of competition have been decided (see attached photos). In a first-of-its-kind vote via Twitter, fans chose the uniforms for each team's debut on the first day of competition, Oct. 8.
The International Team's official apparel provider Peter Millar marks its third trip to The Presidents Cup; in 2013, it was the official apparel provider for the International Team, and in 2011, it was the official apparel provider for the U.S. Team. Peter Millar, owned by Compagnie Financiere Richemont, sits alongside fellow prestigious Richemont Maisons such as Cartier, IWC, Panerai, Vacheron Constantin and Mont Blanc, among others. The International Team apparel consists of Peter Millar's luxurious super 120's worsted wool, imported cotton dress shirts, silk neckwear, luxury cotton polos and fine-gauge cashmere sweaters along with high-performance dress pants.
For competition days, the lineup is as follows:
• Thursday (as chosen by fans): A light yellow double-mercerized cotton polo paired with a blue cashmere sweater vest and blue windowpane performance pants.
• Friday: A green-and-black stripe double-mercerized cotton polo paired with a grey cashmere sweater and black performance pants.
• Saturday: A turquoise stripe double-mercerized cotton polo paired with a grey and turquoise argyle cashmere sweater and black performance pants.
• Sunday: A white double-mercerized cotton polo paired with a mint green and grey windowpane cashmere sweater and navy performance pants.
For the opening ceremony, the International Team will don expertly crafted tailored clothing from Peter Millar consisting of a navy suit made from super 120's fine merino worsted wool.
"We have worked very closely with Captain Nick Price to create a line that is unique and tasteful as the matches move to Asia for the first time in the Cup's history," said President of Golf for Peter Millar Todd Martin.
For the second time, Price selected Sunice to provide outerwear for team, as he was impressed with the performance of the Sunice gear at rainy Muirfield Village Golf Club in 2013 and requested the exact same fabric construction for Korea. The players will be wearing Sunice's Gore Tex® Paclite® rain suit with stretch Gore Tex inserts added across the back of the jacket for increased freedom of movement. The Gore Tex® Paclite® short-sleeve pullover in pure white and accenting blue bucket hat completes the outfit. Price again selected pure white for the jacket with blue trim accenting to tie in with the blue in the Korean flag, and the rain pants are also a matching blue. For cooler weather conditions and even "after-play," Price selected Sunice's down-quilted vest.
The U.S. Team's official apparel provider is Fairway & Greene, with a handsome array of the very finest Baruffa Merino windsweaters and vests, cashmere blend vests, Caves tech pullovers, and Made-in-the-USA performance knits. The apparel selection was chosen by U.S. Team Captain and Fairway & Greene Ambassador Jay Haas.
A new capsule collection for Fairway & Greene, the Made in the USA tech polo shirting upholds the highest standards for quality and craftsmanship, all while providing the highest performance characteristics. A donation from the sale of each Made in the USA polo supports Folds of Honor, an organization that educates the legacy of military families.
For competition days, the line up is as follows:
• Thursday (as chosen by fans): A performance tech pique windowpane polo with a red Caves Quarter Zip Pullover, paired with "new navy" pants and a navy-and-red striped belt.
• Friday: A white Caves Quarter Zip Pullover paired with a red tech jersey polo from the new Fairway & Greene Made in the USA collection, finished with grey pinstripe pants and a white/black crocodile belt.
• Saturday: A Navy Baruffa Merino Windsweater with a white Made in the USA tech jersey polo, paired with black-and-white pants and a blue crocodile belt.
• Sunday: A shadow-grey heather Skyline cashmere/merino blend quilted windvest paired with a red and white Tournament Stripe Made in the USA performance polo. The pants are grey, with a tan belt for accent.
The U.S. Team will sport custom outerwear, designed and developed by Zero Restriction. "As the premier outerwear brand, we are honored to present The Presidents Cup 2015 U.S. Team with the very best all-weather gear, allowing the players to perform their best in all elements," said Chad Delp, CEO of Summit Golf Brands. Summit Golf Brands is an apparel company that owns Fairway & Greene, Zero Restriction, EP Pro, EP Sport and B. Draddy.
The Zero Restriction outerwear, selected by Haas, consists of custom Pinnacle jackets and pants, Packable Anorak jackets, and Z550 Vests. The Pinnacle line offers exceptionally high waterproofness, incredible lightness of weight, and strategically engineered stretch fabric. New for ZR, the Packable Anorak jacket is an innovative waterproof piece, replete with asymmetric zippers that are ergonomically positioned for fluid access to pockets. A functional separate hood stores easily in the front pouch pocket when the downpour ends. The Z550 Vest is a softshell layering piece that performs; water repelling and moisture wicking, the Z550 is finished with sleek accents.
Haas chose Weiss Goldring, a premier men's apparel retailer out of Alexandria, La., that specializes in custom tailoring, to provide the U.S Team's pants for the week as well as the formal wear during Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The clothes are elegant and understated while providing comfort and functionality. Haas chose a few different brands to work with from Weiss Goldring, including CASTANGIA for the players' pants and Opening and Closing ceremony outfits; KLEINBERG for the luxury handmade belts in themes of red, white, and blue; Robert Jensen Design for the player neckwear and pocket square; Magnanni for the players' footwear to be worn during the Opening and Closing ceremonies; and VK NAGRANI for the hosiery which will incorporate the American Flag.
Throughout the process, Haas has worked with Ted Silver, CEO of Weiss Goldring, to incorporate his favorite design elements from apparel worn throughout his career.
Tickets to The Presidents Cup 2015 are on sale at 2015presidentscup.com (Korean) and presidentscup.com (English). Weekly and daily grounds tickets are being sold as well as weekly Captains' Club VIP tickets. Tickets are limited to this once-in-a-lifetime event; those who purchase early will save and be guaranteed a place in Korean sports history.


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Older brothers sometimes make your lips pucker and your eyes twitch, but you cannot seem to resist them; they are like sweet and sour candy that you cannot get enough of. They may drive you crazy, but they also love you and protect you. Here below are some things to remind girls about how amazing to have an older brother:
• Having an elder brother can provide great insight to understanding boys or men that can be hard to deal with for a girl. An elder brother's advice can help you avoid many relationship heartaches or at least get through them.
• You are probably, as a sister, familiar with the goofy games and pranks boys play, which on a positive note teach you to be patient; you do not get angry or frustrated easily.
• Girls who have older brothers learn to stand up for themselves and make their voice heard. You tend to be a good fighter literally and figuratively; you do not get pushed around by anyone. The wrestling matches you have with your brother teach you never to give up and to stay strong.
• You are introduced into sports through your older brother, and the chances are you have good memories about enjoying watching ball games with him.
• He teaches you how to compete, which will become an asset as you try to succeed in any career. He gives you great insight into the world of competition dominated by men. He can also help you develop your leadership skills and self- esteem.
• Typically, girls are more emotional than boys, but being grown up with an older brother teaches you to keep your emotions in check.
• Older brothers teach their little sisters how they should be treated by men. The way you let men treat you is more likely what you have learnt from your older brother.


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CHAN(G)E SHaNaH SHin-Noon-Hey
sha-NAH________שנה_______[SH-N à CH-N]
ROOTS: Old French changier is said to come from Latin cambire (to exchange, barter). The Indo-European "root"s offered are skamb or kamb (to curve or bend).
For the source of IE kamb see CAMERA. The Hebrew שנה SHaNaH (to change, alter, be different) is the more logical etymon. 'For I am the Lord - I have not changed') שניתי "SHaNeeYTeeY" - Malachi 3:6. Difference happens when one becomes another, or two (both "another" and "two" or שני SHayNeeY.
"Yomשני SHayNeeY", the 2nd day, is in the 8th verse of Genesis. The locus of all the language CHANGE is Shinar שנאר (Genesis 11 – Rahel Sherman). The problematic G of CHANGE may have come from the gutturalה Hey of SHaNaH.
The S-N sound has the opposite sense, repeating the same, and not changing. Doing the SAME action again and again is שנה SHaNaH, to repeat ; שנן SHeeNaiN is to teach by repetitive drilling (Deuteronomy 6:7) See SAME, a mere nasal shift away …
BRANCHES: שנוי SHeeNOOY is a change or difference; שניות SHNeeYOOT is dualism or duality. The opposite of oneness, and the essence of difference, duality or otherness is captured in the number two, שנים SHNaYiM, and שני SHeNeeY (second). This ש-נ Shin-Noon root for the CHANGE of a second object , which is different or שונה SHOANeH from the first, should appear in words for number two.
In the extended Algonquian family of northern Amerindian these letters dominate number-two words, but, of course, they are reversed to N-SH: ....
The ability for ש-נ Shin-Noon to mean both alike and not-alike is typical of the paradoxical complexity engineered into this one vocabulary with built-in, sound-alike antonyms.
The opposite of the ש-נ S|H)-N root of two-ness above involves separation; like the IE "root" sen or seni (apart, separate). ... ASUNDER (apart, torn into ש-נ two), sans an sine 'apart')...Latin), then SANS (originally 'exceptional' not 'without'), SINECURE, and SUNDRY (diverse)....
Other S-N terms of time-based change include שנה SHaNaH (year), and SHaNaH (sleep) - which give us time to change. ישן YaSHaN (old) reflects that change. The שן SHaiN (tooth) is a שנוי SHaNOOY (transformer) which changes our food to a digestible state. Teeth use a repetitive action, likeשנן SHaNaN, pedagogic drilling, and שנן SHaNahN, to sharpen (a sword, etc.) Also, we get a second set of teeth.
Typical in Edenics, ש-נ Shin-Noon is a theme, encompassing opposites. In this case, both constancy and change. This paradox of fricative-nasal meaning both CHANGING and SAMENESS is also in the Chinese. Chong (X83) means "repeat, duplicate," but I CHING is the book of CHANGE. Similarly, Chinese san X565 means repeatedly, again and again. Again and yet again infers thrice, not just twice. This is why san means number three. The Japanese 3, san, is borrowed from Chinese. To copy in Chinese is shan 嬗 X573,4 .
זנה ZaNaH (to go after strange gods or to have extramarital sex) infers aberrant or 'changed' behavior and alienation from our (espoused) Lord or spouse. Such behavior is ZANY and a SIN. See SIN. Infidelity in either realm is no mere SHENANIGAN (origin unknown). ...
.A cyclical word of repetition, but also change, is שנה SHaNaH (year – see SUN). ... the SUN is only considered as a changer of time. But the sun also CHANGES grapes into raisins, etc....
Paradoxically, but typically in the science of Edenics, שנהSHaNaH is to repeat and שמר SHaMaR is to preserve, to keep something the same. These built-in opposites in similar sounds (fricative-nasal) are clearly NOT what a human evolution of language would want or allow. Only a Divine intelligence composing multi-layered poetic revelation would want opposites that sound SYNONYMOUS or the SAME - see SAMURAI and SIMILE. Sahm is 'to repeat' in Thai .
SHeYNaH שנה means sleep. In dreams we often revisit, even redo trauma... our Shin-Noon ש-נ root is about 'two, repetition.' So sen is 'dream' in Slavic ...see INSOMNIA.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 11, 2019) – Buying a home can be confusing, so the National Credit Union Administration has created a new video that makes the process easier to understand.
The NCUA video, Understanding the Basics of Obtaining a Home Mortgage (opens new window), guides potential homebuyers through the steps of shopping for the right mortgage loan and what to expect during the home buying process.
"An educated consumer is a smarter homebuyer," NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood said. "Knowing what to expect in the process helps give people the confidence they need to make financial decisions for themselves. I encourage credit unions to add these resources to their educational outreach to members."
The video is part of the agency's digital campaign for National Homeownership Month. Throughout the month, the NCUA will regularly post home buying tips and resources on its Facebook (opens new window) and Twitter (opens new window) sites that credit unions, their members, and consumers in general can use and share.
Consumers can also get basic homeownership information (opens new window) on finding the right home (opens new window), buying a home (opens new window), and owning a home (opens new window) on the agency's consumer site, MyCreditUnion.gov. All resources are available in Spanish (opens new window).


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During my first year of being vegan, I didn't really know what to eat. The fact that I was a teenager who had never learned to prepare anything more complicated than a bowl of cereal probably didn't help much, but suffice it to say that twelve months involved a steep culinary learning curve. I ate a lot of Amy's frozen burritos, apples, and salads that consisted of spinach, black beans, and lemon juice. Unappetizing indeed! Sometimes I think it's a wonder that I managed to stay healthy during this period, or even that I stuck out being vegan at all.
I also noticed during that year that I never bought any bread. What's the use of bread when you don't eat meat to put in between it? Thankfully, I rediscovered the sandwich in all of its vegan glory. Sometimes, complicated food (you know, the kind that requires a knife and fork) just doesn't work. There are days when I need something that's easy to make, easy to eat, and will keep me energized.
In addition to making you feel super healthy, these sandwiches will make you feel super happy: They're cheaper than deli meats and cheeses, and have a much lower carbon footprint! All sandwiches use good-for-you whole grain bread.
- Equal parts miso and tahini, cucumber rounds, avocado slices, and clover sprouts
- Crunchy peanut butter with raisins and shredded carrot
- Baked tofu, pesto, and romaine lettuce
- Asian-style salad sandwich: Shredded red and green cabbage tossed with peanut dressing. Add baked, sliced tofu for extra staying power.
- Sliced apple and almond butter with a sprinkle of cinnamon
- Spread refried beans on bread, add shredded lettuce, chopped tomato, and guacamole
- Veggie delight: Spread a thick layer of hummus on bread, top with any raw vegetables you have on hand (I like baby spinach, shredded carrots, and sundried tomato)
- Marinated and grilled portobello mushroom with sauteed red onion, crisp lettuce and tomato
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Getting Started:
Excel's files are called Workbooks, so when you start a new project in Excel, you'll need to create a new workbook. And if you wonder how, well there are several ways to do so and we'll go through each one of them:
- Blank workbook or predesigned template
- Creating a new workbook
- Opening an existing file
A new Blank Work Book:
- Select the File tab and the back-stage view will appear on your screen
- Select New then click Blank workbook
And here you go your New Workbook will appear
Opening an Existing workbook:
Now when you need to open a workbook that was previously saved, and you need to do is:
- Access Backstage View and click Open
- Select computer or One drive and then Browse
An Open Dialogue will appear on your screen, select the workbook and click on open
Tip: If the workbook you're searching for was opened recently, you do not need to browse your computer or One drive, instead you can browse Recent workbooks
Pining a workbook:
If you work with the same workbook more than one time, you can pin it to the backstage view to access it faster all you need to do is:
- Go to the backstage view and click Open, your recently edited workbooks will appear on the right area of your screen
- Move your mouse over to the workbook you want to pin, a Pushpin icon will appear next to your workbook, click on it
- The workbook will stay in Recent workbooks, if you want to unpin it, you simply click the pushpin icon again
Using templates:
A template is a predesigned spreadsheet you can use to create a new workbook quickly. Templates often include custom formatting and predefined formulas so they can save you a lot of time and effort when starting a new project.
To create a new workbook from a template:
- Click the file tab to access Backstage View
- Select New and several templates will appear below the blank workbook option
- Select a template to review it
- A preview of the template will appear, along with additional information on how the template can be used.
- Click Create to use the selected template
- New work will appear with the selected template
Tip: You can also browse templates by category or use the search bar to find something more specific that you desire
Compatibility Mode:
Sometimes you may need to work with workbooks that were created in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, such as Excel 2003 or Excel 2000. When you open these types of workbooks, they will appear in Compatibility Mode.
Compatibility Mode disables certain features, so you'll only be able to access commands found in the program that was used to create the workbook. For example, if you open a workbook created in Excel 2003, you can only use tabs and commands found in Excel 2003.
In the image below, you can see that the workbook is in Compatibility Mode, which is indicated at the top of the window to the right of the file name. This will disable some Excel 2016 features, and they will be grayed out on the Ribbon.
to exit Compatibility Mode, you'll need to convert the workbook to the current version type. However, if you're collaborating with others who only have access to an earlier version of Excel, it's best to leave the workbook in Compatibility Mode so the format will not change.
Converting a workbook:
If you want access to all the Excel 2016 features, you can convert the workbook to the 2016 file format. However, converting a file may cause some changes to the original layout of the workbook
- Click the File tab to access backstage view
- Locate and select Convert Command
- The save as dialogue box will appear/select the location where you want to save work nook, enter a file name, for the workbook and click save
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By Priyaranjan Kar
'Atibadi' Jagannatha Das needs no introduction to any Oriya, as his consummate work 'Bhagabata' is daily read almost in every household of Orissa. In the history of Oriya literature and culture the name of Jagannatha Das has been immortalized as a leading devotee. His unique creation 'Srimad Bhagabata' is a pioneering piece of Oriya literature. It continues of evoke spiritual feeling with an established ritual of regular recitation. Oriya 'Bhagabata Ghara' bears ample testimony to this fact. One can hardly find a village in Orissa, where there is no 'Bhagabata Ghara' and a house, where Jagannatha Das's unique creation Bhagabata is neither worshipped nor recited. Bhagabata is really the companion of life and death of an Oriya. For ages together this masterpiece is the illuminiser and pathfinder of knowledge and devotion of crores of Oriyas. It's universal appeal is as old as perennial now. Taking into account al these factors, it can undoubtedly be told that 'Jagabata Tungi' was the life or nerve center of the rural life, which can be told, was the village school, library, Judicial court, public relations and discussion of religious discourse.
Historians differ and opine that he was born in 1490 'Bhadra Shukla Pakhya', Radhastami Day about 5 kms away from Puri, in Kapileswarpur Sashana. As per 'Odissa Sahitya Academy Publication titled Jagannath Das written by Bhagabana Panda, the done of birth of poet Sait Jagannath Das is 1491 and he had a life span of 59 years (1491-1550). Others opine that his exact span of life was sixty years (1492-1552). In the year 1992, just eleven years back 500th birth anniversary was celebrated in Orissa. But notwithstanding this fact it is crystal clear that he was born in 15th century A.D. His father's name was Bhagaban Das and his mother's name was Padmavati.
Atibadi Jagannath Das was one such among the five comrades of his contemporaries like Achyutananda, Balarama, Sishu Ananta and Yosabanta Dash who pioneered the Bhakti movement is Orissa. It was Shri Chaitanya the great who conferred upon Jagannath Das, the title of 'Atibadi' admirably. As per estimate of Chaitanya, Jagannath Das was 'Highest Great Bhakta Saint of Orissa'.
Two writers, one Shri Jagabandhu Singh author of 'Prachina Utkal' and Pandit Sadasiva Mishra author of 'Atibadi Jagannath Das' have compiled the list of books written by Jagannath Das. In the past other writers have accepted and followed the list.
As per Jagabandhu Singh's list the following books have been authored by Atibadi Jagannath Das. These are
(1) Artha Koili (2) Phulatola Chautisha (3) Duti Bodha (4) Shri Satsanga (5) Tula Bhina (6) Pasanda Dalana (7) Gaja Nistarana (8) Srimad Bhagabata (9) Jagannatha Karika (10) Dhruba Stuti and (11) Manasikhya.
The books listed by Maha Mahopadhyaya Sadasiva Mishra are as follows:
(1) Krushna Bhakti Kalpalata (2) Krushna Bhakti Kalpalata Phalam (3) Nitya Guptamala (4) Upashana Shatak (5) Prema Sudhambudha (6) Nityachar Dikshya Shahitoupasana Bidhi (7) Shir Radha Rasamanjari and (8) Niladrishatakam.
In Oriya-Sholachaupadi, Shaibagam Bhagabat, Satsanga Barana, Gundicha Jije, Golak Sarodhara, Srimad Bhagabata and Tulabhina.
Shri Sadasiva Mishra opines that the following books have also been authored by Atibadi Jagannath Das, although his name is not there. These are Radhakrushna Maha Mantra Chandrika, Advuta Chandrika, Niladri Chandrika, Purnamruta Chandrika and Rasakalpa Chandrika.
Pandit Suryanarayana Dash has prepared a separate list of books, authored by Atibadi Jagannath Das. These books do not find mention in the list of books complied by either Jagabandhu Singh and Sadasiva Mishra. These are Dahi Khela, Bole Hungita, Gupta Bhagabata, Darubrahma Gita, Mruguni Stuti, Itihasha, Purana and Mahabharata.
Raya Bahadur Chintamani Acharya in his book 'Bhaktakabi Jagannatha Das' has mentioned and opined that the books like 'Ramayana & Mahabharata' has been authored by Atibadi Jagannatha Das.
It was the prior practice that the 'Purana Pandas' were reciting the mythologies taken from Sanskrit Books. But Jagannath Das broke this tradition and convention and tried to explain the Sanskrit text translating in Oriya to the devotees. It is heard that Jagannath Das by the grace of Lord Bata Ganesha was translating the Sanskrit text to Oriya. He admits that due to grand mercy of Bata Ganesha he could write Oriya Bhagabat. There is another saying that in order to fulfill the last desire of his mother he had translated from chapter to chapter of Original Sanskruta Bhagabata to Oriya and was daily reciting before his mother.
Shri Jagannatha Das, writing in Prathanma Skandha's Mangalacharana of Bhagabata has worshipped first his presiding deity Lord Nrusingha-Jagannatha as follows:
Namain Nursingha Charana Anadi Prama Karana
Jahara Adi Madhya Anta Bichara Naghate Jagata
Indirya Artha Na Jananti Satya Je Nitya Prakashanti
Ananda Mane Bedasara Brahmare Kala Je Bistara
Jara Swarup Hrude Chinti Beda Purusa Na Jananti
Satya Paramananda Hari Jaha Bhabile Bhabutari
Tara Charane Nityadhyana Kari Taranti Sugnya Jana
Se Hari Pada Hrude Dhari Prabandhe Gitanada Kari
Ashesha Jagatara Hite Bandai Dasa Jagannathe
I salute your foot. You are the root cause of creation. Nobody is able to know your origin and your end. Oh Paramanada Hari! (Absolute happiness) you if conceived in the mind one can cross this world ocean. You are the truth. Only the absolute truth.
Bhagabat is not only a mythology it is a concept known as 'Bhagabata Dharma'. The essence of Bhagabata Dharma' in the language of Atibadi Jagannath Das is:
'Krushna Arpita Jete Karma
Se Ate Bhagabata Dharma'
All the Karmas performed by Jeeva if offered to Lord Krishna is called 'Bhagabata Dharma'. Krushna is the nucleus and Jeeva is atom, only a spark of the light house.
Atibadi Jagannatha Das has eulogized Lord Krishna in Bhagabata as Parama Purusha, who is the source of Gnyana, Prema and Bhakti (Knowledge, Love and Devotion). He has revered the name of Lord Krushna in the following words:
"Kruhan Srabane Bhakti Jara
Se Prani Bhaba Madhye Sara"
"Krushnara Rasa Katha Jete
Taha Biswasi Drudha Chite"
"Ke Anta Janiba Tahara
Je Karna Jiwha Sukhakara"
"Krushna Name Ucharana
Na Sune Jahara Srabana
Tahara Karna Juga Kanthe
Bibare Dishanti Jemante"
"Krushna Charita Tithapada
Harai Bisya Bisada"
"Krushna Charane Jaramana
Sansare Sehi Srestha Jana"
"Krushnara Srabana Kirtan
Ashesh Durita Dahana"
He is blessed who loves to hear the name of Krushna in his ears. By uttering Lord Krishna's holy name, the tongue becomes sacred. He is the best man on earth who worships Krishna's feet always. Atibadi has written in Bhagabata that:
'Jabata Govinda Charana
Yey Jiva Na Pashe Sharana
Tabata Nuhen Kebe Sukhi
Nirata Tapa Traye Dukhi'
Till when the Jiva does not take refuge in the lotus feet of Lord Krushna, he is not happy and suffers from Tritapa (Three sorrows) in that is Adhi Bhowtika, Adhidiabik and Adhyatmic. So as Lord Krishna said to his comrade Arjuna in Gita, that 'you surrender absolutely in my lotus feet and I will redeem you from all sorrows".
To an Oriya, Atibadi Jagannath Das's Bhagabat is like ten commandment of old testament and new testament of the Christians, the Koran of a Musselman, Tripitaka of a Buddhist, Guru Grantha Sahib to a Sikh and Zedovesta to a Zorastrian. His massages in Bhagabata has got its universal appeal. Some of his famous messages contained in Bhagabata are:
"Dhana Karpanya Sebaphale
Kiba Asadhya Mahi Tale"
Meaning : What is impossible on earth if a man is righteous by donating to the needy and does yeoman service for the poor. He can achieve everything for this righteousness.
"Dandiba Shakti Jara Thai
Se Puni Khyama Acharai"
Meaning : Even if he has the power to punish the wrong doer he also sometimes forgives. He forgives and forgets and knows that revenge is a wild justice. Khyama or forgiveness is like mother and the mother-earth.
Some of the famous Suktis of Bhagabata written by Atibadi Jagannath Das are as follows:
"Pranira Bhala Manda Bani
Maranakale Taha Jani"
"Martyamandale Deha Bahi
Dabata Hoile Marai"
"Uttama Sange Sanga Jara
Se Kare Uttama Bevara"
"Govinda Nama Velakari
Hele Tariba Bhaba Bari"
Meaning :
(a) Any auspicious or inauspicious message of the Prani can be
known at the time of his death.
(b) Even gods (Devata) born on earth in human bodies cannot escape death.
(c) The person who has good companion behaves in polished fashion and manner.
(d) If you make the name of Govinda (Krishna) as a fleet you can cross the world of ocean.
In the year, 1500 A. D. when Sri Chaitanya entered the premises of the temple of Lord Jagannath he met Jagannatha Das and from the moment they were tied with the chord of devotion. While near Bata Ganesha, Jagannath Das was translating the text of Bhagabata from original Sanskrit and recited and explained candidly to his devotees in Oriya, Lord Chaitanya was overshelmed with his prudece and embraced Jagannath Das and esteemed him as "Atibada' really very great for his wonderful devotional sincerity. Till then Shri Jagannath Das was recognized as 'Atibadi'. Since then Atibadi Vaishnava Sampradaya or community was born. Bada Odiya Math of Puri bears the testimony to this.
Reputed Bengali critic Shri Bijoy Chandra Majumdar in his book titled 'A Typical Selections from Oriya literature' has clearly mentioned :
"I cannot too highly speak of what Jagannath Das has done to raise his countrymen to a higher level of moral existence. No poet of old time enjoys so much of popularity that the poet Jagannath Das does. There is not a single Hindu village in Orissa where at least a portion of Jagannath Das's Bhagabat is not kept and recited daily. When the people learnt that the Bhagabata which is the most sacred of all sacred books, was within their easy reach, the people took the study of vernacular with uncommon zeal and energy. This is why the art of reading and writing is known and practiced by common people more extensively in Orissa than in Bengal".


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The seeds have been planted for a wetland restoration project that could increase biodiversity and productivity at a nearby farm.
The Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) and Lohbrunner Farm in Langford are looking at options for a plan to restore a portion of the farm to a natural area, explained Scott Harris, a Lohbrunner Farm board member and lead on the restoration project.
"We've discussed doing some remedial work with HAT on an area called Duck Pond on the lower part of the property where water tends to sit," Harris said.
"We're exploring the possibility of a wetland project at this point."
Wetland restoration specialist Robin Annschild has been conducting research and field testing with environmental technology students from Camosun College along Bilston Creek in what used to be a cedar swamp.
The area has become a seasonally flooded field of reed canary grass, which has low biodiversity and limited ecological function. That limits agricultural production because it is flooded until May, Harris noted.
Paige Erickson, stewardship co-ordinator for HAT, said they are in the process of exploring grant options to secure funding for the project.
"We're doing the field testing this year, which will help determine the next steps," she said. If funding is approved, the restoration work could begin next year.
"We think this project could be beneficial to the farmers and biodiversity in that area," she added.


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Salvage Operations for Historical Materials after the Tsunami
Operations at the Honma Family in Ishinomaki
The Honma Family lived in Kadowaki Ward, close to the bay in old central Ishinomaki City. They had an old-style white-wash stucco warehouse built in 1897. Kadowaki Ward received a direct hit from the tsunami, and all the buildings around the warehouse were reduced to mountains of debris, but miraculously, just this sole warehouse was left standing. The historical documents and other materials stored on the upper floor of the warehouse were still dry and intact.
However, even a month after the initial disaster of 11th March, large scale tremors were still happening around the clock every day, and we decided to move the documents temporarily elsewhere for safe-keeping. On 8th April 2011, in cooperation with the Tōhoku Museum of History, we conducted our first salvage operation within the tsunami disaster area, and carried away 50 cardboard boxes full of historical documents.
'We want to preserve the warehouse which withstood the tsunami': saving the Honma Family warehouse
The documents were saved, but the warehouse itself was condemned for demolishment, due to suspect damage from the tsunami. However, the warehouse itself was becoming a monument to local people, and a symbol to preserve the memory of the tsunami. In order to determine just how much damage the warehouse had endured, we put together an investigatory team under the direction of a qualified architectural specialist.
This specialist team investigated the warehouse on 13th April, and confirmed that the building had not suffered irreparable structural damage. After the specialist team announced their findings, plans to demolish the warehouse were abandoned. Today, the people of Ishinomaki are undertaking plans to secure the preservation of the Honma Family warehouse.
Many old historical buildings predating Japan's modern era starting in 1868, have suffered serious damage. Our building specialist team has been active in providing advice to owners of such buildings about emergency measures to save them until proper repairs can be made, and in making detailed records of the building plans of these buildings.
At the entrance to the warehouse. We used a portable electric generator to run the lights within the warehouse.
The original documents stored on the second level of the building were luckily spared from tsunami damage.
Carrying out the documents for safe-keeping (above and below). The white marks on the wall are dried pulp washed in by the tsunami from the paper mill nearby.


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Egypt's president agrees to limit scope of decree
CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi agreed Monday to scale back a sweeping decree he had issued last week that raised his edicts above any judicial review, according to a report by a television network allied with his party. The agreement, reached with top judicial authorities, would leave most of Morsi's actions subject to review by the courts but preserve a crucial power: protecting the constitutional council from being dissolved by the courts before it finishes its work.
The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that sponsored Morsi and his party, announced that it was canceling a major demonstration in support of the president that had been planned for Tuesday.
Cracks appeared in Morsi's government Sunday over the decree after the justice minister, Ahmed Mekki, began arguing for a retreat, and at least three other senior advisers resigned over the measure. The move had also prompted widening street protests and cries from opponents that Morsi, who already governs without a legislature, was moving toward a new autocracy in Egypt, less than two years after the ouster of the strongman Hosni Mubarak.
With a threatened strike by the nation's judges, a plunge in the country's stock market and more street protests looming, Morsi's administration initially sent mixed messages Sunday over whether it was willing to consider a compromise: A spokesman for the president's party insisted that there would be no change in his edict, but a statement from the party indicated for the first time a willingness to give political opponents "guarantees against monopolizing the fateful decisions of the homeland in the absence of the Parliament."
Mekki, the influential leader of a judicial independent movement under Mubarak and one of Morsi's closest aides, actively tried to broker a deal with top jurists to resolve the crisis.
The reaction to the decree had presented the most acute test to date of the ability and willingness of Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president and a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, to engage in the kind of give and take that democratic government requires. But he also must contend with real doubts about the willingness of his anti-Islamist opponents to join him in compromise. Each side is mired in deep suspicion of the other, a legacy of the decades when the Brotherhood survived here only as an insular secret society, demonized as dangerous radicals by most of the Egyptian elite.
"There is a deep mistrust," said Emad Shahin, a political scientist at the American University in Cairo who studies the Brotherhood. "It is an ugly round of partisan politics, a bone-crushing phase."
The scale of the backlash against the decree appeared to catch Morsi's government by surprise.
"In his head, the president thought that this would push us forward, but then it was met with all this inflammation," Mekki said.
He faulted the president for failing to consult with his opponents before issuing it, but he also faulted the opponents for their own unwillingness to come to the table: "I blame all of Egypt, because they do not know how to talk to each other."
Government and party officials maintained that Morsi was forced to claim the expansive new powers to protect the process of writing the country's new constitution, and that the decree would be in effect only until the charter was in place.
A court of judges appointed under the Mubarak government was widely rumored to be about to dissolve the elected constitutional assembly, dominated by Morsi's Islamist allies — just as the same court had previously cast out the newly elected Islamist-led Parliament — and the decree issued by Morsi on Thursday gave him the power to stop it.
"I see with all of you, clearly, that the court verdict is announced two or three weeks before the court session," Morsi told his supporters Friday, referring to the pervasive rumors about the court's impending action in a fiery speech defending his decree. "We will dissolve the entire homeland, as it seems! How is that? How? Those waywards must be held accountable."
He said that corrupt Mubarak loyalists were "hiding under the cover of the judiciary" and declared, "I will uncover them!"
But instead of rallying the public to his side and speeding the country's political transition, as Morsi evidently hoped, his decree has unleashed new instability across the country.
On Sunday, the first day of business here since the decree was issued, the Egyptian stock market fell by about 9.5 percent, erasing more than $4 billion of value.


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Baring all: Jonathan Ellery's provocative new tome is a hole in one
Artist Jonathan Ellery is no stranger to provocation. His love of breaking the rules and sidestepping constraints has been a cornerstone of his art practice for more than a decade. 'Interpret the world as you want to see it,' he says. 'Construct the reality that you want to inhabit. I believe that is possible and that's complete freedom. There are no rules.'
His latest work does exactly this. A site-specific billboard installation accompanied by the release of a 850-page telephone directory-esque tome titled Populism is Ellery's response to the 'manipulation and unravelling state of contemporary world politics'. Populism is his thirteenth solo publication to date.
'There is so much happening politically in the world at the moment and the bombardment of mass media that comes with it is tangible,' says Ellery, who earlier this year, released a book titled A Bewildered Herd – an examination of the notion of democracy. 'I'm fascinated with how easy it appears to be, to control and manipulate a democratic electorate.'
In this follow-up book, which Ellery describes as 'almost absurd in its execution', 416 black large scale numbers are printed sequentially across its 850 white pages - their presence purely aesthetic. 'A typeface has been chosen. It's slick and modern and comes with the promise that everything will be ok,' he says. 'The false assumption of intelligence, but in reality it is a con.'
Along with the book, a corresponding billboard was unveiled before the General Election
Breaking up the monotony in a rather unexpected and shocking fashion, are a repeating series of three halftone printed photographs of 'fully exposed arseholes', each one taking up a double page spread. Preferring to remain oblique as to the arseholes' exact metaphorical meaning, Ellery allows us to draw our own conclusions, 'They break up the banality of a set rhetoric,' he says. 'A slap in the face as it were. There are two male arseholes and one female arsehole.'
While the sculptural, special edition book is already available to buy via Ellery's website, the billboard was unveiled yesterday, three days before the UK election. Located on the corner of London's Old Street and Shoreditch High Street, the traditional 48-sheet billboard will be a text-based intervention intended to subtly subvert the language of marketing and advertising commonly associated with hoardings.
'There were two main reasons why a billboard was chosen,' explains Ellery of the piece, which will be on show for two weeks. 'Firstly the medium suited the political nature of the work, and secondly there is a general election taking place.' With tens of thousands of people expected to pass the site, Ellery says he 'no idea what the public will make of it.' He speculates, 'Some may sense a cynicism, engage and explore beyond. Others may assume it the re-birth of American Apparel.'
He continues: 'Beyond the obvious cynicism of this work, there is a positive. An 850-page ridiculous book such as this should never really be, and yet it is. And that is the point.'


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At the start of the year, I went with our son Logan to his best friend's birthday party at a "Clip 'n Climb" centre. This is an indoor centre with a range of rock climbing walls for kids to scramble up.
Out of our three kids, Logan is the "sensible" one. He likes his feet on solid ground and was dreading the party, so it took a bit of encouraging for him to start climbing.
However by the end of the party, he proudly climbed 40-50% up most of the walls that he attempted.
This week, we took the whole tribe to Clip 'n Climb again.
They had a lot of fun and I noticed that Logan was slightly more confident this time.
Sure, he didn't make it to the top, but he made progress. He was getting 70-80% of the way up and he was feeling good about himself (and so he should).
Next time?
I suspect that we won't be able to stop him from scrambling to the top.
Here's the message for today.
You may not have the confidence, skill or courage to make it to the top of that wall in front of you today.
But give it a try.
Your confidence won't increase by staring at your obstacles.
It won't come from watching the other kids climb, seemingly without fear.
It will increase by trying your best to clamber over them and learning from the experience.
It will come one step at a time.


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|Jewish Displaced Persons and Refugee Cards, 1943-1959
|Scanned Document:
|After the fall of France, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees seeking to flee Nazi Europe streamed into Spain from France. JDC set up an office in Barcelona and provided support, housing and emigration assistance to these refugees. JDC also assisted refugees waiting for emigration papers and passage on transatlantic vessels. This collection contains index cards from 1943-1945 for 8220 refugees supported by JDC.
|Laya Baum
|Accompanied by:
|Nacha Baum;Aba Baum;Abraham Baum;Peysach Baum;Perla Baum
|JDC Migration Office:
|Spain, Barcelona
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Dealing with financial problems can feel like constant emotional stress that hangs heavy on your shoulders. When dealing with this burden, you may notice that you find it difficult to take any action at all and that it is much easier to ignore the problem.
Although you may want to ignore your financial problems and bury your head in the sand, you must not do this. Take the time to understand the reality of your financial situation, and whether bankruptcy could be a viable option.Bankruptcy helps thousands of people each year to get relief from their debts, but unfortunately, many delay taking action and prolong their financial suffering as a result. The following are some reasons why you should not delay bankruptcy for longer than you need to.
Because of what your friends and family think
Many people delay bankruptcy for months or even years because they are worried about the opinions of others. It may be that people you know have told you that bankruptcy is "the easy way out" and that for this reason, it is immoral. Bankruptcy is written into law, and it is available to those who are in vulnerable financial positions. If you believe that you can benefit from this, you should not hesitate to take action.
You believe that you cannot afford to file for bankruptcy
Most people must pay fees to file for bankruptcy. Understandably, if you are facing financial issues, you will worry about affording bankruptcy. However, this should not be a reason to delay bankruptcy. It may be possible to set up repayment plans for the process. Most importantly, many debtors cannot afford to not go through bankruptcy.
You are waiting for things to get better
If you believe that things may get better over time, you may be delaying bankruptcy for this reason. You may be hoping for a lotto win or the next promotion. But if your finances are continuing to get worse, it's probably time to face reality and take action.
If you are considering bankruptcy but you are hesitant because of the possible risks, it is important that you educate yourself on the benefits of bankruptcy and how it can help you.


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I believe change is the essence of life. We can't live a full life without embracing new thoughts. We must evolve and for that, we must change. There are a few things which I thought I would never change. But with time, I witnessed, those stubborn habits led to many problems. Now, I humbly submit to what life throws and try to work with it. With the right attitude, we can change any situation to our advantage. The only thing - we need to change. #quote #poetry #life #poem
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On July 23, 2010 with the blessing of Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, "Youth", Moscow's Choir of the Church of the Life Giving Trinity, took part in a choral arts festival in the Chinese city of Shaoxing. The Church of the Life Giving Trinity is the Patriarchal Representation in the estate "Sviblovo", headed by Archpriest Sergei Kiselyov, priest-in-charge and dean of the parishes in the Trinity (Troitsky) region.
With the support and organization of the directorate of the Russian pavilion the choir gave a concert on the European pavilion at the Expo park, singing Russian folk songs. The polyphonic 'a capella' singing of Moscow's children and youth group attracted many listeners. As a result the choir took 2nd prize.
On July 24, the day the Church remembers Holy Princess Olga, there was a festive divine service in St. Nicholas Church, whose adornment was the large church choir. The divine service attended by Consuls General of Belarus, Bulgaria and Ukraine; the leadership of the local area Luwan Chi; M.V. Drosdov, Chairman of the Russian Club in Shanghai, as well as parishioners and guests of Shanghai.
After the divine service, Archpriest Sergei Kiselev expressed thanks for the opportunity to serve and pray in the temple, once served by St. John of Shanghai, through whose prayers and labors this wonderul temple was built. Also, Father Sergius gave mementos to the community and to all those present.