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The end game of nuclear proliferation is peace.
Since my book covers the topic of nuclear proliferation I am asked on a regular basis about the situation in North Korea, if it fits within the thesis of my book.
End Game is about the end game of nuclear proliferation.
It connects the dots between World War I, the Balfour Declaration, and the formation of Israel after World War II by the United Nations. Specifically the end game of nuclear proliferation as it relates to world peace. I show how technology is the most accurate way to track both trend and trajectory, as it does not submit to the Law of Diminishing Returns, rather Accelerating Change. I explain how nuclear proliferation necessitates mediation and the need for a broker of world peace, how it sets the stage for biblical fulfillment and how we operate in a constant Nash equilibrium of mutual assured destruction, whereas when crossed, will likely lead to nuclear disarmament and world peace brokered by a false savior, as prophesied in scripture. I projected Turkey rising, which has occurred since the release of the book, and the implications for the Ottoman Empire seeking to take back what was taken from them as a result of World War I. This was specifically addressed by Erdogan during the last uprising on the Temple Mount this year.
There are implications to the formal establishment of Israel in 1948 after World War II.
The uniting of both Israel and Judah in the land was fulfilling, not seen since before the Assyrian Captivity. Before the formation of the State of Israel much of the prophecy related to the 'end of days' did not make sense and was seen either as historic fulfillment or symbolic in nature. The regathering of Israel had real implications to the Ezekiel 37 passage, The Valley of Dry Bones, the "Reunion of Judah and Israel" (V.15-33) as well as other prophecies surrounding the restoration of Israel. We are reaching a convergence of significant generational markers that typically mean completion, at least they did historically in scripture. These markers suggest next stage fulfillment. A war, which, I believe can be exegetically interpreted not as a supernatural event but the use of extreme modern warfare to defend Israel.
The fact that nuclear war and a constant 'war of words' is at the forefront of our news is not a surprise to me.
We operate in a Nash equilibrium and have since World War II, both official and non-official cold war. A Nash equilibrium is a stalemate produced by a weapon of mass destruction, such as a nuclear weapon. Since the effect of the use of said weapon is so devastating it de-incentivizes either side from pulling the trigger. That is, if you have a sound and rational person in control of these weapons. This is what Alfred Nobel sought out to create when he was seeking a super weapon that would "end all war", thus promoting forced peace.
The end game is peace and as the world slides deeper into chaos know that the position of power in the years ahead will not be to join in the fight but to allow your enemies to fight each other and to step in at the end as the leader, or mediator. That is the game plan you are witnessing today.
Geopolitics of Significance
North Korea is not the end game, Jerusalem is the end game. Kim Jong is no different than a Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein, a rogue leader that stands in the way of globalization. Although obviously unstable any military engagement with North Korea would not be the nuclear end game mentioned in my book. I am specifically looking for a weapon of mass destruction to be used by Israel to protect the north, that is the area of the Golan and even outside Israel, from Hezbollah (Iran), Russia (who is operating in Syria) and Turkey.
I expect the Temple Mount to play a key role in this.
Contrary to popular opinion we actually are nearing a window where fulfillment of the next steps are possible. The zero hour of my window is from Yom Kippur through the end of next year. All the players of the war mentioned by Ezekiel are in place and the timing is right, at least based on historical significance of generational markers as they suggest biblical completion. Time will tell but that is what to watch.
The uprising on the Temple Mount this year was very different than previous Palestinian uprisings and I see the water temperature at the right mark for things to finally boil over.
Things that are occurring under the radar which also suggest significant systemic change are that of cryptocurrency and the move by China to step away from the petrodollar. Sanctions against North Korea by the United States have accelerated China's plan for a gold backed Yuan that will compete against the US petrodollar as a reserve currency. Venezuela, which seems to be the lead element and test for what is to come, is using Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a means to survive and has stopped accepting US dollars as payment for crude oil imports. The official switch to the PetroYuan in conjunction with the USD decline, given the strategic nature of the timing, are all something to watch.
There have been reports that Egypt's el-Sisi is about to broker a major breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. However, it is not el-Sisi who is of significance, this is actually the work of Jared Kushner. Kushner, who has been charged to lead the Middle East peace process by the United States stepped in this year to calm the uprising at the Temple Mount behind the scenes. Also, the US held back $100M in aid to Egypt in July, a financial squeeze with the goal of accomplishing help in this effort. The hold was due to Egypt's failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democracy but largely to gain the help of Egypt's el-Sisi in brokering peace. (Source)
Are these all just rumblings and another tremor, or, are we looking at significant events in the near future?
Time will tell, but these are items to be watching.
About the Author: Matt Cote
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Login into your Cpanel and find the section called 'Databases'.
Then click on the MySQL Database Wizard.
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Certainly if you intend to connect remotely to MySQL database choose something easy to be written. More on the matter about remote MySQL access you will find at: how to allow remote connection to MySQL .
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A graduate of Miami University and The Ohio State University, David can't seem to keep from writing stuff. His lifelong interest in history has led him to turn out a number of non-fiction books on a variety of topics, especially those neglected by others. He frequently collaborates with his daughter, Elise, and is sometimes assisted by his wife, Beverly. He has also authored several novels and a handful of works for the stage, including two full length musicals. In 2019, he was inducted into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame for his work.
Elise earned degrees from Hofstra University and Ohio University. A former board member of the Columbus Historical Society and the Ted Lewis Museum in Circleville, she describes herself as an analyst, researcher, performer, author, organizer, project manager, event planner, teacher, saleswoman, Lego artist, mother, and adventuress. Her particular interest is true crime. She is married to Sam.
A cartoonist, Sam is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design. When custom illustrations are needed for any of our projects, Sam is called upon to provide them. He is also developing his own comic strip and working with Elise on several graphic novels.
Following graduation from The Ohio State University, Beverly worked as an art teacher, professional puppeteer, and circus publicist. She has also assisted David and Elise with interviews and research.
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Served as Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and led the Navy's regional Procurement Fraud Task Force.
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Rob received his law degree from the Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany.
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A bombshell report on Wednesday morning turned the nation's attention to ousted Trump strategist Steve Bannon, as the former adviser made some very harsh statements about Donald Trump Jr., even going so far as to call the eldest Trump son's actions "treasonous."
In a conversation with author Michael Wolff, Bannon predicted that the investigations into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia will focus on money laundering, and that Don Jr. will be a big target. The former West Wing aide added, "They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV," per a report from The Guardian. Wolff spoke to Bannon to get material for his new book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," which focuses on the inner workings of the current administration.
This isn't the first time Bannon has slammed the campaign for taking meetings with Russia…https://t.co/fCgb3nXoji pic.twitter.com/bdvlj4VPsk
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Specifically, Bannon took issue with Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer in June of 2016. Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort were also present at the Trump Tower meeting. In discussing the meeting, Bannon said, "Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic or bad shit, and I happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately." The former Trump-whisperer suggested that, if the meeting was necessary, it should have taken place "in a Holiday Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, with lawyers who meet with these people."
RARE POV: Roy Moore is exactly the kind of candidate Steve Bannon can get behind
Bannon also had some sharp words for Kushner, Trump's son-in-law. When asked about reports that prosecutors subpoenaed Kushner's bank records, Bannon said, "The Kushner shit is greasy. They're going to go right through that. They're going to roll [Kushner and Manafort] up and say, 'Play me or trade me.'" Manafort was charged with money laundering in October.
The White House has pushed back on the suggestion that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation will continue to stab at the president's inner circle. In an impromptu interview with The New York Times last week, Trump declined to say when he expects the FBI's investigation to wrap up but said repeatedly that he thinks he will be "treated fairly" by Mueller's team.
Multiple people told me this morning Trump is infuriated beyond belief at Steve Bannon's comments about Don Junior. Saying that Trump thinks Bannon is the traitor. They've never seen Trump this angry. The sound of their voices? Absolutely terrified. Expect an unhinged response.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 3, 2018
Bannon's remarks were met with scorn by some of his colleagues in the conservative media. Juggernaut reporter Matt Drudge tweeted, "No wonder schizophrenic Steve Bannon has been walking around with a small army of bodyguards." But Breitbart, the right-wing website that Bannon leads and which is often viewed as a sort of peek into his psyche, went full steam ahead with his statements and pasted them across the homepage.
Donald Trump Jr., who is usually quick to tweet about anything that fires him up, has been noticeably silent on Bannon's remarks. He has denied several times than anything out-of-bounds happened during his meeting with the Russian lawyer.
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The George H.W. Bush Presidential Museum is long on glory and short on critique, which could lead one to wonder why he was voted out of office after only one term. A World War II room chronicles Bush's stint as a fighter pilot in the Pacific. As his political career unfolds, the exhibits are housed in faux-Capitol buildings and other DC landmark replicas, with American flags in abundance.
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In the gift shop, copies of Vice-President Dan Quayle's book "Worth Fighting For" were for sale. We also liked the snazzy pair of slippers crafted to look like the Commander-in-Chief and First Lady sleeping in beds with American flag comforters.
On hand to congratulate the ex-President at the grand opening was ex-Prime Minister of Japan, Miyazawa Kiichi. Bush threw up on Kiichi at a state dinner in 1992, which spawned a Japanese slang verb, bushusuru ("Bushing it"), meaning "to puke." These facts don't merit a special exhibit in the museum -- yet. But Gerry Ford's Museum finally put Squeaky Fromme's gun on display, so you never know....
Ten years after it opened, during the presidency of George H.W. Bush's son (sometime called "Shrub" or "43"), the museum underwent a $8.3-million-dollar face lift. Visitors can now sit in a replica Oval Office, or sit in a situation room while they "make decisions" as President, or sit in a tent and relive Desert Storm by hearing jets fly overhead and bombs explode.
Barbara Bush was buried on the museum grounds in April 2018. George joined her eight months later.
Nov. 2019: A bronze sculpture of Sully, George Bush's Labrador service dog after the death of First Lady Barbara, was installed in the east wing. The presidential pet was named after the hero pilot who landed his bird-damaged passenger jet in the Hudson River. Sully (the dog) visits the Library for special events.
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[UPDATE – DENIED] New Metro Game Coming in 2017, Story to Pick Up Where Books Ended
By Jorge Jimenez
[Update] Deep Silver issued a statement via the Metro - The Game Facebook page, denying that a new Metro game will be out next year.
You may have noticed some sites have reported that a new Metro game would be released in 2017. Deep Silver has released the following statement...
As the exclusive rights holder to videogames set in the Metro 2033 universe, Deep Silver has ambitious plans for the hugely successful Metro series.
But just to manage our fans' expectations - releasing the next Metro game in 2017 is not one of them.
When we have more news to share, we will.
[Original Story] Mankind takes the fight to the surface. According to the Metro 2035 novel website, a story timeline inadvertently revealed a 2017 release window for another game that takes place directly after the events of the book.
This may be the other project that developer 4AGames has been working on aside from the awesome looking VR game Artika. 4A has not formally announced a new Metro title and even a quick search on their company website shows no mention of it, but they have hinted its development in previous interviews.
The tense and atmospheric first-person person shooter franchise re-released Metro 2033 and Last Light in Deep Silver's Metro Redux bundle two years ago with updated visuals.
The Metro games are based off a series of Russian novels by Dmitry Glukhovsky. After World War III, Russian citizens have taken refuge inside their underground subway system. This keeps them safe from the radiation on the surface after being bombed to hell and back. Those who lived underground use bullets as currency and also have to fend off occasional mutated monster-thing that's trying to eat you.
The updated timeline shows that the game will take place right after the events of Metro 2035. The series protagonist, Artyom, is still doing everything he can to get his people back to the surface. The Ranger just had finished dealing with the Dark One threat and seems like it follows the 'good' ending in Last Light.
We'll keep you updated on any and all developments regarding the next game, but in the meantime if you're a fan of the lore you can read the first chapter of Metro 2035 , the last book in the trilogy. It comes out in paperback format on December 10th for $19.99 on Amazon worldwide.
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Gaethje: Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
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Justin Gaethje has built a reputation for himself in the cage, as a fighter entirely confident in his ability to perform under pressure. It's come with a style that also puts himself directly in harms way. Most recently, it put him in the way of an Eddie Alvarez knee, and the first loss of Gaethje's pro-MMA career.
After the Alvarez fight, the 'Highlight' made it clear that his confidence in the way he fights, and his dedication to putting himself in the line of fire, was anything other than a mistake. In fact, he sounded like he couldn't be happier.
"I have to keep reminding myself that I lost," Gaethje told Ariel Helwani in an interview on the MMA Hour. "I don't know. I signed up for this. I said it before, I said it many times, that I was going to lose (eventually). If I lost, I hoped that I would get knocked out" … "It's just, I'm happy. I'm happy for myself. I'm happy for my family. I've been trying to prepare my mom and sisters for all of that for a long time, so when it did happen, they were like, 'Well, you've kinda prepared us for this.' So it wasn't that bad."
And it's likely that mindset – not to mention support for his teammate Rose Namajunas – that has the Colorado-based fighter coming down hard on former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk is also looking to bounce back from the first loss of her MMA career, to Namajunas at UFC 217. But, where Gaethje has fully embraced getting KO'd as part of the game, Jedrzejczyk has been – to paraphrase Gaethje – making "weak-minded" excuses. Most notably, Joanna pointed the finger at her nutrition team, who she says 'failed' her with a difficult weight cut.
"I don't know her or what happened to her, so I can't judge her for it. I think she's weak-minded for saying it, even if it is true," Gaethje told MMA Fighting. "It's her own business. And no matter what, it could be true to the core and you could have proof, who's going to [care]? Like, I'm not going to…
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Are texts in Lojban lengthy?
Some think that texts in Lojban are lengthy compared to English sentences. Two situations need to be considered.
When you translate from English then the resulting text in Lojban can indeed be lengthy if you try to precisely express every tiny bit of English meaning like of suffixes, prefixes etc.
When you translate from Lojban to English you may often get the English translation longer exactly for the same reason of literal translation. Some Lojban constructs aren't easy to express concisely in English!
I want to be the last person to visit this.
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17 syllables in Lojban, 19 syllables in English!
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Troops shoot, kill attacker at Air Force base
Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., on October 14, 2020. (Montgomery Advertiser/TNS)
December 13, 2021 Ryan Morgan
A man was shot and killed after he attacked two Air Force personnel and a civilian at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala. on Saturday. Air Force security personnel shot and killed the man during the attack as he reached for a gun.
Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. Kim Bender told American Military News that four people involved in the confrontation, including the two Air Force personnel, the civilian victim, and the civilian attacker, were taken to a local hospital. The attacker's injuries were fatal and he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Lakiesha McCall, the civilian woman who was attacked, told WSFA 12 she was on her way to visit her sister, who is in the military, for friends and family day on the base. McCall had arrived at the base's Gunter Annex before 8 a.m on Saturday and was on her way in to get a visitor pass when the attacker got out of his car and charged at her.
The man hit her sister and her mother and then turned towards her. The attacker slammed McCall against a concrete wall and began banging her head against the wall.
"I really thought I was doing to die. I thought I was going to be taken from my kids. I don't know what I could have told my kids, because I just went to have just like a simple day with my sister," McCall told WSFA.
Air Force security personnel intervened in the attack, as the attacker tried to grab a gun. The security personnel shot the attacker.
The Facebook page AF amn/nco/snco shared photos taken outside the base's Congressman Dickinson Drive gate on Saturday following the attack.
McCall recalled being in shock after the shot was fired.
"I didn't know if it was me shot. I didn't know if it was him, the guy. I don't know his name. I didn't know if it was the guard," McCall told WSFA. "But all I know is once I made it to the door I looked and I had blood all over my hands. It was on my head. I didn't know. I didn't know who was shot. And in that moment, like I said, I was just so terrified and scared because after the fact of him beating me hitting my head to the wall, I literally thought he was going to kill me because it took them so long to react. I think that they were in shock just as much as I was in shock."
McCall told the local news station she felt the Air Force security personnel should have reacted faster. She said she wants more transparency from the Air Force about the attack.
Bender said the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the FBI are investigating the incident. Neither office immediately responded to an American Military News for comment.
The identity of the attacker was not immediately clear.
After the attack, McCall was taken to Baptist Medical Center South. The Air Force security forces personnel were also evaluated for injuries following the attack, and then released.


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Seal, CD Cover (1991), August 13, 2011. (Source/Donald Earl Collins).
There's no doubt in my mind that I'm a late bloomer. I came to find myself a teenager in a twenty-one year old's body twenty years ago, just as I'm a thirty-five year-old in a forty-one-and-a-half year-old's body now. As the summer of '91 began to wind down, though, I realized that I needed to go into my first year of grad school at Pitt with some inspiration, with a chip on my shoulder, really.
It didn't take more than a simple thought to find that inspiration and chip, either. Between working for a bunch of folks at my Western Psych job who still thought that hunting down half-and-half was the extent of my work there on the one hand. And professors like Reid Andrews telling me after I'd received my grad school stipend award letter that I wasn't "graduate school material" on the other hand. Livid is the minimal word I'd use to describe my mood in the three weeks before the start of my five-and-half-year odyssey. One of doing cartwheels at least three times better than my colleagues to prove that I was as good as anyone.
But I'm jumping ahead of the story here. I found some inspiration from music, as usual, in this case, on one of my daily walks home from work in Oakland to my studio apartment in East Liberty. Still searching for more new music for my '90s collection, I found a radio station playing Seal's first big hit, "Crazy." I'd heard parts of the song before, all during that summer, but never from start to finish. As I reached the end of Ellsworth Avenue, where I'd walk up the steps to a bridge on Highland Avenue, one that went over the train tracks and busway into East Liberty, I heard the lyrics, really for the first time.
Seal, "Crazy" 45 Single Cover (UK), January 8, 2009. (Source/http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/140/141811.jpg). Qualifies as fair use under US copyright laws, as version is of low resolution for reproduction, and is part of larger commentary.
And yes, I wanted to fly. Besides, as far as most people were concerned, I was crazy anyway. For wearing that godforsaken kufi to school for three years. For becoming a newborn and sanctimonious Christian after that. For trying out for football, and later, baseball instead of basketball. For listening to Mr. Mister and Tears for Fears and Sting instead of bopping to Run-D.M.C. For walking way too fast, and talking a little too slow. For going off to college out-of-state, to a no-name school no less. For taking a grad course my junior year at Pitt. For deciding to go to grad school in history instead of law school or Black studies.
The list is as long as an introspective Eminem rap sequence, airing every negative ever tossed my way. I was crazy, and still am. But, as far as my first year of grad school was concerned, I made two deals with myself about the process. One was to not compare myself, my abilities, my limitations, to anyone else in the program. The other was to put aside all of my preconceptions about my professors, or the difficult courses ahead, or whether I would complete the master's degree and move on to the doctoral portion of the program.
I didn't want to limit myself to what others may have expected of me, or to what I could've possibly expected of myself at the time. I didn't even like my friends saying that "the sky's the limit," because I didn't want to limit myself to the sky. I simply wanted to be crazy enough, humble yet arrogant enough to know my limits, but push the envelope as hard as I could in order to make graduate school work for me.
Howard Hughes standing in front of his new Boeing Army Pursuit Plane, Inglewood, California in the 1940s, May 31, 2005. (Source/Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-63333 - In public domain). One of the craziest, yet great, innovators of the 20th century. Guess it works better when you're a rich White male.
That kind of thinking affords a very single-minded intensity — to the point of a near-psychotic passion — that leads to excellence, miracles and the exceeding of what may have been your craziest expectations. I know it was that way for me. It had to be. If I'd bought into all that my most hateful Humanities classmates, my mother and ex-stepfather, my father Jimme, my fellow Mount Vernonites and some of my teachers and professors thought of me, who's knows? I'd likely become a sexually confused and frustrated Black male, a college dropout, wandering from one minimum wage job to another, living alone in a boarding room, as miserable as a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.


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New USCIS Policy May Block Students & Exchange Visitors
By The Law Offices of Lloyd E. Bennett, Esq., P.C.
Unlike most nonimmigrant foreign nationals, students who are in the United States for academic programs are not subject to specific dates for their visa. Because academic programs or projects end according to multiple variables, foreign students have a "duration of status"—essentially a flexible length of stay that allows them to finish what they started. This protects them from having to choose between finishing a degree or accruing "unlawful presence" time on their record.
That may no longer be the case, thanks to a USCIS policy that changes what constitutes unlawful presence for foreign students and exchange nationals.
According to a USCIS memo issued earlier this month, the agency will begin calculating "unlawful presence" time the day after a foreign student commits a status violation. Keep in mind that many students may not even be aware that they've committed a status violation. Some students may be accruing unlawful presence time on their record right now. Unknowingly having unlawful presence time on the record could be crippling to a student's future: US law dictates that having 6 months to a year of unlawful time on your record would bar you from returning within 3 years.
If an unaware student accrues more than a year of unlawful presence on their record, they will be barred from returning for a decade. Students who have spouses or adult children will also be considered unlawfully present if their status relies on the lawful status of the student.
5 Months to Act on Falling Out of Status
There's a chance for students to clear their record of unlawful presence days—but only if they act quickly. According to the policy, students have 5 months from the date of the status violation to file for reinstatement. If the reinstatement application is accepted, then the student will not accrue unlawful presence days while the application is pending.
However, even this rule doesn't address the root issue of this policy: people can spend years in the United States on an academic visa and never know that they're out of status. Other students may attempt to return only to find out that they're barred from re-entering the US for a decade due to status violation they never knew about.
While the Department of Homeland Security's data suggests that academic overstays are a problem, a closer look reveals that academic overstays are a fairly benign phenomenon. More than half of academic "overstays" who remained in the U.S. for 60 days or longer overstayed for little over a week past their authorization date. The DHS also recorded as overstays students who might have received an extension or received a green card.
The United States has always prided itself on being the landing pad for the world's most brilliant and ambitious learners. People come to our country from all over the world to study in our universities, and many of them choose to stay and allow our nation to benefit from their intellectual generosity. In short, foreign students make all of us better.
Policies like this only serve to drive away the very people our country needs right now.
If you are a foreign student and you've been accruing unlawful presence time since August 9, speak with our New Jersey immigration attorney as soon as possible. With our guidance, we can file a reinstatement application and keep you from being barred from re-entering the United States. Call (800) 909-8129 or contact us online today.
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Word on the streets is that she used to sing on Saturday nights at the Collingwood Town Hall. Does she even know who she is? What do the voices in her head tell her? She is very private, never sharing anything of herself, except her song.
In a clandestine operation my wife had left me and took everything but my beloved stereo system in the lounge room (including 500 or so records and a CD collection that was rapidly catching up) and, in the spare room, a single bed.


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New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island
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Viktor Vassiliev is the co-owner with Gennadiy Verebeychik of New York Bread on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. Founded 17 years ago, the bakery produces and sells 30 different kinds of European and Russian-style bread and ships its products to 35 states. A native of St. Petersburg, Vassiliev graduated from the academy of art there, but after emigrating to the United States he sought to start a business that would be successful and support his family. He concluded that "bread is what people need" after discovering that there was not enough European-style bread in New York City,
Vassiliev and his partner brought a bread technologist from Russia who worked with them for two years. He recounts the challenges of recreating Russian recipes in America where the water, flour and air are different. They worked hard and were able to make bread close to what you'd find in Russia, he says. After recovering from Hurricane Sandy, the bakery has expanded to include a Russian grocery store and is popular with residents of the neighborhood.


How long is paint good for? Until Hell Freezes Over! Paint is good for as long as it has not frozen or been infected with mold spores (you don't want mold flying around in or around the outside of your house).
How long does paint last in a can that was never opened?
For latex around 10 years, and for oils around 15 years… but these both will probably need to be strained before it is used. Here is all about it. We use strainer cones: they are not expensive.
If you need any tools, check our post for every basic professional painter's tools.
Does paint go bad? The shelf life of paint is years and years. We show below how to save old paint and give tips on paint storage.
How long is paint good for once opened? That's complicated. If you know about paint storage, you may be ok. More below.
How long does paint last in a bucket? 10 years for latex, 15 for oils… Maybe! See below.
How long can paint be stored? Not forever, but for a very long time. Key point: avoid freezing.
So, does paint expire like food? No, as Buddha say, "Nothing lasts forever".
Big safety tip: Never use old (or any) exterior paint inside your home. We explained the dangers in a recent post: paint is good if it passes the test we show you there. When is old paint no longer useful? How do you get rid of old paint easily? It's all there.
We NEVER pour old paint down a drain, either to septic tanks or city water. It's just wrong. There is an easier way, but the best way is to use it! This paint hardener turns unwanted liquid paint into a solid that the landfill will accept….and keep the nasty chemicals out of our drinking water. If you want to go the slow way, just open the lid and leave covered with a rag in a warm area. It will take some weeks to dry up.
If any paint is in the lip of the lid, place a rag before hammering or you'll get a shower.
Also, your town will probably give you a ticket if they find liquid paint in your garbage or recyclables.
Tip: if you are using oil-based paints, always wear a respirator (we simplified the complex world of respirators in an earlier post).
Finally, if you have an old can of paint, you can put it in the shaker at the paint store for free…but they will not put rusty cans in the shaker because they have seen it all: Ba-boom. Paint showers.
But you can strain with re-useable strainers and put your old paint into clean, empty cans for shaking…it's an offer no paint store can refuse.
Our strainer cones are not expensive so we don't even try to wash them. But we do wash the large strainer bag (5-gallon bucket size), if they never touch oil-based paints.


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For 11 weeks of the summer, NDS offers free meals to children at a variety of sites. NDS works with churches, YMCAs, Daycare centers, youth camps, neighborhood volunteers, police stations, and more! Meals include lunch and breakfast or a snack, which meet the USDA regulations for nutrients. Sites can operate for as little as one week or the entire 11 weeks.
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These Apple Chai Muffins are truly the perfect way to welcome in the crisp fall weather. Perfectly spiced, soft and fluffy, and topped with glaze and hemp seeds, these muffins are your morning coffee's new best friends. As the muffins baked, the whole office smelled of chai spices and we were all ready for fall!
We made this recipe with our Organic Vanilla Cake Mix, which made baking and cleaning so easy and quick. The batter is infused with Bhakti Chai concentrate and incorporates organic Big Slice kettle cooked apples. We then drizzled a simple glaze over the baked muffins and sprinkled Manitoba Harvest Maple and Cinnamon Hemp Heart Toppers on top. So, so, SO good!
Need more cozy, Fall recipe ideas? Check out these Vegan Dutch Apple Mini Cakes, these Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes, and these Mini Dirty Chai Donuts.
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease or line a muffin tin.
In a large bowl, whisk together butter, Bhakti chai concentrate, and eggs. Add cake mix and whisk together until just combined. Fold in Big Slice kettle cooked apples.
Fill each muffin tin ½ full and bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely before topping.
In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla and milk until well combined and no lumps remain. Drizzle over cooled muffins and top with Manitoba Harvest Maple and Cinnamon Hemp Heart Topper.


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Northumberland company gets into the festive spirit to support charities this Christmas
Posted by Business News North East Team | Dec 12, 2019 | Northumberland
North-East based public relations and creative company, Fusion PR Creative, has taken steps to ensure that residents from Tyne and Wear and Northumberland have access to a warm meal and food this Christmas.
Fusion has kindly donated to local charities Blyth Food Bank and The People's Kitchen in Newcastle.
Blyth Food Bank received a £100 food donation and items will be available to those who need it most within the local community.
The company also purchased Christmas dinners at The People's Kitchen which has been helping homeless and disadvantaged people for over thirty years. Every £5 donated provides one person with a hot, freshly cooked meal. Volunteers serve over 100 hot meals every night in Newcastle city centre which totals approximately 40,000 meals per year and over 35,000 unpaid hours of voluntary work.
Laura Chisholm of Fusion PR Creative said: "We're pleased to be helping so many people gain access to food this Christmas. Due to increasing costs of living, more people are finding it hard to budget for essential food items and it's important that companies, like Fusion, help support local food banks and charitable organisations.
"The work carried out by the staff and volunteers from both of these inspiring organisations plays a crucial role in many people's day-to-day lives, especially at Christmas. We really hope that where possible other local businesses and residents are able to make donations in aid of local people."
The food bank has been operating within Blyth, Seaton Delaval and Seaton Sluice since 2014 and was set up to help combat the growing need for food support due to increased financial hardship across Northumberland. The charity recently gained more storage access for their goods in Richard Stannard House, meaning they can now collect and store further supplies.
Blyth Food Bank has several collection points across the town and the neighbouring areas in which people can donate emergency food and toiletry supplies. The charity also helps provide support to other areas such as Whitley Bay, Cramlington and Wansbeck when called upon by other food banks. The team often work together with neighbouring organisations in order to maximise their reach.
Adrienne Ruddock of Blyth Food Bank said: "We want to help as many people as we can this Christmas and donations like the one given by Fusion really help us make a difference. Christmas can be a big financial burden for many, especially when it comes to food.
"We're seeing more people than ever visit our food bank and the shelves are emptying faster than ever before which really emphasises the current financial strain people are under and the demand we're facing.
"The support and donations from local residents and businesses really helps us keep our shelves stocked and many vulnerable people fed. We're very grateful to Fusion PR Creative for their support this Christmas."
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originally published in the Sunday Stew 8/16/15 edition
The Sunday Stew is Your Pagan Sunday Paper. Each week we start our issue with In The News. This segment features news from around the world. We believe you should be informed as to what is going on in the world where the terms Paganism and Witchcraft are concerned.
This issue the focus is religious discrimination and how it affects each and every one of us.
You only have to Google 'religious discrimination' to get a return of many cases going on right now.
Judges bar pharmacies from withholding contraceptives Los Angeles Times Jul. 24 12:06 PM, A federal appeals court has just struck back against the discreditable trend of healthcare professionals placing their personal beliefs ahead of their duties to patients.
Christian Man Files Lawsuit Against Ford After Motor Company Fires Him for Saying Homosexuality Is 'Immoral' The Christian Post Jul. 28 05:32 AM
Los Angeles Times Aug. 04 08:18 AM, Former college football television analyst Craig James sued Fox Sports on Monday for religious discrimination, saying the network fired him two years ago for expressing his views against gay marriage while running for the U.S. Senate.
"Your life begins to end the moment you start being silent about the things that matter." Martin Luther King Jr.
The right to practice religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Religious liberty requires that the government permit a wide range of religious exercise and expression for people of all faiths, in public and in private. Government officials may not impede such religious exercise unless it would threaten the rights, welfare, and well-being of others or violate the core constitutional ban on governmental promotion of religion. Freedom of Religion, in the United States is secured by the First Amendment.
Imagine if you will the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. in September 2015 including a visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia to take place from Sept. 22-27. The meeting is expected to draw a crowd of about 1 million people. A global Catholic event. But he receives a phone call 2 weeks beforehand by a city spokesperson saying "we are canceling the event because we don't want Catholics in our city, and didn't know it was an event for the Pope, and don't want to be connected with a bunch of Catholics or the Vatican." Far fetched you say?
Booked a year in advance, the upcoming Hexfest August 21 – 23, 2015, A Weekend of Witchery held in the heart of the historic French Quarter. The conference will open with a Riverboat Ritual and dinner, held on an authentic steamboat on the Mississippi River, followed by two full days of workshops, drumming, and ritual at The Bourbon Orleans Hotel. Gathered will be Witches, Rootworkers, Voodoo priests and other magical teachers from within New Orleans and around the world to offer their time-honored wisdom.
Featured presenters hail from across the spectrum of Witchcraft and magic and include Brian Cain, Christian Day, Christopher Penczak, Dorothy Morrison, Fiona Horne, Hoodoo Sen Moise, Judika Illes, Steven Bragg, Leanne Marrama, Carie Ewers, Bloody Mary, Mulysa Mayhem, Lilith Dorsey, Katina Smith, Raven and Stephanie Grimassi, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Sandra Mariah Wright, Starr Casas, Witchdoctor Utu, and the Dragon Ritual Drummers!
Ty Siddiqui, who is the co-coordinator of Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Day, was the one who got the phone call from the sales director, Deidra Edwards, speaking on behalf of the Steamboat Natchez just 2 weeks before the event, saying that they were canceling for "religious reasons' and that the owner had found out a couple of weeks before and decided, for "religious reasons" that he wanted nothing to do with Witchcraft or Voodoo. But it was totally paid for, and the events agreed upon a year ago. Also according to Bloody Mary "I have been called on to work for that company directly, sent many of my groups to them for years ".
Voodoo Queen Bloody Mary will officiate an opening ritual, while the Dragon Ritual Drummers invoke the spirits with powerful percussion! The ritual is to honor the river. It is to honor the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. It is to honor the very magic that is the Crescent City of New Orleans.
The website and brochures of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau claim to celebrate the aura of mysticism surrounding Voodoo, "it pervades, perhaps because it fits right in with the fascination surrounding New Orleans culture. Voodoo, like jazz music, our multi-cultural cuisine, and Mardi Gras. It belongs here among the aged streets and centuries old oak trees that make New Orleans the singularly distinctive place that it has always been." New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wrote " In New Orleans, we believe religious liberty and freedoms should be protected and discrimination prohibited". So why the change? It would all make Marie Laveau turn over in her grave.
Voodoo both fascinated and repelled the white New Orleanians who came to watch the public rites that were held in Congo Square until 1857, where Armstrong Park is today. 158 years later Congo Square is now the Creole Queen, since the Steamboat Natchez turned Hexfest away.
In a heartfelt talk with the Founder and Creator of Hexfest Christian Day, I was overwhelmed by his mission and his passion.
"You know, from the very beginning of the planning of Hexfest, I had said to Brian, I want to do this even if we lose 20 grand. I was willing to take up to a $20,000.00 loss for this, because it's so important to me that we show, the city of New Orleans how much we care , across the board, and how much we want to celebrate the magic of place here, because it is such a magical place, the magic of the city goes back hundreds of years and it's rooted in all of the different immigrations ! From the African slaves to the Irish immigrants, the Sicilian immigrants, the German immigrants, and everything else, and the Native American people that were already here and all of those cultures and conjurations came together in a gumbo of Magical wisdom. It's what I want people to see, coming to this and so, it didn't matter, you know, I looked at these other pagan festivals and they were all marvelous in their own way but they weren't what I wanted to do, I wanted something that had our indelible stamp upon it."
Utu Witchdoctor of The Dragon Ritual Drummers penned recently "it's the ones who teach, inspire and entertain, who write about what we see and feel as we travel the Continent (and the world for some) and see first hand away from the keyboard what is really going on. We are the ones that are in return inspired and nurtured from the folks that tirelessly put on festivals and gatherings for folks to meet, celebrate and honour the many mysteries of our sacred earth."
Raven Grimassi wrote, "It is about Community and our rightful place in Society. That is the real issue here. Religious discrimination should not be tolerated and there should not be any exceptions."
Witchcraft is a legally recognized religion in the United States and Witches are entitled to every right and protection for freedom of religion, including freedom from harassment and prejudice as every other recognized religion in the United States.
The Witches' League for Public Awareness is a proactive educational network dedicated to correcting misinformation about Witches and Witchcraft. The work of the League springs from a shared vision of a world free from all religious persecution. The League was founded in Salem, Massachusetts, in May, 1986, by Rev. Laurie Cabot H.Ps.
Founded in 1985 by Selena Fox and others, Lady Liberty League (LLL) is the religious freedom and civil rights support organization sponsored by Circle Sanctuary, an international Wiccan church and Pagan resource center headquartered in Wisconsin. LLL provides information and networking assistance to individuals and organizations concerned with religious freedom issues pertaining to Wiccan ways, Paganism, and other forms of Nature religions.
Lady Liberty League members include specialists in a variety of focus areas, including public relations, countering harassment, employment issues, child custody issues, military affairs, law enforcement relations, legal affairs, interfaith relations, scholars support, and others.
Christian's partner and husband Brian Cain said "I want to do whatever I can to bring awareness. So that this doesn't happen to others. The reality is sad. The Witchcraft and Pagan community. We've had some Lady Liberty League communication. She didn't have the corporate training to have said what she did. She slipped up. Around the globe we are discriminated against. Witchcraft and Voodoo, Judaism, Catholic, none should be an issue. Religious discrimination, especially against witches, they would still burn us if they could. Intolerance goes far beyond Witchcraft even. This is an opportunity for transformation. That is the way I see it."
Christian is a dedicated artist whether applying his vision to Salem, Massachusetts or New Orleans, Louisiana, "the one thing that I would keep, if you could take away my magic and my brains or my creativity, and that's my tenacity. I will never stop. I will keep going and going like the damn energizer bunny until I decide I don't want to go anymore. I'm certainly not going to have prejudicial bigots decide for me when it's time to stop. It's my choice and not theirs. "
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." Martin Luther King Jr.
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Jamie & John were married in November 2014 at the GREENPOINT LOFT in Brooklyn. From the moment I met them, I absolutely loved this couple and their glamorous sense of style and absolutely joyous spirit. Brooklyn photographer AMBER GRESS captured their day & their energy perfectly. And their wedding was featured on BRIDES.COM in June 2015.
"We hired Michelle do decorate the reception venue and to create floral arrangements for our wedding at the Greenpoint Loft- and we would have done it again. Michelle helped us plan for the specific space and select decor that was going to make our party special as well as reflect our tastes. The flowers we picked out together looked great and of course tied in with the overall decoration. Michelle even made some suggestions that reduced costs for us.


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Great speakers if you want studio quality sound you can run straight from your pc/mac soundcard.
Service from thediscdj store was excellent, next day delivery exact time slot.


Since the Middle East is home to some of the world's earliest civilizations, it is difficult to choose a starting point for examining its political history, for no matter how far back the investigator searches, there still seem to be deeper layers of historical and political developments that influenced the course of later events. For convenience, and admittedly somewhat arbitrarily, I have chosen the dawn of Islam as the starting point of this book. This has some justification: Islam as both a system of beliefs and a historical-political phenomenon has distinctively marked the Middle East, and its rise and evolution created dynamics that continue to shape the destiny of nations today.
From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this completely revised and updated edition of Mehran Kamrava's classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region.
Mehran Kamrava is Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, Iran's Intellectual Revolution and Qatar: Small State, Big Politics. His edited books include The International Politics of the Persian Gulf, Innovation in Islam: Traditions and Contributions, The Political Economy of the Persian Gulf and The Nuclear Question in the Middle East.


18 months ago, a sub-station stood where the lovely and light Parade tea rooms now serves rich coffee and moreish doorstop cake. The owner, Mark Hogan, turned the run-down and neglected building into the perfect little café with wooden floors, cushions and large windows that overlook the vibrant green of the common. It may be a tad cramped but it's the best form of upcycling I have seen.
When you enter, a member of staff hands you a menu with a beaming smile and takes you past the kaleidoscopic array of cakes to your seat. This for me was by the large back window where the sun seeped in and made everything gold.
Argue all you want it's not spring, it's summer.
I liked that. Whatever happened between him and the Tenth Hole is another matter but it's inspiring to see someone work so hard for their aspirations. Although I did find the parallels quite amusing. The Tenth Hole is located on Eastern Parade and The Parade Tea Rooms can be found on Western Parade. Coincidence?
The menu is a typical lunch menu with sandwiches, salads and jacket potatoes. Plenty to choose from. They even do an afternoon tea at £25 for two people, although that is only available for an hour a day.
Cakes are also reasonable in cost but sandwiches are a little pricey at around £7. A bit sceptical, I went to the till and ordered a tea and a Parade Club sandwich. Again, the member of staff was friendly and enthusiastic.
I sat back down and had a good look at the place. It was homely and cosy and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, laughing and chatting between mouthfuls. I spied some of their meals and I was gobsmacked. They were huge, to say the least. Giant bowls and plates were being carried to customers who stared at them with open mouths.
The salads were the most impressive. They consisted of heaps of lettuce leaves, tomatoes and cucumbers but that wasn't what took my eye. You would expect that of a salad, but what about sweetcorn, beetroot, blackberries and grapes? Some even had potatoes and bacon on. Who said salads were boring?
My sandwich came and I let my jaw drop like everyone else's. It had layers of thick cut bread and, inside, was a plentiful helping of chicken and bacon. There was a hint of mustard too which was a welcome surprise and the side salad I got with it was hardly just for the side. Rather than a handful of leaves, I was given a bowl of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, beetroot AND coleslaw. Best side salad I have seen although the lack of dressing was a bit disappointing. Does that make me ungrateful? I sound like a child at Christmas who was given a bike, three pairs of socks, a ten-pound gift voucher, an Xbox and a satsuma but complains anyway because they weren't given the pair of roller skates they asked for.
I only managed to eat half before my belly reached its limit. I did seem weary of the prices but the generous portions and flavours are worth the little extra. But the mains aren't the most important part – the cakes are.
With a full stomach, in an act of masochism almost, I went to the till again and stared at the piles of treats. They were all so colourful with different fillings and flavours from Waffle Brownie to Bread Pudding. Just staring at them tantalised my senses; my mouth watered, imagining how each one tasted and trying to decide which one to try. An important decision with too much choice.
I bought two. I got the millionaire's shortbread and a cookie dough cheesecake. They were big fat slices and slapped against the plate as the waitress served them. The cheesecake oozed with caramel and chocolate and compared to it, the plate looked pathetic.
It was sickly and gooey with sweetness to start and crunch to finish. The millionaire's shortbread was thick with a soft, crumbly bottom and a white and milk chocolate top. With the first bite, I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head. Parade Tea Rooms had done it, they had become my top millionaire's shortbread.
There was plenty left over and luckily they had doggy bags at the ready. I took a few for my sandwich and cakes so I could take the party home with me.
As I walked out, a long queue had started to form by the door. It got bigger and bigger and I couldn't imagine what it would be like in the summer. 'Make sure to come earlier' I advised myself.
Parade Tea Rooms is a wonderful place to enjoy great food and gorge on gooey, syrupy, creamy cake. The prices are bit higher than average but the large portions make it worth your while. Why not visit to gaze out at the common, on a sunny day, and realise why people celebrate Southsea so much?


I found these erasers in the art store at UofC. Rendered in primary colors (?) they spoke something different to me – was it my second language talking - or is it obvious to everybody?
The name of the red 'creature' could be Feminin rather than Feminine to increase the perceived 'foreignness'.


That was the call of the Cooee Marchers, or "Cooees" who left Gilgandra looking for recruits to join the ANZACS during World War I.
In October 1915, Bill and Richard Hitchen organised the march which left Gilgandra with 35 local men, travelling through Dubbo, Wellington, Orange and Bathurst before arriving in Sydney with 266 would-be recruits.
They were responding to the waning interest in joining up after the failure at Gallipoli and their march was the first of several in New South Wales and Queensland.
Today the men are remembered in Gilgandra, which is gearing up for the 100 year anniversary reenactment of the march.
The new look Cooee March Gallery gives visitors an insight into how the march took place with photos and memorabilia from the era.
Volunteers have spent years putting together profiles of the original "Gilgandra Cooees" whose stories are now immortalised on the new Cooee March Honour Wall.
Kylie Moppett is Cultural Officer with Gilgandra Shire Council, "Over the last four years we've worked really hard to bring the museum up to national standard. We wanted to appeal to our visitors so they really get a good idea of what this story was about," she explained.
"And we've had a lot of descendants of the Cooees visit the gallery and we've developed relationships with the families who have donated photographs or whatever they have for our use."
Shirley Marks is Co Curator of the Cooee March Gallery and she's just taken possession of a new item that will be displayed in the gallery, known as a death penny or dead man's penny, "They were given to the families of service men or service women who were killed in action," she said.
"Some of the family members didn't appreciate their value at that time; they thought lives were worth more than a penny."
The "dead man's penny" Shirley had with her was donated by the family of Cooee marcher, Charles Finn and will now be added to the gallery's collection along with a certificate signed by King George V.
Kylie Moppett explained that the town paid a huge price to help out with the war effort which will be commemorated with a Cooee March reenactment this weekend, "Thursday will be our provisions night where people can bring down provisions for the boys to march with, completely replicating the events of 100 years ago."
"They did the country very proud. It's been a spiritual journey for a lot of people and the town has embraced it and we all honour it."
The Cooee March reenactment leaves Gilgandra on Saturday, arriving at Martin Place in Sydney for on Remembrance Day.


Kathiatali is a small village under central Assam�s Nagaon District. It is surrounded by Kampur in the west, Mikirgaon in the north, Nam Dabaka in the east and Jamunamukh in the south.
Dabaka and Jamunamukh are two famous places located nearby.
Kathiatali, about 35 km from the district headquarters of Nagaon, is well connected by road with other parts of the district.