Peace and Persecution in Egypt
Located next to a trash dump on the outskirts of Cairo, the Salam Center is a bit of an oasis in an otherwise poor neighborhood. Dust and dirt abound, as the roads are not paved, and the city’s trash collectors, most of whom are Christians, carry huge bags of refuse on donkey-drawn carts. Children run everywhere amid the mess. The scene looks like something from another age, but it is very much 21st-century Egypt.
“Things all looked good during the revolution, but now you’re seeing a lot of attacks on Christians,”
Inside the Salam Center, it is an impoverished, yet peaceful setting. Some 19 religious sisters, wearing habits, cater to Christians and Muslims alike. Consisting of a hospital, school and home for senior citizens, the facility is run by the Daughters of St. Mary, an order of Coptic Orthodox nuns.
Sister Maria, the head of the convent associated with the Salam Center, acknowledged that recent developments in Muslim-Christian relations have frightened her. “Things all looked good during the revolution, but now you’re seeing a lot of attacks on Christians,” she said. “It’s a bit worrisome.”
Many people in the region share Sister Maria’s viewpoint. As the Arab Spring swept through North Africa more than a year ago, it brought newfound hope for freedom. In downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egyptian Muslims and Christians celebrated the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak, who had been in power for more than 30 years. But for Christians in Egypt, who make up about 10 percent of country’s 82 million people, the elation didn’t last long.
“I thought that after the revolution we would get all our rights back, but that wasn’t true,” said Michael Eid, a 28-year-old pharmacist sitting in a church courtyard in a bustling part of downtown Cairo. “Christians are still considered second-class citizens in Egypt.”
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Egypt has the largest Christian population of any Arab country, but Christians remain a minority in the largely Muslim country. Most Christians in Egypt are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is distinct from the Catholic Coptic Church. The latter, which is in communion with Rome under Patriarch Antonios Naguib of Alexandria, is relatively small, but still counts more than 200,000 faithful.
Although churches may be seen in many places around Cairo, there is almost always the minaret of a mosque either in front of the church or around the corner, a not-so-subtle reminder of the primary religion. If a woman in Egypt does not wear a headscarf, a tradition that has grown in recent years, it is sign that she is probably either a Christian or a moderate Muslim in either case, a minority.
Christianity’s presence in Egypt dates back to St. Mark the Apostle, who is believed to have brought the Gospel to Alexandria, a port city on the Mediterranean, in the 1st century. St. Mark was martyred by being dragged through the streets of Alexandria by a horse, and Egypt claims a long list of saints and martyrs who lived in the centuries that followed.
“Egyptian Christians have history in mind, and it’s a history full of hardship, suffering and even bloodshed,” said Bishop Mouneer H. Anis, the Anglican bishop of Cairo. “Without the blood of the early Christians, we would not be Christians today.”
But Christian suffering in Egypt is not just the stuff of history. Christians have been killed in recent clashes as well. More than two-dozen people died last year during a demonstration at Maspero, in downtown Cairo, many of them run over by army trucks. At the funeral of the Maspero victims, Bishop Anis saw people mourn as each coffin was brought out of the church. The people, though, also applauded. “You don’t clap except for a hero,” he said.
Under Mubarak, there were some serious incidents, including instances of Christians being thrown in prison or even killed for religious reasons. But according to Bishop Anis, life for Christians is getting a bit more difficult now, with more churches burned and demolished. “That never happened under Mubarak although it was not easy under Mubarak,” he said.
Today, the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic political group, controls almost 45 percent of the seats in Parliament, and the more radical Salafists control 25 percent, together giving them an absolute majority. The rest of Parliament consists of moderate Muslims and their Christian allies.
What does this mean for Christians? The answer is not yet clear, although they hope the Muslim Brotherhood will allow for some protection of minorities when a new constitution is written. Bishop Anis suggested that the Muslim Brotherhood would gain recognition from the international community if it were to protect minorities and emphasize high standards of education for young people.
Poor education is one of the biggest problems in Egypt, and can play a role in fostering religious conflict, as people are not taught to respect others who might practice a different religion or hold different beliefs. About 30 percent of the population can neither read nor write.
“This is the greatest sin of Hosni Mubarak,” said Father Antoine Rafic Greiche, a spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt. “He kept the people illiterate for 30 years.”
On the surface, relations between Muslims and Christians may look promising in Egypt. There is, for example, a flourishing girls school for people of all faiths that is run by Catholic religious sisters in the Heliopolis section of Cairo.
But according to Father Greiche, who lives near the school, one of the sisters was attacked not long ago by two men on a motorcycle. The assailants pulled off the sister’s habit and demanded that she say, “Muhammed is the Prophet.” They then cut her face with a razor.
“As a priest, I should not be scared, but we are a little scared,” Father Greiche said.
With the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists in power, Egyptian Muslims could be pushed in a much more radical direction, he added. “They will change the mentality of the society, and that’s the most dangerous of thing. It’s a very foggy night right now for us.”
Catholic Coptic Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina of Giza recalled that the uprising in Egypt initially made him optimistic about the future of the country, but that has changed. The goal of creating a modern state remains far away, he said, adding that whenever a church gets burned or destroyed, the culprit is never found.
“We’re ready to pay for the church to be repaired, but we want the guilty parties found and tried,” Bishop Mina said.
“Humanly speaking, we don’t have a great future,” he said. “But there have been worse times for Christians in Egypt, and Christians are still here. This could be a moment of purification.”
He also referred to an incident in which six Christian families were forced out of a village after reports of an illicit relationship between a Christian man and a young Muslim woman.
“Where is the law?” the bishop asked. “If today they kick us out of a village, eventually they will kick us out of the country.”
The Christian population in Egypt may be small, but it is determined. People don’t try to hide their faith; in fact, many men and women have crosses tattooed on their wrists. Their future, however, is dependent on relations with Muslims, relations that have been strained even since the Arab Spring.
Adel Abd El Malek Ghali, a medical doctor who helps out at the Salam Center, cited the lack of justice for victims of religious violence. “The truth is that if a Muslim kills a Christian, nothing ever happens,” he said.
Ghali stressed, however, that despite everything, Christians should be calm. “It doesn’t mean there won’t be persecution, but we shouldn’t be afraid.”
A man of faith, Ghali maintains a joyful disposition and has a special devotion Mary under her title Our Lady of Zeitoun, named for a miraculous apparition in a southern district of Cairo.
For Ghali and other Christians, there is still hope that the Arab Spring in Egypt will lead to a spring time for both Muslims and Christians, allowing them to live in a modern state in peace and mutual respect. But there is no guarantee that will happen, and some expectation that it may not.
Bishop Anis put it this way: “As an Egyptian Christian, I feel that hardship and suffering are part of the package. If you are a Christian, there will be a price to pay.”
GREG BURKE is the Rome correspondent for Fox News.


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The Togiola administration in American Samoa is likely to face tough questioning from lawmakers when the budget is debated next month.
Revenues in the US territory have declined with the closure of one cannery and the remaining plant cutting back on staff.
The administration has been accused of spending money it does not have and government audits for a number of years have questioned the financial processes.
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Possible Changes with Ambulance Service Could Affect Rector
Ambulance service in Rector and Corning could face possible closure in the future due to potential developments on the horizon in Greene County, Arkansas Methodist Medical Center President and CEO Barry Davis said Tuesday.
Medic One Ambulance Service of Jonesboro addressed the Paragould City Council last month requesting to be placed in rotation with AMMC on Greene County 911 calls. As of today, AMMC is the only service in Paragould, Corning and Rector and financially is a "break-even venture," according to Davis.
Davis said the proposition of another ambulance service in Greene County may sound good in theory. Most people might think more ambulances would provide better service, Davis said, but that is not necessarily the case.
AMMC averages 16.6 transports per day, 12 of those calls are emergency runs and four are transfers. Those numbers include Rector and Corning. "There may be 30 runs one day and only two the next, and many times even though sirens are heard it doesn't necessarily mean we are transporting patients," said Shay Willis, AMMC public relations director.
"Many times they are reacting to a call of an accident or to a home and the person decides not to go to the hospital, which we are out the cost of that run," Davis added.
AMMC ambulance service does not turn a profit; in fact it barely breaks even, according to the hospital officials. In years past the service has operated in the red more often than black. All proceeds go into running the service, and in the cases of Rector and Corning "more often than not turn in negative reports financially, which causes AMMC not to be reimbursed," Davis said. "But it is a service we provide because we try to be responsive to our neighbors' needs."
In an open letter to the citizens of Greene County, he asked residents to contact their city council members in support of the record established by AMMC and to emphasize the financial threat a for-profit service could bring to the hospital's operation.
"While competition in the marketplace for most business activity is desirable, in the area of emergency medical services, it can be a detriment to the community," Davis said in the open letter. "Even the Arkansas legislature has recognized that emergency medical services and ambulance operations may suffer when subjected to competitive practices. The Attorney General has also rendered an opinion that cities and counties can select a single entity to provide those services for that very reason."
AMMC's ambulance service currently employs 31 full-time and 21 part-time employees.
In his open letter, Davis said that, if costs escalate and profits (if any) decline, it is more than likely one service will discontinue its operation.
The implication for Rector and Corning is that a private, for-profit service would not continue to serve the two Clay County communities.
Rector mayor Teresa Roofe has sent emails to each Paragould city council member telling them how much AMMC's ambulance service is appreciated in her community, noting "I hope they take it into consideration what adding another ambulance service could do to Rector."


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The Glebe has truly become one of the hottest neighbourhoods in Ottawa. In fact, chances are if you weren’t running in The Ottawa Race Weekend last Saturday, then you were likely poking through items at the Great Glebe Garage Sale.
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Capt. Brien says no joke — he's marketing own line of rum, vodka
Comedy club owner Brien Spina says he's seen a rise in recent years of celebrities producing their own line of alcoholic products and wanted in on it too.
Capt. Brien rum and vodka will hit store shelves by mid-November and about the same time will become available in bars and restaurants. List Distillery in Fort Myers will produce the concoctions that already have colorful labels designed for each.
"Over the years P. Diddy and all these other guys had their own brand," Spina said last week, holding bottles of each at List Distillery off Winkler Avenue.
"I said, 'I had it first, so let's get back into it.' "
Spina said he sold a vodka brand a decade ago when his Off The Hook Comedy Club was on Marco Island, where the club began in 2005 in a seafood restaurant he opened four years prior.
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He said the vodka was made in a distillery in The Netherlands but that, because of distribution problems, he stopped being in the alcohol brand business.
The comedy venue now resides in Spina's ROW Seafood Restaurant along Vanderbilt Beach Road in North Naples.
Thomas List said Spina contacted him three weeks ago and that they've been moving toward creating the Capt. Brien brand ever since.
The retail prices for the 80-proof products are $39 for the rum and $42 for the vodka. And Spina said those who buy either will receive two free tickets to a comedy club show for the first 100 days the bottles are on sale.
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I wanted to start my blog with this post because it is this very concept that first started helping me have a much happier, more rational life. I will probably refer to this concept in several of my posts, so it’s good to have some background. As a side-note, I am such a strong believer in this idea that I have it tattooed on my arm. Several of these ideas are also used to treat depression and P.T.S.D. So, give it a chance.
In stoic philosophy, there is a concept called “apatheia”. In Greek, this comes from “a” (without) and “pathos” (passion, or suffering). The stoics thought the key to leading a happy life was to be free of the “passions”. Now, these are not the good passions, like love, that we think of in the modern world. In philosophy, passions are instinctive emotions that humans have, including things like lust, anger, and jealousy. You can see how living without these things could make you a happier, more content person, right? Seems like a no-brainer. But, how is this achieved? There are many, many ideas in philosophy that address this and I am not an expert in all or any of them. I have, however, taken the little bit that I know and found a way to apply it to everyday life, and that is what is discussed here.
1. Knowing what you can control
People have a habit of getting upset over things that we have no control over: other people’s thoughts and words, random events, the environment, and pretty much anything external to us. What do we have control over? Our opinions and actions. That’s it.
The stoics would say that you should not be upset over things that you have no control over. So, rather than spending an entire day being upset because so-and-so was mean to you or because it rained on your only day off, remember that there is nothing that you could have done to change those events. You do not control other people’s opinions and you most definitely do not control the weather. You do have control over your reactions to these issues. You can decide to let it ruin your day, or you can decide to brush it off. For stoicism, it is not what happens to you, but your reaction to it that matters. Learning how to control that reaction is the hard part, and one of the key steps to doing so is learning how to rationalize.
2. Rationalize, rationalize, rationalize
I used to be, and still am at times, a bit of a hot-head. I now try to divide my reactions to negative situations into two parts: my initial, unavoidable reaction (this is the part where I fall to pieces and think the world is ending), and the long-term reaction (this is after I actually think about what’s going on and rationalize the situation). The first reaction is human nature that I have little control over. The second is something that I can decide. When you are upset about something, STOP and THINK. What is actually upsetting me about this situation? Do I have control over what is happening? Is it logical for me to be this upset?
For example, as I was writing this post, my assistant broke a power cord that we need to operate one of the instruments in the lab. He has been spending most of the afternoon angrily mumbling and cursing in frustration about it. Is it bad that I sat in the office smiling because about a year ago, that would have been me? I could have easily gotten angry and told my assistant that he needed to be more careful, but I didn’t. To me, that power cord is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Yes it powers an instrument that costs several thousands of dollars and will cost us a day of data, but so what?
It is easy to get upset about small things (in this instance, a flimsy piece of wire). Now my assistant should have just taken a deep breath and said “Okay, I broke the cord. That is done. I cannot go back in time an not break the cord. It is something that can be fixed. It is nothing more than a temporary inconvenience. I should not let a temporary inconvenience ruin my afternoon.” There. The once big problem (power cord for machine that costs thousands of dollars and collects lots of data) now seems small (temporary inconvenience). Rationalizing a problem will usually make you realize that in the grand scheme of things, the issue at hand is so small, it is not worth your anger and frustration. Chill out, and do what you can. Prolonged frustration will only make the problem seem worse than it actually is.
3. Practice, practice, practice
This section is crucial for success. I am by no means perfect. I still have moments where my emotions get the best of me, and that is fine. I am only human. Each day I practice rationalizing sticky situations and over time I have become a much calmer, happier person. It is amazing what thinking can do for the soul. At the end of each day, before I go to bed, I sit and think about what happened to me that day, and how I reacted to it. I think about how I could have reacted differently, and how that may have changed the situation. Then, the next time a similar situation presents itself, I have a plan (and oh boy do I LOVE plans). I have a plan about how react to minimize negative emotions. I know it sounds like nonsense, but it is possible to train yourself to think and react in a certain way. It just takes practice. Eventually it will become natural.
Stoicism introduced me to the idea that happiness is a choice. Learning to rationalize situations has gotten me through the death of one of my best friends and watching my Dad go through multiple organ failure and remain in a coma for weeks, while I practically lived at the hospital taking care of him. The take-home message here is that you can wake up each morning and say to yourself “Today I choose to be happy”, and then do that.
I end with a quote from my favorite stoic philosopher:
“From now on, then, resolve to live as a grown-up who is making progress, and make whatever you think best a law that you never set aside. And whenever you encounter anything that is difficult or pleasurable, or highly or lowly regarded, remember that the contest is now: you are at the Olympic Games, you cannot wait any longer, and that your progress is wrecked or preserved by a single day and a single event. That is how Socrates fulfilled himself by attending to nothing except reason in everything he encountered. And you, although you are not yet a Socrates, should live as someone who at least wants to be a Socrates.”

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Retrospective study of seven cases of ossification of ligamentum flavum from two urban hospitals in a Chinese population.
To inspect the epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathology, and treatment outcome in these Chinese patients with ossification of ligamentum flavum.
Ossification of ligamentum flavum involving the lower thoracic region is relatively common in the Japanese population. It is usually presented with myelopathy of progressive nature.
Five patients were male and two were female. The mean age was 52 years (range 41–73 years). Diagnosis was made by CT scan, MRI, and subsequent histology. Six patients have been treated by laminectomy and one by laminoplasty. The average follow-up duration is 34 months (range 26–44 months). The outcome is evaluated by Japanese Orthopaedics Association (JOA) score.
The average time of presentation from the onset of symptoms was 9 months (range 3–12 months). Most of the patients presented with lower limb numbness and gait disturbance. One case was presented after a minor trauma. Mean JOA score was 4.8 (range 2–7, of 11). The lower thoracic level was the most frequently involved region. One case was associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Two patients had transient postoperative neurologic deterioration, which improved subsequently. Mean percentage of recovery after surgery in terms of JOA score is 65% (25–100%), with a mean final JOA score of 7.8.
Ossification of ligamentum flavum is an uncommon cause of myelopathy in the Chinese population. It can present acutely after minor trauma. Posterior decompression, especially with en bloc dissection of laminae, gives satisfactory results.
From the *Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the
†Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong.
Acknowledgment date: October 2, 2001.
Acceptance date: January 21, 2002.
Address correspondence to
Ka-Kin Li, FRCS
Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
30 Gascoigne Road
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
No funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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When a door closes, another door opens with better opportunities and blessings.
Like time and life is never the same so how could persons mind or what they think is going to be same. At any given moment things can happen or change. We should prepare ourselves and be ready to move forward. That’s positive think positive! ~ Avanika Nayyar
It is time to move on no matter what anyone thinks it is my life, I need to step down and enjoy my life. ~ Doris Bolton


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Winner of the Nebula Award!John Monegal, a.k.a. Joshua Kampa, is torn between two worlds—the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the twentieth-century reality of his waking life. These worlds are transposed when a government experiment sends him over a million years back in time. Here, John builds a new life as part of a tribe of protohumans. But the reality of early Africa is much more challenging than his fantasies. With the landscape, the species, and John himself evolving, he reaches a temporal crossroads where he must decide whether the past or the future will be his present.
Elizabeth Waters, an archeologist who abandoned her husband and daughter years ago to pursue her career, can see the shadows of the past. It's a gift she keeps secret from her colleagues and students, one that often leads her to incredible archeological discoveries and the realization that she might be going mad. Then on a dig in the Yucatan, the shadow of a Mayan priestess speaks to her. Suddenly Elizabeth's daughter Diane arrives, hoping to reconnect with her mother. As mother, daughter and priestess fall into the mysterious world of Mayan magic, it is clear one will be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. The book won the 1988 Nebula Award.
Although perhaps best-known for her lightly humorous fantasies and for her collaborations with Anne McCaffrey on the Petaybee series and the Acorna series, Elizabeth Anne Scarborough has also written Healer’s War, a classic novel of the Vietnam War, enriched with a magical, mystical twist, which won the 1989 Nebula Award for Best Novel of 1988. The Minneapolis Star Tribune called it “A brutal and beautiful book.”Scarborough herself was a nurse in Vietnam during the war and she draws on her own personal experiences to create the central character, Lt. Kitty McCulley. McCulley, a young and inexperienced nurse tossed into a stressful and chaotic situation, is having a difficult time reconciling her duty to help and heal with the indifference and overt racism of some of her colleagues and with the horrendously damaged soldiers and Vietnamese civilians whom she encounters during her service at the China Beach medical facilities.She is unexpectedly helped by the mysterious and inexplicable properties of an amulet, given to her by one of her patients, an elderly, dying Vietnamese holy man, which allows her to see other people’s “auras” and to understand more about them as a result. This eventually leads to a strange, almost surrealistic journey through the jungle, accompanied by a one-legged boy and a battle-seasoned but crazed soldier and, by the end of the journey, McCulley has found herself and a way to live and survive through the madness and destruction.
Nicola Griffith, winner of the Tiptree Award and the Lambda Award for her widely acclaimed first novel Ammonite, now turns her attention closer to the present in Slow River, the dark and intensely involving story of a young woman's struggle for survival and independence on the gritty underside of a near-future Europe.She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity implant was gone. Lore Van de Oest was the daughter of one of the world's most powerful families...and now she was nobody. Then out of the rain walked Spanner, an expert data pirate who took her in, cared for her wounds, and gave her the freedom to reinvent herself again and again. No one could find Lore if she didn't want to be found: not the police, not her family, and not the kidnappers who had left her in that alley to die. She had escaped...but she paid for her newfound freedom in crime, deception, and degradation--over and over again. Lore had a choice: She could stay in the shadows, stay with Spanner...and risk losing herself forever. Or she could leave Spanner and find herself again by becoming someone else: stealing the identity implant of a dead woman, taking over her life, and inventing her future.But to start again, Lore required Spanner's talents--Spanner, who needed her and hated her, and who always had a price. And even as Lore agreed to play Spanner's games one final time, she found that there was still the price of being a Van de Oest to be paid. Only by confronting her past, her family, and her own demons could Lore meld together who she had once been, who she had become, and the person she intended to be....In Slow River, Nicola Griffith skillfully takes us deep into the mind and heart of her complex protagonist, where the past must be reconciled with the present if the future is ever to offer solid ground. Slow River poses a question we all hope never to need to answer: Who are you when you have nothing left? From the Hardcover edition.
Lauren Olamina's love is divided among her young daughter, her community, and the revelation that led Lauren to found a new faith that teaches "God Is Change". But in the wake of environmental and economic chaos, the U.S. government turns a blind eye to violent bigots who consider the mere existence of a black female leader a threat. And soon Lauren must either sacrifice her child and her followers -- or forsake the religion that can transform human destiny.
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made. Through various programs, they will be taught to get along in the world despite their differences. They will be made active and contributing members of society. But they will never be normal.Lou Arrendale is a member of that lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the awards of medical science. Part of a small group of high-functioning autistic adults, he has a steady job with a pharmaceutical company, a car, friends, and a passion for fencing. Aside from his annual visits to his counselor, he lives a low-key, independent life. He has learned to shake hands and make eye contact. He has taught himself to use “please” and “thank you” and other conventions of conversation because he knows it makes others comfortable. He does his best to be as normal as possible and not to draw attention to himself. But then his quiet life comes under attack. It starts with an experimental treatment that will reverse the effects of autism in adults. With this treatment Lou would think and act and be just like everyone else. But if he was suddenly free of autism, would he still be himself? Would he still love the same classical music–with its complications and resolutions? Would he still see the same colors and patterns in the world–shades and hues that others cannot see? Most importantly, would he still love Marjory, a woman who may never be able to reciprocate his feelings? Would it be easier for her to return the love of a “normal”?There are intense pressures coming from the world around him–including an angry supervisor who wants to cut costs by sacrificing the supports necessary to employ autistic workers. Perhaps even more disturbing are the barrage of questions within himself. For Lou must decide if he should submit to a surgery that might completely change the way he views the world . . . and the very essence of who he is.Thoughtful, provocative, poignant, unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping exploration into the mind of an autistic person as he struggles with profound questions of humanity and matters of the heart.From the Hardcover edition.
Two aliens have wandered Earth for centuries. The Changeling has survived by adapting the forms of many different organisms. The Chameleon destroys anything or anyone that threatens it. Now, a sunken relic that holds the key to their origins calls to them to take them home--but the Chameleon has decided there's only room for one.
Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes "remembers" things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav's greatest test of all is facing his powers so that he can come to understand himself and finally find a true home. Includes maps.
As a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale finds himself caught up in a secret, even more ruthless war. Two decades later, in 1963, he will be forced to confront again the nightmarethat has haunted his adult life: a lethal unfinished operation code-named Declare. From the corridors of Whitehall to the Arabian desert, from post-war Berlin to the streets of Cold War Moscow, Hale's desperate quest draws him into international politics and gritty espionage tradecraft -- and inexorably drives Hale, the fiery and beautiful Communist agent Elena Teresa Ceniza-Bendiga, and Kim Philby, mysterious traitor to the British cause, to a deadly confrontation on the high glaciers of Mount Ararat, in the very shadow of the fabulous and perilous Ark.
Searching for his lover in a shadowy, magic world, young Tikat meets three mysterious cloaked women, whose quest involves saving their mentor, a once-powerful wizard, from losing his magic to a treacherous enemy. Reprint.
Winner of the Locus Award.In the mid nineteenth century, vampires gather at Castle Banat, one of their most sprawling and ancient warrens. Their five-hundred-year breeding project has produced the Golden, a mortal of perfect blood, and they've come to drink from her in a ceremony that will incidentally make her one of the Family. When the girl is found murdered, the clan’s shadowy patriarch calls on the detective Michel Beheim to solve the crime. But Michel has been a vampire for only a short while, and though he was a talented investigator among mortals, he is ill-prepared for the task. Soon he is fighting to survive the bizarre terrors of the labyrinthine castle and the schemes of vampires who guard a secret that may forever alter the world of the undead.
By overdeveloping Mauna Pele, a resort on the Kona Coast of Hawaii, billionaire Byron Trumbo has unwittingly reopened a centuries-old battle between Pele, goddess of volcanoes, and her immortal enemies. Giants are being spotted, guests turn up dead and dismembered, volcanoes erupt and send lava flowing close to the resort, and Byron must face the wrath of his enemies.
Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century.Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their isolation, work as a blacksmith, and try to teach anyone who wishes to learn the knack of being a Maker. For Alvin has had a vision of the Crystal City he will build, and he knows that he cannot build it alone.But he has left behind in Hatrack River enemies as well as true friends. His ancient foe, the Unmaker, whose cruel whispers and deadly plots have threatened Alvin’s life at every turn, has found new hands to do his work of destruction.
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. . . .Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.
Janis Cordelia Plumtree has killed the King of the West--or at least one of the personalities in her head has killed him, and the other personalities are resolved to restore the king to life. But first Plumtree must escape from a mental hospital with ally Sid Cochran, a winemaker who believes that his wife was killed by Dionysus, the Greek god of madness and wine.Their quest for redemption and vengeance leads them to San Francisco, where they find themselves in the midst of a supernatural battle among several magicians-who-would-be-king, and finally to a tumultuous face-to-face confrontation with the god on the cliffs below the Golden Gate Bridge.
Although Father John has lost his faith, he gamely administers medicine and prayers to the people of a Borderer town in what was once northern Africa. He wonders why so many of them are dying of bludrut-myeloid leukemia-and suspects that the koiyl leaf, chewed as an opiate, may be the reason. Investigating, the priest from Europe encouneters politics and poverty, finds the love of a Borderer woman, succumbs to the power of a drug, questions a first world grown too perfect in its biotechnology-and at last makes his peace with the pain of personal loss.
NOW AN A&E TELEVISION EVENT— STEPHEN KING’S POWERFUL TALE OF LOST LOVE’S ENDURING BONDS AND HAUNTING SECRETS FROM THE PAST. . . . Four years after the sudden death of his wife, bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving, unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at Sara Laughs, the Maine summerhouse that seems to be calling to him. Reluctantly returning to the lakeside getaway, Mike finds a small town in the soulless grip of a powerful millionaire, a single mother fighting to keep her three-year-old daughter, and a miasma of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors at his remote cabin. Drawn to Mattie’s dilemma and falling in love with her and with young Kyra, Mike must still face the terrifying forces that have been unleashed at the lake’s edge—what do they want with Mike Noonan?
Phil D'Amato, an NYC forensic detective (also featured in several of Levinson's popular short stories), is caught in an ongoing struggle that dates all the way back to the dawn of humanity on Earth--and one of his best friends is a recent casualty. Unless Phil can unravel the genetic puzzle of the Silk Code, he'll soon be just as dead.

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Kenya is the tourism king again in East Africa after a dramatic comeback last year, the fvw Destination Ranking 2019 shows.
After several years of ups and downs, the country is clearly benefiting from more political stability. German visitor numbers soared by nearly 60% to about 78,000 in 2018, while the total number of international visitors doubled to two million.
Yet neighbouring countries such as Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda are also becoming more popular tourism destinations as well, albeit at much lower levels in the latter two cases.
The biggest winners on the German market in a five-year comparison lie in southern Africa. Namibia saw arrivals increase by 56% to 124,000 in 2018, although the country has stagnated in the last two years.
Similarly, South Africa, by far the biggest destination in the region, has welcomed one third more German visitors over the last five years, reaching 342,000 arrivals last year. But this was slightly lower than the previous year’s record, which experts blame on media publicity about the Cape Town drought at the start of 2018. Overall, however, South Africa remained on the growth path last year with a low rise to nearly 10.5 million international visitors.


Why Erstad Wants You Back at the Ballpark
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If anyone ever sponsors a best coach presenting his own sport’s marketing plan award, Darin Erstad wins it hands down. Nebraska’s first-year head baseball coach is in a league of his own when it comes to brutal honesty, the keystone of his masterful delivery at last Friday’s Huskers Athletic Fund Luncheon.
Nothing sells better than honesty, especially when the pitchman coaches a team that hasn’t even qualified for its own conference tournament the past three seasons, yet unabashedly declares why he not only wants to qualify for the College World Series again as soon as possible, but also wants to … believe it or not … win the darned thing!
After you read this column, please take the time to watch Erstad’s stirring video. It’s the only true way you can feel what drives a man who was a standout punter on Tom Osborne’s first national championship football team and now wants to be the first Nebraska head baseball coach to win a national title.
As much as I encourage you to jump on that video and feel Erstad’s passion, allow me to skip past his dramatic buildup and explain why he wants everyone who can to come Back to the Ballpark this spring. More than anything, he wants you to be part of a transformation designed to achieve the ultimate as quickly as humanly possible. (By the way, that's Erstad narrating the Ballpark video in the previous sentence).
Yes, Darin Erstad is your classic “shoot for the moon” kind of leader. Once you watch the video or hear him speak, you’ll think what I’m thinking. Even if he misses the moon, Erstad and his team are going to land somewhere among the stars.
The Full Cookie, the Dance, Winning It All
“I don’t want getting my foot in the door (in Omaha) and saying, ‘Hey, you get a participation award. Good job guys … way to get there.' No, we’re getting them ready for the full cookie, for the dance, for winning it all and jumping on the mound.
“That’s why I took this job,” Erstad said. “I got to be part of a national title in football, and I got to win a (MLB) World Series,” Erstad said. “I want to win in Omaha. I want to be there with 30,000 people wearing red and going bonkers in the stands and 35 guys in red jumping on the mound and me in the dugout going (opening his arms): ‘Here it is!’”
Erstad moved Husker fans to applaud several times last Friday, but painting the picture of his daydream at TD Ameritrade Park registered loudest on the applause meter. His from-the-heart speech reached a crescendo, but should be framed within the context of several Erstad observations that reinforce the Back to the Ballpark theme. They include:
· A declaration that trust, honesty and consistency will be the cornerstones of the road he wants his team to take to Omaha.
· A mandate that he will treat everybody exactly the same, whether they’re a first-round draft choice out of high school or a fifth-year walk-on
· An observation that associate head coach Will Bolt played on Nebraska’s first two College World Series teams. “I would be an idiot not to bring him back, so we can learn about the culture and how that transition happened,” Erstad said.
· An acknowledgement that even though Erstad brings plenty to the table himself (including Big Eight Baseball Player of the Year and being the first overall choice in the MLB draft), he said: “Back when I played, talking about Omaha was like talking about going to the moon. It wasn’t even on the radar screen.”
· A statement that volunteer coach Jeff Christy understands what it takes to get to Omaha because he played on the first and only Husker team to win in the CWS before working his way up to Triple-A in the same system as Joe Mauer.
· A kudo for Ted Silva being the best young pitching coach in America, according to almost everyone Erstad asked. “His name just kept popping up over and over,” Erstad said, pointing out how Silva was Cal State-Fullerton’s winning pitcher in the 1995 national championship game over USC.
· An explanation of why Erstad kept Curtis Ledbetter as director of operations from the previous Nebraska coaching staff: Because he was the first baseman on that first Nebraska team to win a CWS game and shares the vision to go beyond.
Everyone’s Been to Omaha except Erstad
“You see the staff I put together,” Erstad said. “All of them have been to Omaha except for this guy,” he said, pointing his finger at his own chest. “I’m selfish.”
He’s also fair-minded and realistic.
“Back to the Ballpark is our theme,” Erstad said, because his team is going to work hard, work together and play a tough schedule, so fans will enjoy watching them. “Back to the Ballpark is on all of our posters, all of our schedules and all of the other stuff, and you want to know why? Because no one has done anything yet. I’m not giving stuff to people. The cart will not get ahead of the horse here.”
Big Red fans appreciate such candor. They might have come to Friday’s luncheon wondering what Back to the Ballpark really meant. But they left understanding why Erstad embraces the campaign, calling it “great marketing … holy cow … that’s just fantastic because our fans feed into what we want to get done here.”
He Tells, Explains, Demonstrates, Inspires
Mediocre leaders tell, and good ones explain. Superior leaders demonstrate, and great ones inspire. Well guess what? Erstad reached all four levels last Friday.
He told fans how he was building the foundation, athletically, academically, strength-wise and nutrition-wise.
He explained why every position on the team is open.
He demonstrated why it’s his personal mission to get fellow Big Ten Conference schools to play tougher non-conference teams, so everyone’s RPI can go up.
He even inspired fans in the room to consider buying season tickets. Once you watch the video of Erstad’s speech, you might at least think about buying a 9-game flexible mini-plan package in either the homerun terrace area or the grandstand area. Darin Erstad, All-America player and now all-inspiring coach, makes a convincing case for fans to come Back to the Ballpark.
He’s fully aware that some may see his ultimate dream as setting expectations too high. “What else are we here for? What are we shooting for?” he asks, rhetorically. “We’re not here to rebuild. We’re here to win, and that’s where our mindset is going to be.”
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Here are some Best Diwali Quotes and Greetings Collections . Hope You would like this post.
Happiness is in air Its Deepawali everywhere Lets show
some love and Respect And wish everyone out there Happy Diwali…
Fortunate is the one who has learned to admire.
Our admiration lies in your trust and bond.
Heartiest thanks for being with us. Happy Diwali !!
Spiritually as “the awareness of the inner light”,
Diwali encourages all of us to strive toward becoming better people.
Our nation is built on its diversity,
and we honor the symbols and traditions,
who have made our country what it is today.
Diwali creates an unique atmosphere, practiced by many and appreciated by all.
My best wishes to you on this auspicious occasion and wish you a happy Diwali.
With Gleam of Diyas, And the Echo of the Chants,
May Happiness and Contentment Fill Your life !
Wishing you a very happy and prosperous Diwali !!!
May The Millions of Lamps Illuminate Your Life With Endless JOY,
LOVE, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Wish u and your family a HAPPY DEEPAWALI
During this ‘Festival of Lights,’ I hope that my fellow friends,
people of other faiths and nonbelievers can all rejoice in the
celebration of the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya and its emergence from darkness into light.
Happy Diwali And Saal mubarak to all my family…
wishing you all the best for the new year…
hoping what u want comes true..to all my friends…
happy new year peeps..Peace out!
May good triumph over evil, and may we be guided to discover our inner
light and joy. Happy Diwali and wishes for a joyous, prosperous New Year!
To all the families gathering together this Diwali to reflect
on all the blessings of the past year, I wish you a joyous celebration and Saal Mubarak.
Diwali also marks the beginning of the new year for many Hindus,
and I hope you enjoy a healthy and peaceful festival of lights.
Lighting the lamp—the diya—is a chance to remember,
even in the midst of darkness, that light will ultimately prevail.
Diwali is a time to celebrate community,
family, and hope for the future. That’s why we must
celebrate Diwali each year and recognize its significance.
Trouble as light as air, love as deep as the ocean. Friends as solid as diamonds,
success as bright as gold. May U all attain the inexhaustible spiritual wealth of the Self.
Diwali is also a reminder that we must each do our part to achieve the victory,
by dedicating ourselves to service to others.

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Re: Paying Out of State Taxes
An option to avoid sales tax is to have Van Specialties in Portland, OR do the conversion.
Is there an advantage to registering as an RV over a truck?
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5 cool new features in the Nintendo 3DS portable game system.
[newsimage]http://static.rankone.nl/images_posts/2011/01/8FgwRm.jpg[/newsimage]Now that we’re beginning to close in on the Nintendo 3DS release date of March 27th, several more details are beginning to emerge about the gadget’s feature set. It turns out that the handheld gaming console is going to have a great deal more to offer than just glasses-free 3D graphics.
Read the full article here: [http://www.myce.com/news/5-cool-new-features-in-the-nintendo-3ds-portable-game-system-39252/](http://www.myce.com/news/5-cool-new-features-in-the-nintendo-3ds-portable-game-system-39252/)
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Hawaii Pacific Health SPD Aide - Sterile Services in Aiea, Hawaii
With 118 beds and more than 400 physicians on its medical staff, Pali Momi Medical Center offers a full range of services for the communities of Central and West O'ahu. The hospital has delivered many medical firsts for the community, including Central and West O'ahu’s only interventional cardiac catheterization unit to detect and treat heart disease, a fully integrated minimally invasive surgical suite, a comprehensive women’s center, CT scan and MRI services, and the state’s first retina center. Pali Momi is the only facility in Hawai'i that uses a team triage approach in its emergency room, where patients are promptly evaluated by an emergency physician.
Our Sterile Services department provides full support throughout the duration of patient's surgical procedure, spanning ward admission, anesthesia, surgery, and recovery. Professional care services include identification of the patient's individual needs, patient care plan development and implementation and the coordination of the nursing service to restore each patient's health before, during and after a surgical procedure.
If you are highly organized and have an appreciation for operational integrity, you could be part of the team that distributes supplies accurately and efficiently throughout our network. As the SPD Aide, you will clean, prepare, assemble, sterilize, distribute and ensure the quality of all surgical instruments and specific medical equipment according to established procedures. You will also inventory and replenish medical supplies via various distribution systems, as well as transport supplies, equipment and potentially hazardous waste within hospital facilities. We are looking for someone detail-orientetd who shares our commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to Hawai'i's people.
Location: Pali Momi Medical Center, Aiea, HI
Work Schedule: Day/Evening - 8 Hours
Work Type: Full Time Regular
Bargaining Unit: Non-Bargaining
Minimum Qualifications: High school or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications: Six (6) months SPD or central processing related experience. Current National Central Supply Technician Certification.
Position SPD Aide - Sterile Services
Category Surgical Services
Employment Type Employee
Location Pali Momi Medical Center, Aiea, HI
Req ID 12543


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Welcome to our OverDrive eBook Library at Heritage Christian Schools where fiction and non-fiction, including some amazing curriculum (correlated to our BC standards), is to be found at your fingertips.
You will discover a collection of eBooks, audiobooks, digital kits and local content accessible to you once you have enrolled in our school. Materials may be read using Overdrive Read (eBooks) in your browser or Overdrive Listen (AudioBooks).
Note, for information specific to Sora, please see the last tab on the left, entitled “New Sora App”.
The OverDrive collection is an extension of Heritage Christian School’s physical Learning Commons, only it’s online with 24/7 access to audiobook and eBook downloads. It’s convenient for students to check out titles anytime, anywhere with no worry about misplacing a book or running up late fees – these digital titles automatically return at the end of the lending period!
OverDrive can help students of all ages read more and improve comprehension. Struggling or reluctant readers, learning-challenged, second language learners, and gifted readers can all benefit from this service.
- Enrich vocabulary and improve comprehension and pronunciation
- Introduce students to books above their reading level
- Teach critical listening
- Teach using downloadable curriculum via ePDF and Open PDF workbooks
- Evan Moor
- Complete Classroom Press.
- Match-up with eReference textbooks to provide complete unit studies in science, social studies, and STEM learning.
- Access HCOS Digital Unit Study Kits
If you are a new patron to the OverDrive eBook Library, you will need your Encom passwords to access OverDrive and Sora.
Once you have your passwords you can find the default sign-in page here for OverDrive.
Note, you can also access OverDrive within our main Search Portal on the right banner using the default icon.
- Help Videos – watch “OverDrive for Schools” video
- Once you have your passwords save them to your computer and then sign in to begin exploring.
- If you get stuck at all in the process, OverDrive HELP will walk you through the process with your device. Contact Pippa if you need technical support or reference queries in this regard.
- Most books will open using the OverDrive Read or OverDrive Listen via your browser.
- You will need to download Adobe Digital Editions software and also the Overdrive App. Adobe is needed to open ePDF and ePUB formatted books.
- Kindle and Kindle Fire (Kindle eBooks are not available in Canada)
- Kobo E Ink
- Kobo Tablets
- Sony Reader Wi-Fi
eReaders are available for students and their families through our Learning Commons. Students and parents/guardians need to be aware that the following rules apply when using our equipment:
1. Do not download additional content.
2. Do not remove books from the device.
3. Be responsible for damage and/or replacement of the Kobo eReader, or Sony eReader in case of loss or damage. The student/parent should contact the library as soon as possible to report the damage.
4. The equipment is and shall remain the property of the Heritage Learning Commons and is being loaned to the student/staff member for a period of time
5. All electronic equipment will follow the school’s filtering policy and Acceptable Use policy.
6. The signer is expected to keep the equipment intact while not in use.
7. The eReaders will be loaned out for the time allocated on OverDrive.
8. The configuration of home Internet use and management of the equipment is the responsibility of the borrower.
9. Should an incident arise where damages are incurred, please contact our Learning Commons staff ASAP.
Facts about PDF Files!
- You can download and read ePDF titles on the traditional OverDrive website (NOT SORA) using Adobe Digital Editions. Please download the software and authenticate to your computer when you start using OverDrive.
- Open PDFs can be opened in your device’s web browser (like Chrome or Safari) or in a PDF-compatible reading app (not the OverDrive app or Sora).
- PDFs have a static layout with set page breaks, so you can’t adjust font size, and they don’t automatically adjust to fit your screen. However, you can zoom in on a page or graphic.
- PDFs work well with graphic novels, illustrated eBooks, workbooks and other titles with specific formatting.
There are two types of PDF titles: Open PDF and protected ePDF format.
- Open PDF eBooks are compatible with more devices and applications than protected PDF eBooks. The Open PDF format doesn’t require you to authorize your computer or app to read them, which is why they open on your computer right away, with the option to print readily available.
- Protected ePDF books will require the software Adobe Digital Editions on your computer.
- To install ADE for Windows go here
- To install ADE for Mac go here
- Learn more about Adobe Digital Editions help here.
- Adobe PDF eBooks require you to authorize your computer with an OverDrive account or Adobe ID before you read them.
If you get stuck and need to re-authorize ADE, please troubleshoot using this Troubleshooting Guide
Copyright and Printing!
The publishers select the available formats for titles. Additionally, not all PDF titles can be printed. To see if a PDF title can be printed, in the app you will want to select the title > “Properties” button > “License” tab. In Adobe Digital Editions, right-click on the title, then click “Item info” to see the permissions.
Patrons may sign up to 7 items out at a time from the OverDrive eBook Library, and the loan period is either 7, 14, 21, or 28 days. You may change the loan period under the tab in your account called Settings. If you are doing a novel study you may renew by returning the book to the system and then checking out again if no-one else has booked it.
Books are automatically returned to the system, so you don’t ever need to fear an overdue item. Alternatively, you can return your items from the OverDrive App (iOS), from the OverDrive Media Console (PC or Mac), or from the Adobe Digital Editions software program.
You may only have 4 items out at once, so you may wish to return a digital book early, which will allow you to borrow a new book. This may change as our collection is developed. Contact Pippa Davies should you need to return materials and you are having difficulty.
- Install the Sora app from the App Store or Google Play, or go to soraapp.com
- In Sora, find your school by searching for Heritage Christian Online School or by using setup code, heritageca, then sign in using your Encom username and password. Note, each student can have their own account with Sora.
- Or find the SORA web link in the OverDrive website and click on the URL to download.
- Browse the Explore tab and borrow a book. Your book will open so you can start reading right away
- Close the book and go to your Shelf to see all your books. From there you can:
- Tap Open Book or Open Audiobook to read or listen
- Tap Options to renew or return the book, get to your notes and highlights, and more
- Please note you cannot read ePDF formatted books within SORA, only in the traditional OverDrive website.


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“To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake (Auguries of Innocence)
As a finite creature, I struggle to imagine the concept of infinity. The mere word conjures up images for me like Buzz Lightyear leaping off a child’s dresser in the movie Toy Story and proclaiming, “To infinity and beyond!” Or I envision the symbol for infinity used in mathematical studies. Or even an image of the luxury automobile named Infiniti comes to mind.
But try to picture infinity. Really picture it. I can’t. Because how do you depict something that’s immeasurable? Something that has no bounds – something completely unbounded… boundless? I am finite in this world. So are you. We have a beginning when we are born and we have an ending. It’s called death. So as humans, we are limited – the exact opposite of infinity because my dictionary defines it as “limitless, without beginning or end.”
So how can I portray this week’s photo challenge – infinity? How do you photograph something that’s endless because what we see in front of us may seem never-ending but there will come a termination point. There is the end of the road. There is a final destination. There is an end to a year, an end of a century, and an end of an era. There’s an end of the line. We live in a world full of endings.
We gaze into the sky and it seems so vast, we’re tempted to think of infinity. But even the sky is not limitless although we often declare countless possibilities by uttering the phrase, “the sky’s the limit.” I’m no scientific expert, but from everything I’ve learned, the sky as we see it eventually turns into space because the atmosphere changes. So I guess there really is a limit to the sky. When it comes to space, who knows? But I can’t photograph space since I don’t have a rocket ship real handy.
So what in my world is inestimable? What is everlasting? Is it love? Our music would have us believe that. A hit song from the late 60’s called Everlasting Love comes to my mind. But sometimes even human love has an ending, doesn’t it? What is eternal? Is it hope? Doesn’t hope spring eternal? Again in our humanity, even hope doesn’t last.
I could publish a photograph that embodies love or one that demonstrates the essence of hope and that might satisfy the photo challenge for some. But for me, I believe both love and hope emanate from an everlasting and eternal source – God.
Talk about infinity – Psalm 90: 1-6 tells us: “Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn men back to dust, saying, ‘Return to dust, O sons of men.’ For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning – though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered.” (New International Version)
So we humans are limited to our few years here on earth whether they be one or 101. Our time is short compared to eternity and in our time here we are dried, withered, and gone. An ending. But God is never-ending, eternal. God is infinity.
And yet, this Almighty God offers us a way to join Him in eternity through His Son, Jesus Christ.
“..that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” ~ John 3:15-17 (New King James Version)
I made my decision long ago (and you can choose the same) to spend eternity with God in infinity. And the thought of that is beyond my comprehension and beyond the scope of my finite camera lens. Even though I can’t portray that infinity with a photograph, I know it is truth.


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Tower Hamlets Labour has today launched an urgent appeal calling on the Government to plug the gap in Tower Hamlets Council’s finances caused by Covid-19, with the local authority facing a financial black hole of £30m.
Last week the council set out the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting that figures from the first four full months of lockdown show increased spending combined with a loss of income has meant that the council has had to spend £60m more. With the government only committing so far to provide an additional £30m, this leaves a deficit of £30m.
This £30m hole piles even more pressure on to local councils after 10 years of austerity cuts to council funding has seen council budgets slashed. The cost of Covid on top of austerity means that the council has to find a staggering £60m by the end of the financial year 2023/24 unless the Government sticks to its promise to reimburse councils. The council has already had to save £190m through austerity cuts to funding and increased demand since 2010.
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs also warned that the financial picture for local authorities is evolving rapidly and the impact on Tower Hamlets could deteriorate even further, particularly in the event of a second wave.
Despite the Government’s promise to reimburse local authorities for their coronavirus response, Tower Hamlets Council has only received £30m from the Government so far, significantly less than the additional costs and reduced income that the council faces leaving the council’s finances in a serious position.
Earlier this month, the Local Government Association warned that councils across the country have incurred £4.8 billion of extra cost pressures and income losses as a result of the pandemic, and face a funding gap of £7.4 billion which threaten the “financial sustainability” of local authorities.
The local petition, launched today, calls on the Government to reimburse local councils for their coronavirus response in full and warns about the threat to local services if ministers fail to act.
Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “The Government promised that local councils would be reimbursed in full for the cost of Covid and that we should spend whatever it takes. It is outrageous that the Government is backing away from this pledge and leaving councils in the lurch.
“A funding gap as big as this, on top of the ten years’ worth of austerity cuts that councils have faced, will have a devastating impact on our services and will threaten the very financial sustainability of councils right across the country. An added worry is that the financial picture is constantly evolving, and the numbers could very easily get worse.
“Ministers have been deaf to the risks and challenges we face, so we’ve launched this petition to show the strength of feeling across our borough about the funding crisis and what it will mean for Tower Hamlets.”
Councillor Candida Ronald, Cabinet Member for Resources and the Voluntary Sector, said: “Whilst the Government has provided some extra funding for local authorities, it’s not nearly enough to plug the gap and certainly not in Tower Hamlets where we face having to make huge savings over the next few years. This flies in the face of their pledge to support councils during and after the pandemic.
“Time after time we’ve seen the Conservative Government’s contempt for our local councils, and now they face a major funding crisis. Councils simply won’t be in a position to support our local communities through the economic crisis of Covid if they’re struggling just to stay afloat.
“As a council we’re doing emergency budget planning right now as the situation is so serious, but the Government still has time to step up and fulfil their promise before frontline services up and down the country suffer even more.”


Cloud Computing for Process Accelerating and Cost Cutting
Indonesia's Alibaba Cloud partners discussion at a press conference in Singapore last time
At the Alibaba Cloud APAC Summit in Singapore last time, there are some Indonesian partners among the participants, such as Tokopedia, MNC, and Adira Finance. Those three have been using Alibaba Cloud services and cloud computing technology. In the Q&A session led by Alibaba representation, they shared insights and notion related to cloud computing.
Accelerating the process and cutting costs
Tokopedia's Vice President of Engineering, Herman Widjaja said, the cloud computing has been accelerating the services. They currently intensify the Same Day Delivery service, that is said to be 30%-40% faster than usual. The success rate target is to be increased by 80%.
"In collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, we intend to accelerate the process and scale up. In the near future, we should've capable of 200 transactions per second," he added.
To date, Tokopedia has around 90 million active users and more than 5,5 million merchants. As a marketplace with such categories and unique sales, Tokopedia plans to build a smart fulfillment center, supported by the latest technology.
The use of cloud computing is claimed to cut costs for server maintenance and internal technology. It was said by Adira Finance's IT Deputy Director, Dodi Soewandi. He said, after using the technology, their company can minimize 10-15% spending.
Yet to build a new data center
Alibaba Cloud Indonesia's General Manager, Leon Chen also participates in the event. Regarding the data center, he said they have no plans to build the third one in Indonesia. They're still focused on getting more clients for the latest innovation, Alibaba Cloud is to tighten its position in Indonesia.
"We're very enthusiastic with Indonesian companies spirit and appreciation in adopting our technology. With more requests to come for us to build the new data center, the plan will be discussed further," he said.
Indonesia is currently the key market for Alibaba Cloud. With the warm welcome from startups to corporates in using the technology, he also mentioned with the various technology, many clients are used to adoption, even wait for the next innovation by Alicloud.
"The latest one for our clients and partners in Indonesia is, 10 Alibaba Cloud's new features to ensure business acceleration by using our technology," he said.
– Original article is in Indonesian, translated by Kristin Siagian


Cute Lagdi (Punjabi Song)November 5, 2018 | Listed by Naveen | Category: Songs.
Cute Lagdi is a new Punjabi song which has been published on Youtube by Speed Records. This song music given by Hiten and song sung by Simran. This song music given by Hiten and song edited by Marc.
|Music Label||Speed Records|
|Release Date||4 November 2018|
|Song Writer||Preet Kamal|
- YouTube Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxAPHoxj9hs


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Alice in Wonderland Stretched Canvas Wall Art
This adorable picture would be perfect for a nursery! "The pictures don't do this beautiful stretched canvas wall art justice! The classic Alice In Wonderland canvas print of a woman and raven is wrapped around a wood frame. A high end fine art look at just a fraction of the cost! The edges of the canvas is also printed making it ready to hang - no need to frame it."

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Rev. Pinkney found a media report listing recipients of Benton Harbor’s $9.8 million ARPA funds. The city filed the lists (see the end for the most recent list) on 4/19/21 and 4/20/22. American Rescue Plan Act distributes federal money to municipalities to aid Americans in covid recovery. At least that's the stated purpose.
The problem is, there is no evidence or record of ARPA grants or funding
in the Benton Harbor community.
Rev. Pinkney believes the city has acted illegally in four ways:
- Bank Fraud
- False Statement to a Financial Institution
- Money Laundering
- Fraud Scheme
By filing the list below, the city states to the federal gov. that everything on the list is true. Pinkney does not believe the list is correct and true, so therefore, Wire Fraud has also been committed.
He wants the city to supply the following information:
1. Why were there no ARPA funding community meetings?
No community discussion? Other towns included residents in the funding decisions.
2. Was there a vote on the list below?
3. Who in Benton Harbor has the authority to assign the massive figure of one and a half million dollars to anybody?
The amount itself definitely warrants a discussion among residents!
Benton Harbor residents reading this list will most likely question it's veracity.
Residents relief 1,560, 000. (million!)
Renter assistance 500,000.
Internet access. 30,000.
Vacant Lot clean up 150,000.
Park Safety improvements 350.000.
Block Club 40,000.
Youth Employment 200,000.
Camera System 250,000.
Fire Hydrants 75,000.
Water& Sewer 1,200, 000.
Non profit- Small Business loans 112, 882.
Church internet 30,000.
Community Garden 12,882.
Income tax 250,000.

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A new AP-Ipsos poll finds that liberals read more books than conservatives. Some highlights from the poll:
– 34 percent of conservatives have not read a book within the past year, compared with 22 percent of liberals and moderates.
– Among those who had read at least one book, conservatives “typically read eight” books in the past year. Liberals read nine, moderates five.
– “By slightly wider margins, Democrats tended to read more books than Republicans and independents. There were no differences by political party in the percentage of those who said they had not read at least one book.”
If you eliminate the "good book", I suspect the gap would be wider.

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