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PMC Southern Africa at 5 years! By Patrick Keifert
This conversation was to be the first of many powerful, intense, delightful, fruitful conversations, including one just last week. Last week's conversation took place in the house of Coenie and Lydia in Stellenbosch. They were hosting me the last few days of my recent journey to South Africa to celebrate the first five years of Partnership for Missional Church-Southern Africa. The visit included two major gatherings, one in Johannesburg (over 80 congregational and judicatory leaders and scholars) and the other in Cape Town (over 150 congregational and judicatory leaders and scholars). We both were filled with joy at what God has made of that first conversation. His Dutch Reformed imagination would call it Providence. God surely provides more than I usually imagine.
Four missional conversions
The breaking in of the Reign of God
It is today 20 years ago on the 9th of November 1989 that the Berlin wall fell. It is no coincidence that we gather on such an important historical day. We all know that it changed our lives in South Africa significantly. An unfolding of dramatic and fundamental events took place in the follow-up of the breaking down of the Berlin wall, not only in Europe but also in South Africa. The political climate in our country changed significantly and paved the way for FW de Klerk to unban the ANC and political prisoners including Nelson Mandela. The rest is history.
Living the Missional Calling – Day 1 Hope is in the air
Pat Keifert summaries the day with the following closing remarks:
- Congregations are seeking the truth and are not shy to speak the truth about themselves. Although this means that these congregations are looking inward this does not restrict them from moving beyond their boundaries.
- There were many stories on death and new life. The missional movement involves not only new life but also dying. Powerful stories of congregations that is willing to let a old ministry die so that a new community can be born was told.
- The Word and more specific Dwelling in the Word is a very important part of the missional journey. These congregations show trust in the Word to guide them on the journey.
- It seems that the stories embrace both discipleship and the sending out of apostles. The stories indicate that these congregations understood that it is not only about creating members, but also the sending of apostles.
- A large percentage of the stories reflected directly or indirectly on the conversation between URCSA and the DRC.
We are all looking forward to go deeper into the narratives to discern on wht God is doing amongst us.
Ritual in liturgical and missional perspective
Date: April 2nd 2009
Time: 9:00-11:30
Place: Communitas, Faculty of Theology
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9:00 – Welcome and introduction (Frederick Marais and Cas Wepener)
9:30 – Liturgy in the context van modern sacred domains: the heterotopy perspective. (Prof. dr. Paul Post)
10:00 – Open discssion
11:00 – Coffee/Tea and Book presentation: Wepener, CJ. 2009. From fast to feast. A ritual-liturgical exploration of reconciliation in South African cultural contexts. Liturgia Condenda 19. Leuven: Peeters Pers.
Missional Churches in Southern Africa Research
PMC is in 2009 five years active in Southern Africa. We are planning a reasearch project to discern on the inpact the Partnership has made in our region and would like to invite Congregations and researchers to concact us for more detail. Please contact Frederick Marais at email@example.com or Divine Robertson at 021-8083265
A very successful and informative visit was undertaken by a special group of people from Southern Africa and Central Africa during the week of 15 October to 23 October 2005. We were invited by Church Innovations Institute located in the twin cities of St Paul and Minneapolis (Minnesota). The most beautiful twin cities alongside the famous Mississippi river. Minneapolis is called the city of 10 000 lakes (it is actually more). If you look at a map of North America, you will see lots of lakes (waters) – that is Minnesota, Minneapolis is just there! We lodged at Stub Hall on the Luther Seminary campus.
My guests on this tour were: prof Jurgens Hendriks (Practical Theology and Missiology at Stellenbosch), dr Devison Banda better known as 'DT', the president and New Testament lecturer at Justo Mwale Theological College in Lusaka; drs Uma Onwunta a fulltime doctoral student at Stellenbosch (studying the intercultural dynamics of the Africa Church) and a pastor of Kenya; both gentlemen are part of NETACT (a innovation between Practical Theology and Missiology and African Theological institutions and churches); rev Andrew Esterhuizen a pastor at URC Kraaifontein and project leader at the institute for church planting in the Western Cape; revv Jampie and Marius Nel (husband and wife) from the DRC Doornpoort; rev en mrs Jannie Swart of the DRC Fontainebleau; dr. Manus Olivier or Oliver in the USA from the DRC Swakopmund – the prettiest place on the globe!; and I, Gordon Dames from PMCSA at Buvton, Stellenbosch.
The Consultation was a joint venture of Church Innovations Institute, Missional Leaders Institute and the Gospel and our Culture Network. The names of people like Guder, and of cause Keifert became faces and voices that shared years of experience of congregational work and research on missional systems.
Four major denominations, the Presbyterians, Church of Christ, Mennonites and the Evangelical Lutherans all reported on their identical experience and research projects of which the well known book Treasure in Clay Jars is a result and testimony.
The consultation started the evening of the 20th October and ended on the 22th of October 2005, with the good news from the Southern Africa Internet services of the great Vrystaat Win!! To shout Vrystaat at St Paul, vra maar vir Jampie, is something special.
Our team made a lot of friends and networked with persons and institutions that can only profit our mutual innovations to create new frontiers and possibilities for all our people and our own institutions. What stood out about the SA team was the fact that we all got along pretty well.
Church Innovations made sure that our stay at St Paul coincided with various informative visits at famous institutions and beautiful places. The lakes are something to see, the food (Manus, Andrew!) is something to ex-pe-rience.
Here is some of our team's reflective remarks on their views about our experience:
Team Africa's Reflections on the St Paul Innovations
First Visit: 16 October 2005:
Spirit Garage
The big door public faith community as an inviting and an engaging faith based community with and open ended worshipping, educating and servicing ministry. Popular modern Christian faith music functions as a key attraction for children, young people and older people from a diversity of cultural and racial backgrounds. Communion is part of every Sunday's worshipping event. Here communion is served even to a child in a very natural and 'mature' way. Formal institutional regulations do not apply. Membership and participation is without formal commitment. People come here to be part of a welcoming community that is genuine in its approach to strangers and the embodiment of the Living faith.
General view:
- A good example of a post-modern congregational ministry.
- Culture specific; the style is simplistic and humble; it is non-prescriptive; moving in the direction of post-modernism.
- Look at us but don't copy us. God has given us everything, we need to do this in our specific way.
- Great ministry and noble task and challenging framework. People with passion and multiple skills. Helpful notions across various frontiers.
- Did' t learn anything about CI
- Positive, but critical about the music; was a music show – people cannot sing along; greeting, talking, asking of questions to the pastor, and pastor's willingness to listen instead of asking questions himself.
- This gathering of young, old, small and cultural mix people in a informal setting gave me the profound impression that the simplicity of everything here, has to say something of the people that followed Jesus and the small first century faith communities.
Specific interest:
- How do they move visitors over to their ministries (if it is their aim)? Critical question: Doesn' t it merely centre around their own interests or needs? Which other ministries do they have apart from music?
- How does this help to attract people on the fringes – and outside the institutional churches?
- Broader sharing possibilities for FI; Inter-denomination and inculturation of FI in 'Third World' multicultural context.
- The pastor's sermon, whole style and dress code says something about spiritual maturity of the clergies' personality, office. Here one finds a people that are willing and committed to be an inviting and engaging community accepting strangers with warmth and hospitality.
Next steps:
- This model may be a workable possibility in certain South-African contexts, such as Rosebank, etc
- Set up viability survey team/task force; Take deliberate effort to survey realities in Southern Africa; Identify coordination of effort point and person; Southern Africa FI launch.
- Lesson learnt, that faith communities ought to be safe spaces where strangers can be welcomed, without committing themselves to a doctrine or disciplines of a denomination. There is greater meaning in a gathering of believing-and-unbelieving people around the Word and signs of God's love for His entire people.
Second Visit: 17 October 2005
Church Innovations Institute
An Institute that focuses on the innovation of change in congregations, judicatories, diverse denominations and the equipping of churches for they missional call.
General view:
- Could have missed this appointment, though it did function good as an acquaintance icebreaker.
- A valid effort to work with culture of and process in congregation's discernment of what God is up to; Helps with best practices in above mentioned processes.
- Just thankfulness for Pat Ellison's efforts.
- Challenging framework; noble course indeed; people are enthusiastic about the roles they play; Satisfaction of general impact of the project on church and society.
- Very helpful and challenging; People who are committed and have experienced a lot.
- The morning session was an informative and insightful introduction about the people in the meeting. But I was expecting more activities in the day; as it turned out, there was nothing more.
- A very good encounter with friends partners who share an identical vision and passion with congregations. It was a confirmation that what we do, is in capable hands and that CII is very excited about the its Southern-Africa partners.
Specific interest:
- Was good to learn who the staff is and what their roles in the office are.
- How can CI's 'products' being enriched with innovations for public ministries outside the mainline ('maintenance orientated') churches?
- Extension of project into other parts of the world and contextualize; How the project views and relates to other efforts and ministries.
- Possible coordination of interest.
- Knowing who comes from where and what is happening in different places today.
- We confirmed out mutual commitment to continue on our covenantal journey towards God's preferred future for us all. Congregations in PMCUSA need congregations in PMCSA and visa versa.
Next steps:
- Continue the partnership.
- To network with CI from my own initiatives on yetiexperience.com.
- Mutual respectability and involvement is cardinal and should be implemented; Design follow up strategy and coordinate local effort as a demonstration of genuineness.
- Survey possibilities of program links.
- Exploring possible connections and networks with the new acquaintances.
- Twinning of cross Atlantic partnerships with congregations on the Africa and North-America continents are crucial for mutual sharing and mentoring processes. Both our websites and the Future Finder demographic system of CII together with EGON will create research and reference library missional data that can promote mutual research opportunities and a mentoring tool for congregations that may experience difficulties at any given time.
Third Visit: 18 October 2005
Search Institute
Is about practical research benefiting children and youth over the entire spectrum. SI work with five action strategies for Transforming Communities and Society into the creation of a World where all the young people are valued and where they can grow: engaging adults; activating sectors; mobilizing young people; enhancing existing programs and influencing civil decisions. SI believes that we all have the capacity to develop 40 assets that focus on positive relationships, experiences, opportunities and personal (and or ubuntu) qualities as building blocks in the lives of children and teens.
General view:
- Very positive – gives a workable model of how public theology can function in a secularized milieu. Places the focus on the society instead of on congregations.
- Useful research for anyone who wants to develop child-friendly cultures and create programs. Might be too North-American specific for direct use in different cultures.
- A great way to be adopt in our culture.
- Great works indeed; Good people in strategic roles; Strong team work.
- Great program; Enthusiastic people.
- Sociology is a useful tool in mission and theology.
- This visit brought CI into our reach in more ways than previously positive. Provisional commitments were made to work closely with the research tools Search Institute developed over a 17 year period. Their initial purpose was to research samples of children and youth groups to detect why they lacked basic values and habits etc.
Specific interest:
- We would like to implement the program in our immediate vicinity. (Our context is just fairly different). A good example of research that leads to a concept that is translated in practical terms. We struggle to translate practical ideas to communities.
- In building assets.
- How 1 sister/brother institutes that are fully adaptive to the various 'third world' contexts could be initiated. Multiplicity would be interesting.
- Carrying or contextually the principles of YFI
- How sociology can be in the service of the mission of the church is of particular, interests to me.
- The track record of their research results and tools is of significance for the assessment of child and youth developmental patterns. The various local and interdisciplinary networks with and through whom they operate ensure greater participation and usable results.
Next steps:
- What practical meaning does the programme entail, we need more information. Invite them to Southern-Africa.
- Attending Building Assets workshop.
- Pilot project involving specific tasks; Workshops on methodology; Logistic survey and funding possibilities; Joint/mutual task facilitation; Facilitation
- Creation of notes exchange forum; survey possibilities.
- We need to co-operate with CI and in contextualizing their tool (especially the Asset Building instrument) we can add value in doing our own research on grassroots level, ensuring development of new programmes for children basis on solid contextual research results (colonization of American instruments!)
- Start with the use of '40 assets' with my immediate environment in Stellenbosch especially under NetACT.
Fourth Visit: 18 October 2005
Faith Inkubators
This is a 'head to heart' Confirmation System developed to grow children and youth small groups by injecting the DNA of Jesus into each cell through the love, care and attention of an impact called a Guide. FI ia about a paradigm shift from information to faith formation and from teaching classes to building faith communities. Educatio (ducere) = leading out/leading in of children as whole persons into the living Faith in God, in relation to educative and caring relationships of parents and 'foster parents', within their specific contexts.
General view:
- Very good afternoon. A good example of a multi-sensual youth ministry and good covenant theology (the roles of parents are being acknowledged).
- Energetic and creative; Too conservative and too mainline orientated?
- Problem with music (maybe culture specific)
- 'Inkubation: is passionate about what they do and how they do it. Views may differ on what can and may not work for us, fact is that the principle of (Deut 6:1-5) is both practical, childlike and adult friendly. The Bible literally and figuratively comes alive through music, sign language, dancing and joyful parents and children – enjoying what they do without hesitation.
- Creativity is required in mission and Christian education.
Specific interest:
- Is it affordable and translatable into our context? Can we make it less dependant on technology? My perception is that the suburban DRC is surprisingly close to them.
- Developing of this program in our culture with our musicians.
- The principles employed can be contextualized to suit any socio-economic, cultural community. Parents get involved in a non threatening way, actually discovering their own uniqueness and humanness. Good laughing and playful learning.
- Using technology creatively for mission.
Next steps:
- Bring this to SA and introduce it to Nico Simpson. We can improve on it.
- Organize a faiththink partnership with Faith Inkubators.
- Contextualize and make available to faith communities. Establish a PMC partnership with FI for the benefit of everybody.
- Devote more attention on technological education upon my return to Africa.
Fifth Visit: 19 October 2005
Racial-Reconciliation and Multi-Racial Initiatives at Bethel University
Bethel University used to serve an ethnic Swedish minority, but are now striving to be a multi-racial institute that focuses on racial reconciliation. A specific programme was designed to empower leadership and congregations to build inter-racial and multi-racial faith communities that acknowledge the culture identities and the richness of cultural diversity.
General view:
- Very relevant for the context of SA churches and society. Necessary to network with work done by Curtis de Young.
- Southern-Africa needs to be active in its discernment of the very fabric that can form a healthy society and faith community. Bethel can assist in doing just that. Be humble and learn form someone that has close connections with our own communities, interacting with faith communities and reflecting on what it is that the Bible proclaims and that which keeps us apart.
- Very helpful session for my research on 'the Church and Ethnicity'.
Specific interest:
- Very relevant for SA – church unity for example.
- Multi-cultural and bilingual congregations
- The research findings and theological insights that Curtiss DeYoung brings are of great importance both for PMC and any Theological Institution in Southern Africa. It can help us in conceptualizing and visualizing the picture God must have of multi cultural peoples.
- Diversity in Mission
Next steps:
- I think that it will be helpful for SA churches not only to have bi-lateral discussions, but to dialogue with people with a different perspective (more distance).
- Doing own research regarding the relation between being missional within a multi-cultural, multi-racial setting. One can say: in being missional one have to engage multi-racially and -culturally.
- Use of the book 'United by Faith' in my research.
Sixth Visit: 19 October 2005
The Youth and Family Institute
It follows a vision from God to strengthen congregations and families to nurture faith, pass on faith, and live well in Christ. It is about the constant passing on the faith from milestone to milestone. This is achieved by adults in private and public family worship, through family rituals, traditions and service to their own children and or children without parents. Meaningful relationships are key for the formation and transition of Christian values and faith to the next generation. This is about parents living the faith through everyday ordinary examples, blessing themselves, their children and others with the identity, peace and love of God.
General view:
- The aunt is a little conservative regarding our communities in terms of approach etc. If you want to serve suburban DRC context's youth; it is naturally not the same with all of us. It reminded me of the Christendom paradigm.
- Too modern and even pre-modern approach. Too 'sorted out'. Too prescriptive.
- The simplicity of the gospel with the inheritance of the child is in our hands.
- We need to be teachable, this approach or programme may scare some of us out-of our preferred theological assumptions and practices. It is direct and to the point. Youth and family systems in Southern-Africa are falling apart due to endless reasons, and is in dire need of re-formation, re-education regarding basic Christian, human-ethical values, attitudes and social skills.
- Homes are the first congregations in which people (parents, children and others) learn to worship God.
Specific interest:
- The focus on covenant theology and different parts is important
- Every cultural context is unique and particular when it comes to spirituality.
Next steps:
- To just love my own children.
- Learn from this
- To continue using my home as a centre for Christian worship and spiritual nurture for all household members.
Park Avenue United Methodist Church 23rd October:
The most beautiful gathering of a multi-cultural and multi-racial community I have ever seen. And they are as normal and natural as can be. The picture I got was that 'this should be heaven'. This is what church back home should be like. The children and young people were so happy to be there. It was a real treat. Thank you Curtiss (De Young) and Jannie Swart!
In Conclusion
We all decided that the best thing to do would be to implement what we've learnt and the 'partnerships' we established to the benefit of all the people we serve. We will in the near future formalize these 'partnerships' with the USA institutions. PMCSA will make these opportunities part of its missional system base. Communities and congregations will have direct access to resources and experience with our partners abroad.
Having said this, we must contextualize whatever information and systems we get into our own cultures and systems.
We discussed the possibility with CII to create twin congregations across the Atlantic Ocean with SA and USA congregations. This will strengthen our shared learning experiences.
There are plans to set up a PMCSA website dialogue and e-mail discussion with the team and congregations. Jannie will develop a yetiexperience.com website that can only strengthen our missional systems and theologies. There is a felt need that we should create systems that can communicate with communities of people outside the institutional churches. It can work, we have witnessed this.
- Search Institute (www.search-institute.org)
- Bethel University (www.bethel.edu) – consult their programme on reconciliation
- Faith Inkubators (www.faithink.com)
- The Youth & Family Institute (www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org)
- Institute for Executive Leadership and Diversity (www.diversity.rutgers.edu).
I have just met with Pastor Jin Kim and twelve of his church's
members here at Buvton on the 15th of March. Curtiss DeYoung introduced
us. Pastor Kim represents the Church of All Nations in Minneapolis. It
is a Presbyterian church that envisions a Church that belongs to all
people and not just as a multi-cultural church. I recommend this place
as a learning opportunity of significance for congregations that
envision such a church for all God's people. You can visit them at www.cando.org.
'Brian McLaren 'n bekende leiersfiguur uit die VSA besoek ons 22 en
23 Maart. Hy is in gesprek met 'n baie wye verskeidenheid mense in die
VSA en internasionaal rondom die groter ekonomiese en etiese kwessies
wat die Westerse wêreld tans voor staan. In kerklike kringe is hy
omtrent al deur elke grott denominasie genader vir konsultasie. Sy
boeke is beste verkopers. Ek skryf van hulle voor vir al my studente'
(Jurgens Hendriks). Julle kan meer van Brian McLaren leer by www.crcc.org en www.emergentvillage.org.
Allelon's mission is to educate and encourage the church to become
a people among whom God can live, as sign, symbol, and foretaste of his
redeeming love and grace in their neighborhoods and the whole of
Allelon is a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing resources
and training to missional leaders and church communities from a wide
array of organizations and denominations throughout North America and
the world. Visit them at (www.allelon.org).
Spirit Garage at www.spiritgarage.org.
Spirit Garage is a Christian faith community that gathers in the Uptown
area of Minneapolis. The people of Spirit Garage come from all kinds of
religious and not-so-religious backgrounds. They maintain financial and
official ties with Lutheran Church (ELCA) throught their pastor and
their sponsor congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran of South Minneapolis.
'What we do at Spirit Garage may or may not be what many people would
call Lutheran; nevertheless, we find that the connection to the larger
church is helpful'.
Dit is duidelik dat ons mekaar oor die wêreld heen nodig he tom te onderskei waarop ons gestuurde roeping neerkom.


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Those of you who've been around this blog for awhile might remember when we started leading a small group at church.
We quit.
Our small group lost its fizz. Actually, it lost the members. Most people on the "roll" (I guess now it's an email loop) didn't attend meetings. We had two committed couples and one family moved to a different church. The whole time we met they told us they were not members and were still trying to find a regular church home. The other couple that invested time with our group came when they could.
When we contacted the church about a lack of involvement, they advised us to ask friends to join our group. Funny, but that's the same response we had for four years of our small group trials. For some reason, it made me feel like being thrown into the other side of the dating pool. (Not that I'd experienced the other side of that – the asking side.) Who do I ask? Will they like me? Will they say yes? Is there anyone even left to ask???
So we quit. Not in defeat, just realizing God closed that door.
We are not doing the small group leader thing anymore.
But that doesn't mean I'm not still looking. I am. I want to connect. I want to do life with people.
Confession: Some days I think about our group and see all of the mistakes I made. The phone calls I didn't make. OK – the fact that I didn't even have the phone numbers of most small group members. That line of thinking drag my thoughts to the cusp of pure defeat. Probably even worse than that is when I see successful small groups and wonder why mine wasn't. The twinge of jealousy reveals that deep longing to connect. I have to remind myself it was a journey for all of us. We felt the call and we obeyed. Time to move forward.
And God is opening doors I didn't expect.
Uncomfortable doors – leading us out of our comfort zone.
I know I'm not the only one who tried the whole small group thing and quit. BUT I WON'T GIVE UP. I value the people I met in small groups. I value the lesson's learned. I'm excited for the days ahead.
Are you in a small group? What works for your group? What just isn't working?


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Black Friday is fast approaching which means you better sharpen your elbows if you want to bag one of the biggest bargains on the shopping centre floor on Friday 25 November.
For some reason, the day after Thanksgiving, which has traditionally been a day of sales in the States, has come to Britain, fast becoming the biggest shopping day of the year on our shores.
But a new investigation by Which? has discovered that Black Friday deals may not be all you wished for and more - and certainly not the best day for bargains all year round.
Which? tracked deals on 20 different gadgets and home appliances on Amazon, AO, Argos, Currys and John Lewis for the three months before and two months after Black Friday in 2015.
And the results? Well, they show that only HALF (51 per cent) of these items were at their cheapest on Black Friday, meaning 49 per cent were actually a lower price on other days.
In fact, four in 10 of the products were cheaper after Black Friday so you might be better holding out for a better deal.
A statement from the consumer body reads: 'In addition, Which? uncovered numerous examples of offers by retailers AO and Currys that appeared to inflate the "was" price to make deals look better than they actually are. When promoting a discount like "was £100, now £50", the "was" price should be the most recent price the item was sold at for 28 consecutive days or more, and not a price that is more than six months old.'
So basically, read up on all the discounts before making big decisions because you might be better shopping elsewhere or at a different time.
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Photographs of Colorado Flood 2013
An unprecedented week of heavy rainfall across the Colorado Front Range has flooded mountain towns, larger cities, portions of Denver and rural agricultural lands. I wanted to see how the more rural Colorado agricultural areas were affected, especially those situated along the South Platte River. Floodwaters race down canyons in minutes, but it can take days to reach here.
Below are a few documentary style photographs from my trip through the area yesterday.


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Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, International Concerns, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Taliban, terrorists, the oil wars
Messages to the world: the statements of Osama Bin Laden
especially the last paragraph on pp. 45
[My Note – that person responding to the question is not the same person who made the statements mentioned in the article below – they don't talk the same, nor construct their patterns of thought the same. So, either the translation was extremely bad or it wasn't Osama bin Laden or someone else is now writing his material . . . or something funky.
His focus isn't the same message that flows consistently through all the other materials he is known to have said, written or conveyed – in fact, this material claimed below to be from him, doesn't even fit with his commonly and consistently held belief about what the causes or fixes for the situation and the Islamic nation's "insults" that have been endured, etc. etc. etc. – and since when does he use words like "neoconservative" – is he sitting in a cave somewhere watching Glen Beck or something?
Who wrote this for him with a claim that he knows what the opinion polls say we believe? What kind of nonsense is that, regardless of where he is? Something is wrong with that picture . . . ]
– cricketdiane
Bin Laden warns U.S. on Israel ties: website
Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:45pm EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the American people over their government's close ties with Israel in an apparently new audio tape posted on an Islamist website on Monday.
The time has come for you to liberate yourselves from fear and the ideological terrorism of neo-conservatives and the Israeli lobby, Bin Laden's latest tape said.
[ etc. ]
Rather than fighting to liberate Iraq — as Bush claimed — it (the White House) should have been liberated.
The website had said earlier this month it would soon carry a present to Muslims from bin Laden on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
[ . . . ]
If you stop the war, then fine. Otherwise we will have no choice but to continue our war of attrition on every front… If you choose safety and stopping wars, as opinion polls show you do, then we are ready to respond to this.
You have only changed the faces in the White House, he said, referring to Obama who took office this year. Obama is a weakened man. He will not be able to stop the war.
(Reporting by Andrew Hammond; editing by Michael Roddy)
My Note – seriously, look at the materials from the book listed above and other things known to be from him and compare – it isn't the same by a long, long ways.
Also –
The Associated Press – ?2 hours ago?
___ Thabet bin Laden RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Thabet bin Laden, a brother of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, died Saturday. …
Thabet bin Laden
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Thabet bin Laden, a brother of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, died Saturday. His age was not immediately known.
The death was announced by bin Laden's family in the Al-Riyadh newspaper. It did not give a cause of death.
Thabet bin Laden was one of 54 children born to Mohammed bin Laden, a poor Yemeni immigrant who started the family contracting business in the 1930s that grew into a multimillion dollar construction empire.
The bin Laden family disavowed any links with Osama bin Laden in 1994, when Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship after he called for the overthrow of the royal family.
My Note – so maybe the Saudis killed him and are burying him in his brother's grave while putting out this cooked up message from him – I know they think up stuff like that and do it. Who would know?
Now, there's a conspiracy theory in action . . .
– cricketdiane, 09 -14-09
[And since when do the Taliban talk about wanting to pursue Pashtun representation as they've been reporting on the CNN Afghanistan war coverage over the last few days? Who is giving them this information? Did the Taliban suddenly get a masters' degree in government policy setting and facilitating change? or what? – or is Osama bin Laden there in the background somewhere helping explain it in a way the West can re-frame the Taliban and Afghan insurgents as the good guys? That sounds more like someone of Osama bin Laden's education or a press liaison for the US military explaining for the journalists that have come over to have their look at the war.] – my note


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"I'm not sure which career and college to focus on, Dad." Kelly grabbed a freshly baked cookie from the plate her mom had just brought in. "How did you decide on engineering?"
Mr. Morgan smiled. "Well, I went through some of the same steps you will. First of all, ask the Lord to guide you in your decisions. There are so many areas you'll need to consider, Honey. Start by making a list of which subjects you enjoy at school and where you get the highest grades."
"That won't take long. Then what should I do?"
"Okay, then list the extra classes you've taken for college credit, the different clubs you're a member of, the offices you've held and the sports you've played. Oh yes, don't forget the volunteer work you've done, like the group you organized to collect toys for underprivileged children at Christmas. This information will be a resume of your accomplishments and activities in school and the community. It will help you to make a career choice and choose a good fit of a college or university."
"I have an appointment to see my school adviser. Should I take this info to him?"
"Yes, it will help him to advise you. Meanwhile, I'll be going over our finances. If you could qualify for a scholarship, that will help, and there are student loans to consider. Money will be one factor that will determine which school you'll attend."
Kelly was blessed to have a family who prayed for her. Not every teen is so fortunate, but Christians have access to the Lord. Prayer can be forgotten with the pressure of achieving high test scores for graduation, college applications and when finances for college begin to mount up. Asking the Lord to help you should always be at the top of you priority list.
Take aptitude and personality tests. They will help you determine which career field is a good match for you.
Scott attended a state college and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business. However, after several years in the business world, he realized he had chosen the wrong career, so he reviewed the aptitude and personality tests, which he took before graduating from college. The tests showed that teaching was the best field for him. Although he had never given teaching serious consideration, after researching elementary education and the requirements to become a licensed teacher, he knew he had found his passion. Scott attended a local university for a year and received a Master's Degree in Arts and Teaching.
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success," by Nicholas Lore is a highly recommended book for those choosing a career direction.1 One reader said, "I recommend The Pathfinder as the sole resource for anybody who is choosing a first career, career change, or any life event that requires a deep understanding of one's core interests and goals in life."2 You will find exploring individual college and university websites and browsing the library collections a help in comparing careers and colleges.
Here are some questions you will need to answer in order to help find the best university, college or trade school for your career field.3
• Do you want a specialized education, such as pre-med, engineering, teaching or ministry?
• Is it better to take the required classes at a community college?
• Will you apply for scholarships? If so, which schools offer what you need?
• How will financial concerns dictate which college you attend?
• Do you want to stay close to home or expand your horizons across the country?
The process of choosing a career and college can be overwhelming, but the Lord will be with you. "I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, 'Do not fear. I will help you.'"4
© Barbara Lighthizer
1 The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, by Nicholas Lore; 1998; Touchstone Books.
2 The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, by Nicholas Lore: Touchstone Books: (Internet) Customer Reviews: www.amazon.com;
3 "College: 10 Step Guides - How to Choose the Right College," by Gen and Kelly Tahabe (Internet) www.supercollege.com/guide.


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Fun Weekend 15th-16th June 2019 Witney Rugby Club, Hailey Nr Witney OX29 9UH
We are very proud to be supporting one of the biggest gatherings of Manchester Terriers in the UK. There are many activities on the Saturday for our English Toy Terriers to try, flyball, speed tests and a variety of games.There will also be an opportunity to take your Kennel Club good citizens bronze & silver awards.Saturday will be finished off with a fancy dress competition.Stay for the Saturday evening & enjoy a meal in the Clubhouse (pre-booked)Caravan/campingon site or stay nearby and enjoy the whole weekend.Sunday the English Toy Terrier Society will be hosting a Companion show. Once the show has finished why not walk to a local pub for a meal to finish off a fantastic weekend.


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Big Brother has shrunk in the Nine schedule once again.
Despite initial plans to screen Friday night at the earlier time of 7:30pm it has now been replaced with a 1995 James Bond repeat, Goldeneye.
It is also out of schedule on Sunday night for the second week running.
Last Sunday it was out due to a double Gotham premiere. This Sunday, Nine has the 2011 film The Girl with Dragon Tattoo at 9:30pm.
That effectively means three days of 'silence' for BB fans across Friday, Saturday and Sunday for what has traditionally been a 6 nights a week show.
Last week producer Alex Mavroidakis told TV Tonight he would prefer a "consistent timeslot" and cited "too many" storylines and not enough time to tell them.
Last night the show returned to an earlier 7:30pm timeslot yet still ranked lower than the preceding Tuesday, down from 677,00 to 628,000 in Total People.
The show still ranked in the 16-39 and 18-49 year old demos with the network declaring it "Australia's No. 1 Program" in those demos.
Just not on Fridays and Sundays, perhaps?


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The Tema Divisional Police has said no official complaint has been lodged at the police station in relation to the attack on Louisa Satekla, wife of popular dancehall artiste Stonebwoy Saturday evening.
According to ACP Joseph Benefo Darkwah, no official complaint from the artiste or his management concerning the attack was lodged.
He said his outfit provided the need security to the 'Ashaiman to the World concert' organised by Stonebwoy.
Stonebwoy in a Facebook post said it appeared he was the prime target but the unknown assailants missed him and cut his wife Louisa on her back.
According to him, his wife was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
"Knife cuts Tru My Tent Missed Me As Target And Cuts wifey on her back side! Minute Before I Hit Stage! But #IstillDeliveredForMyPeople and Rushed To The hospital right after I Got Off Stage…
Cant express my gratitude enough to all who Came To make it possible. #ATTWC17 Record Broken! History Made…. he wrote on his Facebook wall.
Despite the attack, stonebwoy mounted the stage and performed creditably in the free 'Ashaiman to the World concert'.
The concert also featured the likes of Kofi Kinaata, Yaa Pono, Kofi Slay, and Sariki.
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Side Channel Marvels
Side-Channel Marvels is an umbrella project for a bunch of software side channel attack tools. This work started while I was an intern at NXP, working on whitebox cryptography with Philippe Teuwen.
It was originally released with our paper Differential Computation Analysis: Hiding your White-Box Designs is Not Enough published at CHES2016.
And it was later updated with Differential Fault Analysis.


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Preparation of TiO2 and ZnO thin films by dip-coating method
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AuthorsIgnjatović, Nenad
Branković, Zorica
Dramićanin, Miroslav
Nedeljković, Jovan
Uskoković, Dragan
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TiO2 and ZnO thin films were prepared by dip-coating method from TiCl4, and Zn(NO3)(2) precursor solutions, respectively. Basic parameters of the process such as temperature of thermal treatment, heating and cooling regimes, and number of cycles required for obtaining uniformly coated substrates were defined. Microstructural analysis showed that at least 20 cycles must be repeated to obtain a completely covered substrate and continual film of TiO2 at 823 K. In the case of TiO2 film thermally treated at 723 K even n=30 was not enough to produce a continual film. Preparation of continual film of ZnO requires at least n=22, at 773 K. Microstructure and roughness of the prepared films were investigated by AFM method.
Keywords:dip-coating / thin film / ZnO / TiO2 / AFM
Source:Advanced Materials and Processes, 2nd Yugoslav Conference on Advanced Materials (YUGOMAT II), Sep 15-19, 1997, Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia, 1998, 147-152
- Materials Science Forum, Volume 282-283
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.282-283.147
ISSN: 0255-5476 (print)


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I have been using Covenant Eyes for years and, while I like the idea behind it, I could never recommend it to anyone. Here are the issues I have noticed:
I am currently in a situation where I am being forced to use this. I want it to work, as it wastes so much time.
- No easy way to whitelist a blocked site. You pretty much have to find the admin and ask for it, which can be too slow.
- A general spyware feel. I know monitoring is the idea, but screenshots as well? And the inability to remove it without the proper credentials is annoying.
- People pay for this. It should work.
- All web data is sent to CE for temporary storage. This is bad for security, as if CE gets hacked a TON of important, valuable information would be stolen.
- Connection errors. My Internet is nowhere near as unstable as it is with CE. Oftentimes I have to refresh CE, restart CE, restart my computer, and even reset my network settings. This should not be a problem, and it has been going on for years and does not seem to be getting any better.
- The Firefox extension is not marked as compatible with Developer Edition. And yet the super-annoying popup page still shows. Chrome has, at least in the past, done the same thing, however it continues even with the extension enabled.
- Did I mention the plethora of connection errors?
- Very negative performance impact.
- DuckDuckGo searches are not all handled properly by CE and get blocked. Image searches are particularly problematic.
- Roll the dice with every update. Recently the Windows 10 default Mail app quit working because the dev team didn't support it.
- No filtering.
- DNS issues galore!
- Forced VPN usage. If a VPN is needed for work, privacy, security, or, believe it or not, INTERNET FILTERING, you are out of luck. I like to use Blokada to block not only ads but also bad stuff. I can't do that with CE. Granted, CE does let you use custom DNS servers, but that is problematic in itself. Different WiFi networks have different IP schemes so your device may be trying to use the wrong device as a DNS server. And then there is the privacy aspect of different DNS servers...
- It's a resource drain, albeit not as bad as it was.
- Forced safe mode blocks stuff I know to be OK. And there is no way to disable it, other than killing CE.
I am currently in a situation where I am being forced to use this. I want it to work, as it wastes so much time.


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By Matthew E. Milliken
Nov. 2, 2014
I had one reservation before purchasing Seeker, Jack McDevitt's 2005 science fiction novel.
It wasn't the writer, whose work I've enjoyed.
It wasn't the book's premise, which sounded great: The incidental discovery of an artifact from a long-lost spaceship sets two treasure hunters on a quest to locate the vessel and the vanished colony that it helped establish millennia ago.
No, it was the book's characters — or, maybe more to the point, its series. Seeker is the third of six books in McDevitt's Alex Benedict sequence, which revolve around an incredibly intelligent antiquities dealer from a prosperous colony world called Rimway.
Last year, I read Polaris, the second Alex Benedict novel, and found myself disappointed in its pacing, even though it boasts an intriguing premise (as Seeker does) and a rousing action finale.
Still, I was willing to gives McDevitt another go, and I'm glad I did.


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Contact & arrival
How to find our Pension Jägerheim in the Kaunertal
Frühstückspension Jägerheim
Feichten 178
6524 Kaunertal
Tirol – Austria
Tel: +43 5475 230
Fax: +43 5475 289
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Web: https://www.pension-jaegerheim.com/
About the distant passport to Imst – Landeck, or Lindau mountain Arl – Landeck of wide direction crisp passport with Prutz on the left "from in the Kaunertal…" to to Feichten there at the Kaunertal-centre over and on the right about the bridge just from to the Jägerheim***
Our nearest railway station is LANDECK. By wish our guests are fetched against fee at us. Or you go by the postal coach or taxi
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text: Screaming Scarecrow Halloween home haunting and decorating ideas for Halloween fun. Our mission is to share some of the tips, tricks & techniques that we have used in our home haunts and to also share any other insights that we have gained from our experiences in the world of home haunting. We, the lurking lunatics The lurking lunatics of Screaming Scarecrow Studios in Halloween Costume at Screaming Scarecrow Studios, enjoy all things Halloween. We are constantly developing this site so please be sure to come back and visit often. We will continue to add more of our own original content and also collect, categorize and comment on other cool & useful Halloween related content. www.screamingscarecrow.com In: Home Haunters, How To Related InvocationsYou Can Draw Monsters by Mike HoffmanB-Movie Title – Photoshop TutorialKate Spade Inspired Halloween PartyMonster Mud ReaperSubmit Your Own


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Own story time like a boss!
Bedtime stories have been around since time immemorial! Most of us have memories of cuddling up with dadis and nanis for a story before bed. New times lead to new tradition and folklore has been replaced with hardbound and memory has given way to relying on the written word after a hard days work but the joy of sharing stories to build some dreams on!
While there are great sources out there for lists of bestselling/popular books for children of all ages ( Goodreads, Scholastic etc.) We decided to put together this list based on what mums, dads, aunts and grandparents told us they loved to share with their little ones.
Here are our top favorites to get you started on the bath, bed, book routine. Hope these bring you joy!
1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
A little rabbit lies in bed in a cozy green room and says goodnight to all that's familiar and fun. Mittens, kittens, socks, clocks, brush and mush everyone gets a loving hush!
2. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
A good one to get daddies some reading time is this gem. Little Nutbrown Hare goes to all the lengths and heights to show his daddy how much he loves him and Big Nutbrown Hare cant help but love him more.
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
A beautifully illustrated book that explains a complex concept with sweet simplicity and wonder. Not only does the caterpillar turn into a gorgeous butterfly but also realizes what he really needs to eat ?
4. The Usborne Book of Little Stories for Bedtime
Six sweet stories help baby lull to sleep in this beautifully illustrated book. Cute tabs on the cover help little ones identify the animals and get to the story they want to read.
5. The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
An ark full of little animals are preparing to go to bed and in a truly unexpected turn (?), they make for great humor while doing so! A fun whacky book written by an equally fun author.
Hope this list makes bedtime sweeter! Do let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or of FB & Insta


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4 Supply Chain Trends Driven by Cloud Technology in 2017
February 11, 2020 VPS
Cloud technology is changing store network service and coordination operations. As 2017 attracts to a nearby, looking into the effect the cloud has had on production network patterns gives important insights on changes that are yet to come. There's most likely that cloud technology has changed production


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Andrey V. BIRIUKOV / Vladimir I. IONESOV
(Higher School of Privatization and Enterprise, Samara, Russia)
The objective of our research is tried to study of possibilities cultural diversity for sustainable development and multicultural creativity in context globalization and general tasks of European Year of Innovation and Creativity. Knowledge and techniques have come to be recognized as a precondition for progress, but they are great challenge of contemporary culture. The focus is put on the question of social innovations in cultural process under conditions of global modification, communication and transformation, and the cross-cultural possibilities to understand different modes of survival and development of changing culture. The paper explains some symptoms of cultural transformation and diversity through the globalization and multicultural development. The specific of global transformations consists of its planetary scale. The transformation is simultaneously imperative and trial of post-modernity reality. The risk and danger usually come from the side of innovations and diversity. Innovations' influence can destroy the structural sustainability of society, but innovations' attack enables also to move forward the culture. The culture becomes the main instrument of structural reorganization of human community. However the post-modern culture throws two big challenges to humanity – unification and diversification in global space. The forming of functional diversity's system could be answer to these trials. The functional diversity's system enables to create the effective structure on management of social transformations and sustainable development. The paper focuses on adaptation resources of functional diversity in overcoming of intercultural conflicts, social tension and economical crisis.
Keywords: diversity, communication, global transformation, innovation, creativity


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Destroy these habits before they destroy you! Basically, the more you get used to a certain habit, the more it seems normal to you, but that's why we do some things without considering how harmful they can be, especially in our speedy mornings.
It turned out that some of the best ways to start your morning are actually the worst. Here, we reveal 8 things we do every morning that are actually harmful to us.


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|assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident
|acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe
This list contains all words and kanji related to the JLPT N3 test. Official word and kanji lists are not available for these tests;...
Interesting words I came across while playing the japanese version of "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds"


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To commemorate The Rome Derby with Lazio, Nike have given AS Roma a special kit for the match.The Derby Della Capitale pits both of Italy's capital clubs against each other, and next weekend's fixture will be a passionate affair at the Stadio Olimpico, as early Serie A title implications are on the line.
Roma's derby jersey is in traditional red with metallic gold touches. The modern crew neck collar has a maroon-colored trim on the neck. The crest appears in monochrome gold across from the Nike swoosh on the chest.
Maroon trim is applied on the sides on the jersey, extending down through the shorts, and even on the calves of the socks.
The front on the socks have a golden text label that reads SPQR. It stands for "The Senate and People of Rome," referring to ancient Rome, and is an emblem of modern-day Rome. The SPQR wordmark also appears on the back neck area of the collar.


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Xavier Clandestinely, a newly discovered form of Android malware. Researchers found it in more than 800 apps on the Google Play store, it steals and leaks personal data.
Xavier has the capability to download and execute malicious codes. It comes with an embedded malicious behavior that downloads codes from a remote server, then loads and executes it. After that, it protects itself from being detected through the use of methods such as String encryption, Internet data encryption, and emulator detection.
According to Trend Micro, the greatest number of download attempts came from countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia, with fewer downloads from the United States and Europe.
Learn more here.


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By Umar Isa
A truck belonging to Dangote Group has been intercepted with alleged smuggled rice by men of the Nigeria Customs Service in Adamawa State.
Nigeria Customs Service Comptroller , Adamawa/Taraba command Kamardeen Olumoh stated this on Friday while parading the truck to newsmen in Yola.
"One Dangote truck carrying one hundred and fifty bags of foreign rice was intercepted along Mayo-Belwa road on the last day of the year," said Olumoh.
Read Also:https://www.solacebase.com/2018/12/26/customs-distribute-424391-bags-of-rice-worth-over-n4bn-to-displaced-persons/
According to him,"the driver escaped but we are sure that Dangote, being a responsible corporate entity, will identify and apprehend the driver and hand him over to us for prosecution."
He explained that other seizures made by the command, include rice, secondhand clothing and petroleum products valued at over N59 million.
The Comptroller noted that the seized items were used vehicles, secondhand clothing and 21,270 litres of petroleum products worth N59,781,006.81.


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DPD is the largest courier company in the ROI and the average delivery time from despatch is 2 working days. You can find your closest depot or track your parcels via the DPD Ireland Website.
Each parcel can hold a maximum of 30kg, although this will depend on the product mix.


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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), over 5,000 people were killed in work-related accidents in 2016 and nearly 3 million others suffered non-fatal injuries in the workplace. Injuries and fatalities can occur in nearly every line of work, however there are some jobs that are far more dangerous than others. Here's a look at the jobs with the highest fatal and non-fatal injury rates:
Loggers, who are informally known as lumberjacks, are responsible for using heavy machinery and power tools to cut down and transport trees. This job is one of the most dangerous in the country, mainly due to the risks involved with falling trees and using cutting tools. Recently, it was estimated that there are approximately 136 on-the-job deaths per 100,000 workers in the logging industry every year.
The roofing industry is also known for its high rate of fatal and non-fatal injuries. It's not hard to see why roofing is known as a dangerous profession--after all, it involves using power tools on uneven surfaces that just so happen to be high above the ground. Falls account for many of the accidents in this industry, but injuries caused by power tools or heavy machinery are also common.
Truck Drivers
Driving a commercial truck may seem like a simple job, but it's surprisingly dangerous. About 750 truck drivers are killed in work-related accidents every year, many of which are accidents involving other vehicles on the road. Approximately 65,000 other truck drivers suffer non-fatal injuries as a result of traffic collisions, slip and falls, or loading heavy cargo. Based on these numbers, trucking is one of the most dangerous industries in the country.
Construction Workers
Many different people work on construction sites, including supervisors, contractors, laborers, equipment operators, and carpenters. Sadly, these workers are all at a high risk of sustaining fatal or non-fatal injuries. In fact, it is estimated that one in five worker deaths in the U.S. occur in the construction industry. The majority of these deaths were related to the "Fatal Four," which includes falls, being struck by objects, electrocutions, and getting caught in or between equipment or other heavy objects.
Working in one of these professions is extremely risky, but it's important to remember that fatal and non-fatal injuries can occur in any industry.
Have you been injured at work? If so, contact Armstrong & Vaught, P.L.C. at once. Let our experienced attorneys work tirelessly to secure the workers' compensation benefits you deserve. Call us now at 918-582-2500, toll free at (800) 722-8880, or contact us online for a free consultation with a skilled attorney.


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You're right. They didn't take any anti androgens, they would be excluded.That Guy wrote: ↑1 year agoIt says he takes finasteride and minoxidil.
Even then, I've never seen someone get actual hair line regrowth like that on just finasteride and minoxidil.
Also, in the dhurat study the men only took minoxidil and she had done a follow-up study using only patients who previous treatments didn't work for.
The fishy thing to me is the time frame. This guy goes from having completely bald temples to them nearly full-grown back in barely four months time?
Some of the men were twenty years old in this experiment. And for some responders, Minoxidil will temporarily regrow
hair back, especially on men who just started balding.
At one time I was the poster child for Minoxidil. When I was 20, it regrew my entire hair line, believe
it or not.
Now I'm the poster child for "this is what happens when you don't take Finasteride in your twenties".


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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11657423219592920172020-04-26T02:21:25.592-06:00Trisha's Training Tidbits"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotletrisha*nhttp://email@example.com://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-46362543650536197922012-12-19T06:41:00.002-07:002012-12-28T06:41:26.239-07:00200 CaloriesLast call for you to switch over to the new blog! If you don't put your e-mail in the sidebar at the new blog, you won't be getting updates. So head over and do it! And check out the new post on snack options for 200 calories. training-tidbits.com trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/12/200-calories.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-67635898404514006802012-12-17T06:15:00.000-07:002012-12-17T06:15:00.690-07:00Training Tidbits New post on the new blog today! Be sure to go follow that blog to still receive updates. Have a happy Monday! training-tidbits.com trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/12/training-tidbits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-74719424915011488942012-12-14T07:00:00.000-07:002012-12-14T07:00:02.707-07:00Moving UpSorry for my absence! Finals have been finished, snow has finally fallen to the ground and Christmas music is playing everywhere I go. It is a busy holiday season, but also a season I love. I have some exciting news! For my birthday a dear friend of mine offered to design a new blog for me. And she pretty much did an awesome job. So this will be my last post on this blog, but please head over totrisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/12/moving-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-27266656966142933572012-11-23T05:59:00.002-07:002012-11-23T05:59:51.043-07:00Friday's LettersDear Class, Having you just one day this week was the best! 2 more weeks, finals, and we are done! Dear Turkey Run, 6 years and counting, and I always love it as a way to start my Thanksgiving morning. Dear Basketball Season, The time has arrived! And I couldn't be more excited. Let's get it, cavemen. Dear Family, Just a reminder that I'm grateful for each and every one of you. Thanks for being trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/fridays-letters_23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-21523412931424832202012-11-21T06:15:00.000-07:002012-11-21T06:15:00.146-07:00Stress ReliefAs unfortunate as it is, the holidays often result in some stressful times. Whether it be planning bit parties, dealing with crazy schedules or hanging out with your great aunt from Kansas that loves to pinch your cheeks. So here are some acupressure points you can use to reduce stress. The great part? You can do these to yourself at any time and any place! So try them out! How to: Firm trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/stress-relief.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-61324675726135437482012-11-12T06:11:00.000-07:002012-11-12T06:11:00.238-07:00Treats Trimmed Down Cookies, quick breads and muffins all seem to make their appearance more frequently this time of year. So instead of getting a fat and sugar overload, here are some swaps that cut calories but preserve flavor... Instead of 2 cups all purpose flour Try 1 cup whole wheat flour + 1 cup all purpose flour Best for pancakes, muffins, cookies, biscuits, some quick breads Benefit Shaves off about 50 trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/treats-trimmed-down.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-22212926119784254292012-11-09T06:35:00.001-07:002012-11-09T06:35:56.734-07:00Friday's LettersDear Daniel, You made it to 18! Congratulations. I love you more than I love broccoli and eggs...and that's saying something! Thanks for being the perfect example of having a heart of gold and a sense of humor that always keeps me laughing. Never change ;) Dear Wellness Center, Thanks for the opportunity to work there next semester. I'm excited to learn and help people get their health back each trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/fridays-letters.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-63409869105555835772012-11-07T11:52:00.000-07:002012-11-07T11:52:00.063-07:00On the MinuteHere is a new workout for you to try! I did it on the treadmill, but you could also do it at a track or just outside in your neighborhood. Start with a 10 minute warm up - for me I went on on easy jog, but walking might be good too. Now you'll be doing 3 minute sets that go like this: 1 minute - brisk walk 1 minute - jog/run 1 minute - sprint Repeat it 6-7 times, then end with a cool trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-minute.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-66171460041658648432012-11-05T09:16:00.003-07:002012-11-05T09:16:42.479-07:00November EatsHoliday season has arrived! And although some may think that means cookies, holiday parties, hot chocolate and staying indoors, it also means there are some great fall superfoods you can add to your diet. Healthy eating during these holiday months can be tough, but also very worth it. So while you are trying to avoid the leftover Halloween candy calling your name from the pantry or the trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/11/november-eats.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-55121730150795059652012-10-31T06:06:00.000-06:002012-10-31T06:06:14.566-06:00Strength to RunReally, this title could be "Strength to do Anything" because I'm about to give you some exercises to strengthen the muscles of your legs - feet, hamstrings, hips, etc - that will help prepare your body to exercise with more intensity and not get injured. So let's get to it! (these ideas come from Runners World) Single-Leg Directional Hops Standing on your left leg, with the right knee raised trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/strength-to-run.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-83789828163608444142012-10-29T16:18:00.000-06:002012-10-29T16:18:06.901-06:00Monday Motivation Here's a little Monday Motivation for you...sorry it's a little late! Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/monday-motivation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-27281304688635880022012-10-26T06:15:00.000-06:002012-10-26T06:15:33.844-06:00Friday's LettersDear Thanksgiving Break, I think I'm ready for you now. Only 4 weeks, right? 4 weeks. Dear Halloween House, I couldn't believe the number of pumpkins in front of your house. Or the giant spider and ghosts. Or the purpleness of your house. But happy Halloween! Dear First Snow, You bring cold fingers, big coats, and fresh homemade cinnamon rolls. You are welcome this time, but please don't stay a trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/fridays-letters_26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-19342874843354305622012-10-22T06:51:00.000-06:002012-10-22T06:51:05.724-06:00Sweet Potato Black Bean ChiliBy the end of this week, the high temp is going to be in the low 40s. You know what that means? We need some I'm-really-cold-and-need-something-to-warm-me-up meals. And it's a bonus when the meal makes itself in the crock-pot...right? Try this one out! *original recipe found here **another bonus...this could be used for a Meatless Monday meal! Sweet Potato Black Bean trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-35858828215802146752012-10-19T06:15:00.000-06:002012-10-19T06:15:00.026-06:00Friday's LettersDear Tommy (the truck), You've made it through 4 kids in high school, a couple different colleges and lots of dance parties. I'm sad to see you dying, but you've had a good life. Dear Spinach Manicotti, You look yummy. And pretty simple. Sounds good to me! Dear Utah Jazz, It's game time! Can't wait to you ball so hard. Dear Rocky Balboa, We could all use a little tough love some times. We ain't trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/fridays-letters_19.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-59434613857139433622012-10-17T08:34:00.001-06:002012-10-17T08:34:31.923-06:00Cardio KillerTry this cardio killer sequence before or after your next lift session. It's a good way to get the heart rate up and burn some fat without stepping on to any exercise machine. Let me know if you try it! *click on the exercise for a demo Cardio Killer 1 minute jumping jacks 1 minute alternating froggers 1 minute single leg hops (30 seconds each leg) 30 seconds squat jumps 30 seconds trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/cardio-killer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-60210858252571840812012-10-12T06:15:00.000-06:002012-10-12T06:15:00.098-06:00Friday's LettersDear Birthday Apple, This is what happens when you have lots of food allergies. And you know what? I don't mind one bit. Hand over the apples! Dear Halloween, I don't like you. One bit, really. But I'm glad my mom decorates in the cute Halloween way, and not that creepy way. Dear Fall Break, There is nothing like waking up early to get a run in and then being able to take a long shower and put ontrisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/fridays-letters.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-25565455787542682682012-10-08T06:15:00.000-06:002012-10-08T06:15:00.355-06:00Feed the Real NeedI like a lot of things. I like school and eating broccoli and running and the mountains. I like laughing and eating crisp apples and drinking lots of water. But what I like even more than those things? Seeing a family make a healthy change...a change that not only helps their health but also helps those in need. Check out this Utah family that decided to take the money they were using to eat trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/feed-real-need.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-12524023706626101052012-10-03T06:15:00.000-06:002012-10-03T06:15:01.167-06:00Pumpkin PandemoniumYes. I realize that title was a stretch. But just work with me here. Since fall is in full swing (at least with this 65 degree weather it feels like it is!) I thought I'd do a quick pumpkin recipe round-up for all who are itching to get that pumpkin smell through their house! Here we go... Pumpkin & Dark Chocolate Muffins Pumpkin Graham Smoothie Pumpkin Pancakes Pumpkin Pie Spiced trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/pumpkin-pandemonium.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-21553243739158890292012-10-01T09:33:00.000-06:002012-10-01T09:33:25.608-06:00Outstanding OctoberHappy October, everyone! Here's a list of ways to make October Outstanding! 1. Go to an apple orchard and pick some juicy ones! 2. Sign up for a Thanksgiving 5k...they are everywhere and it's even better when they go for a good cause. (so start training!) 3. Make a hearty vegetable soup - it's warm and comforting and full of veggies! 4. Lend some service in your community 5. Try a new type oftrisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/10/outstanding-october.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-18625688324366677562012-09-28T05:33:00.000-06:002012-09-28T05:33:48.274-06:00Friday's LettersDear School, I think professors find it funny to schedule tests and papers all due at once. At least I enjoy my classes. And it sure is a bonus when when your class gets apples instead of candy! Dear Morning Runs, I now run in running capris and long sleeve shirts. It seems summer slipped by so fast! But I'm not complaining...until there is snow on the ground. Dear Apples, You are so fresh and trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/fridays-letters_28.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-24582141960595442952012-09-26T06:15:00.000-06:002012-09-26T06:15:00.055-06:00October Unprocessed 2012Ready for October?! It's coming at you fast. I love fall and the changing colors and cool temperatures. However sometimes these fall months can come to be a bit more indulgent as the holidays sneak up on us. So let's start the holiday season right with OCTOBER UNPROCESSED 2012 Started by Eating Rules in 2009, he set out to go a month without eating processed foods. From there, hundreds of trisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/october-unprocessed-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-37747787208830418812012-09-24T06:25:00.000-06:002012-09-24T06:25:00.046-06:00Pancake MuffinsHere is a fun recipe to try when you want that maple taste from pancakes but you need to eat on the run - try a maple pancake muffin! (original recipe found here) Maple Pancake Muffins 1/2 cup wheat flour 1/2 cup white flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 2 T. sugar 2/3 cup buttermilk 1 egg 2 T. maple syrup 2 T. butter chocolate chips Mix together the drytrisha*nhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/pancake-muffins.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-38076947731401853892012-09-21T06:38:00.000-06:002012-09-21T06:38:29.488-06:00Friday's LettersDear Friday, You came fast this week. And the weekend will probably go even faster with work, homework, church and anything else that comes up. September is flying by! Dear McDonalds, So you've added calories to your menu. Do you think it will help people make better choices? I'm not so sure - but I guess it's a step in the right direction? Dear Thought File, For one of my classes we have been trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/fridays-letters_21.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-28315366326277630802012-09-19T06:45:00.000-06:002012-09-19T06:45:27.274-06:00Sleep, Stress & FoodDo you think those three things have anything in common? Because they sure do! Here are two recent studies that are worth noting. Happy Wednesday! A Good Night's Sleep Improves Food Choices To eat right tomorrow, get a good night's sleep tonight. Two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies report that sleep-deprived subjects show brain changes that trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/sleep-stress-food.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165742321959292017.post-83864352380557410052012-09-17T06:15:00.000-06:002012-09-17T06:15:00.380-06:00Getting PersonalThis week welcomed a new round of the Biggest Loser at the chapter of Visa that I work at. I help run the program by weighing in employees, checking blood pressure, measuring body fat and offering encouragement. It's a job I love because of the changes I see in people and the interaction I get each week with people that are (initially) excited about getting healthy. What the first couple trisha*nhttp://email@example.com://trainingtidbits.blogspot.com/2012/09/getting-personal.html


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1. Utopia is a crescent-shaped island that curves in on itself, enclosing a large bay. The bay is a huge harbor. The bay is protected from entry by sunken rocks, of which are known only to Utopians. The bay allows for easy internal shipping and travel, but makes any sort of external attack or unwanted contact unlikely. This allows the Utopians to remain as isolated as they want to be. This plays in with how the Utopian society is developed. They are closed from the rest of the world and can do as they wish.
2. The economy in Utopia runs on the premise of communal property. Everyone in the system has their own job to do. The really is n economy because in a utopia everyone is equal. The society is based on rational thought and communal property.
A. Capitalism: an economic system in which investment in and ownership of means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals and corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
B. Socialism: a system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of products, capital, and land in the community as a whole.
C. Communism: a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political part.
4. The issues discussed in book 1 are communism, issues around poverty and land, counseling a prince, and the amount of power in the hands of a king.
5. No, a community like Utopia would not be able to be established. There will always be people with greed in their hearts and who want was much power as they can have. Every person is a free thinker and it would be difficult to get everyone work together.


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Music and pranks
On 23rd March 2009, the commuters in Belgium's Grand Central metro station suddenly got to hear Julie Andrews "Do Re Mi" on the announcement system. Soon it broke out into something they will remember for their lives.
A musical prank played by VTM – a 200 strong flash mob dance stunt to announce their newest reality television program "Op zoek naar Maria". The idea was to search for an actress who would play the leading role in the The Sound of Music. See the video below to know what happen. Be prepared to be enthralled.
Earlier this year in January, T-Mobile in the UK launched an advertising campaign that had a similar flash mob dancing in London's Liverpool Street Station. 350 dancers made the day for commuters passing through the railway station. That was an advertising campaign aired on TV later in the same month.
I am not anyone's idea of a good dancer, but there is something about well choreographed dances that just make you feel GOOD. Real good.
On a related note, it's not news to anyone that I absolutely love pranks. I love pranks made on public like the above few examples – not the ones that are for slapstick fun though. I am talking of those that deliver a tiny message – take a deep breath, and appreciate what's around you. A while ago, I wrote about Prangstgrup, a group based in Columbia University that did simply amazing things – a musical in the middle of a lecture, in a library, teaching architecture to absolute strangers in the metro – 17 masterpieces since I checked!
Have you seen the one where about 200 people in the Grand Central subway, New York just froze in their steps? Or when in a book store, about 60 cellphones in bags outside the store started to ring simultaneously? Surprise a random couple who just got married in the city hall with a complete wedding reception? Visit Improv Everywhere and you will be surprised at the things they have done. 🙂
Early in 2007, the Washington Post decided to conduct an experiment. A man dressed ordinarily in jeans, t-shirt and a baseball cap took out his violin and played music on a street during the morning rush hour. He played six classical pieces in 43 minutes, and a total of 1097 people crossed him at that time. 7 people stopped what they were doing to listen to him for a minute. A total of 27 people dropped in change amounting to a total of $32 or so. The rest 1070 people were too busy to pay attention. Probably irritated with poor people who present an unbecoming look to them every morning. This nondescript fiddler was Joshua Bell, who is a child prodigy when it comes to playing the violin. People pay hundreds of dollars to see him play at concerts. A man who earns $1,000 a minute. Why does beauty such as this need to be set up for us to appreciate it? [Source]
Edited to add: Bollywood Heroes did a similar thing to promote their own show. Last week on August 4th, 2009, dozens of Bollywood dancers suddenly began to dance in the middle of Times Square, New York. Nice low budget advertising, I would say. Oh and I ABSOLUTELY ADORE the girl in the yellow dress! Via Indiequill
Harmless Office Pranks – Part 2
Ok, so here is the second installment of office pranks (see first one here), except that these are not computer based. I have done a couple of these, and like I have mentioned in my previous post, make sure your target is a sport! You do not want to (a) get caught, (b) get fired. Most of these can be done, or rather should be done, when there is no one around – like after hours or so. In some cases, get a teammate – more the creativity, the better it is! So here's my list of (almost) harmless office pranks – that are not computer related.
1. Photocopier needs to be fixed
Most of you office goers have access to a photocopier. That means you also know how and where the paper is loaded! Now, keep an object like a key or a pen on the glass, and make 50 copies of the same. You will have 50 pages that have a key/pen marked on the glass. Replace these 50 papers in the copier tray. Whenever people make copies the next day, there is going to be a black key/pen on the paper and they will think there is a key/pen in the copier. Tech support is going to be puzzled for a while.
Extremely funny/risky variation: Keep an annoying person's narcissistic photo instead of the key/pen and make 50 or more copies. Everyone's photocopied paper is going to have that photo as the background of their document!
2. The small time altruist
This one is a tip from Ankur, and it totally cracked me up. For every single day of the year (365 days), keep a penny (or a 5 paisa coin) on the desk of your target. Every single day. Unmistakeably. He will come in every day at work and find this coin and will not know where it came from. Initially he will be amused, then perplexed, and towards the month end he will be frustrated like crazy. Don't worry, the fun continues for 11 more months! It costs you $3.65 or Rs 19 the whole year. Totally worth it.
3. Label everything. EVERYTHING.
If you have a label maker, then great. If not, gather around a troop and label everything on your target's desk. Pens, paper, monitor, button, book, chair, arm rest, dirt, mouse, mouse pad, mug, glass, photos… everything! It's fairly amusing. If possible, keep doing it every week. Pranks keep getting funnier if no one knows who's behind all of it!
4. Wrap it all up!
This is fairly time consuming, but if pulled off, it is HILARIOUS. I did this with newspaper – but it is much much better if you can do it with aluminum foil or saran wrap. Wrap everything in sight… and definitely don't forget the chair. Monitor, mouse, wires, phone, stationery, books even the table itself. Make sure you are there to see the look on your target's face!
5. The lewd mug
This is a definite favorite of mine. Very harmless but can cause a laugh riot. Your target should be someone who really loves his mug for drinking coffee or water. Even better if your target is somewhat obsessed with the mug. You will need a somewhat revealing photo of a scantily clad model. In the absence of your target, take the mug, and draw out a circle the size of the base of the mug on the photo. Pick a region that is most sexy – like the shoulders to the thighs. Cut out that part, and paste it to the bottom of the mug. Whenever your target drinks out of the mug, the other person clearly sees the racy picture stuck to the mug. Funnier if the boss is around, or in a conference meeting!
6. Vaseline on the toilet seat
Copious amounts of Vaseline. Oh it becomes so slippery and stays invisible… enough said.
7. Crime scene
Get police crime scene tape (toy stores typically have it). On the floor, draw the outline of a dead man with chalk, or colored tape, whatever permits. Cordon off the entrance with the tape. Not hilarious, but definitely fun!
8. Watery
Get a team with you on this one. Purchase about 200 paper cups and arrange them densely on the floor of your target's cubicle. Fill water in all of them, one by one. Make sure you don't fill upto the rim – it will spill when moved. The only way your target can get through to his chair is by drinking all of it! Want to make it even more fun? Staple all the cups together! It is important that it should be paper when you are stapling them together – plastic or styrofoam will not survive staples!
9. Kidnap, but don't ask for ransom
'Kidnap' a precious item of your target. Take multiple photos of it in different forms of torture. At different times, drop one photo in his cubicle – never ask for a ransom. If he never tries to retrieve it, do the same with another object and continue! Pick an object of extreme importance to him… a soft toy from a girlfriend is ideal!
Remember: Always always keep a straight face. Try to solve the mystery with the target. You must be the last person he suspects!


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Date of event
30. 11. 2019, 1000 — 30. 11. 2019, 1700
Place of event
Muzeum Jindřichohradecka
Jindřichův Hradec will get lively at the fourth year of the Jindřichův Hradec Nativity Scene Festival "JINoHRÁtky". Visitors will have the opportunity to see the unique Krýz's nativity scene and other Christmas exhibitions. Children can participate in creative workshops and games. Carvers and nativity scene craftsmen will present their works.


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The hair flowers come linked together and separate pieces, so you can arrange them however works with your hairstyle. There is also a trailing metal piece to accent in with them if you desire. Flowers have glassy translucent petals, which you can also make solid with the HUD for a different look, or if they conflict with other alphas you are wearing. The choker has a version with the flower to each side.
Ribbons tied around your neck, wrists, and ankles. Neck ribbon has the ribbon tied on each side, wrist and ankle ribbons include left and right sides. Ribbons can be made solid for a different look, or if you are having alpha conflict issues.
At Whimsical until September 18!