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Eternal Dawn Aesthetics
Dental Surgeon & Facial Aesthetics
Dr Amelia Reed is an experienced and qualified dental surgeon. She approached Square Socket and asked us to provide her with a new website to promote the new facial muscle relaxant side service that she was offering. We designed her a simple and elegant website, setup her G Suite business emails and email footer and a MailChimp email platform and template.Back to Work
Super helpful. Guided me through what style would work best with my business despite the hindrance of my lack of technological know how! Very responsive with alterations and modifications to get the details perfect. Overall a Fabulous experience of website designing which I was initially very nervous of as I knew so little. Many thanks!
Dr Ameila Reed
Owner, Eternal Dawn Aesthetics

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Students with special needs, including ADHD, learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, often need people to advocate for them in order to get appropriate supports from schools and practitioners. Most of that job goes to parents and grandparents during early and middle childhood. When these students hit the teen years, however, they need to begin learning how to advocate for themselves. With high school graduation just a few short years away, it’s time to start thinking about how they’ll fare in less protected environments.
After graduation, how will a student handle a situation in which a boss gives him a task that he doesn’t understand? Or a professor or instructor gives an assignment that she doesn’t understand? Or a co-worker asks him why he has a specific accommodation?
What skills do these students need to learn before graduating in order to be able to handle these types of situations? Remember, teens with learning differences grow up to be adults with learning differences. Adults with learning differences have to live in the “real world” where people who don’t know them will not automatically accommodate them or tolerate their differences. Adults who are too reliant on having others speak for them are less likely to thrive and more likely to fail. The aim of self-advocacy skills training is to give students the tools they need to function independently once they leave high school. That means they will not need someone else to think for them or speak for them. This preparation can take several years, so it’s best to start, at the very least, when the child in middle school.
What is Self-Advocacy?
Self-advocacy refers to people with disabilities speaking up for themselves. Parents can help their teens to be effective self-advocates.
1. Facilitate self-discovery and self-awareness. Gradually give your child more information on her learning disability while consistently highlighting strengths and talents.
2. Foster self-acceptance. Don’t try to hide your teen’s disability from his as this only creates an atmosphere of shame. Be frank about the terms educators and clinicians use to describe the learning disability (e.g., ADHD, LD, etc.) all the while emphasizing that this difference isn’t necessarily a handicap. You want him to be able to say, “I know it’s okay to learn differently and I can be successful in life.”
3. Teach self-advocacy skills. Help your teen to begin practicing speaking up for herself. In situations where you would normally do the talking, let your teen try it out. Make sure she knows what medications she takes and why or what accommodations she needs and why. You want to build your teen’s confidence in being able to say, “I know how to explain how I learn and to ask for what I need in order to succeed.”

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The new year is off to a spectacular start and I had the best reading month since I began keeping track four years ago. While the total of 15 books finished in January is not the most I completed in one month (that honor goes to October 2010 with 19 books), I read more book-pages than any single month before now – a total of 3774! The next closest for that stat would be the 2752 pages I read in March 2013. Quite a leap!
It’s not that I have more free time but that I’m managing it a bit better now. It does help that I don’t currently have a computer or tablet at home (less distractions!). The six months or so that I read exclusively on the tablet saw my reading decrease as my eyes became fatigued much faster due to the shiny screen. My original bare-bones Kindle has been a God-send in that I’m reading longer at each stretch. I am also trying to finish each book before starting another but that hasn’t always worked out.
I’m also reading longer books. The books I finished this month had a total of 3714 pages, or an average of 247.6 pages each). True, a couple were of novella length but three were in the 500-700 page range.
BOOKS FINISHED – JANUARY 2014:
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman (1999) [started 2014-01-01; finished 2014-01-02]
- The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (2010) [started 2014-01-03; finished 2014-01-09]
- The Battle For Christmas: A Cultural History Of America’s Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum (1997) [started 2013-12-22; finished 2014-01-11]
- A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) [started 2014-01-11; finished 2014-01-12]
- The Twelve by Justin Cronin (2013) [started 2013-04-15; finished 2014-01-14]
- 1,001 Things You Didn’t Know You Wanted To Know by Anna Mantzaris (2006) [started 2014-01-14; finished 2014-01-15]
- Out On The Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block (1989) [started 2014-01-14; finished 2014-01-16]
- Odd And The Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (2009) [started 2014-01-17; finished 2014-01-17]
- A Ticket To The Boneyard by Lawrence Block (1990) [started 2014-01-18; finished 2014-01-19]
- The Peculiar Persecution Of John Vincent Harden by Dan Andriacco (2012) [started 2014-01-20; finished 2014-01-20]
- American Passage: The History Of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato (2009) [started 2014-01-08; finished 2014-01-23]
- Bangkok Rules by Harlan Wolff (2012) [started 2014-01-21; finished 2014-01-28]
- Timelines: World War One by Stewart Ross (2012) [started 2014-01-25; finished 2014-01-29]
- Stupid History: Tales Of Stupidity, Strangeness, And Mythconceptions Throughout The Ages by Leland Gregory (2007) [started 2014-01-20; finished 2014-01-29]
- Blackwater by Conn Iggulden (2006) [started 2014-01-30; finished 2014-01-31]
Some real variety there!
I was most thrilled to finish Justin Cronin’s The Twelve as I’d read the first fifteen pages or so back in April and didn’t pick it up again until just before New Year’s Eve! It’s the longest book I’ve read this year, weighing-in at 693 pages in the eBook version that I have.
My favorite book of the month was definitely The Sherlockian and it has inspired me to start re-reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories (I read an anthology of Holmes pastiches last year so the seed was probably planted then). When I was in my teens and early twenties,, I read perhaps 70 percent of The Canon and even had a nice set of leather-bound volumes printed in the 1920’s. I’ve already re-read the first Holmes novel, A Study In Scarlet, and plan to continue in chronological order by date of publication.
The most surprising books I read in January were the two Neil Gaiman titles. Both were absolutely delightful. I haven’t read many of his books but I have a few high in my TBR list (American Gods will probably be next).
I’ve been reading more history books in the past few months. I picked up the book about Ellis Island due to one of my language classes here in Thailand. I started teaching an Advanced-level course at the beginning of the year and the first unit in the textbook dealt with immigration and included several eyewitness accounts of Ellis Island. A few of the details I found in Cannato’s book enriched the various lessons during that unit and I certainly learned quite a bit as well. I believe my father’s father arrived via Ellis Island and it would be nice to research that bit of our family’s history.
I became rather bored with The Battle For Christmas about midway through but I stuck with it until the end. There is a lot of detail in there which, I feel, could be made more readable and interesting. I do want to learn more about the history of how this holiday is celebrated in different countries as the subject makes for interesting discussion material in the teachers’ room!
While I am enjoying reading Lawrence Block’s series featuring alcoholic PI Matthew Scudder (in publication order), I took a little break towards the end of January when I started reading Bangkok Rules, the debut novel by Thai-based former PI Harlan Wolff. While the ending left a bit to be desired (the ears! the ears!), it was great to finally read a well-written mystery set in the Land of Smiles. Yes, there are many but it’s been a while since one struck me like this one did. Perhaps the last one I’d read was A Nail Through The Heart by Timothy Hallinan. For some unknown reason, I never sought out his other mysteries in the Poke Rafferty series but have now remedied that having just started The Fourth Watcher. I’m also going to start buying the many Christopher G. Moore Bangkok-based books as they are highly regarded. (Perhaps I’ll buy one a month, but first I want to buy the most-recent books by Lawrence Block, Christine Barber, and Anne Hillerman…)
I haven’t joined any reading challenges this year, mainly due to the requirement that you need to write the occasional book review. One of my “resolutions” for 2014 was to write at least one review per month but I just can’t seem to do it. Maybe next month?

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GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Chanelle Scheepers picked up the first WTA title of her career Saturday by defeating Magdalena Rybarikova at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.
Scheepers, 27 and a professional since 2000, posted a solid 6-2, 6-2 win over Rybarikova in her first tournament finals appearance. Rybarikova fell to 2-1 in finals matches.
Scheepers took the long route to the finals, needing three sets in each of her previous four matches before getting to Saturday's final. Her wins this week included an upset of top-seeded Maria Kirilenko, whom she trailed 4-1 in the third set, in the semifinals.
She is the first South African to win a WTA event since Amanda Coetzer in 2003.
Scheepers won two-thirds of the points in serve and faced two break points, saving both, against Rybarikova.
Rybarikova was good on just 39 percent of her first serves and Scheepers won 56 percent of the points when Rybarikova did get the first serve in.
The $37,000 first-place check pushed Scheepers past $300,000 in winnings for the year. Rybarikova took home $19,000 as the runner-up.


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In this captivating sequel to the charming historical fiction, Witness to Revolution: Growing Up in Williamsburg During the American Revolution, the stakes are higher and the bonds of love and friendship are tested against the backdrop of America’s fight for independence. The Revolutionary War is approaching its fourth year, and as it inches closer to the lives of our protagonists—James, John and Rebecca—the trio finds themselves separated as they are pulled further into its chaos.
For James and John Southall, coming of age means mandatory militia service, thrusting them directly into the fray of battle. As they shoulder the weight of duty and honor, their paths diverge, with James joining the militia, and John—fueled by his patriotism and desire to protect his country—enlisting in the much more dangerous Continental army. Meanwhile, the economic toll of the war forces Rebecca and her family to bid farewell to their home in Williamsburg, seeking refuge in the newly minted capital of Richmond.
Witness to War is a gripping tale of friendship, love, sacrifice, and the indomitable spirit of a nation fighting for freedom. Will John, James, and Rebecca be able to navigate the tumultuous terrain of revolution with courage and resilience and emerge unscathed? Or will the ravages of war tear apart the fabric of their lives forever?
Michael and Jennifer Cecere
2024, 6x9, paper, 280 pp.


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Take a walk into Brookvale’s historic past and discover its pioneers, people and pop culture. Join Northern Beaches Council’s Local Studies Historian Michelle Richmond as she takes you on a walk around some of Brookvale’s key places and shares some of its most interesting stories.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
When: Saturday 9 September 2017, 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: Meet outside 6 William Street, Brookvale
Booking: This tour has a limit of 25 guests so please book in advance to secure your spot. Book here
Contact: email@example.com or 9942 2449
Hosted by Northern Beaches Council
Image: WJ Scotting butcher Brookvale, courtesy of Wendy Machon.

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Spring is just around the corner and I can't wait for it! The nice weather, the beautiful flowers, the trees that turns into green again and spring break! Finally after 3 years we can visit home again and see my family in the Philippines. I made this afghan for my mom, this is perfect for chilly rainy days. Plus I know two things she loves, color green and flowers.
I love making afghans, it excites me to see the progress.
Afghans are perfect project to use up my scarp yarns.


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This narrative is dedicated to my wonderful daughter, Marie Bailey, who has been urging me to write about my active service in the United States Navy during the War. I have extended the time frame for these reminiscences to include the twenty-five troubled and turbulent years, 1925-1950, to provide a better understanding of how the events of that quarter century influenced a young man.
I was born in Portland, Oregon. My parents were Irven and Lydia Jensen. As a trivia note, this date February 9, 1925, when I was born, was the 60th birthday ofmy grandfather, Andrew Jensen - quite a coincidence. I understand he drove his Model T Ford in a heavy rainstorm from his farm near Oregon City to welcome his first grandchild at Eivers Maternity Hospital. My early childhood was probably typical of a family struggling during the Great Depression. My father was often unemployed, finances were tight, and my mother did housework to earn some income. We never went hungry, and I always received warm parental care and love.
Grades 1 - 6 were at Beaumont, on NE Fremont Street; and grades 7 and 8 at the logging camp at Valsetz. School was a pleasure; it was always a happy time with many excellent teachers. Another positive influence was the YMCA for swimming, camping, athletics, group activities: all of which were learning experiences. One common recreation was Saturday at the movies. I would go to the "Y" in the morning, pay 15 cents for a burger and shake for lunch, and then 10 cents for the matinee which included two features, a newsreel, cartoons, and a serial. This gave Mom a free day for 25 cents and on to New York City where I boarded it along with the rest of the crew. In short, an LST was not a pretty vessel, but very functional.
FIRST DAYS ON THE LST-500
Finally we were underway, out the East River, under the Brooklyn Bridge and through the Cape Cod Canal to Boston for final loading. On the twoday trip to Halifax, I was violently seasick, plus we encountered icebergs; Uboat alerts kept us at G.Q. Battle Stations several times. A very miserable introduction to sea duty! While in Halifax, we enlisted men had a challenge basketball game against the officers. Ensign Nick Skorich, a football player and later head coach of the Cleveland Browns, gave me a hip, and I went flying into a concrete wall: needless to say, the officers creamed us. Mr. Skorich was a good officer and a great leader. Halifax was an assembly port in both world wars for convoys to Europe. It was a bleak, dreary place in winter. We carried general cargo in the tank deck, an LCT (Landing Craft Tank) topside with an LCM (Mechanized Landing Craft) inside the LCT, some trucks, six small boats with those 24 sailors, and a contingent ofNavy medics: a big load.
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
Finally to sea, and I was never seasick again. My battle station was pointer on a 20mm gun, and I wore wool clothes, jacket, parka, gloves, cap, helmet, Mae West life jacket, boots, and heavy sox. All this was really bulky, but it is always cold in the North Atlantic. En route we seldom saw any escort destroyers, but we had many calls to G.Q. because of U-boat activity. One night our convoy lost two oilers to torpedoes. During the long cold nights we had plenty of coffee, and I picked up smoking, a terrible habit, which I quit cold turkey in 1950. After fourteen days in rough weather, we arrived safely in Glasgow, Scotland, in early April.
IN THE U.K. BEFORE D-DAY
We were in Glasgow for five days unloading most of the cargo and getting re-supplied. While there, I accompanied the Supply Officer by rail to a U.S. base to obtain British money for our payday. That was a nice trip down the scenic Firth of Clyde on which fjord the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were constructed. Then to Milford Haven, Wales, which is still an oil supply depot. After one night here, we went around Land's End into the English Channel to Plymouth, a port that had been heavily bombed for years. We unloaded the LCT in Falmouth - a tricky maneuver where the ship was tilted at about a 30-degree angle in order to slide the craft over one side. For four years since the miraculous evacuation from France in 1940, plans had been moving forward for an invasion which required a build up of troops, equipment and training on an immense scale.
One training mission, "Exercise Tiger" with eight American LSTs and only one British Escort, held on April 27-28, near Slapton Sands, was a terrible disaster. German E-boats (German motor torpedo boats, called E-boats) sank two LSTs with an official 749 soldiers and sailors killed. Somehow we were not in this event; I believe we were undergoing minor repairs. This debacle was hushed up for forty years. At the time, we knew about it and were instructed to ke'ep quiet, but the mistakes made were corrected, and the Utah Beach landings six weeks later went quite smoothly.
June 6 1944, D-Day Invasion
We began loading elements ofthe 4th Infantry Division on May 31st in Plymouth near where the Pilgrims embarked in 1620. Then we moved on to the Dart River, near Salcombe, where we were to wait for D-Day. On the tank deck we carried DUKWs, which were amphibious trucks; topside we had other trucks, Jeeps and Army equipment plus ammunition, fuel, and all kinds of supplies. We were really crowded with soldiers sleeping everywhere, and we had Navy small boat crews and some 40 medics. We also towed a barge, carried pontoons, lofted two barrage balloons, and I don't know what else. We left on the evening ofthe 4th of June, but bad weather delayed Operation Overlord for 24 hours. Out again on the 5th , following clearly marked lanes across the English Channel. I was stationed on No.1 Gun Tub in the bow on twin 40 mm guns, so I had a great view ahead. Everyone was nervous and scared; our Bos'n in charge, George Lavoie, an older man, helped to keep us kids loose, but it was a long night approaching the unknown whether we would face a concrete and steel Atlantic Wall or something else.
At dawn there was lots of action at sea and in the air. For a time we were close to a battleship which was firing 14" shells - that was spectacular. Hundreds of ships and boats milling about; and in the air Allied planes were ,identified with black and white stripes painted on each wing and the fuselage. We never saw any German planes that day, and our anti-aircraft guns were silent. During D-Day itself activities on our ship stabilized. I know we had some time to relax and chow down. By midday we seemed to be in a calm area we had no awareness of what was going on elsewhere such as the near disaster at Omaha Beach. Being at a high latitude, plus the double daylight savings time, nightfall at 10:30 finally gave us some quiet time. The previous 48 hours had been very tense.
On the next day we completed unloading offshore, DUKWs into the water and offloaded other stuff on to small crafts and barges. As a designated hospital ship, we did receive a few wounded; one man died before we returned to Portland Harbor at Weymouth, where we loaded up again. On this second trip we unloaded on Utah Beach. Ernie Pyle, the noted war correspondent, boarded an LST in Falmouth and landed at Omaha Beach on D+1, June 7, where he described the shoreline as "a museum of carnage."
His dispatch read in part: We aboard this ship had dreaded the trip, for we expected attacks from U-boats, E-boats, and at nighttime from the Luftwaffe aircraft. Yet nothing happened. Minesweepers had cleared wide lanes across the English Channel. Pyle wrote much more from Normandy and later in the Pacific where he was killed. Pyle also wrote: The wreckage of war is vast and startling. The awful waste and destruction of war, even aside from the loss of human life, has been one of the outstanding features. To those who are in it, anything and everything is expendable. And we did expend on our beachhead in Normandy during those first few hours.
D-DAY TO V-E DAY
Over the next eleven months we completed about 50 round trips between England and France, loading at various ports and discharging at Utah, Omaha, Le Havre, Cherbolirg, Rouen, Mt. St. Michel and other places. Usually we sailed during the nighttime hours. We transported tanks, trucks, ammo, fuel, food and many soldiers most ofwhom became seasick. The LST-499 was torpedoed and sunk near us, but most of the danger was from mines because the German air and sea power had been wiped out. However, on land the German Army in the famous hedgerows stalemated our advance. Finally, during the breakout at St. Lo, we saw thousands of planes flying over us to soften up the enemy lines. On one trip in August we carried a big load of artillery shells to the beach at the base of Mt. St. Michel, the Monastery Rock. Tides here vary as much as 30 feet, so our LST was on an immense mudflat for 12 hours. Townspeople came down to visit us, and we showered them with candy and cigarettes. This was near St. Malo, a port the American army surrounded, thus isolating the German garrison. Several-other big ports in western France were also bypassed until the end of the war.

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Architects: First Design Studio
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2017
Manufacturers: Coopal co, Gemy co, Kone, Marjan Tile Co., Nemachin Royal, Omidglassco
Lead Architects: Mohammad Shamaeizadeh, Shirin Shariffar
- Structural Design: Mohammadreza Nilipour
- Mechanical Installation Design: Alireza Sadeghi
- Electrical Appliance Design: Alireza javi
- Bim Manager: Bahram Shirani, Bimiser
- Client: Majid Sokoot
- Land Area: 220 m2
- Design Team: Amirhossein Tavakkoli, Mohammadsaeed Moavi, Hamid Hosseini, Shahab Shamaeizadeh
- City: Isfahan
- Country: Iran
Text description provided by the architects. The simplicity of structure and form in exterior view as well as the movement of interior space, are the features that are regarded in design process. Also being in harmony with urban design and in some words its repeatable property as well as its unique character are some of other features of the project.
The connection with urban by the full and empty spaces and also making a safe green space at interior are an effort to make a communicational collaboration at inner and exterior spaces of the project. Greenery yards inside (private) and outside the project not only plays the main role in making the whole structure of the building and its pathways but also are the main factor that creates the quality of spaces in the project. Silence, greenery and light in the heart of house, inspire the whole spaces.
The transparency of the spaces at inner areas that are defined by freeness of plan designing and the confidentiality and safety at outside areas -regarded by lattice brick design- are some of the other properties of the project.

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Hello! Hope you’re well!
I’m here today to quickly share with you my recommendations for last minute stocking filler and gift ideas for the book lover in your life – whether you’ve just started shopping or looking to get ‘a few last bits’, Christmas is NEXT WEEKEND!
So here’s my very quick summary of books I’ve read this year, by genre, that I loved and would recommend. I hope this helps with any last minute shopping and that you gain lots of lovely inspo!
Good Luck ;)!
URBAN FANTASY: HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN BY JUNO DAWSON
An urban fantasy means that the book is fantasy and characters will have special gifts, live in a fantasy world, but the backdrop is every day town. In this one it’s Hebden bridge, West Yorkshire! I absolutely loved this book, it’s full of sisterhood and cinematic scenes. There’s witches and warlocks and evil demons, all with the backdrop of every day Yorkshire. It’s full of cultural references from the 90s and 00s, think Spice Girls and Mean Girls. As a 32 year old this hit the nail on the head for me, but those references might not resonate with younger generations so much. Fantastic LGTBQ representation. Solid 5/5 for me – only available in Hardback, and part of a series (to follow).
ROMANTIC/SAUCY/OTHER WORLD FANTASY: A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES SERIES BY SARAH J MAAS
This series is FIRE!!! If you’ve seen posts about ‘ACOTAR’ and wondered what the heck that is, well it’s referring to this series. You’ll recognise the layout of the land and there are (for me anyway) some crossovers with Game of Thrones in terms of courts and structures, but this series is the absolute DB.
It’s got everything you’d want from a fantasy, enemies to lovers, war, danger, friendship, family, other worldly beings, magic. I LOVE that my heart and feelings towards characters changed so much from Book 1 to Book 2. Just a warning that this contains a fair bit of sex…and it’s really good sex at that! I have only read books 1 and 2 at the moment as I’m trying to pace myself, I just love this series that much. I’ll be reading the third book over Christmas. This series is complete and available to buy singularly or in a boxed set like this one. The Works Stationary and Bookstore is a good place to look at for these.
GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
WATCH HER FALL BY ERIN KELLY
Highly recommend ‘Watch Her Fall’ by Erin Kelly, if youre buying for a lover of Thrillers this season! It’s so cinematic I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up as series or a film on Netflix. It’s a book about a ballerina who is the star of an elite ballet company. She’s landed the coveted role of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake. She’s the daughter of the ballet company director and the must untrustworthy narrator, which is just BRILLIANT for a psychological thriller. The author put in so much work (clearly) into learning about Ballet and what it means to be in a Ballet company, so (as a non-dancer anyway) I didn’t see any plot holes or have any doubts. The ending is FANTASTIC, and dance lover or not, any thriller lover will love this one!
GENRE: GREEK MYTHOLOGY RETELLING
ARIADNE BY JENNIFER SAINT
Greek retellings are one of my favourite genres personally, and I wish there were more! That being said, they are hard to do well. I read this one at the start of this year and whilst it wasnt a 5 star review from me (3.5 this time) it’s still a very SOLID book and one that any greek retelling book lover will enjoy. It’s more YA than the likes of Circe or A Thousand Ships so may make for a less daunting read than the other two I just mentioned and I feel it’s got one of the best Dionysus portrayals I’ve encountered.
If this is a genre you or your gift recipient are interested in, search for ‘Circe’, and ‘A Thousand Ships’ in the search bar for more reviews.
GENRE: WARM AND FUNNY FICTION
YINKA WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND? BY LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN
If youre looking to buy a funny, uplifting read, this is perfect. It’s set in the UK, about a 30 something year old British Nigerian character by the name of Yinka, who to be honest doesn’t really feel like she’s excelling that much in life. She feels the want of expectations to be a high flyer, to make her family proud and more importantly, to be able to answer all of the auntie’s questions ‘YINKA WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND?’ with the answer ‘OVER THERE!’.
It got a solid 4.5* from me, for being relatable, warm, nourishing and like a huge in a book. There’s topics of family, faith, and self acceptance. There some mixed media formats and fonts which keeps things interesting. I’d recommend for a late teen upwards.
GENRE: CHRISTMAS FICTION
THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP BY JENNY COLGAN
If you want to buy a fiction lover some Christmas, cosy, family, three way love triangle, bookshop, Edinburgh gorgeous vibes, this is the one to get them into the festive spirit. I can’t shut up about it – it’s my last review if you want the full deets!
GENRE: NON FICTION
THE SOBER GIRL SOCIETY HANDBOOK BY MILLIE GOOCH
So at the time of writing, I’ve been sober for 2 months and 22 days – I decided to quit drinking after recognising the damage it was doing to my (otherwise very well looked after and cared for) physical body and mental health, and the Sober Girl Society was one of the first communities that I connected with to help me stick it out (these early days are TOUGH). I decided after a few Saturday morning meet ups to buy some ‘quit lit’ and decided to buy this book. It is an EYE OPENER. I’d been drinking for 18 years and didn’t know half of what I was putting myself through, not only that this book is like a cheerleader, motivating and spurring you on when society tells you otherwise.
You or the recipient do not have to be T Total to enjoy this, ‘sober curious’ (the desire to be more mindful with drinking if thats an option for you/recipient) is also covered in this book, it’s not preachy, its a toolkit to stick to your guns. Huge recommendation for anyone looking to cut down or cut out Alcohol in 2023, or perhaps already doing so.
I hope these reccos have helped give you some alternative gift ideas! I’ve only shared what I read this year and throughly enjoyed, as always try to support your local bookstores if you’re able to, and if anyone wants any more information or to chat, leave a note in the comments or get in touch on Insta at @papyrusandpeppermint .
Until the next Chapter!

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Chicken Corn Soup
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 127.6
- Total Fat: 1.4 g
- Cholesterol: 35.0 mg
- Sodium: 2,008.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 16.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
- Protein: 15.6 g
boneless, skinless chicken breast, 16 oz (4 breasts)
Chicken Broth, 96 fl oz (I use Swanson's)
Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 cup (or to taste)
Soy Sauce, .25 cup (too taste, can use low sodium)
Garlic powder, 4 tbsp (or to taste)
Yellow Sweet Corn, Frozen, 2 cup kernels
For a more filling soup, serve over rice.
Or for thicker soup, add 1 can of creamed corn.
I also add cayenne pepper, to taste for an added kick.
This is an excellent recipe during cold and flu season; it really seems to help you feel better quick.
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Number of Servings: 8
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Churches in florence Italy with descriptions, photos and timetable
Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 18 - 50123 Firenze - Tel. 055-219257
The early Dominican basilica was rebuilt in the Gothic-Romanesque style at the end of the thirteenth century. The beautiful green and white marble fašade was completed by Alberti around 1470. Inside... [...]
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, 8 - 50121 Firenze - Tel. 055-266181
The church rises where once there was the oratorio dei Servi di Maria. The church was rebuilt between 1440 and 1481 thanks to Michelozzo who built the first cloister and to Dell'Alberti who made many... [...]
Via del Monte alle Croci, 9 - 50125 Firenze - Tel. 055-2342640
Behind the famous Piazzale Michelangelo there is the church called la 'bella villanella' by the Master.
It was begun in 1499 following a design by Cronaca and finished at the beginning of the... [...]
Piazza del Carmine, 14 - 50124 Firenze - Tel. 055-2382195
The 14th-century building was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1771. The present structure is therefore 18th century and was built by G. Ruggeri and G. Mannaioni on a Latin cross plan with a... [...]
Basilica di San Miniato al Monte - 50125 Firenze - Tel. 055-2398034
The church of San Miniato in Florence was started in the xi century and is, after the battistery, the best example of the Roman Florentine style.
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Pterichthyodes milleri (Miller ex Agassiz MS)
This fish is known from the lowest part of the Sandwick Fish Bed where it is often found as juvenile specimens together with remains of Dipterus valenciennesi . Probably the fish did not live in the lake but was transported by rivers. In the Moray Firth Area of Scotland many localities are known where Pterichthyodes is found articulated. All these localities indicate more a river than a lake environment.
The weathered specimen shown, is unusual large for the Sandwick Fish Bed. See also the juvenile specimen. The tiny specimen is from the Moray Firth area. In sediments directly above the Sandwick Fish Bed disarticulated specimens were found.


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What are Maplestory Private Servers?
Maplestory private servers are basically modified maplestory servers hosted by some third party individual(s). What they do is adjust and modify the game to make it more appealing and fun. For this reason, no two maplestory private servers are identical since they take the form of their owners vision. Playing a different maplestory private server is almost like playing a different game. However, the core game mechanics usually stay intact.
Why do people make Private Servers?
The main reason people make private servers is that they are unsatisfied with other private servers. Sometimes it is because they are dissatisfied with the official server.
They see a lot of issues with the game they think they can fix, and try to do so in their own rendition. Also, some people have a lot of fun creating their own maple worlds. New servers come out regularly every year from different developers, so there is always a lot of content to choose from!
Why should you play Maplestory Private Servers?
The main reason you should play a private server is that it is a lot of fun! Each server has their own take on maplestory along with their own community. This makes playing each server a unique experience.
A lot of old school servers also progressively add new custom content which makes it feel like the old school maplestory is still alive and well, even though the golden era of the late 2000s is long gone.
Each year there are tons of new features added in the community which keeps the scene fresh and exciting to play! Each year adds new servers as well, so there is always the hype to restart on a brand new world. In the next article, I will discuss more about how you can join some servers!

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Brittany Runs a Marathon
Far from being just a simple comedy about fitness and weight loss, Brittany’s journey includes the healing and forgiveness it takes to really meet those…
The place for everything that doesn't have a home elsewhere on RogerEbert.com, this is a collection of thoughts, ideas, snippets, and other fun things that Roger and others posted over the years.
More moviegoers see films on video in some form than ever before -- whether streaming on demand, cable or satellite, instant download services, DVD or Blu-ray. Even high-profile pictures become available to home viewers before or at the same time as their theatrical release. Reviewing them is a job for... The Demanders!
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"Life Itself," based on Roger Ebert's memoir and directed by Steve James, will open in theaters and be available On Demand on July 4, 2014.
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The opening shot of a movie can tell us a lot about how to view and interpret what follows. It can even represent the whole movie in miniature. The Opening Shots Project collects illustrated analyses of some of Jim Emerson's favorites, and contributions from Scanners readers.
"You name it, I played it," said Jerry Paris. "I was the co-pilot, the best friend, the roommate, the Army buddy. In three movies, I was second banana to Bonzo the monkey. Remember Bonzo? He was the number one monkey in Hollywood, bigger even than Cheetah the Chimp, until he was killed in a tragic fire. Let's see. I was in 'Bonzo Goes to College,' and in 'Monkey Business,' and another one. 'Monkey Business,' also had Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant, but as I recall Bonzo got equal billing.
"In 1946, my father placed third in a poll to name the most famous movie producer in America," Michael Todd Jr. said. "Know what was funny? At the time, he had never produced a single movie. Oh, he had a lot of deals going. He had a contract with Universal to make nine movies. He never made any.
NEWMARKET, ENGLAND - "I'd rather fight in a Spitfire but fly in a Hurricane," said Ginger Lacey. He raised his glass of ale, quaffed the foam off the top and, in the same motion, wiped his mustache clear on the sleeve of his sport coat.
"You ever look into Ben Hecht?" Norman Jewison asked. "Hecht was one hell of a guy. You can read his stuff and it comes out like it was written today: bitter and tough. He had a lot to say about this country."
Terence Stamp materialized in the Pump Room dressed in the uniform of a British movie star: long hair, Mod suit, bit of mustache, and a guarded leer.
Once was that all American movies were made by Hollywood directors, and the way you got to be a Hollywood director was to have been one for 30 years. A few foreign directors like Jean Renoir were summoned to Hollywood, but they invariably found it impossible to make movies with the studio czars breathing in their ears. And so it was often true that Hollywood movies were products of Group Think, and foreign movies were the work of individual directors.
There was a smile of conspiracy on the face of the Irish bartender. "Now you listen carefully, and I'll tell you what to do," he whispered to his blue-eyed wife.
When Bonnie and Clyde get killed, a girl in the third row asked, what should we feel - relief or sympathy? "Yeah, sure," David Newman said.
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For those in North America, the best prices on earthworm sticks are fromhttp://www.kensfish.com
I use them as the staple diet of all my plecos and Discus. Other foods I use are frozen blood worms, Tetra Color Granules and live black worms,
Discus sometimes take a little while to get used to new foods but I have found that both wild and Domestic Discus eat it very well once they become used to it. The plecos I keep in with my Discus get right out there and grab their fair share.
Earthworm sticks are the primary food for all my pleco fry.
I received 10 pounds of earth worm sticks last week.
Have you considered wearing latex surgical gloves and placing frozen blood worms in a container of water from which you can suck up however much a tank needs using a baster dedicated to fish use?
I have heard of others becoming sensitive to blood worms.
How strong an allergic reaction can be can range from merely annoying to life threatening
I used to harvest real Tubifex worms and sold 10's of pounds every week at wholesale to shops throughout the PNW USA back when I owned a fish shop.
I became allergic to any dying or broken worms and the water they were in. It was so bad that once I dropped a container and the contents splashed back on my arms and face. I developed a strong Hives reaction wherever that material touched my bare skin. Not long after, due to the Clean Water Act, the cattle feed lot up stream closed down and the stream was channelized which put an end to my free Tubifex farm. Interesting to me is that I haven't developed cross allergic reaction to California Black Worms. CBW belong to a different genus and require cleaner water to thrive than real Tubifex. They are quite different from Tubifex. When I did have an unlimited supply of Tubifex I had some rare breeding experiences. Once, a tank set up with Kulii Loaches in peat moss produced a bunch of little Kuhlii Loaches.
Anyway, I would find an allergy to frozen blood worms a big problem since next to the 20 pounds of earth worm sticks I use annually, frozen blood worms are the next in volume of the foods I use. I use 10 oz.s of frozen blood worms every day. I buy about 100 pounds a year split between two orders of 50 pounds a year which I partially share with a fish friend. We try to use all frozen foods within 6 months.
For some reason, my fish do not seem to care for frozen brine Shrimp or Mysis.
Which is fine with me because I don't think frozen brine Shrimp are all that great of a food.
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Library Scavenger Hunt for Kids
Stop by the Powder Springs Children’s department and test your sleuthing skills by going on a Scavenger Hunt to find hidden objects in the Children’s Department.
Pick up your scavenger hunt card at the children’s desk. When you complete the search, come back by the children’s desk for a prize.
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Grand Princess, a recently refurbished ship from Princess Cruises, provides a comfortable and elegant environment, with plenty of entertainment and dining options. The ship’s inaugural cruise took place in 1998 and it hosts 2,600 guests across 17 decks, with 1,150 crew members onboard.
Classic itineraries allow cruise ship passengers to explore destinations including Mexico and the United States. Ports of call include Puerto Vallarta, where guests can discover the process of tequila-making. In San Francisco, shore excursions offer the opportunity to visit notorious Alcatraz and do tasting tours in Sonoma Wine Country. A stop in Honolulu offers scenic drives along the Pali Coast.
The ship provides a number of accommodation options, all of which make guests feel right at home. This is a great cruise ship for families, with two-bedroom family suites available. Passengers can also choose from a variety of staterooms, such as interior, ocean view, balcony and wheelchair-accessible accommodation.
Dining options are varied and available throughout the day, with nine food and drink options, including 24-hour room service. There are also six specialty dining options such as Sabatini’s Italian Trattoria, Ultimate Balcony Dining, and the Crab Shack. For chocolate lovers, chocolatier Norman Love’s creations in the main dining room are a must.
Entertainment options include movies, original musical productions, music, dancing and featured guest entertainers. Facilities range from a sports court and freshwater pools to hot tubs, an art gallery, auctions, and many shops for those who want to splash the cash. The Grand Princess suits all ages and tastes, for an exciting cruise ship vacation.

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An independent inquiry into abuses at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre is welcome, but must be accompanied by immediately moving at-risk young people out of the harmful ‘Intensive Support Unit’.
WA Corrections Minister Fran Logan announced at a press conference on Friday that Inspector of Custodial Services Neil Morgan would examine the allegations of abuse, revealed by Amnesty International.
“This is a positive step, to see that Minister Logan has listened to the concerns of abuse of vulnerable young people imprisoned in Banksia Hill, and committed to an inquiry,” said Tammy Solonec, Indigenous Rights Manager at Amnesty International.
“However, right now, young people are still being held in the harmful ‘Intensive Support Unit’, at acute risk of further trauma. Getting these young people out of this damaging environment is an urgent priority. The unit must be shut down until the inquiry releases its findings.”
“We look forward to seeing the terms of reference for the inquiry, which must look at all conditions that can cause harm to these vulnerable young people, including the practice of prolonged solitary confinement.”
“We also call for the inquiry to make very specific recommendations, so that the WA Government can be held accountable for progress on them.”
“The abuses of young people at Banksia Hill are further evidence that Prime Minister Turnbull must lead the States and Territories in overhauling the punitive injustice system, all over Australia. Our young people must instead be nurtured and supported to overcome their problems and thrive in their communities.”

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Earlier this month Podaris attended the 2019 Podcar City conference in San Jose, California, as both a sponsor and an exhibitor. Prior to the event, Podaris founder and CEO, Nathan Koren, set out why he thinks we are at the precipice of a Podcar resurgence. At the conference, we learned of exciting new projects and innovative vendors which seemed to confirm that hypothesis!
Kicking off the event was a session on the perspective of a city, moderated by transportation legend Rod Diridon Sr. Being in San Jose resulted in a very localised set of panel members, but as Jeral Poskey of Google compellingly made the case: why anywhere other than Silicon Valley?
Serendipitously, this came in the wake of the recent request for information from the City of San Jose for an automated transit system to connect the airport to the Diridon train station. This is a route that has been studied in Podaris by numerous users since our platform’s earliest days. But to truly plan a system in-line with Ramses Madou’s aim of a “city for people, not just cars,” our latest demographic analysis capabilities can rapidly help answer those questions.
Podcars may be the answer, but what is the question?
Well according to the session run by Podaris customer Peter Muller of PRT Consulting, it appears the PRT is the answer to all questions… Peter, in combination with a range of ATN vendors (including Podaris customer Modutram), discussed the benefits and drawbacks of a variety of different systems before collecting the top transportation problems from the audience that needs to be solved.
The problems the audience highlighted ranged from climate change to safety. For each type of system the audience then voted on how well it addressed each problem. The end result was decisively in favour of a PRT system – but perhaps that is expected at a conference named Podcar City?
We joined with Christer Lindström of 4Dialog for an impromptu session on “digital planning tools”. Given the location, we interactively showcased how, in under five minutes, Podaris could be used to plan a PRT system from San Jose Airport to the Diridon Caltrain station.
That kind of rapid collaborative route-planning is what Podaris was built for. Podaris functions as a feature-rich whiteboard for collaboration and communication, where planners and activists can come together to quickly test and understand the impacts of different scenarios.
Closing the event were students from San Jose State University who presented their projects on the Spartan Superway PRT system. Not only did the projects include clever engineering-focused integrations of supercapacitors with lithium batteries, but Professor McDonald detailed a collaboration with the Southern Illinois University which allowed interdisciplinary collaboration between students enabling holistic ideas that improve mobility and land use to improve quality of life. Being keen to support similar projects, Podaris offers a 50% discount to academic institutions and free professional accounts to individual students.
What we saw at the conference – and in discussions outside the conference, with various companies across Silicon Valley – was a lot of encouraging signs that this class of innovative transportation technology was finally coming of age. We hope to play a meaningful supporting role in its emergence. At the same time, we’re not convinced that Podcars are the answer to everything, and we’ll be continuing to improve our support for many other modes as well. Ultimately, we believe that the future of transport is highly multi-modal – with many different modes optimised for many different sites and use-cases – and we look forward to supporting all of it!
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- From a 2D planning system to a 3D London…
- Civic Voice Manifesto 2020–2023
- Shaping the Connected World
- Are We Living in a Man's World?
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Fox News’s Chris Wallace on Friday slammed “the spinning that has been done by the president’s defenders” over an intelligence community whistleblower’s complaint as “astonishing” and “deeply misleading”
The “Fox News Sunday” anchor’s condemnation comes as Trump supporters attempted to spin the allegations that President Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading 2020 presidential candidate, while withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.
“The spinning that has been done by the president’s defenders over the last 24 hours since this very damaging whistleblower complaint came out, the spinning is not surprising but it is astonishing, and I think deeply misleading,” said Wallace on “America’s Newsroom.”
“Let’s look at what the whistleblower says. The whistleblower says that there was a troubling call in which the president asked the Ukrainian president to investigate and to look at the allegation of this doing by Vice President Biden and by his son,” he continued.
Here's Fox News' Chris Wallace saying that "the spinning that's been done by the president's defenders over the last 24 hours since this very damaging whistleblower complaint came out … [is] not surprising but it is astonishing and I think deeply misleading." 👀 pic.twitter.com/rKfQgGMkLF
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 27, 2019
“We now have a rough transcript of that phone call and that’s exactly what happened. The whistleblower — and this was back in August — said that for a very unknown and surprising reason the administration had held up aid to Ukraine. That was not widely known at the time but in fact, it turns out that it was the case,” he added.
“I guess that’s all I’m really saying. For a lot of the efforts for a lot of people defending the president and pretending this is nothing, it isn’t nothing, it’s something,” Wallace later concluded.

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In men, finasteride (originally marketed as Proscar) is approved for hair loss associated with androgens. In one study, 62% of women also taking oral contraceptives containing the synthetic progestin drospirenone reported improvement. So it may be effective for female hair loss in the setting of increased androgen.Does hair loss therapy really help prevent hair loss?
"No treatment can completely stop hair loss, especially when due to genetics. However, laser caps and other non-surgical hair restoration methods can slow the progression of hair loss when used...What does hair loss treatment actually work?
The theory of laser treatment for hair loss is that the low-dose laser treatments invigorate circulation and stimulation that encourages hair follicles to grow hair . Because the results of laser therapy are inconsistent, the conclusion of the medical community seems to be that it appears to work for some people, but not for others.Which hair loss treatment is more effective?
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Boy George is already causing a commotion over at The Voice UK after only being a judge on the show for a couple of months!
The 54-year-old joins the panel alongside Will.i.am, Kaiser Chiefs front man Ricky Wilson, and singer Paloma Faith.
During a battle of who has worked with bigger names, the King Of Everything singer shocked the live studio audience when he revealed HE'S SLEPT WITH PRINCE.
Yeah, that Prince!
Related: Wildly Inappropriate & Just Plain Odd Celebrity Selfies!
According to a source, here's how it went down:
Boy George boasted about working with some of the best in the business:
"I have duetted with some of the greatest soul singers in history including Luther Vandross and Smokey Robinson."
To which Paloma rebutted:
"Well OK, if we're throwing big soul names out there I've performed with Prince."
And… BG reportedly quipped:
We see you werkin', FKA twigs!
The 27-year-old singer — who's dating 29-year-old Robert Pattinson — is rumored to be first in line for a judge job on The Voice UK!
There just happens to be an opening because Rita Ora is moving over to X Factor after quitting as a panelist on The Voice UK last week!
[ Related: FKA twigs' Fashion Sense Is On Point! ]
A source blasted Rita to reporters — producers are furious she only stayed on the panel for one season — while talking up FKA twigs:
You go, girl!
Paloma Faith may not be the most well-known singer out there, but she's certainly one of the most AH-Mazing ones!
At the BRIT Awards, her vocals absolutely slayed during her performance of Only Love Can Hurt Like This. But that wasn't even the craziest part!
Girl got totally soaked up on stage when she let it rain down on her toward the end! In her dark gown with her hands painted glittery black, it was a visual delight as her dancers got just as wet as they moved gracefully behind her!
You've just GOT to watch this powerful performance (above)!
Seriously, whenever Paloma Faith performs, there are not enough roses to throw onstage. Her voice is THAT unearthly AH-Mazing!
[ Photos: BAFTA Awards 2014: Last Year's Fashion! ]
While on Live! with Kelly & Michael, Paloma gave an expressive and vocally pristine rendition of her song Only Love Can Hurt Like This.
Ch-ch-check out the live performance (above)!!!
Dis be FIRE!!!!!!
If you like Rudimental, then you will love Sigma!
They British dance duo don't deliver EDM, which everyone else is doing. They are bringing drum n bass back!!!!!!
And they're soooo good! Sigma song with Paloma Faith, Changing, is such a smash!
Major! Major! Major!
Check it out above!
Then CLICK HERE to listen to more music from Sigma!
Doesn't Paloma Faith sound simply AH-Mazing?? Her voice is impeccable and so unique!
The songstress performed her song Only Love Can Hurt Like This on The Late Show with David Letterman and it's definitely one you don't want to miss!
[ Related: Paloma Faith Is Friggin' Flawless In Only Love Can Hurt Like This! See Her Sensational Vid HERE! ]
Not only does she sound fabulous, she looks phenomenal as well!
Ch-ch-check out her performance of Only Love Can Hurt Like This (above)!! Slay it, gurl!
OMG! We said it before and we'll surely say it again, but Paloma Faith straight up brings a smile to our SOUL!
We let you listen to the beautiful Brit's latest song a few weeks ago, and what a brilliant and bittersweet ballad it was, but the video?
Ch-ch-check out Only Love Can Hurt Like This (above)!
Yes!! Everything she does is absolutely amaaaaaaaaazeballz!!!
Apparently love isn't the only thing that hurts, Paloma! Your majestic, magnetic voice is so AH-Mazing that it actually hurts, too!!! Hurts so good, we mean!
Time to listen again!

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The fourth ALABI couture Charity Fashion Show 2015 comes up on December 20th. This year the organizers will be celebrating with the children of the Nigerian Red Cross Society Motherless and Abandoned Babies Home.
Celebrities models billed to showcase some of Alabi coutures designs and also have fun with the children include Fred Amata, Rykardo Agbor, Ushbebe, Funsho Adeolu, Ayo Adesanya, Denrele Edun, Zaaki Azzay, Moyo Lawal, Pretty Okafor (PMAN pres), Alariwo of Africa, Koffi ‘tha guru’, Bryan Okwara, Sunny Neji, Felix Duke, Dj Humility, Rugged Man, Maureen Okpoko, Emeka Ossai, Collins Onworchei, Benita Nzeribe
The venue of the event is 2 Makoko Adekunle, Yaba, Lagos at 1:00 pm.
It will surely be a fun day for the kids with loads of activities, foods and drinks. However, remember to kindly bring gifts for the children when coming.


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Final Fantasy IV
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If a game is this awsome, don't remake it!By Retro Man (Jamison) Score:
Jan 06, 2010 10:58AM PST
The Final Fantasy series has produced some of my all time favorite games and Final Fantasy IV was by far one of my favorites. That being said and before I give you the pros and cons, I have a quick question; Would you re-paint the Mona Lisa just because you think you can make it look better? The answer is no because it is art! The exact same goes for any classic RPG, 16bits and all.
PROS: Final Fantasy IV is a great game no matter how you remake it. Same old school music, same old school battle system and same lovable characters.
CONS: Not the biggest upgrade of graphics I've ever seen, some of the older PSone games had better scenery. Mega lame voice acting.
I will admit, Final Fantasy IV DS brought back a lot of good memories. To be honest though, I much more enjoy re-releases than remakes.


Lee Addresses Logistical Issues
On the eve of the Asian Film Market, BIFF’s director calms fears.
BUSAN, South Korea -- "Don’t worry!”
That’s what Lee Yong-kwan, the new Busan International Film Festival director who is overseeing his first BIFF edition without festival co-founder Kim Dong-ho, had to say when asked about possible logistical problems when the 6th Asian Film Market gets underway on Oct. 10. For the first time the market will take place at the 93,000-square meter Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in the Centum area.
The vastness of the new venue looks daunting even from afar — the BEXCO parking lot itself outsizes the entire Seacloud complex, the first three floors of which had been used for the last three years as the market’s home. Adding to some pre-market jitters is the fact that the concurrently held Asian Project Market — formerly the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) — which is attended by some buyers simultaneously, is now being held at the Seacloud Hotel in Haeundae. For some market attendees the logistics and travel arrangements seem overwhelming, to say the least.
“We understand we all need to make some adjustments, but there is nothing for our attendees to worry about.
We have teams of staff and volunteers working around the clock preparing to help buyers and exhibitors with clear signage and maps,” said Lee.
Lee adds that organizers have also arranged shuttle buses going from BEXCO, the Busan Cinema Center, and the Haeundae Grand Hotel, where the Busan Cinema Forum takes place.
The traffic deadlocks in the Haeundae-Centum route as witnessed by all on Sunday hardly instill calm, but Lee said it was a special case because of a charity marathon. “There is usually no traffic jam during the day; only when people are going to the parties at night that traffic might be heavier,” he noted.
Describing his experience as festival director so far as “very difficult, because of the workload,” Lee’s voice is hoarse from numerous interviews since the festival began. Lee’s leadership has coincided with a number of changes to the 16-year-old festival — a name change and new venues for events, as well as a festival lineup that is decidedly more Korean. “Until last year we’ve only selected mainstream movies from Korea, but this year, as the independent and art house film scene grows in Korea, we have more films to choose from. They are the new hopes of Korean cinema,” Lee said.


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Our client in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, required planning permission for a scheme to alleviate underground sewer flooding that was affecting several residential properties.
The work comprised underground and surface development, including providing a gravity-fed storage tank and associated weir chambers, three new site-access points, removing and replacing trees and ground reprofiling and reinstatement. We interpreted the relevant technical information to the local planning authority as part of the planning submission and during its determination. This included providing additional information to explain the modelling and design of the proposals concerning overland flooding at the site. Tree removal and replanting concerns were resolved through our negotiation with our client and the planning authority’s landscape officer. Following approval, our services were retained to vary and discharge a number of planning conditions.


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If your gum disease is beyond gingivitis, the first step in treating gum disease usually involves a special deep cleaning called scaling (SCAY-ling) and root planing (PLAY-ning). This treatment may be done over more than one visit, depending on your personal needs.
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Education should be accessible to all. But when it’s available, not everyone can consume it in the way it should be consumed. That’s why one should try to gain an education in a funny way. With the games, it becomes easier to engage the kids and let them dive deep into the world of education. Many educational institutions are adopting a fun and engaging way to teach kids. Minecraft Education Edition APK is one of the best games that come with educational-style gameplay, and this game is developed for educational institutes.
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In this game, you are not short of seeing the curricular content. For example, the game comes with more than 200 hours of content for computer science students. With this content, the players can easily learn about computer science while playing the game. The best thing is that the content is not restricted to computer science, but the institutes can introduce personalized content for the players.
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In the original game, you had the freedom to use the collected resources and craft anything. But in this game, there are various build challenges. These build challenges will keep your thinking intrigued. You have to brainstorm to complete the provided challenge in the limited amount of resources available. It’s like a puzzle but in the Minecraft style.
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When the teachers want to communicate with the students to complete the various projects in the collaborative mode, the integration comes in really handy with the support for integration with the tools like Microsoft teams and Flipgrid to help teachers to communicate with the students and let them complete the assignments. With these integrations, it becomes easier to make this game the better option to communicate with the students and let them complete the assignments in a playful manner.
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With the option for immersive reading, the players can easily start reading the PDF files in this game. The immersive reading mode allows you to dive deep into your study sessions by effectively allowing you to read the PDF files. Most of the institutes host their book libraries inside this game. Also, you can enter into the libraries of other people in the multiplayer mode to enjoy the various books and other content.
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Installation of the games is easier when you have the APK file handy. Instead of depending on the Google Play Store, it’s better to have the APK file and then complete the manual Installation. Here are the exact steps that will guide you through the Installation procedure.
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#3 – Can we play Minecraft Education Edition with 4GB RAM?
Yes. This game runs on Block-style graphics, which makes it easier to load on low-end smartphones. Any device with 4GB or higher RAM will load this game without any issues.
Education is a very important part of our lives, but sacrificing entertainment for the same is not appreciated. That’s why entering into the world of Minecraft Education Edition APK will help you to learn while you are playing the game. In this post, we tried our best to share all the information about this fantastic game. If you have any doubts, make sure to use the comment section below.


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The M1910 Haversack ration coffee and condiment box was one component of the early combat rations.
The Haversack ration contained enough salt, pepper, sugar, and coffee for one soldier for one day. A full haversack aka reserve ration consisted of two haversack condiments and coffee boxes plus two hard bread packages and two 1lb cans of meat.
According to the 1909 Buffalo Express, the coffee was compressed under 12 tons of pressure and reduced to a third of its normal size. The article indicates that such compression was a new concept in food preparation. It was, in fact, one of the first appearances of instant coffee.
By WWI, instant coffee was a staple of the soldier’s diet. The haversack ration, however, was, by that point considered obsolete and a new emergency ration was in development that contained powdered meat, chocolate, and coffee portions in one small container. Unfortunately, the new emergency ration never arrived on the front lines until after armistice day.
This Haversack Ration box is empty and contains no food products. The unwaxed box comes open on both ends so that you can choose to fill the box with your own ration ingredients.


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Lawo launches mc²96 at NAB2017
The Lawo mc²96 console, available in frame sizes with 24 to 200 faders with the same legendary quality known from Lawo’s mc²90 series, is designed as Lawo’s most visual broadcast console ever. The mc2 96 features 21.5“ full HD touch-screens as well as multiple mini color-TFTs in channel strips and touch-sensitive color-coded encoders, providing fast overview and user-friendly operation.
In a world’s 1st Lawo’s new production console features LiveView™ video thumbnails. In addition to standard channel labeling via channel numbers, individual text labels and static pictures or icons, the mc²96 can display real-time video thumbnails right at the fader’s mini TFTs for intuitive channel identification. Touching a fader changes the LiveView™ thumbnail to full-screen mode, providing a more detailed view of that channel’s video source, such as a camera or a replay machine.
Designed for networking in complex IP production infrastructures, the Lawo mc²96 employs Lawo’s unique IP-Share™ Network Gain Compensation when using shared DALLIS I/Os to prevent unexpected changes on up to eight networked consoles when individual users adjust their gain settings. The DALLIS I/O communicates with all networked consoles, and its IP-Share™ algorithm sets the optimum analog gain for multi-client requirements. IP-Share™ also ensures that the corresponding gain compensation is applied to the digital gain stages of all consoles when the analog gain of the preamp is being adjusted.
Reflecting today’s requirements for 3D/immersive audio productions, the mc²96 provides not only superb tools for surround sound mixing, but also a dedicated elevation controller as standard. Furthermore, the mc²96 offers Lawo-grade integrated Loudness Metering with full loudness control in accordance with ITU 1770 (EBU/R128 or ATSC/A85). ln addition to program buses, Lawo Loudness Metering can also measure individual channels, which allows fast and convenient “visual” mixing of multiple-microphone setups.
Lawo’s new flagship can also be operated in Multi-User Mode, with 96 rotary encoders in each 16-fader bay giving direct access to all parameters, effectively creating an additional central control panel. Color-coding of the encoders, coupled with the high-res color TFT displays, guarantees a perfect overview and users can now create, save and recall multiple personalized free control layouts directly in their own bay.
Addressing live broadcast and performing arts applications, the mc²96 offers many innovative mix-assist systems enabling the sound engineer to concentrate on the overall balance and sound quality of the production. In addition to Lawo’s renowned Audio-follow-Video functionality, the desk’s automated mixing capabilities include an Automix function that automatically adjusts the Ievels of active and inactive microphones, while maintaining a constant, natural-sounding ambient Ievel. The console also features Lawo’s highly-acclaimed AMBIT Upmix function, which guarantees perfect conversion of stereo signals for amazingly authentic surround sound and supports KICK 2.0, Lawo’s automated close-ball mixing solution for sports such as football, hockey and basketball.
For ultimate flexibility in I/O requirements the console offers plug and play interfacing to all Lawo DALLIS modular stageboxes including AoIP options and the Lawo A__line interfaces and NOVA central routers. In addition, as the mc²96 surface includes local I/Os that feature comprehensive connectivity with 16 Lawo-grade Mic/Line inputs, 16 Line outputs, 8 AES3 inputs and outputs, 8 GPIOs plus a local MADI port (SFP). A built-in switch provides 4 Ethernet ports with network connectivity via two redundant SMPTE2110 / AES67 / RAVENNA ports with seamless protection switching.
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There were three types of investor Thursday when the Nasdaq had a surprise shutdown that lasted for about three hours in the afternoon.
There were the folks who were completely oblivious, the ones who were freaking out, and the group that was hoping it would all get blamed on a dead squirrel.
The sudden shutdown of Nasdaq — without any warning or explanation of what was happening — caught everyone by surprise, but it was over or nearly over by the time a lot of investors and money managers became aware of it. It freaked out systems — no bids and offers had options traders wondering if they were rich or broke until they realized what was happening — and traders, but it didn’t have the impact of a Flash Crash or even a rate hint tossed out by the Federal Reserve.
That may have been summed up by the expert on CNBC who noted that the shutdown was affecting “millions or thousands of people.”
The group truly impacted by the day’s events was more likely the small number. The legendary Warren Buffett has long suggested that investors should have a portfolio where they would feel comfortable if the market shut down for five years; if you couldn’t sit tight with a piece of the broad market shut down for a few hours, you’re either a trader or you have the wrong portfolio.
Veteran investors have seen this before, in many different forms; that’s where the dead squirrels come in.
In 1987 and 1994, the Nasdaq was shut down on two occasions when squirrels got a little too adventurous on power lines, forcing a fast flameout on trading until the power grid could be restarted.
It’s going to take the Securities & Exchange Commission days to figure out what happened and months to tell us about it, but don’t bet on the squirrels.
Instead, look at this kind of sudden “black squirrel event” — which would have created a full-blown media frenzy had it happened in panicky October instead of sleepy August — and consider what your reaction to it says about you as an investor.
Let’s not overplay this case. It’s not anywhere close to a market-meltdown event. The New York Stock Exchange was still open, there was still a lot of market activity, and while the lack of information was frustrating, it also kept most people from over-reacting. If this proves to be some sort of hacking problem or other issue with a long-lasting impact, no one knew it while it was occurring.
Truthfully, average investors — the ones who found out about the Nasdaq shutdown well after it had begun — typically come through an event like this one unaffected. They’re not watching the market moment-by-moment, so they’re not trading into right-now news.
Oh, they’ll hear that an event like this can affect their exchange-traded funds — funds that continued trading during the shutdown, even as the Nasdaq components of the portfolio were frozen — but they won’t notice any impact come Monday and the whole thing will be forgotten long before the investor goes to cash out the position.
Traders and market sharpies, by comparison, find that any uncertainty is their worst nightmare. They were scared of what the shutdown meant, but equally scared of how the re-opening would play out. They pulled out their hair by the fistful Thursday afternoon, but their real concern was that things could get much more hairy if this kind of thing happens during a heavy-volume or big-news day.
Even as they breathed a sigh of relief when it became clear trading would resume, they lamented how this could have been a much bigger deal.
Truthfully, however, virtually all investors should have been wishing for squirrels.
That’s because events like this are predictably unpredictable. We know they are going to happen; we just don’t know when.
They mostly get blamed on glitches, on unusual trading activities, on market anomalies, but they all look suspiciously like the kind of thing that can trigger a market quake on the magnitude of the financial crisis of 2008, and they are stunningly hard to accept sitting down.
While the talking heads on the financial channels were saying things like “Investors have lived through this kind of stuff before,” and that people “accept that these things happen,” they were ignoring the fact that the United States is not an emerging or frontier market. Orderly markets are imperative here.
Short of the occasional squirrel or the massive world event, a market shutting down for some glitch or some gamesmanship or anything else that puts the delicate balance in question is a real problem.
It makes investors wonder “Is the market broken? If I can’t tell, should I trust it?”
For most investors, events that can get you glued to daily market action should make them focus on what could happen on Wall Street that would actually make them alter their investment strategy.
Think of this as a test, the investment equivalent of a three-hour beep for the Emergency Broadcast System. If it had been a real emergency, you would have been able to tell the difference.
But if the specter of this kind of market test makes you nervous and has you thinking of what you might do the next time there’s a glitch, a meltdown, bad news or a hungry squirrel, then maybe it’s time to prepare yourself for the market’s real test.
That doesn’t happen over any specific afternoon, no matter how much angst Wall Street has, but over years and decades.
Long-term investors should be embracing Buffett’s concept of building a portfolio they’d want to have if the market shut down for years; if you couldn’t withstand a few minutes without getting nervous, it’s only a matter of time before you let one of these market tests undermine your strategy. See also: U.S. stocks get boost as Nasdaq restarts trade


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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri Republican congressman Todd Akin is apologizing for his televised comments in which he said women's bodies are able to prevent pregnancies if they are victims of a "legitimate rape."
Appearing on former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's radio show, Akin said he had "used the wrong words the wrong way." He says rape is "never legitimate" -- and that it's an "evil act" committed by "violent predators."
At least two Republican senators today joined the calls for Akin to leave the Missouri Senate race in which he is challenging Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill.
But Akin says he's "not a quitter."
Still, he may have problems paying for his campaign. An official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee says the head of the group -- Sen. John Cornyn (KOHR'-nihn) -- called Akin today to tell him that the committee had withdrawn $5 million in advertising it had planned for his campaign.
Cornyn is calling Akin's comments "indefensible," and suggesting he take 24 hours to consider what's best for him, his family and his party.
Mitt Romney has also denounced Akin's comments, telling the National Review they were "insulting, inexcusable and frankly wrong."
President Barack Obama, meanwhile, says Akin's remarks underscore why male politicians should not be making health decisions on behalf of women.


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Description: 4, Adcroft Street
Date Listed: 26 November 1976
English Heritage Building ID: 313866
OS Grid Reference: ST8554258422
OS Grid Coordinates: 385542, 158422
Latitude/Longitude: 51.3247, -2.2089
ST 8558 5/128
Circa 1857. 2 storey terraced cottage. Ashlar. 2 ranges of windows with slab
surrounds, band over ground floor and brackets to gutter. Cement pantiles. Plate
glass sash windows. Plain doorway to right of centre with larger segmental archway
to right with keystone.
Nos 1 to 13 (consec), the centre block of the District Hospital and Nos 16 to 29
(consec) form a group
Listing NGR: ST8554258422
Source: English Heritage
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The Valley Players is celebrating 40 years of community theater! Come out for a great night of food, drink and entertainment.
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Jul 06, 2019, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Valley Players Theater, 4254 Main St, Waitsfield, VT 05673, USA
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Come for an hour or stay for the night!
The party will feature music by Valley Players past cast members celebrating the last 40 years through songs. There will be hearty appetizers, desserts, and a cash bar. We look forward to seeing our Valley Players friends and family there to celebrate!


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A total of 37 potential flood mitigation projects were identified through review of existing flood condition documents (including the Phase 2 report), studies, and post-Hurricane Irma flood photographs; interviewing local officials for flooding impacts in their relative areas; analysis of the watershed for potential concept projects for improving floodway conveyance and flood water storage components.
The concept projects below aimed to provide a network system of high-functioning conveyances and water control structures. This effort sets a ‘benchmark’ for comprehensive flood control needs on a regional basis and provides a ‘measuring stick’ as the County works towards regional flood mitigation improvements. While the viability of each concept is addressed at a high level using metrics of cost, environmental permitability, etc., each concept’s ability to mitigate flooding is the primary driver. The flood mitigation concepts are only intended to utilize the high-capacity conveyance functionality during severe storm events and not alter normal seasonal flows or hydroperiods.
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The Sultanate of Oman is an independent monarchy on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Overview of the Country
As a maritime nation, Oman holds a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.1 It covers an area of 309,500 square kilometers (119,500 square miles) and in 2016 had an estimated population of 4.4 million.2 The people are predominantly Arab, but other nationalities include Indians, Baluchis, and Africans. Forty-five percent of the population are expatriates, most of whom are workers from Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The religion is mainly the Ibadhi sect of Islam. An estimated 6.5 percent of the population are Christian, and in Muscat alone, the capital of Oman, several different Christian groups are active. These are mainly Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant.3 The Sultanate of Oman is a territory of the Gulf Field in the Middle East and North Africa Union, a mission attached to the General Conference.
Origins of Seventh-day Adventist Work
The first known presence of Seventh-day Adventists in Oman dates back to the late 1970s when Adventist nurses arrived to work in the healthcare system. With the arrival of Dr. and Mrs. Selvan and family from India in July 1985, serious steps were taken to locate other Seventh-day Adventists for the purpose of forming an Adventist group. Not being successful in the beginning, the Selvans attended the meetings of another congregation in the capital Muscat in order to have Christian fellowship. They continued the search for Adventists in Oman. Dr. Selvan obtained the address of the Middle East Press in Beirut, Lebanon, and got in contact with the manager, Moses Elmadjian. He directed Selvan to the headquarters of the Middle East Union in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1988, Moses Elmadjian and the Publishing Director, Yousuf Farag, visited the Sultanate as the first official representatives from the Middle East Union. They used the opportunity to promote health and lifestyle books.
This led to closer ties with the Middle East Union administration. Upon the request of Dr. Selvan, David Dunn, leader of the Gulf Section (currently the Gulf Field), visited Muscat for a week in July 1990 and conducted nightly meetings in the Selvan residence. One of the Selvans’ friends invited Mrs. Mercy Surendra, who also was a Seventh-day Adventist. Unbeknown to the Selvans, Mrs. Surendra and a few other Adventists had been meeting regularly in Al Hail west of Muscat. Dr. Selvan then proceeded to put small notices in various hospitals in Oman, and the response was encouraging. Soon other Seventh-day Adventists were located in Al Nadha, Khoula, Sultan Qaboos University, Sohar, Sur, Sinaw, Nizwa, Rustaq, Bani Bu Ali, and even in Salalah (more than 1,000 kilometers from Muscat). All of them were Adventists from other countries working in Oman. Weekly Sabbath meetings were held in Al Hail with a growing number of attendees.
Organization and Growth
On July 12, 1991, Sven H. Jensen from the Middle East Union visited Muscat and formally organized the Adventist group into a company. When the first step of organization was achieved, a request for full recognition as a church in the Sultanate of Oman was filed with the Protestant Church of Oman. It was initially denied, but further discussion by the newly appointed pastor for The United Arab Emirates and Oman, Steve Brown, and a resubmission of the request resulted in full recognition on September 11, 1995. Two months later, on November 11, the company was formally organized into a church in the presence of Sven H. Jensen from the Middle East Union and Dennis Pollatos from the Gulf Section. The leader of the company, Surendra Bastiam Pillai, was elected the elder of the church.
The first known baptism in Oman was on May 13, 1995, when Edith Gestoso committed her life to Jesus Christ and joined the church. Since then more migrant workers and their young people have been baptized and added to the church.
As in many other countries in the Middle East, Saturday had been an ordinary day for work, business, and education. Some of the Adventist families found it difficult to get the Sabbath off and were sending their children to school on Sabbath. This affected not only church attendance but also had a negative impact on the spiritual lives of the members. When the weekend was officially changed from Thursday through Friday to Friday through Saturday on May 3, 2013, it was a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oman. This gave the church family, including school age children, the freedom to worship on Sabbath. The church group in Muscat has been meeting at various locations during its existence. At present (2019) it meets for Friday evening vespers in the Bible Society Hall in Darsait and for Sabbath morning Bible study and divine service at the Al Noor Church.
Though the majority of the members live in the capital Muscat, there have also been pockets of believers elsewhere in the Sultanate. Some have stayed for a long time while others have moved to new places or back to their home countries. Those staying on in the interior of Oman have been giving their gentle witness for Christ in their places of work. In Salalah a group of Seventh-day Adventists had been meeting regularly on Sabbath mornings since 1994 under the leadership of brothers Enoch and David Masih. The regular services stopped for a while when David Masih died in 1999, and some of the members went back to their home countries. When the Camanzo family arrived in Salalah in 2004 the meetings resumed. The church group is presently applying for a place of worship in the Christian Center and working for recognition with the Protestant Church in Oman.
In November 2017 the Seventh-day Adventist group in Sohar was recognized as a church, and the members have been worshipping there in the Protestant church facilities under the leadership of Richmond Quidpuan.
In 2019 the membership of Muscat SDA Church stands at 59 baptized members with a church attendance of about 110 each Sabbath. An estimated 150 Seventh-day Adventists live in Oman.
Pastors Serving the Church in Oman
Dennis Pollatos (1992-1995), Steve Brown (1995-2001), Victor Harewood (2002-2012), Michael Collins (2012-2013), Paulo de Oliveira (2013-2016), and Steven Manoukian (2016-2019).
“History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Sultanate of Oman.” Unpublished paper for the Middle East North Africa Mission, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016.
“Middle East: OMAN.” The World Fact Book. Accessed May 28, 2019. https://www.cia.gov/LIBRARY/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html.
Muscat Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sultanate of Oman, 1990-2015. Unpublished booklet prepared for the 25-year jubilee celebration, Ras Al Khaimah, September 2015.
Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Second Edition. Revised edition, 2 vols. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1996. S.v. “Oman, Sultanate of.”
Unless otherwise stated, this article is based on the author’s personal knowledge working in a church administrative unit from 1991-2001, being an eyewitness, knowing people, and being in correspondence with them.↩
” World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.” United Nation Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. The last census was taken in 2010 and gave a result of 2,773,479. “Final Results of Census in 2010.” National Center for Statistics and Information.↩
“Middle East: OMAN,” The World Fact Book, accessed May 28, 2019, https://www.cia.gov/LIBRARY/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html.↩