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ists the escape artist Leila, the inventor Ridley, the violinist Theo, and the comedy duo Olly and Izzy. With magic and teamwork, the six kids will set out to save the town from Bossos villainous schemes. Magic Misfits focuses on Carters point of view, allowing the reader to gain insight into Carters love of sleight of hand and how he adjusts to being in a group of likeminded people. Readers will empathize with Carters move to a new place and his adjustment to his new life there. In addition, an omniscient, unnamed narrator occasionally interjects with a summary of events that happened in the story or information about the characters. The narrators commentary and humor blend in seamlessly with the rest of the narration. Blackandwhite pictures scattered throughout the story also aid in the understanding of the action. Uncle Sly taught Carter to be wary of people. However, Carter learns to trust people. Leila helps him break down his guard. His other friends not only help in terms of emotional support, but they

also help him get settled in his new town. For instance, Theo invites Carter to stay at his house for a few days, highlighting and reinforcing the idea that friends help friends, no matter the situation. Another positive aspect of the story is the howtomagic tricks that are sprinkled throughout the story. These break up the action and include instructions for readers to try the tricks, with a few illustrations as reference points. These tricks, such as rolling coins on your knuckles and making color predictions, are easy to do, but adults are encouraged to help their little ones with these activities. Magic Misfits is a fun, entertaining story that draws upon the flare and grandiosity of magicians. The excellent narration and colorful descriptions of the town alongside the pictures make the setting come alive. There is a diverse cast, not just in the main characters but also the supporting characters; notably, Leila has two dads. Readers will enjoy reading about how Carters friendships develop as well as the

teamwork between him and his new friends. Plus, the inspiring conclusion shows Carter and his friends besting the villains with their talents and with their trust in one another. If you are looking for more stories about magic, friendship, and teamwork, try Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston. When finding out that Uncle Sly had rigged the shell game, a passerby yells, You nogood, dirty cheat! Uncle Sly calls one of their neighbors an old broad. Many of the characters use tricks and illusions, such as Leilas escape artist tricks or Dante Vernons sleight of hand. These are illusions, not supernatural magic.

04302019 April 30, 2019 03222023 Now April 30, 2019 at 600 pm 900 pm Wake Service for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey, SNJM St. John the Baptist Church 12319 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 69 p.m. A wake service for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey will be held at St. John the Baptist Church, 12319 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. See also Mass of Resurrection for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey, SNJM Mass of Resurrection for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey, SNJM Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 1100 a.m. Funeral Mass for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey will take place at St. John the Baptist Church, 12319 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The church will be open for viewing at 1000 a.m. Burial will take place following the funeral at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. See also Wake Service for Sister Patricia Anne Corbey, SNJM

Interview EricMichael Wilson UC tries to prosecute dissent University of California UC administrators in conjunction with police and other agencies are carrying out a disgraceful campaign of trying to silence free speechand prosecuting anyone who disagrees with their decisions. Two student activists will appear in court on February 22 on alarmingly serious chargesincluding one for a felony charge of assaulting a peace officerstemming from a protest against a UC Board of Regents meeting held at UC San Francisco on November 17. At the demonstration, called to protest fee hikes and other issues, University of California Police Department UCPD officer Jared Kemper pulled a loaded gun on unarmed demonstrators. To cover up this gross violation of civil rights, one student was charged with beating Kemper, even though television footage clearly shows that no such thing occurred. Despite the lack of evidence, these outrageous charges have been allowed to stand. The UC administration is adding pressure on activists wit

h various alleged violations of the student code of conduct, including an absurd allegation of "destruction" of university property related to a chalking at UC Berkeley on November 19 to get the word out about the arrests two days earlier. EricMichael Wilson is a UC Berkeley freshman facing false misdemeanor charges of riot and assaulting a peace officer, as well as code of conduct violations with the university. He talked to Zachary AslanianWilliams and Dana Blanchard about how the movement can respond on the issue of police repression on campus. WHAT HAPPENED when you showed up December 14 with a group of students as a result of getting a citation at the UC Regent's protest? AS WE were checking in with court officers, I noticed that several students who were ahead of me went in and came right out. I went in and never came out. I was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges that I wasn't aware of. The warrant had been issued on December 10, and I wasn't notified in any way. I was handcuffed by two officers

and walked out to the sheriff's office. I had all my possessions removed, was searched and was placed in a holding cell for over an hour. After that, I was moved to another cell and allowed to make a phone call. One of the lawyers there that day in support of the protesters came back to speak with me. She contacted my grandmother, and we were allowed 15 minutes to talk about what was happening. I was then escorted into an interrogation room andwithout a lawyer presentquestioned by UC police officers. They threatened me repeatedly by saying I needed to "own up to what I did if I valued my education." I refused to admit to anything, because at this point, I wasn't even sure of what I was charged with and kept repeating that I didn't do anything wrong. I told them only what had happened, and what I had previously told the officers at the scene on November 17. Police attack a crowd of protesters outside the UC Regents meeting in November 2010 On November 17, I had been interviewed by an officer who initially ask

ed me if I had ever been arrested, if I had ever hit a cop, and if I had ever thought about hitting a cop. The recorder used during that interview was turned off for those questions, so I have no official record of that part of conversation. They also lied to me and told me other students had already told them I was responsible for the violence. On the afternoon of the December 14 interrogation, the police eventually left, but not without giving me a business card and asking me to contact them later when I was ready to cooperate. My grandmother and other friends had to post 1,000 bond to get me out of jail that night at 10 p.m., and I had to appear in court again the next morning at 9 a.m. I also had my fingerprints and DNA taken between 7 p.m. I learned when I got home that my dorm room had been searched by the UC police in my absence. My roommate was pushed out of the doorway when they showed up, and when asked if they had a warrant, they said they did but never produced one. Sign a petition to tell the Uni

versity of California to stop criminalizing and brutalizing fee speech. WHAT HAPPENED the next morning in court? THE JUDGE looked at the charges and wasn't buying it. He reduced the charges to only misdemeanors despite the vehement protests of the district attorney who said on behalf of the people of California that I had "brought great dishonor upon the University of California Berkeley." I'm a mentor for a seventh grader in a local middle school, vice president of philanthropy in my dorm unit and spend my time organizing poetry slams and social justice campaigns. Are these the things that are dishonorable? WHERE DO things stand for you now? I GO back to court on February 22 after the state granted the district attorney a continuance to try to put together a stronger case with their flimsy evidence. My grandparents continue to have to make payments on the remaining 2,000 bail that is owed on their limited income. I'm facing conduct charges as well from the university. I would say that my only crime has been

to use my right to free speech and stand up for the rights of everyone to get an education. I was singled out for no reason other than the fact I was in the front and a young Black man in the crowd. What has been on my mind from the beginning of this whole ordeal is that people need to be aware that the University of California Police Department, the university and courts have the power to target people, fabricate evidence and push whatever agenda they want regardless of the truth. We need to take this seriously and defend our movement against these attacks. We need to stand together because if we don't I am just a single Black man standing against the cops. Maria Norris Time to address racism at Syracuse Police are refusing to call an assault on three students of color racially motivated, leading to a campus debate at Syracuse University. The neoliberal threat at UVM UVM students, faculty and staff are rallying against cuts and the idea that profit determines what ought to be studied at a university. Ryan Po

wers We demand justice for delfin bautista Students and community members want answers from Ohio University administrators after the LGBT Centers director was fired. BarnardColumbia Socialists Standing against racism at Columbia The tirade by a racist white student at Columbia University is part of a wider campus climate of inaction in the face of bigotry. Steve Leigh UW workers are gearing up for a strike Some 3,300 workers at the University of Washington are angry after years of puny wage increases and a steadily rising cost of living. Elizabeth Schulte A voice for socialism for 40 years The first issue of Socialist Worker was published 40 years ago in April 1977, and the need for a revolutionary socialist press is still key today. Leela Yellesetty There are two Seattlesone for the wealthy few and another for the vast majority of people who barely scrape by, and sometimes not even that. The power to stop the far right The counterprotest in Washington, D.C., is important in confronting the threat of the far

right and also in building up our classs power. We had to organize to keep the clinics open Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s emboldened the Religious Right, but a determined movement stood up to the attack on abortion rights. Interview Dave Zirin A symbol that spread through the sports world Colin Kaepernick's act of protest by taking a knee during the national anthem set off an earthquakeand the reverberations are still being felt.

News US World Nevada dad miraculously kept girlfriend, 4 kids safe while lost in the snow No Comments on Nevada dad miraculously kept girlfriend, 4 kids safe while lost in the snow A Nevada family was recently found after having been missing since earlier this month. Much to the surprise of the rescuers, everyone was alive and stable. The family group, consisting of the father James Glanton, the girlfriend Christina Mclntee, and four children were able to survive the frigid temperatures of the wilderness known as the Seven Troughs. The group was out for a trip to the snow that turned into a desperate fight to keep warm as they sought shelter from the cold. Thanks to the dads quick thinking and ingenuity, the group was able to weather the deadly conditions and stave off hypothermia. They burned tires, warmed rocks and used whatever means were at their disposal to generate heat to protect their children and themselves. James and his girlfriend were so successful in taking care of the children that nobody suffe

red anything worse than minor dehydration. The family stuck together through the whole ordeal, believing that rescue would come if they stayed put and luckily, they turned out to be right. They had been stranded by a car accident that left their jeep overturned off the side of the road. The engine would not even start, according to James. That very evening, they burned the spare tire to generate warmth as the belowzero temperatures came and threatened all of their lives. They were so far out in the wilderness that their cellphones were unable to get enough reception to call for rescue, leaving them totally stranded in the rugged and unforgiving terrain. After a terrifying experience, the family was finally rescued and brought to the Pershing General Hospital where they received treatment for exposure and minor dehydration. The physicians were both surprised and relieved to find that nobody had suffered frostbite, and praised James for going through so much effort to ensure everyones safety. Top Gun Is Now th

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Mosul Reconstruction? What Role for USAID? August 15, 2016 John Friberg 0 With the recapture of Ramadi and Fallujah, Iraq it was discovered that there was a lot of humanitarian assistance and reconstruction required. Whether this aid is being delivered effectively is still in doubt. The recapture of Mosul, Iraqs second largest

The relocation of the downtown started in 1979 and was completed in 1983. It not only moved the village business district out of the floodplainit moved it back to U.S. Highway 61 and infused new economic life into the community. But the decision that was the most dramatic, made in response to the two energy crises that occurred in the 1970s, was the decision to make all the buildings in the new town center energyefficient and solarheated. The new Soldiers Grove business district would become the nations first solar village. The village passed ordinances that stipulated that the new buildings be built to specific thermal performance standards twice as stringent as those require by state law at the time. A communitywide solar access law was passed, prohibiting any building from blocking another buildings sunlight. Another law required that all new commercial buildings would receive at least half their heating energy from the sunthe first such ordinance in the nation. Soldiers Grove had no example to follow. Eve

ry step forged new territory. The new site was carefully analyzed to determine wind and sunfall patterns throughout the year. This helped businesses position their buildings to make the best use of summer breezes and solar heating. Earth berms and landscaping helped buffer buildings against winter winds. Every building material was scrutinized for performance, durability and economy, and its effect on the environment. Over twenty solar buildings were erected the medical center; the pharmacy; the communitylibrary building; the fire station; the post office, the local bank; two apartment complexes; an office building; a storage building; two restaurants; the supermarket; and five privatelyowned businesses. The world continues to look toward Solar Town. The article Soldiers Grove Soldiers On, which appeared in the November December 2003 Solar Today magazine, took a detailed look at the village 25 years after it recreated itself. It discusses the valuable lessons learned from what worked and what didnt, and draws

positive conclusions In some ways, the solar buildings of Soldiers Grove are like war veterans to be revered, respected and taken care of for the outstanding service they performed in the days of 15 percent inflation and oil price shocks. While some have fallen prey to old age, neglect and a government that promised a future but failed to deliver simple followup care, most of the buildings are still excellent examples of solar energy at work. The fact that they are still working is testimony to intestinal fortitude, good design and caring owners. The Department of Energys Becker writes that the yardstick for measuring whether a project is worthwhile is this are the community and the world better off than they would have been if the project had not been accomplished? By Beckers yardstick, the recreation of Soldiers Grove was, and is, a worthwhile project. Navigation for section Visitors

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Memories Goldwater and Kennedy 20 and 55 Years On by Richard Langworth November 22, 2018 A photographer friend sends along praise of Senator Barry Goldwater. Gone now twenty years, he was a noted portrayer of his beloved Southwest I am reading an issue of Arizona Highways devoted to his work. The only thing he was more passionate about than politics was his photography. And he was a great photographer. Praise of one photographer by another is a high recommendation. He reminded me of People and Places, Goldwaters fine book of photographs, from canyons to Hopi. The depth of feeling for Arizonas native peoples and natural vistas in those photos belies the picture his enemies tried to paint of Goldwater when he ran for President in 1964. The books frontispiece is an impromptu snap of President Kennedy, gone fiftyfive years November 22nd. The anniversary went almost unremarked. And after all, for half those now alive, that event must seem as ancient as the blue distance of the Middle Ages. The photo is inscribed

For Barry Goldwater Whom I urge to follow the career for which he has shown such talent photography! From his friend John Kennedy. In his preface, Goldwater writes that while they had certain political disagreements, he thought that photo captured the effervescent spirit that he knew. I have one of these framed. To me it represents the political respect and cordiality of a time long gone. It was an astonishing relationship. Goldwater was chairman of the Republican Senate campaign committee when thenSenator Kennedy began showing interest in running for President. In his travels on behalf of Republicans, Goldwater recalled, he would inevitably learn what voters thought of Kennedy. This he would impart to his friend Jack! Youre not doing so well in rural Iowa, but things are looking up in Des Moines. After Kennedy was elected in 1960, they both realized that the next election might pit them against each other. They actually considered campaigning together against each other in 1964. It would have been a ki

nd of whistlestop LincolnDouglas debate series. Then came Dallas, November 1963. We lost our President, and Goldwater his friend. He ran anyway, and was smeared as a mad bomber and philistine who would return us to the Stone Age. It was the beginning of the end for the style of politics Goldwater and Kennedy espoused and exemplified. I cast my first presidential vote for Barry Goldwater, but he was an awful campaigner and by November I could barely bring myself to pull the lever. Maybe Im naive, but in retrospect Ive often thought that neither he nor Jack Kennedy would have stood for 58,000 dead in Vietnam. They would have ended it long before that happened. One way or the other. Without too much argument, we may date November 22, 1963 as the beginning of the end of postwar innocence and absolute faith in our destiny the grim prelude to Vietnam and Watergate, to the politics of personal destruction. As an old friend told me at a high school reunion Thats when the rot began. Mr. Langworth richardlangorth.com i

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Some People Juggle Geese This Is What I Do Instead Live in China 5 Lived in Singapore 231 Read Books 233 Watch Movies 220 Observe Language 177 Collect Stuff 55 Movie Log movie log 199 book log 163 save the cat beat sheet 61 blake snyder beat sheet 61 Singlish 45 Hungry Hundred Book Club 33 car racing films 22 films based on a book 22 kids' movies 22 book shop 13 Asian Books Blog 12 Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU 12 "Some people juggle geese" is a quote from Joss Whedon's defunct scifiwestern tv show Firefly. I take it to be a positive statement about the richness of the human experience. More about the site We Love Translations Dilapidated Snowblower Ruth Chew I Laughed at This Stuff As if the whole site isn't about me! Oh, fine. I'm Lucy Day Werts. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See my ToS and Privacy Policy. ExpatsBlog.com BlogExpat.com Expat.com ExpatExchange.com I also surf the web Canada Goose Web Works This work of speculative fiction tells the story of an alternative presentday

reality or near future in which the US government has been supplanted by an oppressive religious regime. Fertility rates are down. In the new Republic of Gilead, women have lost their independence. Some are assigned to deserving soldiers as wives, domestic servants or econowives while others are forced into prostitution or are made into handmaidswomen who will symbolically bear children on behalf of the wives. The Handmaids Tale is a controversial work. It is studied in American high schools, but some parents feel that its sexual scenes are inappropriate for teenagers. Others complain about the negative depiction of Christianity. I would say that its a book that, like many others, will not be fully understood by teenagers but is nevertheless well worth reading and pondering. For more on the plot and themes, continue reading. The protagonist tells her story in the present tense with flashbacks that show she remembers a world like the one we live in, where she had a husband and child. She has been assigned to

a highranking person referred to as the commander, lives in a supposedly suicideproofed room in his home, and ritualistically carries out household and reproductive tasks as she has been taught to do in a special religious reeducation school. She is called Offred because the man to whom she has been assigned is named Fred. Rules, of course, were made to be broken. Information travels secretly between handmaids as Offred attempts to learn the fates of her daughter and her rebellious lesbian friend Moira. Meanwhile, the commander induces Offred to meet with him secretly, and the commanders wife sets Offred up with her driver, Nick, to increase the chances of a pregnancy. We learn from Offreds cool descriptions about the society and her former life in bits and pieces that are woven into a gripping and very human tale that, even while it shocks us with injustice, leads us to question what love is or should be, and how much choice we should have about it; to realize how thoroughly we take choice for granted; and t

o ask ourselves, finally, how much freedom we would trade for safety and order. Its uncomfortable and its fascinating. The ending of the book has a tackedon feel. Perhaps because the narrative is told in first person as if to some audience, Atwood supplied a specific audience. The tale is framed as a narrative that was recorded after the end of the events related by Offred, a narrative discovered and discussed by researchers in the far future. These researchers give us a little more insight into Offreds world but they do it in a preachy way that seems, annoyingly, to condemn realworld contemporary behavior. The ending, furthermore, clarifies almost nothing about the fate of the protagonist, since the researchers, in typical academic fashion, acknowledge that any conclusions must be tentative because complete data is lacking. In 2012 the author shared some thoughts on creating the novel httpwww.theguardian.combooks2012jan20handmaidstalemargaretatwood Interestingly, Atwood says The Handmaids Tale is technically

not a feminist dystopia because it is not the case that all men are above all women. The deep foundation of the US so went my thinking was not the comparatively recent 18thcentury Enlightenment structures of the republic, with their talk of equality and their separation of church and state, but the heavyhanded theocracy of 17thcentury Puritan New England, with its marked bias against women, which would need only the opportunity of a period of social chaos to reassert itself. Thats a sad train of thought, but Atwood reminds readers that if something like the Gilead Republic ever came into being, a future like the other one she created, the postGilead society, still could, too. There exists what sounds like a terrible movie adaptation. Update Now theres a TV series, too. What stood out They also serve who only stand and wait, a line from John Miltons poem When I consider how my light is spent, is quoted p. 18. Offred contrasts safety then and now No man shouts obscenities at us, speaks to us, touches us. No

one whistles. There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Dont underrate it p. 24. Offred notes the difference between the verbs lay and lie and makes some deadpan puns p. 37. Offred quotes a government slogan From each according to her ability; to each according to his needs p. 117. Offred notes the importance of literal and figurative perspective What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwise there are only two dimensions. Otherwise you live in the moment. Which is not where I want to be p. 143. Offred interprets a phrase Steel yourself, my mother used to say, before examinations I didnt want to take or swims in cold water. I never thought much at the time about what the phrase meant, but it had something to do with metal, with armor, and thats what I would do, I would steel myself p

. 160. When the government takes jobs, money and any official status away from women, Offred thinks, to herself, of her husband We are not each others anymore. Instead, I am his p. 182. You cant help what you feel, Moira once said, but you can help how you behave p. 192. People will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot p. 215. The commander tries to justify the treatment of women by highlighting a number of problems with the overthrown society and insisting that falling in love is not worthwhile, that an arranged marriage is just as good if not better than marrying for love, and in fact historically arranged marriages were normal pp. 219220. When and why I read it Rachel of the Hungry Hundred Book Club Meetup in Singapore chose it. Genre Fiction speculative fiction Date started date finished 13Feb2016 to 16Feb2016 Originally published in 1986 Amazon link The Handmaids Tale Another antifascist work from the same period is V for Vendetta. Atwood specifically

mentions Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 as books that inspired her to write about a dystopia. Below is a list of some dystopian novels. It does not include novels that are postapocalyptic but not dystopian. I have not read the ones in gray. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury scifi The Time Machine by H.G. Wells scifi A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 1984 by George Orwell One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn historical We by Yevgeny Zamyatin We The Living by Ayn Rand historical Anthem by Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind fantasy The Giver by Lois Lowry young adult The Host by Stephanie Meyer young adult The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins young adult Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld young adult The Bar Code Tattoo series by Suzanne Weyn young adult Tripods series by John Christopher young adult Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne The Trial by Franz Kafka Divergent series by Veronica Ro

th young adult V for Vendetta by Alan Moore graphic novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Hungry City Chronicles aka Predator Cities aka Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve young adult Maze Runner series by James Dashner young adult Children of Men by PD James Posted on February 28, 2016 February 23, 2018 Categories booksTags book log, Hungry Hundred Book Club Previous Previous post The Praisehaven Salvation Army store has interesting books. Next Next post Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono I built this blog on Dreamhost using WordPress and PHP.

would Jesus GTD WJGTD Would Jesus Get Things Done By Nathan Campbell Christianity, Culture 9 minutes of reading 14 Comments I am a little bit sick of the Getting Things Done GTD evangelists pushing GTD as the only way to live. GTD does not fit with my personality type. And its not something that is Biblically mandated. At the very least it falls into the category of wisdom. But its possible to be productive without having a to do list with the methodological ticking off of checkboxes. Heres a Mark Driscoll sermon on the barren fig tree. Now, I dont want to get into the finer points of Mark Driscolls preaching here, but I think its fair to say that what he does with the figs borders on allegory, and if hes preaching as though hes speaking Gods word to Gods people, then this is just wrong. I dont need to conform to the GTD view of productivity to be doing good kingdom work. Heres the passage hes preaching from 6 And he told this parable A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit

on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground? 8 And he answered him, Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down. Its bizarre that he opens up this sermon with this quote That being said, I want to give you a few principles for interpreting parables in general and then well look at todays parable in particular. Now, when it comes to interpreting the parables, one thing I will say is that they are frequently abused and misunderstood. They are mistreated, misinterpreted, misapplied. So we have to be careful with them. One way that this happens is that people will use the parables to teach doctrine. The parables are simple stories. Theyre not intended to introduce new doctrines. They illustrate, illuminate existing doctrines, theyre extended analogies. S

o the Bible teaches a propositional truth claim and the parable illustrates it. It helps to expand it, illuminate it. It gives us new perspective on it. Now. Heres where he starts veering into the you must GTD territory that I find pretty harmful, and based solely on what has worked for him, in his circumstances, with his personality. Here he starts with his conclusion, and then essentially begs the question. He defines fruitfulness before he says that God cares about fruitfulness. But who says his definition of fruitfulness is right? Heres the question that is seeking to be answered by the parable Does God care about results, yes or no? Yes, God cares about results. God cares about effectiveness. God cares about performance. Here the word that encompasses all of that is fruit, fruit. God cares about fruitfulness. Fruitfulness here is good works. Good works, obedience, a changed life, living a kind of life that makes a difference, that when your life on the earth is done, people miss you because you were a gi

ft to them. You were a channel of Gods grace to them. You provided wisdom or generosity or help or service or rebuke or encouragement. That you were giving. That you were fruitful. That your life counted. That you werent just a consumer, you were a producer. You didnt just take from everyone and everything, but you gave and they were blessed by you. He doesnt tie salvation to fruitfulness in fact, he explicitly says that were different from traditional religion that does do that, and that were saved by grace, but his exhortation to live wisely borderlines on mandating his personal approach to life as normative Christian behaviour. Its not about just belonging to Jesus and going to heaven. Its about belonging to Jesus, living a fruitful life, and then going to heaven for an eternal reward. Your life counts, your life counts, your life matters. God has fruit for you to bear. He has good works for you to do. He has things for you to accomplish. Not so that you can become a Christian, but because you are. Not so

that youll become pleasing in his sight, but because through Christ you already are. Ok. With you still. And so, to extend the analogy, Mars Hill is a vineyard. Hes a tree, shes a tree, youre a tree, Im a tree, were all trees. This is Gods vineyard. Were all fig trees. And its a good time for us to look back on the previous year and celebrate and rejoice. Say, You know what? Insofar as a vineyard goes, what a great vineyard Mars Hill Church is. So much to celebrate, so much to rejoice in. Biggest harvest ever, praise God. Look at all the figs. Hmm. Ok. So fruit is how big your church gets. One thing I will say about Driscoll is his opening, middle, and closing statements about Mars Hill are always on message and reinforcing the brand. They do this so well. Have a look at some transcripts. Somehow joining the City, the social network they use, signing up for a small group, and getting your life in order so that you can contribute to church life, is an application of every passage. Be part of us. Join us. Serv

e the community. That stuff is great. But before the end is some more middle and were now being asked to hold two truths central to our interpretation of this passage. Were building a syllogism baby. One God wants you to be fruitful and effective, two we are to identify the figs that werent appearing in this parabolic mans vineyard as our own works and productivity. Heres where we get a little bizarre. The application, well, one of them and this is the tip of a pretty deep iceberg Some of you, your big problem is you dont count your figs. Youve got to measure, count. Some of you are naturally administratively gifted and organized. Youre so freakishly tidy, you actually need to calm down, okay? But some of you need to get a label maker and you need to get a plan, right? You need to put some plans together. Lets say, for example, you want to lose weight this year and you want to be healthy. First thing you need is a scale. How many figs do I weigh? Okay, how many figs do I weigh? I got to count my figs. And t

hen you got to read the boxes and labels. How many calories, how many figs am I eating? Youve got to track it. Some of you say, I dont like numbers. Im not good with numbers. You got to learn to count your figs. You wont make changes in your life unless youre tracking it, keeping an accounting and a reckoning of it. Thats the point of the parable. Hes got an idea of where his figs are coming from and where there is fruitlessness. Number four, measure fruitfulness, not busyness. This ones huge. Some of you say, Im busy! Im active! Im so busy, Im committed to every but are you fruitful? Theres a big difference between busyness and fruitfulness. Some people, they are filled with coffee. Theyre returning emails, talking on the phone, texting while theyre driving, doing their makeup and their hair while doing Pilates on their way to work. I mean, theyre multitaskers, theyre busy, theyre active, theyre rushed. Theyre always late, theyre not emotionally present when theyre there with you. Theyre taking calls over di

nner, I mean theystuffs falling through the cracks. Theyre not sleeping enough, theyre stressed out and shaking. Im so busy! And what they want is compassion. What they need is fruitfulness. Some of you need to learn to say, I cant do that, I cant do that, I cant do that. I need to see three things through to completion rather than seven things through to incompletion. I need to be fruitful, not just busy. Then you have to get a mentor, like the guy in the parable did. And use your manure. Like the mentor in the parable said to and the whole way through Driscoll is peppering his talk with examples from his own life. GTD is the new prosperity gospel If you order your life itll be better. Thats the line were being fed by those whove read and conformed to David Allens Getting Things Done. Mark Driscoll is a disciple, and one of his points of application in this sermon is basically the capture everything mentality of GTD. I cant imagine spending my life trying to write down everything I think and do. So that Ill

do it better next time. Heres my tip Just do it it worked for Nike. All this reflection seems bizarre. And I dont think Jesus spent each evening meditating on his day. He just kept doing the stuff he had to do. Im not sure he was ticking off a list either. Because he was happy enough to change his plans and be distracted when people came up to him in crowds. So I spent a little time working on my life, not just in it, putting together my schedule for this year, my travel schedule for the next eighteen months, my preaching schedule for the next twentyfour months. Plans for Mars Hill, plans for my family, trying to tee it all up. Yeah, there will be adjustments, nothings perfect. I sat down with Gracie and we took a whole day, just us, laptops, paperwork, put it all together. Whats an ideal week look like? What do you need from me? Whats working? Whats not working? How can we help? How do we need to adjust the kids chores? How did the holidays work? What do we need for vacations this year? What are we going to

do for the kids birthdays? What about sports? You know the complexity of life. And Gracie and I spent a whole day putting the year together. We made a plan. We made a plan. And by the grace of God, well take notes along the way and well make adjustments and next year will be better than the year that were looking forward to right now, I hope and pray, by the grace of God. Its great that GTD works for some people but preaching it, from the pulpit, without any alternatives, is just a little too conform to my way of thinking for my liking. Its wisdom, its not an imperative. Theres no 11th commandment. This quote is pretty cool though, it may contain traces of ninja Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher who was a Christian, he had a great insight regarding parables. He said that parables sneak up on you. Theyre like ninja stories. All right, you dont seem them coming. Because if youre confronted with the truthlets say for example youre in sin and youre confronted in the truth, you may bristle and fight and de

fend yourself, and a story, a good parable, sneaks up on you because you dont see it coming. I dont think Jesus was a GTDer what are your thoughts? Should I be breaking out the label maker and starting to systematise my life my wife isnt allowed to answer this question?

Ken Loach wins second Cannes Palme dOr with I, Daniel Blake May 22, 2016 By Reuters Director Ken Loach, Palme d'Or award winner for his film "I, Daniel Blake", reacts during the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes By Julien Pretot CANNES, France Reuters British veteran director Ken Loach won his second Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival when I, Daniel Blake, his latest socialrealist drama, took the Best Picture award on Sunday. Loach, 79, is one of only nine directors to have won the top prize at Cannes twice. Loach had won in 2006 with The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Addressing the Grand Theatre des Lumieres crowd in French, Loach said Thanks to the team, the writer Paul Laverty, the producer Rebecca OBrien and all the others. Thanks also to the workers of the Cannes Festival who make this event possible. Loach remains just as passionate about social injustice as when his TV play Cathy Come Home shocked viewers 50 years ago with its depiction of a slide into homelessness. Switch

ing to English, Loach said he found it very strange to receive an award in such opulent surroundings given the miserable living conditions of the people who inspired his film. When there is despair, the people from the far right take advantage, Loach said. We must say that another world is possible and necessary. I, Daniel Blake, shows how Britains social security system conspires to drive a downtrodden carpenter and a single mother of two into poverty in the northeastern city of Newcastle. Standup comedian Dave Johns plays joiner Daniel who is denied disability benefits when unable to work through illness. He befriends young mother Katie, played by Hayley Squires, as they battle with the welfare system. The Iranian film Forushande The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi received two awards, for Best Screenplay and for Best Actor, won by Shahab Hosseini. Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who won the Jury Prize with Mommy in 2014, received the Grand Prix for his Juste la Fin du Monde Its Only the End of the World. The Ju

ry Prize went to American Honey by British director Andrea Arnold, while Olivier Assays, director of Personal Shopper and Cristian Mungiu who made Bacalaureat Graduation tied for Best Director. Jaclyn Jose won Best Actress for her role in Ma Rosa, a brutal dive into the Manilla underworld directed by Brillante Mendoza. Other big name directors Jim Jarmusch Paterson, Paul Verhoeven Elle, Pedro Almodovar Julieta, Bruno Dumont Ma Loute, the Dardenne brothers The Unknown Girl and Nicolas Winding Refn The Neon Demon left the Croisette empty handed. The biggest surprise, however, was that a German comedy drama Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade, did not win anything even though it was highly acclaimed by the critics and the general audience. The jury was presided over by Australian director George Miller. JeanPierre Leaud, one of the most famous faces of the French New Wave, received the Palme dOr dHonneur, a lifetime achievement award. Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Jane Merriman Actor Michael Jace of TVs

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Reading Germans vote in mayoral elections in Frankfurt and Mainz Starconnect Media News Germans vote in mayoral elections in Frankfurt and Mainz Germans vote in mayoral elections in Frankfurt and Mainz starconnect 2 weeks ago German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz Admin l Monday, March 06, 2023 FRANKFURT Some 509,000 people in Frankfurt are being called upon to vote for a new mayor on Sunday, choosing between 20 candidates. Some 509,000 people in Frankfurt are being called upon to vote for a new mayor on Sunday, choosing between 20 candidates. Former mayor Uwe Becker is running for the conservative Christian Democrats CDU, while the head of the planning department, Mike Josef, is standing for the Social Democrats SPD. Manuela Rottmann is running for the Green Party, which was the strongest party in the last city elections. If no one gets the required absolute majority in the first round of voting, a runoff would be held on March 26. The election comes about after former SPD mayor Peter Feldmann was voted out of of

fice in November. Feldmann had lost trust in a corruption scandal involving the Association of Welfare Workers AWO and a series of missteps. He was later fined for accepting benefits in the AWO scandal although the verdict is not yet legally binding. People in the state of RhinelandPalatinate are also voting on Sunday, in a runoff election for the mayor of Mainz. Some 162,000 people are eligible to vote. The favourite in the runoff is the independent candidate Nino Haase. He is running against Christian Viering of the Green Party. Haase won 40.2 of the vote in the first round in February, against Vierings 21.5. The election was held after incumbent Michael Ebling SPD moved to head the state interior ministry. TAGGED Germans

Reading Osun Evolution throwback? Starconnect Media Opinion Osun Evolution throwback? Osun Evolution throwback? starconnect 1 month ago Former Governor of Osun, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola Now that former Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC have secured a legal victory at the Tribunal, let them not engage in what can be described Pyrrhic victory By abiodun KOMOLAFE l Monday, 13 February 2023 IJEBUJESA, Osun, Nigeria In general terms, Sociology refers to the scientific understanding and interpretation of social actions. With this in mind, that the Nigerian society consists of very poor people, both in material and spiritual essence is no longer news! Arising from the above, that poverty of ideas has generated the culture and ideas of poverty may also not be too far from the truth! What that means is that, in the struggle for survival, democracy of the stomach plays a very important role. To put it mildly, it is the culture of what we shall eat first that takes preeminence whilst developme

nt no longer has any tangible meaning. With poverty of ideas at work, jaundiced interpretations are given to sound judgments and mob interference is pointlessly instigated. Caution is thrown to the wind and the peace of the society takes flight! But whos to blame? After all, survival is priority; and this cuts across the nooks and crannies of the society. Ideally, social changes in any society are always gradual, so unhurried and so piecemeal that, unless someone is a keen observer, many things will pass unnoticed. For instance, when tuition fees in Nigerias universities and other tertiary institutions were raised, only few students and few schools were out on the streets protesting against the hike. Society generally behaved as if it was a nonissue! When the price of pepper and other agricultural products were raised, people pretended not to notice! When the cost of living generally outstripped the income or revenue accruable to individuals, people resorted to selfhelp! When the people started noticing a bre

akdown in the norms and values of the society; especially, when the absurd strutted with frightening ease, the sum total was a degraded society. Unfortunately, those in authority were never made to face the music. So, they remained unrepentant till Thy kingdom come! Sad that even the gains of our founding fathers in this regard have been eroded due to successive bad governments! For instance, the finesse that existed in the 1960s is no longer there. In the 1970s, the elite believed in and adopted the lower, middle and upper class dichotomy, which led to a healthy struggle to aspire to the next comfortable zone in the social strata. Unfortunately, that, too, no longer exists, simply because the military brought its bad interventions to bear; and subsequent bad political leadership couldnt but truncate whatever remained of the finesse of the 1960s. As a matter of fact, this throwback has affected other sectors because its a societal, not standalone thing. It moves through human beings, to all other sectors. I

s it any wonder that institutions have been badly affected while the continued survival of the public and private sectors are dimly doubtful? Such was the situation in parts of Osun State on January 27, 2023, following the ruling of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Safe for the timely intervention of a lifesaver, yours sincerely would most probably have been senselessly lynched at the Orita Olaiya intersection in Osogbo, the state capital. Recall that the Ademola Adelekeled government also alleged that political appointees of the former administration took away the vehicles that belonged to the state. Well, its laughable that it was announced in the first place! In saner climes, itd have been a question of writing, officially, to the alleged defaulters, demanding the return of those vehicles, failing which legal actions would be taken. After all, there were records of the stateowned vehicles, and to whom they were allocated. If the alleged defaulters action was not backed by law, the ad

ministrative process alone would have taken care of the punishment meted out to all because of the alleged sin of a few. Even, in the days of Obafemi Awolowo, salaries of public servants, not to speak of those who were never given even bicycles, would not have been withheld; which has been the situation in Osun till date; which, again, amounts to an abuse of power! And, this is 2023! Lets also talk about the declining influence of the activists. Without doubt, antecedents of NonGovernmental Organisations NGOs and the review of those antecedents have shown that most of them are experts at making noise until they are thrown up and recognised only to fall by the wayside due to pollution by political contaminants and the inducement of pelf. Needless to repeat that such NGOs that once held successive governments accountable are no longer in the book of reckoning. The comrades of yesteryears are now the best friends of the bourgeois class; and Union leaders can no longer be trusted because they have compromised sta

ndards. Well, to begin to rebuild the society, we need a new orientation that cuts across the board; and it has to be a deliberate attempt, not a halfhearted medication. Since we are not a society of barbarians, the political will must be there to carry it through. Let not the government or the society deceive itself until the mass of unemployed people are engaged, there wont be an end to youth restiveness. Ignoring them will also be at the societys peril. For the society to be functional, we also need the interventions of the activists and the NGOs that will speak truth to power so that they can act as checks and balances. But, once they are compromised at that level, then, trouble looms! Society becomes endangered when there is a possibility of the Rule of Law being relegated. There and then, its safety is in jeopardy and its sustenance becomes doubtful. Thats exactly what the supporters of the ruling party did on that fateful Friday. Had the other side decided to follow the flow, what would have become the

fate of the lawabiding residents? Now that former Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC have secured a legal victory at the Tribunal, let them not engage in what can be described Pyrrhic victory. That the society should also remain calm is a general appeal. Yes, Oyetola has won and its acknowledged everywhere. Even sound legal minds have repeatedly stated that it would be difficult to impeach the judgment at the Appellate Court. Nonetheless, let the winners allow the law to run its course even as they must advise their followers and sympathisers against misbehaving or saying things that are capable of heating up the polity andor provoking the other side further into lawlessness. The legal system will keep working while the police will continue to keep the peace. And, if the current governor thinks that power has actually slipped off him, all he needs to do is throw in the towel and save the state further hassle. In the final analysis, there must be concerted efforts to rebuild the so

ciety so that when politicians are campaigning, let us watch out for those who want to rebuild the society and those who want power for the sake of power. Wole Soyinka once suggested that Nigerias universities should be shut for at least 3 years while efforts were made to think through the kind of university system that would be suitable for Nigeria. Unfortunately, Soyinkas suggestion was not only unpopular at the time but also fell on deaf ears. Only last year, the same universities were shut for the better part of one year. As fate would have it, Kongi is now either too old to comment or the Nobel Laureate is fed up with the whole thing! May the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, grant us peace in Osun State! NB Komolafe wrote in from IjebuJesa, Osun State, Nigeria ijebujesayahoo.co.uk TAGGED Osun Atikus irreversible blunders The dice is cast as Abians get ready to elect APGA governor, house members Prof Gregory Ibe most prepared to restore the glory of Abia

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Jamaica is About to Decriminalize Ganja by psmith, January 22, 2015, 0222pm, Issue 871 Decriminalization Marijuana Personal Use Marijuana Industry Politics Outside US This article was published in collaboration with AlterNet. The island nation most closely associated with marijuana is about to decriminalize it. The Jamaican cabinet Monday approved a bill that would do just that, as well as allow for the creation of medical marijuana and hemp industries. Rastaman has a reason to smile. wikimedia.org The bill, the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act of 2015, goes to the Senate tomorrow and will be debated there next Friday. It would decriminalize the possession of up to two ounces of ganja; allow its use for religious, medical, scientific, and therapeutic purposes; prohibit smoking it in public places; and provide for the granting of licenses for the development of a legal hemp and medical marijuana industry. While Jamaica is home to the Rastafarian religion, whose sacrament is marijuana, and has high usage rates 9.

8 of the adult population, ranking it 10th worldwide, according to the UN, it has been slow to move forward on marijuana law reform. It's been 14 years since a governmentappointed National Commission on Ganja recommended decriminalization. At the time, Jamaican politicians were able to point to baleful threats coming from Washington as a reason not to move forward. But things have changed. The United States is no longer wielding international drug control treaties as clubs with which to beat down reform efforts and, in fact, is moving unevenly toward marijuana legalization itself. Four states and the District of Columbia have already legalized it, and 14 more have decriminalized it. The situation in the hemisphere is similar. Uruguay has already legalized it, while Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico have decriminalized the possession of small amounts. The land of the legendary Lamb's Bread pot strain and the home of ganja icon Bob Marley is in danger of being left behind when it comes to bringing marijuana laws

into the 21st Century. Groups such as the Ganja Law Reform Coalition, the Ganja Future Growers and Producers Association, and the Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Task Force have been urging the government to loosen the island's pot laws not only for the sake of social justice, but also for fear that failure to act will hurt Jamaica's competitiveness in what is foreseen to be an emerging international legal marijuana market. Now, while they're not getting full legalization, they are getting decriminalization and the opportunity to lay the groundwork for a legal marijuana industry. "The development is long overdue and comes after years, and, in recent times, heavy pressure from what is now a diverse and broadening group of stakeholders on human rights, social, economic, scientific and medical grounds," cannabis taskforce director Delano Seiveright said in a statement. For Justice Minister Michael Golding, it's less about social justice than economics. Marijuana law reform could boost the island's alr

eady significant tourist industry, he said. "We need to position ourselves to take advantage of the significant economic opportunities offered by this emerging industry," Golding said. Previous Medical Marijuana Update Next Chronicle AM VA Forfeiture Reform, Jamaica to Decriminalize, Supreme Court Drug Dog Case, More 12215

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Diversity and Inclusion Center for Diversity and Inclusion Travis Tucker Jr. Director, LGBTQIA Engagement Associate Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion Travis TuckerDirector of LGBTQIA Engagement and Associate Director, Center for Diversity and Inclusion CDI Travis Tucker Jr. currently serves as the Director of LGBTQIA Engagement and Associate Director at the Center for Diversity and Inclusion CDI at Washington University in St. Louis. In this dual role, Travis also leads the development of services for WashUs growing LGBTQIA community while overseeing the day to day management of the CDI. He previously has held positions as the Assistant Director of Leadership and LGBTQIA at WashU, and the Coordinator of LGBTQIA Resource Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Before his transition into DEI work, Travis worked in residential life as a Hall Director at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for University Housing. Travis has a degree in Political Science from The University of Akron and

a Masters Degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Miami OH University. Travis currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his husband Braden and their two dogs, Reno and Dot. travis.tuckerwustl.edu St. Louis MO 631304899

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Martin Mixed Media, Saturday 9 July 2016 I watched The Fall on my flight to Edinburgh this week. Its a visually stunning film, and I wish Id watched it on a bigger screen than my iPad Mini. It would have looked amazing on a big TV screen, and even better in the cinema. At the end of the documentary Daft Punk Unchained on Netflix, I found myself slightly unsettled by the fact that Random Access Memories is three years old. Not so much huh, I would have guessed it was 2014, not 2013, but more a case of huh, 2013 seems like quite a long time ago now. Season 1 of Ash vs Evil Dead was fun, but although Bruce Campbells character Ash Williams is supposed to be coarse and selfcentered, the show doesnt always stay on the right side of ironic. Horror comedy is hard to pull off well. This mostly succeeds. Not sure if I liked it enough to seek out season 2 when it arrives. Oh, and Ive finally got to the point in season 1 of Person of Interest where it has pulled me in. I think it was in episode

15 Blue Code that I felt the characters especially Detective Fusco had reached a critical mass of back story and complexity, and I was starting to care about what happened to them next; and also about what happened to them before. Im one episode from the season finale now, and theres a lot of mystery still left to uncover. I can see myself jumping straight into season 2 when Im done. I had a ticket to see Twin Atlantic in the Kleine Zaal of Paradiso on Tuesday 28 June, but the band had to cancel the gig because of illness. I hadnt even heard of them until last month when Scott tipped me off about them, and I noticed they were playing Amsterdam. Since then, Ive been listening to their album Great Divide a lot, and I had been super excited seeing them in such an intimate venue. Unfortunately, they have rescheduled the gig for Tuesday 19th July, when Ill be in Scotland. sadpanda At least Ill be seeing Area 11 while Im over there. I loved their first album, All The Lights In The Sky, so much that I feared the o

nly was was down. Although there are some parts of Modern Synthesis that havent grabbed me yet, there are four splendid rock songs that leaped out at me right from the start The Contract, Versus, Watchmaker, and Red Queen. Saga continues to be magnificent. CategoriesMixed Media Previous PostPrevious Farewell to stickers Next PostNext Mixed Media, Wednesday 3 August 2016

The Latest Sauna Hot Trend A recent study indicates that the popularity of saunas has doubled since the beginning of the decade. People in Scandinavia are more likely to experience better mental health and overall wellness after spending time in a sauna, and it's not only Europeans who enjoy them. It also helps that the Nordic countries have the happiest people on earth. There's also an added bonus the Nordic countries have a culture that values natural wellness, including the use of saunas. The latest hot trend in sauna design comes from the Nordic region. Infrared saunas are a hot trend in Scandinavia, where the average person spends an hour in a steamy chamber. This type of sauna is also popular in China, where it is widely available in some cities. In addition to promoting physical wellness, the new trend is also attracting more tourists. These hot trends are making saunas more popular not only in Scandinavia, but around the world. The reinvention of sauna design is becoming increasingly common. From mass

ive hip sauna amphitheaters to community spaces with hip designs, the trend has become a global phenomenon. According to Lasse Eriksen, development manager at Nordic Hotels Resorts, "European saunas are the new social hangout." This design movement is set to take over the rest of Europe, and looks set to spread internationally. However, before the trend takes off, it's crucial that the trend doesn't get too out of hand. The latest sauna hot trend is the sauna. Many European spas have begun reinventing their facilities to create cool spaces. Lasse Eriksen, Development Manager at Nordic Hotels Resorts, explains "The concept of the sauna is not only becoming more mainstream, but it's also expanding its reach beyond Europe. Infrared saunas are becoming more accessible to tourists, and it's possible to find a sauna in a hotel or a spa near you. Reimagining the sauna is the latest trend. With a sauna being more accessible than ever before, the latest trend is about reinventing the way people experience it. A well

designed sauna will have a floor drain, which allows the steam to drain. The water should be able to drain in the bottom so that it can't get out of control and damage your equipment. And since the sauna is an important part of the health of the body, its temperature should be comfortable for the user. The sauna is a popular form of wellness that can help people lose weight and feel healthier. The current hot trend is a hot one for spas. The Nordic countries have the most luxurious spas, with some of the most luxurious saunas in Europe. The new hottest trends are all about reinventing the traditional sauna. Creating a modern space for saunas will give the area a distinct personality. The new generation of designers and owners will also be able to incorporate it into their design.

Posted November 7, 2018 in Adult MC Romance, Biker Romance, Mature Fiction, Mature Romance, MC, MC Romance, Romance, Series Tags Contemporary Romance, Love, MC Romance, Romance, Series Sometimes the biggest risk a heart can take, is giving love a second chance. Quill and Jasmine are back to win your hearts. After catching Quill in bed with Club Whore Jess, Jasmine has given up on love and the idea of a future with Quill. She wants nothing to do with him or his club, and will do anything not to see that man again. But with her best friend Luisa, dating Hawke, the VP of the Blood Brothers MC, running into Quill is inevitable. He hurt her, he betrayed her and he lied to her, yet her body still craves his. She may want nothing to do with him, but she cant fight the connection that they have. Quills life is in turmoil. After getting his life back on track and cutting all ties with his old man, he ruins the only relationship that hes ever had by hurting the only woman that he has ever loved. Jasmine Marques. Quills

control is challenged when he agrees to give her time by promising his VP not to contact her. But patience doesnt come easily to Quill, and when he sees her with another man he decides to take matters into his own hands. She may think theyre over but he wont give up. He loves her, he wants her and he will prove it to her. With new threats arising to his club and his woman, Quill is torn between his loyalty towards his brothers and Jasmine. Will Jasmine and Quill get their happily ever after? and can Jasmine look past Quills betrayal and forgive him? J.A. COLLARD lives in Melbourne Australia and is a busy mum by day and a saucy writer by night. She married her high school sweet heart and they have two children. J.A. Collard writes MC Erotic Romance and her first book in the Blood Brothers MC Series was published in October 2016 titled Tame Me. Her second book, Tamed, was published in February 2017 reaching number one on various platforms. Her third book, titled Taming Hawke is being released on the 15th of Ju

ly 2017. She has plans to give all her bikers their own stories but she is also working on other projects. As a child, she always had a passion for reading and that continued through to her adult years. It had always been a dream for her to write her own story, but all that was, was a dream. So one day with the kids tucked away in bed and her hubby left to his own devices, she decided to open up her laptop and make her dream a reality. Her characters had finally been given a chance to be in their own story. When not writing, J.A. Collard enjoys reading, dancing and spending time with her family and friends. J.A. Collard would love to hear from you, so please contact her through the following links. Protecting Della

Cruz Bay offers more than just checking into the US By ShaneJuly 14, 2013Caribbean, Cruising, US Virgin Islands Cruz Bay is the western bay and town on St John. It is important because it is the easiest place to check into the US. When you are entering remember there are two channels. The one on the right is for the St Thomas ferry while the channel on the left is for the BVI ferries and anyone else who needs to check in. You can dock your boat at Customs, but you will get charged for it. Instead I anchor to the left of the channel where the National Parks Service NPS has an area big enough for 45 boats. You are only allowed 3 hours anchoring here, but it is free and plenty of time to check in and walk around town for a bit. Again you can land your dinghy at the Customs building, but it will cost you. Instead go to the NPS dinghy dock to the left of Customs. While you are here you should check out the NPS visitors center and check out the displays about the island including a fantastic 3D map of the island 1s

t and 2nd photo. After you are done with the NPS and Customs you can check out the shopping, which is locally made and quite artistic from jewelry to souvenirs. Right down the street you can also see the battery, which use to protect the harbor 3rd photo. Unfortunately the museum is not up and running at this time, but there is some history here. If you start walking up the hill you will find Dolphin Market and St John Ice Company for convenient provisioning and the cheapest ice I have found in the VI. While here you may want to visit the Elaine Sprauve Library. This is a formal great house think small scale plantation house and has been very nicely restored. Plus there is a small garden next to the family cemetery all of which is worth a visit due to its beauty. So to conclude Cruz Bay has more to offer than checking into the USA. You have unique shopping you wont find on St Thomas, some historic sites, easy provisioning, and a gateway to explore the rest of St John by hiking trail or rental car if you choos

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Home OPEC daily basket price closes at 73.84 per barrel OPEC daily basket price closes at 73.84 per barrel Entrance of the OPEC in Vienna, Austria. Vienna, Austria The price of OPEC basket of thirteen crudes stood at 73.84 a barrel on Monday, compared with 74.19 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes ORB is made up of the following Saharan Blend Algeria, Girassol Angola, Djeno Congo, Zafiro Equatorial Guinea, Rabi Light Gabon, Iran Heavy Islamic Republic of Iran, Basra Light Iraq, Kuwait Export Kuwait, Es Sider Libya, Bonny Light Nigeria, Arab Light Saudi Arabia, Murban UAE and Merey Venezuela.

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