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|Look, look! The Orchard of Palms!|
The scene was nowhere else to be found unless in the favored oases of Arabia or the Ptolemaean farms along the Nile; and to sustain a sensation new as it was delightful, Ben-Hur was admitted into a tract of land apparently without limit and level as a floor. All under foot was fresh grass, in Syria the rarest and most beautiful production of the soil; if he looked up, it was to see the sky paley blue through the groinery of countless date-bearers, very patriarchs of their kind, so numerous and old, and of such mighty girth, so tall, so serried, so wide of branch, each branch so perfect with fronds, plumy and waxlike and brilliant, they seemed enchanters enchanted. Here was the grass coloring the very atmosphere; there the lake, cool and clear, rippling but a few feet under the surface, and helping the trees to their long life in old age. Did the Grove of Daphne excel this one? And the palms, as if they knew Ben-Hur's thought, and would win him after a way of their own, seemed, as he passed under their arches, to stir and sprinkle him with dewy coolness.
The road wound in close parallelism with the shore of the lake; and when it carried the travellers down to the water's edge, there was always on that side a shining expanse limited not far off by the opposite shore, on which, as on this one, no tree but the palm was permitted.
|See that,| said Malluch, pointing to a giant of the place. |Each ring upon its trunk marks a year of its life. Count them from root to branch, and if the sheik tells you the grove was planted before the Seleucidae were heard of in Antioch, do not doubt him.|
One may not look at a perfect palm-tree but that, with a subtlety all its own, it assumes a presence for itself, and makes a poet of the beholder. This is the explanation of the honors it has received, beginning with the artists of the first kings, who could find no form in all the earth to serve them so well as a model for the pillars of their palaces and temples; and for the same reason Ben-Hur was moved to say,
|As I saw him at the stand to-day, good Malluch, Sheik Ilderim appeared to be a very common man. The rabbis in Jerusalem would look down upon him, I fear, as a son of a dog of Edom. How came he in possession of the Orchard? And how has he been able to hold it against the greed of Roman governors?|
|If blood derives excellence from time, son of Arrius, then is old Ilderim a man, though he be an uncircumcised Edomite.|
Malluch spoke warmly.
|All his fathers before him were sheiks. One of them -- I shall not say when he lived or did the good deed -- once helped a king who was being hunted with swords. The story says he loaned him a thousand horsemen, who knew the paths of the wilderness and its hiding-places as shepherds know the scant hills they inhabit with their flocks; and they carried him here and there until the opportunity came, and then with their spears they slew the enemy, and set him upon his throne again. And the king, it is said, remembered the service, and brought the son of the Desert to this place, and bade him set up his tent and bring his family and his herds, for the lake and trees, and all the land from the river to the nearest mountains, were his and his children's forever. And they have never been disturbed in the possession. The rulers succeeding have found it policy to keep good terms with the tribe, to whom the Lord has given increase of men and horses, and camels and riches, making them masters of many highways between cities; so that it is with them any time they please to say to commerce, 'Go in peace,' or 'Stop,' and what they say shall be done. Even the prefect in the citadel overlooking Antioch thinks it happy day with him when Ilderim, surnamed the Generous on account of good deeds done unto all manner of men, with his wives and children, and his trains of camels and horses, and his belongings of sheik, moving as our fathers Abraham and Jacob moved, comes up to exchange briefly his bitter wells for the pleasantness you see about us.|
|How is it, then?| said Ben-Hur, who had been listening unmindful of the slow gait of the dromedaries. |I saw the sheik tear his beard while he cursed himself that he had put trust in a Roman. Caesar, had he heard him, might have said, 'I like not such a friend as this; put him away.'|
|It would be but shrewd judgment,| Malluch replied, smiling. |Ilderim is not a lover of Rome; he has a grievance. Three years ago the Parthians rode across the road from Bozra to Damascus, and fell upon a caravan laden, among other things, with the incoming tax-returns of a district over that way. They slew every creature taken, which the censors in Rome could have forgiven if the imperial treasure had been spared and forwarded. The farmers of the taxes, being chargeable with the loss, complained to Caesar, and Caesar held Herod to payment, and Herod, on his part, seized property of Ilderim, whom he charged with treasonable neglect of duty. The sheik appealed to Caesar, and Caesar has made him such answer as might be looked for from the unwinking sphinx. The old man's heart has been aching sore ever since, and he nurses his wrath, and takes pleasure in its daily growth.|
|He can do nothing, Malluch.|
|Well,| said Malluch, |that involves another explanation, which I will give you, if we can draw nearer. But see! -- the hospitality of the sheik begins early -- the children are speaking to you.|
The dromedaries stopped, and Ben-Hur looked down upon some little girls of the Syrian peasant class, who were offering him their baskets filled with dates. The fruit was freshly gathered, and not to be refused; he stooped and took it, and as he did so a man in the tree by which they were halted cried, |Peace to you, and welcome!|
Their thanks said to the children, the friends moved on at such gait as the animals chose.
|You must know,| Malluch continued, pausing now and then to dispose of a date, |that the merchant Simonides gives me his confidence, and sometimes flatters me by taking me into council; and as I attend him at his house, I have made acquaintance with many of his friends, who, knowing my footing with the host, talk to him freely in my presence. In that way I became somewhat intimate with Sheik Ilderim.|
For a moment Ben-Hur's attention wandered. Before his mind's eye there arose the image, pure, gentle, and appealing, of Esther, the merchant's daughter. Her dark eyes bright with the peculiar Jewish lustre met his in modest gaze; he heard her step as when she approached him with the wine, and her voice as she tendered him the cup; and he acknowledged to himself again all the sympathy she manifested for him, and manifested so plainly that words were unnecessary, and so sweetly that words would have been but a detraction. The vision was exceeding pleasant, but upon his turning to Malluch, it flew away.
|A few weeks ago,| said Malluch, continuing, |the old Arab called on Simonides, and found me present. I observed he seemed much moved about something, and, in deference, offered to withdraw, but he himself forbade me. 'As you are an Israelite,' he said, 'stay, for I have a strange story to tell.' The emphasis on the word Israelite excited my curiosity. I remained, and this is in substance his story -- I cut it short because we are drawing nigh the tent, and I leave the details to the good man himself. A good many years ago, three men called at Ilderim's tent out in the wilderness. They were all foreigners, a Hindoo, a Greek, and an Egyptian; and they had come on camels, the largest he had ever seen, and all white. He welcomed them, and gave them rest. Next morning they arose and prayed a prayer new to the sheik -- a prayer addressed to God and his son -- this with much mystery besides. After breaking fast with him, the Egyptian told who they were, and whence they had come. Each had seen a star, out of which a voice had bidden them go to Jerusalem and ask, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?' They obeyed. From Jerusalem they were led by a star to Bethlehem, where, in a cave, they found a child newly born, which they fell down and worshipped; and after worshipping it, and giving it costly presents, and bearing witness of what it was, they took to their camels, and fled without pause to the sheik, because if Herod -- meaning him surnamed the Great -- could lay hands upon them, he would certainly kill them. And, faithful to his habit, the sheik took care of them, and kept them concealed for a year, when they departed, leaving with him gifts of great value, and each going a separate way.|
|It is, indeed, a most wonderful story,| Ben-Hur exclaimed at its conclusion. |What did you say they were to ask at Jerusalem?|
|They were to ask, 'Where is he that is born King of the Jews?'|
|Was that all?|
|There was more to the question, but I cannot recall it.|
|And they found the child?|
|Yes, and worshipped him.|
|It is a miracle, Malluch.|
|Ilderim is a grave man, though excitable as all Arabs are. A lie on his tongue is impossible.|
Malluch spoke positively. Thereupon the dromedaries were forgotten, and, quite as unmindful of their riders, they turned off the road to the growing grass.
|Has Ilderim heard nothing more of the three men?| asked Ben-Hur. |What became of them?|
|Ah, yes, that was the cause of his coming to Simonides the day of which I was speaking. Only the night before that day the Egyptian reappeared to him.|
|Here at the door of the tent to which we are coming.|
|How knew he the man?|
|As you knew the horses to-day -- by face and manner.|
|By nothing else?|
|He rode the same great white camel, and gave him the same name -- Balthasar, the Egyptian.|
|It is a wonder of the Lord's!|
Ben-Hur spoke with excitement.
And Malluch, wondering, asked, |Why so?|
|Balthasar, you said?|
|Yes. Balthasar, the Egyptian.|
|That was the name the old man gave us at the fountain today.|
Then, at the reminder, Malluch became excited.
|It is true,| he said; |and the camel was the same -- and you saved the man's life.|
|And the woman,| said Ben-Hur, like one speaking to himself -- |the woman was his daughter.|
He fell to thinking; and even the reader will say he was having a vision of the woman, and that it was more welcome than that of Esther, if only because it stayed longer with him; but no --
|Tell me again,| he said, presently. |Were the three to ask, 'Where is he that is to be King of the Jews?'|
|Not exactly. The words were BORN TO BE KING OF THE JEWS. Those were the words as the old sheik caught them first in the desert, and he has ever since been waiting the coming of the king; nor can any one shake his faith that he will come.|
|How -- as king?|
|Yes, and bringing the doom of Rome -- so says the sheik.|
Ben-Hur kept silent awhile, thinking and trying to control his feelings.
|The old man is one of many millions,| he said, slowly -- |one of many millions each with a wrong to avenge; and this strange faith, Malluch, is bread and wine to his hope; for who but a Herod may be King of the Jews while Rome endures? But, following the story, did you hear what Simonides said to him?|
|If Ilderim is a grave man, Simonides is a wise one,| Malluch replied. |I listened, and he said -- But hark! Some one comes overtaking us.|
The noise grew louder, until presently they heard the rumble of wheels mixed with the beating of horse-hoofs -- a moment later Sheik Ilderim himself appeared on horseback, followed by a train, among which were the four wine-red Arabs drawing the chariot. The sheik's chin, in its muffling of long white beard, was drooped upon his breast. Our friends had out-travelled him; but at sight of them he raised his head and spoke kindly.
|Peace to you! -- Ah, my friend Malluch! Welcome! And tell me you are not going, but just come; that you have something for me from the good Simonides -- may the Lord of his fathers keep him in life for many years to come! Ay, take up the straps, both of you, and follow me. I have bread and leben, or, if you prefer it, arrack, and the flesh of young kid. Come!|
They followed after him to the door of the tent, in which, when they were dismounted, he stood to receive them, holding a platter with three cups filled with creamy liquor just drawn from a great smoke-stained skin bottle, pendent from the central post.
|Drink,| he said, heartily, |drink, for this is the fear-naught of the tentmen.|
They each took a cup, and drank till but the foam remained.
|Enter now, in God's name.|
And when they were gone in, Malluch took the sheik aside, and spoke to him privately; after which he went to Ben-Hur and excused himself.
|I have told the sheik about you, and he will give you the trial of his horses in the morning. He is your friend. Having done for you all I can, you must do the rest, and let me return to Antioch. There is one there who has my promise to meet him to-night. I have no choice but to go. I will come back to-morrow prepared, if all goes well in the meantime, to stay with you until the games are over.|
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According to the Facebook post, the card processor conversion was to prepare for their upcoming roll out of debit chip cards and to provide better security and fraud protection.
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The 87 nominees for the 2018 Beazley Designs of the Year awards have just been unveiled and, as usual, the list features anything and everything from all walks of life, including the Nigerian World Cup football kit, Rihanna's Fenty beauty range and the LEGO House in Denmark.
Announced by London's Design Museum to coincide with the start of the London Design Festival, the Beazley Designs of the Year awards spotlights the products, concepts and designers who have had the biggest global impact over the past year. The shortlist covers six categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Product, Graphics and Transport.
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This year's shortlist is characterised by socially and environmentally responsible design, such as a water bottle made from responsibly sourced paper with a sugarcane lid, set up by Jaden Smith. The list also features designs aimed at fixing medical problems, such as SurgiBox, an operating theatre that fits in a backpack.
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My pick from L'Oréal Professionel's Summer Illusion: Sunset Horizon
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Sunset Horizon is a sleek look that's a more refined take on the current balayage hair trend, with more than a bit of a nod to the 'colour blocking' movement in fashion as well. The top layer's ends are lightened in a block while the base layers remain a medium brown, adding depth to the look. I put a few q's to Sarah about how to and who for, as well as how to keep Sunset Horizon looking sleek:
What sort of colour process do you have to go through to get this look?
This type of colour can be very easy to achieve and is great for people who have never coloured their hair as the change isn't overly dramatic. The process requires less time in salon as colour is applied to the ends only, and not the full head like most colour applications. The colour is applied by hand (without the use of foils) and painted directly onto the hair in order to achieve a more natural/lived in look. The colour is then left to process with the application time depending on how light you wish to go.
Does it require a lot of work to maintain, lots of regular visits to the salon?
No not at all. This look is very low maintenance colour because the lightness is on the ends, not at the roots like regular highlights. As the lighter panels are halfway down the length of the hair, you won't get a regrowth line like you do from regular highlighting. It is always best to talk with your stylist about maintenance so they can tailor the colour to your individual needs.
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That is the timetable by which your custom logo mud flaps work to advertise your business. In that respect, they are like billboards, but even more effective because, while a billboard only stands in one place, trucks with custom mud flaps are mobile, spreading your message to the farthest-flung reaches of the country.
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That's the number of options you have in choosing a color in which to print your logo or design. You can choose any color that is contained in the library. Additionally, if you choose to purchase polyethylene mud flaps, you have a range of specific color options as well. However, standard black is the only color available for rubber mud flaps.
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Captain Marvel Post Credit Scenes Explained
As many people know, the latest and possibly the greatest Marvel movie of now has been released. This movie is Captain Marvel. It is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first movie with a female hero in the leading role. Even though Captain Marvel only came out this year, the movie itself and the main character have made an impact on other movies, since there were also many post-credits relating to her in other movies/scenes. However, these post-credit scenes have confused fans and made them wonder what exactly they mean.
The first post credit scene, is "Carol Danvers, allow me to introduce you to…". It takes place after the latest Avengers movie, Avengers: Infinity War. In this scene, Nick Fury's pager was blinking the symbol of Captain Marvel that was still on the screen. Then it all of a sudden went black. Later after that scene, Captain America and Black Widow were looking at holographic pictures of the heroes that died after Thanos' snap. "What this means is that many people believe that Captain Marvel was indeed on the other side of the pager". This was just an assumption as of many fans from the end of Avengers Infinity War. As of now, it appeared that Carol survived the snap. In one of the other scenes in the movie, Captain Marvel gives Nick Fury an upgraded version of the pager. "She gave it to him telling him to use it if he ever needed her help again".
The final and second post credit is "cute and slightly disgusting". This was the scene with a tight front shot of "Nick Fury's desk from 1995", with N. Fury on the front. His office appears to be completely vacated. The camera slowly zooms in, and Goose the cat enters the frame. In this movie, Goose is revealed to actually be an alien. This alien can devour things with huge tentacles that come out of his mouth. During the movie, Goose ended up swallowing the Tesseract whole to keep it away from "Star Force". Star Force is from the Kree's Seal team 6. Captain Marvel was also on this team.
In conclusion, these were just two of the post-credit scenes featuring Captain Marvel that have lead up to her having her very own movie. It is not sure if whether or not is shown is actually true, but fans including Cub Reporter's Amrit R. can't wait to see what happens next!.
Amrit R. is an eighth-grader at Kraemer Middle School. He was a part of the school newspaper the last year and had lots of fun. He likes to play basketball...


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On Wednesday, August 23, between 5:30 and 7 pm, Toomey will be hosting a $200 a head fundraiser to support the re-election of NorCo Executive John Brown. It's at the exclusive Blue Grillhouse in verdant Bethlehem Tp.
Brown is the man who took last year off at taxpayer expense to run for state auditor general. He lost. For $500, you get to be on the host committee.For $1,000, you get to be on Brown's Finance Committee. Or you can just go there for dinner. Or stand across the street and exercise your First Amendment rights
Like two peas in a pod, Toomey hides from his constituents and Brown has failed to conduct a news conference in two years. The optics of this are lousy.
But Brown and Toomey are kindred souls. Toomey wants to repeal Obamacare while Brown slashed health benefits for county workers. Toomey ducks meetings with his constituents while Brown posted armed guards outside one of his news conferences during his disastrous first year in office.
Brown crows that he has "eliminated all deficit spending," but fails to point out that his Republican Council imposed a 10% tax hike his first year in office. He also brags about his financial success at Gracedale, which has managed to drop from four stars to just one in a federal rating of nursing homes. He talks about fiscal responsibility, but had to reimburse the county for $1,500 in expenses that he and his Director of Administration improperly claimed. Just as Toomey has ducked his constituents, Brown has failed to answer Lamont McClure's repeated calls for a debate.
"The consensus is that I have an excellent chance of being re-elected," Brown claims in a letter seeking money.. "Generally, the taxpayers of Northampton County believe I have done a very good job reforming County government."
Really? Take a look at the monstrosity known as the county website, which actually removed important data from the public, like meeting minutes and election results.
But what you don't know won't hurt you. And if it does, at least you won't know.


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FLC National Meeting Proceedings and Photos Now Available!
The 2018 national meeting in Philadelphia was a huge success, with over 400 technology transfer and industry professionals from across the country attending. This year's meeting trainers, session speakers, and panelists provided valuable technology transfer skill-building exercises, and shared their innovative expertise to an engaged audience. The FLC would like to thank all meeting presenters and attendees for joining us this year as we celebrated American innovation—it would not have been possible without you.
Whether you attended this year's national meeting in person or were unable to join us, we've got you covered with meeting proceedings, photos, and session presentations!
Training and session presentations, as well as meeting and awards photos, are available in the proceedings section of the FLC meeting website, meeting.federallabs.org.
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NEW YORK– Approval ratings normally provide the president with a real-time report card. That is, if the president believes the polls. President-elect Donald Trump might not.
On Tuesday Trump tweeted, "The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before."
The tweet came hours after the release of a new poll from CNN/ORC which found that Trump has an approval rating of just 40%. President Barack Obama took office in 2009 with an 84% approval rating.
When contacted by CNN on Tuesday, former pollsters for Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton expressed concern about Trump's dismissive comment.
A fourth former pollster, Fred Steeper, who worked for both Bush and his father, said "I faced plenty of skepticism about poll results over 40 years of polling."
Skepticism is one thing, but Trump is flirting with outright denial of unfavorable polls, recalling the unfounded claims about "crooked polls" he made during the campaign.
The subject seems to touch a nerve: just how popular is he? The data indicates he is much less popular than past presidents-elect were. But by casting doubt on the data, Trump is giving his supporters license to do the same.
The Drudge Report's misleading headline on Tuesday was "BITTER MEDIA PLAYS WITH APPROVAL POLLS."
Contrary to Trump's assertions, professional pollsters do not "rig" polls. While imperfect to be sure, polling is a science, and experts work hard to reflect the country's views as accurately as possible.
Some pre-election polls were far off the mark, especially in swing states, for reasons that are now being studied by experts. These state polls caused many analysts to anticipate a Hillary Clinton victory on election night. But most national polls correctly showed Clinton winning the popular vote by a relatively small margin.
Nationally, the polls "were roughly as accurate as they've been since '68," FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver wrote on Twitter.
News outlets like CNN conduct presidential approval rating polls, and so do private companies that work for the president's team. Such polls, charting approval and disapproval for a period of years, have been critically important to past presidents.
The Clinton administration was famous for its frequent polling.
"It is a measure of how much politicians will defer to you," Clinton's longtime polling advisor Stan Greenberg said. "But it is not a public discussion. As president, you want the focus to be on your mandate, not the process."
Greenberg said Tuesday's tweet by Trump "shows how much he can be baited by bad news — and distracted from governing. Welcome to the NFL."
Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, "never dismissed polls as rigged, or that they weren't factual," Bush's former pollster and strategist Matthew Dowd said. "He would often, though, say that he was going to do what was right regardless of the polls. His response might be, the polls will change if i do what is right."
Bush "went out of his way post-2000 election to reach out and demonstrate he would be president for all," Dowd said. "It is why his poll numbers rose between Election Day and inauguration, which is normal for a president. The opposite has happened for Trump."
Bush took the oath of office with a 61% approval rating.
On Tuesday, Trump supporters tried to argue that CNN's survey and another recent poll by ABC and The Washington Post are "oversampling" Democrats, perhaps intentionally to skew the poll results, which is not true.
The misunderstanding seems to lie in the difference between the partisan leanings of registered voters and those of all American adults.
CNN and ABC's approval rating polls sought to measure the attitudes of all adults. Registered voters are slightly more Democratic than Republican, and that Democratic advantage widens when looking at the bigger pool of all adults.
The results of telephone polls of the adult population tend to line up pretty closely with other U.S. government statistics about the makeup of the population that can be used as a marker for poll accuracy.
So some of the claims about "rigging" simply fall apart under scrutiny.
Greenberg said that his research firm's election year polling "did find that most of his supporters think the media rigged the polls because they thought it would hurt Trump."
If Trump's own skepticism is boomeranging back at him from supporters, it could be "a dangerous echo chamber for him," Greenberg said.
Steeper, a Republican polling veteran, said Trump could raise some legitimate points about the limits of approval rating polling.
"I had many clients skeptical of poll results including presidents," he said. The skepticism was usually for a good reason. The result could be transitory and would change with new information or the unfolding of events. That could be a point Trump could make now."
News coverage also makes a difference, he said.
Cornell Belcher, a pollster for both of Obama's presidential campaigns, had a different reaction to Trump's claim about "rigged" polls.
"The fact that you are asking me a question about polls being rigged is the madness, and big tent carnival foolishness of the game Trump plays so well. I'm not going to dignify the game he's playing by responding to the absurdity," Belcher wrote in an email.
"The real question here is given how poorly he has behaved, how outside the boundaries of normal presidential behavior we see here since the election, and the fact that less than a plurality of voters supported him in the first place, of course his approval numbers are bad. Why would they not be in the tank? If, in fact, a majority of Americans approved of this unpresidential behavior in the polls — then I would have reason to be suspicious of the polls."


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The Iranian protesters chant: "Death to Dictator, Death to Khamenei" while taking down huge billboard with Khamenei's picture on it.
Facebook video: https://www.facebook.com/manototv/videos/vb.211358470978/10156001998980979
Date: 30/12/2017
The Iranian protesters chant: "Death to Dictator, Death to Khamenei" while taking down huge billboard with Khamenei's picture on it.
Facebook video: https://www.facebook.com/manototv/videos/vb.211358470978/10156001998980979
Date: 30/12/2017
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
Ali Khamenei, the current supreme leader of Iran, praises Amir al-Muminin Omar bin Khattab (ra) for his justice. He doesn't name Omar (ra) but simply refers to him as the "Second Caliph". He mentions the famous story of an egyptian who was beaten by by the son of Amr ibn al-As and how Omar (ra) established justice. After mentioning the story he then says: "This is the beauty of Islam".
The speech is from his Friday sermon in Tehran (28 years ago).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیمEnglish translation by Abu Muslim Khorasani
ازآنجا كه مردم آذربايجان در آن زمان سني بودند، شيخ حيدر در اينسال به طور عملي جهاد با سني ها را آغاز نموده ضمن يك فتواي صريح اعلام داشت كه همة اهل سنت در حكم كفارند، و فقيهان سني دشمنان خدا به شمار ميروند و هركه از آنها تبعيت و تقليد كند از دين خارج شده به كافران ملحق ميشود و قتلش واجب ميگردد . او در اين فتوا اعلام كرد كه جهاد با اهل سنت يك واجب شرعي است و غارت اموال و اسير كردن و فروختن زنان و فرزندان آنها ثواب عظيم دارد . او عقائد شيخ بدرالدين را موبه مو اجرا كرد و همان عقيدة افراطي تاتارهاي بكتاشي آناتولي را كه علي ابن ابيطالب را تا مقام الوهي بالا برده ويرا مورد پرستش قرار ميدادند به صراحت تبليغ كرد؛ وكلية واجبات شرعي را از نماز و روزه وحج را تأويل كرده از گردن مريدانش انداخت . مريدان او كه از اينزمان بطوررسمي لقبِ قزلباش (به فارسي : سرخ سر) يافتند در دسته جات مسلح و منضبط جهادي متشكل شدند، و آباديهاي شروان و داغستان و مناطقي از قفقاز را كه عموما سني مذهب بودند، تحت عنوان جهاد با كافران مورد حملات غارتگرانه قرار دادند
(شاه اسمایل صفوی – گفتار دوم – منشا قزلباشان و عقاید آنها صفحه 43 – امیر حسین خنجی)
At that time the people of Azerbaijan were Sunni. Shaykh Haydar practically started the 'Jihad' against the Sunnis. IssuingFatwa he openly declared that all Ahl-Sonnat are Kufar and the Sunni Fuqaha are the enemies of Allah and whoever follows them leaves the fold of the religion and becomes one of the Kufar and his killing becomes obligatory. In the Fatwa he declared that 'Jihad' against Ahl-Sonnat is a religious obligation and the plunder of their properties and imprisoning and selling their women and children has a great reward.
Ali Motahari, the son of Ayatollah Morteza Motahari (the one who praised Umar for his justice), said the Ahl-Sunnah should have the right to have a Mosque in Tehran, the right to hold gatherings and perform Friday prayers.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
Shaykh Abdol Hamid, Iranian Sunni leader, criticizes the Iranian regime for their dirty safavid like policies towards the Ahlus-Sunnah of Iran. The Shaykh mentions that the regime despite chanting too many slogans of Unity does not allow the Sunnis to have a Mosque in Tehran, a city where each year the regime holds 'International Unity Conference'. The Shaykh also talks about the new plans of the regime like appointing Shia Ayatollahs as heads of Sunni religious institution.
Even in Israel there is no such policy towards the Muslims like appointing Rabbis as heads of Muslim religious centres.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
(This is a few months old but it worths sharing, the official Iranian Sunni website is down due to obvious reasons so I copy this article from a different website but it is the same thing. This is not the first time the oppressed Sunnis of Iran send letter to Ali Khamenei and Ahmadi Nejad but they have sent letters thousands of times.)
In a letter addressed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Sunni members of the Iranian Parliament asked for an end to discrimination against Sunnis, an end to religious limitations for Sunnis, and permission to construct a mosque in Tehran. In this letter, a copy of which was made available to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Sunni Members of the Parliament also ask Ayatollah Khamenei to review and "correct Article 115 of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Constitution," and to end the prohibition of Sunni candidates from participating in presidential elections.
Ayatollah Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and other Iranian officials have so far never formally responded to any grievances and demands from Sunni clerics and leaders.
In the letter, dated 19 December 2011, members of the Sunni Faction of the Iranian Parliament wrote to Khamenei about the non-implementation of "key and important articles of the Constitution, in particular those principles that refer to religious freedom of the Sunnis and ethnic equality," and express regret about it. "Unfortunately, many of the important and key articles in the Constitution, including Articles 12, 15, and 19, have not been completely implemented yet. Additionally, Article 115 of the Constitution forbids qualified Sunni political and religious leaders from running in the presidential elections," the letter states.
Members of the Sunni Faction have additionally reminded Ayatollah Khamenei that Iranian Sunnis have so far been unable to receive permission to build even one mosque in Tehran. They have emphasized that this illegal prohibition continues, adding, "Despite frequent follow-ups, unfortunately the authorities have not agreed to the construction of the mosque."
The signatories of the letter, Sunni MPs from various regions throughout Iran, point to the statements made Ayatollah Khamenei during his trips to provinces and Sunni-dominated regions, and specifically during his 2009 visit to Kurdistan Province, about religious "equality and brotherhood," as well as "unity," ask Khamenei to "form a special committee" to take action on "implementing delayed articles and correcting Article 115 of the Constitution," and to end the religious and ethnic restrictions and prohibitions imposed on Sunnis.
Article 115 states, "The president must be among religious and political figures and have the following qualifications for elections: Iranian descent, Iranian citizenship, be a wise manager, have a good record and be trustworthy and pious, be faithful and a believer in the principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the official religion of the country." Since Article 12 of the Iranian Constitution defines the official religion of Iran to be Ethna Ashari (Twelver Shiism), Sunnis are prohibited from becoming candidates in the presidential elections.
The Sunni Faction of the Iranian Parliament was established in 2008 by a group of Sunni MPs after religious restrictions for Iranian Sunnis increased, several Sunni clerics were arrested, and security confrontations with Sunnis in different Iranian provinces intensified. Jalal Mahmoudzadeh, MP from Mahabad in Kurdistan Province, is Secretary of the Sunni Faction of the Iranian Parliament.
Signatories of the letter include: Jalal Mahmoudzadeh, representative of Mahabad and Secretary of the Sunni Faction; Peyman Forouzeh, representative of Zahedan; Eghbal Mohammadi, representative of Marivan and Servabad; Abdaljabbar Karami, representative of Sanandaj, Divandarreh, and Kamyaran; Mohammad Ali Partovi, representative of Sardasht and Piranshahr; Saidamad Hosseini, representative of Qorveh and Dehgolan; Said Fatahollah Hosseini, representative of Paveh and Oramanat; Mohammad Reza Sajjadian, representative of Khaf and Rashtkhvar; Mohammad Gheyoom Dehghan, representative of Iranshahr, Sarbaz and Delgan; Abdollah Rastgar, representative of Gonbad Kavoos; Abdolaziz Jamshidzahi, representative of Saravan, Sib Suran, and Zaboli; and Ahmad Jabbari, representative of Bandar Langeh, Bastak, and Parsian.
source: http://www.iranhuman…tter-sunni-mps/
The attached file is the letter written and signed by the Sunni MPs.
Posted by 13S2010
Filed under Articles, Revealing Shia sect
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
اسلام علیکم
See how a grand Shiite scholar lies upon Sheikh Ahmed Deedat (rah). If their top scholars are liars then what can we expect from their followers?
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Filed under Articles, Revealing Shia sect


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Our Story
Who We Are & What We're Up To
We're located in Seneca, South Carolina, and we're thrilled to serve this portion of the upstate! The owner of 313 Cafe finds his origins in Detroit! The cafe strives to combine the upstates hospitality, authenticity, and love for good food with Detroit's love for music, work ethic, and good times!
We serve locally roasted coffee, food, smoothies, juices, craft beers, and more. Our environment is created to provide you with a comfortable place to relax, and we like to think of ourselves as a local hangout! We serve day and night to fit your needs as a customer!
Following the European tradition, there's an emphasis on take-out during the day, as customers are welcome to order and pick up their items at the counter. We also invite customers to join us in our cafe to study, collaborate together, have gatherings, and enjoy our aesthetics. The night culture will transform our establishment into a place to enjoy entertainment and alcohol! We'll be serving pre-prohibition style cocktails, craft beer, and select wines, and our coffee menu will still be available during this time. We love supporting musicians from our area for your entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights!
The 313 Daily Experience:
Good morning! You'll be greeted with the aroma of brewing coffee, just baked breads, and freshly squeezed juices. Our menu includes traditional coffees, handcrafted espresso beverages, teas, juices, and an assortment of baked goods. Our pastry chef looks forward to baking you some delicious breakfast items, and our baristas are pouring unique lattes to fit your unique personality!
Lunch break! Customers can choose from an array of homemade soups, salads, paninis, and sandwiches with a variety of sides. We'll still be offering our lattes, smoothies, and other beverages during this time! Everyone likes a bit of consistency!
Let's celebrate the weekend! Customers will be able to enjoy a beverage from a list of classic cocktails, craft beers, and wines. Our days will still be the same, for we'll create an atmosphere for you to enjoy community or work in, but at night we will have local musicians play for entertainment! Keep an eye out for the schedule! These menus are available each night, but local musicians will be here on Friday and Saturday nights!


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Olivia Beaumont Fine Art
Fable in the Maple Grove - print
Regular price $23.00
"Fable in the Maple Grove" is part of the Tranquil Kingdom series. Fable, the ferret queen, serenades the autumn forest with a hauntingly beautiful flute melody.
5x7" or 11x14"
Inkjet print: Epson ultrachrome archival ink on premium Noritsu paper
Finish: Matte
Packaging: Stiff mailer to prevent damage


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City and State Partnering to Redevelop Alamo Plaza
The City of San Antonio and the Texas General Land Office are entering into a cooperative agreement with the Alamo Endowment to fund and oversee the development of a joint master plan. Such a plan would be implemented for the Alamo Historic District and Alamo complex in an effort to revitalize the historic mission and preserve it while further redevelopment takes place around Alamo Plaza. The San Antonio City Council will vote on the agreement on Oct. 15. Representatives from each organization will be at a formal ceremony at the Alamo later that day to sign the agreement.
The master planning process will be managed by the GLO and the endowment, in coordination with the city, and will benefit by an infusion of capital including $17 million previously approved by the council, $31 million approved by the state legislature, and potentially hundreds of millions of dollars raised privately by the endowment.
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and Mayor Ivy Taylor will serve as an executive committee, providing executive management oversight for a joint master plan. The executive committee will be advised by the Alamo Management Committee, which will consist of two representatives each from the city, the GLO and the Alamo Endowment. The Alamo Management Committee will get input and advice from the Alamo Advisory Group, comprised of state and local elected officials and representatives, and by a citizens advisory group, comprised of 26 people appointed by the mayor, council and the GLO. The advisory group may meet bi-monthly and all meetings will be open to the public.
"A new dawn is rising at the Alamo and it is one rooted in collaboration and historical appreciation," Bush said in a news release. "I am energized by the relationship that is developing among state and local leaders, and with the community that surrounds, supports, and loves the Alamo. The members of the committees and advisory groups that are coming together under this Alamo Cooperative Agreement have demonstrated a steadfast and selfless dedication to preserving our sacred Shrine of Texas Liberty. This is a proud day for San Antonio residents, all Texans, and for all who remember the Alamo."
"The City of San Antonio has worked tirelessly over the past several years to bring the Alamo Complex and the San Antonio Missions to the forefront," said Taylor. "We won a huge victory by securing the World Heritage Designation this summer, and this agreement is evidence that we've now completely succeeded in bringing together the powerhouse fundraising and management of the Endowment and the oversight of the GLO. I'm pleased and proud to work closely with Commissioner Bush and all the citizens of San Antonio to create something exceptional here that honors our collective history."
The Alamo Endowment is a nonprofit organized to help the GLO in preservation, management, operation and restoration of the Alamo complex. It is led by a board of directors, chaired by George P. Bush, and comprised of local and state business community leaders. Although the city and the GLO have directed a master planning process for the Alamo complex since April, several laws enacted by the Texas Legislature during the 2015 session regarding oversight of the Alamo complex, and the San Antonio Missions designation as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in July significantly changed and broadened the scope of the effort.
"The World Heritage Designation is evidence that the scope of this project should go far beyond the Alamo. As the scope has grown dramatically, the management and fundraising efforts will have to grow to match the broader scope and goals," said Gene Powell, chairman of the Alamo Endowment's 'Remember the Alamo Foundation.' "The good news is that the UNESCO designation opens up international fundraising opportunities, which will make it possible to raise the funds necessary to implement this new master plan and tell the wonderful story of all five Missions." The General Land Office took over custodianship for The Alamo earlier this year. The state agency announced recently it seeks to buy three buildings across from the Alamo, supporting plans for a potential renovation of Alamo Plaza and the opening of a museum and visitors center for the famed mission.
"As a licensed architect and avid historian, I am thrilled by the opportunities we now have with this expanded scope and the means to hire the best professionals in their field to develop a master plan," said District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño. "By entering into this agreement, we've essentially removed all the limits we were facing geographically and financially. The pieces are now in place to do this the right way and to create something we can be proud of for generations."
"Although the Alamo is best-known for the Battle of 1836, the global community views the Alamo's historical significance in a much broader context," said Alamo Director Becky Dinnin. "By engaging the Alamo Endowment and working in partnership with the city, we can develop a plan that honors those that sacrificed their lives at the Battle of the Alamo and the history of all the Missions collectively."


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The director of administrative services, with the approval of the state personnel board of review, shall adopt rules:
(A) For appointment, promotions, transfers, layoffs, suspensions, reductions, reinstatements, and removals in and examinations and registrations for offices and positions in the civil service of the state. Appointing authorities with officers or employees in the civil service of the state shall submit personnel action information to the department of administrative services as the director requires.
(B) For maintaining and keeping records of the efficiency of officers and employees in the civil service of the state in accordance with sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code.
Due notice of the contents of those rules and of all changes shall be given to appointing authorities affected by those rules, and those rules also shall be available for public distribution.
Effective Date: 03-30-1999; 07-01-2007.


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As I mentioned previously the Irish Parenting Blog Awards are happening on the 25th April. One of my favourite brands, Glenisk are the headline sponsor of the awards.
To celebrate their sponsorship of the awards they are running a great competition for bloggers. I did submit this entry already, which was a delicious treat I made with Abbie & Harry, then Caoimhe got busy in the kitchen too and we came up with this entry ; however I thought it would be nice to submit a savoury option too and this dish was too nice not to share!!
Mr. Simply Homemade & I love curry, particularly if it has a bit of spice, however the children, Harry in particular are not so fond of too much spice so this curry, while full of flavour is mild enough to suit all the palates I have to cater for.
The paste is very adaptable and if you prefer a hotter curry feel free to play with the base; add extra chilli, increase the amount of cayenne pepper, grate in extra ginger.
Served with rice, homemade flatbreads, homemade chips, raita & garnished with coriander & toasted almonds, this was a delicious, family friendly
feast meal that was enjoyed by everyone………well, all except our fussy eater!! (Please tell me every family has one!!)
The curry paste, raita & flatbreads can be all be made in advance, just warming the breads in the oven whilst the curry is cooking.
Ingredients – this served 2 adults, 2 children and 2 toddlers generous portions!
FLATBREADS with Garlic & Coriander Butter ( I got 7 large breads out of this, you could easily make smaller ones and get up to 14)
These are the nicest flatbreads I have ever made, probably because the recipe isn't mine, it's Jamie Oliver's!! The only change I made was to add Nigella (also called Black Onion) Seeds. I love the mild flavour they add to breads.
1 Tsp Sea Salt
1 Tsp Baking Powder
2 Tsp Nigella Seeds, optional
350g Glenisk Organic Yogurt
The Butter – 50g Butter, 10g chopped Coriander, 1 grated Garlic Clove
- Add all of the flatbread ingredients to a bowl, mix together with a spoon, then use your hands to bring it together and form a dough.
- Set aside and prepare the butter by mixing that together with the coriander and garlic.
- Then prepare the breads, divide into the number of pieces you need, I needed 7, so had 7 dough balls.
- Lightly dust your surface with flour and roll each piece out and cut three lines down the middle with a knife.
- Heat a pan and dry fry the breads until they are browned on both sides, they only take a few minutes.
- While the first breads are on the pan, melt the garlic & coriander butter and as soon as the breads come off the pan, brush both sides with the butter.
- Keep warm in a low oven while the curry is cooking.
RAITA While this isn't necessary as the curry is mild, we enjoy it as an accompaniment anyway, it is particularly good with the flatbreads.
100g Glenisk Organic Yogurt
A bunch finely chopped Coriander
Mix all of the ingredients together and keep refrigerated until you are ready to use it.
CREAMY CHICKEN CURRY For the curry paste:
1 Red Chilli, finely chopped
A thumb size piece of Ginger, grated
2 Garlic Cloves, grated
1 Tsp Garam Masala
1/2 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
1 Tbsp Almond Butter
A good handful of Coriander, incl stalks
5 Tbsp Water
For the curry:
500g Chicken Breast, cut into bitesize pieces
2 small-medium Onions, sliced
2 Red Peppers, sliced
300-500ml Glenisk Organic Cream
- First off, make the paste, bung everything into a jug and use a hand blender or alternatively use the mini blender attachment on your food processor if you have one. If neither of those options are available to you; a pestle & mortar and a bit of elbow grease will do the job aswell!
- When the paste is ready heat the rapeseed oil in a large pan, wok or heavy based saucepan. Add the paste and after a couple of seconds add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes, if like me you are in need of a new pan and you find the chicken starting to stick, don't panic, just add a drop of water.
- Next add the onions and peppers and cook for a further 5-10 minutes, until the veg are nice and soft.
- Add the cream, I added the full 500ml and left it to simmer and thicken while waiting on the rice & chips to cook. It was still quite saucy, which the children were pleased about as they really liked it, however if you prefer less sauce, add less cream.
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes, then serve and enjoy. I garnished ours with toasted almonds, which Harry couldn't get enough of, and chopped coriander.
You probably noticed that I didn't add any salt to the curry, this is not a mistake, I tend not to add salt when I can avoid it as the children will be eating it.
This curry was full of flavour and very creamy, and I was so pleased that everyone enjoyed it. The flatbreads were a massive hit, even with my fussy eater, he loved them. Abbie who can also be a bit fussy, was requesting more chicken, she thoroughly enjoyed it.
I will definitely be making this again, Mr Simply Homemade actually remarked that it would be a great dish if you had to cater for a large number of people.
Glenisk very kindly supplied me with vouchers for the purpose of this competition, however, their products can be found in my fridge on a regular basis!


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Democrats actually began the impeachment inquiry based on Trump withholding military assistance the way Biden had for Obama/Biden.
Today, the purely damning evidence may have appeared. It looks now as if Mr. Trump's administration invited Mr. Zelensky to the White House if he investigated illegal activity of the former White House administration.
Yes, it looks convincing that Trump conditionally invited the President of Ukraine to the White House. GOT HIM!
Mel Brookes is writing this. This is Blazing Democrat Saddles. The Democrats started this whole thing accusing Trump of being a Nazi who colluded with Russia. That's pretty funny! What made them think so? Well, Hillary's campaign paid a British agent to collude with Russia to trump Trump with the charges, of course. We absolutely know this. What makes it so funny is that it is still their game plan against their opponent. What makes it even funnier is that their beef with Trump is that he is doing his job, just as he said he would.
Democrats and bureaucrats in both Parties went through a whole list of trial balloons before this one came out, but just consider some of the charges! Democrats called him a Nazi, and then supported virulently anti-Semitic Tlaib and Omar in Congress. They called Trump "insane" while running the sleepy, creepy Uncle Joe Biden for his position. Uncle Joe was the huge leader over the entire field of 20-plus hopeful Democrat nominees.
Democrats also accused Trump of being a war-monger, certain to bring Armageddon. When he turned the other cheek to Iran, and brought soldiers home, and left Syria alone, they instantly accused him of abandoning humanitarian needs and provoking another crisis.
Now, even Obama, the Leftist Mondo, is chastising the Democrat-Socialist Party for running their campaign on destruction and rampage. Mr. Obama also told Sleepy Joe, the geriatric gaff generator, "You don't have to do this, Joe. Go home to your family."
Great one-liners all the way through.
And now we finally come to the plot. In the eyes of the Deep State and Democrat Self-Immolation Machine, the evil Mr. Trump is unfit to serve our nation because he invited Mr. Zelensky to the White House if he called for an investigation into illegal activity in Ukraine.
The funniest part? Oh, it certainly has to be that Mr. Trump is playing the role of Cleavon Little. He's the level-headed sheriff of this slapstick stupidity.


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An unique village in Karangasem regency closed to Candi Dasa resort, it is located on the slove of the hill, the village itself is sorrounded by the wall. The village related to the story of "Oncesrawa", a beloved horse of the Bali ancient king of Bedulu, the horse lost. Those who find the horse whether dead or alive, he will grant a piece of land. The ancestor of Tenganan village was the person who found the dead body of the horse on the land of Tenganan village now. Overthere there is a unique event "Perang Pandan", fighting used some pandanus leaf with it thorn. The villager's skill is to make Ate weaving and Gringsing hand weaving cloth.
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EAST meet WEST
This scenery I shot in Bali beach when the day of Balinese did a purification ceremony brought all effigies in the temple to the source of water like river, beach, lake or spring. This lady took a sunbathing before standing up and shoot the procession.
Temple Festival Procession
Mostly temple festival in Bali falls every 210 days in Wuku Bali traditional calender, some of the villages arrange the procession from the community hall "Balai Banjar" to the temple. The housewives carry the offering on their head followed by the "Gamelan" percussion orchestra
Batubolong Temple
One of the best sites to see a sunset with a temple with the hollow as a foreground, Batubolong is a temple on a rock with the hole beneath it, its location is the same area with Tanah Lot temple so for sunset shoot overthere you need to choose Tanah Lot or Batubolong as a foreground of the sunset. This area is good also for slow speed shoot as many volcanic stone on that beach.


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Welcome to a new series on the Heinemann blog! Every week we find five interesting links for you to take into your much deserved weekend. These links are interviews with educators, posts from our authors' and friends' blogs, and any interesting, newsworthy item from the past seven days. Check back each week for a new round of finds!
At the Two Writing Teachers blog, Betsy Hubbard reviewed Jen Serravallo's newest The Reading Strategies Book:
"The best way I can prepare you for this book is to get sticky notes and highlighters ready, because you will need them to mark up your favorite thoughts and ideas."
—Click through to read "THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK" review by Betsy Hubbard at Two Writing Teachers
Allison Marchetti—coauthor with Rebekah O'Dell of the forthcoming Writing With Mentors from Heinemann—offered a lesson of empathy and elegiac poetry in her blog:
"Sometimes one of the best ways to comfort students who are feeling low is to honor their feelings of stress, sadness, and melancholy rather than try to distract them or encourage them to stay positive. A study of the elegy — a poem that expresses sorrow or lamentation — can be a way to honor students' emotions and help them reflect on their feelings in a healthy way while studying some absolutely brilliant poetry."
—Click through to read "A WRITING WORKSHOP CURE FOR THE APRIL DOLDRUMS" by Allison Marchetti at Moving Writers
Rich Czyz of the 4 O'Clock Faculty blog interviewed Lisa Eickholdt, author of Learning From Classmates:
"Not only does using student mentor text encourage the student writer, it also lifts the level of engagement with writing for everyone else in the classroom. I believe this is because when we share great students' writing, we are sharing text that is more developmentally appropriate than some of the adult models we use. Because the work is developmentally appropriate, it seems attainable to more students. This attainability builds enthusiasm."
—Click through to read "5 QUESTIONS WITH… LISA EICKHOLDT" by Rich Czyz at 4 O'Clock Faculty
Having published her first book with Heinemann this year, Kari Yates continued her prolific and motivating blog at Simply Inspired Teaching:
"Our kids come to us from literally all over the map with vastly different backgrounds, strengths, and past learning opportunities. Our classroom communities are more diverse than ever. Success hinges on our ability to view all students as capable and ready regardless of learning and language differences."
—Click through to read "EVERY STUDENT IS READY FOR THE NEXT STEP—IT JUST MAY NOT BE THE SAME STEP" by Kari Yates at Simply Inspired Teaching
Chartchum Kristi Mraz, coauthor of Smarter Charts, wrote about the challenge of fostering student agency for The Educator Collaborative:
"In teaching kindergarten, I learned that doing something for a child is like providing a stool to stand on, the child is able to reach their goal providing the stool is there."
—Click through to read "EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW (ABOUT TEACHING) I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN (WHILE TEACHING)" by Kristi Mraz at The Educator Collaborative
And one last tweet:
Authentic writing experiences and real audiences-keys to nonfiction writing. Gr 4 ex. #ExplorationsNF. @HeinemannPub pic.twitter.com/5991cCx4uC
— Linda Hoyt (@lindavhoyt) April 22, 2015
Check back next week for more interesting links. Do you write a blog about your experiences in education? Leave a link in the comments below and we'll consider it for future round-ups. Have a great weekend!


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The Prisoners were a Santa Cruz band (1979 - 1981) comprised of Paul Edwards (guitar), Larry Hughes (drums) and Dave Calloway (bass).
Dave and Larry first played together in The Ulcers.
Songs included "Whisker Burns on Your Heart," "Whores and Coors" and "Impotent but Proud."
Although the band had an old-school garage-rock sound, they were among the first in Santa Cruz to champion the newly burgeoning hardcore scene, bringing Black Flag, DOA and the Dead Kennedys to town in the summer of 1980.
They disbanded in early 1981 and Paul and Dave moved to Los Angeles. Eventually Paul called it quits on the music to pursue an acting career. Dave then came back to Santa Cruz and started The Flaps with Larry.
- One song, "Eleanor Rigby," on Surf City Underground (1980)
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As a native of Rock Hill, born and raised, I am familiar with and very knowledgeable of the area and surrounding cities and counties. It is in Rock Hill where I have lived all my life and where I chose to raise my family. I love this city and love seeing others fall in love with it and what it has to offer.
Real estate is an industry I am also very familiar with, having been part of it for over 25 years. My involvement in real estate started while attending college at Winthrop University and working as an intern for the City of Rock Hill. It was there when I was tasked with helping bring to fruition the first affordable housing development in our city. After graduating college I was hired by an agency and traveled across North Carolina to help local municipalities and non-profits form first time home buyer programs and neighborhoods. My passion for real estate has been growing every year and has expanded in areas in which most real estate agents don't ever get to experience. Having worked with private developers, as a residential contractor, and as a community development consultant, my knowledge of the ins and outs of the industry as a whole positions me in a unique spot to be able to help buyers and sellers in a completely different way.
I am excited to be part of the Rinehart Realty family because of its local ties to the community and because of its core values which drive every transaction. I take pride in my profession and reputation as a professional businesswoman and will go the extra mile to ensure every client's complete satisfaction.
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At Life Science Partner we work closely with our clients to identify and recruit financial leadership and operational leaders for both early stage venture-backed, private equity firms, and publicly –traded companies. Our networks within the medical device and biopharmaceutical industry provide our clients with high-level access to top talent.
Featured Press Release
Pete Wehrly
Chief Executive Officer
Vivex Biomedical
Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Pete Wehrly, a leader in the spine and orthobiologics industries, to lead Vivex Biomedical. Vivex is a regenerative medicine company that markets tissue technology products and cellular therapies to meet the therapeutic demand in the areas of spine, dental, sport medicine, and wound care. With the launch of its VIA Disc product, a paradigm-changing treatment for Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), the company sought a seasoned Chief Executive to lead the company through its next stage of growth.
Wehrly will help lead the expansion of Vivex's sales force and guide the company through continued growth. He is a strategic leader with a broad background in growth and operational efficiencies within public and private companies in the medical device industry. Prior to joining Vivex, Wehrly served as Chief Executive Officer with Synaptive Medical, where he led a global team launching the 2nd generation disruptive surgical robotic technology portfolio across North America, Western Europe, and Asia.
He was also Chief Executive at PQ Bypass, where he led a cross-functional team in gaining CE Mark for their Detour System, a technology designed to advance the treatment of long-segment peripheral artery disease, and approval to embark on their PMA trial in the US and Europe.
Previously, Wehrly served as Group President for Covidien where he turned around the Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions business and was later responsible for the Vascular Therapies business. Wehrly is a seasoned executive in the spine industry having led several divisions of Medtronic including Spinal and Biologics for 8 years. He played an integral role in their global market leadership positions and saw them grow from $500M to over $2.8B in compound annual growth rate.
Wehrly will play a pivotal role in helping Vivex Biomedical during its next stage of growth and development as they launch a new product in the biologics space, leveraging his expertise in the spine industry and his commercial and operational strengths to ensure continued growth and preparation for a future financing event.


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The 2018 LAC Newsletter linked below is packed with odds and ends of information, tools, and updates useful to LAC members and the work that you do protecting and restoring New Hampshire's designated rivers.
Several of the map links and other resources described in the newsletter have been added to the Maps and Tools page under the LAC Resources tab above. This way they are easily accessible in the future.


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Farming Simulator 19 sells more than one million copies in first two weeks
We're only 10 days removed from the launch of Farming Simulator 2019, and things are looking really good for publisher Focus Home Interactive and Developer GIANTS Software. According to a press release, the game has shipped more than one million units in less than two weeks on the market, ten days to sell more than one million games is a stunning achievement, and congrats to these guys.
Farming Simulator 19 is a great improvement on the long-running franchise. With a major graphical upgrade the game has never looked better. Now you can grow digital corn and peppers to your heart's content in a stunning 3D world. And it's not just a new coat of paint that has fans new and old alike excited for this game. The core gameplay of growing crops and raising livestock has never been better, with an impressive array of machines and produce to choose from, players are really spoiled for choice. The massive amount of customization through modding support makes this all even better.
In short, if you're wanting to get into the Farming Simulator franchise, there has never been a better time than now.
Here's what the teams behind the game had to say:
"It's incredible to see the impact of the team's hard work. Farming Simulator 19 offers so many new opportunities and our players are thrilled about them. Never before has a Farming Simulator game reached the one million mark so quickly and we are proud and happy that so many players join us on this amazing journey." said Christian Amman, CEO of GIANTS Software.
"We're extremely proud to support GIANTS Software on the development of the Farming Simulator franchise. Farming Simulator 19 is simply exceptional, and the sales match that. Giants have demonstrated once more the incredible talent of their studio to always reach a larger number of players. This also confirms the know-how of the Focus Home Interactive teams in bringing franchises to new and bigger audiences, reinforcing the fantastic work done by the studio for each new game." said John Bert, COO of Focus Home Interactive.
Farming Simulator 19 is out now for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. We've included the trailer for the game down below just in case you're new to the franchise and want to see what it's all about.
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52 in 2014 Challenge – #9: Upside Down
Intricate designs adorn a ceiling in the NY Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman building at Bryant Park in NYC.
We took the tour of the building this past Sunday. It is a beautiful Neo-Classical building opened in 1911, and is the flagship of the NYPL. By my rough estimate, 50% of our tour group were visitors from outside the US – which I found pretty amazing. I would never have expected the NYPL to be such an attraction. However, after visiting, I better understand the attraction. In addition to the architecture and the iconic Rose Main Reading Room, they have several exhibitions, a portrait gallery, and one of the 42 existing copies of a Gutenberg Bible.
They maintain a great infographic on their website, found here. The system holds some 51 Million items, and our tour guide said there was something on the order of 7 Million books in the collection at the Schwarzman building (which contains just research material – it is not a circulation library). They are doing renovations which will double the amount of storage at the library (storage which, to my surprise is apparently under Bryant Park). When done, I believe she said it will contain 70 miles of books storage.
To give readers who aren't familiar with the library or the Rose Main Reading Room, here is an I-was-there shot (related to a comment I made on another blogger's post). I did a faux-HDR effect in LR using a tutorial Laura Shoe just posted on her blog.
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Once again this year, NZSTI Canterbury will be holding regular evening "Translators' Cafe" get-togethers with a professional development theme.
Here are the details of the Translators' Cafe held in February.
When: 7pm Thursday, 9th February 2017
Where: Meeting Room, McCafe Riccarton, Corner of Riccarton Road and Matipo Street
Cost: Free to attend
Who: Anybody working in or interested in translation or interpreting in Christchurch
What: A chance to network with other Christchurch translators and interpreters.
Professional Development Topic: We were privileged to have Jenna Naruseviciene presenting a professional development session on 'Translations for Immigration New Zealand'. Jenna is a registered Immigration Adviser and a member of the NZSTI Canterbury Branch. She shared her valuable expertise from both the translation and immigration industries.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent an unsigned letter to the European Union on Saturday (19th of October) requesting a Brexit extension.
Johnson was required by law to ask for a Brexit delay until the end of January in the event that Parliament did not vote on a withdrawal agreement by October 19. Downing Street published three letters that were sent to the EU on Saturday including a cover letter from the UK's EU representative stating that the unsigned letter had been sent to comply with the law.
Johnson's signed letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk and other EU leaders argued against granting the UK a Brexit delay, stating that while it was the EU's prerogative to accede to the request or not, "a further extension would damage the interests of the UK and our EU partners."
"We must bring this process to a conclusion so that we can move to the next phase and build our new relationship on the foundations of our long history as neighbours and friends in this continent our people's share," Johnson's letter continued.
Johnson has repeatedly declared he will take the country out of the EU by October 31 and "get Brexit done" and in his letter to the EU, he said he remained "confident" that they would ratify the withdrawal agreement by October 31.
Source: www.euronews.hu
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Photograph - Colour - Ballarat Old Colonists' Hall Shopfront (Former R.F. Scott), 2017
From the Collection of Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc. 16-14 Lydiard (North) Street Ballarat Central Victoria
- Colour photographs of a shopfront associated with the Old Colonist's Hall in Lydiard Street, Ballarat. This shopfront was refurbished in 2017-18 and returned to its original design.
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Thank you -- in a huge way -- for your prayers for our family this past Christmas. The hours we spent with the men are hard to fit in a 'nutshell' post. There were several men we had met on previous visits, along with dozens of new faces. As the Lord brings them to mind, please join us in continuing to pray for the chaplain, the believers, and the fields that are white unto harvest in Prairie Du Chein. We are already looking forward to making another visit, Lord-willing, in 2008.
Truly, it is more blessed to give than to receive!
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God." --C.L.