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The Enrollment Management team focuses on two main areas: Bringing in students every year who can enjoy their own Evangel experiences and providing those students with as much support as possible –financially, academically and spiritually.
Year after year, a team of Admissions Counselors, Financial Aid Counselors and more help students connect with Evangel and make their time here as exciting and educational as possible.
Whether you're an incoming freshman, a transfer student, a graduate student, or you're pursuing professional studies, our Admissions office is here to help you get the college experience you've been looking for.
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Newcomer faces no opposition in his pathway to Gaston County commission representing Gastonia Township.
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Jason Williams
Hometown: Gastonia
Education: Degree from Macedonia Baptist College
Profession: Vice president at Ewing Insurance Agency
Marital status: Married
Q. If the choice were raising taxes or cutting the budget and removing services, what would you do? Please be specific on what you would cut.
A. My first thought would be to reduce the size of government. The fact is, we need to make some bold decisions. We need to explore the option of privatizing services that could be more efficiently offered by the private sector and merging departments that serve the same people and have similar functions. In tough economic times, county government has to think outside the box and cut back the same way businesses have had to.
Q. What would you do to help create new jobs in Gaston County?
A. This has to be the commission's top priority for the foreseeable future. Our unemployment rate is unacceptable and even more are underemployed. First, we have to look at ways to make it easier to do business in Gaston County. We need to make sure we have a competitive tax rate that encourages investment in Gaston County. We also need to work with our local, existing businesses to encourage growth from within as well as recruiting new industry.
Q. If the Garden Parkway isn�t built, what else should be done to address transportation needs in Gaston County?
A. The Interstate 85 and U.S. 321 interchange has to be addressed. I think it�s also imperative to have another crossing over the river into Mecklenburg County to help with congestion on U.S. 74 and I-85, although I think it would be best if it isn't a toll road. This would also help with future economic development. On a larger level, we have to work with our state legislators to get the politics in Raleigh out of the process.
Q. Do you believe tougher voter ID laws are needed in Gaston County and across the state? Why or why not?
A. Yes! Today, presenting an ID is a normal process in our daily lives. One cannot write a check, open a bank account, fill a prescription, board an airplane, obtain a fishing license, have your utilities turned on, or even attend a Beverly Purdue fundraiser without showing photo ID. Everyone should have the opportunity to express their right to vote. However, assuring the integrity of our electoral participation is an important cornerstone for maintaining our democracy.


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Encourage One Another
I am sure that somewhere and at some time Tabletalk readers have heard the lyrics of the "anthem of the West" titled "Home on the Range." The idyllic American cowboy was "at home on the range" for multiple reasons. One …Read More
Wisdom and Foolishness
Seldom in an assigned writing project is the author given an opportunity to address a theme that permeates Scripture, that is pervasive in both the Old and New Testament. But in this instance, my assignment provides for that and more …Read More
Not Hearers Only
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror …Read More
Cultural Narcissism and a Titanic Lesson
In the inky darkness of April 15, 1912, the Titanic, billed as "the ship that even God could not sink," plunged into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, its hull split in two. Amazingly, the lost consisted of …Read More
The Pastor and the Funeral
The subject I have been asked to write about was one of my greatest fears upon entrance into pastoral ministry. But today I consider it one of my greatest privileges. Why? Because of the historicity and glorious message of the …Read More
The Triune God: Good, Beautiful, and True
The Word of God clearly challenges our attempt to relativize truth, beauty, and goodness, first by declaring the Word itself true, beautiful, and good, then by revealing these as attributes of the triune God. Truth is a reality because God …Read More
The Gospel-Driven Life
When I was asked to participate in this column designed for older Christians to share insights and encouragements to younger believers, I had no doubt what issue to address — the Gospel-driven life. The Gospel of saving grace in …Read More
The Song of Solomon
I confess the Song of Solomon has always intimidated me as a preacher. Its vivid and excitable statements of marital sexual intimacy and the penchant of commentators to interpret it allegorically have combined to make me cautious. Even the ancients recommended …Read More
The Patience of God
You have all seen the buttons some Christians wear, haven't you? It's an acrostic — PBPGINFWMY — "Please Be Patient God Is Not Finished With Me Yet." It's a request for others to be patient with us as we …Read More
The Present Hope of the Church
Is there any HOPE for the church in general? What about your church in particular? While realizing the Scriptures promise a triumphant hope at the return of Christ, is there any present hope for the church as we anticipate the …Read More
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police officers in Columbus say they shot and critically wounded a man who had been standing in a road pointing a shotgun at motorists.
A police report said it happened at about 10:45 p.m. Thursday on the city's southeast side.
Police said they chased the man to a nearby apartment complex and confronted him there. Two officers fired multiple shots at the men, and he was hospitalized in critical condition. His shotgun was recovered at the scene.
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Sweden edges Finland, gets shot at Olympic goldby Corey Masisak / Chicago Blackhawks
|Johnny Oduya is one of three Swedish Blackhawks who will play for gold (Getty Images).
SOCHI -- Led by goals by Loui Eriksson and Erik Karlsson and 25 saves from Henrik Lundqvist, Sweden defeated archrival Finland 2-1 in the semifinals Friday of the 2014 Sochi Olympics and will play for the gold medal Sunday.
The Swedes will face Canada or the United States, which plays in the second semifinal (Noon ET, NBCSN, CBC), and will have the chance to claim gold for the second time in three Olympics.
It was the 76th time Sweden and Finland have played in the IIHF World Championships or the Olympics. Sweden now holds a 44-17-15 edge, and has won the past three meetings in the Olympics, including victories in the preliminary round four years ago in Vancouver and in the gold medal game eight years ago in Turin.
Winnipeg Jets forward Olli Jokinen opened the scoring for Finland with his second goal of the tournament at 6:17 of the second period. Anaheim Ducks defenseman Sami Vatanen sent the puck out of his zone and into the left corner in Sweden's end, but a linesman waived off icing.
Jokinen won the race to the puck and snapped a shot that leaked through Lundqvist and across the goal line. The goal initially was waived off, but after a quick review the goal stood and Finland had a 1-0 lead.
The Finns controlled more of the play after the goal but Eriksson tied the game less than five minutes later. Nicklas Backstrom sent a pass from beyond the goal line to Jonathan Ericsson, who fed Eriksson at the far side of the net for his second goal of the tournament at 11:39.
Finland had four of the first five power plays in this game but could not convert, including a 5-on-3 for 1:35 in the first period. Sweden got a second man advantage late in the second period and cashed in for the lead.
Karlsson ripped a shot from the top of the offensive zone that ticked off goaltender Kari Lehtonen's right arm and under the crossbar. It was Karlsson's fourth goal of the tournament. He also has eight points, which tied him with Phil Kessel of the United States for the lead.
Lehtonen was a surprise starter for this game. The Dallas Stars netminder had to step in because Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask was ruled out with an illness. Antti Niemi of the San Jose Sharks dressed as the backup.
Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was dressed as Sweden's seventh defenseman but did not play. Ekman-Larsson's ice time has been reduced significantly since Alexander Edler of the Vancouver Canucks returned to the lineup after finishing a suspension that carried over from the 2013 World Championship.


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Are there 20,000 English words in the average adult's vocabulary?
English is not my native language, but I use it on a daily basis. I started reading English literature about two years ago. Mostly I read science fiction and fantasy, but also read other books. Once in a while (several times per chapter) I come across words I need to check in a dictionary. That's all good, I keep learning more. But what I'm concerned with is that I bought a dictionary of 55000 English words, and by my experience I encounter words about once per chapter that are not in this dictionary. And that doesn't count slang or words with mixed endings. Just the words in their basic forms as nouns or adjectives or verbs and so forth.
What I want to know is whether native English speakers have vocabularies of more than 55000 words or do they struggle as I do? I don't think they have such problems, because when I read books written in my native language, I don't.


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This is what the LORD says: �A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more.� Jeremiah 31:15
It�s the reading of the names that is the hardest.
Whether it be President Obama in the Newtown high school auditorium or a priest in a Shelby sanctuary � the reading of the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting elicited the starkest displays of emotion.
There is something about the names. They are names of people we know � Chase and Charlotte and Noah and Jessica. They are �every child.� Yet, they are now immortalized in the most tragic way.
It has been a national time of grieving and mourning. And thanks be to God for that � without mourning there is no healing. Without the dusk, there can be no dawn. Without death, no resurrection.
It is vital that we allow the emotions to flow � cordoning them off inside our souls inhibits the process of healing which starts with grief.
But we must also understand that, like waters released from a dammed-up river, even emotions that flow must be controlled. Grief that flows unchecked ad infinitum is neither realistic nor healthy.
And the reason we have family, friends, pastors and counselors is to make sure that grief does not cloud our decision-making processes.
It is with that backdrop that we launch this series of editorials on the Connecticut shooting tragedy.
Nothing contained within these editorials should be construed in any way as even the slightest diminishment of this terrible tragedy and its impact on the American family.
Yet, we aim to provide a context. To reintroduce rational thinking into the national �visitation� that is our current mourning.
We do this because, ultimately, the actions taken in the wake of this tragedy are important � symbolically, as tributes to the victims, and in a real sense.
We are also writing because we fear what might happen if grief, improperly channeled, drives the process of �solving� this problem..
Fear of decisions based on emotion, not rational thought. Fear that grief will cloud our national judgment. Fear that our incendiary political climate will combust. Fear that �winning� will become more important than anything else.
When emotion battles logic, emotion often wins. And rarely is society better for it.
We have all experienced something going wrong � perhaps horribly wrong � in our lives.
The urge to �do something� can be overpowering � an often appropriate. From sending aid to earthquake victims to contributing to an empty stocking fund to helping a friend find a new job, �doing something� is how we care for each other.
But when we enter a collective realm, the effects are fraught with a degree of peril. We end up with Japanese internment camps during World War II because we wanted to �do something� about Pearl Harbor. We end up with untold millions scammed from and by FEMA in the wake of Katrina. We end up invading Iraq because we wanted to �do something� about terrorism.
The �Law of Unintended Consequences� is something we fear greatly � almost every legislative action comes with all sorts of reactions.
And so, even as our emotions surge and ebb and then surge again, we ultimately must use our minds to determine what actions will follow this horrible event. We must not be seduced by the urge to �do something� and must instead affix our minds on �doing something � the net effect of which will be to make things better.�
We know there are key areas in the limelight: our young people being subjected to and allowed to participate in a culture of violence; the role of faith and morality in our society; how our nation deals with the issue of mental health; and, of course, guns.
Oh, and one more issue � liberty, which is, after all, the foundation of our republic.
To honor the memories of those 26 names that we have heard recited, the only thing worse than doing nothing would be to �do something� for the sake of doing something � to do something that actually makes the situation worse, or that undercuts our precious principles in an effort to shore up other principles.
So, today we grieve. And the grieving will not soon end. But in the coming tomorrows we must turn off the flow of emotion for at least enough time to use our rational minds to contemplate solutions.
And, in the meantime, we pray, without ceasing.
Coming Wednesday: Guns and �rational risk assessment�


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Exactly. SM has taken the trouble to build her characters with internal consistencies (mostly). I have no difficulty stepping out of pure canon in order to convey the proper spirit of the canon, but when you start playing around with the fundamental nature of a character you are in dangerous territory.Emmettroselover wrote:The question is, will it stay true to the book? Yet again, Summit has already added stuff or flipped it around. That rarely works in these films, but I guess we will just have to wait and see. BD is definitely the one that has me the most intrigued though because there are so many scenes that could either be amazing or a complete failure. With Summit, you never really know, even if I do like Condon.
I understand Edward may have felt anger and frustration, but he would have never shown it and he would have squelched it for good early on. I think they may try to make him more relatable. OK, fine, but angry with Bella? There are ways that you might make that work, but the odds whenever you try to pull off something clever is that you screw everything up. Instead of making him relatable you are liable to show him as petulant and guilt-tripping Bella.
And by the way, where is Rosalie during that discussion? Edward isn't angry, he is feeling guilty and Rosalie exacerbates it by placing herself between Bella and Edward. If Edward is angry at anyone it is Rosalie because he knows there is a part of her that is enjoying this.
I don't like the way they portrayed Sam as being so angry either. Did it seem to anyone else that his voice was much deeper than before? I always liked Sam, but now they have him launching a risky attack on the Cullens.
Oh, wait, I get it, it's now SAM that is angry and out of control.
As far as Jacob, if they absolutely must show us a side of Edward that he would never have shown, then I see no reason why they can't show all of the bitterness and spite and anger that we KNOW Jacob is experiencing.
I'll have to stop, that trailer put a bug in my brain and they more I think about it the less I like it. That's the problem when you have to watch snippets and start extrapolating the entire movie from them.


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18 teams set to compete in 2014 European League
The competition format was revised going back to home and away matches, i.e. to the formula that the European League originally shared with the FIVB World League. The winning teams from the 2014 edition of the CEV European League will qualify to the 2015 FIVB World League respectively World Grand Prix, on completion of all necessary criteria.
"We have studied and reviewed the outcome of the 2013 edition and have come to the conclusion that home and away matches will definitely help us enhance the visibility of this competition" CEV President André Meyer says. "On one hand, it will save money for the organisers; on the other hand, fans are always very much interested in seeing their heroes and heroines, and therefore with this format we will make sure that all matches will attract as many supporters as possible for every time the home team will be in action," he continues.
The 10 Men's teams were divided into two Pools each featuring five teams and will be playing a single round robin for a total of 10 matches per team.
The Pool formation was determined using the serpentine system according to the actual European Ranking (as of October 18, 2013):
Pool A: Poland, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, and Azerbaijan
Pool B: Turkey, Slovenia, Austria, Denmark, and F.Y.R. of Macedonia
Three teams – Poland, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, and Azerbaijan – will be making their debut in the CEV Volleyball European League whereas Slovenia and Greece are coming back after missing on the last edition.
"We are very glad to welcome all of these countries," CEV President André Meyer says. "We know that Poland will be using the European League as an additional way to prepare their players for the home World Championship in September while Azerbaijan are gearing up to host next year's European Games. Once again the European League confirms its status as a platform for national teams where to test their likes on the international stage, improve on their skills and build up ahead of the next major events they are set to participate in."
The host of the Final Four Tournament will be announced at a later stage. The organiser plus the first placed team of each Pool and the second placed with the best score will play in the final stage of the competition. Last year's winners Belgium did not register and therefore the Finals will crown a new champion.
The composition of the two preliminary Pools for the women's competition reads as follows:
Pool A: Turkey, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, and Slovenia
Pool B: Germany, Poland, Spain, and Greece
Last year's champions Germany are back in action but they won't find it easy to retain their title as another bunch of world-class teams have their sight set on the gold medal. Poland, Azerbaijan, and Slovenia will be making their first appearance in the competition while Greece is returning back after they skipped last year's European League due to financial constraints.
"This year's European League will be another high-end competition with four of the participating teams also set to represent Europe at the FIVB World Championship in Italy later this year" CEV President André Meyer comments.
The League Round is made up of six legs with each team playing two matches per weekend; each participating team will play six matches at home and another six away.
The host of the Final Four Tournament is still to be determined and will be joined by the first placed team of each Pool and by the second placed with the best score at the end of the prelims.


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The vision to provide trained ministers of the Gospel for America's western frontiers was held by B. H. Carroll for many years. His dream saw its fruition in the establishment of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary more than 100 years ago.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was an outgrowth of the theological department, which had been established in 1901 at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. In 1905, the department became Baylor Theological Seminary with five professors on the teaching staff.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas authorized the separation of the seminary from Baylor University in 1907. At that time the seminary was given a new name, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a separate board of trustees.
The seminary was chartered on March 14, 1908, and functioned on the Waco campus until the summer of 1910. Several Texas cities made strong bids for the new institution. The seminary accepted the offer made by Fort Worth citizens under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Winston. A campus site and enough funds to build the first building were provided. The first building was named Fort Worth Hall in honor of its new location. In 1925, control of the seminary passed from the Texas convention to the Southern Baptist Convention.
From the beginning, the major thrust of the seminary has been to provide theological training for "preachers of the Gospel." Today its graduates serve in numerous Christian ministries in local churches and the denomination as well as on mission fields around the world. From its inception Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has sought to link research and academic achievement with expository preaching and a vigorous program of missions and evangelism.
In 1915, two departments were created to complement the School of Theology: the departments of religious education headed by J. M. Price, and gospel music headed by I. E. Reynolds. Six years later in 1921, these departments became full-fledged schools. The School of Gospel Music became the School of Sacred Music in 1926 and underwent another title change in 1957 when the present School of Church Music name was adopted. The School of Religious Education was renamed the School of Educational Ministries in 1997 and received a new name again in 2009 when it became the Jack D. Terry School of Church and Family Ministries.
The early twenty-first century has witnessed a further expansion of the seminary's educational program as three new schools have been established. In 2004, the Houston extension campus became a full degree granting site and was named the J. Dalton Havard School for Theological Studies. In 2005, the division of evangelism and missions in the School of Theology was reorganized as the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions. Also, that same year, the trustees approved the founding of the seminary's first undergraduate institution, Scarborough College.
The seminary has had eight presidents. B. H. Carroll, the first president, served from the embryonic stages of the school until his death in November 1914.
L. R. Scarborough, was elected president in February 1915, retired in 1942 and was followed by E. D. Head.
E. D. Head, who served until his retirement in 1953.
J. Howard Williams became president in August 1953 and served until his death in April 1958.
Robert E. Naylor became the fifth president on September 1, 1958. He retired July 31, 1978, and was named president emeritus until his death in February 1999.
Russell H. Dilday was elected sixth president of Southwestern Seminary by the board of trustees on November 22, 1977. He served as president from August 1978 until March 1994.
Kenneth S. Hemphill became the seventh president on July 28, 1994, by a vote of the board of trustees. He served as president from July 1994 until July 2003.
L. Paige Patterson was elected as the eighth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on June 24, 2003, by a vote of the board of trustees. He served as president from June 2003 until May 2018.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz said turnout at last Tuesday's primary election was among the lowest ever, though she expects as much as 70 percent of the state's 440,000 registered voters to cast ballots during the general election on Nov. 4.
Markowitz, who herself faces re-election this fall, touched upon balloting, voter education and a variety of other topics during an interview at the Addison Independent on Thursday. Markowitz also acknowledged that after 10 years in office, this may be her final bid for secretary of state.
While the results were not yet official as of late last week, Markowitz believes the final returns will show the primary election of 2008 could reveal a historical low in terms of turnout. She cited weather and a lack of compelling races as reasons why most people chose not to vote.
Indeed only the Democrats' ballot featured statewide primary races — for congressional representative and lieutenant governor. There were no races on the Republican, Progressive and Liberty Union ballots.
"Generally speaking, turnout gets driven by the top of the ticket, and there just wasn't anything there," Markowitz said. "It's not surprising that people stayed home. On top of it, we had thunderstorms during the prime voting times before work, and so people said, 'Do I want to brave the lightning for a ballot where there is no contested races?'"
But Markowitz stressed she believes democracy is alive and well in Vermont, in spite of the low primary turnout.
"We still believe that November is going to be a very busy election," Markowitz said. "There is unprecedented interest in the presidential race. We're getting more new voter registration requests than we have in the past years."
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — One hundred and fifty-four residents of Vergennes filled out the city planning commission's municipal plan survey this summer, and they offered some results that were both useful and surprising, said planning commission chairman Neil Curtis.
Among the surprising results were the strong feelings survey respondents expressed about the "look, feel and scale" of downtown Vergennes, according to a survey summary prepared for the commission by LandWorks, the Middlebury planning firm that is helping the city with its ongoing city plan rewrite.
LandWorks concluded that the current feel of downtown was "resoundingly important" to city residents, a conclusion based on the 92.2 percent of respondents who rated preserving the downtown as either an important or a most important concern for Vergennes in the future.
Curtis noted that 77.9 percent of respondents also supported creating "design guidelines" that would help maintain the character of the city's downtown, adding that guidelines would not include such items as types of windows or paint colors.
Curtis said the response to the downtown questions are a prime example on how the survey will help guide the members of the planning commission and LandWorks in writing the plan, a process that carries a November 2009 deadline and is roughly on schedule.
"I think it's enormously helpful in terms of being able to help us prioritize different issues and action items the city ought to be working on," Curtis said. "People are so attached to the look and feel of those downtown buildings ... When you get 90 percent of the survey respondents saying the downtown is important, it really crystallizes the way you look at the plan. It really is a priority."
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — Seven-year-old Sierra Barnicle ran ahead of her father, Scott, to reach the last placard in Bristol's first StoryWalk last week, eager to reach the end of the story that marches its way, page by page, down Mountain and Spring streets between the Bristol Elementary School and the Lawrence Memorial Library.
The Weybridge residents happened upon the exhibit, on loan from the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier until Sept. 19, in a stroke of good luck. In a series of small, unassuming signposts, the "StoryWalk" depicts the children's story "Leaves," by David Ezra Stein.
While the family dog wagged his tail amiably, Sierra explained that she, for one, thought the StoryWalk was a great idea — and appreciated the seasonal choice of "Leaves." Warm, pen-and-ink drawings and spare text tell the story of a very young bear's confusion when leaves start to fall during his first autumn, and his delight when new leaves welcome him after winter's hibernation.
It's a charming story, beautifully executed — each page is adorned with a lovely pen-and-ink drawing and spare, quiet prose.
"I like it," Sierra said, "because it's welcoming fall."
Once the after-school flurry of activity between the elementary school and the library had died down, Eva Ginalski, a third-grader at Bristol Elementary, chimed in with her own praise for the StoryWalk. Like Sierra Barnicle, Ginalski appreciated the tie to the seasons.
"It's a good time to do it because the leaves are just starting to fall," she said. She said she'd love to see more StoryWalks in the future — and hoped that future stories would also correspond to the seasons.
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Post by Stefan Van Eycken, Tokyo
Photos © Virginie Garnier. Used by permission.
At the end of last year, we reported that Nikka was going to introduce a new addition to its permanent range, the Nikka Coffey Malt. We also mentioned that it would be launched in Europe and that it would only be available there for the time being. Well, it's out now and to mark the occasion, Nikka's European distributor (La Maison du Whisky) has teamed up with Takanori Murata (of Japanese pastry salon Walaku in Paris) to develop two original wagashi.
mizu-yokan, and topped with a syrup made with Nikka Coffey Malt.
It's wonderful that Japanese whisky has found a home away from home in Paris and we're sure LMdW has lots more up their sleeve to celebrate this, the 80th anniversary year of Nikka (and Yoichi distillery). We'll keep you posted, as always. And now we're off to make that Coffey Grain Old-Fashioned…
33 rue Rousselet
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Nikka Coffey Malt 'wagashi' in Paris
3 comments:
To bad I'm visiting my family in France not before this summer... ^^
- February 21, 2014 at 9:56 AM
- Guillaume Barth said...
Thanks for this information. I may try in the next few days.
I'll post my comments if i do :)
- February 21, 2014 at 6:05 PM
- Stefan Van Eycken said...
Please let us know what you think if you have the chance to try these Nikka wagashi!
- February 21, 2014 at 9:42 PM
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The Domain Of The Dark Clan
Comments such as, "big fish eat small fish" suggest that injustices between people are quite natural and common. Suggestions like, "don't even trust your dad" or "don't ever be soft on anyone" push people into a pitiless individualism. There are many everyday expressions circulating which openly or surreptitiously suggest that qualities like patience, devotion, and modesty are signs of naivety.
Careful investigation of one's environment will reveal that these kinds of suggestions are incessantly and systematically circulated in many countries of the world via the press, TV stations, advertising, films, books, comics, and other cultural channels. The same messages are constantly being pushed and reiterated. The architects of this propaganda disregard the truths and values which religious morality brings to human society, and promote an anti-religious and immoral world-view instead. Behind this universal propaganda lies the dark clan, the subject matter of this book. The theorists of the clan are working away on the elaboration of a world independent of religion. Primarily they are trying to destroy belief in God and deter people from values taught by religious wisdom. They also seek to encourage sins and perversions such as adultery and homosexuality, and strive to create a social environment where these are seen as natural, legitimate and tolerable. This social setting is the environment they need to live the murky and degenerate life they seek to establish.
A large proportion of society, even though unaware of the full extent of the clan's immorality, is greatly disturbed by the prevailing situation and knows neither how to thwart nor how to destroy the perversions introduced by the clan. Therefore, the majority of people turn away instead of fighting it and its dark philosophy, remaining content to steer clear if possible, of the wave which threatens to engulf them. The clan has cunning policies, employs frightening methods and is pitiless. But as God says in the Qur'an:
…The misguided cannot harm you as long as you are guided… (Qur'an, 5: 105)
In other words, those who follow the righteous path are under God's protection and their efforts for the good will be rewarded with success by Him.
As will be seen in greater detail over the following pages the dark clan exerts a greater influence than is generally suspected over people, an influence that can only be eliminated by exposing the clan's activities and destroying its organisational foundations and its ideologies on an intellectual level. For this reason, what needs to be done firstly is to examine the clan a little more closely and to reveal its mentality, its practices and its plans.
The Immoral World Of The Dark Clan
When listing the characteristics of the clan, moral degeneration and an unsavoury way of life were mentioned as the main unifying qualities. Looking at the world it can clearly be observed that this degenerate structure is held together by an international ring. There is a reason why certain newspapers and TV channels constantly seek to portray immorality as modernity and progress. A popular culture is being created which rewards immorality with fame and publicity. Hence, people renowned only for the outrageousness of their behaviour constantly feature in the news. This is because immorality constitutes one of the most important sources of income for the clan.
The key slogans of today's immorality propaganda are modernity, progress, daring, and freedom. No doubt, to have a modern world-view, to be abreast of current affairs and to be open-minded are good qualities, but the objective of the clan behind these fancy slogans is to present all kinds of immorality and perversion to people as if harmless and commonplace. This is why young people, who are largely unaware of the deliberate nature of their exposure to the persistent suggestions of the clan, think of immorality as a prerequisite to progress. Many people today perceive as normal attitudes and behaviour which as recently as ten years ago they would definitely not have tolerated. Not only that, any criticism of this conduct is now believed to be unacceptable. The increase in these attitudes is an indicator of the effectiveness of the clan's propaganda on ignorant people. In most countries, the content of certain TV and popular magazines display how widespread immorality is in the form of adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, gambling, corruption, and wastefulness, thereby creating in the minds of impressionable people the desire for similar lifestyles.
In most countries of the world, a well-proven technique is to use well-known people in order to promote decadence and disseminate immorality in society. Personalities of limited intellect with psychological problems, living in decadence and lacking the faculty of comprehension, are portrayed by exemplifying their immoralities as progressive, exciting and daring. The underlying message for the viewer being that this is what it takes if you too want to be progressive and "cool". On foreign music channels radical band members wearing outrageous costumes and make-up are given incessant airtime. Deranged people from the margins of society, holding satanist and similar beliefs are frequently invited onto talk shows and projected as rather quaint or interesting rather than being subjected to any form of serious critical scrutiny. All these serve the same purpose.
The global drugs problem in the late nineties
Prostitutes, thieves and drug users are the most valuable "assets" of this propaganda machine and are therefore resolutely shielded and watched over. People thought to have gone too far are subjected to mock criticism, but the signal this transmits to the sub-consciousness of society is to the contrary. These people are used by the clan to entice new "sources of profit" and in return they can continue to be outrageously decadent in the belief that the clan will take care of them under all circumstances, and that no harm will come their way provided they abide by the clan's rules.
Cocaine Trafficking in the Nineties
The negative effect of this alliance across the world becomes apparent when statistics are studied. The illegal drugs trade, one of the main money-spinners for the dark clan, is the cause for the daily increasing numbers of people falling into the trap of addiction. Research reveals that the use, especially among youth, of illegal substances has been increasing steadily over the past ten years and that the starting age has dropped to secondary school levels. An inquiry into drug abuse conducted in 1992 revealed that in England 50% of youth were using drugs of which 30 % were addicts. Today, these numbers are significantly higher.
Americans spent 57.3 billion dollars on drugs between 1988 and 1995. UN research in the late nineties set the number of drug users, aged 15 or more, at 200 million, suggesting that 5% of the world's population consumes drugs. The same research suggested that in the nineties 134 countries were faced by drug problems. In Pakistan, in the early eighties, drug use was negligible but by the nineties the number of drug users had jumped to 1.5 million.4
Prostitution, another source of income for the clan, is also on the rise as a form of immorality. Today, in many countries across the world, children, girls as well as boys, are forced by their own families into prostitution for money. Instead of the world uniting to save these children from being used as sex objects at an age when they need to be taken care of and protected, the countries where child prostitution is widespread become sought-after destinations for tourists. In 1995, 60% of the Thai government's budget was financed by prostitution and the number of prostitutes in India was 8 million.5 Every year huge numbers of sex tourists from around the world flood these parts of the world for this reason. It is estimated that there are 100,000 child prostitutes in the US and the penitentiaries are home to 300,000-600,000 children convicted of prostitution.6 It is further estimated that 2 million youth sleep rough on the streets in the US and that the majority resort to prostitution.7 Accordingly, fornication is on the rise too, adultery is commonplace and children born outside wedlock constitute a serious social problem.
Furthermore, other important indicators of social degeneration like bribery, corruption, loan-sharking, fraud, wastefulness and the collapse of the justice system are backed by the clan. In some countries, this rot can reach a stage where the whole system, including the country's leadership, comes under the total control of the clan. Dominance over the legislature as well as law-enforcement agencies is common for the clan. Some Latin American countries are a shocking example of this where degeneration and social collapse have reached a stage where the state itself is engaged in drug-trafficking. Unresolved assassinations take place almost daily and drug cartels and other organised crime syndicates have reached a point where they are able to use and manipulate state security forces as they please. Whilst the clan profits from this state of affairs, society suffers economically as well as psychologically.
This system is in total contrast to the morality of the Qur'an, and its damaging effects can only be eradicated by society adopting the standards offered to people by the ethics of religion. God in the Qur'an states clearly that the immoral acts so encouraged by the clan are forbidden:
And do not go near to fornication. It is an indecent act, an evil way. Do not kill any person God has made inviolate, except with the right to do so... (Qur'an, 17:32-33)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except in a good way. Fulfil your contracts. Contracts will be asked about. Give full measure when you measure and weigh with a level balance. That is better and gives the best result. Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of. Hearing, sight and hearts will all be questioned. Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height. All of that is evil action and hateful in the sight of your Lord. (Qur'an, 17: 34-38)
As seen, the way of life, essential for the existence of this clan-like group is defended by them and is in total opposition to the morals of religion.
Religious morality demands loyalty, honesty, fairness, devotion, to be just and to uphold and defend the truth no matter what. The dark clan on the other hand, requires people to be egotistic, ruthless, greedy, cheating and deceitful because this is how its system perpetuates itself. Each member of the clan has found his place in this rotten structure and can only survive in this way. Some profit and live by the proceeds of bribery and corruption, others by exploiting the labour and resources of the innocent, and others by the income generated by the prostitution and drugs trade. The continuity of their system requires the presence of people in their environment who can be bribed or who can bribe others, people who can be coerced into prostitution, drug use and drug dealing, but most importantly, that no one dares to fight these injustices and sickening practices on an intellectual level. Religious morality destroys this corruption and leads to the rise of a people who will put up a strong ideological fight against evil, which in turn would mean the collapse of the dark clan.
God desires to turn towards you, but those who pursue their lower appetites desire to make you deviate completely. (Qur'an, 4 : 27)
You come with lust to men instead of women. You are indeed a depraved people.
(Qur'an, 7: 81)
Advice To Businessmen From Within The Clan
… Give full measure and full weight. Do not diminish people's goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after it has been put right. That is better for you if you are believers. (Qur'an, 7: 85)
On occasion, people who have witnessed the activities of the clan from within have articulated what has been so far outlined about the system of the dark clan. One of these "confessions" is the book Genc Bir Isadamina (To A Young Businessman) which raised a few eyebrows when it was first published. The author had been in business for many years but eventually became disillusioned by the clan's immorality and withdrew to lead a simpler life. He writes about the things which needed to be done to become a successful businessman in the clan. Obviously, it would be wrong to judge every businessman by the information contained in this book, there are many businessmen who have become very successful in their own spheres, without compromising on honesty and ethics. By the same token, however, there exists an interest group that would prefer the immoral practices mentioned in that book to become common practice.
The business environment described in To A Young Businessman is a smaller scale model of the system envisaged by the dark clan. According to the book, the first thing a businessman must do is to sell his soul and silence his conscience:
Sell your soul. Do it straight away and be rid of it. Where and how? Don't worry, the marketplace will find you and the rest is easy enough.8
Conscience; you will cross oceans but get stuck in your conscience and become food for psychiatrists; you'll seek refuge in Indian philosophies and travel to distant lands. You will do charity like building schools and hospitals…. No. No. No. But don't be afraid and persist. In time, you will learn to cheat your conscience… That's how the mantra of the businessman goes who is trying in reality to convince his own conscience.
Conscience. The conscience, which sees what others don't, a pair of eyes in your heart. Don't think on the day you sold your soul you are also rid of your conscience. You must slowly and bit by bit strangle your conscience as you would strangle a puppy...9
But why would a businessman of the dark clan have to sell his soul and murder his conscience? Because the dark clan's world of business only requires deceit, fraud, ruthlessness and selfishness. Here are some of the character traits described in the same book:
You must be a liar and twofaced. In order to make others believe the contrary you must first convince yourself. A businessman playing to the top must sell his soul irrevocably.10
Envy is a first class emotion like aggression, lust or pride…. Make it one of your most trusted. Feed it, nurture it. Don't become estranged to aggression, ambition and envy because it's these emotions that drive your career. Distance yourself from gentle feelings like compassion, love, and longing.11
According to this same book, entry into this dark world is firstly conditional on "denying the existence and unity of God."12 According to the author, those wishing to enter this dark world must desert their souls, conscience, and belief in God.
This is because people, who believe in God, consider themselves to be answerable to Him and thus refrain from transgression, tyranny and other immoral deeds, but the survival of the clan's dark world, as it was with the corrupt nations of the past, depends on the denial of God and His religion.
For this reason, the gradual weakening and eventual destruction of the belief in God is top priority for the dark clan around the world. Most clan members opt for ignorance, to live thoughtlessly and to ignore the countless signs of God's existence. However, the higher level theorists of the dark clan are well aware of the desperate necessity to have theories and philosophies for the purpose of concealing the signs of God's existence. This perceived necessity forms the basis for the relationship between the dark clan and Darwinism.
For the clan, ruthlessness and hypocrisy is the way to success in business. God on the other hand orders people in the Qur'an to be honest, compassionate and just.
On the Day that each self finds the good it did, and the evil it did, present there in front of it, it will wish there were an age between it and then. God advises you to beware of Him. God is Ever-Gentle with His servants. (Qur'an, 3: 30)
When those who have done their duty are asked, 'What has your Lord sent down?' their reply is, 'Good!' There is good in this world for those who do good, and the abode of the hereafter is even better. (Qur'an, 16: 30)
Sovereignty on that Day will be God's. He will judge between them. Those who believe and do right actions will be in Gardens of Delight. (Qur'an, 22: 56)
4. Drug Report 2000, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.
5. Statistics on Trafficking and Prostitution in Asia and the Pacific, CATW Factbook, 1999 http://www.catwinternational.org/fb/Asia_Pacific.html
6. US Department of Labor, Report on the Prostitution of Children, 1996.
7. Kathlyn Gay, Child Labor: A Global Crisis, 1998, citing Joan J. Johnson, Teen Prostitution, 1992.
8. Emre Yilmaz, Genc Bir Is Adamina (To A Young Businessman), Ilkkaynak, 20. Edition, 2001, p.11.
9. Emre Yilmaz, Genc Bir Is Adamina (To A Young Businessman), Ilkkaynak, 20. Edition, 2001, p.11.
10. Emre Yilmaz, Genc Bir Is Adamina (To A Young Businessman), Ilkkaynak, 20. Edition, 2001, p.24-25.
11. Emre Yilmaz, Genc Bir Is Adamina (To A Young Businessman), Ilkkaynak, 20. Edition, 2001, p.39.
12. Emre Yilmaz, Genc Bir Is Adamina (To A Young Businessman), Ilkkaynak, 20. Edition, 2001, p.21.


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Fragrance description Yankee Candle Coastal Living
The Yankee Candle Coastal Living aroma lamp wax is a great alternative to scented candles for making your home smell great. When it melts in the aroma lamp you will get the ultimate fragrance effect and you can also create a scent that matches your mood.
- a fresh fragrance
- a summer fragrance
How to use:
Never leave melted wax in the aroma lamp unattended or in the vicinity of easily flammable items. Do not leave the product within the reach of children or pets.
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Filmmaker David Gordon Green saw his "Prince Avalanche" premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and hit theaters in early August. So it may seem sudden for him to also being unveiling "Joe" with star Nicolas Cage at the Venice Film Festival this week ahead of also appearing soon in Toronto.
Adapted by Gary Hawkins from a 1991 novel by the late author Larry Brown, the film seems to find Green returning to the Southern Gothic of his "Undertow" mixed with the intense drama of "Snow Angels." Regardless, it puts him clearly back in his roots of indie drama and away from the big-budget studio comedies such as "Pineapple Express" and "Your Highness" that he has made in recent years.
Cage plays a man who runs a crew of "tree poisoners" for a local lumber company, rendering healthy trees sick so they can be cut down. Cage's Joe takes a young boy (Tye Sheridan) under his wing.
In Variety, Justin Chang singled out Cage for his "excellent, tightly wound performance" while noting the film overall was "rich in rural texture but low on narrative momentum or surprise."
For the Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney noted that "while its simmering violence and dread are sustained with impressive slow-burn conviction, the film will be too punishingly grim for many audiences."
The film has also garnered numerous comparisons to Jeff Nichols' "Mud," in which Sheridan also appeared and which has been a surprise box office success this year. That could help the prospects for "Joe," which is going into the fall festival circuit looking for distribution.
The film also marks the first and sadly last screen appearance for Gary Poulter, who plays the alcoholic father of Sheridan's character. Green cast Poulter when the latter was living homeless on the streets of Austin, Texas, and Poulter passed away shortly after filming was finished.
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Chris Hayes never thought just one of nine in the next generation would want to return to farm. Or that the one would be a teacher who lacks farming experience. But he wants to see the Nebraska grain operation and feedlot he owns with his two brothers continue into the next generation. What he has learned as part of the estate planning process is that he must be open to outside-the-box ideas about how that can occur.
"Between the three families, there are nine children," says Hayes. "What I didn't anticipate, but learned through recent estate planning discussions, is that my son-in-law Jeff also may be interested. He does not have an ag background, and I had not considered that as a possibility."
Chris, 57, and his two younger brothers Rich and Dan, own Hayes Feed Yard, a C corporation based in Silver Creek, Neb. The farm was established by their father in 1955. Each of the brothers grew up farming, then came back into the operation after college. Their father passed away more than 20 years ago.
"We have always operated with an agreement that if one of us decides to get out or retire, the other two have rights to buy that share," Chris explains. "The problem now, especially with high land values, is what if one of the other two is not interested or can't afford to buy? It would force a sale, and I don't want that. Expansion is on my mind, but I don't want to expand unless I know family will be here and a plan is in place."
Honest family discussions
The brothers began working with Water Street Solutions' legacy planners several months ago to determine what that plan should be, to make sure all three have a sufficient retirement strategy, and that all three families' needs are addressed.
The mediator enabled them to review their goals and have very honest and open discussions with tough questions. "Three owners, each with three children, makes this complex," Chris says. "You certainly can't construct a plan in a month."
Compounding the challenge is changing federal estate tax rules, he says. Congress has adjusted the tax exemption more than once over the last decade, and plans are in place to lower the tax exemption substantially at the end of 2012. He's been told that, with current record land values, all farmers should revisit and be prepared to rewrite their estate plans this coming year.
"You have to know your tax liability and that it could change," says Chris.
Curt Ferguson, attorney and owner of The Estate Planning Center, Salem, Ill., understands that frustration. "I approach today's uncertainty by telling farmers to do what they can based on the law as it is today," he says. "
First determine what a farmer values, and figure out how best to pass it on. "The number one reason to plan your estate is so the right people get the right stuff, to pass on your farm heritage and to protect it, " he says.
"Secondly, few of us die right after we put together a plan," he continues. "To be effective, monitor and review the estate plan every two years."
For example, most farms have gotten bigger, Ferguson notes, with higher land values, can mean a $2 million estate has grown into a $7 or even $12 million estate during the last few years.
Broader financial planning
Ferguson also encourages farmers to expand the planning process to protect all facets of life. For instance, leaving an estate in a trust that children can access prevents it from being wiped out by a lawsuit or divorce.
"You also should review how assets are titled," he advises. "Make sure deeds, wills and IRAs align with your plan, because beneficiaries on those documents would supersede your estate plan. Life insurance also should be owned in your own name or in a trust you created.
"Find an estate planning attorney who will educate you on the process first," Ferguson continues. "You want to know the ins and outs up front. Then your attorney should commit to keeping the plan current."
What to ask your financial advisor
Here are questions to ask your advisor before starting:
- What is your experience with facilitating the transition planning process?
- What are your qualifications as a transition-planning specialist?
- How do you get paid for the service you provide?
- What is your process for guiding families through planning?
- How many families have you worked with to create transition plans?
- What percentage of your work is with farm families?
- How long do you estimate the process will take?
- Which family members need to be involved?
Estate planning checklist
Water Street Solutions, Peoria, Ill., offers these checklists to get started, according to life stage:
In your 20s and 30s:
- Determine where your farm passions lie.
- Attend workshops and programs to develop skills required for future ownership.
- Begin to accumulate appreciating assets.
- Research beginning farmer loans.
- Decide whether you want to return to the family farm or start on your own.
- Explore how government may assist in land transition between generations.
- Start insurance policies for your parents, to allow for growth and offer you the ability to purchase assets from siblings.
- Start conversations with parents and siblings about the future of the farm.
- Ensure parents' long-term care needs are met.
- Build a team of trusted advisors.
In your 40s:
- Build balance sheet strength. Acquire appreciating assets.
- Ensure parents' transition plan is in place.
- Consider your own disability insurance.
- Study the entity structure on your farm and make sure it matches your goals.
- Add to trusted advisors. Remove and replace them as necessary.
In your 50s:
- Plan what the next 10-20 years should this look like.
- Consider what type of legacy you want to leave.
- Prepare family for the transition of farm's operation and ownership.
- Consider ways to be fair to all children, as opposed to being equal.
- Make your wishes known.
- Put your long-term care insurance in place.


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Big-Block Chevy
Budget Crankshaft
DIY hot rod builders and performance engine shops have traditionally relied on Mark IV big-block cores to build their big-inch Chevys, but as the supply of these older blocks dries up, it's increasingly difficult to find one in good condition that cleans up easy. Late-model Mark V and Mark VI cores are plentiful; they're cheaper, and are found in better condition, making them prime candidates for low budgets and big power. The only problem is that a quality one-piece seal crankshaft core is still going to set you back some serious coin-thus wiping out the budget approach. EngineQuest has solved that problem with their cast steel 454 crank for '91-00 Gen V and Gen VI big-blocks. Part number CS454A retails for just $407.55, and is completely compatible with all late-model one-piece seal blocks.
Moroso Performance
Track-Legal Battery Box
You've seen those blue Moroso battery boxes at the track for years-they're practically a staple of the drag racing community. Problem is, what if you don't like blue? Due to customer requests, Moroso now offers these battery boxes in a new color, black, and because they're less expensive to make than blue ones, they're also cheaper. (We found the black ones at Summit Racing, PN 74051, for $71.69.) It's ideal for relocating a battery to the rear of any race car, street car, or show vehicle with or without a rear firewall. It holds a series 24 battery with either top- or side-post terminals and is fully accepted for racing by NHRA, IHRA, and SCCA.
Moroso Performance
Street Hardware:
Slam-Guard Oil Pan
Speed bumps and dips are the arch enemy of lowered vehicles. Hit one too fast or at the wrong angle, and your undercarriage can be severely damaged. Although much of the damage may be cosmetic, if your oil or transmission pan is deformed or ruptured by the blow, the resulting lubricant starvation can be catastrophic to your engine or transmission. Trans-Dapt's line of Slam-Guard oil and transmission pans-which feature a 3/16-inch-thick steel skid plate-goes a long to preventing this type of damage. They're available for Chevy, Ford, and AMC engines; and GM Turbo 350, 400, and 700R4/4L60E transmissions. They're affordable too; one for a small-block Chevy (shown) runs about $129.95 from Summit Racing.
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PerformaBuilt Transmissions
PerformaBuilt Transmissions of Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, has thrown down the gauntlet by offering a significant one-year warranty on their entire product line. That warranty is extended to two years if customers buy a PerformaBuilt converter with their transmission. We like that PerformaBuilt places no conditions on their transmission warranty; there is no mileage stipulation and no "abuse" clause. In fact, racing does not void the warranty.
As for the product line, PerformaBuilt specializes in Ford and GM transmissions, especially overdrive units. We checked out specifications and power ratings for all the popular boxes such as 700-R4, 4L60E, 4L65E, 4L80E, 2004-R, TH350, TH400, AODE, and 4R70W, and found different power-handling levels at different prices for a variety of uses. As far as pricing goes, we checked out a manual valve body Turbo 400 with a power threshold of 1,000 hp and it priced out at just $1,550. Shipping in the continental United States is free too.
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'66-67 Fairlane/Comet
Heidts Superide II IFS
It's hardly any comfort to Ford fans that dozens of manufacturers have offered a multitude of modern suspensions for midsized GMs for years. Owners of '66-67 Ford Fairlanes and Mercury Comets have had to do with pretty slim pickings if they wanted to achieve anything close to modern handling from their Blue Oval classics, but that's changed. Heidts has come out with their Superide II IFS system that handily closes the performance deficit, thanks to an arsenal of upgrades. The Superide II includes tubular A-arms, power rack-and-pinion steering, 11-inch disc brakes, dropped spindles, and 10-position adjustable billet coilovers with chrome springs. The base kit runs $2,880. For additional cost, you can order 12- or 13-inch disc brakes, polished stainless steel A-arms, polished billet coilovers, and polished tie-rod ends. The Superide II also opens up your underhood real estate, making big-block engines with headers a snap.
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The market has digested a lot of information lately and wheat prices continue to trade in a narrow price range. Nearly all the information indicates that wheat prices may struggle during the 2005/06 wheat marketing year.
Current market prices in central Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle are about $3.20 and the Texas gulf price is $4.03. The corresponding KCBT March contract price is $3.34 and the KCBT July wheat contract price is $3.10. Wheat may be forward contracted for 2005 harvest delivery in central Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle for about $2.75.
United States winter wheat planted acres are predicted to be 4 percent less than last year. Hard red winter wheat planted acres are predicted to be one percent less and soft red winter wheat acres are predicted to be 19 percent less than last year. Production is expected to be slightly less than last year because lower plantings are expected to be partially offset by better crop conditions.
Canadian producers are expected to plant 3.1 percent more wheat than in 2005, and Chinese wheat plantings are expected to increase 4.5 percent. To promote increased wheat production, Chinese officials raised wheat prices. Wheat crop conditions in China are reported to be better than at this time last year.
From 1997 to 2003, Chinese wheat production declined from 4.53 billion bushels to 3.18 billion bushels. China's 2004 wheat production of 3.31 billion bushels was essentially the first production increase since 1997. Increased planted acres and better crop conditions imply higher production in 2005 than last year.
The Australia Wheat Board's projects that the Australian Prime Hard wheat price for the 2005/06 marketing year will be about $3.67 per bushel compared to about $4.10 for 2004/05 harvested wheat. The AWB suggests that larger world wheat production and stocks and little expected change in world wheat demand will result in lower world wheat prices.
Argentina's 2004/05 marketing year exports are 87 percent higher than at this same time last year. Argentina is reported to be exporting wheat for about $2.95 per bushel FOB compared to $4.03 for U.S. hard red winter wheat at the Texas gulf. The USDA predicts that Argentina's 2004/05 marketing-year wheat exports will be 11 percent higher than last year.
Wheat production in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union countries are expected to be about the same as last year. Current production estimates indicated that U.S. and world production may be slightly less than last year.
A factor that has and will impact wheat prices is corn. U.S. corn stocks are the highest since 1992. Also, Asian Soybean Rust may result in soybean acres being planted to corn. Relatively low corn prices have a negative impact on wheat prices.
Potential changes in the government wheat program that are being discussed in Washington D.C., and the media should not impact 2005 wheat prices. First is that no one knows exactly what changes will be implemented and second, any changes will not be implemented until the 2006 wheat crop.
One bit of positive news is that the above negative price factors are factored into wheat prices. Relative to the $2.75 now being offered for 2005 harvested wheat, there is more upside price potential than downside risk.
The current harvest price offer is the same as the $2.75 average government loan. Thus, lower prices will be offset by larger loan deficiency payments. There is little reason to consider pricing 2005 harvested-wheat. Watch the harvest price relative to the expected 2005/06 marketing-year average price prediction. The marketing-year average price will provide an indication of whether to sell wheat at harvest or to store it.


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Romney rescue plan: More Mitt
BOSTON — More Mitt.
After taking a beating for comments he privately wishes he never made and from conservative critics he wishes he could muzzle, Mitt Romney and his campaign are settling on a rescue plan to show more of him — in ads, speeches and campaign appearances. A big focus, according to campaign officials, will be on Romney talking a lot more about how his ideas will help regular Americans who remain deeply suspicious of him.
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The aim: Switch the emphasis from Washington policies to personal pocketbooks. Look for a heavy emphasis on jobs and specific ways to cut government spending.
( Also on POLITICO: The right's many attacks on Mitt Romney)
"He has to own his message for people, especially women, to buy the messenger," one top adviser said.
A campaign official said: "In a lot of the current survey data, there's a desire among the electorate to know more about Mitt in terms of how he would lead. Over the next six weeks, the campaign is going to provide a lot more of that."
Aides also expect more joint appearances by Romney and running mate Paul Ryan – most likely in the swing states of Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
( PHOTOS: 12 hits on Mitt from the right)
The plan, described by top aides and advisers in interviews this week, is an acknowledgment that Romney is in enough of a hole that he cannot depend on the presidential debates to turn his candidacy around. In fact, Romney, who recently did five mock debates in a 48-hour period to practice, has confided to advisers that it may be hard to win a debate because every attack against President Barack Obama will seem stale while the attacks on him will seem fresher and newsier to a hostile media.
Instead, Romney plans to dial back on fundraisers and vastly increase his personal appearances — on the stump and in ads — to convince what's left of the undecided voters that Obama has been a disappointment and that he has a specific plan that is less risky than the status quo.
Rather than talk about the broader economy, Romney will increasingly talk about his plans in terms of the effect on families, the aides said. This started before the Republican convention, when he boiled his 59-point plan for the national economy down to a five-point "Plan for a Stronger Middle Class."
The emerging strategy comes after several days of soul-searching. Romney officials are very clear-eyed about the damage done by two straight weeks of bad media coverage and the embarrassing comments caught on tape (see below for their assessment of what hurt the most in the past 10 days). They don't dispute they are locked in serious turbulence, but they also take solace that things are not worse after what they consider the darkest stretch of the campaign.
"We are going to look back at this as the week he got his act together, or the beginning of the end," said a top Republican who works closely with the campaign.
The campaign is moving fast to calm nerves, especially among donors. To get a flavor of the challenge before them, a top donor said that after Romney spoke at a fundraising breakfast at the Hilton New York on Friday, a will-Mitt-win poll was taken at one table of 10 men, each of whom had paid at least $2,500 to attend, and some of whom had raised as much as $50,000 for the campaign. Not a single man said yes.


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Singapore, 16 February 2012 — For the first time, Singapore Zoo will send one of its captive red-shanked Douc langurs away. A comprehensive health check was carried out on the selected female, named Wani, prior to her journey to Japan's Yokohama Zoo later this month.
Although a species of monkey and not an ape, Douc langurs are commonly known as "costumed apes" because of their interestingly patterned body coat. Native to the rainforests of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, they are listed as endangered on the IUCN* Red List of Threatened Species. Locals hunt this monkey for food and its body parts, which are used in the preparation of traditional medicines. It is also sometimes hunted to sustain the international pet trade. During the Vietnam War, its forest habitat was also destroyed by defoliating agents and bombs.
This delicate and striking monkey made its Singapore Zoo debut in 1988. Since then, 27 Douc langurs have been successfully bred.
Wani underwent a thorough health check on 16 January 2012 prior to a 30-day quarantine in anticipation of her journey to Japan. Her departure will conclude a breeding loan agreement with Yokohama Zoo, which had sent us a clouded leopard in 2001.
To ensure Wani does not suffer too much from homesickness in her new environment, Singapore Zoo plans to send another Douc langur to Yokohama Zoo later this year as part of another breeding loan arrangement.
Wildlife Reserves Singapore, through the parks it manages – Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari and Singapore Zoo – engages in a worldwide breeding exchange programme with many reputable zoological institutions so that that the global gene pool can be kept as diverse as possible.


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The single-channel Models 5D78 and 5D78V are similar to the DC-excited Models 5D70 and 5D70V, respectively, but feature a highly effective phase-sensitive carrier-amplifier design. Three selectable operating frequencies are provided to best match the user's specific transducer.
The 5D78 delivers filtered analog output of ±5 VDC, while the 5D78V produces ±10 VDC.
The 5D78(V)'s advanced analog design directly addresses the problem of measurement inaccuracy in industrial environments of high electromechanical noise. Exceptional signal stability and accuracy over the entire input range are achieved through
- regulated, remotely sensed AC excitation
- precise LINEARITY / SYMMETRY correction and SIGNAL PHASE adjustment via software commands
- high-stability amplification
- configurable low-pass active filtering
- "absolute" and "two-point" software-based calibration
- effective signal isolation and ESD protection
While intended primarily for applications involving transformer-coupling to the transducer bridge (as with conventional rotary-transformer torque sensors), the Model 5D78(V) can also be used when high sensitivity is required or where the electrical environment is especially noisy. Responding only to the modulated carrier frequency, the module rejects extraneous voltages that can cause errors in DC systems, particularly when there is a need to "blow up" a portion of the transducer range.
For both the Model 5D78V and the Model 5D78S (the "S" Option version of the Model 5D78), a 10-pin header for a Phoenix Style screw-terminal connector replaces the Model 5D78's standard DB25 connector for the module's power, configuration, logic, and analog output wiring. Ensuring secure cable connections to individual 5D modules, these versions are intended primarily for single-point or single-mount module applications. Since the logic "enable" line is not provided in this case, both analog outputs are continuously available for both the 5D78V and the 5D78S.


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When I lived in Hertfordshire, I was puzzled to discover that around the time Edward VII ended his long wait to become king, there was a pub in the small market town of Baldock called the Pretty Shades. It seemed highly unlikely this was some sort of pre-First World War Tiffany lamp theme pub. So what was the origin of the name?
Years later I discovered that a "shades" was originally the name given in the South of England to a basement bar. According to Words, facts, and phrases; a dictionary of curious, quaint, and out-of-the-way matters by Eliezer Edwards, published in 1882
The name originated at Brighton. In 1816 a Mr Savage, who had acquired the premises in Steine Lane formerly occupied by the Old Bank, converted them into a drinking and smoking shop. Mrs Fitzherbert [the Prince of Wales's mistress] at that time lived exactly opposite, and Savage was fearful of annoying her by placing any inscription in front of his house designating its new character. It struck him, however, that as Mrs Fitzherbert's house, which was south of his, was so tall as to prevent the sun from shining on his premises, he would adopt the word "Shades", which he accordingly placed over the door where the word Bank had before appeared. The name took, and a large business was secured. Numbers of other publicans in London and elsewhere adopted the name Shades, which is now fully established in the language as a synonym for wine vaults.
I'm not sure I believe that, but the Oxford English Dictionary confirms that "the Shades" was "originally, a name for wine and beer vaults with a drinking-bar, either underground or sheltered from the sun by an arcade. Hence subsequently used, both in England and in the US, as a name for a retail liquor shop, or a drinking-bar attached to a hotel."
John Badcock's Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit …, published 1823, revealed two establishments called The Shades in London. One was at London Bridge under Fishmongers' Hall ("Sound wine out of the wood reasonable and tolerably good are characteristics of this establishment"), while The Shades at Spring Gardens [presumably the Old Shades, Whitehall] "is a subterranean ale shop."
By 1949 Maurice Gorham could write, in Back to the Local, that "Shades" was "originally a generic term for cellars, now the name of one famous pub at Charing Cross [the Old Shades again] and of various London bars. When used for one bar in an ordinary pub, roughly equivalent to Dive". So that explained half of the mystery. I'm still looking for a reason for the "Pretty" part.
The "shades" was just one of more than a dozen different types of bar that could be found in British pubs, besides the common public bar and saloon bar, many with careful, strict social gradations from one to the other, with a system of purdah and caste strict Hindus would appreciate: no woman would ever be found in the tap room, for example, nor any man coming straight from manual labour in the lounge or the public parlour, while only the landlord's intimates or regular customers would be served in the snug.
Maurice Gorham stated perfectly the situation as it still stood just after the Second World War:
"One of the most fascinating things about the pubs is the way they are carved up by interior partitions into the most unexpected and fantastic shapes. It is often quite startling to look up at the ceiling and realise that all these compartments, varying so widely in their geography and in their social significance, are merely sketched on the ground plan of a simple rectangular space. Pull down the partitions, and instead of a complicated series of bars you would just have a medium-sized room."
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