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- Almost reached the point of loving service
- An advanced devotee situated on the platform of spontaneity is already very expert in sastric instruction, logic and argument. When he comes to the point of eternal love for Krsna, no one can deviate him from that position
- At the point of the cape (known today as Cape Comorin) is a big temple of goddess Durga, who is known there as Kanyakumari
- Because Lord Caitanya accepted this sannyasa, so we are maintaining that system, but actual point of sannyasa is not mukti, but satisfy Krsna. That is sannyasa, how Krsna will be satisfied, how Krsna's representative will be satisfied
- Bhava is the permanent characteristic of the living entity, and the crucial point of progress for bhava is called the marginal state of love of Godhead. When the bhava state becomes deeper and deeper, learned devotees call it love of Godhead
- But this is the point of understanding. That I have already told you, in the Bhagavad-gita, that if you want to understand, first of all you have to surrender
- By executing religion one should be satisfied, but unless he comes to the point of Vasudeva, he'll never be satisfied
- By our mutual combination I am certain that we can improve the entire humanity to the point of spiritual understanding and thus automatically eliminate the basis for so many problems that plague our so-called civilized societies
- By practicing sadhana-bhakti one may gradually rise to the point of raga-bhakti, and by performing raga-bhakti in loving transcendental service one can even control the Supreme Powerful Lord
- Devotees of the Lord are more kind than the Lord because they understand the purpose of the Lord. They undertake all kinds of risks, even to the point of approaching ignorant men to try to engage them in the acts of Krsna consciousness
- During our lifetime we have to practice approaching that point of perfection, and at the time of death, when we give up this material body, that perfection has to be realized. At the time of death, one must be prepared
- Even after attaining knowledge of one's spiritual identity if one doesn't come to the point of knowing that the living entities are eternal parts & parcels of the whole & can never become the whole, one has to fall down again into the material atmosphere
- Even after attaining knowledge of one's spiritual identity, if one does not come to the point of knowing that the living entities are eternal parts and parcels of the whole, one has to fall down again into the material atmosphere
- I have received one letter from Sudama das Goswami that both of you had some hot conversation on the points of management, but I request both of you not to become agitated on any controversial point
- If anyone, after speculating for hundreds of thousands of lives, does not come to the point that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that one has to surrender there, all his speculation for so many years and lives is a useless waste of time
- If you study yourself, what I am, am I this body, I am this hand, I am this finger, I am this hair? Go on studying, one day it will, you will come to the point of understanding, but it will take many, many years
- If you talk to whatever small number of followers I have, you will find that they talk better than any great philosopher, better than any scientist or politician. That is the quality of my students. What's the point in talking nonsense?
- In jnana-maya, realization extends beyond the living symptoms to the point of thinking, feeling and willing
- In Krishna Consciousness there is variety but there is no discord. We may fight with one another on the point of serving but that is not a discord
- Let the good men go with you to preach all over England, and the less advanced devotees may stay at the London temple and become trained up to the point of becoming experts and then they also may go out for preaching in traveling party
- Let us begin tracing the evolutionary process from the point of devastation (pralaya), when the whole universe is filled with water. At that time there are many fishes and other aquatics, and from these aquatics evolve creepers, trees, etc
- Lord Krsna made an analytical description of the soul just to bring Arjuna to the point of buddhi-yoga, or bhakti-yoga
- One comes to the point of surrender when one has actually amassed the result of multi pious activities
- One percent done in Krsna consciousness bears permanent results, so that the next beginning is from the point of two percent, whereas in material activity without a hundred percent success there is no profit
- One thing is, we have not yet developed what we have got, so what is the point of expanding further?
- Our inquiries should be on the point of Krsna not in references to the so called race or religion or nationality of this temporary miserable body
- Our sinful activities are so strong that even coming to the point of Krsna consciousness we are falling down, again falling down. So be careful, be cautious, and execute your duty as Krsna conscious people. You will be happy
- So many sacrifices, ritualistic... All finished. You do not require to take trouble for these things if you have come to the point of sacrificing everything for Hari
- Srila Rsabhadeva instructed his sons that unless a human being comes to the point of understanding the atma, or spiritual position, whatever he does is ignorance, and this brings only defeat in his life
- The bhakti-yoga system never urges one towards the impersonal Brahman effulgence or to the point of Paramatma realization. This banah, or arrow, is so sharp and swift that it goes directly to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The devotee, thus surpassing the gross and the subtle forms of coverings, enters the plane of egoism. And in that status he merges the material modes of nature (ignorance and passion) in this point of neutralization and thus reaches egoism in goodness
- The devotees develop a spiritual individuality in their spontaneous service attitude, which is enhanced on and on, up to the point of madhurya-rasa, or transcendental loving service reciprocated between the lover and the beloved
- The gopis, even up to the point of becoming prostitute - for Krsna. So for Krsna's sake we have to accept any nonsense type of business. Or on the highest grade. Anything. But for Krsna we have to do that
- The grhamedhi, the so-called family men, they are working hard and so hard. Why? Because they have got that point of happiness, sex happiness. That's all
- The perfection of the karmis, jnanis, yogis and others remains attractive only as long as one does not come to the point of devotional service, which is so great and significant that it can control the supreme controller, Krsna
- The preliminary processes of yoga system is to control the senses, and practice some bodily position by which the mind can be made fixed up on the point of Visnu Murti
- This body is not meant for such enjoyment for the senses, but this body is meant for tapah, austerity, as Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami showed example. He came to the point of neti
- This is called upama, analogy, the points of similarity. Analogy means the points of similarity. Then you can conclude some idea
- This kapha, pitta, vayu, this body, I am not this body. This is self-realization. "I am different from this bag of flesh and bone." When we realize completely, that is the first point of self-realization
- This mutual cooperation can be established immediately. Apart from the point of the acharya question, I think everyone is working in his individual capacity
- We have discussed about brahmastra. It is almost similar to the modern nuclear weapon or bomb, but it is made with chemicals, but this brahmastra is made of mantra. That is the subtle way. Modern science has not reached to that point of subtle existence
- When an advanced devotee comes to the point of eternal love for Krsna, no one can deviate him from that position, neither by argument nor by sastric evidence
- When He was caught, Krsna was almost on the point of crying. He smeared His hands over His eyes, which were anointed with black eye cosmetics. The child saw His mother’s face while she stood over Him, and His eyes became restless from fear
- You can create that central attachment for Krsna, then you can create Vrndavana anywhere - any family, any society, any country. Just make the point of attachment Krsna, and it is Vrndavana
- You practice in you body, and if you come to the point of tolerance, then anything you can practice and it will be tolerable
- You practice in your body, and if you come to the point of tolerance, then anything you can practice and it will be tolerable. Just like in the morning, when we go for morning walk, they are practicing running


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Does pro-life now mean pro-libertinism?
By Selwyn Duke
At NationalPost.com, journalist David Frum has a piece in which he discusses what he perceives to be the transformation of the pro-life movement. His thesis is that the widespread acceptance of unwed motherhood – including by pro-lifers – has eliminated the stigma attached to the state, thereby causing a quarter-century decrease in the abortion rate.
Frum starts out talking about how the applause for Sarah Palin's pregnant, 17-year-old daughter at the Republican Convention reflects this sea-change. Then, contrasting today's sexual mores and abortion rate with those of 27 years ago, he writes:
It is certainly true that the stigma once attached to unwed motherhood has gone the way of the dodo. As an example, Halle Berry joined other libertine entertainers in having planned unwed pregnancies. Then, with life imitating artists, we heard about the 17 girls who allegedly made a "pregnancy pact" at Gloucester High School. And although such planning still isn't the norm, I think most of us know an unmarried female who is or has been "in the family way."
I take issue with Frum, however. His choice of data is tendentious, and I don't like the implication that the degrading of sexual mores is an acceptable – or even effective over the long term – remedy to the abortion problem. Most significantly, I don't accept the premise that we have only two choices: The de-stigmatization of promiscuity or a high abortion rate (in fact, the former ensures the latter). There is a third option.
To many, Frum's argument may seem compelling. Women had fewer out-of-wedlock babies and a higher rate of abortion in 1981, a time when the stigma against having such children was greater. Today, however, without said stigma, we have a higher unwed birthrate and lower abortion rate than in those more judgmental times. Open and shut case, right?
The problem is that Frum is not studying history and building a theory based on it; rather, he is cherry-picking a historical period that just so happens to support his theory. As it happens, he must do this because a more conscientious examination of the past would reveal his theory as nonsense.
We might wonder why Frum would go back 27 years for his starting point. It's a rather odd number, after all; why not a round one such as 20, 30 or 50? Well, not surprisingly, 1981 just so happens to be the year with the highest abortion rate in American history. During earlier times, however, the rate was even lower than now. In 1972, for instance, the rate was 14 per 1000 women, significantly lower than today. But how could this be? How could the rate have been so much lower during a time when the stigma against unwed motherhood was far greater? Clearly, there are other factors at work.
It's important, however, to be intellectually honest and acknowledge where Frum is right. He expresses an obvious truth of human nature when saying that if you remove the stigma from a behavior, it becomes more common. Yet also obvious is that the stigma in question didn't originate by viewing out-of-wedlock pregnancy as being divorced from the activity that causes it. Were this the case, believing Christians would have to hold the Virgin Mary in very low regard. No, the stigma's true target is fornication, and this is the problem: The solution Frum speaks of so cavalierly is nothing more than the mitigation of one flaw with another.
Many would label this the embrace of the lesser of two evils, and as a pro-lifer I agree. Yet this still leaves us with one evil left, and if some would say it's an acceptable concession to the age, I profoundly disagree. It is a point of view that fails to recognize the gravity of the problem of widespread unwed motherhood.
When pondering this, we could dwell on just the obvious. It's now well-established that children of single parents have higher rates of criminality, drug use and alcoholism; suffer academically; and, generally, exhibit a wide range of social ills to a far greater degree than those from intact homes. Yet, did you ever ponder what such a thing portends for the growth of government and loss of freedom?
The reality is that Bristol Palin doesn't fit the profile of the average single mother, in that she won't have to forge on singly. She is soon to be married, and, also important, she has two relatively young parents of means who are ready, willing and able to provide aid and support. The average pregnant single mother, however, is much more likely to be left almost twisting in the wind . . . alone, with child. Individually, this is often tragic, but collectively, when the number of single mothers becomes great enough, it is always so – for a civilization.
The obvious problem for a single parent is that you cannot work to put bread on the table and care for children simultaneously; thus, someone else must perform the role you cannot. Of course, aside from the Bristol Palins of the world, there are rare cases such as mothers who are financially independent and can stay at home or those who earn enough to pay for day care, but, again, what of the rest? The answer is that, sooner or later, the government will step into the breach; it will institute social programs and fulfill the traditional father role by providing money or the traditional mother role and provide day care. And the less the individuals fulfill their roles – in other words, the greater the number of single mothers laboring singly – the greater the government's role will become.
Moreover, when there is a large population of dysfunctional youths in society, there will be impetus for a trove of other programs as well. You can start with pre-kindergarten, after-school, nutritional, youth-intervention, drug and anti-violence programs, but the sky is the limit. Virtually anything a good family would do, Hillary's village will do.
This is where my libertarian friends will disagree, saying that adherence to the Constitution and proper principles of governance could forestall such statism.
This is where I say, you dream.
Correct principles are great, and we should all try to live by them. But no principle, no matter how valid, trumps the principles of human nature. And one of the latter was expressed well by Edmund Burke when he said:
"It is written in the eternal constitution that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
Like it or not, there is a direct relationship between the morality of a people and the liberty they enjoy. Thus, as people become more collectively irresponsible, there will be a drumbeat to have the government take responsibility for them – and authority from them. This is especially true during the interim period between healthy republic and dictatorship.
To understand this, realize that the same thing causing children from broken homes to exhibit a greater degree of social ills – their relative lack of virtue – also has other consequences. One of them is that they are also more likely to have a feeling of entitlement and expect largesse from the government, and, therefore, support statist candidates. This is just common sense, but if you're still not convinced, consider this research reported at the liberal web site The Democratic Strategist:
So how do we minimize both abortion and single motherhood? There is no easy answer. But there is an answer: A thorough return to traditional morality. Of course, its critics may take a page out of Frum's article and say it doesn't work, as they claim that a stigma will lead to abortion. Or they may say that preaching abstinence is fruitless because kids will "have sex anyway." And, in a way, they may be right – within the context of today's culture. And that is the point.
G.K. Chesterton once said, "The problem nowadays is that we have Christian values floating around detached from one another . . . ." A wise traditionalist understands there must be a healthy "ecosystem of values," which exists in a state of equilibrium because it contains values that balance each other out. Remove a value, and, just as when a species is eliminated from a balanced food chain, the system may break down.
For instance, when the abortion rate was far lower two generations ago, we had a strong stigma attached to unwed pregnancy, but it was balanced by the widely accepted values stating that abortion is murder and human life is sacred. Thus, this stigma should exist, but it should be attended by an even greater stigma attached to abortion. And when it isn't accompanied by those complementary elements, it's silly to complain that traditional morality "doesn't work." It's like having a match and oxygen but no wood and claiming that fire doesn't provide light. It cannot work because, without certain integral constituent elements, "it" doesn't exist.
As for preaching the value of chastity before marriage, there is the problem of inconsistency of message. If a parent teaching rightly is contradicted by his spouse and extended family, we're not surprised when the children don't learn the lesson. Yet we don't apply this knowledge to our national family. At one time chastity was encouraged not just by some churches and organizations, but by the whole culture. Today, though, preaching such virtue gets you labeled a fringe prude, making you a voice in the wilderness of lust. Are we to expect the whispers of an abstinence message rarely heard to inspire chastity in youth whose hearts and minds and souls are continually bombarded with sexual messages from popular culture? This is a bit like dousing a conscientious fire-starter's wood with water most of the day and then saying his fire doesn't provide light.
In all fairness to David Frum, he may understand this. His argument might simply be that we must deal with the world as it is, "come to terms" with the sexual revolution, as it were. But a poison pill doesn't cease to be a poison pill because it becomes a passion, and an answer doesn't cease to be an answer because it's viewed as an anachronism. Sometimes, when the question is one of putting the toothpaste back in the tube, the only real answer is to put the toothpaste back in the tube. It may not be easy, no, but the first step is to recognize the ideal, not obscure it.
This is the third option. It's also a third rail of modern social commentary because, well, it just might spoil our fun. Of course, different groups reckon fun differently. So it's just a question of what we want to be. Are we to be civilized people whose fun is spoiled by barbarism, or barbarians whose fun is spoiled by civilization?

domain: sociology


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- The enemy from Final Fantasy XIV.
- The weapon from Final Fantasy Legend III.
Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare. It is a mixture of a gelling agent, and either petroleum or a similar fuel. It was initially used as an incendiary device against buildings and later primarily as an anti-personnel weapon, as it sticks to skin and causes severe burns when on fire.


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“Boss?” Dawn turned and gave Faith a puzzled grimace.
“No…no,” gasped Faith taking a step away from the mayor, “you can’t be!”
“Hey,” the mayor favoured Faith with a sunny smile, “have we met? Because if we had I’m sure I’d remember such an attractive young woman as you.”
“Umm,” Dawn stepped forward after again giving Faith a worried look, “look, my friend hasn’t been feeling well lately…”
“Oh dear!” interrupted the mayor, his eyebrows coming together in a concerned frown, “Nothing serious I hope?”
Smiling Dawn tried to work out what was going on here, this mayor guy seemed genuinely nice, which made a change (mostly officials couldn’t wait to see the back of them) yet Faith was acting like she’d seen a ghost or something. Dawn took a deep breath; it looked like it was down to her to get them out of this situation…as usual. Loosening the two top fasteners of her blouse she stepped towards the mayor and struck what she hoped was a seductive pose.
“Oh ho!” laughed the mayor, “Lets not have any of that sort of behaviour, young lady, I’m a happily married man and I have my reputation to think about.”
Slumping a little Dawn abandoned her attempts at seduction. Oh well, she thought, better luck next time. Ever since her rather hurried ‘deflowering’ carried out while Faith was fighting off a load of guards who were intent on grabbing Dawn for the vacant ‘Virgin Sacrifice’ spot. Dawn’s ‘love life’, if you could call it that, had hit a new low. She sighed wistfully; at least Faith was letting her drink wine now.
“Darn,” breathed Dawn, “like, I was really hoping to get out of this by using my womanly wiles…whatever they are.”
“Hey,” smiled the mayor.
He did seem to smile a lot, mused Dawn; it must be the professional politician thing.
“Look,” the mayor smiled sympathetically, “don’t take it personally, if I was twenty years younger and not coming up for re-election I’d take you up on your offer…and by the way, your ‘womanly wiles’ look lovely.”
“They do?” beamed Dawn, looking down the front of her blouse, “Y’know, a lot of guys just don’t say that sort of thing often enough.”
“Alright,” the mayor lost something of his pleasant demeanour, “to business.”
“Oh,” Dawn glanced back at Faith who was now standing with her back against the wall staring at the mayor, “Okay, like what have we gotta do to get out of this?”
“Nice to meet a young woman who knows when to get down to business,” the mayor crossed the room and poured a couple of goblets of wine.
Bringing one over to Dawn he passed it to her then raised a questioning eyebrow and looked at Faith. Dawn shook her head, best not to give Faith any alcohol until she knew what the freaking hell was wrong with her.
“I’m sorry,” the mayor sipped at his wine, neatly showing Dawn it wasn’t poisoned, “it’s watered down. I don’t approve of strong drink…but it’s the only safe thing to drink at the moment. When I’m re-elected I’m going to have one of those aqueduct things built and bring fresh water right into the heart of the city.”
“Like,” Dawn smiled wondering if this guy wanted them to vote for him or something, “that’s cool.”
“Yes it is, isn’t it?” the mayor was back to smiling again. “Now young lady I know all about you and your friend and what you did to that priest…” the mayor glanced over at Faith who was now sitting on the floor still staring at him. “Are you sure she’s alright?”
“Yeah,” Dawn glanced over her shoulder, “she’ll be like fine…no problemo…” she mouthed the words, ‘time of the month’ and winked.
“Oh…yes,” the mayor coughed to cover his embarrassment, “Anyway, as I was saying about this priest you and your friend…maybe she should lie down or something?”
“No,” Dawn smiled, “she’ll be fine…honest.”
“Well,” the mayor did his best to look stern, “do you know how much trouble this has caused me?”
Dawn shook her head.
“I’ve had their High Priest fellow; now what’s his name,” the mayor snapped his fingers trying to remember, “Radox…” the mayor frowned in concentration, “No! Rexor! Silly name if you ask me.”
Dawn grinned her agreement; it was generally a good idea to agree with the guy who held your life in the palm of his hand. Dawn turned to give Faith an annoyed look, particularly when your only friend and protector was acting all screwy.
“Damn foreigners,” the mayor had a distracted look on his face now, almost as if Dawn wasn’t in the room with him. “Coming into my very own townhall demanding that I catch you and threatening me!” The mayor thumped his chest, he turned to point a finger at Dawn as if it were a spear, “I mean how dare he!? By all rights I ought to have you and your friend tortured to death in the public square.”
“You should!” Dawn gulped and took a long drink of her watered wine, “I mean…you should?”
“Yes I should,” the mayor sighed and gave Dawn a long hard look.
Dawn whimpered a little and waited to hear what her fate was to be, she nearly jumped out of her skin when the mayor laughed.
“HA!” he barked, “What daring! What outrageousness! What insolence! What arrogance! I salute you.”
“Like…you do?” Dawn nearly dropped her goblet she was so shocked.
“Yes,” the mayor stepped over to her and put a fatherly arm around her shoulder and led her over to the windows. “Yes, those snake worshiping so ‘n’ so’s came to Haafi about a year ago,” he explained. “Since then they’ve grown in power, they upset the older town’s people and beguiled the youngsters.” He looked down at Dawn, “Did you know that trade has dropped by 15% since those snake lovers came to the city?”
“No?” Dawn shook her head again; she wasn’t too sure what was going on here. But, she didn’t think she was going to be tortured to death anytime soon, “You don’t like, like snakes?”
“Oh no!” the mayor shook his head firmly, “Yuck! Horrible things, all slippery and slimy,” he gave a shudder, “I’m thinking of having a snake whacking day, y’know?”
“Yeah,” Dawn replied weakly, her smile had become somewhat fixed by now; she really wished Faith would get her head back in the game. “So, um, what can I…we do for you?”
“AH!” the mayor let go of Dawn’s shoulder and strode back to the table with its jug of wine, “Its nice to meet someone so perceptive,” the mayor poured more wine. “If all this wasn’t enough, what with it being election year and all. This Radux fellow has bewitched my only daughter and is holding her in their damn tower. I want you and your friend to get her back for me.”
“Oh!” Dawn said relieved, “Like, we can totally do that. For a moment there I thought you wanted us to assassinate your political rivals or something.”
“No need,” smiled the mayor, “the lions ate them.”
“They did?” Dawn drank the rest of her wine very quickly.
“You know, young lady,” the mayor smiled sadly, “there comes a time, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the mayor’s office becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.”
Dawn managed to resist the urge to rush over and give the mayor a big hug.
“Will you do it?” the mayor asked hopefully.
Ten minutes later Dawn was pulling Faith by the arm towards their lodgings. She’s struck a deal with the mayor; first, all criminal charges against Faith and herself were to be dropped whether they got the mayor’s daughter back or not. The mayor would supply horses and any other useful equipment that they might need and upon successful completion of the task, five hundred gold sheckles…each.
“Like, what is freaking wrong with you?” Dawn found herself sounding like her mother; or worse yet, Buffy!
“Don’t you know who that was?” Faith had recovered a little more as they got further away from the townhall.
“Who? The mayor?”
“Yeah…the mayor,” Faith came to sudden halt in the middle of the street; she looked at Dawn, a slightly insane glint in her eye. “Of course,” she muttered, “you where too young or maybe you hadn’t been made yet, maybe the monks forgot to put that part in…”
“What?” Dawn was starting to get worried now; she didn’t like it when people reminded her that she’d been ‘made’ as opposed to born.
“Don’t you understand?” Faith grabbed Dawn by the collar of her blouse, “That was Mayor Wilkins!”
“Like, from Sunnydale?” gulped Dawn.
“Yeah,” Faith nodded her head, “snake guy himself!”
Dawn thought about this for a moment before saying, “But he said he didn’t like snakes!”0=0=0=0
Not so very far away, Conan the Barbarian rode through an area of forest just to the north of the port of Haafi. After his adventures in Arymlap he’d sobered up and headed north finding employment as a mercenary with the warring hill tribes of the Black Mountains…or were they the Brown Mountains? Whatever, Conan had made himself a small fortune by slaughtering the enemies of his employer, wading through their blood and dismembered bodies until they cried ‘Uncle!’ Family disputes could be a terrible thing.
Now he was going to the coast to put his feet up, have a drink or two and screw around a little. Since he’d stopped taking the herbs that improved his muscle tone he’d found the girls where far more eager to couple with him. To be honest, he could stand to lose a few pounds of muscle bulk and anyway, girls were much more fun.
Riding along with thoughts of wine and girls going through his mind (it was a short journey as he only had a tiny mind), he didn’t notice that the trees had grown bigger and darker and closer together. Hearing a girl’s screams he snapped out of his daydreams of wine, women and sex (who needs song?); he pulled his horse to a halt and drew his sword.
“Vas ist das?” he looked around trying to find the source of the scream.
Again there was a scream, louder this time and definitely female. Only this time he could hear the sound of something big smashing through the undergrowth about fifty paces off to his left. Without a second thought (Conan had hardly ever had a first thought), he kicked his horse into motion and galloped under the low branches towards the sound of the commotion.
“He-elp! He-elp!” screamed the busty young woman in the diaphanous white nightdress as she was being dragged through the forest by a hideous monster.
The creature stood a good eight feet tall, its dun coloured fur was matted with mud and what looked like dried blood. It’s head was like a huge nightmare vision of a lion. While it walked on its hind legs it’s barrel chested body was hunched forward as it held its victim in its wickedly clawed paw.
“He-elp!” screamed the young woman catching sight of Conan, “Sur!” she called, “I beg you, he-elp!”
“Haf nien vorry, little lady,” Conan swung down from his horse, “I vill save you!”
He rushed at the monster and took a swing at the creature with his great sword. The monster screamed hideously as Conan’s blade bit into its hide. It dropped the girl and turned to roar at Conan, it towered above the barbarian foam dripping from its jaws as it bared its long sharp teeth and flexed its long blood stained claws.
“NOOOOOO! DOOON’T DOOO THIS!” roared the monster.
“Kill it! Kill it!” screamed the girl as she staggered free of the monster’s clutches.
Stepping forward, Conan swung his sword again, bright red, copper smelling blood squirted from the monster’s chest where Conan’s sword had made a deep cut, the monster staggered away from Conan holding up its arm trying to ward off the blows that the warrior rained on it.
“NOOO! NOOO!” begged the monster, “You’ve got it all wrong!”
“DON’T LISTEN TO IT!” screamed the girl, her breasts heaving with excitement, “IT’S TRYING TO TRICK YOU!”
Advancing once more, Conan thrust with his sword burying it up to the hilt in the monster’s belly.
“Sir!” gasped the monster as it collapsed to its knees, “I-I…must…protest!”
With a groan the monster toppled over and breathed its last. Conan retrieved his sword and was just cleaning the blood from the blade when the young woman rushed over to him and wrapped her body around his.
“Oh sur!” she gasped, “Thank-you, thank-you! How will I ever be able to repay you?”
“I am sure ve can think of something,” Conan grinned.0=0=0=0
“Come with me,” the girl led Conan through the restless forest, “I need you, I fear the dark and I live all alone.”
There was something in the girl’s manner that gave Conan pause for thought; why did she fear the dark when it was in fact broad daylight? And why did she live alone? Conan ran an appreciative eye over the girls figure. The dark curls that tumbled over her shoulders, her dark smouldering eyes that seemed to drown his very soul. The swell of her magnificent breasts, her lily white skin; all these things would suggest that she’d be fighting off admirers with a stick. Catching sight of an exposed thigh Conan reassessed his conclusion; no she’d have to use a large axe!
So, why was she so desperate to get him back to wherever it was she lived? Conan hesitated for a moment. The girl sensing his reluctance to go any further turned towards him, she ran a hand down between her breasts and licked her lips provocatively.
“I’ll give you wine and food too,” she sighed deeply making the empires of her breasts rise and fall, “and something special after if you like.”
What the hell, shrugged Conan, in for a penny in for a splonder. Hitching up his fur jock strap he followed the girl to her little cottage deep in the forest.0=0=0=0
Everything had seemed to be going so well, Conan thought as he rode away from the cottage the next day. The meal had involved a lot of significant looks, suggestive eating and oddly shaped fruit. The girl had served him a cheeky little vintage which left a fruity, summery aftertaste in the mouth. It was just after they’d finished the dessert and before Conan could even ask if there were any cheese and biscuits that the girl hurled herself at him.
Tearing off her clothes, what little there was of them, she exposed the full glory of her smooth alabaster like skin, her pink nipples were already hard and erect with excitement as her mouth sort out Conan’s. She pulled desperately at his jockstrap pulling it free with an easy tug…and she’d not even offered him coffee or an after dinner mint! A lapse in etiquette that Conan would overlook considering the circumstances.
They rolled across the floor as the girl’s cries of pleasure got louder and louder. Conan thought that he must be doing a pretty good job as the girl bucked and squirmed under him. He was just giving himself a metaphorical pat on the back when it all started to go horribly wrong. Just as they where reaching the mutual climax of the performance, Conan noticed there was something wrong with the girls eyes. They’d become sort of ‘slited’ a little like a cat’s. The girl’s teeth had become elongated and sharp looking and her ears had changed shape so they looked more like those belonging to some sort of green blooded man-creature.
Panic didn’t set in until she tried to rip out his throat with her teeth. Conan, showing remarkable presence of mind considering the situation, rolled off the girl and grabbed for his weapon; then on second thoughts he went for his sword. Just in time he brought up his blade as the girl-devil leaped across the room at him. The razor sharp blade entered her body between her two ripe breasts, the force of her charge drove Conan’s sword right through her until the tip poked out of her back.
“Der Teufel!” gasped Conan as he pulled his blade free from his one time lover.
Having thrown the she-devil out of the cottage, Conan slept the sleep of the just before awaking the following morning. After a good breakfast and looting the cottage for anything that might be valuable or useful he headed out to the little stable where his horse waited patiently for him. Just as he was about to mount up and gallop off into the sunrise he heard a loud moan come from what looked like a pile of discarded skins. Walking over her pulled the top skin aside to find a young oriental man looking up at him.
“Who are you?” Conan asked warily.
“Subotia,” replied the man, “Archer!”
Author’s Note; the Conan part of this chapter is based loosely on a song called ‘The Lady Lies’, by ‘Genesis’ from the album ‘…and Then There Were Three’.

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In December 2019 we built our first two Johnson/Su bioreactors in our garden in North West Arkansas. I was impressed with the research results of Dr. David Johnson at New Mexico State University and was excited to see what it would do for my garden, lawn and my little three acre plot of land.
We followed the instructions from Dr. Johnson very carefully. The term, compost is used throughout this article, but this product is really not like normal compost. For comparison, I checked some mushroom compost for sale locally and discovered it was sterilized before selling it. That means no micro life so the value is only in the nutrients locked in the organic matter. And composts purchased at garden centers are just a little better. The value is more in the mulching or loosening the soil.
Pictured left e is our first pile made from concrete reinforcement wire mesh. We made a cylinder 4 feet in diameter and 6 feet tall, placed in on a wood pallet in our garden and lined it with landscape fabric. Before we filled it with organic matter, we installed 6 perforated, 4 inch plastic pipes and then put in 110 5 gallon buckets of chopped, wet leaves. Wetting the leaves took the most time and lifting the heavy buckets up a step ladder all day was work. Then we built a second pile a few days later. We kept the pile moist and out of the sun and watched it shrink in volume from 6 feet tall to just over 4 feet the first year. In the Spring of 2020 we added composting worms to the compost bins to help break down the organic matter and add nutrients.
We could not wait any longer so we began taking samples in September 2020 after 9 months of composting just to see how it would perform in our garden. I made an extract and sprayed this all over my yard and garden. One of the surprising results was our pepper plants endured 4 frosts and were still setting fruit well into October. It took a 24F frost to kill them. I learned later that vermicast with all the bacteria can give plants about a 4 degree protection from frost.
In August 2021, I dismantled the piles and sent a sample to Earthfort Lab in Corvallis, Oregon. The results were surprising and impressive. That compost had 14 billion fungi and 7 billion bacteria per gram with a high diversity. There are about 4 grams per teaspoon. The fungal to bacteria ration was 5.26:1. I posted the results of the lab test on the Johnson/Su Facebook group and farmers and gardeners started asking for product. In December 2020 we made larger bioreactors which should be ready for use by April 2022.
We built the piles with 100% yard leaves. My next door neighbor is a lawn care professional and he brings me about 50 12 foot trailer loads of leaves each year. I chop them up and use them to build more bioreactors. The leaves break down with the bacteria and fungi already on the material. But as the months pass, the air brings a multitude of additional bacteria and fungi from around the world. It is common in the 18 month of compost to have over 400 species of fungi and over 2000 species of bacteria.
The value of this type of compost is not the nutrient content but the diversity of the micro-life. Research shows that the higher number of species, the better they work together to feed the plants and build soil carbon from atmospheric carbon dioxide.. Recent research calls this concept of different species working together, quorum sensing. The more diversity, the better they work.
The detrimental effects of commercial fertilizers for decades has reduced our once rich soils to dirt with very little life to support the plants. And many farmers are finding out now they can eliminate about 80% to 90% of purchased fertilizer when they apply the Johnson/Su inoculant at the rate of just 2 pounds per acre. The application is best done with water as described in the How To Use section.
This material is special but it should be used in a program of limited or no till and cover crops. It is vital that the soil be covered most of the year. The only way to build organic matter is living plants. Compost or mulch applied at several tons per acre does not increase the organic matter by a measurable amount. A healthy soil with good plant diversity can build organic matter at up to ½ percent organic matter per year! This inoculant gives a superior environment for the plants to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into soil organic matter.
Farmers are discovering that if they can apply the inoculant with seed planting, they get a benefit of almost the same yields as they did using many pounds of fertilizer. The biggest advantage is the soil micro life really starts to work better and can start to build soil organic matter. We are excited to help you with your home garden or agricultural enterprises. Please contact us with any questions about our compost inoculant. hat's something exciting your business offers?

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There are many kinds of savoury biscuits that are produced around the world which are customized as per the taste of different regions around the world. Savoury biscuits are usually salty and are referred to as crackers. These biscuits are savoury flavored and may be hard or crispy. The most commonly recognized form of savoury biscuits are cheddar crackers. These biscuits have originated from simple bread type products.
These biscuits have a massive consumer base in each section of the demographic. Since savoury biscuits are served to a large consumer base they are also duly customized in certain forms such as Graham cracker, Cream cracker, Saltine cracker, Matzo, Oyster crackers to name a few. Since savoury biscuits are convenience packaged food which are also travel friendly and can be consumed in various ways, a lot of customers buy these in bulk. The savoury biscuits are also not very high priced items and hence appeal to the masses. The reason behind this upward tick in savoury biscuits demand worldwide is due to intensive promotional activities, distribution and marketing carried out by various manufacturers. Another contributing factor that has driven demand in this segment is the emergence of coffee or tea culture coupled with the increase in the number of coffee and tea drinkers. As these biscuits are considered the ideal accompaniment to either tea or coffee, the growth of the savoury biscuit market has partially grown in conjunction with them.
Other factors that are driving demand for savoury biscuits is the fact they are a perfect substitute for chips and baked products and are usually considered a healthier option. Easy availability of raw materials and low costs have further helped manufacturers to consider heavy expansion in the segment. Rapid urbanization, High demand for convenience foods, high density of supermarkets are a few of the other elements behind the growth of this market. Due to high levels of competition and increased taxation the expansion of the global savoury biscuits will be restricted.
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31 October, 2017 Mondelez (US) announced a rise in earnings up to 81% in third quarter beating Wall Street’s profit and revenue estimates in the third quarter.
3rd November, 2017 Parle is planning to increase its share from 25 percent to 30 percent in the next one year
6th November, 2017 ITC is planning to invest Rs 10,000 crores in setting up food processing facilities across India. The primary aim of this expansion is to expand their food portfolio with a special focus on the biscuit segment.
With the entry of industry players in the APAC region for the global savory biscuit market segment, a trend of solid, volume-driven growth has been observed in the market with the addition of new and innovative products in the segment. With companies aiming to expand their share of the market segment as much as possible, they are competing and experimenting with various advantage points. The best long-term growth opportunities for this sector can be captured by ensuring ongoing process improvements and financial flexibility to invest in the optimal strategies. With a positive trend observed due to increase in interest from the consumer end, the market size has also grown which allows introduction of novel products in this segment.
Increased investment in manufacturing facilities by companies and availability of cheap labor this segment has laid a course for tremendous growth potential in the future.
The key players profiled in the savoury biscuit market are as Parle (India), Britannia (India) in the Asia Pacific region while The East India Company (U.K.), CEEMEA (U.K.), Nestlé (Switzerland), Burton’s Foods Ltd. (U.K.), Lotus Bakeries NV (Belgium), United Savoury Biscuit (U.K.), Walkers Shortbread Ltd (U.K.) and Kellogg Co (U.S.) are some of the companies covered in the European & North American Market according to the report published by MRFR.
Savoury biscuit market has been segmented into categories so as to enable better understanding of the segment:
On The Basis Of Major Ingredient: Wheat Oats, Millets, Corn, and Mixed Grain.
On the basis of Type: Crackers, Baked Bites, Crispbread and Wafer Biscuits.
On the basis of Savoury Ingredients: Sea Salt, Cheddar Cheese, Herbs and Spices.
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North America and APAC accounted for higher market share in the savoury biscuit during the period 2011-2015, with a massively high market value, the segment is expected to grow exceptionally by 2022. Major companies are targeting APAC as potential region for investments in the savoury biscuit market due to potential demand scenario.
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3rd Scandinavian Conference on
SYSTEM & SOFTWARE SAFETYStockholm, March 24-25, 2015
System and software safety in electronic systems is becoming increasingly central in many industries. The systems become ever more complex and the software continues to grow. Some industries are quite mature in the handling of safety, whereas others have only recently started their safety journey.
This year’s conference on safety critical system and software is a central meeting place for Scandinavian safety experts from different industries. It is an opportunity to share experiences and make new contacts. As usual there will be an overview day followed by a day of parallel sessions with in depth presentations and discussions about different challenges, techniques, standards and methods. We aim for a good mix of participants and presentations from different industries and researchers . After having been twice in Gothenburg, this conference will take place in Stockholm, and will be arranged in collaboration between Addalot, KTH and ICES. The conference is open for registration.


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Bratislava, Slovakia — by Jan Venter. One of the few street sculptures around the old town of Bratislava.
Wonderful Bratislava http://www.travelandtransitions.com/destinations/destination-advice/
Dark Clouds, The Pyrenees, Spain photo via rosie reminds me soooo much of The Sun Also Rises
Spanish Pyrenees. - Explore the World with Travel Nerd Nici, one Country at a Time. http://TravelNerdNici.com
Kintail Lochalsh, Scotland
Pakistan.....Reminds me of Ireland or Scotlands country side...So tranquil and lovely
Stroove, Ireland Descent by Klarens-photography http://klarens-photography.deviantart.com/art/Descent-192148434
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Strath Mor - The Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Postmenopausal Progestins, MI and Stroke
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005220|
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 26, 2000
Last Update Posted : February 10, 2016
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|Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Coronary Disease Cerebrovascular Accident Myocardial Infarction Postmenopause|
Post-menopausal women who use estrogens generally experience at once a reduced risk of coronary heart disease and, at the same time, an increased risk of endometrial cancer. In order to protect the endometrium from unopposed estrogens, many physicians now recommend the addition of a progestin during 10-13 days of the cycle. Progestins may be implicated in the increased risk of myocardial infarction in women on oral contraceptives.
This was a case-control study. The computerized files of the Group Health Cooperative (GHC) in Seattle were used to identify cases. All postmenopausal women, aged 40 to 79, were eligible as cases if, according to World Health Organization criteria, they presented with a fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction. A random sample of women listed in the enrollment files at GHC served as a source of potential controls. Review of the out-patient medical records, performed by an assistant blind to case-control status ensured that all study subjects met the same criteria. Telephone interviews were used to obtain information about exposure to postmenopausal hormones as well as known risk factors. The computerized pharmacy records at GHC provided additional information about exposure. Frequency matching controlled for the potential confounding effects of age and year of presentation. Stratification and logistic regression were used in data analysis.
The study was renewed in 1995 to make more precise some of the indeterminate findings related to current use, cumulative dose and duration of use but also to extend the assessment of the risk or benefit to incident strokes. The study ended in January, 1999.
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I'm a new user of Data Crow. The import wizard is very impressive. I had no problems at all importing 1700 books from a CSV file. Nice!
My original database has one-to-many links between books and the short stories included in those books. Currently I store only Title and Author information for each short story. The short story authors are linked to the same table used for the book authors, so that each author has "Related" data that includes all books and short stories written by that author.
I was wondering if Data Crow has the capability of storing short story and/or subtitle data for books that are anthologies. Is there a way to do this that I've overlooked, or is this capability not supported in Data Crow?
The import tools for cataloging programs that support subtitle fields for books are typically configured to import two CSV files: one file for book data, and one file for subtitles data. The books are linked to their respective subtitles via numeric ID fields in the CSV files. In the book data file, each book has a unique numeric ID. In the subtitles data file, all subtitles for a book have the same numeric ID as the book.
Thus the relationship between the book CSV file and the subtitles CSV file is a one-to-many link using that numeric ID field. The import tool uses this relationship to link the book-subtitle tables native to the cataloging software.
If Data Crow doesn't support subtitle storage now, are there plans for such a feature in the future?
Thanks for your time,
Big Al Mintaka
First please forgive my english.
I think what you're waiting for would be quite easy to do with a sub module "subtitle" dependant of 'Books" used as father.
You could use this new module with the same author tables as Book items.
The only thing i"m not sure of is the way datacrow will use your ID implementing the 1-n relationship in your personnal csv files.
Could you please post a link to (shortened) examples of the "father" book csv file and the "son" subtitle csv file , just to try to build something ?
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Just prior to World War II and during the early 1940s five new large caliber batteries were authorized for construction at Fort MacArthur. Two were the 16-inch casemated batteries and three were the new, shielded 6-inch batteries designated as "standard" and built at various places around the U. S. and its possessions. Ninety-five of these new types of batteries were built or planned. They represented advanced technology for pointing and tracking. The 6-inch gun barrels were those taken earlier from the obsolete disappearing carriages and placed in storage. One this website, two batteries at San Francisco of this type have been described for Fort Miley, Just prior to World War II and during the early 1940s five new large caliber batteries were authorized for construction at Fort MacArthur. Two were the 16-inch casemated batteries and three were the new, shielded 6-inch batteries designated as "standard" and built at various places around the U. S. and its possessions. Ninety-five of these new types of batteries were built or planned. They represented advanced technology for pointing and tracking. The 6-inch gun barrels were those taken earlier from the obsolete disappearing carriages and placed in storage. In this book, two batteries at San Francisco of this type have been described for Fort Miley, Construction 243, and Milagra Ridge, Construction 244; and three batteries at San Diego, Battery Woodward Construction 237, Battery Humphreys, Construction 238; and Battery Grant, Construction 239.
As at the above locations, the 6-inch batteries at Fort MacArthur were almost the same design but were numbered 240, 241 and 242. The earliest of these to be constructed was Construction 241 located north of Point Fermin at what is today the Korean Friendship Bell Park.
Each battery had two 6-inch guns. Battery Construction 241 had two T2 M1 guns mounted on M4 long range Standard Barbette Carriages. These were placed under a 2-inch steel shield. Each gun could fire an armor piercing 105-pound round up to 15.4 miles.
The guns were 210 feet apart separated by the self-contained concrete magazine, plotting room, switchboard, radio, power and battery commander's station complex all buried under 6-8 feet of soil and a concrete burster shield. However, for Construction 241, the battery commander's station was behind Battery Leary-Merriam on the hill just below the Marine Exchange Building.
Construction 241 was completed in 1945 and remained in place until 1956 when it was declared surplus. The Navy used the underground rooms for radio communications during the 1960's. The Korean Friendship Bell was built on top of the battery rooms in the mid-1980s.
In 1930 the Long Point Military Reservation above Point Vincente and between Palos Verdes and Hawthorne Drives was acquired for new fire-control stations. This property was enlarged during World War II for construction of Construction 240 in 1943. There were 2 6-inch M1903A2 guns on M1 long-range barbette carriages. In 1945 this battery was named Battery Harry C. Barnes. The U.S. Coast Guard used the battery to house radar equipment after World War II.
In the 1950s and 1960s a Nike control and launch site designated LA55L&C was developed on the site. In 2004, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes' City Hall is housed in the modified buildings of the Nike administration site and uses the launch area for a maintenance yard. The author's son, Kevin, used the launch area to launch his model rockets in 1979 along with others in the local Model Rocket Club.
The 1930s era fire-control stations were located on the hillside to the east of the Nike Launch site, behind a radio-controlled model helicopter helipad in 1993. They were among the best-preserved fire control stations in the Los Angeles area.
East of the Long Point Reservation was the Sea Bench Military Reservation. This area was acquired in 1930 for the construction of new fire-control stations. A subsequent station was added in 1943. In 1993, the reserve is private property.
Work began at Bolsa Chica on March 31, 1943 on Construction 242 for a battery of 2 6-inch M T2M1 guns on M4 long-range barbette carriages. The completed battery was proof-fired on October 25, 1943. In 1945 it was named Battery Harry J. Harrison.
The Bolsa Chica Military Reservation was originally the property of a gun club. After the Army located two Panama mounts for 155-mm M1918 tractor drawn guns there in 1942, the gun club became a fancy barracks building. The Panama mounts are visible at the Marine Reserve Land on a bluff above the lagoon in 1993. The rest of the reserve is owned by the Signal Oil Company, who had plans to demolish the remains of Battery Harry J. Harrison and build condominiums in 1993.
Reference: The 6-inch gun program
is described in The Six-Inch Part of the Modernization Program
of 1940 by Robert D. Zink and Gerald W. Butler in Coast Defense
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Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)
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There will be no new CCPI project for FY2014.
The Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) is a voluntary conservation initiative that allows the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to enter into partnership agreements with eligible entities to help enhance conservation outcomes on agricultural lands and private nonindustrial private forest lands. Through the program, partners propose project areas to direct their conservation funding, staff and/or other resources in conjunction with NRCS financial and technical assistance. If funds are available, each fiscal year, NRCS will make technical and financial assistance available to eligible to owners and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest lands who participate in approved CCPI project areas through:
As authorized by Congress, this is not a grant program to eligible partners. This is a program whereby approved eligible partners will enter into multi-year agreements with NRCS to help enhance conservation outcomes on agricultural lands and private nonindustrial private forest lands. The intent of CCPI is for the Federal government to leverage investment in natural resources conservation along with services and non-Federal resources of eligible partners. Individual producers are not eligible to submit a partnership proposal.
Federally recognized Indian Tribes, State and local units of government, producer associations, farmer cooperatives, institutions of higher education, and nongovernmental organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers may submit CCPI proposals. Individual landowners and producers are not eligible to submit a CCPI project proposal.
There will not be any new CCPI proposals accepted in FY 2013. Please look forward to the National Request for Proposals (RFP) posted to the Federal Register for future opportunities.
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Some might say that Maya Lee’s arrival at OLMA as a sophomore this year was pure fate. While she wasn’t completely happy at her old school she didn’t have any immediate plans to make a move.
That all changed last year in the most unexpected of places. “I was running late to a field hockey scrimmage between my school and OLMA,” said Maya. “When I arrived, my coach told me that OLMA was short one player so I volunteered to join them so we could still play the game. I was a little nervous at first, but the girls treated me like I was part of their team and we had a great time.” That’s when the wheels started turning.
“I liked where I was, but wasn’t challenged at all academically,” said Maya. “Then I found out more about OLMA from my club team, Five Star Field Hockey, and liked what I heard. I decided to check it out and shadowed for a day. That’s all it took. When I got home I told my mom that I had to come here.”
Mom made it happen and the rest is history. Maya says that she loves all of her classes so far and is definitely challenged, especially in Chemistry. “I’m also taking an online course for the first time,” she said. “It takes some getting used to, but it’s going well so far.” She is also making her mark as part of the Field Hockey Team. “Our team is new, but the girls are really good,” she said. “We’re surprising people and that’s fun. We have a great coach and play hard every day.”
Looking ahead to this year, Maya is excited to participate in Sisterhood Day and other OLMA traditions. She’s also anxiously awaiting word on this year’s Mini-Mester choices. For now, she’s focused on her studies and on finishing the Field Hockey season strong. We are so glad you’re here, Maya!
This young woman is one to watch. While junior, Isabella Burhanna presents as shy, she’s really not. Rather, she is quietly processing everything that’s happening around her — and loving every minute of her time at OLMA. A home school student until Grade 8, Isabella adjusted much more quickly than she expected. “Coming to OLMA was one of those things that my parents said would be good for me,” said Isabella. “As kids we hear that a lot, but they were right. I met my two best friends at the Big-Little Sleepover and things have only gotten better. I can’t believe that I’m already in my junior year.”
Isabella says she’s most excited about her AP Chemistry class this year. “I absolutely love Math and Science,” she said. “I’m a little nervous about it, but know it will build my confidence in this area and help prepare me for college.”
While college is still two years away, Isabella is wasting no time getting ready. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go after it. In fact, she spent an entire month this summer (seven hours a day, five days a week) in MEDacademy, run by Cooper Medical School at Rowan University. “It was an awesome experience,” said Isabella. “We worked in groups and were assigned to a second-year medical student who gave us an honest look at what life is like in the field of medicine. We participated in lectures, tackled case studies, worked as part of active learning groups and were exposed to all sorts of specialty fields.”
Isabella competed for her spot at MEDacademy and was among some of the best of the best of high school students from all across New Jersey. The biggest take-away for me was learning the importance of supporting and respecting each other, as well as our patients. Medicine is a very competitive field, but my facilitator constantly reminded us that in life, not just in medicine, we have to meet people halfway. That’s an important lesson that will stick with me.”
That lesson already serves Isabella well on the soccer field where she plays on the varsity team for OLMA. She is an asset to the team and says that she’s having a great time so far this season.
A little-known fact about Isabella is that she loves cats. “My friends will attest to the fact that I love them so much, really all animals, but especially cats,” she said. “I have no problem at all being referred to as the crazy cat lady!” Good to know! Great job, this summer, Isabella. We can’t wait to see what you do next.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019: What an amazing day it was for OLMA Athletics! Volleyball gets Coach Patterson her 1st career win. Field Hockey wins very 1st varsity game for OLMA/Coach Morrell. Coach Krogman leads tennis to 4-1 victory. Soccer battles for Coach Burhanna in 1-0 loss to state finalist. XC has 2 top 100 NJ runners! Not bad for day 1!


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Tesla CEO Elon Musk railed against President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act – despite the bill offering incentives for electric vehicles and funding to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Musk is deeply concerned about how the multitrillion-dollar bill would increase the national debt.
At this week’s Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit, Musk urged Congress not to pass the Build Back Better Act.
When asked about federal funding to expand the electric vehicle charging network, Musk proclaimed it was "unnecessary."
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Regarding the Build Back Better Act, Musk advised that "it might be better if the bill doesn’t pass" because of the federal budget deficit.
"We’ve spent so much money ... the federal budget deficit is insane," he stated. "Federal expenditures are $7 trillion. Federal revenue is $4 trillion. ... If it was a company, it would be a $3 trillion dollar loss. So I don’t know if we should be adding to that loss. That seems pretty crazy. Something's gotta give. You can’t just spend $3 trillion more than you earn every year and don’t expect something bad to happen. This is not good."
"We don’t need the $7,500 tax credit. Honestly, I would just can this whole bill," Musk said. "Don’t pass it, that’s my recommendation."
Under the Build Back Better bill, the proposed electric vehicle incentive includes a $7,500 tax credit to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle and another $500 if the vehicle's battery is made in the United States. There is also a $4,500 tax credit if the EV is assembled in the U.S. at a factory with union labor. Tesla doesn't have union workers.
On Oct. 31, Musk accused President Biden of being a "puppet" for the United Auto Workers labor union.
Musk blasted Biden in September when Tesla was not invited to a White House meeting regarding electric vehicles. The Biden administration invited Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. However, Tesla – the largest EV maker in the world – was not invited.
Musk reacted to the snub by saying, "Biden held this EV summit. Didn’t invite Tesla. Invited GM, Ford, Chrysler, and UAW. EV summit at the White House, didn’t mention Tesla once and praised GM and Ford for leading the EV revolution. Doesn’t it sound a little biased?"
The billionaire Tesla CEO slammed the Biden administration, "It’s not the friendliest of administrations. Seems to be controlled by the unions."
As of October, Tesla had the top two best-selling electric vehicles in the United States in 2021 by a vast quantity, according to Car and Driver. Tesla also had four of the top 11 best-selling EVs in the U.S.
During the WSJ event, Musk took aim at big government, saying it is inefficient.
"It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people with a demonstrated great skill in capital allocation and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation," the world's second-richest person in the world said.
"The government is simply the biggest corporation, with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse," the SpaceX founder said.
"We should minimize what the government does," he continued.
"The role of government should be that of like a referee, but not a player on the field," Musk stated. "Government should try to get out of the way and not impede progress."
"Rules and regulations are immortal, they don't die. Occasionally you see some law with a sunset provision, but really, otherwise, the vast majority of rules and regulations live forever," he said. "Eventually it just takes longer and longer and it's harder to do things. There's not really an effective garbage collection system for removing rules and regulations. And so gradually this hardens the arteries of civilization, where you're able to do less and less over time."
Musk suggested, "So I think government should be trying really hard to get rid of rules and regulations that perhaps had merit at some time but don't have merit currently."
On Twitter, Musk continued to trash big government and the Build Back Better Act. Musk cited analysis from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School — Musk's alma mater — that found that if the temporary provisions in Biden's Build Back Better plan are made permanent, then the U.S. federal debt would increase by 24.4% and "GDP would fall by 2.9% relative to current law."
"There is a lot of accounting trickery in this bill that isn’t being disclosed to the public," Musk tweeted on Wednesday.
The entrepreneur with a net worth of $151 billion then quoted Nobel Prize-winning economist and free-market advocate Milton Friedman, "Nothing is more permanent than a 'temporary' government program."
Analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget arrived at a similar conclusion that the Build Back Better Act could end up being shockingly more expensive to American taxpayers than advertised.
"If the plan's temporary policies were made permanent, we find the cost would increase by as much as $2.5 trillion," the CRFB analysis stated. "As a result, the gross cost of the bill would more than double from $2.4 trillion to $4.9 trillion."
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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA has spent the past three decades working to make the world a better place through its health and wellness products and philanthropic ventures. At USANA's annual Americas and Europe Virtual Convention, the company announced its next big humanitarian goal–raising enough money to fund 30,000 garden towers around the world by USANA's 30th anniversary Convention next year. Garden towers are a low-cost, self-sustaining method of planting multiple food crops in a single source, suited for all areas of the world.
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"I am so excited to see our garden tower project take flight with Kevin's lofty goal," said Brian Paul, president of the USANA Foundation. "We have already seen so much success with these towers in Kenya and Mexico—providing people in those regions with not just nutritious food, but also paying jobs like sewing the mesh bags together and additional income from selling the excess food to market. For the first time ever, entire communities are beginning to find themselves fully self-sufficient. It's incredible the difference just a bag of mesh, some soil and seeds can make in the world."
About The USANA Foundation
The USANA Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created by USANA Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA) to help expand and enhance USANA's ongoing charitable efforts. The USANA Foundation provides immediate and long-term global food relief for those in severe need, through a network of community-driven partnerships to nourish, equip, and eliminate hunger and malnutrition throughout the world. Learn more at usanafoundation.org.
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