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As First Kick approaches, MLSsoccer.com is unveiling a three-part series examining the growing influence of Colombian players in Major League Soccer, the reasons behind the influx of players to the league this offseason and which teams are finding Colombia to be a fertile hunting ground for undiscovered talent.
In the second installment, FutbolMLS.com editor Edgar Acero looks at the various reasons Colombian players are on the move to MLS.
One league’s failure is another’s success. That’s the simplest way to describe the current relationship between Major League Soccer and Colombia’s Liga Postobón.
While there are a numbers of unresolved issues in Colombia’s top league -- delayed payments to players and an overall drop in the level of soccer being played are the chief concerns -- the United States and Canada are steadily on the rise as MLS continues to grow with the influence of players worldwide.
Colombian players are starting to recognize the opportunities that MLS can provide as much as any nationality. They’ve seen what some of their successful compatriots have accomplished over the years (think Fredy Montero, Jámison Olave, and Juan Pablo Ángel), and they’re learning they can live comfortably and securely in North America while playing a very competitive brand of soccer.
FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman knows as well as anyone the latest consensus among Colombians. He has four on his roster this season after the recent acquisition of defender Hernán Pertúz, one of 14 Colombians who joined MLS teams this offseason.
“Some of the other [Colombian] players come here thinking that this is just as good of an opportunity as going to Europe because you’re getting world exposure,” Hyndman told MLSsoccer.com. “You got the Henrys playing, the Beckhams playing, and those games are watched all over the world. Another thing is, I think they see how their countrymen are doing. They say now ‘hey, I’m not going to be the first.”
WATCH: Colombianos en MLS y la SeleccIon
The league’s newcomers this offseason pushed the total of Colombian players to 28, more than any other nationality in the league other than the United States.
“I think it’s a great opportunity,” said Tressor Moreno, the new Colombian playmaker for San Jose Earthquakes. “I know MLS because many Colombians have played here and I watched them on TV before coming.”
Moreno was clearly not the only Colombian checking the progress of his compatriots in MLS from far away. The New England Revolution’s Fernando Cárdenas was very attentive of the league while playing for América de Cali in his native country, and paid special attention to what his former teammates from Deportes Tolima did last year for the Portland Timbers.
“In Tolima I played with [Diego] Chara and [Jorge] Perlaza. I didn’t have the chance to speak to them but I saw them play a lot when I was in Colombia,” Cárdenas told MLSsoccer.com. “So I made the decision to come here.”
According to Cárdenas, he had offers from other countries but decided to play for the Revs because “soccer in MLS is reaching an optimal level.”
In Moreno’s case with San Jose, his decision materialized after he realized that the contract the MLS club was offering was something “serious.”
“The decision was made because the proposition from San Jose was just very good,” he said.
Trouble In Colombia
Finances are of course part of reason Colombians have migrated to MLS in increasing numbers recently, but it’s not only that MLS pays better. That they pay on time as promised, with no hiccups or delays, is a trump card for the league as it courts players who have left out to dry in Colombia.
Juan Carlos Torres, who represents forward Lionard Pajoy and was part of the negotiations to bring him to Philadelphia Union this offseason, explained that the crisis in Colombia has reached a point where some of the clubs can’t even come up with the salary payments they offered their players.
“Colombian clubs, with some exceptions, don’t fulfill the payments,” Torres wrote in an email message to MLSsoccer.com. “Cúcuta and Once Caldas have serious problems, so much so that Cúcuta Deportivo could file for bankruptcy if it doesn’t offer a good financing plan.”
Hyndman has heard the rumors too.
“In Colombia maybe some of the players are not getting paid, and I’ve heard that,” said Hyndman. “But here, every player gets a paycheck.”
Perhaps the biggest example of a Colombian team on the ropes is former power América de Cali, which was relegated to the country’s second division last season.
“América [de Cali] is in trouble,” Torres said in an email. “This team owed up to eight months of salary to the players.”
And it’s América de Cali from which two of the three Colombians in New England have come to make their mark in 2012. Cárdenas and defender John Lozano signed with the Revs hoping to advance their professional career, but Lozano still laments the current situation of his former club.
“Maybe it was something that had to happen so that the team can surpass the economic issues it has at the moment,” Lozano (right) told MLSsoccer.com. “Whether the team has stated on the [Primera] A or the [Primera] B, this – the opportunity to play abroad – was something I had been searching for,” he said. “I had been playing for a very long time in Colombia. I investigated the Revolution and found out that they’re a big team here; that motivates you.”
More Head Than Heart
While the consistent growth of MLS and the current situation of Colombian soccer are two major factors driving the Colombian wave to the league, one of the most influential ones for the players is the quality of life in the United States.
“Along comes an opportunity where more than the sporting angle, it’s the family one,” said Chicago Fire midfielder Rafael Robayo, who joined the club from Millonarios after seven seasons. “It’s a change of culture, a change of life. I know these decisions will bring good things in the future. It’s good to learn and get better, not only in my career but in my personal life as well.”
“These decisions have to be made more with your head than with your heart,” he said.
And like that, there are almost 30 Colombians who will be playing in MLS this season. Their motives – common and different – have taken them to a league where they can play at a very competitive level on the field but at the same time enjoy the tranquility of a secure life off of it.


India’s automotive industry is undergoing considerable change. Two-wheelers have traditionally been the most dominant form of transportation in the country and still are, but a fast-emerging middle class has made passenger vehicles more popular—and with this rise, emphasis is being placed on the automotive aftermarket as well to service the needs of these vehicles.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have clearly been felt in India’s aftermarket and auto components sectors, with digitalization proving to be the long-term answer for the market. For stakeholders and businesses to fully understand the needs of the Indian market, they must first look at its diverse current landscape, as featured in this excerpt from our publication Charging Towards Digital Dominance: Challenges for India’s Auto Components Sector and How to Overcome Them, which can be read in full here.
Boasting the fourth-largest auto market in the world, India stands at the forefront of automotive production. The sector typically contributes 25% to the country’s manufacturing GDP, employing 5 million people from 2018 to 2019.
However, the Indian auto components sector faced massive setbacks due to coronavirus-related lockdowns in 2020. Strict social distancing measures and halted supply chains slashed total turnover of the sector by 11.7% to USD 49.2 billion in financial year 2019-2020.
Still, the sector is prime for resilience and growth. This is proven by the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme approved by the Union Cabinet to incentivize efficiency, and eliminate gaps. This contains an outlay over a five-year period of INR 57,042 crores (equivalent to USD 8.1 billion).
Digitalization is seen to be the present solution receiving the most traction within the industry.
Industry Turnover Growth
Following the Automotive Mission Plan 2026 that aims to place India amongst the top three global auto giants, the auto components sector expects to reach USD 80 billion in exports by 2026, with 23.9% annual growth.
However, growth projections for total turnover have been slashed by about half since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the ACMA report for FY2021, auto component sales to OEMs declined by 3% (USD 8.7 billion) while aftermarket sales declined by 7% (USD 13.3 billion). Additionally, the exports and imports were down by 8% and 11% respectively.
Yet, support efforts such as the 2019 FAME II scheme to encourage electrical vehicle adoption, planned GST cuts, and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme have enabled the industry to stay afloat amidst these uncertain times.
October 2020 brought yet another crucial tailwind for the industry. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a handful of commercial banks agreed to a loan agreement with the State Bank of India (SBI) for funding the suppliers and manufacturers of Japanese automotive sectors.
In FY19, OEM segment had the largest turnover with a share of 56%, followed by the export segment with a share of 26% and finally, the aftermarket segment with a share of 18%. The turnover of the aftermarket segment is expected to reach USD 32 billion by FY2026, from USD 10.1 billion in FY2019.
The Indian auto component industry grew at a rate of 14.5% in FY19. The aftermarket segment grew at a rate of 9.5% while the OEM segment grew at a rate of ~15%.
Product-Wise Share and Vehicle Classes
It is vital to note that the auto components sector serves multiple vehicle classes across India.
In FY 2020, the production of two-wheelers, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and three wheelers reached ~21 million, ~3.4 million, 0.75 million, and 1.1 million respectively. The two-wheeler market boasts the largest market share at ~80%, given the preferences and needs of India’s rural market. However, the rising middle-class has given way to an emerging passenger vehicle market with a share of ~13%.
The Driving, Transmission and Steering product category accounted for the largest part of the aftermarket at 21%, followed by Engine Components at 19% and Electricals at 18%. New braking rules with mandatory ABS, as well as BSVI regulations to curb emissions are expected to raise market share for Braking and Engine/Exhaust parts respectively.
Route to Market Models
There are two major Route to Market (RTM) models.
In the first RTM model, auto component manufacturers majorly use distributors and organized retail to reach the mechanics, workshops, and subsequently the end users. In the second RTM model, the OE/Genuine part manufacturers reach end users through both (i) OEM Dealerships and (ii) Distributors & Retailers.
Wholesalers play a more important role in Tier 2 and 3 cities. Large distributors majorly access these markets through wholesale channels, unlike Tier 1 cities where distributors rely on wholesalers only for efficient logistics to far-off locations.
BS VI engines have different requirements in the field of engine electronics, with an increased requirement for monitoring and greater complexity in the engine makeup. Additionally, new engine and exhaust parts have made cars more complex, resulting in challenges with serviceability as roadside mechanics and local workshops do not have the sophisticated skills needed for these repairs.
Key Aftermarket Channels (For Passenger Cars)
The unorganized independent workshop channel is the largest aftermarket channel, based on sales for auto components in the aftermarket. Organized multi-brand workshops and e-commerce segments, however, are expected to grow rapidly due to regulatory reforms and growing internet penetration in India.
Currently, automotive aftermarket sales are majorly driven by traditional stores and workshops, with the unorganized sector catering to 52% of total aftermarket sales in FY2019.
The servicing of passenger vehicles post-warranty (>3-4 years old) is mainly done by small independent workshops (the unorganized sector) because of the huge cost difference of after-warranty services between authorized OEM workshops and the unorganized local workshops.
The online auto component aftermarket in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7% and is projected to reach a value of USD 30 million by 2020. There are huge, untapped opportunities to explore within the B2B space due to the speedy growth of local workshops, both organized and independent, along with consumers’ inclination towards getting their vehicles serviced in these places.
The sector has more than 420 players in the organized sector and more than 10,000 players in the unorganized sector. SMEs within the sector are largely based out of Tier 2 and 3 cities.


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Mick Harvey is no stranger to concept albums. He's released three volumes of gorgeously interpreted and arranged songs by Serge Gainsbourg, a collection of love songs, and an extended reflective meditation on mortality inspired by the passing of his friends. That said, this collaborative effort with author and poet Christopher Richard Barker is the most far reaching and patiently executed of all. Barker brought Harvey the idea of a series of poems he'd written as "Edgar Bourchier," a fictional poet and WWI soldier who penned his works from the front lines, where he perished at the age of 24 after being run over by a tank. Barker's canny, deeply detailed narrative -- reproduced in the liner essay -- weaves fact and fiction, dropping the actual names of publishers, actual poets, and an equally fictitious composer who inspired Harvey to develop demos and eventually write songs. A website Barker runs reveals the truth, but the album remains steeped in mystery. Harvey, as is his M.O. works with a small group of collaborators who include longtime musical partner J.P. Shilo, bassist Phil Kakulas, and vocalists Alain Johannes, Simon Breed, and Jade Imagine, as well as Barker.
Harvey traces musical roots from Anglo and French popular song traditions to garage rock to Australian country and saloon music, as well as loosely defined experimentalism in 15 selections. Opener "Further Down the Line" weaves 20th century balladry, folk songs, electric guitars, organ, and a string chart behind Harvey's baritone vocal delivering Barker's searing lyrics. "The Kindness of Ravens" is a dramatic folk ballad with the poignancy, profundity, and drama of a Leonard Cohen tune. The hinge track is also the set's longest in " The Lost Bastard Son of War," with his own sung and Barker's hysteria-laced spoken vocals atop a screaming, lo-fi, distorted garage rocker with machine-gun sounds underscoring every punk snarl. "I Am the Messenger" is comprised of bass drones, strings, and keyboards accompanying a sinister-sounding poem in a more or less experimental structure. "The Eternal Black Darkness of My Death" is a funeral dirge-ish acoustic tune that could easily have been recorded by one of Harvey's earlier bands, Crime and the City Solution, while closer "Corpse 564" is allegedly a cover of a poem penned by Bourchier that was first recorded by a post-punk band called the Moon Lepers in 1989. All of this would be woeful if it weren't for Harvey, who took Barker's convincing concept seriously; he crafted a series of truly brilliant songs that equate with his best material. The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War is a work of profoundly disturbing imagination that simultaneously reflects seemingly never-ending violence, the weight of history, and the art of poetry itself.

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Bilge Ebiri, New York/Vulture
This is a subject near and dear to my heart, having been a fairly obsessive film music collector for most of my life. I even wrote about this phenomenon a couple of years ago. The answer for me is still Ennio Morricone's score for Adrian Lyne's Lolita. God knows Morricone wrote a number of great scores to terrible movies. Very often, you can tell that his heart wasn't really in the film, because he goes off and does his own thing, and the music is often upholstered throughout the film without any rhyme or reason. But with Lolita, you actually get the sense that he *cares.* It's some of the best work he's done from his later period -- subtle, lilting, evocative. And it's totally wrong for this belabored, shampoo commercial of a movie. At times you even get the sense that Morricone is trying to bring down the temperature somewhat, trying to undo some of the emotional crimes of Lyne's direction. (Of course, I'm being glib -- I'm sure Lyne had quite a bit to do with the music Morricone composed and how it was used in the film.) But what a heavenly score for such a misfire of a movie.
Kenji Fujishima, Slant Magazine, In Review Online
Brian De Palma's 1976 film Obsession is, to my mind, a minor work for him at best, but Bernard Herrmann's score for the film is so extravagant and overpowering that it practically makes the film all by itself, doing most of the heavy lifting when it comes to elucidating the drama and expressing its inner emotions. If ever there was a film in which its composer could be considered an auteur, it's Herrmann in his swooning score for this blatant, perverse riff on Vertigo.
Peter Labuza, The Cinephiliacs, Masters of Cinema
Merit is up for debate, but John Brahm's Hangover Square is a nifty little British noir with at least one quite fascinating body disposal scene on Guy Fawkes day and a strong, manic performance by Laird Cregar. I'm not so sure it's a great film, but the final sequence features a sequence that might be my favorite Bernard Herrmann's score ever, a fiery orchestral performance tuned and rhymed to his score. It's a rare showing where the composer is perhaps most in command of the scene, and the images and dialogue seem tuned to Herrmann's baton than the directing on set.
Adam Nayman, The Globe and Mail, Cinema Scope
The great Jerry Goldsmith won his only Academy Award in 1977 for scoring The Omen, and with apologies to Bernard Herrmann (who was tapped that year for Taxi Driver) boy oh boy did he deserve it. I grew up adoring 20th Century Fox's grab at the classy-horror brass ring forged by Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, mainly because it was one of the more lurid movies in my mother's extensive VHS collection: hangings, maulings, and that indelible decapitation (shot and replayed from multiple angles in what may have been Richard Donner's little tribute to Zabriskie Point). Looking at it again a few weeks ago -- for probably the first time since high school -- I was disappointed at how boring it really is. All the down time in between those fatal set pieces is absolutely deadly, especially since David Seltzer's script eschews any ambiguity about whether or not little Damien is actually the Antichrist. While it's true that nearly a decade after Rosemary's Baby a big budget studio thriller probably couldn't get away with too much coyness, The Omen is played so straight by the unholy trinity of Donner, Seltzer and the desultorily trusty Gregory Peck that it becomes funny in spite of itself. It's the inverse of Polanski's film, which keeps striking lightly comic notes until revealing itself as a spooky dirge. But I'd choose Goldsmith's moody mix of surging strings and spooky chants over the work of Polanski's house composer Krzysztof Komeda -- hell, I'd take it over the tubular bells that open The Exorcist or the creepy Casio riffage of Halloween. The story goes that Donner got Fox to shell out at the last minute for Goldsmith, and he was worth every penny. His brilliantly arranged Black Mass compositions, filled with faux-liturgical Latin lyrics that sound especially great underneath shots of deserted rural cemeteries, are just overwrought enough to raise the energy level of the movie around them (those suddenly shrieking choirs are a fit complement to Donner's cheesy crash-zoom aesthetic). There are some lovely, almost pastoral passages early on, before the Devil gets his due, but my favorite is the sinister synth motif that plays when Damien's nanny is hypnotically compelled by a wandering Rottweiler to off herself. It's beautifully mixed so as to seem almost subliminal at first, and then builds steadily in intensity until it becomes overwhelming -- a perfect example of a soundtrack doing the heavy lifting for an otherwise feeble movie.
Ali Arikan, RogerEbert.com. Dipnot TV
First, two instances of great final moments from films that leave the viewer wanting: The ending scene of Cruel Intentions as The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" plays while the school finds out just how much of a bitch Kathryn really is. It's kitschy as fuck. But unlike the film, it succeeds. The second is the "Vanity, definitely my favorite scene" transformation in The Devil's Advocate with the first few notes of "Paint It Black" in the background. Great moment in a pretty shitty film. Actually, that entire movie is one great scene after the next, yet none of them quite cohere. For what it's worth, the "absentee landlord" speech is so brilliant. Anyway, as for the question proper, Maximum Overdrive, which is terrible, has a pretty awesome soundtrack by AC/DC, who provided compositions old and new. As for scores, Jerry Goldsmith pretty great and distinctive scores for a whole bunch of shitty films, like The Swarm and Supergirl. And even though I like the prequels fine (well, The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith; Attack of the Clones is rubbish), I must admit that John Williams' scores towered over their respective films.
Marc V. Ciafardini, GoSeeTalk
James Newton Howard may be one of the most accomplished and versatile composers out there but he still has some real stinkers on his resume as of late. Sadly his musical might just can't put M. Night Shyamalan's recent films in the win column but it doesn't stop him from trying and because of that perseverance the score for The Last Airbender contains some of the best work Howard has ever done. Though the film falls flat in every single way Howard's music, especially in tracks like "Journey to the Northern Water Tribe" and "Flow Like Water", is simply exceptional and prove with each passing second that he's still got it. Now close second choice would be John Williams' Hook. Removing nostalgia from the equation the film is not as bad as people make it out to be... but granted it isn't very good either. Yet of its few redeeming qualities the film contains one the top 5 scores John Williams has ever done. It's extraordinary work and even naysayers will have trouble arguing with the complexities, sophistication and grandeur in a track like "You Are the Pan" which in and of itself is a precursor to the music he created for Harry Potter.
John Semley, NOW Magazine, Slant
I wouldn't say that John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic is a lousy movie. I mean, it's lousier than The Exorcist. And maybe lousier than doing anything that's not watching Exorcist II: The Heretic. But I've always found it more-or-less watchable, thanks in large part to Ennio Morricone's excellent soundtrack (and a few memorable special effects). Tracks like "Pazuzu," with its halting vocal chants, and the disco toe-tapper "Magic and Ecstasy" are impossible to shake, awesome even by the high standard Morricone sets for himself. It's a soundtrack as weird, and in places confusing, as the movie.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
I still listen to Polish composer Wojciech Kilar's richly ominous soundtrack for The Portrait of a Lady, although the memory of Jane Campion's misbegotten 1996 film has largely faded.
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
I'm something of a Leslie Bricusse fanatic, particularly his scores for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (in collaboration with Anthony Newley) and Scrooge. And while I'm a big fan of his songs for the 1960s musical remake of Goodbye, Mr. Chips -- yes, even the ones sung by Peter O'Toole -- the movie itself is one of those overdone, stodgy warhorse epics that pretty much killed the musical for a while around the dawn of the 70s. I own a DVD that I have yet to pop in, but I keep the soundtrack in fairly regular rotation.
Danny Bowes, RogerEbert.com, Tor.com
I didn't really mind the Eddie Murphy remake of Dr. Dolittle all that much, especially in comparison with a lot of the other entries in the post-good chunk of his resume, but when the best even a defender can come up with is "cute" and "inoffensive" we are not dealing with an enduring classic. The soundtrack, on the other hand, was awesome, in particular the four and a half minutes of fierce realness that is Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" The rest of the OST is a fairly representative sampling of 1998-vintage R&B and hip-hop (i.e. lots and lots of Timbaland) but "Are You That Somebody?" is a total classic. Honorable mention goes to every other soundtrack Aaliyah had a song on. RIP.
John Keefer, 51 Deep
The Batman Forever and Batman and Robin soundtracks scored back-to-back hits with a not-that-great and god-awful movie respectively. Highlights include an introduction to the Flaming Lips for a young and grateful John Keefer with the Bad Days track, Foolish Games by Jewel who was singing that song directly to me and the track Gotham City by R. Kelly in which R. Kelly sings the line, "A city of justice, a city of love / A city of peace, for everyone of us / We all need it, can't live without it / Gotham City, oh, yeah". While Mr. Kelly remains an R&B genius he clearly needs to brush up on his comic book reading since the city he describes would not need The Batman. Though perhaps this was a subtle commentary on the failure of the film to capture what it is about Batman that audiences love. R. Kelly, secret cinephile.
Pat Padua, DCist, Spectrum Culture
I had fond memories of Allan Arkush's rock-star satire Get Crazy when it was in heavy rotation on cable in the 1980s. But when I had the chance to program the film for a repertory series, I found it almost unwatchable, an even worse programming decision than my screening of the Donny and Marie movie Goin' Coconuts, which drew a crowd of five people, four of whom were friends, two of whom walked out. But Get Crazy ends with a great Lou Reed performance that appears nowhere else but on this soundtrack: the sweet ballad "Little Sister."
Adam Batty, Hope Lies at 24 Frames a Second, Periodical
I've long remarked that it's a crying shame that John Murphy's booming, enthralling score comes attached to a film as downright flaccid as Danny Boyle's Sunshine.
Jeff Berg, Local IQ
Although long forgotten by most everyone, and probably that is for the best, there was a Terrence Stamp western Blue (that Robert Redford was scheduled to star in) that came out in the '60s. I never saw it until years later, with great anticipation, but with even greater anticipation, I bought the soundtrack, which turned out to be better, albeit it only a little, better than the film, which was tepid and dry.
John DeCarli, FilmCapsule
The first soundtrack I thought was for Undercover Brother, the 2002 blaxploitation parody starring Eddie Griffin. There's nothing very stylish, biting or even funny about the movie, but the soundtrack is full of classic disco and funk songs by the likes of James Brown, Commodores, Earth Wind & Fire, etc. Even the cheesy theme song is pretty awesome, written by funk bass legend Stanley Clarke.
Edwin Arnaudin, Ashvegas
Roland Emmerich's Godzilla may not be a great film, but it did give rise to two things that, at least at the time, were pretty great. The first is Taco Bell's gordita, which I ate regularly until realizing that fast food is gross. The second is the film's soundtrack, sporting an impressive array of late '90s talent. Once you get past The Wallflowers' unfortunate "Heroes" cover and Puff Daddy's bastardization of "Kashmir" (which weren't that terrible in 1998), there's a string of originals from in-their-prime Jamiroquai, Rage Against the Machine, Ben Folds Five, and Foo Fighters. Toss in a retooling of Green Day's "Brain Stew," a decent Silverchair number, and a fun "Secret Agent Man" knock-off from Joey DeLuxe and there were/are worse things to play in your Y2K bunker.
Luke Y. Thompson, Topless Robot
Judgment Night all the way. Had the soundtrack over a month or so before the movie came out, and it's clear more thought went into it than the film. The only caveat is one track on there called "I Love You Mary Jane," by Cypress Hill and Sonic Youth. Because I had stoner roommates and they insisted on playing that damn song every time they got high. Took a decade or so before I could enjoy that song again.
Ryan McNeil, The Matinee
The first film that jumps to mind is one that is seen (by some) as a fun film, but one not-so-great movie that comes with a great soundtrack is Empire Records. It should come as no surprise, considering the story is set in a record store, but some really stellar tunes pepper the goings-on at Empire. We get AC/DC, Dire Straits, The Buggles, The Flying Lizards, and Daniel Johnston all playing in the background. Then for all the '90s children there are appearances by The Gin Blossoms, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Edwyn Collins, and The Cranberries. Even the so-called "cheesy track" by Rex Manning is kinda fun! Unfortunately it's all wrapped around a film that is super-silly, made all the worse by a handful of grating performances. Perhaps it's fitting that the film was sent straight to video back in 1995.
Joey Magidson, The Awards Circuit, First Showing
I'll confess to sometimes liking a movie more due to a great soundtrack (I contend that earlier this year Stuck in Love was unjustly ignored and a quality little flick, but part of why I dug it was the terrific soundtrack), but one such instance where that didn't occur was earlier this year with Safe Haven. The movie is absolutely atrocious, but perhaps embarrassingly I actually own the soundtrack. It's on the country/pop hybrid side of things (think moody Taylor Swift from a few years ago) and really is a great soundtrack that deserved a less piss-poor movie. Especially the Tristan Prettyman song "Say Anything" is tremendous, in my humble opinion at least.
Jason Shawhan, Nashville Scene
There are lots of films that, while they're not necessarily bad, they aren't really good either that happen to have great soundtracks/scores -- and for some reason, I'm thinking of Franck Khalfoun's Maniac remake and Philip Noyce's Sliver (which has actually had a catastrophic music change on its DVD and Blu-Ray releases, losing Lords of Acid's "The Most Wonderful Girl" due to licensing issues). But the ideal example of a weak, weak film that has an exceptional piece of music is David Prior's 1987 Killer Workout (also known as Aerobicide, because why not). It's Donna DeLory-sung theme song "Only You Tonight" could have been an international hit in clubs and pastel-colored boomboxes everywhere -- but to no avail, without any kind of official release anywhere. As a lover of both horror cinema and Eurodisco, I could choose no other.
Josh Spiegel, Mousterpiece Cinema
Though I have a tiny soft spot for the film, I'd be hard-pressed to say that Joel and Ethan Coen's remake of The Ladykillers is great or even very good, aside from the rarity that is Tom Hanks getting to play a scoundrel. However, I loved the gospel-heavy soundtrack as soon as the movie came out. Working again with iconic music producer T-Bone Burnett, the Coens were able to create an old-fashioned soundtrack full of standards specific to the part of the country where the story took place, much like their excellent soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou? I've revisited the Ladykillers soundtrack many times in the last decade, but I've seen the movie just once.
Q: What is the best movie currently in theaters?
A: 12 Years a Slave
Other films receiving multiple votes: Gravity, All Is Lost, A Touch of Sin, Wadjda

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Nandan Nilekani to help Bihar improve e-governance
Patna: Bihar has sought the help of Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, the chief of India`s Unique Identification Database Authority, to improve the state`s e-governance system.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar disclosed at a function here Friday evening that Nilekani will visit Patna on November 17 and hold talks with senior government officials to strengthen e-governance in the state.
All 37 district headquarters and 470 block headquarters in Bihar can be accessed online through the Bihar State Wide Area Network. "We have made progress in e-governance in the last few years - from Remington typewriters to online access," the chief minister said.
Bihar had formally adopted e-governance as a state policy in 2006 on the advice of former president APJ Abdul Kalam.
The state has constituted a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with the objective of bringing about an Information Technology (IT) transformation in the state. The SPV was constituted as a tripartite joint venture of state-owned Beltron, Tata Consultancy Services and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (ILFS) at an estimated cost of Rs 380 million.
The SPV is preparing a comprehensive special package for e-governance. Besides, separate e-governance packages have been created for different departments by the joint venture partners, based on specific requirements.
The state government has already equipped legislators with sophisticated laptop computers under the national e-governance plan of the central government.
The previous state government, headed by Rabri Devi had brought several departments online and launched an official web site of the state.
Her husband, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, also a former chief minister, has often rubbished IT as a "tool of the elite".
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Graphs are often used to show data; they provide a very powerful way to show numerical trends. But graphs can also be done poorly and be misinterpreted.
In the comic, the man in the hat has made a graph that shows the incidence of cancer in the United States with the number of cell phone users. The incidence of cancer has been fairly steady over the past 30 years while the number of cell phone users has increased.
This means that cancer causes cell phones, right? The graph shows that there are increases in cell phone users just as the cancer incidences start to plateau, so that conclusion makes sense, or does it?
Is there another–better–way to interpret this graph? What does that graph really show?

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Megan Thee Stallion comes through with a new single titled Realer. The hot rapper has been heating up the streets for a while now and is set to drop her new album Fever. Available for download and streaming, the track was unveiled on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 series.
The song itself is a straight-up banger, with aggressive pizzicato strings and percussive trap drums providing a menacing sonic backdrop. “Bitch you better learn who run it, cause all this money gotta come through me,” she warns. “I keep it realer than real, fu*k all the critics and fu*k how they feel.” Expect Megan Thee Stallion to drop more bangers on her forthcoming album which gets released soon. We will bring that to you upon full releaase.
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If there was ever a time that we needed more calm in our lives, it’s right now. With media left, right and centre, try to defend a little time to take a different approach to your everyday. Take on board some easy adjustments; switch off the tv and put your phone away and just enjoy looking out of a window and watching nature. In today’s post, we’re chatting through activities and hobbies that promote calmness, focus and concentration, ensuring that your home will be a hub of relaxed serenity in no time.
The great thing about painting is that it’s entirely subjective, you don’t have to be brilliant at it right away. Each piece allows you to disconnect from the outside world, figuring out your own personal style and refining your craft one stroke at a time. Practice makes perfect, isn’t that what they say? If you’re worried about staring at a canvas with no idea where to start, fear not – paint by numbers is the ideal solution. Simply follow their guide of colours on each part of the painting and voila, a masterpiece of your very own will unfold with each stroke of the brush! We don’t see this hobby getting old any time soon!
An everyday essential and a fun one to conquer; two birds, one stone! All you have to do is choose something yummy from a cookbook/online, prep your ingredients and you’re set. Once your recipe isn’t super complicated and you’re not on a time crunch, cooking is a sure-fire way to guarantee an element of calm in your day. And you have something delicious to enjoy at the end: result! Our favourite things to cook are meals that you can make entirely from scratch: curry, chili, lasagne, pasta bake, cottage pie… The lengthier, the better! You can truly own the meal by choosing your own proportions, seasonings and flavours, mastering a unique recipe of your very own. Once you’ve perfected your favourites, you can even create your own mini collection book of go-to meals. That’s a major win, if you ask us! If any of you excel at this please do share, us Front Rowers love a bit of food gazing.
Calming, distracting AND good for your brain? Sign us all up! There are so many benefits to reap from regular reading: improved vocabulary, better sleep when done before bed, strengthened writing ability, tension and stress relief, mental stimulation and SO many more! For an hour or two, you can get lost in the world of fiction, soaking up characters and their stories and envisioning them playing out in your head. If fiction’s not your thing, there’s many more genres out there to enjoy. With everything from history and academia to self-help and philosophy, your levels of knowledge and skill will be top-notch in no time! There’s nothing better than the satisfaction that comes with reaching the end of an incredible read, are we right?
We’re thinking of starting a book club, leave us some thoughts if you think this would be good and of course recommend a read for us all to get lost in.

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Two Doors Down star Elaine C Smith returns to Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum company after 19 years
RAB C NESBIT and Two Doors Down favourite Elaine C Smith is set to return to the Edinburgh stage in a new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's political comedy Mr Puntila and His Man Matti.
Reworked as Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti by award-winning novelist and playwright Denise Mina, the piece which originally featured a male lead, tells the uproarious story of Argyll landowner Mrs Puntila who, when drunk, is a generous and kind-hearted boss who convinces everyone they can have a bright future under her wing.
When sober, she’s a cruel and greedy tyrant. Behind the scenes, her shrewd chauffeur Matti irons out her drunken mishaps while pursuing a hopeless romance with her already-spoken-for daughter Eva, a match which will only be possible if Mrs Puntila can get over the class divide.
Playing that role of Mrs Puntila, Smith, one of Scotland’s most loved and recognised performers, returns to the Lyceum company for the first time since playing Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls there in 2001.
The production also reunites her with Mina after the pair worked together on the play Ida Tamson. Mina says, “Elaine is such a great performer, and she also invites an audience who might be wary of Brecht, because whilst he’s not always done to be funny and entertaining, with Elaine they know they’ll enjoy it.
"We want it to be really, really funny. We want people to leave feeling uplifted and angry and motivated to stand up for each other. In the original, Brecht says ‘never accept your rights as charity’, and that’s pretty much the theme of it.”
Smith and Mina, arguably two of the most influential women in their respective fields, will work alongside creatives from DOT Theatre Istanbul who previously worked with the Lyceum on the production Rhinoceros.
The new adaptation of Brecht’s epic comedy satirises the injustices and absurdities of capitalism and promises a hilarious and thought-provoking night of theatre that pulls no punches - the perfect antidote to today’s gloomy political climate.
Smith, who returns to her political theatre roots in the play will be joined in the other title role by Steven McNicoll in the Lyceum and Citizens Theatre co-production, which will open on 28 February and run until 21 March.
The cast is completed by Natalie Arle-Toyne, Rebecca Banatvala, Richard Conlon, Beth Marshall, Joanne McGuinness and Chloe-Ann Tylor, Stephanie Payne, Liam King and members of the Lyceum Youth Theatre.
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti, Royal Lyceum, Grindlay Street, 28 February-21 March, £10-£33, https://lyceum.org.uk/whats-on/production/mrs-puntila-and-her-man-matti


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Recently I was surfing e-bay, and located a pattern for Ann Hill Sampler published by Just CrossStitch. According to the seller, the pattern was discontinued, and I went ahead an put a bid in on the pattern. However, I couldn't stick around on the day that the auction ended and had to go ahead and put in my high bid and hope I would win the auction.
Alas, I came home to discover, I hadn't won the auction, much to my disappointment. About a month later, I was down in the basement, searching through various places, and what did I find? The Ann Hill Sampler book. I had evidently purchased it awhile back and completely forgot. My sister got a big kick out of that. Her comment, was "Wow....you must have really liked it enough to try to buy it twice."
Lesson learned. Carry something around with me with my pending projects names. Evidently my mind isn't what it used to be.


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Spengler (aka David Goodman) has an insightful piece about the nature of Egypt, and more broadly the Arab world, which is well worth considering when thinking about the current turmoil. (Bold mine, comments interspersed.)
Food and failed Arab states Spengler
Even Islamists have to eat. It is unclear whether President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt will survive, or whether his nationalist regime will be replaced by an Islamist, democratic, or authoritarian state. What is certain is that it will be a failed state. Amid the speculation about the shape of Arab politics to come, a handful of observers, for example economist Nourel Roubini, have pointed to the obvious: Wheat prices have almost doubled in the past year.
Egypt is the world’s largest wheat importer, beholden to foreign providers for nearly half its total food consumption. Half of Egyptians live on less than $2 a day. Food comprises almost half the country’s consumer price index, and much more than half of spending for the poorer half of the country. This will get worse, not better.
This explains why when the border between Gaza and Egypt was briefly open, one of the main imports to Gaza was “brides” hoping to live a better life.
Not the destitute, to be sure, but the aspiring and frustrated young, confronted the riot police and army on the streets of Egyptian cities last week. The uprising in Egypt and Tunisia were not food riots; only in Jordan have demonstrators made food the main issue. Rather, the jump in food prices was the wheat-stalk that broke the camel’s back. The regime’s weakness, in turn, reflects the dysfunctional character of the country. 35% of all Egyptians, and 45% of Egyptian women can’t read.
Nine out of ten Egyptian women suffer genital mutilation. US President Barack Obama said Jan. 29, “The right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny … are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere.” Does Obama think that genital mutilation is a human rights violation?
If he follows the more radical post-modern feminists (the “other” is always right) then, no, it’s a violation of human rights to oppose it, and Ayan Hirsi Ali is a neo-con reactionary. But I suspect it’s a different calculus… the same “realpolitik” that has him push Mubarak out, when he said nothing about the contested elections in Iran. Pressure your friends, show deference to your enemies to show that you’re not a “my side right or wrong” kind of person.
To expect Egypt to leap from the intimate violence of traditional society to the full rights of a modern democracy seems whimsical.
Right on. When our deficient (apologetic) journalist come back from the Arab world telling us that “they want democracy,” they haven’t asked the key questions: “Are you ready to pay the price of democracy, e.g., give up honor-killings, genital cutting, death to apostates?
In fact, the vast majority of Egyptians has practiced civil disobedience against the Mubarak regime for years. The Mubarak government announced a “complete” ban on genital mutilation in 2007, the second time it has done so – without success, for the Egyptian population ignored the enlightened pronouncements of its government. Do Western liberals cheer at this quiet revolt against Mubarak’s authority?
Do these liberals even know? Or is that an item that such “Arab experts” like Ben Wedeman just don’t bother bringing to their attention? More likely, you’ll find it on that neo-con Israeli propaganda site, MEMRI.
Suzanne Mubarak, Egypt’s First Lady, continues to campaign against the practice, which she has denounced as “physical and psychological violence against children.” Last May 1, she appeared at Aswan City alongside the provincial governor and other local officials to declare the province free of it. And on October 28, Mrs Mubarak inaugurated an African conference on stopping genital mutilation.
The most authoritative Egyptian Muslim scholars continue to recommend genital mutilation. Writing on the web site IslamOnline, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi – the president of the International Association of Muslim Scholars – explains: The most moderate opinion and the most likely one to be correct is in favor of practicing circumcision in the moderate Islamic way indicated in some of the Prophet’s hadiths – even though such hadiths are not confirmed to be authentic. It is reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a midwife: “Reduce the size of the clitoris but do not exceed the limit, for that is better for her health and is preferred by husbands.” That is not a Muslim view (the practice is rare in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan), but an Egyptian Muslim view.
Mind you, Qaradawi is the quintessential case of the Muslim fundamentalist whom Western Islamophobes (Type II) try to tell us is “moderate.” He gives us a good point of reference for understanding what “moderation” means in Islamic terms.
In the most fundamental matters, President and Mrs Mubarak are incomparably more enlightened than the Egyptian public. Three-quarters of acts of genital mutilation in Egypt are executed by physicians. What does that say about the character of the country’s middle class?
Only one news dispatch among the tens of thousands occasioned by the uprising mentions the subject; the New York Times, with its inimitable capacity to obscure content, wrote on January 27, “To the extent that Mr. Mubarak has been willing to tolerate reforms, the cable said, it has been in areas not related to public security or stability.
For example, he has given his wife latitude to campaign for women’s rights and against practices like female genital mutilation and child labor, which are sanctioned by some conservative Islamic groups.”
“Public security” and “stability” are code words for fascism. Are the authors dismissing Mubarak for being too progressive? Are real progressive values too much for liberals to ask of the Arab and Muslim world, lest they offend their sensitivities?
The authors, Mark Landler and Andrew Lehren, do not mention that 90% or more of Egyptian women have been so mutilated. What does a country have to do to shock the New York Times? Eat babies boiled?
Young Tunisians and Egyptians want jobs. But (via Brian Murphy at the Associated Press on January 29) “many people have degrees but they do not have the skill set,” Masood Ahmed, director of the Middle East and Asia department of the International Monetary Fund, said earlier this week. “The scarce resource is talent,” agreed Omar Alghanim, a prominent Gulf businessman. The employment pool available in the region “is not at all what’s needed in the global economy.” For more on this see my January 19 essay, Tunisia’s lost generation. There are millions of highly-qualified, skilled and enterprising Arabs, but most of them are working in the US or Europe.
How much of this phenomenon of people with degrees but without skill sets reflects the products of an honor-shame educational system in which accomplishments and rewards are only loosely correlated?
Egypt is wallowing in backwardness, not because the Mubarak regime has suppressed the creative energies of the people, but because the people themselves cling to the most oppressive practices of traditional society. And countries can only languish in backwardness so long before some event makes their position untenable.
This is especially true when prime divider societies are confronted with productive civic polities. The story of the Arab world after 1800.
Wheat prices 101 and Egyptian instability
In this case, Asian demand has priced food staples out of the Arab budget. As prosperous Asians consume more protein, global demand for grain increases sharply (seven pounds of grain produce one pound of beef). Asians are rich enough, moreover, to pay a much higher price for food whenever prices spike due to temporary supply disruptions, as at the moment.
Egyptians, Jordanians, Tunisians and Yemenis are not. Episodes of privation and even hunger will become more common. The miserable economic performance of all the Arab states, chronicled in the United Nations’ Arab Development Reports, has left a large number of Arabs so far behind that they cannot buffer their budget against food price fluctuations.
Earlier this year, after drought prompted Russia to ban wheat exports, Egypt’s agriculture minister pledged to raise food production over the next ten years to 75% of consumption, against only 56% in 2009. Local yields are only 18 bushels per acre, compared to 30 to 60 for non-irrigated wheat in the United States, and up 100 bushels for irrigated land.
The trouble isn’t long-term food price inflation: wheat has long been one of the world’s bargains.
This is a purely modernist statement. Only modern economies have banished famine, which in prime-divider societies is a regular occurrence (several times a decade).
The International Monetary Fund’s global consumer price index quadrupled in between 1980 and 2010, while the price of wheat, even after the price spike of 2010, only doubled in price. What hurts the poorest countries, though, isn’t the long-term price trend, though, but the volatility.
People have drowned in rivers with an average depth of two feet. It turns out that China, not the United States or Israel, presents an existential threat to the Arab world, and through no fault of its own: rising incomes have gentrified the Asian diet, and – more importantly – insulated Asian budgets from food price fluctuations.
There is an honor-shame dimension to this as well. I have argued that part of what made (too) many Muslims so receptive to a triumphalist message of Jihad in the later 20th and 21st century was the humiliation of modernity. It wasn’t bad enough that the West was more successful (i.e., powerful), and tiny Israel, but also all those Eastern economic tigers. They were not only not the first, they were beginning to look, even to themselves, like the last. Now it not only hurts pride, but stomach.
Economists call this “price elasticity.” Americans, for example, will buy the same amount of milk even if the price doubles, although they will stop buying fast food if hamburger prices double. Asians now are wealthy enough to buy all the grain they want.
If wheat output falls, for example, due to drought in Russia and Argentina, prices rise until demand falls. The difference today is that Asian demand for grain will not fall, because Asians are richer than they used to be. Someone has to consume less, and it will be the people at the bottom of the economic ladder, in this case the poorer Arabs.
That is why the volatility of the wheat price (the rolling standard deviation of percentage changes in the price over twelve months) has trended up from about 5% during the 1980s and 1990s to about 15% today. This means that there is a roughly two-thirds likelihood that the monthly change in the wheat price will be less than 15%.
It also means that every so often the wheat price is likely to go through the ceiling, as it did during the past 12 months. To make life intolerable for the Arab poor, the price of wheat does not have to remain high indefinitely; it only has to trade out of their reach once every few years.
Read the rest.
Spengler is channeled by David P Goldman. Comment on this article in Spengler’s Expat Bar forum.

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Rumor confirmed: BP’s Bob Dudley met with Gov. Bill Walker; separately, Dudley cautious on ANWR
In the previous issue of Petroleum News (Jan. 14 edition) Oil Patch Insider reported rumors that BP chief Bob Dudley met with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Jan. 5 in Juneau.
A PN source close to the governor said BP’s chief wanted to discuss the state’s oil and gas policies, in particular Walker’s actions toward BP that largely stemmed from his conviction that BP should be producing the natural gas it held in its Prudhoe Bay leases. Dudley’s agenda appeared to be smoothing over the relationship with the Walker administration. And yes, he was prepared to discuss the subject closest to the governor’s heart: A massive liquefied natural gas export project.
A Jan. 8 call from PN to the governor’s deputy press secretary yielded no comment. PN’s media contact in the Alaska office for BP was unaware of Dudley’s Juneau meeting.
That Insider brief was written Jan. 11 and released online in Petroleum News the morning of Jan. 12.
In the same time period Dudley was giving an exclusive interview to Axios reporter Amy Harder that confirmed Alaska and BP’s top executives had indeed met.
Axios is an American news and information website, founded in 2017. Its initial launch funding came from, among others, BP. (Other backers included NBC News, Emerson Collective, Greycroft Partners, and David and Katherine Bradley, owners of Atlantic Media. Axios’ initial launch partners were JP Morgan & Chase Co., PhRma, Boeing, BP, Bank of America, Koch Industries, S&P Global, United Health Group, Walmart, PepsiCo and Cooley LLP.)
Axios reported on Jan. 12, “BP’s consideration gives potential credence to the $43 billion proposed (Alaska) project, which coincided with President Trump visiting China in November and touting his administration’s backing of it. Many analysts doubt the proposal will actually come through, though, given a lack of details and firm commitments at the time of the announcement.”
Dudley was quoted as saying. “It’s a large resource, and the world is going to need natural gas, particularly Asia. … We’re exploring with the state ways to make that resource find a market.”
Furthermore, he told Axios, “I had not met the governor before. I was impressed.”
In a separate interview, Charif Souki, “considered a pioneer in the natural gas exporting industry and founder of two companies in this space, expressed skepticism about the project.”
“With a slight eye roll, Souki said, “‘it’s a very, very ambitious project.’”
Here’s what else Souki, who decades earlier founded Cheniere Energy, told Axios about the Alaska project:
“It depends on a lot of moving parts. You have to source the gas, build the pipeline infrastructure and build the liquefaction facility. That’s three pieces controlled by three different groups of people.”
But by the end of Souki’s comments on Walker’s project, he reportedly sounded more optimistic: “It’s an attractive project,” he told Axios.
Dudley reportedly cautious about ANWROther highlights from Axios’ exclusive interview with Dudley included BP’s interest in drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
“The honest answer is we don’t know … so we and I think most companies have got to have a good hard look in the geology over there.”
BP was a part of the consortium that drilled the only oil well in ANWR.
“The results of that well are highly confidential, legally protected. … Even I haven’t even seen that,” he said.
- KAY CASHMAN, publisher

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Should not the leofinance token list on top rated exchanges like HIVE listed, with the help of CUB finance?
As a leofinance blogger, the first thing that comes to my mind is how to buy a LEO token or how to sell it. Because most of the time we are on the way to facing this issue about leo finance exchange. Though there is Hive dex where we can swap LEO to buy or sell but most of us do not know about this. Especially the trader. Most of the traders do not like hive DEX as there is less liquidity and prices are always volatile.
In this case, the Leofinance team should look for a top rated exchange. Because last time I withdrew some HIVE to Binance rather than the LEO. But why? This is just because LEO finance is not listed on Binance or somewhere else like Kucoin, FTX, Gate.io, and so on. Once leofinance token going to list on those exchange, we may see a good number of trader,investor come through to leofinance token easily. And this will certainly increase the market cap and number of leo users certainly .
This is just my proposal. Because if you look at the HIVE blockchain then this keeps improving daily and Hive token price already went up 2x this week to around 1 Dollar. As the Leofinance token is the token of Hive blockchain, there should be enough activity regarding this. I heard and read that the Leofinance token works in CUB finance? This is a cool step.
I liked the DEX and i am pretty sure due to this DEX a lot of leofinance lovers go through it and keep swapping their leo. But this is still not enough. Leo still needs to go a long way. Or are we getting the sign of Binance with the help of CUB finance?
Yes, we are getting the sign. LEO is now convertible to bLEO on CUB finance with BSC (Binance smart Chain) . This is really a mind blowing step. More BSC smart chain users keep coming to CUB finance daily for farming, staking.
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I am lucky to have a grocery store with a nice, but limited nursery section. Not being able to go out these days, it was an opportunity to check out plants without feeling guilty. After looking around outside, I decided to check out the greenhouse just to see what they might have at this early time of spring. We’d been having some 20 degree nights, so they had moved a lot of their plants into the greenhouse just to keep them alive. Inside contained mostly Boston ferns and only a few varieties of annuals. But these sweet Nemesia annual flowers caught my eye and I couldn’t resist grabbing a couple market packs.
Once I brought them home, I wasn’t exactly sure what to do with them. We’ve had a cold and unpredictable April thus far, and it will be mid-May before our last potential frost date. Since it is too cold to plant annuals outside, and they were root bound in the market packs, I decided to plant them up in larger 3-inch pots. This would give them time to get more established and grow larger root systems before planting out in May.
Nemesia is an annual flower I’d never seen before and they quickly won over my heart. In these trying times of confinement, it doesn’t take much to convince myself that I need a little “perker upper”.
But then came the hard part . . . pinching back the plants by cutting off all the flowers. Even though you know it is best and will help the plant establish more easily, become larger and stronger, it is still painful to do. So I try not to think about it for too long, and make quick work of it.
What was left is a pile of sweet, colorful tiny flower stems.
Not willing to waste anything, I gathered up the little stems and made a tiny bouquet, so small it could set on the windowsill.
Who could resist such sweetness? Not me.
I’m longing and looking forward to consistently warmer days and nights. By then, these established bushier plants, full of flowers, will be ready to live and bloom in the garden. Until then, I will carry the tray of pots out on warm days, and back in on cold nights.
Linking with Cathy from Rambling in the Garden who hosts the party meme “In A Vase On Monday”. Be sure to stop over and check out some of the lovely floral arrangements from around the world.

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Skip to comments.Inaugural Party seeks people (Obomb--inaug tickets hawked at fire sale prices)
Posted on 01/16/2013 3:00:12 PM PST by Liz
Mondays inaug is no sellout....Some DEM party officials are skipping the whole thing. DC hotels and events are offering discounts, rebates, twofers. Benefactors Brunch is a $5,000 fire sale price. VIP access to the Inaugural Ball is listed as an amazing deal. General admission is $500. To squat in the Parades VIP section---$150.....in the everybodys-a-peasant section, its possible the Oval Office is so desperate, they may pay you a few dollars to fill the embarrassing void.
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He bragged he was so popular he was being showered with campaign contributions from avid supporters----and had the first billion dollar campaign in US history.
Jeepers, I cant wait til the FEC reports on where he spent all that loot. Can you?
They would HAVE to pay me to attend that hog killing, and I don’t come cheap either.
I wonder how many bands and marching units are planning on coming?
He also couldn't seem to fill up his venues during the campaign.
Obama is having such a hard time getting people to come to his coronation because dead people do not attend festivities.
Not this year. Seems her paycheck got a bit smaller, and she can't afford to go. Ha-ha!
I’d go if Michele wore sackcloth and ashes to the festivities.....and not that chenille bedspread she wore last time.
he can;t get people because it was fraud what got him where he was, 4 years of a DOJ, and a Chicago regime to prep for 2012.
Oh and the media which love him and never question him and if one dared to actually do their job they are told to back down or will never be given access to the white house.
He brags all the time how he won, he never really and how American agree with him on health care, guns etc and yet he has to ram it through or give orders because he knows the votes are not there because he knows the reps will get booted out next election.
So much for America agreeing with him.
How pathetic that this dumb thick idiot thinks he is a messiah, it;s gone to his head and yet utsdie of the black community and the media he is loathed
>> To squat in the Parades VIP section-—$150
WOW! No kidding!
I would absolutely LOVE!!! to squat in the VIP section.
Of course, I don’t think “squat” means the same thing to them as it does to me. ;-)
I wouldn’t attend if the event were being held across the street from my house.
The sinister Obamatons stole the election--targeting the all-important 5 swing states (w/ Republican Governors in many of them---and Repub Secy's of State who determine voter fraud)........
Mincing, grinning Romney never looked more stupid than when he conceded---he remained duped and sap-happy til the end......like McDumbo/McCain.
It's now crystal clear why Obama seemingly "screwed-up" at the crucial first prez debate---giving Romney a huge opening (or so it seemed). O's debate screwup was no accident----he said he was "being polite" to Romney---b/c he knew the crooked election was in the bag for him.
Ohaha and his cunning, sinister crew knew then that O would win...... no matter what Romney did or said. B/c the WH orders had already gone out----their massive voter fraud operation was already in place.
I recall an odd incident as the campaign got underway----Axelrod took CBS News on a tour of what was being billed as O's campaign war room. But to my eyes---it was completely staged----there were people sitting at computers and at desks---but nothing was going on. I now believe O had literally no campaign operation b/c they had the whole thing fixed from the get go. Oh sure---they went through the motions--but it was all faked.
O says he had the "first" billion dollar campaign---so did he report to the FEC where he spent all that money? ANSWERING MY OWN QUESTION---as if his FEC reports (if any) will be scrutinized. Not likely.
REFERENCE Pre-election mark o'malley excerpt: "Every campaign, of course, believes its going to win. Obamas team, however, conveys such a visceral sense of self-confidence that even protestations to the contrary take on air of comically profane absurdity......"
NOW THIS IS EERY---B/C AXEL ADMITS HE KNEW WHO WAS GOING TO WIN---O'MALLEY: Axelrods way of saying that he thinks the election is already over. . . The (Romney camp has) this fantasy that the debates will come and the dam will break like it did in 1980, Axelrod said. I think they are delusional. Clearly the sinister Axelrod knew the outcome even before the debates began. Axelrod: The (Romney camp) didnt give people anything to grab on to, and they allowed us to define him before he could define himself, Axelrod says of Romney.
SAY WHAT? Early on, O's campaign spent an astounding $300 million to tarnish Bain/Romney-----with little or no effect. Romney kept climbing in the polls----virtually every poll had Romney ahead.
Make no mistake---massive voter fraud took place---the Ohaha connivers were confident of victory b/c they were micromanaging the fraud from Day One.
We've seen some pretty shady characters in the political game---but no campaign has produced the likes of the Chi/Mob con artists running Ohaha's sleazy game.
David Axelrod has shown himself to be The Most Sinister Character ever to surface in politics. Axel, Valerie whatsherface, Rahm Emanuel, m/m Ohaha---are the kingpins of crooked Chi/politics---they are very practiced at fixing elections. They know all the sleazy tricks.
Don’t ya just love it? Odumbo Loosers!
WOW said the same thing exactly, it seemed he already knew he had won before two weeks before the election, his smug look etc.
He knew he had 4 years of prepping, 4 years of a media which have lied for him and 4 years of rigging an election
I’m in FL and there is no way on this earth he won this state, he got only 5,000 people at his rally in Tampa days before the vote and yet he is supposed to have won that area.
He was still going to his Dem counties, why if he did not have to get that crowd and why if he knew he had the base locked up.?
he never won and I will neevr accept it no matter how many times I ma told he has plus how many times does he have to keep saying in so many words he won.
Words like Americans agreed with me etc
It is odd. Romney drew bigger crowds and had more enthusiasm, but lost.
I guess people vote for handouts and subsidies, but they aren’t happy with the politicians actually doing it.......?
The dead may be able to vote, but they can’t dance.
Just for giggles I checked a few hotel chains for rooms Sunday and Monday night. I did not find one single hotel sold out. NOT ONE!
That makes me giggle too. Good idea....lol!
The buzz is most DC hotel rooms are being snapped up by RTL'ers attending the annual March for Life.
Must be really irksome to the radically pro- abortion M/M O/.
In February 2004, US Senate candidate Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, sent a fund-raising letter with the "alarming news" that "right-wing politicians" had passed a law stopping doctors from performing p/b abortions (stabbing half-born babies in the neck with scissors, suctioning out their brains and crushing their skulls).
Michelle Obama considers partial-birth abortion "a legitimate medical procedure," and asked supporters for $150 to attend a luncheon for her candidate husband, b/c he would fight against "cynical ploys" to stop p/b sbortions.
(NOTE: nurses at an Illinois hospital in 1999 discovered babies were being aborted alive and placed on shelves in soiled utility rooms to die unattended.)
BACKGROUND Legislation was presented on the federal level and in various states called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. It stated all live-born babies were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection, whether or not they were wanted.
BAIPA sailed through the U.S. Senate by unanimous vote. Even Sens. Clinton, Kennedy and Kerry agreed a mother's right to "choose" stopped at her baby's delivery. The bill also passed overwhelmingly in the US House.
NARAL went neutral on it. Abortion enthusiasts publicly agreed that fighting BAIPA would appear extreme. President Bush signed BAIPA into law in 2002.
But in Illinois, the state version of BAIPA repeatedly failed, thanks in large part to then-state Sen. Barack Obama. It only passed in 2005, after Obama left. Obama articulately asserted that legislation protecting live aborted babies might infringe on women's rights or abortionists' rights.
In 2003, as chairman of the next state Senate committee to which BAIPA was sent, Obama stopped it from even getting a hearing, shelving it to die much like babies were still being shelved to die in Illinois hospitals and abortion chambers.
(NOTE As chair of that same committee, state Sen Obama once abruptly ended a hearing early, right before the parents of six children killed as a result of Illinois' drivers licenses-for-bribes scandal, were to testify in favor of Choose Life license plate legislation. Obama stalled. He later killed the bill when no one was around.)
I’ll go. My price is a brand new Bushmaster and a 1,000 rd. case of .223. Delivered to my house because I don’t want to transport it back across any People’s Republic states.
how about buying up te tickets and going... animal house style?
just make a real mess of it
Don't worry, the press will all be "Rokering" in their pants.
This is great, now if we could only cancel everything including his swearing in.
They're going to have to pay a heck of a lot more than that.
I’ll bring the 10,000 marbles...
...since the Government seems to have lost theirs.
LOL They really have.
This is why I dont believe he won. I saw lines in the voting place like I had never seen before, and people LOUDLY talking about how they could not wait to vote against this P.O.S. communist muslim infiltraitor (with emphaisis on traitor)
And yet local voting results show no uptick from previous years?
I wondered why that crazy woman near the front of the line put her ballot in the machine and then YANKED it out when it was halfway in- jamming the machine. Then walked out without apology or care if her vote was going to be counted or not
All of us behind her had to stick our votes in the ‘emergency bin’. which probably went straight into the dumpster. I think they figured out it is easier to delete valid republicn votes than it is to manufacture more democrat votes
“They would HAVE to pay me to attend that hog killing, and I dont come cheap either.”
I have attended many hog killings and participated in several, I can’t imagine that that disaster will be anywhere close to being as interesting as a hog killing. Even so I suppose I might attend it for ten thousand dollars plus all expenses provided I could wear dark glasses and ear plugs. No less though.
Can’t they scrape up a few folks by calling them on their new Husseinphone?
The greatest thing about hog killing was mixing the sausage and cooking that first test piece.
Why do you think Dade, Broward and Palm beach counties (SFL) wait until the very last minute to submit their results?
So they know how many votes to manufacture.
Voter fraud must be factored into O's so-called "victory."
The NY Post article above stated that Dem leaders are skipping the inaug. Which raises an interesting point....what were they all doing elections day---and the weeks leading up to the election?
NOTE Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and six other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee found that the Obama administration lied WRT nailing an illegal pedophole who was working in Sen Booby Menendez's office.
Ergo, Grassley and his committee should subpoena Dem leaders, and their documents, to determine what exactly they were doing on election day and the weeks before.
REFERENCE---AP reported that the illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender working as a volunteer intern for Sen. Bob Menendez was not arrested because of political concerns. The Homeland Security Department said the APs story about the delayed arrest of Peruvian immigrant, Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, was categorically false.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and six other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Obama administration for details....and found that Obamas Homeland Security Department lied to the AP.
Documents show ICE officials in New Jersey advised that the arrest had the possibility of garnering significant congressional and media interest and were advised to postpone the arrest until officials in Washington gave approval. The documents describe a conference call between officials Washington and New Jersey to determine a way forward, given the potential sensitivities surrounding the case.
The senators said the documents show the delay was delayed six weeks just like the AP reported. They asked for details about the departments review of potentially sensitive, high profile immigration cases when arrests are delayed. Menendez said that his staff was notified about the case immediately before APs story; he learned about the case from the AP and he knew nothing about whether or why DHS had delayed the arrest.
REFERENCE--- Florida officials discovered huge hordes of illegals on voters rolls when it called up names from the voter rolls for jury duty. Illegals said they could not serve on juries---b/c they were not citizens.
FLORIDA EPICENTER OF ILLEGAL FRAUDS---Florida, is the epicenter of the identity theft crisis. Just three addresses in Florida filed more than 500 returns totaling more than $1 million in refunds for each address.......
Florida was also the scene of a massive subprime mtge scam---with latinos colluding to bilk millions---leaving Americans holding the bag.
In another troubling scenario, hundreds of tax refunds were deposited into the same bank account--a red flag for investigators searching for ID thieves--filing for refunds for multiple identities. In one instance, the IRS deposited 590 refunds totaling more than $900,000 into just one account.
Thanks for the realtime report.
Ahh, yes, I sometimes forget just how great that fresh sausage from a homegrown hog really tasted. Younger Americans no longer know what pork, beef and chicken is supposed to taste like. If they had some of the real thing they would probably revolt. Even those of us who know have a hard time recalling just how much better food used to taste. No, it is not just that my taste buds are older and less sensitive, even though that is true. I can still recall the last time I got my hands on a piece of real home grown chicken and was shocked at how much better it was than the stuff in the store.
Life used to involve a lot of hard physical labor that most people now can not even imagine but if my body would stand up to it it would be worth all that work just to regain all the other things we have lost. Those who are over sixty may have some idea of what I mean.
Suffice it to say that most large cities now are what I consider hell on Earth. I honestly don’t know how people can live that way. What we tout as a greatly extended “lifespan” is beginning to look more like just taking a very long time to die.
People are spending $300,000 for a Condo Apartment in a huge building, when they could by ten acres with a house on itfor that. A nice house.
Yes you have to travel a bit to go to work, but it’s worth it.
seems like a unique opportunity for some imaginated freepers to get in with some signs he would not like
Obama could have stolen the election—doesn’t matter. We are becoming a lawless country with a lawless alleged president.
America is finished, it is teetering towards its collapse. Obama is president of a sinking ship.
is that sarcasm? I posted that online a half-hour after it happened. Then I reported it to the GOP hotline AND called the local news radio who ran with the story about how this happened here and FOUR other local (strong GOP) districts.
Days of early voting and extended hours enabled the 'rat machine to herd their masses into busses and take load after load bodily to the polls. This is how they got their 100% votes in black precincts. They wouldn't have had the resources to get them all to the polls on one day, so they had to have the long open season to make all the deliveries necessary.
The GOP had no such organization, or apparently, even the faintest idea of what the DNC had been doing the last four years. Let's hope they learned their lesson, but frankly I'm not optimistic. The GOP seems more interested in running people off than in GOTV efforts.
The GOP is over, forever. It’s downright quaint to talk about them as if they were a force at the national level. The militarist/religious right/anti-communist/libertarian coalition that formed during the Cold War has disbanded. A much more powerful secular/welfare/socialist/union coalition now dominates, and will, until an economic super-depression tears the states apart.
The self-serving progs live in a dark place----they know only (1) the govt as enforcer, and, (2) the individual to be crushed.
Whereas Conservatives are strongly united by love of country----and a dynamic force of issue-centered groups, associations, churches, tea parties, the power of the internet and web sites. There's powerful organizing issues----patriots, military, gun owners, pro-lifers, prayer groups, 1st amendment defenders, Bible study groups.........and on and on and on.
Obama's forces of evil refuse to recognize constitutional freedoms----and refuse play by the constitutiona norms in place.
The Founders escaped foreign domination and structured our govt to protect the citizenry from tyrants and oppression. The safeguards are there----they merely have to be mobilized.
Conservatives have the manpower to conduct democratically-inspired sabotage at every point. Hold up every bill, refuse to fund anything, filibuster, investigate, and so on.
We are in the best position vis a vis the Dem/Prog/Obamanations. That's why we win, they lose.
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QUINCY, Calif. (KTXL) — The Plumas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing teenage girl who was last seen at her home in Quincy on Thursday.
Madison Tabor, 15, was last seen wearing a black Converse hooded sweatshirt, grey Nike sweatpants, and black Converse shoes. She was also carrying a grey and blue cat carrier according to deputies.
There is currently no information about Tabor’s possible whereabouts.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. – State health officials confirm a metro Atlanta child has a case of the measles. Authorities said the unvaccinated student may have exposed others to the measles at school.
Cobb and Douglas Public Health said that a student with measles was present at Mabry Middle School on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Officials are notifying people who may have been exposed to the virus between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6.
Channel 2’s Tom Regan learned the student and other non-vaccinated students, and at least one adult, are being told to stay away for 21-days.
People who have symptoms of measles should contact their health care provider immediately.
“DO NOT go to the doctor’s office, the hospital, or a public health clinic without FIRST calling to let them know about your symptoms. Health care providers who suspect measles in a patient should notify public health immediately,” the department said in a release.
The virus typically starts with a fever followed by a cough, runny nose and red eyes. A rash of tiny, red spots will start at the head and spread to the rest of the body.
“It’s one of the most contagious diseases known to man,” said WellStar Kennestone Hospital Dr. Maren Bear.
Parents said the news of the case is worrying.
“I think it’s terrifying. I have a baby at home, she’s in the process of getting her vaccinations,” said parent Mary Tatum.
This is the eighth confirmed case in Georgia this year. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more information about the measles here.
“We don’t have a treatment for measles, only supportive care,” Bear said.
A district spokesperson sent Channel 2 Action News the following statement:
“Over the weekend, we were told by the Georgia Department of Public Health a student at Mabry had been diagnosed with measles. Mabry parents have been communicated with and any student who is at risk will not be allowed in school through November 22nd. The unaffected teachers and students remain focused on teaching and learning while affected students and families are supported by Public Health.”
Measles in Georgia
• 2019 – 8 (to date)
• 2018 – 0
• 2017 – 0
• 2016 – 0
• 2015 – 1
• 2014 – 0
• 2013 – 0
• 2012 – 2
• 2011 – 0
• 2010 – 1
• 2009 – 1
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For my first attempt at felting, I thought I'd try something simple. Placemats are rectangles, and it doesn't matter how big they are exactly. Above are the prefelted shots, below are the pics post felting. They were 120 stitches wide, and done with dc Rows are made up of stripes of 3,6,3,6,4,1,4,6,3,6,3. I used the same colors, just rotated them through between the two placemats. They felted more along their height and less along their width, so that they are a little wider than normal, but still functional. The edges ruffled a bit. I suppose I could have placed something heavy on them to prevent this. But they are super soft. I used Patons Classic Wool Merino, 5 skeins.


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Job Title: Customer service team leader, Chillicothe, Ohio – Facility
Years at Glatfelter: 7
Time in present role: 3 months
True passion: Family
Alphons Harrell and his wife, Janet Rose, had been wanting to have children for a while, but never expected to have three overnight.
In May 2012, the couple became foster parents to two girls and a boy, all younger than the age of 5, and Harrell says he’s cherished every minute since. “It’s exactly what we wanted,” says Harrell.
From watching the youngest take her first steps, to seeing the kids’ faces on a trip to Disney World, Harrell says he and his wife, who are affectionately called Buddy and Mom by the kids, have benefited just as much, if not more than the children have.
They went from zero to three kids in a day, but Harrell says he doesn’t see it as hard work, especially with his wife leading the team. “She is the Michael Jordan of this family. I’m the Pippen.”
They are hoping to adopt the children.

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Reading my Bible in the summer by Lou Mishler Heath Download PDF EPUB FB2
Basically, I read. I just allow the Word to soak into my heart and mind. It’s VERY low key for me. But, for this season, I know it’s the best plan. And I’m excited about doing it.
So, that’s it — my summer Bible study plan is really more Bible than study. The Summer Book is bright but dense; it is slim enough to read in a day but holds a whole world between its covers.” —Powell’s Books “Tove Jansson was a genius.
This is a marvelous, beautiful, wise novel, which is also very funny.” —Philip PullmanCited by: 4. Reading the Bible in One Summer. And the idea took hold: I could invite the women in my neighborhood to read the Bible during the summer.
But not just a book or two. The whole Bible in 90 days. Because it was such an ambitious plan, I thought maybe six or seven women would agree. And half of us might : Teisha Moseley. Big Summer. By Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books FICTION | While most major book releases were pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic, the debut of Weiner’s 14th novel was moved up, because the.
What does the Bible say about summer. Also referred to as the growing season, summer is the time of the year to enjoy the outdoors. From hiking lush forests to swimming in refreshing water, summer is a great opportunity to indulge in the fun natural activities our planet can offer.
However, the Bible also encourages us to work and remain prudent during this time as historically this season. These are just quick guides to help you. Happy reading. This one is to read the book of Psalms in June, July, and August: HERE. This one is more of a year long one but it’s got a plan for different books of the Bible so you can pick a month and do whichever you want: HERE.
This one is just 5 Reading my Bible in the summer book a day for 5 days a week. My favorite summer reading recommendation: ‘The forest was full of signs and portents, its own secret written language.’ Tove Jansson, the world-renowned creator of the Moomintroll characters, succinctly harnesses the power and glory of a seaside summer season in the twenty-two elegant vignettes contained within The Summer Book/5(K).
The LifeWay Summer Reading Program has ended. If you completed the program, and filled out the Get Rewards form to let us know by Aug look for an email containing your instructions on how to choose and get one of the books below for free as your prize.
The Bible is one big story made up. Summer Reading: The Bible. John I. Snyder J Church Life Faith Featured. Summer brings to us longer days and a slower pace. Many are on vacation and this gifts us more time to do the things we love or haven’t had a chance to do.
So pick up your Bible, and if possible, read it in book form—don’t read it on an electronic. Overall, he’s pretty good at following a plan and he seems on board with this summer’s family Bible read. My middle son, a high school senior, is like most teenage boys I suppose.
Last summer, I created the Foundations of the Bible reading I love that reading plan and think it’s great for someone who needs a broad overview of the Bible as a whole, it leaves a lot of the scriptures out in order to cover the surface level in nine short weeks.
Love this. It would be perfect for my son this summer. We have started reading the Bible together, specifically stories of Jesus Birth, Noah, and when God gave Moses the 10 Commandments. I know he would love this reading plan – thank you so much for giving us something to look forward over the summer.
This book has 28 5-star ratings on Amazon and for the last year, the Lord has been reiterating a message to me on forgiving others. When I read over the reviews for this book, my impression was that every single person who read the book truly.
Today I've been preparing for summer break with calendaring, activities, and daily schedule (or lack thereof). And I'm so excited to bring to you this summer Bible Reading plan for children.
This plan covers the book of John and is designed for 3rd through 6th graders. If your child is younger than 3rd grade, you could still do the plan by reading aloud to your child/children. Summer Bible Reading Plan & Book Club. I am beyond excited to start this summer reading club with my girlfriends.
I have read your Proverbs31 already, but I think accountability and study of this ebook is going to be great. Thanks for continuing to be the example so many need.
And now, here is the Summer Bible Reading Plan for Independent Readers — “The Call”. Print off the pdf for you child, or scroll down and find the entire plan right here on this page.
While the plan begins on June 8, feel free to begin it and end it whenever you would like. This material provides an expositional verse-by-verse study of each book of the Bible, one book at a time, and applies the Scriptures to the complex issues adult students face.
Need one per student. Features: Bible background Maps, charts, and word studies NIV translation Real-life application.
Reading is my escape. It’s also my favorite form or procrastination. This summer while my boys are in the neighborhood pool, I’ll be parked on a lounge chair, Kindle in hand, reading. If you’re looking for a little inspiration for your summer reading list, I’ve got a few suggestions for you.
For the wise and discerning Christian, books are an eternal investment, as is any other activity. So we should choose our books carefully and read only those that will do the most good to our souls.
God’s Word should be our primary reading this summer, as we seek to behold our God in its pages. Nothing can or should be a substitute for the Bible.
Are you looking for something to read this summer. I can’t recommend the books on my summer reading list highly enough: • “Upheaval” by Jared Diamond •. Enhance Your Program with a New Digital Reading Tool. Literacy Pro—a complete, blended-learning tool—will personalize each student’s experience based on interest, reading-level, and ts will be motivated by the best titles to read throughout the summer.
Plus, they will find connections to an array of My Books Summer titles and complete online “Think More” quizzes that. This Bible reading plan is perfect for families to do together, or to organize a reading plan just for kids.
Runing the Sunday before Memorial Day (5/27) through Labor Day (9/3), this reading plan is broken into 7 smaller plans for families that cannot commit to the full days. But in my own childhood, even though I was an insatiable reader, I doubt that I would have embraced the idea of having to read over the summer.
Summer was a glorious time to read. The goal of this summer’s Bible Reading Challenge is to encourage the people of Incarnation to build a habit of connecting with God by reading the Bible more regularly. Whether you are new to the habit of reading the Bible or are looking to refresh a practice that is already in place, you can set your own goal for how you will read the Bible.
ESSENCE has selected 14 books by Black authors that are so necessary to read right now–from children’s books to romance novels.
Whether it’s. I’m currently using the Inspire Bible (New Living Translation) which has beautiful line illustrations that I don’t get tired of.
You might also want to explore bible journaling. Read a Christian Classic – Take advantage of some of the summer down time and read a.
- Explore Kris Seifert's board "summer Bible reading program" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Bible for kids, Reading program, Bible lessons pins.
Books DLTK's Educational Ideas - Print and Assemble Books Summer. This mini-book is quite simple with images that should appeal to young children and simple words that children in PreK thru Kindergarten should be able to read themselves (in context with the pictures). When the Summer Reading Chart was released back in May, the #1 piece of feedback was “Can we get a grown-up version?”.
So for the last six months, Becca and I have been working on a reading log for grownups and I’m so happy to finally release it today in preparation for and all your January reading goals. I sent over the world’s ugliest sketch to Becca and she brought it to life.
Bible verses related to Summer from the King James Version (KJV) by Book Order - Sort By Relevance Genesis - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Summer is here! Have you made your summer Bible study plans? If not, I have a few ideas for you. 1. Read through the book of Proverbs with us here at Good Morning Girls! We are reading one chapter a day all summer long – you can find our resources and reading plans here —> Another way you could read Proverbs is this: Read one chapter a day.
The Mental Floss Summer Reading List: 27 Books to Read in Summer the Bible Belt, and Mormon country (where she was missionary a decade ago).
After an adolescence spent reading books. 15 Books We're Excited to Read This Summer The weirdest summer on record demands a fun reading list. By Thrillist Entertainment. Published on 5/29/ at PM. Emily Carpenter/Thrillist.

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