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US sets grim new COVID death record with nearly 4,500 fatalities in a day as toll hits 380K
The United States has set a grim new record for daily COVID deaths as the pandemic continues to worsen across the country.
A staggering 4,470 deaths Americans succumbed to the virus in the 24 hours to Tuesday evening, according to new data obtained by Johns Hopkins University.
The total number of US citizens who have died from COVID-19 has now surpassed 380,000 – more than the past 10 flu seasons combined and a fifth of the world's almost two million dead, despite accounting for just four percent of the global population.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID deaths recorded in the first 12 days of January alone has already eclipsed the number of virus fatalities recorded in each month from June to October last year.
Already this month, 34,502 Americans have lost their lives to the virus. In contrast, 19,447 died from the virus during the entire 30 days of last June.
Prior to Tuesday's staggering number of deaths, the US was averaging 3,223 COVID-19 deaths a day over the past week.
Meanwhile, hospitalizations and case numbers also remain precariously high.
On Tuesday, 230,000 Americans tested positive for the coronavirus, while 131,326 people across the country were in hospital being treated for the disease.
The situation is most dire in Los Angeles, which is experiencing the LA County health officials have urged residents to now wear masks inside their own homes to stop the virus spreading between family members.
A staggering 4,470 deaths Americans succumbed to the virus in the 24 hours to Tuesday evening, according to new data obtained by Johns Hopkins University. Pictured above health care workers tend to a COVID patient at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California on Monday
Meanwhile, the number of COVID deaths recorded in the first 12 days of January alone has already eclipsed the number of virus fatalities recorded in each month from June to October last year
Officials say the surging rates of COVID-19 in the city is likely tied to family gatherings that have taken place over Thanksgiving and Christmas.
They also say children are apologizing to their elderly residents who have become sickened with the disease.
AMERICA'S DEADLIEST DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC
January 12, 2021: 4,470
January 7, 2021: 4,194
'One of the more heartbreaking conversations that our healthcare workers share is about these last words when children apologize to their parents and grandparents for bringing COVID into their homes for getting them sick,' County Supervisor Hilda Solis told The Los Angeles Times.
'Please, for your loved ones, stay home. Stay safe. Keep your loved ones alive.'
Doctors in the city fear that reports of overcrowding have been keeping some sickly people from seeking medical care.
Medics are urging those who are elderly and are experiencing a shortness of breath to contact their healthcare pvidier.
'Even if hospitals are full, you have to go seek care or call your doctor,' one doctor urged.
'The longer you wait for this disease. The less chance we have to give you some of the therapies that can help you get through this.'
As of Monday. Los Angeles County alone had clocked 932,908 cases, with 10 residents testing positive to the virus every minute.
One person is dying from the virus every eight minutes in the county.
Health officials there are scrambling to speed up the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, with plans to open large centers in order to have 500,00 healthcare workers receive their first jab by the end of the month.
Meanwhile, more than 9 million people across the country have now had their first dose of the vaccine. However, there has been more than 27 million doses distributed.
The United States on Tuesday announced all air travelers entering the country will need a negative Covid-19 test before departure.
The policy takes effect on January 26 and expands an existing measure targeting Britain, where the strain known as B117 has been tied to a drastic spike in cases.
'Testing does not eliminate all risk, but when combined with a period of staying at home and everyday precautions like wearing masks and social distancing, it can make travel safer,' said Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deaths are surging most alarmingly in both the south and the west according to data obtained by The Covid Tracking Project
The chart above from the COVID Tracking Project shows the 7-day average for deaths and demonstrates the spike in deaths after the holidays
The United States has set a grim new record for daily COVID deaths as the pandemic continues to worsen across the country. Pictured: Patients waiting in a hallway at an overcrowded hospital in Apple Valley, California, on Tuesday
Los Angeles hospitals dealing with the surge of COVID-19 cases are using refrigerated trailers to temporarily store the deceased – as seen above Tuesday
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined that states should first vaccinate their frontline workers and their elderly citizens, but White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci has conceded that some state officials are too worried about adhering to those rules, which is slowing the vaccination process down.
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Daniel Twigg is the Marketing Manager at Cyclr, which is is an embedded integration platform (embedded IPaaS) for SaaS applications.
Daniel is a "Jack of all trades" digital marketer, working in the integration SaaS space. He has over 9 years experience working in B2B marketing, in areas that include tech and IoT.
Hey Daniel. Thanks so much for joining me here on the SaaS breakthrough podcast. Really excited to learn about Cyclr. Learn a little bit more about what you guys are doing over there. How are you doing today?
Oh, thanks for having me, David. Yeah, I'm very well. Thank you. Over in the UK. Doing good and it's a pleasure to be aboard.
Yeah, I'm really excited to have you here. We got to meet at SaaStock in Dublin. Obviously not that big of a trip for, you know, flew across the pond as you guys say.
Yep. Just a short escape.
Perfect. Well, for those listeners who don't know about Cyclr yet, and I was really blown away when I learned about your SaaS and what you guys are doing over there now. Give us a quick explanation, a quick rundown of what Cyclr does, when it was founded, who your target customers are. Maybe a little bit about the evolution of the product there in the marketplace.
Yeah, absolutely. So Cyclr is an integration platform primarily for SaaS platforms looking to provide integrations for their, for their clients within their own platform. So we kind of started in 2014, I think it was, and we've developing for a few years and actually had products in the market, which was a bit different to how you see it now. It was a different target market where now we're very much like SaaS for SaaS, before it was kind of aimed at the business users that want to automate their own processes within a company, the sisters and integrators. And we actually ended up pivoting and changing the platform, to concentrate on what we were best at, which was the embedded nature and the white labeled aspect of giving SaaS teams, a platform that they can build integrations in a maintainable and easy way and then publish them directly to their APP.
That's amazing. And when did you first joined the team? Maybe what was the company size or ARR at that time?
Yeah, I was, it was just over two years ago that I joined the team. I was number six. And very, very small. I think the product is only been on the market for maybe six months if that. So the ARR, the revenue is very small and the model was very different to how it was now as well and a lower price point. So yeah, it was, it was pretty, pretty small.
So when you first joined, it was a small revenue stream coming in, a totally different product. Is your first first initiative to find product market fit? Was it part of this pivot where you trying to determine do we even have the right target market?
So obviously I was pre pivot. So at that time I was there to find, help find the product market fit and look for channels that we could start finding customers. And yeah, it was my task, to go out and explore, see where the customers were, see what they're looking for, and then kind of set out a few plans to reach them. So starting with something like Pay-per-click and then spreading out from there.
How'd that go? I love to learn a little bit about that. Like how did you guys end up figuring out that this was the wrong target market that you needed to do a pivot during that time?
Yeah, well we just found that the technology we had within the platform was better suited for as it is now working within a SaaS. The main kind of interests we were getting were around using that and the actual product stemmed from another SaaS. So it really went back to its roots and we developed out those features further and further to the point that we kind of rebranded and pivot properly that was, that was probably about just over a year ago I think. So the product as we have it now, it's just been on the market for just over a year.
When you come out of that pivot, do you guys go back into a beta version? Do you have to reach back out to SaaS customers you talked before? How do you then find out that that pivot had the right product market fit now?
So when we initially pivoted yes, we went back and we looked at who we've been speaking to, who've been trialing the product, we reach out to them, say, look, this is what we have now. And then it was just a case of kind of almost going back to square one but with a better idea of what we were, what the market looked like. We already had a few things in place, was a partnerships that were useful, so it was good to chat, to chat to people in the other SaaS and say, this is what we're doing. Have you got any recommendations or flight where we should be heading and who we should be telling, telling about this platform? So a lot of speaking to people really, asking you for advice and getting data. Using channels like, channel marketing platforms, things like Capterra and Getapp. You can look through different verticals and kind of you get a good idea about where you fit somewhere, your value proposition lies.
Yeah, that's really good advice to kind of look through this channel, channel tools and see feedback from other customers where people are lacking what they need. I really like that. So we'll talk about channels and what has worked to reach out. You specifically mentioned partnerships and partnership campaigns. I know that's been a big part of what you guys have been working on since the beginning. How do you actually attract and build those connections specifically in terms of growth? How are you getting the contacts and getting in front of them?
A lot of time it's just reaching out. it could be something as simple as just kind of go in a website and saying, hi, my name's Daniel, I just wanted to chat to someone within your team about this. You can go a bit deeper and do some research online. I mean, Linkedin is a hell of a tool. And just talking to people about and say what you want to do, with them. I mean we're quite lucky in the way that our platform enhances other platforms in a way. So our proposition is usually pretty strong. yeah.
Are you approaching value first? We want to support you and give you results or are you typically just saying, hey, we would like to do some type of maybe marketing campaign together, provide customers for both of us, would you guys be okay?
It could be a bit of both. I don't necessarily would have seen a partnership as a channel being a revenue opportunity. One of the main parts I was kind of brought on to do as well as was awareness and I think working with partners initially for awareness, with revenue being a secondary objective, it is a good way to go about it because then that way you're complementing each other. You're getting your name, you're getting your brand out there. And you're producing non salesy content that hopefully people enjoy and will remember you for.
What are you guys tracking to see if your awareness campaigns are working? Is that more, what's our lead generation or lead scores? Obviously it's much easier to just say, hey, customers converted that's good ROI on marketing dollars, but what does awareness as like a KPI actually mean?
It's a tricky one. I think a lot of it boils down to search, looking at website statistics, seeing how, where people have been coming from, making sure if you've got any links in partner partner channels, you've got a utms setup. And just going through that and that way you get an indication of where people are coming from, where they're going, if they're kind of looking at your site and then going elsewhere after 10 seconds or if they're actually genuinely interested and what they're interested in.
Yeah, that makes a ton of sense. So stepping back from partnerships in particular, I know that's something you guys have done well. What other channels did you guys look to focus on and how has messaging specifically since the pivot started to evolve. Have you learned anything along the way?
Yeah, absolutely. I think a big, help has been using AB testing tools for the websites. So we can fine tune now messaging, that's taken a while to get to get right. And then that combined with something like Google Adwords, or Google Ads as it is now to just to be able to test different headlines, different messages through there and you can combine, you can compare what's working, what isn't. I mean something that's getting a lot of clicks through, but then you're looking at out the other end, are people engaged with the site? You probably got the wrong message there even though you're getting clicks, so you got to look for what people are engaging the other side of the click.
I think a lot of people can get or fall down a rabbit hole when it comes to testing. They're trying to figure out what to AB split test, especially early on. Maybe they don't have that much traffic. Would you say the best rule of thumb here is just start by testing headlines as far as the quote unquote messaging that you're testing?
I would always think above the fold first. You want to think about what people are initially seeing, and then try, try variations on that. Track what's working. Don't go mad with it. Just trying your main pages or maybe a couple of pages that aren't performing as you want and build it out from there.
Usually is against a baseline we already have. There will be rather than just ab, it might be a, b, c, and d, and then we compare it. We are comparing all of them and seeing what works. For some, you might get more engagement from a page. It won't not necessarily send the user to where you want them to, say the call to action needs work, but otherwise the engagement's great. At the end of the day, your call to action is kind of what you're building everything around.
How many times have you guys had to go back to the drawing board and look at, look at your website, look at the ab split test if you're kind of building for the right thing for you?
A few. It's not been as bad as all that. Luckily I think we nailed the right market fairly early on, changed it up a little bit and then we changed our messaging. and then it's just the case of continual testing. I don't think it's the case of say, oh, we're a few months in, let's see if we can rework this. You just keep tests going and work on it consistently.
You know, organic search has always been a big thing for us. So we know, I personally came from a SEO background, so I've always, that's probably my key skill set in marketing. So from doing the pivot and having any website that was a great opportunity to rework everything from structure and then content. It actually coming up with a content plan becomes a relatively easy thing once you've looked at what you're offering, what your customers are looking for and filling in the gaps between there and the. We currently have a kind of regular schedule that we post content on our blog or anywhere on our site and it can be a mix of a, I like to do kind of educational pieces of using the Cyclr platform just to try and do kind of unique things with it and give people ideas of what's possible once you kind of get stuck into a monster of a tool, where our CEO Fraser has a previous life as a VC. So because we're working with startups and SaaS companies, he has pieces in the series on looking at SaaS and investors from the other side other way round so you can compare being a VC to now being a CEO of a SaaS. So we tried to kind of get a balance that way.
Makes a lot of sense. As far as the SEO perspective, when you write those case studies of educational pieces, are you looking to rank those or do those become more of the awareness based articles to bring people into Cyclr? Are there specific articles just for SEO and then outside articles like by your CEO and stuff, are those going through a different distribution channel?
Distribution? Not massively different, but yes, you're right in certain articles are there for SEO purposes, a lot of the time we'll then use other articles almost like satellites (inaudible) schools that are related and maybe link through to them as well. But it, it really varies. I think with the kind of technical pieces, it's more for our kind of audience and people. So you want to play with the tool, they got access to it and they want to do something new, but when we're looking at say concepts, say an API orchestration or say SaaS integration, which is core what we do, we need to fully explore it as written content for both SEO and for the consumer so they know what they're kind of dealing with.
Does that mean you have to create content in a certain way to be both technical and have all the SEO items plus you need to also be written in a way that people can understand and find interesting? I always, sometimes find a balance there. it's like you have the SEO based articles that are more just like content heavy for the SEO perspective. Then you have articles written for your user base, which is often more voice, more fun, more uniqueness to it.
Yeah. Finding the voices is definitely a tough thing when you're doing technical content, the split really helps with that and the different content themes that we're gonna run in our, our blog, but I think it's something that ever evolves and I don't necessarily think we've found that voice yet, it's hit our score month by month. It's kind of coming.
That's awesome. And my last question about the articles and content marketing, which I find so interesting in the article that's written for an SEO purpose to drive traffic to the site from an organic search keyword, do you guys have a certain strategy that you use when people land on that post, either link them to, I don't know, maybe some free trial or a webinar or to another case study, some piece of content that is now directly related to Cyclr itself? Or how do you get those people back, if you're doIng retargeting? How are you moving them forward in the funnel?
It's, our approach is probably not quite as refined as that. All the things that we, we do to try and get people to stay engaged. So whether that be initially kind of sign up (inaudible) so you get more of this content, which then during those newsletters we don't spam them out on a daily or weekly basis, just a once a month you get this, this is what's been going on and here's something that might be useful to you guys. That will be the first, first port of call, getting them, making sure that we can keep in contact with them. We've been using like our messenger so we can use that for pop up messages, say, hey, do you want a free demo? And things like that. Trying to engage that way, but then that's, that's kind of it really. We've got, we've tried a few other methods so we have a couple of changes to the website planned. So I'm guessing that it's gotta be more involved with, our approach in the future.
That's exciting. Yeah, that's definitely something that I personally struggled with. Figuring out what the best approach is. So just asking for my own curiosity there.
No, it makes sense. I think it's gonna be a hard balance because there's one thing writing quality content that you're happy with and you know, people are going to like and then almost like what it feels like you cheapen it, when you say, oh, you can read this in a minute, sign up, sign up with us now, take their attention away.
Exactly. So it's that, it's that fine balance like you said, I think retargeting ads are obviously a really amazing way to do that without affecting the readership of that blog post. Also, you know, dynamic optins or dynamic training that pops up for them if they get through it related to that article. So there's a lot of different cool things I've seen, Groovehq do that with their blog where they have like a dynamic dynamic gift for you for each blog post, which is a lot of work obviously, but can be very helpful.
Well, as the team grows then I think something like that could be in order.
Yeah, definitely. So as you guys started looking at those channels, another one that's been working really well for you guys is live events. That's a tough one when you're first starting. I think you guys have done something really cool to see ROI from that. A lot of companies don't. What has worked for you guys and what would you advise for marketers thinking about getting into live events?
Yeah. So very tough space just because of the wider (inaudible) out there. I think we, we knew who our target market were pretty quickly. We knew we were SaaS for SaaS so we wanted to be in a room with a lot of SaaS people. Know other SaaSies. So when it came to actually choosing the events, we can narrow them down pretty quickly. But then as for seeing if they work, it was a case of starting small, so not necessarily doing a big, two to four day event somewhere. It might be a one day conference that you're sponsoring and you have a presence there because that gives you a bit of time to hone your pitch. Just talk to people, see what they think of, of your product and the way it's been presented. Once you've got that down, you can really build out and go for larger events Live, as you said before, we met on SaaStock and that was, that was great. That was a really good experience, where we come from a much bigger stand and I think we had our message hones very well by then. It had all been a buildup to that, that point. And one thing we did a bit differently for that is rather than having a swag to give out on the stand, we did something where we gave out these leaflets. Everyone got one as they came in and if they came, came to the stand and spoke to us, we were donating money to charity. So we, we kind of took a different approach to lure people in rather than just have some branded tat that probably gets left on a desk or throwing away after a few days, we thought we'd join and use our budget for something a bit more meaningful. And we got really good feedback from it. Yeah, we're really happy with the results of it.
It's a really unique and smart strategy. I think it's easy to get just kinda in the same flow as everyone else. Handing out tee shirts, handing out swag and just like any marketing, it's easy to just become another piece of noise in an already noisy room of an event, like all these different sponsorships. So have you guys found that just having some unique hook, refining your pitch and then having a really good tagline right now that's clear and visible for people have been like kind of the major takeaways?
Yeah, absolutely. I mean don't overdo your stand or your display, get your key messages out there nice and visible. You want people to be able to spot them from, from afar because the people that don't know you, they just going to see you as they're walking past. So you want to be able to grab their attention, one way or another.
Do you see events a good way to get direct sales ROI? Or is it more of, again, an awareness type of campaign, getting your name out there, getting interest, getting feedback on a live area?
Definitely a combination of both. You've got the benefit of both. I mean starting out where we were doing smaller events that was great for awareness and doing series of them throughout the last year leading up to SaaStock where we had people coming up to us and they knew who we were, which was great. And they want to know more and things, going into, going from awareness to people sending its customers. So yeah, it's a build up and I don't think doing just one event, overtime it's going to help. I think you really need to commit and do a series of them for it to be successful.
That's great advice. I think that for most of these channels, right, if you're going to do them, you got to commit all the ways that you can continually learn or find. Figure out what's working, what's not. I, I've seen myself do this so many times, which is starting to experiment, start a new channel or initiative and then let it go too early and not really have the time to commit to it.
Yeah, I definitely see that, it happens.
It does happen. Yeah, absolutely. And I think a lot of it has to do with the KPIs. Do we have a good outline of what tests do we want to run? Do we know what that stuff is? So how do you guys pretty much look at marketing as far as here's our goals, here's the KPI's you want, do you have monthly KPIs? Are you looking at weekly KPIs? What do you expect to get as a marketer?
It's been a case of just gradual growth really. So KPI wise, I'm looking month to month to see what's working, what isn't, what needs tweaking, what we can put more budget into because it is working and going from that, because of the lack of time since we've kind of changed our proposition, you don't have as much data to go off of. So going on a monthly basis is working and now we've got more lucky years worth of data. We know where we fit into the market, we know what works and we know where to put our budget, which is definitely a help.
Yeah, definitely. I think it took probably quite a bit of patience to allow yourselves to build up. Those years of the data, sometimes you feel like you're just kind of jumping to conclusions. You don't really have any enough data to make good decisions, but you guys weathered the storm, you're there. And by the way I heard you guys just opened a second office, so congratulations on that.
Yeah, thanks for that. Yeah, we opened one in London a couple of weeks ago so yeah, it's been been good.
That's awesome. So where do you guys see growth coming into 2019? Where do you see some new challenges, maybe new opportunities for you guys as you continue to grow and marketing?
Marketing wise? I still think there's a vast, vast amount that we could, we could tap to grow. The last year has definitely been a case of awareness and we've been growing with that. And then the next year is there to capitalize. I mean as we grow, we're growing. The team is physically growing, as you said, we've got a new office. We have our first presence in the States now as well, so (inaudible) an office over there is going to be next on the cards in the next few months. And yeah, basically growing, from the UK and then channel wise, kind of enhancing what we're doing at the moment, refining the message more as it never stops. And yeah, just keep on tracking.
That's awesome. No, that's really exciting. You guys are, you know, you push through that first year, you're about to, to hone it in. Any specific initiatives to take those awareness customers or awareness leads I should say, or leads that you have and start turning them into customers or do you guys have any new conversion mechanisms are you going to be playing with?
So at the moment we still talk to people. Our sales team will talk to people that we've met and demo and do video chats to most people in the world. So I think having a presence in the States, will enhance that, and being the kind of tool that we are, I do think we're always going to have this physical presence during the sales process. It's not necessarily going to be a kind of click here and it's all done just because of the nature of what we offer, what the tool can be.
Makes a lot of sense. Absolutely. And I think people like the (inaudible) people probably like that, that physical touch point, having that person to talk to, to answer their questions. I can see you guys having a lot of, unique integrations for each platform and a lot of questions probably do pop up.
Yeah. Yeah. Always. Everything's is different. When you've got a platform that works on so many different verticals, they all want different types of integration, in their own SaaS. So you've got to come up with different ways of being able to guide them and suggest what would be the best course of action.
Yeah, totally makes sense. I love that. Alright. What I want to do now is I want to move us over to the lightning round questions. Just five quick questions asking you about marketing knowledge. You'll have fun with this, is a ton of fun, you're ready to get started?
Let's do it. Alright. What advice for early stage SaaS companies starting today, would you give?
I'd say work tightly with your, with the rest of the team in all departments. Learn the business, learn what the pain points are, what you're offering on a technical level, if you come from a technical SaaS how that's going to benefit your users.
Learn, understand, and then market.
Yes, absolutely. You can't do it, you can't do it with a guess.
I would, along the same lines, know your products and if you're not a master of your own products, I don't know how your users can be.
Yeah. One hundred percent sure, you absolutely, absolutely have to be educated on the product. Something that we're absolutely always pushing for here as well. What about a best educational resource you recommend for learning about marketing or growth?
I've always been very much online with, with blogs from the early days of starting SEO with Moz. So now these days I kind of troll through GrowthHackers and (inaudible) on Youtube has always been good. But have an rss feed with reliable sources is a must do.
Yeah. You mentioned Moz and Growth Hackers. Both, great, great places to go. You still like Moz even without....?
Yeah. I don't tune in as much as I used to, it was religious for a long time... Not quite as much I have to say, but I think that's because my personal what I'm doing personally with marketing has kind of shifted a bit, isn't as CEO focused.
Totally. Makes sense. What about a favorite tool you can't live without?
Can I be really cheesy and say Cyclr?
You can. It is cheesy, but any other tool?
From an SEO perspective, ScreamingFrog is always just a solid choice for understanding what, what's going on in your website and how the structure working. Yeah, I'd always swipe on that.
I have not heard of that one. What's it called?
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What have I been up to, internet?
Well, here is a summary of my doings of the year, the fact you should all watch the movie Easy A, and also things I cannot tell you yet.
Also, for those on a quest to collect all my writings ever (anyone? anyone? Bueller?) I am in a book of Irish authors translating Catullus with their own spin. You know, me and John Banville and Michael Longley. I'm fancy and learned like that.
Something even more fancy is the fact that my short story The Spy Who Never Grew Up has been selected as one of the stories in the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. The full list is there, but – wow. I mean, Neil Gaiman and Cory Doctorow and Ellen Kushner (not to mention Holly Black and Diana Peterfreund): they are really fancy people. Some days I feel all full of hope about this writing lark.
FATHER: Oh, well done, Sarah! Well deserved! Is this the vampire in the boyband short story?
SARAH: No, the Peter Pan is a superspy for the Queen of England short story.
FATHER: Well, I just really liked the vampires one.
One other thing I have been up to is going to Egypt. It has always been the number one place I want to go. I have a job I can do while travelling. I do mainly travel for work, but I just kept thinking 'Why don't I go?' Added to which, I live with a lady who is a museum detective. So in the end, we went!
It ended up that we went right after our emergency house move, and when I was so exhausted from work I wasn't forming complete sentences, but this is Always The Way.
Going on holiday with a writer is a little bit like going on holiday with an art thief. (But without the police sirens blaring and the eventual imprisonment for being an accomplice. Well, usually without that, I'm not making any promises I can't keep.) I constantly trail around behind the group making notes of stuff I'll be stealing for stories later and climbing on things I shouldn't be climbing on. Get Down From That Antiquity, Writer Girl.
Going on holiday with a museum detective (this really is basically the Durham Lass's job description) is a much more informative and less mildly terrifying thing, and if the Durham Lass had a blog you would right now be enjoying descriptions of how you can tell if stones lying on the ground looking like any other stones are actually flint tools thousands of years old. But sadly you are stuck with me, making puns about the pharaohs.
Then there was the camel riding. The Durham Lass was given a frisky young camel who was trying to make friends with all the other camels. I am happy to say my camel was a sedate, mature animal, who spurned the Durham Lass's camel's advances. I named him Snofru.
CAMEL OWNER: Time to drop the camel leads and take your pictures!
SARAH: Oh my God. Snofru, stay still. Stay still like the wind. On a very calm day.
SNOFRU: stays still. Like the wind. On a very calm day.
SARAH: Good Snofru. Noble steed!
We saw Luxor Temple in the moonlight and Karnak Temple in the sunshine, colour still on some of the art on the walls and pillars.
We also saw the many, many statues of Ramses II. Ramses II was a dude who had a fairly good opinion of himself: he thought he was so awesome all the statues should be of him. So he basically went around the temples and made it so.
RAMSES II: Excellent. Put my name on it.
RAMSES II: Are you saying Pharaoh's not crazy hot?
NOBLE: No! No, I would never say that.
RAMSES II: Have you seen Pharaoh's guns?
RAMSES II: It's good to be pharaoh.
Seeing the pyramids is strange and awe-inspiring: from a distance, from up close. They're vast and old, and it's odd to see those ancient golden lines cutting up the sky, and know the messages on them. Which are basically along the lines of 'Pharaoh Gazza Is Great.' Still, pyramids, graffiti, writing of all kinds, is a way to say 'I was here.' The difference is how you say it.
The pyramids say it kind of beautifully.
It's also amazing to see stars painted on the ceilings of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and the Romanised catacombs in Alexandria, where poor little Anubis, jackal-headed god of the dead, has to wear laurel leaves and a fish tail. He's already got a jackal head, Roman army, stop destroying a god's chances with the ladies.
Speaking of the ladies, it is a different culture over there, and it was also a little strange to be so aware, as a lady, of whether your hair/elbows/knees were covered, and aware that if they weren't people would perceive you differently. But of course, to a different extent, this is the case everywhere. People just take more notice of girls' clothes/hair/what they call themselves/how they act. (This is even true about fictional girls, so there's no way for real girls to escape it!) All I can do is try not to do it myself.
… I did receive a truly magnificently terrible chat-up line in Egypt. It went: 'Hey, baby, I like your size.' My friends have been saying it nonstop since our return. Also – my mother.
From seeing the dawn pour like gold on the statues at Abu Simbel and reading Gothic novels in the sunshine going down the Nile, the Durham Lass and I flew back to Ireland and the worst blizzard of our lifetime.
DURHAM LASS: Why do these things always happen around you?
SARAH: I live in a force field of adventure! Excuse me I have to go put bed socks on my hands.
There you have it, ladies and gents. Latin poems and vampires, force fields of adventures and bed socks. More anon!


Numbers 9:15 - On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it.
Numbers 9:15 (WEB) On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (WBT) And on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at evening there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (TYN) And the same daye that the habitacio was reered vpp a cloude couered it an hye apon the tabernacle of witnesse: and at euen there was apon the habitacyon as it were the symilitude of fyre vntyll the mornynge.
Numbers 9:15 (TMBA) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony; and at evening there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (TMB) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony; and at evening there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (CSB) On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (CJB) On the day the tabernacle was put up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, that is, the tent of the testimony; and in the evening, over the tabernacle was what appeared to be fire, which remained until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (CEBA) On the day the dwelling was erected, the cloud covered the dwelling, the covenant tent. At night until morning, the cloud appeared with lightning over the dwelling.
Numbers 9:15 (CEB) On the day the dwelling was erected, the cloud covered the dwelling, the covenant tent. At night until morning, the cloud appeared with lightning over the dwelling.
Numbers 9:15 (BBE) And on the day when the House was put up, the cloud came down on it, on the Tent of witness; and in the evening there was a light like fire over the House till the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (ASV) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (HNV) On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (GNTA) On the day the Tent of the Lord's presence was set up, a cloud came and covered it. At night the cloud looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (GW) On the day the tent of the words of God's promise was set up, the [column of] smoke covered it. From evening until morning, the smoke over the tent glowed like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (GNT) On the day the Tent of the Lord's presence was set up, a cloud came and covered it. At night the cloud looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (ESV) On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (DBY) And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle of the tent of testimony; and at even it was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (NAS) Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (MSG) The day The Dwelling was set up, the Cloud covered The Dwelling of the Tent of Testimony. From sunset until daybreak it was over The Dwelling. It looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (LXX) And in the day in which the tabernacle was pitched the cloud covered the tabernacle, the place of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire till the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (LEB) And on a day setting up the tabernacle, the cloud covered the tent of the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; in the evening it was on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (KJVA) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (KJV) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (JUB) And on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle over the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning.
Numbers 9:15 (NRSA) On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; and from evening until morning it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NRS) On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; and from evening until morning it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NLT) On the day the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it. But from evening until morning the cloud over the Tabernacle looked like a pillar of fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NKJV) Now on the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NIV) On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NIRV) The holy tent was set up. It was the tent where the tablets of the covenant were kept. On the day it was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening until morning the cloud that was above the tent looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (NCV) On the day the Holy Tent, the Tent of the Agreement, was set up, a cloud covered it. From dusk until dawn the cloud above the Tent looked like fire.
Numbers 9:15 (RSVA) On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (RSV) On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
Numbers 9:15 (RHE) Now on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, a cloud covered it. But from the evening there was over the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the morning.
Bamidbar 9:15 (OJB) And on the day that the Mishkan was set up the Anan covered the Mishkan, namely, the Ohel HaEdut; and at erev there was upon the Mishkan as it were the appearance of eish, until boker.
Verses 1-14 God gave particular orders for the keeping of this passover, and, for aught that appears, after this, they kept no passover till they came to Canaan, ( Joshua 5:10 ) . It early showed that the ceremonial institutions were not to continue always, as so soon after they were appointed, some were suffered to sleep for many years. But the ordinance of the Lord's Supper was not thus set aside in the first days of the Christian church, although those were days of greater difficulty and distress than Israel knew in the wilderness; nay, in the times of persecution, the Lord's Supper was celebrated more frequently than afterward. Israelites in the wilderness could not forget the deliverance out of Egypt. There was danger of this when they came to Canaan. Instructions were given concerning those who were ceremonially unclean, when they were to eat the passover. Those whose minds and consciences are defiled by sin, are unfit for communion with God, and cannot partake with comfort of the gospel passover, till they are cleansed by true repentance and faith. Observe with what trouble and concern these men complained that they were kept back from offering to the Lord. It should be a trouble to us, when by any occasion we are kept back from the solemnities of a sabbath or a sacrament. Observe the deliberation of Moses in resolving this case. Ministers must ask counsel of God's mouth, not determine according to their own fancy or affection, but according to the word of God to the best of their knowledge. And if, in difficult cases, time is taken to spread the matter before God by humble, believing prayer, the Holy Spirit assuredly will direct in the good and right way. God gave directions in this case, and in other similar cases, explanatory of the law of the passover. As those who, against their minds, are forced to absent themselves from God's ordinances, may expect the favours of God's grace under their affliction, so those who, of choice, absent themselves, may expect God's wrath for their sin. Be not deceived: God is not mocked.
Verses 15-23 This cloud was appointed to be the visible sign and symbol of God's presence with Israel. Thus we are taught to see God always near us, both night and day. As long as the cloud rested on the tabernacle, so long they continued in the same place. There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. When the cloud was taken up, they removed, however comfortably they were encamped. We are kept at uncertainty concerning the time of our putting off the earthly house of this tabernacle, that we may be always ready to remove at the command of the Lord. It is very safe and pleasant going when we see God before us, and resting where he appoints us to rest. The leading of this cloud is spoken of as signifying the guidance of the blessed Spirit. We are not now to expect such tokens of the Divine presence and guidance; but the promise is sure to all God's spiritual Israel, that he will guide them by his counsel. #Ps. 73:24 |, even unto death, ( Psalms 48:14 ) . All the children of God shall be led by the Spirit of God, ( Romans 8:14 ) . He will direct the paths of those who in all their ways acknowledge him, ( Proverbs 3:6 ) . At the commandment of the Lord, our hearts should always move and rest, saying, Father, thy will be done; dispose of me and mine as thou pleasest. What thou wilt, and where thou wilt; only let me be thine, and always in the way of my duty. In applying general precepts to particular circumstances, there should be good counsel and fervent prayer. When any undertaking is evidently wrong, or doubtfully right, and yet the mind leans that way, in such a case "the moving of the cloud," as men sometimes miscall it, is generally no more than a temptation Satan is permitted to propose; and men fancy they are following the Lord, when they are following their own wayward inclinations. The record of his mercy will conduct us with unerring truth, through Christ, to everlasting peace. Follow the pillar of the cloud and of fire. Lay the BIBLE to heart, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.


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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)"Hausch Money" is no more in Buffalo after the Bills released veteran kicker Stephen Hauschka in a money-saving move favoring youth on Thursday.
The 35-year-old Hauschka was the odd-man out in a kicking competition with Tyler Bass, a rookie sixth-round draft pick out of Georgia Southern. Bass caught the Bills attention with his powerful leg during the school's pro day, and after he finished his four-year college career hitting 54 of 68 field-goal attempts.
Bass showed off his ability by hitting three consecutive attempts from beyond 50 yards during practice two weeks ago, while Hauschka missed all three.
Hauschka has 12 seasons of NFL experience, with the past three in Buffalo. He was due to make $4.475 million in base salary over the final two years of his contract.
He picked up the nickname during his first season in Buffalo in 2018, when he hit 17 consecutive field-goal attempts – the most by a Bills player since 2007.
He showed signs of struggling the past two years in which he finished both seasons hitting just 22 of 28 attempts for a field-goal percentage of 78.6 – his lowest in a full season. Hauschka was especially inconsistent in hitting just one of five attempts from 50 yards or longer.
He signed with Buffalo after spending six seasons with the Seattle Seahawks.
Buffalo also released punter Lachlan Edwards a week after signing him to compete with incumbent Corey Bojorquez.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)Patrick Mahomes had enough wits about him after a concussion knocked the star quarterback from the Kansas City Chiefs' divisional-round playoff win over the Cleveland Browns to get a rather clever hashtag trending on Twitter.
''HenneThingIsPossible,'' it read.

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$Signed a three-year, $4.125 million contract extension with the Blues in December of 2018.
Bortuzzo took Thursday's practice off for maintenance and was considered a game-time decision ahead of puck drop. It seems now that the Ontario native will indeed miss Game 5, even though coach Craig Berube said Bortuzzo was "good to go." While the blueliner hasn't contributed any points so far in this series, the Blues will likely miss the physical threat he provides on defense.
Jason Chen looks at Friday's eight-game DraftKings slate, turning to league scoring leader Mikko Rantanen against the struggling Blues.
Bortuzzo was looking like he may be the odd man out on the St. Louis' blue line. With Jay Bouwmeester fracturing his ankle, though, he'll likely be called upon for the first few games. Regardless, he won't be summoned enough as a third-rotation defender to become a fantasy contributor.
Bortuzzo collected four points (2G, 2A) in 15 games with Pittsburgh and four points (1G, 3A) in 31 AHL contests in 2012-13. The stay-at-home defender plays with a nasty edge, totalling 100-plus penalty minutes in each of his two full seasons with Wilkes-Barre. Bortuzzo often served as a healthy scratch with the Pens last year, but he should see more action in 2013-14 with another year of experience under his belt. Aside from penalty minutes, Bortuzzo offers little in the way of fantasy value.
Bortuzzo got his first taste of NHL action in 2011-12, suiting up for six games with the Pens. The 6-foot-4 blueliner has never scored more than 26 points in any of his three AHL seasons, but his forte is all about defense. Although the right-handed shooter failed to register any points in his brief trial in Pittsburgh, he didn't look out of place. With top-four defender, Zbynek Michalek, leaving the team for Phoenix, there's a decent chance Bortuzzo cracks the opening night lineup. Even if he does, there's a much better chance of him preventing possible goals than producing them. For that reason, he likely holds little fantasy appeal.
Bortuzzo dished out an assist in Monday's win over the Golden Knights.
Bortuzzo will suit up in Sunday's road contest against the Wild.
Bortuzzo lit the lamp and blocked two shots in Thursday's win over the Coyotes.
Bortuzzo is expected to be a healthy scratch for Saturday's game versus the Blue Jackets, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.


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Is feminism a valid argument?
Posted by: Rightwing15
Is feminism valid in modern society
No - Voter Comments
Rightwing15 says2014-05-24T01:25:50.0743446-05:00
I will say that feminism had it's place but now that women have choices same as men the feminist argument had lost all credibility and validity. It has basically become a women's supremacist group that hates men and is discriminatory. They want equality but preach hate.
discomfiting says2014-05-24T01:41:06.9471464-05:00
The reasons I believe feminism is an invalid argument is because of the faux claim for gender equality it has. I am all for gender equality, racial equality, sexuality equality, religious equality and everything. Feminism doesn't cause racism; it just embeds sexism in society. Feminism is advocacy for women's rights to men's rights. There are two problems with that. The first problem is that modern feminists don't want women to be equal; they want women to have the pros that males get in society but not the "baggage" (if you will) that comes along with it. Such as getting drafted, paying for bills and being respectful towards males (socially speaking) as males are (supposed to be) towards women. The second problem and approach problem of feminism is that it approaches sexism in the single sided-ly. Women are always the victims & men are always the bad guys; they fail to realize that women are not always the victims and men are not always the bad guys. It approaches a multi-sided issue (which is sexism) with the idea that women are always powerless, the victim and being taken advantage of. The third problem is that fundamental of pursing equality in which creates a 180 in sexism. A century ago males were predominately sexist towards women and there were double standards on women but we switched from being sexist to women to being sexist towards men in order to compensate for it or think it would fix the problem. An example of this is how a century ago, men objectified women without being called sexist as now women can objectify men without being sexist. The fourth problem is the blatant ignorance for "gender" which is defined in feminism as just male & female. Guys, there are three biological genders; the third is intersex. Intersex gender is something NO feminist ever talks about or acknowledges and it is sickening how people who say they're for gender equality are just thinking of themselves. You have to acknowledge and be against sexism against men & sexism against intersexes; not just women's. You must acknowledge the way divorce courts are sexist against men. You must acknowledge the way males are several times more likely to commit suicide. You must acknowledge come are more likely to initiate domestic violence than men. You must acknowledge the gender mutilation of intersex people. You MUST ackownledge ALL of the sexism against MALES AND INETERSEX; NOT JUST FEMALES. Feminism is a plague on gender equality. I couldn't careless if you were a black Muslim bisexual woman from Nigeria with 3 legs and 1 arm; you are a person and you'll be treated like every other person but not in a million years would I call myself a feminist because that is one of the most self-degrading things you can call yourself.
13millerd says2014-05-24T02:06:49.8390169-05:00
I will never take feminism seriously till the number of woman going to jail on a domestic dispute is about the same amount as men.
Romanii says2014-05-24T18:42:56.9137499-05:00
It's not a valid ARGUMENT for sure. It might be a valid social movement, though.
debate_power says2014-05-25T09:37:14.1622784-05:00
It favors women over men, and promotes inequality in the binary principle of man and woman. Man and woman are two opposing concepts that do not have morality associated with them and thus discrimination as such is not valid; indeed, it is the opposite.
Vote & Comment
Yes - Voter Comments
Chimera says2014-05-24T08:26:24.2412243-05:00
Of course it is. Are there some ignorant people in the movement? Of course, those people are present in every movement. Being a feminist (also a man) I think gender equity is a worthwhile and valid goal, especially in modern society. Issues like birth control, rape, etc. are very prominent issues in our society, and I respect people who target those issues.
SirMaximus says2015-11-05T23:06:33.7234521Z
Of course it is. It's the same thing as gender equality. Who could possibly object to feminism being a valid argument?
DEAD2ALIVE says2014-05-24T01:41:42.5339912-05:00
A valid argument for what?
By "valid argument" I took it as meaning a legitimate & serious gender equality movement like they claim to be. & "Is feminism valid in modern society" feminism was never valid in modern or historic society; it was always a pseudo gender equality movement embedded greater amounts of sexism into the society's social mores, folkways & norms.
briantheliberal says2014-05-24T04:37:25.1424048-05:00
Feminism itself is based on the idea that there is an established patriarchy in society, but there isn't. Yeah, sure maybe in countries like Saudi Arabia where women are treated like property, but in most Western nations, both men and women face their own particular challenges, not just women. For example, women get paid a few cents less than men, but at least they don't have to be drafted to fight in a war and die. So yeah, feminism is nonsense and is irrelevant in modern society.
If you seriously believe feminism is even remotely valid as an ethical movement of progressive and liberal ideology, you're a moron.
I never said it was... Read my comment again.
It was towards Chimera, not you Brian.
@discomfiting There's no need to call people morons here. I just believe that feminism is a movement that can target many of the issues women face today (such as rape, abortion bans, equal pay, female circumcision, etc.) and progress female standing within society. However, I honestly don't like some of the extremists in the feminist movement, since they make the most noise and cause the entire movement to look extremist.
Gustav_Adolf_II says2014-05-27T13:09:27.9948177-05:00
Feminists that complain about first-world problems and make ridiculous claims like getting PTSD from twitter are only harming society, but it definitly has its uses in real patriarchies like the middle east.
But is NOT gender equality. Fight to stop sexism against women, rape against women and helping only women is not gender equality. That ignore sexism against males and third genders like intersex and if you want to get in-depth transgenders.
@discomforting How the hell is a man a feminist?


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What Makes Listening House Unique?
As a mission of hospitality, Listening Houses' primary goal is to create a safe, welcoming environment that acknowledges the dignity of those who enter. Staff and volunteers work toward building a trusting relationship with guests, which begins when they trust us. People who have basically lost everything find it difficult to trust and at first many of them silently observe the interactions between staff and other guests. To call someone by name not only sets a relationship in motion, but it stands as an invitation to be part of our community. When asked what the most important service of Listening House is, guests consistently focus on the valuable friendship shared with staff and volunteers.
People are complex and the paths leading to homelessness are thorny, which is why listening is so vital in helping people heal; it strengthens their resolve to begin again. It sheds light on darkness. Though staff experiences are by and large different than the guests we meet, it is possible to listen in a way that helps us understand their point of view. Telling their story is a beginning. Listening to their story can spark hope. Hope gives inspiration to try again, to remember the goals and dreams that were once part of a person's life. Letting people be seen and heard is what Listening House does best!
Listening House serves a diverse group of men and women. All are economically disadvantaged, and many are homeless or formerly homeless. Several struggle with addiction, live with consequences of traumatic brain injury, or suffer with a mental illness. Each of them desires to be connected to someone or be part of something greater than them. They are in search of community.
African American 47%
Caucasian 38%
Native American 4%
Listen with compassion and empathy as a way to build trusting relationships
Provide basic necessities for daily living in a friendly, loving manner
Promote courtesy and respect for all
Challenge negative behaviors that are barriers to progress
Foster a sense of belonging and a desire to invest in the "house" and greater community
Make appropriate referrals to partner professionals and other agencies
Offer meaningful activities (community garden, household chores, running club, etc.)
Hold community meetings to give a voice to guest concerns
Honor guests through special celebrations and by hosting memorial services for deceased guests
The only drop-in center requiring no registration or identification before receiving services
A belief that two people play a role in every relationship
A sanctuary where some of the most vulnerable adults on the street find security
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Michelangelo was stung several times by paper wasps yesterday. His hand and foot are still very swollen, the skin is tight and itchy. Anti-histamines make him drowsy, unlike Einstein who is still bouncing off the wall hours later. So I now have three boys who react severely to insect stings. Carpenter reacts to jumping ants, Einstein to bees and Michelangelo to paper wasps.
Koala has started ballet and is very keen, she is not letting her age be a deterrent. I have to admit this interest has come totally out of the blue. When she was much younger she enjoyed Irish dancing but we haven't participated in dance for quite a few years. I suspect an interest with the younger girls as well.
I am totally committed to buying very little shop biscuits for lent. My plan is to bake a couple of times a week, freezing some so that we make it through the week. I have already purchased some tupperware containers and started baking. PC is very happy with the new plan.
Lent starts on Wednesday, I am busy linking links at Faith Filled Days and then I will have my bases covered by the generous blogging families of blogosphere:) Truly amazing ideas, ways to help us really focus on preparing.
Talking about websites, if you haven't visited Aussie Book Threads lately be sure to take a moment, I have been busy adding book lists. Books are my passion, I admit it.
Lots of solid learning is occurring here, not just the lessons themselves but self-discipline. The children are continuing to do well, completing their work ahead of time and feeling a great sense of achievement. So fast are they achieving this that we are dabbling with some project based learning. We are still concentrating on the basics and a solid core but they have time to follow a topic of their choosing, their choice also as to how they document their learning. They are very excited and have surprised me as to their choices. We brainstormed on the first day as to ways in which we research and ways in which we can document our work. I was very impressed with their ideas and knowledge. More to come on this, oh and if you are looking for loads of inspiration regards just what can be achieved be sure to visit Angela at Three Plus Two.
The children have been busy working on their blogs; the older children are writing novelettes. A whole new learning curve, it amazes me though how quickly children pick up computer knowledge. They are nearly ready to reveal their writing to a wider audience, stay tuned for links.
I haven't ever heard of paper wasps. My children are frightened of many bugs and so far no one has had any severe reaction thank goodness.
Paper wasps are very common here.


Melvin Edwards included in the group exhibition of Lydia Cabrera and Édouard Glissant: Trembling Thinking co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel, and Asad Raza, at Americas Society, New York, NY.
The exhibition explores the ideas developed by the prominent Caribbean thinkers Lydia Cabrera (Havana, 1899–Miami, 1991) and Édouard Glissant (Sainte-Marie, Martinique, 1928–Paris, 2011) and an archipelago of modern and contemporary artists whose creations respond to their notions of identity. The show features documents from Glissant and Cabrera's archives alongside works by Etel Adnan, Kader Attia, Tania Bruguera, Manthia Diawara, Melvin Edwards, Simone Fattal, Sylvie Glissant, Koo Jeong A, Wifredo Lam, Marc Latamie, Roberto Matta, Julie Mehretu, Philippe Parreno, Asad Raza, Anri Sala, Antonio Seguí, Diamond Stingily, Elena Tejada-Herrera, and Jack Whitten. The exhibition is co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriela Rangel, and Asad Raza.


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Okay, I'll admit it, I've always loved Monty Python. I recall back in the early 70's my brothers and I sitting in the basement snickering as the local PBS station would air the hilarious 'Flying Circus.' What was equally amusing was the time my father came down stairs to see what all the laughter was about, watched a show with us for about five minutes, then left shaking his head and wondering what all the cackling was about.
We all think this is funny because it's so absurdly silly. I mean, this could never happen in real life, or could it? Imagine a situation where instead of having cheerful greeters meet you on Sunday morning, the doors of the church are guarded by deacons who will not let you pass until you answer four obvious questions. Pretty absurd and silly isn't it?
Aside from abusing the bandwidth of dial-up users, this page will not index well with search engines because the indescript text is rendered as graphic … and a background graphic at that. Yes, it has meta-tags, but just as faith without works is dead, so too are meta-tags without related text in the body of the page.
So how would I heal this para-church website? First, I'd consider whether or not using Flash buys me anything. For example, if I've got a clip of an interview, an interactive tutorial, or something else that can't be simply rendered as easy to read and search text, then I would use Flash's Auto Detection features to determine whether or not the user's browser is equipped with the Macromedia plug-in.
And while there are tools to determine the country of origin of the user, it may not necessary in this case. Instead, because the Spanish and English versions are different, why not buy a couple of international domains, such as joycemeyer.es and perhaps joycemayer.mx? This way, those visiting .org go to the English page, those using .es and .mx go to the page en Español. Both pages offer a way of getting to the other.
With these technical issues aside, I would then kill-off the splash page. Offering user settings is not a bad thing, but its not compelling homepage content. Instead, just go to the page default ministries page that includes lots of text about offers, upcoming events and such so first time visitors know what the site offers, and search engines can better index the content.
That and I'd fix some of the broken image problems by using mod_rewrite to automagically redirect references from litw.org to joycemeyer.org. Well, that and the entire 'kitschy' TBN look-n-feel issue, but then again, I'm an Os Guinness type-o-guy.
Andrew, thank you for paraphrasing the comment I wanted to make. I refrained because it always came out way too cynical.
>> Abusing bandwidth, it seems to me, is the least of Joyce Meyer Ministries' problems.
But I guess that's better suited for http://www.healyourdoctrine.com (although appreciated here in the "church" zone).
Hee hee … I love it when you guys do my dirty work for me.
BTW Frank, here's the HTML version of the article "CRI STATEMENT DM472 – Joyce Meyer" that you so graciously listed.
Man, that's a crazy article!


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Tottenham vs Liverpool: Confirmed Lineups – Champions League Final →
Liverpool, This Team.. This ******* Team!! Champions League Final
Tottenham vs Liverpool – Champions League Final
A Liverpool Perspective by @NiallHawthorne
This team.
This f*cking team.
This team are not the same as last season's team. They're not going to be the same as next season's team. They're this season's team, a unique collection of individuals brought together at a moment in time, creating something ethereal that will never be matched and can never be copied. This team have 'it', and I have no bloody idea what 'it' is. But it's there, within them, and it has been since the season kicked off in August. It's magical, mystical and very, very special. I could pontificate and tell you to savour it, enjoy it and remember it, but the beauty of it is we already have…
One-eyed Bobby off the bench v PSG to nab a crucial late winner.
Daniel Sturridge at Stamford Bridge curling one into the top bin to protect the unbeaten start.
Origi 90+6 in the derby the likes of which you've never seen in your life.
Alisson both saving and securing the game in the space of 15 seconds at Turf Moor.
Salah at Bournemouth with bodies strewn everywhere as he taps one in from three yards out.
Salah ghosting past the best defender in world football outside of Anfield to score the winner against Napoli and get us out of that god-awful group.
Alisson saving in the last minute against Napoli to get us out of that god-awful group.
The shellacking of Arsenal with Bobby ending careers, leaving four on the floor gazing up in admiration.
THAT goal at City, the greatest goal ever scored that didn't mean anything in the end.
The insane game at home to Palace that was never over. I'm not quite sure it ever actually ended.
Sadio's goal at the Allianz Arena that still makes Manuel Neuer cry himself to sleep every night.
Milner's late penalty at Fulham which was yet another call to arms that makes Bill Pullman's speech in 'Independence Day' look like a nursery rhyme.
'Salah You Dancer' against Spurs.
Mo dribbling 70 yards at Southampton before smashing one in from 20 yards
Jordan Henderson turning into peak Steven Gerrard.
Mo Salah launching an Exocet missile into the Kop end against Chelsea.
Gini at Cardiff, with a smile as wide as the River Mersey.
Divock's winner to finally sink our beloved Rafa who did anything but made it easy for us, which made us love him just that little bit more, were it possible.
Messi wandering in aimless bewilderment around Anfield as we rattle four past the mighty Barca, him powerless to even think about doing anything to stop it.
This has been a season for the ages. The best Liverpool team I have ever seen, the first I can put hand on heart and say are better than the '87-'88 team that featured Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge and Houghton. That team made me fall in love with football. This team are better, in every conceivable way, and I don't say that lightly.
They shouldn't be in this final. Nobody does that to Barcelona when the greatest player of all time is in his pomp and has just torn you a new one a week before. Nobody skips past Koulibaly and slots like that against Napoli. Nobody saves in the 90th minute from point blank range when a goal knocks you out. Nobody strolls into the Allianz Arena and does that to the mighty Bayern Munich.
Then again, they would have won the league by a country mile in every other season between 1888 – 2017. Nobody gets 97 points and doesn't win the league. Nobody loses just one league game all season and doesn't win the league.
Then again Spurs shouldn't be in this final. Nobody qualifies from their group when they have a single point from the first three games. Nobody does that to Manchester City. Nobody scores a left-foot hattrick in the second half of a Champions League semi-final when they're right-footed. Nobody goes all the way to the Champions League final when half your squad got to the last four of the World Cup the summer before and your chairman forgot to buy any new players for 18 months.
I was asked to write a preview of the Champions League final from a Liverpool perspective y'know. Well I've just done it.
Some may say this is off the point, but it's not. This IS the point. What happens on June 1st will be noted in history books forevermore, but for those of us who love this club and this team, the Champions League trophy would be lovely, but it won't be everything.
We already have everything.
For one last match, one last time, one last moment.
We have this team.
Written by Niall Hawthorne.
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Check out his blog for proof rantsofarebel.wordpress.com.
Posted on 1 Jun 2019, in Player Selection and tagged CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, champions league final, fantasy football, final, FPL, Liverpool, preview, Spurs, tottenham, ucl. Bookmark the permalink.	2 Comments.
Jon Darby | 1 Jun 2019 at 11:01 am
Niall pull your head in
Go spurs
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Halfords turns the screw on suppliers
By Jenny Little
HALFORDS is demanding tough new payment terms from suppliers in a move that could spark a major Office of Fair Trading inquiry into its dominance of the sector.
The car parts and bicycle retailer has told suppliers that from next year they will be paid 120 days after invoicing the company instead of the present 90 days, which itself is considered excessive. In addition, Halfords is demanding a five per cent across-therange cut in prices.
Financial Mail revealed last week that catering giant Compass often delayed payments to boost its balance sheet. And on Thursday, Tesco and Asda were accused of prolonging payment periods to fund growth.
Halfords, which has almost 400 stores, is 12 times bigger than its nearest rival, leaving suppliers particularly vulnerable to its demands on payment and pricing.
Non-executive chairman Rob Templeman is believed to be behind the new terms. In April 2003, when he was chief executive, suppliers were told that their 30-day settlement period would stretch to 90 days. Templeman employed similarly aggressive tactics as boss of DIY chain Homebase and the Debenhams department store chain.
The OFT said it would hold an investigation if there was sufficient evidence that Halfords' behaviour was hitting competition.
The Forum of Private Business lobby group has written to Trade & Industry Secretary Alan Johnson demanding an investigation. Some members who supply Halfords fear the change of terms will severely damage their cashflow and business operations.
Halfords denied it was using suppliers to pay for expansion. 'The growth of the business is being funded by sales and suppliers will grow with the company,' it said.
Based on Halfords' figures for last year, if the payment period was 120 days, it would benefit by an extra £53.2 million - almost twice capital spending for the period.
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7 November 2022 - THE CHAPEL OAK - FRANCE
THE CHAPEL OAK
- FRANCE -
Two small chapels are housed inside this ancient tree.
Like something out of a fairy tale (or Keebler elves commercial) this ancient oak tree's hollowed out trunk is is home to two small chapels, reached by a spiral staircase surrounding the trunk. This, the oldest known tree in France, has lived through Louis XIV, the French Revolution, Napoleon, Sarkozy, and amazingly, is still standing.
Located in the small French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse, France, according to local lore, the tree has grown in pace with the development of the French country itself. Said to have begun growing 1000 years ago (which would make it one of the oldest trees in the world) during the reign of Charlemagne, and in 1035, William the Conqueror is supposed to have knelt at its base. While scientists say the tree is only around 800 years old – too young to have been around in the age of Charlemagne – it is nonetheless, by far, the oldest known tree in France.
In the 1600s, disaster struck. The then middle aged (roughly 470-year-old) oak tree, was struck by lightning, burning right through its center and hollowing out the trunk. However, not only did the tree survive this fate, but the newly hollowed tree came to the attention of the local Abbot Du Détroit and father Du Cerceau. Deciding they wanted to build a different kind of sanctuary they began building a shrine to the Virgin Mary directly into the hollow of the tree. Later another small chapel and a stair case climbing the outside of the tree was added.
Things almost took a very bad turn for the tree during the French revolution. A crowd inspired by the revolution came to burn the tree as it was a symbol of the old way and the abhorred church. A quick thinking local quickly renamed the oak the "temple of reason" sparing it a fiery fate.
Today the common oak is showing signs of age and stress. Now held up by poles, part of the 33-foot trunk has died and the majority of the tree has been covered over with wooden shingles where the bark has fallen away. Although Chene Chappelle's host tree has begun to wane, its congregation still gathers twice a year for Mass and the tree is still the destination of annual pilgrimage on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin.
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