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Mniszków
500-640 m above sea level
Situated at an altitude ranging from 500 to 640 m above sea level, this village lies to the east of Hutniczy Grzbiet ridge in the neighbourhood of Janowice Wielkie and Miedzianka, stretching along the Miedziany Potok stream. The village was established towards the end of the 13th century, and was listed as a knight's property.
Today's inconspicuous but still charming village was the oldest and largest estate in the vicinity, and embraced the area which today is Miedzianka. It began as a mining settlement, and then developed as a centre of weaving. Mniszków is a chain-type village, its 24 or so homes sparsely arranged. It has a picturesque setting, where the road ends and the forest begins.
At the end of the road is a viewpoint with a small car park, affording a beautiful panoramic vista over the Sokole Mountains and Jelenia Góra Valley. In the middle of Mniszków stands a baroque manor, the best surviving example of a stately rural residence in the Jelenia Góra Valley. There is also a mysterious tomb here, which is presumed to have belonged to the Hochberg (von Pless) family, which – among others – Princess Daisy Hochberg von Pless of Książ Castle married into. Johann Neunherz, the first preacher of today's Garrison Church of the Holy Cross in Jelenia Góra, was born in Mniszków in 1652. Psalms he wrote were sung in churches up until the end of the 19th century.
It may be of interest to some to learn that in Autumn 2010 Mniszków was the setting for the filming of "Daas", directed by Adrian Pank. Much of the photography took place inside the historical manor and its vicinity.
Mniszków – cradle of mining
According to early German chronicles, the growth of mining in the land of Mniszków began in the latter half of the 12th century. Laurentius Angelus (Lorenz Angel vil Agigel), an alleged discoverer of ore beds in Kowary, arrived in these lands and is said to have made his home in a settlement that was only just forming, later to be called Waltersdorf (Mniszków). The land was forested, and so the trees were felled en masse for the construction of homes and the shafts and drifts being built. A document from 30 December 1310, certified by Duke Bernard of Świdnica, gives the first known owner of the village: Albert Baier, who is given the title "de cuprifondina in montibus" – man of the copper mine. At that time the Mniszków property covered what would in future be Janowice Wielkie and Miedzianka.
The mine's operations, organised on the basis of old Saxon mining law, grew over the first 100 years.
The land's owner did not take part in the actual excavation works himself. Via what was known as the right of conferral he transferred the mining to a group of peasants or citizens who then formed a guild. One or a few mining fields were handed over in fief in this manner. Individual peasants were also permitted to dig for mineral riches in their properties, and the profits from the mining were split.
Around the year 1372 the houses situated on the Miedziana hill were split off from Mniszków, which was when the independent town of Miedzianka was established on what was previously Mniszków land.
Clericus Bolze became the land's owner in the year 1374, and it was probably he who erected the nearby Bolczów castle (although other sources give this castle as being built in the years 1163-1201 by Duke Bolko the Tall to defend the homes and mines in the vicinity).
During the Hussite wars (15th century) the lands frequently changed hands, the owners residing at the Sokolec castle (Trzcińsko), then infamous as a nest of robber knights.
While Miedzianka boomed in mining, Mniszków began falling into its shadow. The scope of mining operations was diminishing at a terrifying rate, and despite numerous attempts taken by successive owners at reviving the industry, mining gradually faded into oblivion.
The local people begin seeking other ways of earning a living, resulting in the village's character changing. Mniszków began developing in agriculture and as a centre of cottage-industry weaving. A spinning-wheel was taken for Mniszków's coat of arms.
During the village's weaving heyday there were 121 weaving workshops in operation. The census of 1840 also mentioned an inn, while there were also another 11 workshops weaving wool and 89 weaving cloth, alongside more than 15 other craftspeople.
Attempts at reviving the mining industry were made again in successive decades, and in 1902 a new company, "Boberthaler Erzbergwerke", was founded, which in 1907 took over the Mniszków mine "Kupfererzbergwerk Waltersdorf". However, copper extraction continued to decline, and ultimately mining ceased in 1925.
Final attempts at exploring for and extracting uranium ore were conducted after World War II, but little is known of this as the Russians kept this work secret. Thus the mining history of Mniszków came to an end, its traces today being the tree-covered slag heaps and cave-ins.
A deserted settlement – does it still mean anything to anybody?
A settlement which was never to become a village in its own right grew up above the buildings of Mniszków. This was Kreuzwiese (thus named until 1946) or Gniewczyce, and was home to lumberjacks and charcoal burners, who would burn the charcoal for steel mills and get wood for the mines. The settlement's name derived from the old conciliation cross standing by the road (à a monolithic cross, simple and austere in form, made from local material), near which the well-known "Kreuzschenke" inn was later built. Seventeen crofters lived there in 1786, but after the decline of mining the settlement just managed to exist through shepherding and cottage-industry weaving. After 1945 the place depopulated, some of the homes were never settled, and in time all of them fell into ruin or were pulled down. Even the conciliation cross disappeared, and only in 1972 was it rediscovered and transferred to Rędzinki hamlet. All that remains today of this small settlement are the ruins of the homesteads, boundary strips, and dry stone walls between fields overgrown with sorbus and feral fruit trees.
Mysterious tomb
There's a tomb in Mniszków of mysterious origin. It is presumed to have belonged to the Hochberg (von Pless) family, which – among others – Princess Daisy Hochberg von Pless married into from the Książ Castle.
First preacher of the Garrison Church in Jelenia Góra.
Johann Neunherz, the first preacher of today's Garrison Church of the Holy Cross in Jelenia Góra, was born in Mniszków in 1652. Psalms he wrote were sung in churches up until the end of the 19th century.
Mniszków after the war and today
Most Poles who settled in this area were soldiers. Many of them remained here, taking off their uniforms and starting a new life. The 1950s saw the Soviet Army enter the area, their specialists investigating beds of uranium ore under the name "Kowarskie Mines". After a while the operation was shrouded in secrecy, and the name was changed to "Industrial Plants R-1". Extraction works continued, and sometimes penal forces were brought in to work in Mniszków. Everything was secret, miners were rotated so that "they wouldn't nose about too much". But they knew what was going on, hiding their knowledge for many years. According to the accounts of those who worked in these shafts, if somebody fell into the mines they were pulled out – and the corpse was left up on Śnieżnik. Today filled in and forgotten, they "watch over" the older shafts. Only the slag heaps remember those times.
Back then the village was pretty extensive. There are stories of something like a sauna functioning in Mniszków. A primary school functioned here until 1962, employing a single teacher who taught the 4 elementary classes. As there were on average around 11 children, the class was mixed. The drop in the number of children in the village led to the school closing. Some went instead to the school in Miedzianka or in Janowice Wielkie. There was also a community centre in the village, where the people of Mniszków and nearby Gniewczyce organised wedding receptions and dances. Something along the lines of a dairy functioned in Mniszków, where milk was tested for fat content. The number of homesteads began falling in the 60s; most of the older inhabitants started leaving for Silesia, and those who remained worked in nearby factories and the Miedzianka brewery.
The village homes were practically deserted, and that's how the village continued into the 80s. Then young people in the region began buying up houses which had farm buildings, and agriculture slowly began to develop.
Because of the tough tillage conditions the people mainly opted for grazing cattle and sheep. After the collapse of the communist system, the new economic situation led to more and more farmers giving up on running their farms. Stagnation followed, and the lack of prospects for growth put the village to sleep for another dozen or so years.
When new people began moving in, Mniszków woke up from its lethargy, and started transforming into a picturesque summer resort and tourist destination. Currently it is a good base for Bolczów Castle, Wołek, the Rock Bridge and numerous other rock formations. A cycle trail also leads through the village – known as the "Rudawy bypass".
Translation Jonathan Weber
"Kronika Mniszkowa". Manuscript of Dora Puschmann, nee Ende."Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów. Rudawy Janowickie". Red. M. Staffa. Wyd. I-BIS. Wrocław 1998Kapałczyński W., Napierała P. "Zamki, pałace i dwory Kotliny Jeleniogórskiej". Fundacja Doliny Pałaców i Ogrodów Kotliny Jeleniogórskiej. Wrocław 2005."Dolina Zamków i Ogrodów. Kotlina Jeleniogórska - wspólne dziedzictwo". Red. O. Czerner, A. Herzig. Muzeum Okręgowe w Jeleniej Górze. Berlin i Jelenia Góra 2003"Opracowanie historii dworu w Mniszkowie". Halina Krajewska 2007Accounts of people who resided in Mniszków after World War II.


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A tour of seven years and two hundred pages…
Daleysi Moya Barrios / 30 June, 2015
12nd Havana Biennial Michel Pérez (El Pollo)
About Michel Perez's pictorial work
As part of the activities in this 12th edition of the Havana Biennial, the launch of a book that collects and systematizes the pictorial work of the artist Michel Pérez (Pollo) over the period 2008-2014 took place on May 24. With regard to this book, published by Turner Publishing Company, the artist talked with us.
It is noteworthy that such a young artist like you already has a book of this kind, published by the prestigious Turner Publishing Company. How did the idea of the book arise and how is carried out the editorial process?
For better or worse, this was a long process that began with a much smaller idea and that, as time went on, grew up. New works continued appearing that we considered should be included, and this made the initial format to be widen, to the point of considering it a book of a relatively extensive stage of my work. At first we thought of something like a catalog. I think that the delay in the time of its creation process made me to think in a book.
The book was the result of an agreement between several people who like my work friends who have long shared with my work, and Turner Publishing. This was a joint effort in which I had full participation, at least throughout the stage that was developed here in Cuba. At the end, Mai 36 gallery joined us, in the midst of all this I start working with them, and of course it was a complementary part, a vital part in the process.
The book summarizes not only the latest stage of your work, but the one that defines you as creator and for which you are identified. What do you think are the key elements of your work, those that might define your art collected for this book?
Oddly enough I think I make, basically, a metaphysical painting. For me, however, it is always very difficult to use definitions, because they are only part of the job. I think my work gathers several processes, perhaps the most comprehensive is the one that corresponds to the metaphysical part, but there is also an important segment of realistic painting. I could say that if there is anything distinctive or peculiar about my process, is that the way in which I build the work resembles that of realistic painting (i.e. paint from a model), but the result is usually metaphysical. That's the oddity that is generated in the pictures.
I'm interested in processes of artists who are not painters such as Jeff Wall, who carries a kind of detailed construction of the scenes he then photographs. They seem fortuitous but are completely controlled scenes, and the result is a picture that seems to be casual. That kind of outcome and process interests me a lot and it is very common in photographers and filmmakers, perhaps as much as in painting.
From pieces contained in this catalog we see that your work has been changing its modes of assuming representation. How has this shift emerged in your work?
I think there has been an evolution in my work. I am very interested in dealing with this issue because it is usually a type of work that can be too repetitive -for me, of course, it is not; for me every painting is a change, I don't even work in series-. However, the fact of having to think each work separately already involves a challenge, I have to generate each image different from the previous one, and in that sense I think that although it is a short step -eight, ten years- there is an evolution (at least I think so when I read the book). I see that the images have matured, have become more subtle, less obvious, anecdotal, and descriptive. From that perspective there has been a change. But I think that everything lies in how you look it, there are tasks where it is much easier to identify a change because it is a formal or language amendment. But when you use a single means, a way of seeing and building, when you yourself limit your resources, it is much harder to externalize or to make any movement noticed. It is much more difficult also to make a difference.
In the book you make reference to figures of world contemporary art that have functioned as references for your work (Morandi, Hockney, Magritte), however, they are artists entirely omitted by the Cuban historiography speech in their approaches to your work. How much proximity, how much distance does your work have with the most widespread rhetoric by national criticism about your work?
Artistic processes have a rhythm, take a certain path, and theoretical and analytical processes take another. It is very difficult for critics or for those who analyze and consume art to coincide with the rhythm of creation. The rhetoric to which you refer once had a sense. Several painters of my generation agree that perhaps, at first, we could nourish of some type of foreign culture or subculture (such as manga, for example) but for me this vision expired long ago. That has changed a lot, I do not even think it had too much importance at the beginning, I think it was more linked to the way people understood or tried to understand those images, you get close to things as you know them-. I think the Cuban public tried to relate our work with something, and they did so with that kind of references. However, for me there was always a distance.
In reality there are two different things, one side is the way my work has been read in this context, on the other, the way I see it. The way my work and that of some of my contemporaries is understood and consumed has much to do with the discourse of criticism. That look is connected, on time, with some figures that built their readings by way of judgments, patterns through which the work of an entire generation would be built. I do not know if this was a conscious intent, or if it was the easiest way to talk about a group of artists that was making a very different kind of work. Now, what strikes me is that over time, and talking with my friends, we all agree that we do not care to say nothing. Every time I have a chance I repeat it, I try to correct the perspective and generate other understandings on the matter, even on the real influences, however, that rhetoric permeated so deep that no one listens to me. But that is something that is out of my hands, people find ways to approach the work and that's also valid.
It is curious, in this book, the absence of national critical voice. Why did you decide to present your work exclusively from foreign gaze?
Very early in the working process we got together to talk about the approaches of the book, the ways in which the work would be shown, the kind of understanding that would be enhanced -that was an essential subject- and then, two years ago, I honestly was not at all happy with the way it was handled, not only my work, but the work of many artists of my generation. It seemed to me that there was something deeply flawed as a kind of reading that was not the closest to reality had been generated. Then I thought that the best way to correct this would be a new approach, that is, from an outsider who was not permeated by the Cuban context, by the prism through which the art of the island is normally seen and understood (conceived as a single phenomenon such as a school). I felt that a different approach could be more genuine, more intimate with the work, even for people involved with my work beforehand. At that specific moment my work was not thought how I conceive it. I think much of the decision of foreign critics to write had to do with it. I wanted the work to be analyzed by its process, construction, and wanted a new approach to that experience. Maybe it was a prejudice, but I thought that if it was a Cuban critic-at least someone I knew and with whom I have very good relations- preconceptions, the rhetoric to which you refer, and in which I was not interested, would emerge.
I feel this book is to reintroduce, in some way, your presence in the Cuban art scene that, over time, has become less recurrent. This is something that attracts attention as it sharply contrasts with your positioning within the international circuit. Is it your decision or does it respond to other factors?
I think much of this issue is not a conscious decision; those are things that are happening. The work is taking the roads it best understands for itself, and that has to do with circumstances where this work makes sense. Perhaps it was not the best moment (the last two years) for a job like mine to be understood here in Cuba , where there has been a resurgence of political art and some media that, although they were on Cuban art, have strengthened their presence. The institutional policy is also different, it especially advocates by those proposals of avant-garde appearance. Coincidentally this coincides with acceptance of my work outside Cuba, the work has found its way and I have had the opportunity to exhibit elsewhere. And this seems to me a completely normal thing; the opposite would be swimming upstream.
On the other hand, I have the intention and the real desire to display my work in Cuba. I do everything possible to have some visibility, even once a year, within the country (if not a personal exhibition, a collective one). I think that mainly the galleries have dealt with this, especially the Servando Gallery, which is with which I have spent many years working. In any case, I do not want to force things, I just think the work must be at a proper place. That is a cyclical process and in Cuba, somehow, will find its place. In fact, it already has it, maybe not as you dream it should be consumed or read, but in the way the context has considered it appropriate.
Daleysi Moya Barrios

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3000+ Faith Leaders Call On Congress To Oppose Right To Discriminate "First Amendment Act".
July 22, 2015 Featured, Gay News Domestic & U.S. PoliticsBend The Arc, First Amendment Defense Act, H.R. 2802Will Kohler
More than 3,000 faith leaders and clergy sent a letter today to members of Congress urging their opposition to the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802). The letter coordinated by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and Auburn Seminary, was delivered today to Representatives Jason Chaffetz and Elijah Cummings, the Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is currently considering the bill. The letter was also shared with every member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In the letter, the signatories argue that this legislation undermines true religious liberty and opens the door to unprecedented taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBT people, single mothers and unmarried couples.
"As clergy and faith leaders, we must declare unequivocally that we will not allow hateful laws to be passed in the name of religion or religious liberty," said Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Rabbi-in-Residence at Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and a signatory of the letter. "I am appalled that some members of Congress are distorting the meaning of religious freedom to advocate for discriminatory legislation. Their actions are undermining true religious liberty. What they don't seem to understand is that the Constitution guarantees all Americans the freedom to hold any belief we choose — but it does not allow us to discriminate against others in the name of our beliefs. As a rabbi and as an American, I stand by the right of all Americans to hold beliefs that I may find objectionable, but I will not tolerate efforts to make those beliefs the basis for legal discrimination against the LGBT community."
In the letter, the clergy and faith leaders outline how the First Amendment Defense Act could lead to widespread discrimination. For example, were this bill to become law, it would:
*Allow discrimination against LGBT individuals or anyone who has a sexual relationship outside of marriage by organizations like homeless shelters and drug treatment programs that receive government funding;
* Allow hospitals and hospices to deny LGBT and unmarried couples spousal visitation rights;
* Allow government officials to refuse to dispense benefits or services like Veteran or Social Security benefits to the surviving member of a same-sex couple.
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice is a national organization inspired by Jewish values and the steadfast belief that Jewish Americans, regardless of religious or institutional affiliations, are compelled to create justice and opportunity for Americans.
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Re: Faith Leaders Oppose the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802)
Dear Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings:
As clergy and faith leaders who serve diverse communities across the United States and are dedicated to affirming the religious freedom of every individual, we write to express our opposition to the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802).
The religious liberty upon which our nation was founded has allowed our country's diverse religious landscape to flourish. Recently, however, what we have seen promoted as defending religious liberty too often reflects one particular religious perspective that does not at all respect that diversity of faith and belief, or the intent of our Founders. We believe that the First Amendment Defense Act does not respect the spirit of religious liberty—nor does it reflect fundamental values of treating all people with fairness and equality—and we therefore strongly oppose this legislation. Further, though people of faith are not a monolith and all are not in agreement on whether their faith sanctions LGBT relationships, we cannot in good conscience support legislation that favors one religious viewpoint over another and in the process discriminates against LGBT people, single mothers and unmarried couples.
The religious freedom of individuals and organizations, including clergy and houses of worship, who object to same-sex marriage are already protected by the First Amendment and federal law—and we, as clergy and faith leaders, continue to stand by the right of others to hold beliefs that may differ from our own while recognizing that for many of us, supporting LGBT individuals and families is a principle of our faith. Rather than protecting the First Amendment, this legislation actually undermines true religious liberty. The religious liberty on which our nation was founded guarantees us the freedom to hold any belief we choose and the right to act on our religious beliefs — but it does not allow us to harm or discriminate against others or to infringe on the religious beliefs of others.
By opening the door to unprecedented taxpayer-funded discrimination against LGBT people, single mothers and unmarried couples, this legislation does nothing to protect our rights as people of diverse faith traditions and it has the potential to do considerable harm in the name of religion. For example, were this bill to become law it would:
* allow an organization to accept federal funds to run a homeless shelter or drug treatment program but then turn away from that program LGBT people or anyone who has a sexual relationship outside of marriage;
* allow hospitals to refuse dying patients visitation from their spouse or designated support person; and
* permit a government employee to deny services they have a duty to provide, including Veterans or Social Security benefits to a surviving member of a same-sex couple.
We are also troubled that this bill is so broad it could even prevent the federal government from enforcing longstanding laws designed to combat discrimination and promote equality. For example, it would let commercial landlords violate fair housing laws by refusing housing to a single mother based on the landlord's religious beliefs and allow businesses to violate family medical leave laws by refusing to let a gay or lesbian employee care for a sick spouse.
As people of deep faith committed to a country that supports diverse, robust, and healthy religious expression and in the spirit of equality and justice, we urge you to oppose the First Amendment Defense Act.


I love beef liver so much. I could have never eaten enough of liver when I was a kid in Tanzania! Liver is a delicacy in Tanzania. Most of our beef is grass fed, so you can imagine how tasty the liver is. I can taste it while writing this.
The trick is to either cut thin slices and cook on very high heat; or cut chunks but cook on very high heat first then change to medium when darken outside. Over-cooked liver is hard to chew. So be very careful. In Tanzania, we do not marinade out liver with too much. Liver by itself taste very nice, you basically need only salt and garlic if you want. I personally find cumin adds a very unique flavor.
Marinate beef liver with salt, garlic, black pepper, and ginger. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry the liver until the bottom looks cooked, then turn and cook the other side, add 2 tablespoons of water to moisten the liver. Remove and set aside.
In the same pan, sauté onions, ginger, and cumin powder until almost cooked.
Serve the liver and garnish with the stir-fried onions.
We Tanzanians, make the best mango pickle. We use much less spices compared to the ones we buy in America imported from abroad. For that reason, I prefer to make my own. This is a small quantity to last you just enough days.
If you want, you can skip all spices and use Oil, mango, salt and hot peppers only.
Serve with with fried eggs, stews, French fries, Samosa, Fried cassava, rice, and what ever else you like.
1/3 cup vegetable / olive oil or more.
put next to stove or outside under the shade until dries. It can take up to a week to dry unless you are in Arizona where there is dry heat, then it will take one or two days to dry.
Put them in a big jar with a tight lid.
Heat the oil in a pan, then add black pepper, cumin seeds, and cardamom, and stir for 1 minute. Add turmeric powder and habanera peppers and continue to cook, stirring for a few seconds.
Add salt and water. Mix until salt dissolves then turn of the heat.
Pour the mixture into the jar that have dried mangos, cover the jar tightly, and put next to your stove for 3 day before use. (shake the jar at least once a day to mix the pickles inside.
Most Africa countries prefer fried plantain; Tanzanian however we like to cook as a side dish with coconut mil, roast or just boil with water and salt. This is the way we like our plantain. I can eat this everyday.
Peel the plantain and put in a large bowl covered with room temperature water.
Heat the oil on medium-high heat. Sauté the onions, but do not brown them. Add cardamom and saffron or turmeric and stir for 30 seconds.
Add coconut milk, water, and salt, and stir until it boils. Reduce the heat to medium. Add plantain. Cover and simmer, adding water as needed to maintain the level until the plantains are soft.
Since I was young, I liked to drink the liquids from the kachumbari salad. It is funny to admit I still do that. Years ago, I had kachumbari leftovers; I thought it would not hurt to blend and have something tasty to drink. So I did and that was the beginning of my favorite Swahili drink I call zimua juice because it feels good morning after a night of a few drinks. I shared this recipe for the first time last year with the readers of Tupomoja Magazine in Tanzania.
Clean the tomatoes; remove the seeds then cut into small size for blender.
To clean the onions: In a small bowl, mix onions, ½ tsp salt and 1-cup of water. Squeeze the onions while in water for 30 seconds or about 10 times. Discard the water.
Add the remaining 1-cup of water and remaining ½ tsp salt, let stand for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes discard the water by squeezing the onions; then place the onions aside.
In a blender, blend tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, salt, habanera, and cilantro until smooth.
Then add lemon/lime juice and 2 cups of water, mix in the blender for about 5 seconds to mix well.
Serve with ice and garnish with cilantro leaves and celery as you please.
For your summer drink; make ice cubes using 2.5 cups of water in advance, add on step 4 above. But mix limejuice after crushing the ice cubes.
This is East African chai. We do love milk. We use lots and lots of milk. When I was a kid, I was never happy when I was given tea without lots of milk. It is part of being a true Tanzanian.
To make gourmet chai (spiced Tea) please use 4 cups of whole milk instead of low fat. Never use powdered ingredients either. Powdered ingredients is for a quick fix, but you do not get the best flavor compare to whole spices. I use whole spices when I make for my special guest.
Always use fresh ginger. Chai does not taste good with powdered ginger at all. You can use all powdered ingredients but please not for ginger.
Add milk and tea. Use medium heat so the milk won't get scalded.
Serve hot or as iced tea.


Reclined Pigeon pose – also known as Eye of the Needle – is a fantastic post-run and cycling stretch and also a great Pigeon variation that is kinder on the knees than the more traditional version of Pigeon pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana).
As well as particularly targeting the hips, glutes and lower back this is also very helpful for stretching the IT band (illiotibial band), therefore improving your performance.
I found this pose and Legs Up The Wall especially helpful after running the Brighton Half Marathon in February this year. I had no soreness the next day. (NB – Click here for a Legs Up The Wall video where I show you how to get into the pose).
That said, even if you don't run or cycle this pose can be of help if you spend a lot of time sitting – I imagine that includes most of us!
Reclined Pigeon can also be good for easing sciatic pain. Speaking from my own experience of sciatic pain due to having spondylolisthesis I have found this pose to be incredibly beneficial.
Aim to hold this stretch for at least 5 breaths but ideally longer. Work up to holding this stretch for 3-5 minutes on each side.
In this short video filmed at evolve, I show you how to get into Reclined Pigeon.
Time flies when you're taking Savasana. The more you practice, the truer this becomes! At least, this is what my experience has been so far.
Back in September 2014 I embarked on a 365 day Savasana practice. The aim – to practice for Savasana for 20 minutes each day. I did not know what to expect. But I knew I had to do something about taking out some time for myself each day as well as address my difficulty with allowing myself to be still (without that guilty feeling that there was something else I should be getting done instead!).
I find it hard to believe six months have already passed. Some days my twenty minutes has extended into thirty minutes and it feels like no time at all. I notice patterns depending on how I am feeling. For instance, when I have been working long hours or feeling more stressed there is a high chance that I will fall asleep. Falling asleep during Savasana is not ideal, but it does tend to be a sign that I am exhausted. That said, the good thing about this is it gives me a clear signal to look again at my schedule and ask myself if I am filling my diary with anything unnecessary.
Most days, (when I am not falling asleep part-way through) my Savasana is when I meditate. So, my meditation practice has over the past six months shifted from sitting to lying down. Part of me did feel I was some how 'cheating' by meditating lying down. However, my mind was changed during my Yin Yoga intensive earlier this year with Norman Blair when Maitripusha Bois who led a meditation session with us talked about lying down meditation. There are also days when I listen to a guided meditation like this one from Tara Brach while in Savasana.
There are days when I have kicked myself for deciding to do this. Ah, 365 days of savasana sounded like such a good idea at the time! However, I am very happy to find (especially on the days where I think I don't have time) that practising does not take time, it gives time. Always. I never think, "Ah, I shouldn't have bothered with that Savasana." As a consequence I feel overall more content and more determined to be less 'busy', that does not mean that I want to sit around doing nothing all day, but rather it has made me more aware of looking at how much of my time is spent doing things I want to do versus things I do not want or need to do.
Now I am just past the halfway-mark, I am already looking forward to the next six months.
For more on The 365 Savasana Project or to give it a try for yourself, please click here.
Supported Twist – Aid digestion, reduce water retention and relieve stress on your back muscles with this wonderful Restorative Yoga pose that's not just for Christmas!
Also, like all Restorative Yoga poses this Supported Twist is great to practice if you have been feeling stressed or fatigued.
It's really simple to do at home. You can use a yoga bolster if you have one, but you really don't need any special yoga props – as you can see in this picture, I'm using bed pillows. If you want to create a similar depth to a yoga bolster then you can wrap two bed pillows together in a blanket or bath towel. You can also achieve a similar effect with cushions or take some blankets or throws from your sofa, fold lengthways and stack on top of one another – whatever works best for you!
Stay in this pose on the right for up to 4 minutes then repeat on your left side for the same duration.


6. Your uncle Jesse is moving in (the house).
出ていくときはmove outを使う。例) He moved out last month.
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11. Having you and Joey here really means a lot to me.
A: You're fluent in English. I mean it.
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21. The deal is off.
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The more (主語) + (述語), the more (主語) + (述語)… の構文。(例)The more books you read, the more sophisticated you will get (/become).
I'm on my way (to work).
I (We) made it. I didn't make it.
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require 'yaml'
require 'net/https'
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'xml'
require 'time'
require "xmlrpc/client"
$KCODE = 'u'

# Local utility class
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/bookmark'

# Some constants
WEEK_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
DELICIOUS_SERVER = 'api.del.icio.us'
DELICIOUS_PORT = 443
DELICIOUS_DATES_PATH = '/v1/posts/dates'
DELICIOUS_RECENT_PATH = '/v1/posts/recent?count=%d'
DELICIOUS_USER_AGENT = 'delicious_wp by akosma 1.1.3'

def get_delicious_bookmarks_count
  # Connect to delicious and get number
  # of updates in the last week
  http = Net::HTTP.new(DELICIOUS_SERVER, DELICIOUS_PORT)
  http.use_ssl = true
  req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(DELICIOUS_DATES_PATH)
  req.add_field("User-Agent", DELICIOUS_USER_AGENT)
  req.basic_auth CONFIG['delicious']['username'], CONFIG['delicious']['password']
  response = http.request(req)
  results = response.body

  reader = XML::Reader.string(results)
  count = 0
  now = Time.new

  while reader.read
    if reader.node_type == XML::Reader::TYPE_ELEMENT && reader.name == "date"
      reader.move_to_attribute "date"
      date = Time.parse(reader.value)

      if date > (now - WEEK_SECONDS)
        reader.move_to_attribute "count"
        count += reader.value.to_i
      end
    end
  end

  count
end

def get_delicious_bookmarks(count)
  # Retrieve the new entries for the last week
  http = Net::HTTP.new(DELICIOUS_SERVER, DELICIOUS_PORT)
  http.use_ssl = true
  req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(DELICIOUS_RECENT_PATH % count)
  req.basic_auth CONFIG['delicious']['username'], CONFIG['delicious']['password']
  req.add_field("User-Agent", DELICIOUS_USER_AGENT)
  response = http.request(req)
  results = response.body

  # Parse the XML
  reader = XML::Reader.string(results)
  bookmarks = []

  while reader.read
    if reader.node_type == XML::Reader::TYPE_ELEMENT && reader.name == "post"
      bookmark = Bookmark.new
      reader.move_to_attribute "href"
      bookmark.href = reader.value
      reader.move_to_attribute "hash"
      bookmark.hash = reader.value
      reader.move_to_attribute "tag"
      bookmark.tag = reader.value
      reader.move_to_attribute "time"
      bookmark.time = Time.parse(reader.value)
      reader.move_to_attribute "extended"
      bookmark.extended = reader.value
      reader.move_to_attribute "description"
      bookmark.description = reader.value
      bookmarks << bookmark
    end
  end

  # Sort the bookmarks by descending time
  bookmarks.sort {|x, y| y.time <=> x.time }
end

def create_html(bookmarks)
  groups = []
  old_date = nil
  i = -1

  bookmarks.each do |bookmark|
    if bookmark.date != old_date
      old_date = bookmark.date
      groups << []
      i += 1
    end
    groups[i] << bookmark
  end

  lines = []
  groups.each do |array|
    lines << "
%s:
" % array[0].date
    lines << "
"
    array.each do |bookmark|
      lines << "
%s
" % bookmark
    end
    lines << "
"
  end

  lines << "
Generated by "
  lines << ""
  lines << DELICIOUS_USER_AGENT
  lines << "
"
  lines.join
end

def post_to_wordpress(title, text)
  entry = {
    :title => title,
    :description => text
  }

  config = CONFIG['wordpress']
  server = config['server']
  path = config['path']
  port = config['port']
  blogid = config['blogid']
  username = config['username']
  password = config['password']

  # Connect to Wordpress using the XML-RPC interface
  blog = XMLRPC::Client.new(server, path, port)
  blog.call("metaWeblog.newPost", blogid, username, password, entry, true)
end

def main
  count = get_delicious_bookmarks_count
  if count > 0
    # Limit the amount of bookmarks and add a second between requests
    # (recommended by the del.icio.us API docs)
    count = 100 if count > 100
    sleep(1)

    bookmarks = get_delicious_bookmarks(count)
    entry = create_html(bookmarks)
    puts post_to_wordpress(CONFIG['wordpress']['post_title'], entry)
  else
    puts "No new bookmarks"
  end
end

if File.exists?('config.yaml')
  CONFIG = YAML.load_file('config.yaml')
  main
else
  puts "You must create a config.yaml file"
end

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April is National Poetry Month and there is a lot of fun things happening on the internet to help celebrate. You can click here to visit Jama's Alphabet Soup Blog where she has a post that has a list of many of the activities going on this month. I wanted to share some of our favorite poetry books. The books I am sharing today are mostly filled with silly poems. With a 6 and a 3-year-old, this is the type of poetry they appreciate right now. Perhaps in a few years they will appreciate more serious poems (though I tend to doubt it!).
These books are filled with super silly songs done to tunes your kids know. We love to sing the songs from these books and we laugh a lot whenever we do.
2. Anything by Jack Prelutsky!!!
We love Pizza the Size of the Sun and It's Raining Pigs and Noodles. These books are filled with more laugh out loud poetry, perfect for my silly kids!
This book was given to Wally when he was a baby and so now we have two copies (I had one in my classroom). They are both well worn and we love this great collection of poems. So many great poems about every topic under the sun.
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A little while back I took a look at some recently breached accounts and wrote A brief Sony password analysis. The results were alarming; passwords were relatively short (usually 6 to 10 characters), simple (less than 1% had a non-alphanumeric character) and predictable (more than a third were in a common password dictionary). What was even worse though was uniqueness; 92% of common accounts in the Sony systems reused passwords and even when I looked at a totally unrelated system – Gawker – reuse was still very high with over two thirds of common email addresses sharing the same password.
But there was one important question I left unanswered and that was how people choose their passwords. We now know that structurally, passwords almost always adhere to what we would consider "bad practices" but how are these passwords derived in the first place? What's the personal significance which causes someone to choose a particular password?
It turns out there are some very recognisable patterns in the data. In fact the vast majority of passwords adhere to just a small handful of common selection practices. This is interesting research in that it begins to give a bit of insight into the thought process of the individuals who create passwords which conform to weak structural guidelines.
The data I'm going to analyse comes from a variety of sources including the Sony and Gawker breaches I referenced in the previous post as well as other LulzSec releases including pron.com and a collection of their random logins. For each of these I have nothing more than an email address and a password – there are no other account attributes I can use to start drawing conclusions (i.e. physical address). There are about 300,000 accounts in all which should give us a reasonable cross section with which to make some observations on password selection.
People names: this includes a list of about 26,000 common first and last names.
Place names: this is everything from towns to states to countries and includes about 32,000 entries.
English dictionary: exactly what it sounds like – around 190,000 words in a typical English dictionary.
I'm going to use these three sources of data to make some assumptions about where passwords may have been derived from. The three lists above are aggregated from various sources and whilst comprehensive, are certainly by no means complete. The bottom line is that some potential matches are going to be missed and the overall numbers will be lower than what they would be if the lists were 100% accurate.
In matching passwords to potential sources I'm going to be a bit more liberal than usual by ignoring both case and punctuation. Whilst these are extremely important to password entropy, they don't have a part to play in terms of where people derive their password from. Whether I use "Troy" or "troy" as a password (and no, I don't use either!), or "Troy Hunt" or "troyhunt", I've still derived them from the same logical source. Besides, in my previous analysis 45% of all passwords contained only lowercase characters and as I mentioned earlier, less than 1% had any sort of punctuation anyway so it wouldn't make a difference for a significant portion of the data set.
In the analysis I'm going to start with the most personal sources – such as someone's name – and then move onto increasingly less personal sources such as places, then dictionary words and see how many passwords correlate to each. In a case like "June" where it could be either a name or a dictionary word, it will appear in whichever statistics I run first (people names, in this case), then won't be counted again so we'll get a discrete set of matches. The order of the results is more a logical priority than one of prevalence.
I've started with people names because a name is simply one of the most personal attributes of someone's identity. I also suspect they feature heavily when someone reaches into the recesses of their mind to come up with a password. Now of course the name is not necessarily the name of the account holder; it could be a spouse, the kids or even the family dog. Furthermore, it could be a first name, a middle name or a last name.
But there's a bit more to the story; just because a password is derived from a person's name doesn't mean it's a perfect match. For example, prepending or appending numbers to a name is a popular practice so whilst "troy21" may not be a perfect match to my name, the origin of it is still clear.
Obviously numbers are the favourites and they're almost exclusively appended to the name rather than prepended. Furthermore, the appended number is very, very frequently just a "1". Two digit numbers, likely representing a year, also feature quite frequently (year of birth, perhaps?) as do four digit numbers which I assume would imply the same thing (certainly it's feasible based on the number range).
Use of symbols is quite rare but then again, as I mentioned right at the start of this post, less than 1% of passwords in my previous analysis had a symbol anyway so no big surprises there. The reversed names are obviously an attempt to obfuscate the password and decrease discoverability. In reality, a reversed name is still the same number and type of characters so passwords such as "trebor", "nevets" and "samoht" are still going to be very vulnerable to brute force attacks such as by rainbow table.
The trick with place names is that very often they could also be people names (i.e. Victoria), which is not surprising given many places are named after people. Likewise, they're very frequently dictionary names (i.e. Sunshine) and in both cases it's simply impossible to make an assumption about what the individual was thinking when the password was created. Either way though, the central theme is still the same: the passwords are being derived from common words.
Once again, the old faithful "1" suffix is most popular. It's as though people know they should mix character types but they take the easy way out instead of choosing truly random numbers and positioning them at unpredictable locations within the password.
A huge 25% of passwords are derived directly from dictionary words. In reality, it's probably somewhat higher than this as my dictionary had less than a couple of hundred thousand words. And they're all only English language.
The first one probably shouldn't be such a surprise but still, wow! My password source of several hundred thousand accounts had nearly two and a half thousand "password" passwords which is not only a pretty poor choice given its clearly available in a dictionary, it's also an insanely obvious one.
Why is this interesting? Well firstly, within a spread of numeric password lengths which range from 1 (yes, 1, and there's a heap of 'em) to 21, 83% of the passwords are either four, six or eight digits long. Is this a propensity for even numbered password lengths or something else?
For four digit passwords, the spread is pretty widely distributed in terms of number of occurrence, at least once you ignore "1234" (the most commonly used four digit password by a factor of ten). However, there's quite a prevalence of numbers which could easily represent recent years (1984 is quite popular), so I suspect there's often a date based significance. The other thing to consider is that given the propensity for password reuse and the fact that many PIN numbers are four digits, there's a good chance these numbers are used on someone's luggage or – gasp! – is the one they use to pull money from an ATM.
The thing about six digit numbers is that they very, very frequently represent dates in DDMMYY format (or MMDDYY for the Americans). The ranges of each three pairs of numbers in the password list suggest there's a high likelihood that these passwords do indeed relate to dates, assumedly of some personal significance to the creator.
So what about the high prevalence of eight digit numbers? There's some degree of numbers meeting a DDMMYYYYY format (or American equivalent), but for the most part, there's no obvious pattern. Based on what we've seen so far there's almost certainly a personal significance to the numbers but it's not obvious from their format, at least not beyond those that adhere to obvious, memorable patterns such as "12345678" or "11223344".
It might seem a bit liberal having a dedicated category for all passwords of one character type, but when you consider the extremely limited character set – ten as opposed to 95 (printable ASCII characters) – there's obviously some very specific reasons for only choosing numbers.
As well as repeating words, there are also patterns of doubling up on other random characters. We could speculate the thought process is that this practice is enabling simple passwords of very short length to be literally doubled in size, but of course in many cases, they're still short (eight characters or less), lowercase alphanumeric strings which is a pretty basic pattern.
The inspiration for these passwords is pretty clear – no more speculation needed!
The first one is a little amusing given the context and that it appeared as agent Fox Mulder's password in the X-Files series (not a great password role model!) The others are obviously simple and easy to remember which is a pattern repeated throughout most of the remaining phrases. Yes, they add length and variety (at least in a dictionary sense), but once again, they're short, predominantly alphabet-centric lowercase passwords. The other thing is that they're frequently found in password dictionaries (note – not English dictionaries, rather lists of common passwords). In fact "letmein" and "iloveyou" can both be fund in the popular darkc0de.lst password dictionary.
Some of the more creative ones start to take different directions across the keyboard or add a bit of randomness to the recurrence of letters and numbers but the practice remains the same: predictable.
So there's a whole range of passwords out there which whilst they won't be picked up by any of the patterns discussed above, do in fact relate to popular culture. This is a fairly obvious source of inspiration although one that's difficult to define in a set word list.
Then of course there are simply passwords which don't adhere to any discoverable pattern, for example "mw818283" (although interestingly a Google search does show this up in an online password dictionary). The thing is though, these fall into the minority and even if they are "strong" (long, random, unique), they're now commonly available in password dictionaries to be used in future brute force attacks. Because my entire password database has come from compromised sites which are now readily available online, the reality is that none of these passwords should be used again. Ever.
Passwords are inspired by words of personal significance or other memorable patterns.
Attempts to obfuscate or strengthen passwords usually follow predictable patterns.
Truly random passwords are all but non-existent – they're less than 1% of the data set.
A significant part of the problem is clearly websites implementing very lax password policies (or none at all based on the one character instances), where at the very least, there should be a robust minimum criteria. How high should the bar be set? Well, that's another topic of much debate and there are obvious usability implications. Then there's the idea of taking password requirements to a whole new level and doing what Hotmail has just done by actively disallowing vulnerable passwords.
But the intention of this post was always to identify how people are presently choosing their passwords and we have good insight into that now. Of course the next question is "how should people be choosing passwords"? The answer to this is simple: The only secure password is the one you can't remember.


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James Cameron's Avatar and Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker score nine nominations each.
There were few surprises in the nominations announcement for the 82nd Academy Awards on February 2, with Avatar and The Hurt Locker taking nine nominations apiece.
Jeremy Renner's best actor nomination for The Hurt Locker was perhaps the main surprise in acting categories, while Cameron's omission in the original screenplay category was notable.
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds took eight nominations including best picture, director and screenplay, while Jason Reitman's Up In The Air took six including best picture, director, screenplay, actor for George Clooney and two in the supporting actress category for Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.
Meanwhile, the ten best picture field only saw a couple of surprise omissions  Clint Eastwood's Invictus, Star Trek and Nine among them and perhaps one surprise inclusion in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man, which also won a screenplay nod for the oft-celebrated siblings.
As expected, Pixar's Up became only the second animated feature to score a best picture nomination (the first since Beauty And The Beast in 1991) and the first to secure picture and animated feature nominations. Up was also nominated in screenplay and score categories.
Lee Daniels' Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire also got nominations in lead categories best picture and director for Daniels, best screenplay, actress for Gabourey Sidibe and supporting actress for Mo'Nique. Precious had a tally of six nominations, also named in the editing category.
Acting favourites Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart and Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side sailed through to nominations in their respective categories, and TheBlind Side also scored a best picture nod.
Meryl Streep, meanwhile, won her 13th best actress nomination and her 16th in total for playing Julia Child in Julie & Julia.
In the foreign language category, the year's big winners The White Ribbon from Germany and A Prophet from France both got through alongside Ajami from Israel, The Milk Of Sorrow from Peru and The Secret In Their Eyes from Argentina. Sony Pictures Classics has US rights to three of them - The WhiteRibbon, A Prophet and The Secret In Their Eyes.
European talent scored highly. UK producers Finola Dywer and Amanda Posey were nominated for An Education which also won a nomination for lead actress Carey Mulligan and screenwriter Nick Hornby.
Helen Mirren scored her fourth Oscar nomination for The Last Station, Colin Firth his first for A Single Man, Germany's Christoph Waltz his first in the supporting actor category for Inglourious Basterds  - for which he is runaway favourite to win - and Spain's Penelope Cruz received her third for Nine.
Meanwhile, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche won an adapted screenplay nod for UK comedy In The Loop, which was released in the US by IFC Films. Austrian cinematographer Christian Berger was also nominated for his black and white work on The White Ribbon.
Tomm Moore's Irish animated film The Secret Of Kells was a surprise entry in the best animated feature category alongside Disney heavyweights Up and The Princess And The Frog, Coraline and Fantastic Mr Fox. Kells knocked out other studio movies such as Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Monsters Vs Aliens.
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer scored his first Oscar nomination for playing Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station.
Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker becomes only the fourth woman in Oscar history to be nominated in the best director category. Having won the DGA prize last weekend, she could easily become the first to win.
Ironically Peter Jackson was nominated as a producer of best picture nominee District 9 directed by Niell Blomkamp; his own film The Lovely Bones took only one nomination for Stanley Tucci's supporting performance.
In the documentary category, favourites The Cove and Food Inc were nominated alongside Burma VJ, the Danish film from Anders Ostergaard, Rebecca Camissa's Which Way Home, which is a Mexico/US co-production, and Judith Erlich and Rick Goldsmith's The Most Dangerous Man In The World: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers.
Fox International's Avatar will ease part the $1.5bn mark this weekend as executives expect an eighth consecutive weekend at the top.
Credits for The Blind Side and The Hurt Lockerconfirmed, Locker allowed four nominees.


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Benjamin Fulford Update - June 19, 2017Petrodollar doomed as Qatar breaks ranks and sells its oil in Yuan
The crisis in Qatar marks a major turning point in the battle against the Khazarian mafia. Ostensibly Saudi Arabia and other oil exporting states decided to try to blockade Qatar "because it was supporting terrorism." In reaction to this move, US President Donald Trump showed the world he was not in charge of the US by first supporting the blockade and then being forced by the Pentagon to change his stance 180 degrees the next day. What is really going on here is that Qatar reached a deal with Iran to export gas from its massive gas fields not West in exchange for worthless Euros or US dollars but rather East to places like India and China in exchange for their currencies.
The US House of Whores, oops! I mean House of Representatives. reacted to this development by passing new sanctions against Russia that basically amounted to telling Europe to buy expensive American gas instead of cheap Russian gas. The Germans and Austrian reacted by telling the Americans to buzz off.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40299760
These developments show clearly the old regime is falling apart with splits between Washington and the EU becoming more pronounced by the day.
The Khazarian mafia controlled Saudis and their Israeli partners in crime have seen their entire plan for an "Arab Nato," blow up in their faces. True Muslim countries like Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and others together with super powers like Russia and China lined up to support Qatar, leaving the Saudi Israel alliance isolated. India and Pakistan have shown they are with Russia and China by joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, something Iran is expected to do next year.
The US military, for its part, showed it was against the Khazarian mafia by staging joint military drills with Qatar last week even as China staged drills with Iran. Pentagon sources explain "The US military needs Qatar because of the Al Udeid airbase." The Pentagon sources did not mention the fact Qatar also offered to buy $12 billion worth of US military jets to help keep the Pentagon financed. In any case, the airbase also functions to ensure that madman Satanist Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his fellow Khazarian mobsters do not get any chance start World War 3, the sources say. A more direct message would be "SURRENDER OR DIE."
The battle to remove the Khazarians from all levers of control in Washington DC is also intensifying. The fake blame everything on Russia campaign by the Khazarians is blowing up with even Khazarian owned corporate propaganda media stooges starting to expose it as completely bogus.
The following twitter storm issued by Donald Trump summarizes quite well how the power struggle in DC is going:
"You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history – led by some very bad and conflicted people!
They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt
Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems dealings with Russia are not looked at, but my non-dealings are?
Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?
A.G. Lynch made law enforcement decisions for political purposes…gave Hillary Clinton a free pass and protection. Totally illegal!"
Pentagon sources say the next stage in the battle against the Khazarian mafia hold-outs in DC will begin with the arrest of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, special counsel Robert Mueller as well as Hillary Clinton (although CIA sources say she died last year), Barack Obama, former attorney general] Loretta Lynch, former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, former CIA head John Brennan, former NSA director Michael Hayden and others "at the 2nd stage to decapitate the deep state,"
Fired FBI director James Comey has "been singing like a canary," about the Khazarian mob as well as the P2 Freemason lodge, CIA sources confirm.
Continue Reading at ...... http://benjaminfulford.net/2017/06/19/petrodollar-doomed-as-qatar-breaks-ranks-and-sells-its-oil-in-yuan/


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What is Fitlife Home Delivery?
We're glad you asked. We now offer pre-planned home delivery in Westchase, North Tampa, St Petersburg, South Tampa, Countryside, Land O Lakes and Wesley Chapel/New Tampa. All you need to do is order online and select package options of 8-12 meals or 20-24 meals. Place your order in advance and we'll hop to it and make sure it's delivered right to your door between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Why don't you deliver to my area?
Trust us, we want to. Anything to make it easier for our customers to be awesome. But before we do that, we want to be sure it works its very best. So we decided to test these specific zip codes for now! Hang in there and check back soon for more areas we're delivering to!
What zip codes are available for delivery?
We sure do as long as it's between 1 and 5pm! Please be sure to include any specific office suites or floors to deliver to!
How are the items delivered and when?
Our forkin' awesome (see what we did there?) delivery drivers bring your food in a super cozy, insulated cooler bag with medical grade ice packs Mondays and Thursdays. It'll be on your doorstep between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.!
Nope. Fitlife makes it super easy for you so your meals are delivered. We have a strict do not disturb policy. The last thing we want to do is disturb anyone, so please make sure to give us your gate code if you have one. This will also ensure there are no interruptions with your delivery. We do ask that as soon as you receive your cooler bag, you put it in the fridge as soon as possible. If we can't get into an area to deliver, it will be brought back to the closest store to you for pickup. And no, we won't hop any walls so don't ask!
Each meal is individually priced and only available in one size-Medium. The delivery fee is $7.00 per order. If it's your first time ordering with us, you have to buy a cooler bag. It's $25.00 for the 8-12 meal package option but you get to keep it when you are finished so you can use it for whatever you want. That's a pretty good deal right? If you're really hungry and choose a 20-24 package option, we'll charge you a $25.00 cooler bag fee and give you the second cooler bag half off for $12.50. And remember, you get to keep the cooler bag(s) and this is only a one-time fee.
It's easy. You just set up an account, select the next delivery day and place your order online. Whatever you do though, don't forget to enter any gate codes so we don't get locked out. We'd hate for your food not to get to you. Delivery's go down on a Monday or a Thursday. The cutoff times for each order will be Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for the Monday order, and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. for the Thursday order. If you want us to repeat that, go back to the beginning and read it again.
Your powerfully awesome food will arrive at your house between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Don't forget to leave your cooler bag and ice packs out each night before receiving a new delivery in order so there's no disruption in your delivery. This existing cooler bag will be replaced with another cooler bag with made-from-scratch, jaw-dropping, fresh food and cold ice packs.
I live in a gated community with a guard-what suggestions do you have?
Just list the gate code in the comments section when you place your order so our driver can get in. As fit as they are, they cannot open your gate with their bare hands nor can they scale it without legal recourse. So if you would be so kind, also let your guard company know that you'll be having a meal delivery overnight so there are no issues with us getting in to deliver your food.
How many items can I have delivered?
There are multiple options to choose from. You can choose anywhere from 8-12 meals or 20-24 meals which is ideal for a busy couple or two people or one incredibly hungry person! The max amount of meals that can fit in each cooler bag is 12 meals. For those customers ordering the 20-24 meals, the second cooler bag charge will be half off.
Can I just order one delivery of meals and nothing more?
Sure thing. The cooler bag fee will still apply but we're glad to offer single orders and we will be offering a subscription-based service soon!
What are the cutoff dates and times for ordering & making changes to my order?
We're pretty punctual around here so, sorry, no changes will be permitted after this time, since the order will be in production at our culinary center. The cutoff times for each order will be Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for the Monday order, and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. for the Thursday order.. Again, no changes will be permitted after this time because, like we said, your food will be in the midst of being oh so carefully put together at our culinary center.
What if I want to change my order after the cut off time?
Well as much as we'd like to grant your changes, it's impossible to do because your meals are already being put together in our culinary center. The cutoff time is for production purposes due to our culinary center production schedule.
When will my card be charged and how does payment work?
Your card will be charged as soon as you place the order and no, we don't accept I.O.U's.
Member meal accounts and gift cards don't apply for delivery and there are no discount options online. If you're using this type of payment, we'd recommend you continue to come into the store.
We accept American Express, Visa and Mastercard. Wampum will not be accepted, funny guy.
My credit card was charged twice, what do I do?
Well for one thing, we'll be really embarrassed and apologetic. But we'll make it right, don't you worry. Just call our customer service representative. We'll need to verify that the two charges are finalized and not pending and documentation will need to be provided from the financial institution. If there are indeed two charges, we'll refund the second charge. The refunds will take anywhere from 4-6 days depending upon your bank to go back into your account or show up as a credit on the card.
What do I do with my cooler bags?
Well, you own them so you can do whatever you please. But, in order to receive food after initial orders please make sure you leave your empty cooler bag(s) and ice packs outside of your door the night before receiving your next delivery. That way our drivers can pick up the bag and replace it with a fresh one with new, awesome food and cold ice packs. If the cooler bag isn't left out, our customer service associate will call you to let you know another $25.00 charge will be placed on your account for the additional cooler bag. Translation: don't forget to leave it out.
My cooler bag is broken, what do I do?
We can replace that for you at the store closest to you: (currently South Tampa, North Tampa, Countryside or St Petersburg). Just simply stop in and they will hand you a new one. Easy peasy.
What if I want to stop service, what do I do with my cooler bag?
If you stop delivery service, the cooler bag is all yours. You paid for it, after all.
What If I want to restart service after a break?
We'll be super stoked to see you again. So if you want to restart service after a break, all you have to do is leave your previous cooler bag and ice packs outside the door the night before your next delivery to avoid another $25.00 fee.
What if I didn't like my meal or has a concern with a dish?
What is your customer service phone number for deliver and what days/hours of operation can they be reached at?
What? Please call our customer service line at 813-465-3794 to verify that this wasn't a gate code issue. As mentioned in the terms & conditions, if a wrong gate code is provided, we'll be unable to deliver and the cooler bag will be returned to the closest store to you. Which means you'll have to pick it up at the store. But at least we get to see each other again!
We are a driven, bold and fearless pack of folks crazy for everything in life that is amazing and awesome. And we go out and squeeze every possible ounce of opportunity out of each day. We want to grab life by the neck and tell it we're running this show so deal with it. We love to be motivated and inspired. To have a connection to the local community that leaves it revitalized and equipped to tackle anything. We are doers, not talkers. We are the engines that fuel the action, adventure and every drop of self confidence in our lives. And guess what, we have a boatload of fun along the way. There is no can't in our vocabulary. We will do anything we can to be the best version of ourselves so we can reach our next level of awesome. That's what we are. And ironically, it's what our customers are too.
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Where is your headquarters located?
All that good stuff that powers you to be awesome is listed when you click on each item. It's also listed on the bottom of each meal container. Make sure the lid's on before you turn it over to look at it ok?
Where can I find the ingredient information for your meals?
All the general ingredient information will be listed upon clicking on each item. The full ingredients will also be listed on the bottom of each meal container.
What is the shelf life on your meal items, how do I know when I cannot eat them any longer?
Our food has a shelf life of 4-6 days depending on the item. We're all about natural, wholesome ingredients so our food has no preservatives or additives to preserve them past that date.
We don't recommend freezing them because this takes away from the freshness of our meals and will take away the gourmet taste as well.
Just follow the reheating instructions on the container. It will tell you exactly how long to put them in the microwave. Simply take the lid off, place it loosely on the top of the container, heat for the designated amount of time and try not to drool!
You can but we don't recommend heating the meals in the oven. If you prefer to do this, please make sure to take out of the plastic container, put in an oven safe container and heat until that handy dandy specific temperature on the container is reached.
Do you use all organic ingredients?
We use organic when necessary and local as much as possible.
Are your meals free of GMO's?
We focus on the cleanest supply chain of ingredients that are free of hormones and additives. The quality and integrity of each one of our products is of the utmost importance to us. We're so obsessed with it that we research every ingredient, visit local farms and suppliers before deciding to purchase these items for our recipes. And the quality of suppliers from a food safety standpoint is also super important to us.
We source our ingredients from local suppliers so we can have control of our quality. We buy local when the season is right, and we choose Organic when it's available and for products that are overly processed. Want some names? We use Bob's Red Mill Oats, Eden Organic Beans, Muir Glen canned tomatoes, Organic Tortilla Chips, to name just a few. What's so great is that each day more and more companies are producing non-GMO ingredients so we can take advantage of these. And here's the great part, it allows to offer our food to you at an affordable price.


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Designated Survivor season 4: Is there another reason for hope?
Designated Survivor June 18, 2019
We're just about a week and a half away from Designated Survivor season 3, but we feel as though most of the show's audience has burned through the entirety of the ten episodes already.
With that very thing in mind, we know that questions are swirling everywhere regarding a fourth season and whether it happens. The ball is ultimately in Network's court on it, so the earlier we recognize that, the better off we're probably going to be.
Want some other Designated Survivor video scoop? Then check out some of what we've got below, as it'll give you a full rundown on season 3! Once you do that, be sure to subscribe to CarterMatt on YouTube and also view our playlist, otherwise known as the #1 way to ensure you don't miss any other updates.
For now, we do think that there is a cause for a reasonable amount of optimism. While it doesn't feel like the newly-minted Netflix series is getting the same sort of social traffic that a show like Lucifer or 13 Reasons Why typically does, it does seem to be getting a rather solid amount of global viewership. There does seem to be a number of people interested in at least the idea of continuing the story along. We've seen the enthusiasm channeled through much of our articles and videos on the show since it started airing, just as we have also seen there be some interest from the cast itself.
But what about Netflix? They are the ones obviously in control and steering the metaphorical ship here and, at least for now, they are at least acknowledging that there's interest out there in more. If you head over to their official Twitter, you'll see that there are responses to people hoping for another season — they don't give anything away, but they're at least acknowledging some of the desire that is out there. (Of course, whoever is running the show's Twitter account has zero say in the future of Designated Survivor, but we feel like responding to renewal hopes is a welcoming sign.)
Netflix will more than likely make the decision on the series' future over the next few months — it is important to note that nobody in the press for this season has spoken about this being the end of the road for certain, so there may be hope for at least one more. We recognize that with Netflix, shows don't have a tendency to stick around for all that long. Yet, here we like to think that there is at least one more season worth of story to tell. Given that season 3 ended with Tom Kirkman basically selling his soul for the sake of the Presidency, it would be nice for season 4 to show whatever the other side of this is. Is the guilt of him not admitting the truth about Moss going to eat him alive? It's not a life-or-death cliffhanger, but it's one that certainly has us begging for more.
What do you think the chances are right now for a Designated Survivor season 4? Be sure to let us know some of your thoughts in the comments. (Photo: Netflix.)


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