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17 July is commemorated as the World Day for International Justice, where the international community emphasizes the importance of continuing the struggle to provide justice for victims of human rights violations and against impunity. This commemoration is a reminder of the historic events on 17th July 1998, which was the day Rome Statute was adopted, which later became the basis for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). AJAR hosted an online discussion event on instagram to share about the current situation regarding the Indonesia-Timor Leste Truth & Friendship Commission, 13 years after its establishment. The speakers of this event were Jose Luis de Oliveira (Director of AJAR Timor-Leste) and Bedjo Untung (Activist, 1965 Murder Victims Research Foundation (YPKP 65)).
When there was violence by TNI/Polri officers during the Timor-Leste ballot, the Indonesian and Timor-Leste governments formed the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) to “seek the conclusive truth” about the war crimes that happened in 1999. On 15th July 2008, the CTF submitted its report to the two governments with contains several recommendations, but until now, 13 years after the submission of the Indonesia – Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) report, these recommendations are still being ignored by the governments of both countries, resulting in the non-fulfillment of the victims’ rights to an effective remedy.
There have been efforts to bring these issues to the international judicial system, to bring the perpetrators of human rights violations to justice. However, experts have concluded that this judicial process has not been running fairly for the perpetrators. This is one of the reasons why it’s crucial to maintain the CTF between Indonesia and Timor-Leste in an effort to ensure justice and accountability.
This session also discusses several issues arising from the past conflict between Indonesia and Timor-Leste that need to be addressed with bilateral diplomatic relations, including the human rights violations that occurred during those times of conflict. Challenges being faced to maintain this bilateral commission are also discussed. One of the biggest challenges faced by the CTF is that the recommendations made to address human rights violations from the conflict have not been implemented by both the governments of Indonesia and TImor-Leste.
Watch the full online discussion session here


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One shiny egg falls down, down, down through the midnight sky. A wooden egg, no larger than a goose egg, but much heavier. And inside the egg is Barkbelly…
Barkbelly is an outsider – a wooden boy – and when a terrible accident happens, everyone in the village blames him. Suddenly Barkbelly is on the run for his life.
Through the mountains and on he runs. A dark and dangerous journey to the other side of the world and back again. Barkbelly sleeps under the stars, rides on a circus wagon and sails on the deck of a pirate ship. He runs faster than he has ever run in his life. And along the way, he learns the truth about where he
Once he knows where that place is, he has to go there. But will it be where he belongs?
BARKBELLY is a magical, fast-moving adventure story, packed with amazing machines, giant hedgehogs, salty pirates, a circus and a jam factory!
Reviews of Barkbelly
A startling fresh voice in children’s books. Cat Weatherill is one of our great storytellers, vivacious and inventive. She brings all her consummate skill to the creation of her first magical book – Michael Morpurgo
The real star of this month’s fantasies is Cat Weatherill’s BARKBELLY. What makes the book special is not just the quality of the author’s imagination but her richly poetic style – Amanda Craig, The Times
Cat’s curious fable of a wooden boy cries to be read aloud – Helen Brown, The Daily Telegraph
Cat Weatherill’s BARKBELLY falls squarely in the glorious category… As in all the best stories, what he learns on the way about love, friendship and courage becomes the real point of the tale – Christina Hardyment, The Independent
I think it’s just wonderful. Cat has brought her vivid storyteller’s gifts straight on to the page — her Barkbelly is a lively, affecting wooden hero, as much a real boy as Pinocchio ever was. This is a magical and moving debut – Erica Wagner, Literary Editor, The Times
This is magical and wonderfully exciting storytelling, which lifts effortlessly aloud off the page, fuelled by the musical rhythms of the language and the tidal rhythms of traditional stories – Books For Keeps
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award for best debut novel
Shortlisted for the Calderdale Children’s Book of the Year
If you’ve read BARKBELLY, you’ll remember Snowbone… She’s the strange, pale wooden girl whom we last saw sitting on a beach in Ashenpeake, ‘lost to the wind and the waves.’
In SNOWBONE, the thrilling sequel to BARKBELLY, Snowbone becomes a fierce warrior, determined to fight for her people’s freedom. With Figgis, Blackeye and her gang of tiddlins marching beside her, Snowbone hunts for the slave traders. But the slavers won’t give in without a fight… Will Snowbone live to tell the tale? Read more
Have you ever wondered what happened to the children who followed the Pied Piper of Hamelin? Now you can find out… Floating heads, magic weapons, a stone ogre, whispering forests and a fearsome werewolf make this a fast and scary read for 8 – 14 year olds. Read more
Follow Robbie and his daddy as they help playful hedgehogs, dancing mice and a tiny owl with their lantern’s golden light. On such a busy night, can the lantern guide the rabbits home before bedtime? Read more
Jaco Evans is tired of dressing up for the St David’s Day celebrations in school. One year he wishes he could actually BE a leek for the day – and it happens!
How will Jaco get his pants on when he’s got no legs? Why does his teacher throw him out of the classroom? Will he get to play against Wood Green Juniors in the annual St David’s Day football match? Read more

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Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy won’t complete his five-year term as the chief minister.
Naidu said the state government is dependent on loans which none was willing to give any longer. “The state’s image had taken such a severe beating that the government finds it difficult to last for a full term,” he remarked.
On the second day of Rayalaseema’s ‘Badude Badudu’ campaign, Naidu visited Kurnool and addressed party activists of the united Kurnool district. “The chief minister, ministers, and MLAs used benamis to loot the state,” he added.
The TDP chief recalled how all individuals and national and international institutions competed to put investments in AP during the previous government. “Now, everybody was unwilling to give loans because it was not safe any longer,” he said.
“While the previous chief minister made Rs. 3.14 lakh crore loans, the incumbent chief minister took it to Rs. 8 lakh crore, a burden that the people would not be able to bear in future,” Naidu added.
He went on to say, “Jagan Mohan Reddy nominated Vijay Sai Reddy to Rajya Sabha just because he an accused in CBI cases. If Vijay Sai turned approver, the next moment chief minister would be jailed.”
“The chief minister promised to bring special status if he was given 25 MPs. The people gave him 22 MPs in 2019 but instead of fighting for it, he started selling Rajya Sabha seats for personal reasons. He should realise that AP is not his jagir,” Naidu remarked.
Naidu claimed that the chief minister and his MLAs were unable to face people’s anger. “As a result of which he changed ‘Gadapa Gadapaku YSRCP’ to ‘Gadapa Gadapaku Government’,” he claimed.
The former chief minister described Jagan as a kid before the TDP and that his false cases would not deter the party leaders. “Many chief ministers have come and gone but none of them derived sadistic pleasure by inflicting pain on people like he has,” he said.
“Nandyal’s Abdul Salaam, his wife and two children committed suicide by falling under a speeding train following police harassment. Jagan visited houses in his ‘Odarpu’ drama after his father’s death but did not care to console victims of atrocities at their homes after he became chief minister,” he alleged.


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Programmes and workshops for EYFS and KS1
Our youngest learners love to learn through music!
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First steps in instrumental playing for all and next steps
Durham Music Service runs over 40 high quality music ensembles for all genres of music and pupil standard across Durham and Darlington.
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The original Globe Theatre was built in London in 1599 by William Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men but it was destroyed by fire in 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site the next year and remained active until closing in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe in London, called “Shakespeare’s Globe”, was opened in 1997 not too far from the site of the original venue … but a Texas schoolgirl named Marjorie Morris beat London’s 1997 reconstruction to the draw by almost 50 years.
Marjorie Morris came up with the idea in 1948 and managed to convince her Odessa High School, senior English class of its brilliance. After all, why couldn’t a west Texas oil town benefit from an active replica of William Shakespeare’s Globe Theater?
Why not indeed?
The Odessa High School Shakespeare Club took on the project, soliciting donations and getting plans drawn. It took ten years but, on March 7th, 1958, groundbreaking ceremonies were held on land donated by Odessa College. On-again off-again construction commenced whenever funds were made available until, finally, in May of 1964, Odessa’s Globe Theatre was formally dedicated.
Not content to stop there, a replica of Anne Hathaway’s cottage was added to the complex. No, not the Anne Hathaway of modern Hollywood but Shakespeare’s wife. The cottage is known as the Anne Hathaway Library and houses the works of Shakespeare along with displays of special interest to fans of the Bard.
Odessa’s Globe Theatre was modeled after Shakespeare’s original, 1599 Globe Theatre. The resulting 410-seat octagonal theater serves as a non-profit, presenting classical and modern plays using an Elizabethan-style stage. The Globe hosts community theater performances, national road shows, a monthly country and western show called “The Brand New Opree,” and other community events.
Odessa’s Globe Theatre
2308 Shakespeare Road, Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
For more information, Please visit: www.globesw.org
Lodging Near Odessa’s Globe Theatre
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Alpha particles are a form of ionizing radiation that is given off by radioactive materials such as uranium and radon. These particles are finding their way into our water supply in ever larger amounts thanks to the Fukushima disaster and fracking .
Where Alpha Particles Come From
Alpha particles are energetic helium nuclei that are given off by decaying radioactive materials such as radon gas and uranium. Radon gas is naturally occurring in some areas, it is trapped in bedrock formations underground and is given off in small amounts that can sometimes be detected in drinking water supplies. The EPA limits the amount of alpha particles allowed in water, and can require a municipal water authority to take action to correct high levels of alpha particles.
Radioactive water pollution caused by fracking
Recent reports indicate that large releases of radon into drinking water supplies in the US are being caused by a natural gas/oil extraction process in wide use called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”. The State of New York recently suspended all fracking operations in that state over concerns that significant amounts of radioactive materials such as uranium and radon are showing up in New York water supplies. Other sources of radioactive drinking water pollution include nuclear power plants and uranium processing facilities.
Alpha Particle Water Pollution is Getting Worse
Alpha particle radiation is present in most drinking water supplies, and the problem is getting worse. Ongoing radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster and water pollution from widespread fracking operations are expected to increase the levels of alpha particle activity detectable in water for years to come. The problem is worse in some states than in others.
States with Elevated Levels of Alpha Particle Water Pollution
How Alpha Particles will kill you
The destructive effects of alpha particle radiation from polluted water supplies will build up in your body over time. Ionizing radiation causes cellular and DNA mutations which give rise to many forms of cancer. Some of the most common forms of cancer attributed to ionizing radiation include Leukemia, thyroid cancer, and some lymphomas (blood cancers).
How to Protect Yourself from alpha particle water pollution
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When we were kids in the ’40s and ’50s, we occasionally had surprise, unforeseen storms or snow days. Now it seems that never happens. Is this increase in accuracy because of satellites?
—Bronte Jornod and Joe Guastafeste
Dear Bronte and Joe,
Accuracy in weather forecasting has increased by leaps and bounds since your childhood not only because of weather satellites but through the advent of computer technology that has allowed sophisticated mathematical simulations of the atmosphere to generate an abundance of a plethora of increasingly reliable weather forecasts. Current five-day forecasts are now as accurate as the three-day forecasts in the 1980s. But That being said, the weather can still surprise. While it is highly unlikely that a major snowstorm would arrive unnoticed, snowfall totals could be under-forecast if the storm unexpectedly intensified or stalled.


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The title says it all. I post an original photo (nearly) every day, and write a few comments on each one. They're not all great photos, and they don't all show perfect photographic technique (I'm way too fond of chance and happy accidents to always aim for perfection). I hope they are all interesting.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
They Might Be Hipsters V
The photo: shot with my reversed lens Kodak Brownie Hawkeye in Chicago late last summer. The lyrin: from the song "I've Got A Match" from They Might Be Giants' album Lincoln.


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Amiba is a Gene Expression Programming (GEP) framework for Java. GEP is, like genetic algorithms, a branch of evolutionary computing. The framework separates the process of evolution from the process of interpretation of the chromosome, allowing the use of various schemes. For example, graphs may be used as terminals and graph operations as operators in the chromosome instead of the usual double precision numbers. It implements mutation, transposition, and recombination. Options and rates are easily configured through an XML file. A mechanism to load fitness cases in bulk is also provided.
BBalc is an open framework for the BloodBowl game. The purpose of this library is to provide chess-computer like functions like analyzing the game or generating BloodBowl actions. It provides a versatile interface to access and modify game data. The modular design allows users to extend existing analyse modules to their needs, build new modules from scratch, or even build complete applications based on the BBalc framework.
Bayesian Spam Filter is a class that can be used to detect spam in text messages using Bayesian techniques. It analyzes the text in terms of n-grams in a way that is idiom independent. It can be trained to progressively distinguish what is spam and what is not spam by detecting patterns in training samples. Training data is stored in a MySQL database.
BioJava aims to provide a comprehensive set of Java components for the rapid development of applications in Bioinformatics. It contains interfaces for representing Sequences, Features, and other important bioinformatics concepts. It can also read and write sequence data in a variety of common formats and communicate with Ensembl databases and with DAS and BioCorba servers.
Care2x (formerly Care 2002) is software for hospitals and health care organizations. It is designed to integrate the different information systems existing in these organizations into a single efficient system. It solves the problems inherent in a network of multiple programs that are incompatible with each other. It can integrate almost any type of services, systems, departments, clinics, processes, data, or communication that exist in a hospital. Its design can even handle non-medical services or functions like security or maintenance. All of its functions can be accessed with a Web browser, and all program modules are processed on the server side.


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There is just soooooo much to post. But It is a Gudi Padwa weekend.... I have earned a break. And Alibag beckons yet again. Sooo.... more on my return anon...
This appeared in Economic Times.... there's one more and one more .... Mumbai Mirror and India Today....
Khushwant Singh: A very nice man to know!
It takes guts to write the obituary of an extraordinary man who had made a name for himself writing other people’s far-from-flattering obituaries (“Why glorify the dead?” he’d asked) ! I had once done a piece on Khushwant Singh in which I had stated how glad I was that I hadn’t died before him! Assuming, of course, he’d have been inspired enough to acknowledge my death in the first place. Many were his contemporaries who shuddered at the thought of what he would say about them if they ‘left for their heavenly abodes’, before he did. Well, Khushwant outlived them all, but more than living to the grand total of 99, he stayed true to the old cliché – it’s not the years in your life, but the life in your years that matters. And what a life it has been! I would call it an exceedingly charmed one. Khushwant was fortunate enough to have lived entirely on his own terms. His unfettered existence defined his iconoclastic brand of writing which attracted three generations of die hard fans. His columns provided an easy read for readers in search of mental stimulation packaged neatly into 700 word capsules. His zest for life came through strongly in his work. His candid, no nonsense approach found several admirers who recognized his rare ability to make the most of every moment… to use the priceless filter of humour …. and just get on with life. And get on with it, he did, till the very end… waking early and getting down to work. Behind the façade of a drunken profligate, a reckless philanderer , carelessly making his way through life as ‘the world’s most famous sardar’, was a diligent wordsmith who never skipped a deadline, a disciplined writer who put pen to paper every single day, a voracious reader with an insatiable appetite for knowledge, an incurable romantic who could recite exquisite Urdu verse… and of course, an unabashed lover of beauty. He made no secret of his admiration for a string of gorgeous ladies who were a part of his daily durbar. And they made no secret of their love for him. Did that make him a ‘Dirty Old Man’ ? Hell, no! Disappointingly enough, for all his bluster and blatant public flirting, Khushwant remained an ‘all talk, no action’ charmer. Which was also the reason why beautiful, lonely ladies felt so comfortable in his company. He really didn’t give a damn what anybody thought. Oops! There goes myth number one. He was not a drunkard either, preferring to sip his single malt like a true connoisseur in a civilized, slow way before ordering an early dinner and going to bed… with a good book! Yes, he was a bird watcher. Literally so. He knew his birds and trees (bees too), like he knew his poets and scholars. There was little he didn’t know about life…and that’s what made him such a sparkling conversationalist…. who didn’t want to be invited to his salon? From Ambassadors, Presidents, Prime Ministers, actors , dancers, writers and public intellectuals, everybody flocked to sit at Khushwant’s feet and be a part of his charmed circle.
Sometimes, I used to wonder whether Khushwant was deriving a secret thrill out of misleading people who’d made up their minds about him. Given his wicked, irreverent sense of humour, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Khushwant had written his own obituary, Khushwant –style! Now that would be a real literary masterstroke – and entirely in keeping with Khushwant’s attitude to his own genius. He could laugh at himself and he taught Indians to laugh at themselves… I think that is his biggest legacy, given how hyper sensitive we are about our foibles. About his supposed obsession with sex, Khushwant was upfront and candid when he admitted in an interview, “Every human being is obsessed by sex…. Every married person has fantasies about having sex outside marriage… some dare to go ahead and have affairs, others don’t .” Did he dare, he was cheekily asked by his ravishing female interviewer. For once, Khushwant Singh blushed before giving an uncharacteristically non-committal, coy answer. It didn’t surprise those who knew Khushwant well. But for the rest, his well guarded secret had inadvertently tumbled out!
I get the feeling Khushwant Singh will be chuckling away somewhere, watching the tributes pouring in from across the country. We were the fortunate ones…. those of us who were lucky enough to have met him, worked with him ( we had collaborated on an anthology), sipped daaru in his Sujan Singh Park salon, broken bread with his formidably beautiful wife, heard him hold forth on a host of fascinating topics …and just basked in his presence. His was a blessed life. And we, who shared bits and pieces of the Khushwant magic, were blessed in return.
India Today. Khushwant Singh
The Patiala Peg of Publishing is no more….
Funny. There are some individuals you imagine will live forever and ever. They become such an intrinsic part of your life, you start taking their existence entirely for granted…Khushwant Singh was one such individual. Three generations of avid readers greedily walloped every word he wrote for public consumption. And suddenly the one man word machine is gone!! The man in the light bulb just switched it off!!!
I am not going to write a gush-gush obit on a man who never wrote a gush- gush one himself! How can I…? And insult the great man himself? Khushwant Singh had almost single handedly raised irreverence to an art form, in a country that is singularly lacking in irony! Had he to write his own obit, he wouldn’t have spared himself. So here goes…. this one is for you, Khushwant… uncut and unsparing… just the way you would have liked it.
Let me start by busting one or two popular myths. Come on, Singh, you were no Lothario. You didn’t qualify as the Great Indian Lover. No way! You were not lecherous. You didn’t grope. You were disappointingly well behaved! What the world did not know was that you probably suffered from low self worth. That much touted libido was all inside the turban. Your strike rate with all those lovely ladies in your durbar was verbal and non-intrusive. In that sense, you would never have had to ‘recuse’ or lacerate yourself. You, dear Khushwant, were an incurable romantic… mushy, sentimental and gullible. Women used you… your contacts … your influence, much more than you ever ‘used’ them. All you really ached for was to be surrounded by beauty… and lashings of female flattery… God was kind! You received both generously.
As a political commentator, you were far from astute. If anything, you were hopelessly naïve. In colloquial lingo, you were a ‘kaan ka kuchha’. People fed you stories… and you believed them. You were trusting enough of the Gandhi family, to blindly support all that they proposed and implemented, never once questioning their integrity. Your abject loyalty to Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay, during the notorious Emergency, cost you many fans. You lost credibility. But you refused to back down, obstinately defending the indefensible. This must have dismayed your contemporaries, who were far shrewder and politically better aware during this sensitive period. Despite your embarrassing subjugation to the Gandhis, you found yourself in the political wilderness soon after. However, the single most impressive act you performed was by returning the Padma Vibhushan after Operation Bluestar. That took courage… and you won back the respect of several critics who had been alarmed by your Gandhi family fixation.
As a man of letters, you never did reach the heights that were expected of you. Your ‘Train to Pakistan’ remains a rather flimsy novel, that garnered attention at a time when there was no real literary competition. Most of the books that followed, made millionaires out of the publishers, but were essentially a packaging triumph – being compilations of your columns. However, nobody can take away your glory from ‘The History of the Sikhs’. This is by far your most significant contribution.
Your obsession with sex was again, a careful construct. You made a sweeping statement in an interview where you said every single human being in the world is obsessed by sex. It was a real gem of a “ Khushwantism”, and in keeping with the image you were trapped in – a bawdy, lecherous drunk! It was as brilliant as the other one – “ Nobody has yet invented a condom for the pen.” Why you went along with this misleading positioning, we ‘ll never know. For those who love and adore you, insist nothing could be as far- fetched as that foolish branding .
Let’s talk about your branding. I wonder, were you a party to it! Or did it happen by default? Because, you know what, it may have sold zillions of books, but it did you enormous disservive. And you, dear Khushwant, were to the manor born. You were a rich man1 You didn’t need the money.And how many people know how generous you were with the royalties you received? Or how many favours you doled out each time you heard a sob story? How many people know about your mentoring young writers – some with merit, but most without? How many people were lucky enough to learn the nuts and bolts of magazine publishing under your dynamic stewardship? Not many. And this is my big shikayat against you, Khushwant Singh. You played up and played into all the wrong things, when you could have high lighted your many achievements and qualities. Your legendary generosity – of spirit… and… spirits… and more! And your blind trust in sycophants who flocked to your salon and took full advantage of your position.
Khushwant Singh….let’s face it, you were a sucker for praise, flattery, chamchagiri. Many great men fall into this very trap, much to the chagrin of their family members. But what the hell – at least you lived your life Sardar size…. no regrets, no explanations, no apologies.
Here’s to you, Khushwant Singh – the Patiala Peg of publishing is no more! But we will continue to raise our glasses and thank you for liberating us from our idiotic, hypocritical , fake, humourless lives… for making us laugh at ourselves… for ridding us of quaint sexual hang ups… for chucking old rules into the waste basket… for caring a damn! Jeena isi ka naam hai!
I am sure you are enjoying your evening Chhota right now… with at least half a dozen celestial apsaras fawning over you.Heaven just got sexier! Thank you, Khushwant Singh….
Why women loved Khushwant Singh….
Let’s be honest : Khushwant Singh was not a handsome man. He himself reminded the world about this unfortunate physical fact of life. So, it would be fair to say, women didn’t exactly fall for his looks… Khushwant didn’t delude himself on this score , either. And yet, some of Delhi’s most ravishing socialites were his die hard groupies, and used to turn up for his daily 7pm durbars, dressed to the nines, like they were attending a ball in Buckingham Palace. Countless other women across India found him equally irresistible. Why? How? In an age when a man’s six pack does all the talking and seducing, here was this out of shape guy slumped into a deep armchair, dressed in an unironed pathan suit ,hair and beard disheveled, legs propped up on a moodah…hardly Casanova material, right? And yet!He was the much loved Krishna, with no dearth of Gopis to keep him company, night after night. Possibly, it was Khushwant’s brain that was considered sexy by hundreds of accomplished, successful, great looking ladies of varying age groups. From grand moms in their seventies to nubile PYT’s, nobody was immune to Khushwant Singh’s charm. Bingo! That’s the word – charm. Khushwant proved a man didn’t need to dress well (he was an absolute slob), bathe regularly ( he’d admitted he washed once every three days – if that), lavish gifts ( he preferred a more cost effective option and lavished extravagant compliments instead!). All a man had to do was listen keenly to a woman, understand her sorrows ( most women have secret sorrows!), and make her feel she was his ‘one and only’. Khushwant was unbeatable in this regard - let’s call him a one man spa for women ! A few sessions at the Khushwant Spa, and women emerged feeling refreshed … beautiful! That was it. He became their wellness mantra. Khushwant( like Gulzar) understood a woman’s tears. He recited Urdu poetry , stroked a broken ego, pumped up her self esteem when she was down, and made her believe he genuinely cared for her. In all probability, he wasn’t putting on an act. But even if that was the case – what the hell! Khushwant was the pep up pill the doc ordered. And women were grateful – some, even deeply indebted, to a grisly old so-and-so with a terrible , self-generated reputation as India’s Dirty Old Man.
In reality, Khushwant Singh was not ‘dirty’ at all – he was consistently kind. He was the same with men and women, non-entities and celebrities. This was his most endearing trait. Men were jealous of his success with women. They’d look at themselves and wonder why those same lovely ladies shunned / snubbed them but fawned over Khushwant. What did this ‘lecherous’ ( in his own words) writer have that they didn’t? To these short-sighted men, one was tempted to ask, “ Have you ever looked beyond yourself… and looked into a woman’s heart?” I think I know the answer to that one!
I wish Khushwant had written the definitive guide to understanding women. He would have tackled it in his own inimitable style, of course, and focused on how to ‘patao’ girls. I suspect Khushwant’s stated lechery stayed in his mind. When his wife – the formidable and handsome Sardarni Kawal Malik – was alive, he was petrified of her, and was undisguisedly hen pecked. After she passed away, he was a bit too old to indulge in anything more than verbal flirtation. Women would slavishly hang on to every line he threw at them… and he in turn would bask in their beauty.
There’s a lesson in there for men looking to improve their low strike rate with alluring ladies. Instead of talking to a girl’s chest ( legs or butt), try talking to her secret self… the one she hides and guards so jealously. Khushwant clearly possessed this special key that unlocked so many buried female truths. He did so gently, non-obtrusively and genuinely. What did he want in return? Not much. A perfume soaked caress… a warm hug… a gentle peck…and of course, the greatest high in the world for most men – a gorgeous woman’s undivided attention.
There are many who must be mourning Khushwant – men and women. He had indeed touched countless lives during his 99 years. But what’s the bet it’s the women he nurtured, encouraged, adored and worshipped, who will miss him the most?
If Khushwant Singh was a Dirty Old Man, I wish there were hundreds of other Dirty Old Men, equally capable of enriching our lives on every level – emotional, physical and intellectual.

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*Confetti* I’d love to fully review all of these, but I either read them too long ago or did not have a strong opinion on them. After going the route of reviewing every single thing I read, I think I got burnt out. No one loves a burn out. Except maybe their mother. Unless its a burnout in a Disney movie. Then the mom is dead. Do you think the writers at Disney have parental issues? How hard is it to portray a present parent? Presently, I present you with my perceptions of books I read after I took a break from this blog. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. *cough*
Firstlife by Gena Showalter
Synopsis: Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she’ll live — after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death.
In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, long-time enemies and deadly rivals. Both will do anything to recruit Ten, including sending their top Laborers to lure her to their side. Soon, Ten finds herself on the run, caught in a wild tug-of-war between the two realms that will do anything to win the right to her soul. Who can she trust? And what if the realm she’s drawn to isn’t where the boy she’s falling for lives? She just has to stay alive long enough to make a decision…
I gave this 3 stars on Goodreads. It was fine, it was action packed, it was love-triangly. But I wasn’t wow-ed by any means. The creativity is there, but it’s JAM packed with many, many tropes and cliches. While I enjoyed reading it, I thought it was very predictable and I kept thinking how much more interesting it would be if X and Y happened. I’ve read better, but I’ve also read worse.
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Synopsis: Salem, Massachusetts is the site of
the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves The Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were?
If dealing with that weren’t enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real live (well technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with The Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. If any town should have learned its lesson, it’s Salem. But history may be about to repeat itself.
I picked up this book for the sole reason that it was a Salem Witch Trial book written by a descendant of one of the main facilitators of the witch trials, Cotton Mather. I wasn’t disappointed, but I also think I would have enjoyed this a lot more 10 years ago. It was just slightly too juvenile for me, but I don’t regret reading it. It really was a great idea, and well written. One reviewer mentioned that this would be great as a Netflix series like The Vampire Diaries, and I couldn’t agree more. I gave this book 3/5 stars.
The Sugar Men by Ray Kingfisher
Synopsis: Susannah Morgan has been settled in sleepy North Carolina for almost sixty-five years, but is still haunted by memories of her escape from the holocaust as a child.
For most of her life the flashbacks have been a lonely obsession – one she has managed to hide from her children. But as her life draws to a close her memories start asking questions, and the only way she can find answers is to return to the scene of the unspeakable crime.
Against the wishes of her children she flies back to Germany to find her truth. What she discovers there explains so much about who she is, who her children are, and how the wretched legacy of the holocaust is wide and deep and persistent.
I love reading Holocaust survivor stories, and when I saw this for free on Amazon, I jumped right in. I really wish I hadn’t. I found this book to be grossly under-researched, awkward in delivery, and generally unbelievable. It was so bad, I found it to be disrespectful to the real survival stories that are out there. If I could give this negative stars, I would. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.
The Royals Trilogy
Paper Princess | Broken Prince | Twisted Palace
I enjoyed this series enough to read all three of them, but I felt a lot of the characters were problematic. They portray abusive relationships and adult content, so read at your own risk, children. I gave all of these 3 stars on Goodreads.
The Unkillable Kitty O’Kane by Colin Falconer
Synopsis: When fiery and idealistic Kitty O’Kane escapes the crushing poverty of Dublin’s tenements, she’s determined that no one should ever suffer like she did. As she sets out to save the world, she finds herself at the forefront of events that shaped the early twentieth century. While working as a maid, she survives the sinking of the Titanic. As a suffragette in New York’s Greenwich Village, she’s jailed for breaking storefront windows. And traveling war-torn Europe as a journalist, she’s at the Winter Palace when it’s stormed by the Bolsheviks. Ultimately she returns to her homeland to serve as a nurse in the Irish Civil War.
During Kitty’s remarkable journey, she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, Tom Doyle, but Tom doesn’t know everything about her past—a past that continues to haunt her. Will Kitty accept that before she can save everyone else, she needs to find a way to save herself? Or will the sins of her past stop her from pursuing her own happiness?
I found this book to be very depressing. It was good, don’t get me wrong, but poor Kitty goes through so much shit (for lack of a better word) throughout the book. She’s a real magnet for tragedy, and almost nothing went her way. While Kitty is based on real people and real events, she is more a combination of people rather than a single person. I think it would have been more interesting to read about the woman who ACTUALLY survived multiple ship sinkings. Anyway, I gave this 3 stars.
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
Synopsis: When Ella Longfield overhears two attractive young men flirting with teenage girls on a train, she thinks nothing of it—until she realises they are fresh out of prison and her maternal instinct is put on high alert. But just as she’s decided to call for help, something stops her. The next day, she wakes up to the news that one of the girls—beautiful, green-eyed Anna Ballard—has disappeared.
A year later, Anna is still missing. Ella is wracked with guilt over what she failed to do, and she’s not the only one who can’t forget. Someone is sending her threatening letters—letters that make her fear for her life.
Then an anniversary appeal reveals that Anna’s friends and family might have something to hide. Anna’s best friend, Sarah, hasn’t been telling the whole truth about what really happened that night—and her parents have been keeping secrets of their own.
Someone knows where Anna is—and they’re not telling. But they are watching Ella.
To be honest, I didn’t even remember what this was about. I certainly don’t remember if I liked it or not. Take from that what you will. I gave it 3 stars.
Queen of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie
Synopsis: On the night of Guinevere’s birth, a wise woman declares a prophecy of doom for the child: She will be gwenhwyfar, the white shadow, destined to betray her king, and be herself betrayed. Years pass, and Guinevere becomes a great beauty, riding free across Northern Wales on her beloved horse. She is entranced by the tales of the valorous Arthur, a courageous warrior who seems to Guinevere no mere man, but a legend. Then she finds herself betrothed to that same famous king, a hero who commands her willing devotion. Just as his knights and all his subjects, she falls under Arthur’s spell.
At the side of King Arthur, Guinevere reigns strong and true. Yet she soon learns how the dark prophecy will reveal itself. She is unable to conceive. Arthur’s only true heir is Mordred, offspring of a cursed encounter with the witch Morgause. Now Guinevere must make a fateful choice: She decides to raise Mordred, teaching him to be a ruler and to honor Camelot. She will love him like a mother. Mordred will be her greatest joy–and the key to her ultimate downfall.
I loooved this one. This book was so epic, and I enjoyed every second I spent reading it. It was a bit slow at times, and Gwen is very much the damsel in distress, but I thought that it was so interesting to hear the old tale of King Arthur from her point of view. This might not be everyone’s cup of tea, as it was over 800 pages long, but I thought it was worth it. Especially since I was in the middle of a Game of Thrones post season 7 slump. I gave this book 4.5 stars on Goodreads, subtracting .5 stars for Gwen’s damsel/male dependency. But I attribute that more to the time period.
P.S. From Paris by Marc Levy
Synopsis: On the big screen, Mia plays a woman in love. But in real life, she’s an actress in need of a break from her real-life philandering husband—the megastar who plays her romantic interest in the movies. So she heads across the English Channel to hide in Paris behind a new haircut, fake eyeglasses, and a waitressing job at her best friend’s restaurant.
Paul is an American author hoping to recapture the fame of his first novel. When his best friend surreptitiously sets him up with Mia through a dating website, Paul and Mia’s relationship status is “complicated.”
Even though everything about Paris seems to be nudging them together, the two lonely ex-pats resist, concocting increasingly far-fetched strategies to stay “just friends.” A feat easier said than done, as fate has other plans in store. Is true love waiting for them in a postscript?
This was cute. I thought the dialogue was a little awkward at times, but it was translated from French to English so I can’t complain too much. I gave this 3/5 stars.
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
Synopsis: Revenge is worth its weight in gold.
When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers—and justice.
What she finds are untrustworthy strangers, endless dust and heat, and a surprising band of allies, among them a young Apache girl and a pair of stubborn brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow.
But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, a startling truth becomes clear: some men will stop at nothing to get their hands on gold, and Kate’s quest for revenge may prove fatal.
I am a long time fan of Little House on the Prarie vibes, and I was here for this book. Those are terrible comparisons, but they’re the closest I can think of at the moment. Please hold your angry mob until the end of the presentation, please. If you loved True Grit, you’ll love this. If you didn’t love True Grit, I think you’ll still love this. Also, think about how amazing that cover would look on your book shelf. I gave this 4 stars.
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
Synopsis: An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal totalitarian regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told “the best on the planet”?
Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family.
She could not return, since rumours of her escape were spreading, and she and her family could incur the punishments of the government authorities – involving imprisonment, torture, and possible public execution. Hyeonseo instead remained in China and rapidly learned Chinese in an effort to adapt and survive. Twelve years and two lifetimes later, she would return to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea, on one of the most arduous, costly and dangerous journeys imaginable.
This is the unique story not only of Hyeonseo’s escape from the darkness into the light, but also of her coming of age, education and the resolve she found to rebuild her life – not once, but twice – first in China, then in South Korea. Strong, brave and eloquent, this memoir is a triumph of her remarkable spirit.
I rarely read non-fiction, but when I do, it’s epic. I thought this book was incredibly interesting, especially since I don’t really know much about North Korea. Whether you want to learn about the world’s most ruthless dictatorship regime, or like to be inspired by a young woman who had the strength to navigate through series of life-changing, often life-threatening challenges, this book will do you both. 4.5/5 stars.
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Synopsis: When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future he’s been imagining for himself has gone far off course.
To make things worse, the only person who truly understands his heartache is Jackson. But no matter how much they open up to each other, Griffin’s downward spiral continues. He’s losing himself in his obsessive compulsions and destructive choices, and the secrets he’s been keeping are tearing him apart.
If Griffin is ever to rebuild his future, he must first confront his history, every last heartbreaking piece in the puzzle of his life.
Previously, on Christen’s blog… I had mentioned on a Top Five Wednesday post that I had never read an LGBTQ book and listed History Is All You Left Me as one of the books I wanted to read to remedy the situation. Well folks, I went out, bought it, read it, LOVED it. It made me laugh, it made me sob, it made me feel so many emotions that I can barely begin to tell you about them all. This was my favorite read of 2017, and I cannot recommend it enough. 5/5 stars, 10 stars if I could.
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From journalist to newspaper founder to novelist, Ninie Hammon’s writing career has been quite a journey. Her latest novel tells the story of Kentucky miner Will Givens, one of only two survivors of a horrific explosion at the Harlan #7 coal mine as he struggles to put the pieces back together… even some pieces that he’d rather sweep under the carpet.
Q. What led you to write Black Sunshine?
A coal miner is a guy who rides an elevator down into the bowels of the earth, then slings a pick over his shoulder and walks down a long, dark tunnel—right? Wrong. In Eastern Kentucky, the coal isn’t under the ground beneath your feet; it’s under the mountain you’re standing next to. Miners ride straight into the tunnel on shuttles that take them ten to fifteen miles into the base of the mountain. If there’s a problem, they’re not a couple of hundred feet underground, they’re buried alive miles from help. And forget the walking down a tunnel part, too. Forget standing up at all. The tunnels are only 48 inches tall because that’s how thick the coal seam is. Miners work ten-hour shifts bent over or duck walking, inhaling deadly coal dust in the wet darkness.
That’s what led me to write Black Sunshine. The hardship and danger miners face every day seemed the perfect backdrop for a heart-pounding story about revenge that destroys and forgiveness that heals. A story about the prodigal son and the older brother, about Judas and Peter. A story that hinges on the magic of a handicapped boy.
I wrote Black Sunshine because once you get to know a coal mining family, witness their sacrifices and understand their simple dignity, you are compelled to tell their story.
Q. Starting out, who were the authors who inspired you? Who inspires you now?
Well, let’s see, there was J.R.R. Tolkien. And then there was J.R.R. Tolkien. Oh yes, and there was J.R.R… you get the idea. When I was a college English major, I read The Lord of the Rings 16 times. I know that because I put a mark on the back cover of Return of the King every time I finished the trilogy and I had three sets of five marks and one single—before the back cover of the book fell off. And I’ve read it many more times since then. That epic story of the struggle between good and evil had a profound affect on me and on my writing.
Who inspires me now? Are your seatbelts fastened and your tray tables in their upright and locked positions? Ok, I’m a huge fan of the King of Horror—Stephen King. I’ve read just about every word he’s ever committed to paper. If he wrote a grocery list, I’d read it. His characters are real and his plots are as taut as the wires for the high notes on a piano. His mastery of the craft of story-telling inspires and humbles me.
Q. How does your faith influence your writing?
Actually, it sneaked up on me in the beginning. I wrote Sudan from the screenplay by Art Ayris. After that, The Memory Closet and Home Grown, which were good, suspense-filled stories made up of experiences from my own life. Five Days in May was the first book that came totally from my imagination—but the spiritual theme in the book did NOT come from me. It just showed up one day unannounced, uninvited, moved into the story and made itself at home. (The Holy Spirit can be so bossy sometimes!) And after that, the next two books, Black Sunshine and my work-in-progress, The Cleft, have intentional spiritual themes—I started with the themes and built stories around them. The review of Five Days in May by Publisher’s Weekly said that “Ninie Hammon isn’t afraid to beat her readers over the head” with spiritual allegory, but—and this is a huge but—“it is a fine story of love and sacrifice that will hook readers to the end.” In other words, a secular reviewer recognized the spiritual themes in Five Days in May but he was so caught up in the story that he didn’t care. That’s what I am called to do, that’s my assignment—to wrap God’s truth in such gripping stories that secular readers can’t put them down.
Q. How long have you known you wanted to be an author?
My first book—which I wrote and illustrated, too—was called Chocolate Bees, the suspense-filled saga of two bees who got up one morning and decided to make chocolate instead of honey. I was seven years old. I still have that book. Pencil and crayon on fragile, yellowed paper. I get it out and look at it now and then when I’m discouraged. It reminds me that there has never been a time in my life when I didn’t want to be a writer. It is the rare, fortunate person who knows exactly what they were designed by God to do. If He made me choose between telling stories and eating, I’d starve to death.
Q. What do you most hope that readers get from reading your work?
I want to grab readers by the collar and drag them into a nail-biting tale about ordinary people with real-life problems who are suddenly forced to fight for survival. I want readers to watch spellbound as the characters encounter the unexplainable smack in the middle of the everyday world, something supernatural that’s the key to open all the locks. I want readers to watch believable characters struggle, change and heal, and I want them to close the book after the last page with tears in their eyes and God’s hope in their hearts.


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Hartford police investigate suspicious activityMarch 30,2013WILDER — The Hartford Police Department says it is investigating several suspicious incidents, including several reports of students being followed while they were walking alone.
Police say a teacher reported seeing three males following a female middle school student who was walking alone in Wilder. The teacher told police that she pulled over to talk to the student as a deterrent.
The three males then walked away and got into what is described as a gray van and left.
Police say another report came in that a male student believed he was being followed on Tuesday. And on Thursday, police received a report that three males in a gray van were watching juveniles at a Kilowatt Field in Wilder and allegedly held up what appeared to be weapon.MORE IN This Just InBy George V. Nostrand Full Story
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Notice to Bidders
Sealed bids will be received by the Public Service Director of the City of Vandalia, Ohio, 333 James E. Bohanan Memorial Drive, until 11:00 a.m. on September 26, 2023 for the furnishing of all materials, labor, administration, and equipment, pursuant to the drawing, plans and specifications on file at the Public Service Director’s office for the Sanitary Sewer Slip Lining Phase 1 project in the City of Vandalia, Ohio. A non-refundable fee of $40.00 will be charged for plans and specifications. All checks should be payable to the City of Vandalia.
The bidding documents which include drawings, plans and specifications may be examined and obtained at the Public Service Director’s office at 333 James E. Bohanan Memorial Drive, Vandalia, OH 45377. Documents must be acquired from the City of Vandalia and Bidder must be on the current bidders list to qualify as a legitimate bid.
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The contractor will be paid for completion of the work in accordance with the contract documents and the federal requirements of the Community Development Block grant Program (CDBG) as provided by the HUD Supplemental Conditions. Federal Davis-Bacon Act Wages apply to this project.
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The City of Vandalia has a desire to award contracts involving City concerns and funded by City money, to individuals and businesses that are located within the City of Vandalia. Where a preliminary analysis of the bids identifies a bid from a Vandalia individual or business, city council may give a preference to the Vandalia bid and award the contract to the Vandalia bidder when: (i) such bid is within 5% of the lowest bid price (for a low bid of $50,000 or less) or within 2% of the lowest bid price (for a low bid price over $50,000), and (ii) but for the bid price, the Vandalia bid would otherwise be considered the lowest and best bid by the City in its normal evaluation procedures in deciding whether or not to award the contract.
Dan Wendt, City Manager
Project: Sanitary Sewer Slip Lining Phase 1
Advertise: September 8 & 15, 2023
Open Bids: September 26, 2023 - 11:00 am
Location: City of Vandalia, 333 Bohanan Dr. Vandalia, OH 45377
Project Description: Project includes installing approximately 1,064 LF of 8” cured-in-place pipe, 494 LF of 10” cured-in-place pipe and chemical grouting of 20 service connections.
Completion Date: May 3, 2024
Engineer’s Estimate: $100,000.00
Contact: Rob Cron, Public Service Director
Phone Number: 937-415-2323


Machining and metalworking are some of the largest segments within the manufacturing business within the United States and throughout the world. Actually, there are virtually 12.5 million manufacturing workers throughout the country, making up 8.5% of the U.S. workforce. With this many staff within the trade, there are major developments in the instruments these staff have entry to each year. Because of this, it’s possible you’ll be confronted with a variety of options when it comes to selecting the best tools for machining and metalworking. However, roller burnishing instruments are the most effective choices when maintaining measurement and surface finish are critical. This article goes to supply a couple of key advantages roller burnishing instruments can provide your corporation and the machining trade as a whole.
Shorter cycle time: Within the machining and manufacturing industries, the more time that’s spent on making an element or product, the more cash the company loses. Because of this, it’s vital to find a process that minimizes cycle time and increases feed rates will increase by way of-put. Thankfully, roller burnishing tool burnishing instruments do just that. Compared to other strategies, the roller burnishing method executes a single pass operation and may significantly lower cycle time. Additionally, roller burnishing will be performed on the first machine that performs the preceding machining operations, thus eliminating a secondary operation and machine.
Maximizes product quality: With mass manufacturing, it can be tough to regulate surface finishes and tolerances. However, roller burnishing allows for accurate sizing and finishing, even in mass production. In doing this, the process is able to overall decrease the number of components that don’t pass inspection and are rejected.
More dimensional accuracy: Dimensional tolerance can usually be a priority when assembling parts. Dimensional accuracy is key to making sure the part is made correctly and roller burnishing processes will help with that. Because this methodology can achieve dimensional tolerance, half dimensions will now not be a concern.
Offers an amazing surface finish: Roller burnishing permits for more regularity of surfaces and may present a mirror-like finish. With the power this technique applies to the fabric Roller burnishing compresses and flows the metal removing device marks producing a easy, flawless end in one pass. One other profit is that this compressed and extremely-easy surface is resistant to corrosion.
Increased hardness of the surface: With metal, like aluminum components, it’s necessary to achieve a hard, durable surface. The roller burnishing method hardens the fabric’s surface by using a cold rolling process. The result is a durable product with an elevated longevity.
As you’ll be able to see, there are lots of advantages to using roller burnishing tools. From increased dimensional accuracy to smooth, durable surfaces, this method can provide your machining process the outcomes it needs.


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In about 2 hours, I’ll board my last train from Santa Maria Novella and end this summer chapter in Florence. I’m absolutely ecstatic for the next two weeks and getting home, but I am sad to say goodbye to this home. The following is my humanities final, and I think it does a pretty good job of summing up my thoughts on my time here…
“Stories fill our lives in the way that water fills the lives of fish.” I read this in an article somewhere and it got me to thinking. The same article defined a story in its broadest sense as anything told or recounted in the form of a casually-linked set of events. The word story can be replaced with account, tale, narrative, anecdote, legend, history, and the list goes on. Stories also create meanings. To say what something means is to say how it is connected to something else—the link between events. A group is connected based on their mutual knowledge of stories. HUF is a 3-month experience where a group of students is submerged in a new culture and for 3 months, we learn about stories of history, talk of stories back home, and create new stories together. It is a unique opportunity that shapes our lives in ways we may not even be aware. It is this concept of a story that has woven and written its way into my heart this summer as a major building block for what is to come after I leave the gates of this villa and return home.As Dr. McLarty pointed out in his time here at the villa, “at Harding, we sing.” Singing has played a large role in our summer, and a number of those times have been at devotionals. Several devotionals stand out in my mind as defining moments of this summer. One occurred pretty well into the summer at a time when tensions were running pretty high and a negative, complaining vibe seemed to fill the walls of the villa and the walls of all of our hearts. So one night, we all decided to go out on the terrace and have a positivity time. We wound up singing and talking and sharing our favorite stories of the summer so far. One other devotional in particular stands out to me, and that is the one we had on our last night in Paestum on the beach. It had been a great, relaxing day, but I had a few things occupying my mind and my heart from back home, and the loose topic of the evening was peace. It was something that was hard to hear at the time, but it was exactly what I needed. After praying for peace and sleeping off what I credit to sun delusions, I woke up feeling like a new person ready to take on the final week at the villa. Coming together with the group for a time of worship in all of these amazing places we have had the opportunity to visit is an experience incomparable to any other and I am blessed for the times I have been able to worship God with this amazing group of people.
Chapel is easily taken for granted, but I love the time spent focusing my mind on God and starting the day off with songs and thoughts that seem to put the day in a new light. Like devotionals, several chapels have stood out to me this summer and provoked further thought. These chapels specifically have kept me wondering and seeking and pondering life all summer long. Jay Walls spoke about life being like a limp piece of spaghetti, but followed that with talking about passions, purposes, and missions. He gave five steps to follow to pursue these qualities—pray, study, be willing, consider the options, and be courageous. This hit home with me since I currently have no idea what my future holds, no clue what I want to do or even what I would like to major in—in a sense, no directions and no ideas to grab and run with. So after I hear Jay’s chapel and have a minuscule freak out on still not having anything planned out for my life aside from where I am going on free travel, ex-HUFer Brandon comes in and talks about Michelangelo and how he described his talent as unveiling and chiseling away the unnecessary marble to reveal the masterpiece underneath. It is as if the exquisite sculpture is already formed inside, it just needs someone with a chisel to get rid of the excess. Brandon’s point was that God is doing that very thing with us, His children, His masterpieces. Now I am really grappling for what purpose these seemingly connected chapel talks (stories?) serve for me when John Mcallister comes and talks about how he as an author picks an end goal for his books and relies on blind confidence and faith to get him there. Perhaps that is what God is doing with me. He has an end goal in mind and we must live boldly and blindly to unveil that goal.
It is crazy how everything manages to connect. Obviously this summer has been about learning as much as anything else, if not more so. In Bible, in Humanities, even in Italian, many classes revolve around stories. Most of the masterpieces we have seen this summer have not gotten their fame and recognition based solely on the magnificence of the paint on the canvas. The term masterpiece encompasses with it a story behind the hand of the artist or the particular piece that adds to its glamour and finesse. It is a combination of the story portrayed and the story behind its completion that makes it memorable. In sculpture, Bernini is my favorite sculptor because of his ability to so greatly tell a story in his marble creations—there is movement, there is life. Perhaps there is not always a beginning, middle, and end to the story, but there is a story and stories give life. Stories enhance understanding. Stories build connections.
So where does my story go from here? I cannot with certainty answer that question, and I am okay with that. Bob Goff summarizes it better than I can at the end of his book Love Does. The epilogue states the following, “You’ve read the stories in this book, but what’s better than all of those stories are the ones you’re continuing to write with your life. If you’re like me, I’d ask myself at the end of a book called Love Does—so what do I do? It can be a tough question to answer, honestly, but it can also be an easy one. Let me tell you what I do when I don’t know what to do to move my dreams down the road. I usually just try to figure out what the next step is and then do that…what’s your next step? I don’t know for sure, because for everyone it’s different, but I bet it involves choosing something that already lights you up. Something you already think is beautiful or lasting or meaningful. Pick something you aren’t just able to do; instead, pick something you feel like you were made to do and then do lots of that.” So that’s my plan.


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Cab is the ideal vehicle you can hire with a driver, to travel from Chennai to Hasan. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from other modes of public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are determined by the service provider, not by the passenger. Chennai is the second largest exporter of computer and IT related products and services in India. Travelling from Chennai is an awesome experience and basically the best as the city provides you with the best cab services. Itâ€™s easy to plan a trip but planning the best is quite a job and it often happens that we end up doing a mess with the travel. They are best known for their ability to make a tour memorable. Outstation Cabs are the services that are open for you 24*7 as travelling for a purpose have no time of its own. You can either go for online booking or book a one day cab via a phone call. The distance from Chennai to Hassan via Bangalore and Mysore is a wonderful one if travelled in cabs. In addition you will get to see the sight scenes via road if you are travelling via a cab within affordable cab prices. The distance from Chennai to Hassan is 532.6 km taking the time of around 9 hours. Just call 090 4545 0000 to get more details.
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Hassan is a small town in Karnataka famous for its temple architecture and rich history. It is situated 934 m above sea level, and is often referred to as the poor mans Ooty. With Bangalore 185 km away and Mysore nearly 130 km, Hassan is easily reached by both road and rail. The nearest airport is Mysore. In 2006, rail lines between Hassan and Bangalore-Mangalore were converted to broad gauge so now there is frequent traffic. The daily train from Bangalore to Mangalore stops at Hassan. Its location on the NH-48, which connects Bangalore to the port city of Mangalore, ensures regular buses are available at frequent intervals. The Kanrnataka State Bus Transport Service has a full-fledged bus terminus in Hassan. Travelers can also hire cabs at places like Savaari Car Rentals to get to Hassan from nearby cities..
With its 11th century temples, Hassan is the place to be for architecture and History enthusiasts. Couples with the natural beauty, Hassan is definitely a must visit location. 38 km from Hassan is the renowned tourist destination of Belur, the erstwhile capital of the Hoysala dynasty. Here resides the Chennakeshava temple with its intricate carvings built in 1116 AD. In Halebeed, the twin temples of Hoysaleshwara and Kedareshwara bewitch viewers with their elaborate carved panels with sequences from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Shrvanabelagola is a prominent centre of Jain art, religion and culture. The monolithic statue of Bhagwan Bahubali here stands at gigantic 57 feet and is breathtaking in its beauty. Shravanabelabola is also the resting place of the great ruler Chandragupta Maurya. His tomb is located on the Chandragiri hill. Other places to look out for are: Bisile Ghat and the underwater Shettihalli Church. Tourists can hire cabs from Savaari Cab Rentals for a tour of the temples around Hassan.

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Project Q is now officially called the PlayStation Portal but the new name doesn’t change anything. Despite now having the PSP acronym like its predecessor, the new PlayStation Portable, this device is a cloud-based handheld that relies on the internet, instead of being a real games console.
Revealed on Sony’s PlayStation Blog, the PlayStation Portal will retail for $199.99 and is coming later this year. The device will have key features from the PS5’s Dual Sense controller, including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.
Sony is pretty honest about the handheld just being a cloud-based portable for PS5 remote play. Instead of talking about the system as a handheld console, the blog explicitly points out how this is perfect for household gaming. The device is less for cafes and more for players who share their living room with friends or family who might not be gamers.
Basically, they gave the PlayStation 5 a Wii U Gamepad and those merits will differ from gamer to gamer. We’re sure some fans won’t mind using this device to play exclusives like Final Fantasy 16 or Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 while others use the PS5 room.
However, with the continued popularity of the Nintendo Switch and Valve’s Steam Deck inspiring a ton of handheld computers, the PlayStation Portal is still disappointing. Many gamers still have fond memories of the original PSP, which had a vast library of exclusives and third-party titles. While its successor, the PS Vita, didn’t do the numbers Sony wanted, it’s still a beloved system to many.
The PlayStation Portal will be released sometime this year. Expect more news on this cloud-based system soon.


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Guide to Hypoallergenic Dog Food•
Posted on September 27 2018
'You are what you eat' is an adage that is as relevant to dogs as it is to humans. So, if you want your pet to thrive, feeding them high quality food is the best action you can take as an owner. When it comes to caring for man’s best friend, we need to make sure we’re giving him a good quality food that contains all the nutrients they need to live a happy, healthy life. It doesn’t matter if your dogs are show dogs, working dogs or pets - first and foremost, they deserve the best at mealtimes. We strongly believe different dogs have different needs and one size doesn’t fit all. Your dogs might have sensitive skin, digestion problems or another health condition that’s aggravated by other brands of dog food. That’s why we chose to develop our five different ranges: 80/20, Sensitive, Rice and Wet. We even have a fully certified Organic option in the wet food.
We want to help your dog’s look and feel great on the inside as well as on the outside. Allergic reactions in dogs can take many forms, from a minor skin irritation to gastric distress and vomiting. The mixture of nutritional ingredients we use means that we have more of a chance of avoiding common foods that are more likely to cause an allergic reaction in your dog. It can be difficult to ascertain exactly what your dog is allergic to if it has a skin irritation or something similar, but by reducing the chance of it being the food, you reduce the chance of the reaction.
What is Hypoallergenic Dog Food?
Designed for dogs who cannot tolerate normal dog food, it is made with no artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives - as all of these can be harmful for their health. It is also completely free from allergens which can affect their skin, coat and stomach. There are no specific ingredients that make a food hypoallergenic - however, dry foods should be high in natural sources of protein, whether meat or fish, for a tasty dish!

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Greenpark Sundowner offers accommodations in Athi River. The hotel has a spa center and sauna, and guests can enjoy a drink at the bar. Free WiFi is featured and free private parking is available on site.
There is business center, room service and a hairdresser’s at the property.
You can play tennis, ping-pong, and pool at the hotel. Jomo Kenyatta Airport is 17.7 km from the property.


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SEBI is conducting auction in government and corporate debt security investments worth Rs10,616 crore or over $1.9 billion on 20th November for foreign investors
New Delhi: Enthused by growing interest of foreign investors in debt securities in the country, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will conduct an auction this week for investment worth over Rs10,000 crore by foreign investors, reports PTI.
The auction will be conducted on 20th November in both the government and corporate debt securities.
There are individual caps on investment by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in each category and SEBI conducts monthly auctions for the available limits within these caps.
At the last month's auction, the FIIs had bid aggressively for both the government and corporate bonds.
Incidentally, the FII investment in Indian debt market hit its eight-month high level of Rs7,852 crore (about $1.5 billion) last month.
A higher amount of Rs10,016 crore was invested by FIIs into the Indian debt market in February this year.
This month, SEBI is conducting auction for government and corporate debt security investments worth a total of Rs10,616 crore or over $1.9 billion.
SEBI has relaxed norms for FIIs' debt investment by allowing them to avail the debt limits in the corporate debt (long-term infrastructure category) without obtaining its approval till the overall FII investments reaches 90% of a prescribed cap of $12 billion (Rs53,806 crore).
After 90% of this limit, FIIs would need to bid through an auction mechanism for allocation of remaining limits or about Rs5,381 crore in this category.
As per SEBI data, an investment limit of about Rs26,000 crore was available in this category as on 31 October 2012.
There are two categories of government debt bonds with $10 billion of FII investment cap in each of them, while different categories of corporate debt securities face investment limits ranging from $one billion to $20 billion.


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First up, Zion. T and Crush are featured on the February 27th show. They perform ‘Just‘ live and then have a brief interview with MC Yoo Hee Yeol. There’s this gem of a quote from Crush who is appearing on Sketchbook for the first time: “It’s an honor to be on a show that I watch at home in my underwear.” Then Zion. T shares the interesting story of how and he and Crush first met. There is a lovely short performance of a bit of their first collaboration, ‘Two Melodies’ followed by Crush sharing a song he’s inspired by, ‘You in My Arms’ by the late Yoo Jaeha. When asked if there is something he’s better at than Zion. T, Crush responds that his only advantage is his youth. When asked what he has an advantage in, Zion. T simply states that he’s been to the military, eliciting a hilarious response from Crush. Watch the clip below for the rest!
On today’s episode, Eddy Kim is featured. Romantic singer-songwriter indeed. He performs first what is probably his most well known song, ‘The Manual’. I didn’t watch Superstar K4 so this is my first time hearing him perform live and his voice is wonderful. There is much swooning in the crowd. During the interview, an interrogation of Eddy Kim over the lyrics of ‘The Manual’ begins as MC Yoo Hee Yeol jokingly explains male dissatisfaction with the song. Eddy is a good sport the whole time. He then improvises a new version of the song ‘The Manual of Yoo Hee Yeol’ that is pure gold followed by ‘The Manual of Eddy Kim’ that is even better. Watch the rest of the interview and more performance from Eddy Kim below:
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I am a fan of a fine cheese-steak, similar to the ones that I get at Jim's in Philadelphia. Is there a cheese steak to be had in the ny area that uses Cheese Whiz? Thanks to the group for my junkfood fix!!
Cooking with a dull knife is not only a challenge, it can be dangerous. Dull knives are likely to slip while slicing vegetables and can easily cut you. Here’s a quick and easy way to straighten out that blade.
Elevate Hawaii’s claims to fame—Spam and pineapple—on this island-inspired burger. Chop freshly grilled pineapple for a crunchy cabbage, sesame oil, and jalapeño slaw, and coat Spam in honey and soy sauce before grilling to perfection.

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The Word of the Great Commission. Go to the uttermost parts of the Earth. See, the 12 chosen by the Lord did not sit on His Word, no they took hold of it and ran with it. Oh how we have received a commission from the SPIRIT of GOD! You are the one I am addressing, can you remember your zeal and passion for the things pertaining God.
But you have lost heart, and seemingly appears that you feel such distance from HIM. You are so very much in love with the Lord. Why refrain? RUN, RUN, RUN with the Word, the Word placed in your very mouth. You have been acquitted and sent, you are a sent one. Be wise as a serpent and innocent as a Dove.
Lingering sometimes can become a comfort zone, you need to take this revelation or that which has been made known to you pertaining the character and nature of the Lord. You can’t sit on this Word. Lest you become stagnant and someone else WILLING will run with IT.
You have been infused and ignited with The Spirit and the very Truth. Don’t spare a single moment. See, lest you have any, you cannot share, but it is for your own concern that I bring this very Word. You need to RUN with IT!
Don’t complicate God, make it plain, share your Heavenly experience with a dying or if you will lost world. The Power upon you, yes you! Is not for your own good only. Lest you don’t run with this Good Word or burry IT deep, look, in season God will remove you lamp from the midst of the Faithful.
We can’t wait any longer. The message is plain: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”. Your discovery of the heavenly vision is not imparted for you to feel nice. Yes! It is great to abide in His presence. But this Power is intended, purposed, given to share with a world in pain…
Right now! someone might be in pain, dying or even worse lost and hopeless. Let’s bring the Good Word of Hope to the nations. You have been commissioned to GO!
Yes, go to the lost, feeble and confused. Bring a Good Word of Hope! You are instrumental in this command, the Lord needs you! But if you don’t go and tell the World, I can assure you, God will NOT wait on you. If you don’t do the Job, then God will find one that will.
Take The fire! Run, run, run. Make it plain! The Kingdom is at hand. Prophesy to the Breath! Be fruitful and multiply your seed. There waits a great award for you. See, says the Lord, to Him who overcome, to him I will give of the hidden manna, I will write His or Her name on a white stone. This calls anew for fresh oil. For look, your Oil is only but a little, where shall you go? Where shall you enquire? You shall acquire of the Lord and He shall give you Fresh Oil.
God is on the Move in South Africa. Will revival break forth in this land South Africa. People will run once again as the church Father’s of old. Who is this I see? I see the young picking up the axe, ready for battle. Youth of South Africa, don’t look into the earthly affairs, no, look to me. For I will rise up a people, even a remnant, those not ashamed of my Name.
For was it not I, your Lord, that shed my Blood for you? I will empower and equip you. You who stand by the foot of the mount, yes, speak, speak, may the mountains be made plain in this hour. Senior officials even at this very moment are being evangelized and there will be no more innocent bloodshed, For I, says the Lord will bring speedy work in this land.
By ONE man’s obedience, one who runs, one who is willing, yes! You, I shall use you!
There will be havoc in the enemies camp, the North shall say, what is this? The East will sing, let us return to our homeland. South Africa belongs to God. Take this land, it is yours for the taking, I have strengthened you arm, you shall dash the false to pieces. Be true in your conduct and I shall prosper you says the Lord.
I says the Lord, can cause a sudden work, who shall stand in my way? For I remember, yes I says the Lord. The Blood cries out. Even the utter hatred and violence, shall come to an end. For one, yes one, shall be removed swiftly. Heaven is my throne and the Earth my Footstool. Who shall build a House for the Lord? Strengthen your loins, dress for battle, for the day has come, it is already here, where I will pour my Spirit on you South Africa.
You shall sing a NEW SONG, SHINE JESUS SHINE! In one accord as one colour, one race, even the colour of true LOVE!
Take this Word and Run!