Part of the "Gucci Garden" collection.
Gucci's angry feline motif moves from its crystal-encrusted ring and onto its newest bracelet. Much like it's "Le Marché des Merveilles" (Marketplace Wonders) ring, the bracelet takes on the form of medieval-style jewelry, showing deep lines and a worn finish — giving the piece an almost hand-engraved appearance.
The bracelet contains four snarling feline heads matched with three Gucci "GG" links, and a final "GG" dangling charm. The remainder of the links alternate from twisted rod rings, to smooth chain links, and are joined by the wearer using an ornate lobster clasp. Another nice detail can be found at the back of the feline head, as the entire back sees an Arabesque cut-out embellishment.
The full range of Gucci Garden accessories can be found now at most Gucci flagships, as well as online at select retailers like SSENSE.
In other fashion news, Nike enlists Cav Empt for its latest collaborative collection.
Featuring Juice WRLD, Offset, Young Thug and PnB Rock.
Shedding light on why some of them cost seven-figures.
After receiving a $46 million USD investment.
Featuring Childish Gambino, J. Cole and more.


RobertDouglas arranged the $38 million sale of the 72-key Best Western Seaport located in the heart of the Seaport District in New York, NY to Howard Hughes Corporation, which acquired the hotel with the intention of incorporating it into their sweeping vision for its $1.5 billion transformation of the Seaport District. RobertDouglas was the exclusive advisor to a subsidiary of Gemini Real Estate Advisors in the sale was administered by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Seaport Inn property features a pristine, Federal-era structure and facade that speaks to the historic colonial roots of the Seaport district. Further, the property is located within Manhattan's Financial District, which has approximately $30 billion of commercial development in the pipeline, including 1,700 residential units and over 2.8 million square feet of office space currently under construction. With a 6,000-square-foot footprint and oversized guestrooms including ten suites with large terraces offering stunning views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Financial District, the property has potential to be redeveloped into one of Lower Manhattan's premier boutique hotels.


Apparition Lit is seeking original, unpublished speculative fiction that meet our quarterly theme. Speculative fiction is weird, almost unclassifiable. It's fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and literary. We want it all. Send us your strange, misshapen stories. Issue 6: Ambition is now available for purchase!
We are currently CLOSED for poetry and short story (1,000 – 5,000 words). We will open again for short story and poetry submissions May 15-31 for Issue 7: Retribution. Any submissions sent outside of our reading periods will be deleted unread.
Our monthly flash fiction contest is now CLOSED. We will open again for submissions May 1-15. This is a call for POC, Black and Indigenous writers. The flash must pass or discuss The Latif Test which sets out 1) Are there two named characters of color?, 2) Do they have dialogue? 3) Are they not romantically involved with one another? 4) Do they have any dialogue that isn't comforting or supporting a white character? 5) Is one of them definitely not magic? Write anything so long as it's speculative and it passes/challenges/addresses the test.
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My friends on Facebook, have you no shame?
99% of your friends, family, acquaintances and coworkers have already decided who they are voting for. Why must you slather the news feeds about "Romney did this so he's teh evil" or "Obama did this so he's teh evil"? You aren't changing any minds, aren't changing opinions about the candidates and only reinforce the opinions of others about you. Seriously, I quit Facebook for over a month because the news feeds were starting to get ridiculous. I started looking at it again last week and, wouldn't you know it, the attacks have only gotten worse. Of course, I do wish this were back in the 1800's still, so dueling could be legal. Some of you need to go out there, stand at 10 paces and throw 50 pound cinder blocks at one another (yes, that is what I mean by "bricks at dawn!").
Friends, countrymen (sorry to my Israeli friends; still love you guys over there), compatriots… shut up! Seriously, shut the hell up. I am so sick and tired of watching my conservative and liberal friends go at each other that I'm going to start randomly screaming at people the next time I see them just so I can say "And that's what my Facebook wall looked like for a damned year, you bastards!".
I polled my team and other coworkers a few months ago about who they were voting for, completely anonymous (they like their privacy, as do I). They were 22-5 (with 5 not voting). I asked around this week and it's… wait for it… 22-5 (with 5 not voting again). Nobody's opinion has changed. Why? Because they have already decided! The mythical "undecided voter" is like the unicorn — it doesn't exist. The majority of voters who say they are undecided are either embarrassed by who they are voting for or simply don't want people to know. Maybe 5% of "undecided" voters are truly undecided, and they will remain undecided no matter what you do. It'll be a last-minute "screw it, that guy" vote.
So… do you really want to lose friends on Facebook because you're trying to reach that %5 who you probably aren't even friends with?
I will tell you to go and vote. Tell others to vote. But for the love of all that's unholy, don't tell them who to vote for. That's their job. If they want to vote against your candidate, then that's their vote and you have no place to call them names because of it. They did their duty and voted. Just because they don't agree with you doesn't make them wrong, it makes them a part of the democratic process. Look, your opinion carries as much weight as the next guy's. It also stinks, just like the other guy's. Why? Because when you think you're right, there is someone who is always going to think that you're wrong, and vice versa. Deal with it.
And don't get into the argument about a republic vs. democracy. It's a waste of breath.
Oh, my vote? Unhappy Troglodyte 2012!


I provide private Boogie Mites classes to parents and their children in the Havant and Hayling Island areas. I also deliver music and movement sessions in early years settings.
Find out about classes and Boogie Mites activities and information in the Havant area on Facebook.
Find out about classes and Boogie Mites activities and information on Hayling Island on Facebook.


Tolerance, elasticity and robustness. When a farm animal has these characteristics, it is resilient! We will hear more about this in the coming years.
But what is resilience and what does it mean for livestock animals? Resilience is defined in various ways, but generally it is the capacity of a complex system to deal with change or stresses. In a recent paper by Marten Scheffer et al (from WUR), the resilience of the whole depends on the resilience of subsystems that regulate vital parameters such as temperature, glucose level, and mood. Those in turn depend upon, among other things, the functional reserves (overcapacity) of organs that inevitably wear down with ageing, depending on stressors, lifestyle, and genetic make-up. He names chronic stress in animals (and humans) as the best-known condition that may undermine resilience. In animal sciences, researchers are studying resilience in a quest to better adapt animals to their changing and challenging environment to optimise their welfare and health. And in the case of stress, we can certainly see potential in farm animals. Think of transportation of animals, weaning and treatments that animals have to deal with. Resilience can also mean elasticity. And the level of elasticity of an animal can be measured for example by looking at the speed of recovery after an infection. Animals that are able to remain healthy post-infection, or quickly recover, have the greatest elasticity. And this is what makes a farmer happy (and leads to a profitable farm). We could also say that resilience means 'tolerance'. Increasing the tolerance can be done via management, vaccination schedules, preventive medicines as well as breeding for improved disease resistance.
The term resilience and elasticity also remind me of of the term 'robustness', often used for cows. A dictionary definition of robust is having or exhibiting vigorous health, capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions. Is this the same as resilience though? There was a time that robustness was linked with heritage (ancient) cow breeds. Although they produce less milk than the Holstein-Friesian cows, some old breeds are more robust and do well on more extensive farms for example with outdoor grazing systems (and can handle extreme weather conditions for example). Cattle breeding companies are using robustness as well and increasingly adding this characteristic to the bull indexes, which means that production traits are combined with functional traits in the breeding goals to make cows live longer and cope better with infections. In other words, the breeding companies are constantly improving resistance, tolerance and resilience against diseases.
Robustness is a powerful, strong term, and I like it. It means that the animal is strong by itself, without interventions from outside. I feel that the terms tolerance and resistance refer more to a state of the animal that is created or controlled by the farmer (e.g. make an animal resistant against a disease by vaccinating it). But 2019 will be the year of the term 'resilience'. I have no doubt that we will hear much more about and it might be even more powerful than my previous favourite term: robustness. Good luck to all the resilience brigades!


Hoping everything goes well for him, whatever adversity he's facing. Definitely a good guy.
Prayers for healing, hope and strength.
All of our thoughts are with Bill. I am hoping to hear from his family soon so I can take a drive over to see him.
He will be in my prayers.
I'll be praying for him.
He needs to get back here and see the joke I left him on the Monster truck thread.
prayers go out to him and his family..
Prayers, for Mr.Bill, and family. I know your pain. A lot of times, the family, is in way more pain, than the patient. Best to all.


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Opposing the Introduction of Genetically Engineered Salmon
The National Congress of American Indians
Resolution #ANC-14-037
TITLE:	Opposing the Introduction of Genetically Engineered Salmon
WHEREAS, salmon is now and has always been central to the culture, religion and society of the many Native people, and the continued harvest of salmon is critical to maintaining our culture, society and religion; and
WHEREAS, salmon is an integral and important part of the subsistence and diet of the many Native people and as a result Indian people consume greater amounts of salmon than the general public, which puts Native people at a greater risk of being adversely affected by any potential impact of genetically engineered salmon; and
WHEREAS, Indian people engage in salmon harvest as part of their federally protected right to take fish reserved in treaties negotiated between Indian tribes and bands and the United States and as part of the federal trust responsibility, and the introduction of genetically engineered salmon will likely adversely affect this treaty and trust right to take fish; and
WHEREAS, should genetically engineered salmon escape into the wild habitat, those genetically engineered salmon will adversely affect wild salmon, salmon upon which Indian people are dependent, by, at a minimum: competing with wild salmon for food and rearing locations, and by inbreeding with wild salmon which could result in the extirpation of wild salmon, and studies to date have not ruled out these two possible adverse impacts of genetically engineered salmon on wild salmon; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an application to allow the introduction and sale of genetically engineered salmon into the United States; and
WHEREAS, this approach would be inconsistent with federal court ordered salmon management plans; and
WHEREAS, given the disproportionate impact genetically engineered salmon would have on the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives, their culture and society, and the continued meaningful implementation of their treaty and trust right to fish.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that NCAI strongly opposes the introduction of genetically engineered salmon into the United States for consumption, research or production; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NCAI calls upon the FDA to have meaningful government-to-government consultations pursuant to Executive Order 13175 in regards to this issue before taking any action on genetically engineered salmon; and
The foregoing resolution was adopted by the General Assembly at the 2014 Mid-Year Session of the National Congress of American Indians, held at the Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center, June 8-11, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska, with a quorum present.
Author: Fawn Sharp, ATNI President Quinault
Midyear Session
ANC-14-037
Agriculture, Native Resources

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"Ideas worth spreading" is the notion behind TED – an initiative that lets you steal ideas from some of the smartest, sparkiest business minds in the world.
We jest, but it's true. With TED talks, amazing speakers with equally amazing ideas are being shared in a viral way all over the world.
The best part is that there is a goldmine of information for small and medium businesses buried in many of these TED talks. If you're an entrepreneur or you're hoping to build your mini-empire, you can listen to some of the best people who've done it themselves, or can tell you empirically how to do it.
We've siphoned some of the best and most popular talks that are perfect for entrepreneurs and budding start-ups – read on.
Bored of endless targets and budgets? In this talk, Yves explains how an overload of metrics keeps us from getting our best work – suggesting a way of collaboration that is the ultimate productivity fix.
It's a little reminiscent of the attitude in recent high-performing work cultures, where endless paperwork and approval processes only succeed in slowing things down.
Watch and get ready to rehash all those tedious sign-off processes.
Many people seek motivational speakers to be inspired to get things done. Tony Robbins states quite clearly that he is not a motivational speaker – but he is an expert in getting things done.
Robbins dissects the reasons why we get stuff done. Most of the time it's not down to ability, but the force of internal drive – essentially, the emotions that can push us to make decisions and take action. Try not to feel empowered to take your future in your hands after watching this.
Did you know that sliced bread was around for 15 years before it actually started selling successfully?
Godin has been described as a marketing genius, and breaks apart how ideas and products succeed. It all boils down to one word with a lot of oomph: is it 'remarkable'?
You'll need to watch the video to find out how you can act on Seth's ideas, but it helps to pin down the difference between having a great idea, and having a great idea that people actually know about. And that's how an idea becomes a success.
A three and a half minute rollercoaster that covers the secrets of success in a nutshell.
It almost sounds too good to be true, but it really is a condensed collection of secrets and recollections, built from hundreds of interviews with successful people. Richard rattles through eight key points, each backed up by wise and witty quotes from the people who have been through it themselves.
You can be enlightened in the time it takes to brew a tea.
Some people are convinced that they naturally understand the way the world works – but the world is far too complex to simplify like that.
This is what Tim Hardford means when he refers to the God complex, which hasn't proved effective for getting much done. Instead, you should abandon this generalistic way of thinking and try a dummy-proof/ problem-solving technique that works.
Trial and error may not be a new technique – but you'd be surprised by how some of the biggest companies use it to methodically refine problems. This talk encourages that you accept the fact you will make mistakes, as well as training you on how to make "better mistakes".
Money is the biggest incentive there is – right?
Wrong. In fact, this kind of reward approach only works in a very few select situations. Social scientists know this, but many business managers don't.
Dan Pink is a career analyst, and explains that for very simple, rule-led tasks, incentives can work very well. However, as soon as a problem requires creativity or cognitive thinking, rewards like money have no effect – and sometimes even a negative effect – compared to control groups. Find out the psychology of it all in this video.


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Home CAF Competition Ambrose Backs Rohr To Make Nigerians Proud in Egypt
Ambrose Backs Rohr To Make Nigerians Proud in Egypt
Derby County and Super Eagles right back, Efe Ambrose has thrown his weight behind Gernot Rohr to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The former Hibernian FC of Scotland player opined that good preparation as well as taking every game serious will be key if the Super Eagles should win the oncoming African Nations Cup in Egypt in June.
He stated that the Super Eagles have young and experience players scattered all over Europe which he pointed as an advantage for the three-time African champions.
In his words: "Every team going to a particular competition must aim to win the title. However, Super Eagles are potential champion who stand a good chance of winning the title in Egypt. He told www.bsnsports.com.ng
"The team should not underrate any team at the finals as all games should be approached as final. Fortunately, Nigeria has young, quality and experience players who ply their trade in Europe. With good preparations ahead of the finals, then Super Eagles can win the title for the fourth time. He continued.
The former Kaduna United defender added that the current Super Eagles have what it takes to win the title for the fourth time if they play as a team and play according to coach instruction.
He expressed confidence in the capability and technical know how of the team handler, Gernot Rohr and believed that the coach has the mental, psychological, ability and quality to guide the team to glory in Egypt.
"Gernot Rohr has what it takes to win the title in Egypt. Going by his achievements since he assumed as Eagles coach, all things being equal, he can guide the team to success at the Nations Cup."
He also pointed to the Franco-German gaffer's achievements since his appointment as Nigeria's senior national team head coach.
"On two occasions he has qualified Super Eagles for major tournaments with a game to play. This shows the quality he is made of. No doubt, with good preparation and players readiness and high level of fitness, i think the trophy should be in Nigeria at the end of the tournament.
Efe Ambrose helped Nigeria won the Africa Nations Cup in South Africa in February 2013 when late Stephen Keshi guided the team to glory.
Ambrose won 6 trophies, scored 6 goals in 168 matches during his spell at Celtic FC in Scotland.
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Seventy five NHS Trusts across the country will benefit from � million to buy technology for nurses, midwives and care staff.
It is the first round of investment of the £100m �/SPAN>Nursing Technology Fund' which was announced by Prime Minister, David Cameron. NHS England launched the application process for funding last year.
"This is about using modern technology to support and facilitate staff in providing compassionate and personalised nursing care.
"It is about making life easier for staff � for example a digital pen can improve record keeping and reduce paperwork, a tablet or ipad can mean a community nurse can work on the go without needing to make as many trips back to the office, which means more time spent with patients. Also, mobile IT devices that can be used at the bedside puts valuable information at a nurses� fingertips. This is ultimately about enabling nurses and midwives to improve the care they provide for patients.
"Equipment like this simply wasn抰 available as little as 20 years ago and using this kind of modern technology is part of the innovative and new ways of working we need to embrace in tackling modern health challenges.
"Innovative new technologies such as digital pens, tablets and clinical software mean that staff can spend more time with patients, not paperwork, and offer safer care.


Pursuing a career as a Physician Assistant promises and exciting and fulfilling future! Physician's Assistants are becoming more in demand since the Affordable Care Act went into effect. This position requires graduating with a Master's degree and then taking a licensing test. Once completed, the graduate can assist in a variety of healthcare areas including private doctor's offices and hospitals. This is a program that takes dedication and doing it online requires the individual to be self-disciplined in order to get the necessary work completed. The top three physician assistant degree programs online include Southern New Hampshire University, Purdue University, and Walden University. Here are some things it is important to ask when looking for a Physician's Assistant degree program online.
What are the required courses necessary for preparing for the certifying exam?
Physician's Assistants are more generalized in education and need to be trained in all aspects of the human body. In addition to Biology and Anatomy classes, it may be required that you take Chemistry and classes that cover general medical disorders. The classes will lean heavily toward the sciences but some programs focus more on the actual diseases while others focus on the chemical aspect of diseases.
In order to be eligible to take the licensing test, an individual has to graduate from a program that is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. Without their approval of the program, a graduate can't take the required certifying test.
Where do students get the required hours of on-hand experience?
Graduating with a Physician's Assistant Master's degree requires a student to perform a certain number of practice areas in a medical setting. It is important to know in advance whether the student has to find a place that will allow this or if the school partners with local hospitals or physicians to help students fulfill the requirement. This question also pertains to lab work.
Do you help prepare students for the licensing exam?
Many programs leave it up to the student to study for and take the exam after graduating. Others will help by providing preparation classes, study groups, and practice tests. Schools that provide this extra help are often more serious about the success of their students than the ones who do not provide the help.
This can be shown in two ways. First, take a look at what percentage of incoming students actually graduate and compare it to other programs offered by this and competing schools. Secondly, find out where graduates of the program end up finding positions. This helps to determine how well-respected the received education is in the medical community as a whole.
Are classes offered for continued education?
A Physician's Assistant must complete additional classroom hours every two years. Having the same school that you earned your degree from offer these continuing education classes will be more helpful. It also shows how much the school cares about student success.
What background do instructors have?
Instructors that have medical degrees or strong science backgrounds are going to be able to go more in-depth into the subjects you are studying. The more they have actually interacted with patients in a clinical setting, the more likely they will be to understand the nuances of the profession that strictly research scientists or those with only teaching degrees can.
In many cases, online students have a whole life outside their studies. A typical program for a Physician's Assistant will take three years. Finding out how much time you can take off or how strict the lecture attendance is will help decide if the program will logically fit into your current schedule or if your current schedule can easily be adapted for the program.


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How To Guide to Fly Fishing Magdalena Bay
Guide to Fly Fishing Magdalena Bay
By any measure, Gary Graham is the world's most knowledgeable expert on southern Baja's fly-fishing opportunities. If you plan on going to Magdalena Bay, don't go without this book.
By Gary Graham
Review by Peter Van Gytenbeek
No Nonsense Fly Fishing Guidebooks
6171 Tollgate
Sisters, OR 97759
softcover; $24.95
By any measure, Gary Graham is the world's most knowledgeable expert on southern Baja's fly-fishing opportunities. For more than 30 years, he and his wife, Yvonne, have held forth in the East Cape region exploring and pioneering opportunities from the beach to blue water. During this same period, Graham quietly explored the mysteries of Magdalena Bay, a 100-mile series of bays and estuaries on the forgotten Pacific side of the Peninsula.
Rumors circulated through angling circles for years about the area's potential, but hard information as difficult to come by. Were there really big snook in the mangroves? Was the story of marlin "thick as fleas on a hound's back" at Thetis Bank credible?
Now you can get answers to these and all your other questions from Graham's new guidebook. You won't find anything fancy here – just good, solid where, when and how information. The book contains the ubiquitous list of fly-fishing knots, flies and fish descriptions, as well as 14 chapters (with basic maps) that delve quite specifically into the various regions within Mag Bay.
If you plan on going to Magdalena Bay, don't go without this book.
More Fly-Fishing, How-To
More How To
How to Catch California Swordfish
Offshore Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
How to Catch Sailfish in Shallow and Deep Water
How to Catch White Sturgeon


In November 2003, it was decided that all new Unix servers will run Debian GNU/Linux, except where vendor support contracts require otherwise.
As of April 2012, more than 2 out of 3 of our over 150 central Unix servers run Debian. These deliver services like email, DNS, DHCP, Radius, LDAP, web applications and version control.
We've chosen Debian for its reliable security update availability, strong presence on the GNU/Linux server market, because of available knowledge and experience in the UvT sysadmin group, flexibility of the OS, no license costs (not even for security updates), and possibility to run a locally controlled software distribution server.


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theraymondmearns you tube channel – latest sketch – Pish and Chips!
Here is a link to the latest Planet Mearns Sketch featuring John Ross and myself. Filming in public toilets these days is a headache, you have no idea how many wierdos there are hanging about these places! Enjoy!


Abstract: Following the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a major goal is to characterize the properties of this new particle. The Higgs itself is a potential portal to new physics, providing connections between the Standard Model of particle physics and new phenomena, such as signatures of dark matter. Searches for new decays of the Higgs boson will be described using data collected by the ATLAS experiment and future prospects will be discussed.


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Georg Gruber (I3002) , 1776–1831 (aged 54 years)
Name Georg Gruber
Georg /Gruber/
Name Johann Georg Gruber
Johann Georg /Gruber/
Georg has 1 father and 1 mother recorded (2 in total).
Marriage Georg Gruber + Magdalena Steinmaurer (F1634)
1 Georg Gruber (I4495)
2 Magdalena Steinmaurer (I4496)
Georg has 1 co-father-in-law and 1 co-mother-in-law recorded (2 in total).
Marriage Kaspar Gruber + Barbara Öllinger (F1626)
1 Franz Öllinger (I5006)
Birth: August 1, 1777
2 Anna Maria Trawöger (I5007)
Georg has one female partner recorded.
Partner of Georg (1)
1 Anne Maria Hufnagl (I3001)
Birth: May 5, 1786
Georg has 1 son and 1 daughter recorded (2 in total).
Parents Georg Gruber + Anne Maria Hufnagl (F1046)
1 Anne Maria Gruber (I2999)
2 Kaspar Gruber (I4479)
Georg has 1 son-in-law and 1 daughter-in-law recorded (2 in total).
Daughter Anne Maria Gruber (I2999)
1 Georg Attwenger (I3000)
Son Kaspar Gruber (I4479)
1 Barbara Öllinger (I4480)
Birth: June 12, 1830 52 36
Georg has 2 grandsons and 2 granddaughters recorded (4 in total).
Parents Georg Attwenger + Anne Maria Gruber (F1045)
1 Anne Maria Attwenger (I2997)
Birth: December 21, 1839 — Eben; Altmünster, Gmunden, Oberösterreich, AUT
Death: 1912 — Eben; Altmünster, Gmunden, Oberösterreich, AUT
Parents Kaspar Gruber + Barbara Öllinger (F1626)
1 Karl Gruber (I4497)
Death: April 5, 1932
Georg has 1 grandson-in-law and 1 granddaughter-in-law recorded (2 in total).
Marriage Georg Gruber + Anne Maria Hufnagl (F1046)
1 Franz Schögl (I2998)
Birth: May 4, 1826 — Eben; Altmünster, Gmunden, Oberösterreich, AUT
2 Anna Wielfehrt (I4498)
The extended family of Georg has 14 members (including Georg). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.
Georg has no Great-grandparents, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Uncles and Aunts by marriage, Parents-in-law, Partner chains, Siblings, Siblings-in-law, Co-siblings-in-law, Cousins, and no Nephews and Nieces recorded.
Georg has one father recorded.
Georg has one co-father-in-law recorded.
Georg has one son recorded.
Georg has one son-in-law recorded.
Georg has 2 grandsons recorded.
Georg has one grandson-in-law recorded.
The extended family of Georg has 8 members (including Georg). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted)
Georg has no Great-grandparents, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Uncles and Aunts by marriage, Parents-in-law, Partners, Partner chains, Siblings, Siblings-in-law, Co-siblings-in-law, Cousins, and no Nephews and Nieces recorded.
Georg has one mother recorded.
Georg has one co-mother-in-law recorded.
Georg has one daughter recorded.
Georg has one daughter-in-law recorded.
Georg has 2 granddaughters recorded.
Georg has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.
The extended family of Georg has 8 members (including Georg). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.
Family with Anne Maria Hufnagl (I3001)
Georg Gruber (I3002)
Anne Maria Hufnagl (I3001)
Family Georg Attwenger (I3000)
Anne Maria Attwenger (I2997)
Anne Maria Gruber (I2999)
Family Barbara Öllinger (I4480)
Karl Gruber (I4497)
Kaspar Gruber (I4479)
Magdalena Steinmaurer (I4496)
Georg Gruber (I3002)(1776–1831)
Anne Maria Hufnagl (I3001)1804
Anne Maria Gruber (I2999)(–)
Kaspar Gruber (I4479)(1824–1890)
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Borders can seem daunting at first and while they can be chaotic and often eat up most of a day to complete, most are pretty straightforward and the workers will direct you to the next step. If you speak okay Spanish, you will likely be fine on your own, if not, you can negotiate to get a helper for around $5 most places. Some tips to make your border experience better: -BRING PENS! Some borders do not have them available and the officials will literally refuse to let you use theirs. -Driving out of the way to get to a smaller, lesser used crossing is often worthwhile. You wont be bombarded by helpers and vendors and you are less likely to be scammed. -Most borders don't have ATMs anywhere nearby, they want you to support the money changers. -Know the exchange rates before you arrive so you can haggle for a reasonable rate with money changers. Get the USD>Local conversion as well as the conversion from the country you are exiting to the one you are entering. -Always carry a secret stash of US Dollars in case you didn't bring enough local currency, most money changers will accept them. If you run out of cash after you've exited one country, but before you've entered the next, you may get stuck in the border zone! -MOST IMPORTANTLY-Manage your expectations. Don't make plans to get to a city hundreds of miles inside the country (or even 100). Crossing a border is an achievement, so just plan on making it The Thing You Are Doing That Day. Bring a good book or practice your Spanish with other people hanging out. Getting stressed/angry/impatient will not make anyone help you faster (likely the opposite), so do your best to stay positive and patient.
-Passport -License -Registration -Title Scan FRONT and BACK of all of your documents and email them to yourself in case of emergencies. Whenever you receive a new important document, photograph both sides and email to yourself when you can. This way, if anything bad happens, you have all the important numbers and proof that you had the documents. Carry originals in a safe place and several photocopies of each (copies are expensive at the borders). A Possessory Title will likely be problematic at the borders, as well as anything that doesn't look like the standard vehicle title. The vehicle should be in your name. I have heard of people traveling with a notarized letter from the owner, but a friend tried it recently and was turned away.
It is very easy to just drive through the border without getting any documents, however, make sure you stop and get the proper documents or you will have problems later. Insurance -Insurance is REQUIRED in Mexico and is much cheaper purchased online than at the border. If you have AAA, they have good rates. -Traveling without insurance is a gamble. We were never asked to show ours, at borders, ferries or checkpoints, but if you are in an accident you will be arrested and jailed. Tourist Card -Must stop at Migracion to buy $25 Tourist Card -You CANNOT buy this further down Baja, you MUST purchase it at the border -This is required if you are in Mexico more than 72 hours. Expect to be hassled by the police and fined if you are caught without one over the limit. -If your card is lost or stolen, expect to spend a day at Migracion filling out reports and doing A LOT of waiting. Bring a translator if you have poor Spanish skills, the forms and procedures are confusing. You will need to pay $25 for the replacement. Temporary Vehicle Import Permit -You do not need a TVIP for Baja or the border zones (about 16 miles from border), but you DO need it for most of mainland Mexico. You can either drive a bit out of your way to the Banjercito (Bank) to get one at the Tijuana border, or get one in La Paz (Pichilingue) before getting on the ferry. For mainland you will need the TVIP at the border. -The permit costs 48.84 PLUS a guaranteed deposit which is returned to you upon exiting the country. The amount depends on the year of your vehicle, it doesn't matter if you have a tiny cheapo 150cc bike, a big GS or a car.
-$2 Exit fee for Nicaragua -Lots of waiting around on the Costa Rica side -No entry fees or import fees for the bike -Mandatory insurance is $25 and good for one month. -Has one extra step where you take all your papers to a final office for check out.
(We Highly Recommend this crossing! VERY laid back, almost no one there. The workers are REALLY bad at their jobs however, so it takes MUCH longer than it should…but at least it's a low stress environment!) -Panama uses US Dollars interchangeably with the Panamanian Balboa, they are pegged so the exchange rate is always $1-1B -$3 Tax -$25 Insurance -No fees at Aduana -No Fees at Migracion -Final step where you return to the original office and they look at your documents and then let you go.
Solicito permiso para una prorroga de 30 dias para permanecer en Panama. Yo ingrese por (where you crossed the border) el dia (the date) con permiso # (the number they give you on the aduana paperwork, starts with #PE).
There are a few main options to get you and your bike around the Darien Gap, unfortunately they range from extremely expensive to extremely uncomfortable…and sometimes both!
The cheapest choice is to hire a series of lanchas (small speed boats) from Carti. Slather yourself in sunscreen and hold on to your hat because you will be straddling your bike, in full sun as you bounce over the waves for several hours. Typically you take one lancha from Carti to Capurgana and another to Turbo. Sometimes you won't be able to make a connection for several days, but this way is still probably the fastest and rates depend on how hard you negotiate, how full the boats are and how big your bike is. If your bike is very large, this may not be an option or at least a very bad idea. Expect to pay $200-$350 for you and your bike.
You can ship your bike by freight ship or plane, but you have to crate it and then fly yourself. Expect to pay about $1000-$1500 for this option.
This is the one we used! Some boats sail from Carti, many from Portobelo. They are all pretty price set at $550/person and $550/bike, you can usually knock a bit off by booking directly throught the captains. If someone in town takes you to meet the Captains, you will not get a discount because they will expect a finders fee! We sailed with the Luka and were really happy with our choice. Captain Bea runs a good operation, everything went smoothly and she's a fantastic cook! We've heard a lot of horror stories about boats breaking down, running out of food and/or water, so ask around and choose your ship wisely! If you're going to pay that much, at least make it good. 🙂 The nice thing about taking one of these sailing trips is you get to see the extremely beautiful San Blas Islands. Please note that right before our voyage, they changes the law so you can no longer bring motorcycles on sailboats, but we went anyway and had zero problems in customs. Hopefully they keep not enforcing it!
You may hear rumors about the San Blas Ferry. People will tell you they've seen it and they probably have, because it's been sitting in the bay at Portobelo for months! Some people optimistically say it will be up and running soon, others say the owner has made enemies and the boat will be wrapped up in red tape forever…so don't count on this method!
Go to Migracion and get your passport stamped, we went with the Captain, if you use lanchas of shipping, I'm unsure how that works. We didn't have to pay any fees as they were included in our trip. Unload your bike (you MUST have it for Aduana, despite whatever the Captain may tell you. Drive to Aduana and wait around. Eventually people will walk outside with a clipboard and check your VIN number, and make you a paper. You should not have to pay any fees.


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Q: Simple Seneca Promises Example I am trying to use Bluebird with Seneca in order to promisfy all my seneca modules that I create. I'd love to be able to chain seneca commands.
Here is a transaction module which to make things as simple as possible, only has one task, to create a transaction
// ./app/transaction.js

module.exports = function(options) {
  var Promise = require('bluebird');
  var seneca = this;
  var act = Promise.promisify(seneca.act, {context: seneca});

  var Transaction = require('./models/transaction');

  this.add({role:'transaction', cmd: 'create'}, function( msg, done ) {
    var t = new Transaction({
      datetime: new Date(),
      stylist_ids: ["STY_001", "STY_002"],
      promoter_ids: ["HOT_001", "HOT_002"],
      amount: 100
    });

    t.save((err,transaction) => {
      if (err)
        done(err);
      else
        done(null, { transaction: transaction });
    });
  })
}

And here is my code for server.js which at present should just create a transaction using seneca commands:
// server.js

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/promisfy");

var seneca = require('seneca')();
var Promise = require('bluebird');
var act = Promise.promisify(seneca.act, seneca);

var transaction = require ('./app/transaction');
seneca.use(transaction);

act({role:'transaction', cmd: 'create'})
  .then(function (result) {
    console.log(result)
  })
  .catch(function (err) {
    console.log(err)
  });

But I get this error:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'ge' of undefined
    at do_act (/Users/jackrobson/development/active/glam-army-admin-app/node_modules/seneca/seneca.js:1046:30)
    at Object.api_act (/Users/jackrobson/development/active/glam-army-admin-app/node_modules/seneca/seneca.js:867:5)
    at Object.tryCatcher (/Users/jackrobson/development/active/glam-army-admin-app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at ret (eval at makeNodePromisifiedEval (/Users/jackrobson/development/active/glam-army-admin-app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promisify.js:184:12), <anonymous>:14:23)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/jackrobson/development/active/glam-army-admin-app/server.js:11:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:418:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:139:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:533:3

Any help appreciated. Thanks :)

A: "Note that Bluebird v3 has some promisification API changes. Instead of
var act = Promise.promisify(seneca.act, seneca);

we have to use
var act = Promise.promisify(seneca.act, {context: seneca});"

server.js had the old command -_-''


Ecology and sustainability – in practice.
We are passionate about ecology and have been farming Fæbrogaard ecologically since 1989 and now have eco-fruit plantation with apples, raspberries, plums, etc. and sheep, lamb, geese, rabbits and horses. We have always tried to think sustainable in everything we do – ie. We have solar cells for the hot water, pine wood pellets, use LED bulbs and swan labeled cleaners. We compost ourselves our kitchen waste and sort the waste into 5 different fractions. We will gladly take you on a trip through the vegetable garden and orchard.
What can we offer at Fæbrogaard?
When ordering, we would like to make our rich organic breakfast and dinner – homemade, mainly of own products.
In addition, coffee and cake can be ordered the same day at €5 / ps.


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Trotsky: A Biography
A Biography
Biography: historical, political & military; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Marxism & Communism
Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factional chief, sparkling writer, ladies man (e.g., his affair with Frieda Kahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everyday life, grand seigneur of his household, father and hunted victim, Trotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times. Robert Service draws on hitherto unexamined archives and on his profound understanding of Russian history to draw a portrait of the man and his legacy, revealing that though his followers have represented Trotsky as a pure revolutionary soul and a powerful intellect unjustly hounded into exile by Stalin and his henchmen, the reality is very different, as this masterful and compelling biography reveals.
By: Robert Service
Imprint: Pan
Recommended Age: 16
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Winner of Duff Cooper Prize 2010 (UK)
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The movie had been a popular stage play before Julie Andrews took the role. And there was a German movie too. Those were based on a book.
This link is a documentary that explores the facts and fiction.
Here on a related note see how the fiction about the Lone Ranger was super popular on radio and TV. Notice that there were hundreds of other shows that did not endure as long. So what that one? Then consider the facts that this history expert brings to our attention.
So as a storyteller and media person what can you learn from these?


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Kel Suu Winter (SOLD OUT)
Land of Genghis
Trans-Siberia Overland
Pole of Cold #1
Exploring Tajikistan
Pole of Cold
Pearl in the Bush
Kel Suu Winter
Muddy Tracks-Nagaland
New Delhi to London
Porsche Himalayan XOL
Solo in Siberia-INDIA'S FIRST OVERLAND SOLO TO THE POLE OF COLD
Wander Beyond Boundaries expeditions involve 2 critical components – extreme driving, given that we reach difficult-to-reach areas and hands-on documentation, documenting people's lives, transitions, cultural and ecological footprints. Our maiden journey to announce capacity to undertake such difficult travels was our expedition from New Delhi to London.
From Behind the Wheel
Flagged off on: 23rd July 2015 from Major Dhyanchand Stadium, India Gate, New Delhi in a grand ceremony organized by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India by two cabinet ministries
Expedition Team:
Team Leader and Single Driver: Nidhi Tiwari
Participants: Soumya Goyal & Rashmi Koppar
Lead Sponsor for journey: Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd.
Total Distance Covered: 23800 kms | Reached London on 27th Oct 2015
Total number of days on road: 95 days (including the 29 day wait at the Indo-Myanmar border
Number of countries crossed: 17
India, Myanmar, China, Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom
Maximum distance driven in a day:
1200 kms (China, from Dali to Chengdu), the range of distance driven every day – approximately 400-1200 kms.
Creating history:
1st Woman Driver to drive from Delhi to London
1st All Women team to travel from Delhi to London by road
Expedition recognized and supported by
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports,
Expedition assisted by
various ministries in Government of India:
Ministry of Shipping & Roadways
Lead Sponsor
Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd.
Via.com
Radio One 94.3
Tea Trails
MS Ramaiah Memorial Hospital
Prakruti Foundation
Social Partner
Social Empowerment by Empowering Women (SEE-W)
Network Facilitators: Indian Women's Network, CII
IridiumInteractive Limited
I am basically a driver at heart. The quest to explore new lands and push perceived limits has been quite intrinsic since the time I have been a child. About 12 years ago, is when I started jeeping. It began with a crazy urge to test self (in terms of driving skills) and the machine (a Mahindra Classic Jeep). One would head out on weekend off-roading trips with other jeepers and I was totally in awe of how much you can achieve and how far you can push yourself and the vehicle.
This love for jeeps kept growing further over the years. My confidence as a driver grew manifold. Started driving long distances, basically across the country. Though I hail from Bangalore, my husband is from Uttarakhand. Being in the Army, most of his postings were in the north. So Bangalore – Delhi was a very often frequented route. It soon became a norm in the family to drive down south every time we were headed to Bangalore. And then came the mountains. My first road journey to Ladakh was in 2007. And then there was no looking back. The addiction to drive, explore off-road tracks in high altitude areas grew by the year. After that nearly every single year, a drive to the mountains either in Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh became a norm. The confidence in self and machine grew with every drive.
In 2014, on a driving trip to Ladakh, I was stuck on a high mountain pass (Baralacha la) on Leh-Manali and I ended up spending the night in the car. That is when I decided that I was ready to take on something bigger and more challenging. Driving trans-continental is something I had only dreamt of.
Originally this was conceived of as a solo drive. I started working on putting together a trans-continental route in early 2015. It was impossible to undertake such a journey without a sponsor, and I knew this only too well. Made presentations, sent emails, called – knocked on many doors seeking sponsorship. Most people found the prospect crazy. Some even mocked at me and the idea. Others thought I was joking while a few others had turned the idea into a joke. Notwithstanding, the only option one had was to keep trudging along in the hope that I would find a sponsor.
Around this time, I happened to share my thoughts with a close friend Smita M Rajaram. Smita is my soul body to have intense conversations about politics, society, human behaviour etc. During one of our evening conversations, I shared with her my interest to empower women drivers and see many more women driving on the highway. I also told her about the dream drive from Delhi to London that I had been working towards. And she suggested that the idea deserved a larger platform. So we created a community called Women Beyond Boundaries (WBB) – which is a platform for women drivers to build skills and push their limits. Smita brought in the social vision. WBB aims to empower women to be able to drive on tough terrain and reach out other women living in far flung areas.
This Delhi to London drive was chosen as an apt medium to announce WBB's arrival and it therefore became WBB's maiden journey.
At this time, the sponsor hunt was still on; there hadn't been any success as yet. Finally, after many relentless hours and days and weeks spent on the task, the first people who were for once were willing to consider such a sponsorship possibility was Mahindra First Choice Wheels. I say this with all humility that they were the first ones who gave me a glimmer of hope. I am truly indebted. But they came back with a few expected concerns.
The risk level was one major concern. A drive of this kind hadn't been undertaken ever by a woman, more over I wanted to do a solo drive, and did not want any back up vehicle either. The 'what if' questions mushroomed; also, what was the back up? These issues had to be looked into. The easiest way to bring down the risk was to find 2 or 3 more people who would want to come along. While the word was being spread, Soumya Goyal and Rashmi Koppar wished to be part of WBB's maiden journey. And that's how we ended up being 3 people in the car.
To solve other concerns about backup support, one had to reach out to the government. Here, I would like to mention that without the guidance and mentorship of Shri. Anantkumar and Mrs. Tejaswini Anantkumar, I would have remained a headless chicken, not knowing where to go, whom to meet etc. Over the next couple of months, I reached out to him in desperation on many occasions. And each time I would look and sound as harassed when I entered his office, and he would with humor and reason calm me down and suggest ways to solve the situation. I would ask some of the most naïve questions at times and he would patiently answer them, while sometimes he joked saying I was 'garden fresh' and needed a lot of guidance. I was truly naïve and to put it plainly, I couldn't have asked for a better mentor.
As directed, I reached out to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Shri. Sarbananda Sonowalji, Minister of State (I/C) was kind. While he not only appreciated the initiative and drive to undertake such a journey, he also expressed it could be a valuable journey to inspire more young girls to undertake similar ones. Further, Rajeev Guptaji, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs laid the path. It was an honour that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports not only recognized, by also supported this journey. A sincere word of thanks for you Sirs.
With the Ministry stepping in, the formalities with Mahindra Choice Wheels was completed. They were now my lead sponsors. It was only Dr. Nagendra Palle's foresight and initiative, coupled with Mr. Shiv Kiran's drive and passion to make this work that saw it through. A heartfelt thank you Sirs.
Then came the road permits. Myanmar and China required self-drive road permits which had to be applied for and visa work began. All visas were procured prior to departure. Typically visas are issued only when the applicant has confirmed air tickets and hotel bookings. In this case, neither of these was present. Here, support from the Ministry of External Affairs, especially Dr. Nagpal, who was then the Director of MEA – Coordination really helped. The next 6 weeks, it was a daily ritual to attend to visa work. Thankfully, all visas were procured well in time.
Now to the most satisfying part; finally it was time to meet the 4th member of the expedition team, the most crucial and potential my soul mate – the vehicle. MFCWL identified a vehicle – a 2013 model Scorpio (DL4CNB8899), ivory in colour that had run 68500kms. Ivory coloured, refurbished, he looked super cool. Nikhil from MFCWL handed me the keys. When the vehicle came home, the excitement was palpable. Samik (my elder son) and Avik (my younger one) came running down and they wanted a ride. From the word go, the vehicle was a celebrity and received maximum attention. Interestingly, it stayed that way all through the journey. Prem, my husband, wanted to drive it as well. I like the way he put it "I need to know the guy who is going to take care of my wife for the next couple of months".
The vehicle was then taken to my friend Amandeep's (Amandeep Ahluwalia is a very well-known rally driver who is extremely passionate about automobiles) garage in Noida. Every single part was inspected for wear and tear, spares were procured and soon, the Scorpio looked even more handsome and was surely healthy from within.
The final make up was still due. The stickers and Decals to deck up the body. MFCWL took charge and the vehicle went to them for the Decal. When it came back, the day before the flag off, it was unbelievable. How gorgeous! The bright yellow against ivory, this vehicle was a stunner and would stand out from a distance. I was proud and over-awed. And ready to be flagged off.
The flag off took place at the Major Dhyanchand stadium at the India Gate in New Delhi in a glorious function organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Shri.Anantkumarji flagged us off in the presence of Shri. Sarbananda Sonowalji, other senior beaurocrats who had been a part of the journey so far, friends and family.
Amidst the noise, appreciation, cheer and grandeur, somewhere at this point, it was beginning to feel like it was an out of body experience. Once on the road, I was able to see a lot of things in perspective.
Driving expeditions, covering long distances, that too led by a woman and involving an all women crew was unheard of. This was indeed the first all women transcontinental drive from Delhi to London. It was also the first time a woman was driver attempting to cover a distance of this magnitude. This journey meant a lot to everybody. For Mahindra First Choice Wheels, it was a huge leap of faith. They were investing and trusting an idea which they felt genuinely good about and were proud of. For the government, it was a matter of pride and they were truly appreciative of the adventure spirit. For Women Beyond Boundaries, it was about showcasing to the world that it is possible and woman can drive. For other sponsors, while it was a matter of pride, for some it was also advertising and branding that seemed to matter. For my team mates, it was seemed like chance to see the world and be part of an epic journey. For my husband and kids, it was their way of saying – we want you to follow your dreams. For my brother, it seemed like "look what she is capable of". For my father, it was pride "my daughter" and for my mother, it seemed like she was living her dream through me. She was very proud and she was also the reason I could undertake this, as she committed to being with the kids through this period.
Amongst friends, for some, it was matter of envy, others it was awe, some others it was just being crazy. Mostly, for the larger family and friends, it was a sheer matter of pride and there was immense appreciation.
And for me, what should I say. It was validation – that I wasn't a crazy, nomadic woman; people actually thought my life was worthwhile. It was validation for the belief that you can dream and if coupled with hard work, you can also achieve it. I was happy from the bottom of my heart. I was also numb outwardly.
Nidhi Tiwari
Enroute Song Kul, high altitude lake, Kyrgyztan
Team at Songpan, China
Quilian mountains in China
Its never to late to fix the rattle on the roof
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You're vacationing on the island of Key West! More than likely because you're looking for a tropical getaway that includes sunshine and a light ocean breeze. It's time to explore the many beautiful outdoor attractions and have some adventures you'll never forget. This quaint island paradise has an abundance of outdoor activities, from the laid back and relaxed to the take-your-breath-away thrilling. Read on for some of the top outdoor adventures in Key West.
A secluded oasis in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, this collection of tiny islands is just the thing for those who love nature, wildlife and history. For an experience that will delight the entire family, hop on the Yankee Freedom III, the official ferry of the Dry Tortugas. Your ride on this expansive catamaran will not only be relaxed and scenic, it will provide you with a complimentary breakfast and lunch, snorkel gear and fascinating facts about the Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson. But that's just the beginning of what you'll consider to be an unforgettable day in paradise. Once you arrive, you'll step off the boat onto a beautiful sandy beach and see the massive Civil War fortress before you, Fort Jefferson. With its 16 million bricks and centuries of history, the fort provides an incredible adventure through America's heritage. Take a guided tour or wander about on your own; see the cells where inmates were held, including that of Samuel Mudd, the fort's most infamous prisoner. Then enjoy the natural beauty of the island, snorkel in the warm and shallow waters, grab a kayak, walk along the peaceful shore and soak up some rays on the beach. Keep a watchful eye to the sky for some of the more than 300 bird species that inhabit the area.
Key West is home to the only living barrier reef in the continental United States. Discover the majesty and beauty of our underwater world with a snorkeling trip. Many companies across the island offer excursions that depart in the morning and afternoon, and some even offer combos that include sunset tours, music and more. The catamarans are large and comfortable, have fresh water showers and a captain and crew that are not only locals, but are knowledgeable in the best way to snorkel the reef. You'll be provided with top-of-the-line snorkel gear, a float if you wish and tips on what you'll see when you're snorkeling. You'll be amazed at the variety of colorful fish, coral and marine species right in front of you.
Fort Zachary Taylor State Park is considered by many to be home to the most beautiful beach in Key West. Whether you want to swim in the crystal waters, snorkel the reef or go fishing, there's a ton of fun to be had at this historic park. Check out the Civil War fort and take a tour; you can see the cannons and learn about the fascinating past of this ancient fortress. There are also lovely shaded trails that wind around the shore, bike paths for an afternoon of exercise and intriguing birds and wildlife. Bring a picnic or grab some grub at the Cayo Hueso Café, which is open daily from 10am to 5pm.
The only frost-free botanical garden in the continental United States, this natural treasure is home to various endangered and threatened flora and fauna. Take a tour on the meandering trails that wind through native hammock, fresh water wetlands, butterfly gardens and beautiful flowers. Find the hidden pond and look for the resident white crowned pigeon and bald eagle for a truly unique experience. There's a gorgeous courtyard where you can sit, enjoy the tranquility and gaze at the waterfall wall of tropical plants.
For an exhilarating experience you'll never forget, embark on a parasailing adventure. Many Key West watersport companies offer both tandem and solo flights, wet or dry take offs and landings and breathtaking views of Key West as you soar above the water. The parasailing team takes you out to sea and offers you a chance to see Key West as you never have before. Parasailing trips are offered frequently throughout the day. All you need are your sunscreen, towel and sense of adventure!


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…from the ends of the earth
Earliest Christians from the Ten Tribes – Documented
Earliest Christians from the Ten Tribes Documented
Author – Margot Crossing
I was called to the Mizos of NE India in 1997. This, I talk about in other places in this blogsite. The Welsh missionaries found them in 1894 and within five decades, they say, that one hundred percent had become Christian. Early on some of the missionaries had noticed "Israelite" customs but had concealed this from the Chhinlung (aka Mizo) population. A Mizo prophet by the name of Chala in the 1950's had had a vision where, he says, God had revealed to him that the Chhinlung were Israelites. Within the next three decades; the Jewish agency had become involved, some Mizos from both Mizoram and the neighbouring state of Manipur emigrated to Israel, and Synagogues were set up to convert would be Aliya participants to Judaism. It was in 1980'5 that researcher Zaithanchhungi became involved. Some of her relatives were preparing to go to Israel but she was of the opinion that the Mizos were not Israelites due to her seeing blue eyed Israelis in Israel on a world tour with her son Zira in 1979. Three serendipitous events happened; firstly she met a Jewish man on the way to Orissa (India) who invited her to stay with his family in Israel, secondly she met Rabbi Elihayu Avichail of Amishav in Israel and was asked to do research back in Mizoram, and thirdly she – as a 'top' insurance sales woman – travelled extensively throughout villages and towns in Mizoram selling insurance AND interviewing 85 to over 100 year old Chhinlung men and women in the evenings according to R. Avichail's instructions. She told me "after a very short time I changed my mind" regarding her views that Mizos were not descendants of Israel. She went onto say,"over and over, these elders stated that their parents and grandparents told them that they were 'son of Manasseh.'
So here we have a modern day example of ancient Israelites (not Jews) becoming Christians in large numbers but is this a one off or has this always been the pattern?
Today, in this blog, I will quote Asahel Grant MD from his book The Nestorians or Lost Tribes. It is written in 1841 and according to his findings there was a people group that had a remarkable history of being both of the Ten Tribes and also being among the earliest Christians. Their location was in the area of 19th century Persia, very near the locations of the Kurds. Grant went there as a missionary to what he called the Independent Nestorians. They were the remnant of the captivity of the Assyrians and today we may know them as a geographically isolated part of the Assyrian Church. He did not know their history before living among them and was surprised and delighted to find out that they owed their faith to apostles; Thomas, Thaddeus, Simon, Matthew, and Bartholomew, and to the disciples Ade, Mares, and Agheus.
"The Adjabena (i. e., inhabitants of Adiabene), Elamites, Persians, and Medes," says Assemani "were brought over to the faith by the apostles Thomas, Thaddeus, Simon, Matthew, and Bartholomew, and by the disciples Ade, Mares, and Agheus, as has been shown above from Greek, Latin, and Syrian authors. After those first apostles of the Persians, the prelates subject to the archbishop of Seleucia aided either in imbuing the same people with the sacred rites of the Christians, or in confirming them in the faith which they had embraced." And again he says, " First of all beyond Mesopotamia," as it appears, Adjabena (Adiabene) and Elamites, two of the provinces of the Persian kingdom, very quickly embraced the Christian faith, viz., in the very commencement of the infant church."* page 229
* Assemani, Bib.Orient., vol. iv.p. 414*
The Independent Nestorians had remarkable customs and oral histories that they were descendants of the Ten Tribes of Israel. The entire book is well worth the read to convince you, the reader of this blog, that they were indeed Israelites! The follow exert ends with – And hence we infer that the numerous converts in the country of the ten tribes must have been the captive sons of Israel.
Here we are told that the inhabitants of the very places where the captive Israelites then lived were converted to the Christian, faith under the preaching, of the apostles, who went everywhere preaching the word several years before the disciples preached to the Gentiles.
Eusebius,t the earliest of our ecclesiastical historians, expressly informs us that the apostles " were not yet in a situation to venture to impart the faith to the nations, and, therefore,, only announced it to the Jews." This was after the dispersion of the disciples and before the conversion of Cornelius, which is mentioned subsequently. Eusebius states, on the authority of Origen, that Parthia was assigned to Thomas; and he sums up the general success of the Gospel among ' the Israelites in the following graphic language : " Thus, then, under a celestial influence and co-operation, the doctrine of the Saviour, like the rays of the sun, quickly irradiated the whole world. Presently, in accordance with Divine prophecy, the sound of his inspired evangelists and apostles had gone throughout all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. Throughout every city and village, like a replenished gamer, churches were seen abounding and filled with members."* At length he mentions the conversion of Cornelius, and the first Gentile converts under Peter and Paul, as an act of the special, " gratuitous benevolence of God;" making it evident that the success of the Gospel among the Jews was prior to its reception by the Gentiles. And hence we infer that the numerous converts in the country of the ten tribes must have been the captive sons of Israel.
t Hist. Eccl., lib. il c. 1 * Hist Ecoles. lib. ii. c. 3.
In chapter XX and on page 236 Grants goes on to say, Although the twelve tribes were scattered abroad, and a great part of them in the distant countries of the Parthians and Medes the apostle appears to have been well acquainted with their circumstances and wants, and knew into what particular sin they had fallen, and just how to adapt his epistle to their case. For this his situation in the Holy City, the centre of information and well as of influence in the Hebrew nation, was peculiarly favourable; and as we have seen that Josephus, and king Agrippa,. and Paul, all living in that age, knew the abode and condition of the captive Israelites 'we could not for a moment suppose that James was' less informed of their situation, even if there was not the clearest evidence to that effect in his epistle. They were not then "the lost tribes," as they have been for centuries past. Not only were they well known, but, while we have no evidence that there was much general intercourse between them and the other Jews, the apostles and primitive disciples appear to have bestowed upon them a commendable share of attention; and it is equally clear that the efforts made for their conversion were attended with 'great success.'*
* Assem., Bib. Orient., v. iv. p. 414.
Grants conclusions are that Having shown that the ten tribes were, as a people, converted to Christianity in the apostolic age of the church, few words will be required to prove that the Nestorian Christians are their direct descendants.
They inhabit the same places that were occupied by the ten tribes at the time of their conversion, and until the beginning of the fifth century, as has been already shown.
Nestorian churches and prelates have flourished in an uninterrupted succession in the same places where they were founded by the apostles among the Israelites. " Succeeding those first apostles of the Persians [Thomas, Thaddeus, &c,, who preached in Adiahene and Media] the prelates subject to the archbishop of Seleucia aided either in imbuing the same people with the sacred rites of the Christians, or in confirming them in the faith which they had embraced." *
* Bib. Orient., v. iv. p. 414.
Grant draws the conclusion that the Nestorians/Assyrians had formed the church in the East.
Now it is well known that Seleucia was from the earliest times the chief seat of authority and influence among the Nestorians, and that their archbishop, and subsequently their patriarchs resided there, and ruled over the whole country inhabited by the ten tribes. Mares, above named, governed the church at Seleucia in the year 82,t and from that time it continued to be the residence of the archbishop till a.d. 498, when the Nestorians, becoming the dominant sect in the East, made it the seat of their new patriarch,* whose successors occupied it till the year 762, when it was removed to Bagdad.t
Adiabene (Adjabena), Assyria, and Halah (Halachae) were metropolitan bishoprics, whose prelates, in A.D. 852, had the principal agency in ordaining the Nestorian patriarchs,F and they had embraced the Christian faith in the very commencement of the infant church.§ " The schools of the Syrians flourished nowhere more than in Adiabene" " This is a region of Persia mostly inhabited by Christians." ||
* Bib. Orient., v. iv. p. 67. t lb. p. 625. F lb., p. 415, 416. § lb. p. 414. II b., p. 932, 933.
They are well known to have taken the Gospel across the Silk Road, into China through the regions of the old Partian Empire. In fact, the Church in the East – as opposed to the Church in the West i.e. Rome and Constantinople – flourished in a Golden Age all the while that the Church in the West was going into a dark age. See Philip Jenkins book The Lost History of Christianity; the Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
That the descendants of the Ten Tribes became the church and took the gospel to other regions that also had the Ten Tribes is the inescapable conclusion of reading just these two quoted books.
In another blog I comment that Jewish researcher Dr. Avigdor Shachan, in his book In the Footsteps of the Lost Ten Tribes complain that the Apostle Thomas went to the Israelites scattered all along the coastline of India converting them to Christianity and that by 7th century Patriarch Nestoriani said there were 5,000 kilometres of Israelite Churches.
It is my strong assertion that that pattern of the Gospel going to the Ten Tribes and becoming Christians in large numbers starts with those in Persia in 1st century and continues right through to the Mizos in NE India in the last century.
It would behoove missionary organizations to understand this biblical pattern in the propagation of the gospel. Whist the gospel is not exclusive to the bloodline of Israel it certainly looks like it finds good soil in the descendants of the Ten Tribes.
N.B. The Nestorian Church is better known today as the Assyrian Church. Whilst the Nestorian Church bears name of Nestorius (386–450), Patriarch of Constantinople from 428–431, it in no way holds to the incorrect doctrines of Nestorianism.
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Read this book online for a take on the Israelite-ness of many in India. Also see Abraham Benhur's book on Jewish ancestry of Indians. Margot Crossing
Kuruvilla Amprayil-Cherian Ph.D.
Thank you for writing and my apologies for the delay in responding. https://vimeo.com/282242667
To see my proposed tour of India. Please contact me on losttribesfound@bigpond.com as I would like to correspond further.
Kuruvilla Amprayil-Cherian Ph.D. says:
Nazranees (Nazarenes) of South-West India and Ancient Jewish/Hebrew Christianity
The Mar Thoma (St. Thomas) Syrian (Syriac) Christians, also known as Nazranees, of south-west India (former Travancore-Cochin-Malabar, present day Kerala) have been known as an ancient community of Christians. They are the descendants of those who accepted the Gospel from Apostle Thomas during his missionary work in south-west India in the first century. Perhaps less well known and less documented are the possible Hebrew (Jewish/Israelite) roots of this ancient Christian community.
A primary indication of Hebrew roots are evident in the name by which this community has been (and is) known locally: Nazranees (or Nazarenes). Dr. Ray A. Pritz, in his thesis NAZARENE JEWISH CHRISTIANITY (The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1988) mentions that "Christian" was originally used by non-Christians to designate believers among the Gentiles while "Nazarenes" was already used in Palestine to describe Jewish adherents to the new Messianic sect.
This name had been used to describe Christians of Hebrew origin in places far away from Palestine as well, as the findings of Dr. Asahel Grant show. Having been deputed by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to learn about the Nestorians in Persia, Dr. Grant, a physician-missionary, reached Persia in 1835; he returned to the USA in 1840 and submitted a report of his findings which was published as THE NESTORIANS OR, THE LOST TRIBES (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1841). Dr. Grant mentions of the tradition of the Nazoreans (Nazarenes) among the Nestorians that they are the posterity of the Israelites of the ancient northern kingdom carried away into captivity and dispersed among the nations by Assyrian kings; their ancestors accepted the Gospel directly from the Apostles, including Thomas. This fact was attested by Jews living among or near them. The Nazorean Nestorians exhibited antipathy to the Jews while at the same time they also exhibited several traits and followed traditions similar to those of the Jews. Dr. Grant's observations and conclusions, including the possible Hebrew/Israelite branches involved, are given in detail in his book. To show that the name Nazorean is not an incidental adoption but reflects a Hebrew heritage of the community known by the name, he also specifically mentions about the St. Thomas Christians of Travancore (Malankara) who also have the name Nazranees or Nazoreans, and points out that they too have traditions, rites, customs and evidence of a Hebrew origin. He has expressed the view that the St. Thomas Christians could have derived the name from Nestorian groups who were driven to seek refuge in India by the bloody persecutions of the 4th and 7th centuries, or they may be converts from some other branch of the Hebrew family. Further historic, social and scientific studies indicate that all these possibilities were involved in the case of the St. Thomas Nazranee Christian community of Malankara in S-W India.
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Losing the propaganda war
WASHINGTON – On the ninth anniversary of the United States military intervention in their country, a report released on Thursday finds that Afghans remain deeply distrustful and resentful of the impact and intent of foreign forces there.
Based on dozens of interviews and focus group sessions in seven provinces in western, eastern and southern Afghanistan over the past year, the report by the Open Society Foundations (OSF) found that Afghans tend to blame US-led forces as much or more than the Taliban for the country's continuing violence and instability.
"This reflects a growing divide between the perceptions of the Western public and policymakers and those of Afghan citizens about the intentions and accomplishments of international forces in Afghanistan," according to the 25-page report, titled "The Trust Deficit: The Impact of Local Perception on Policy in Afghanistan."
Moreover, policy changes adopted over the past year by US and other foreign forces aimed at reducing civilian casualties and protecting the civilian population have not succeeded in reducing local perceptions of Western indifference or even malevolence.
"Overcoming Afghan resentment toward international forces and the Afghan government has been a key concern in the new counter-insurgency strategy, and recent policies have reduced civilian casualties, improved detention conditions, and increased strategic communications in an attempt to win Afghan 'hearts and minds'," the report said.
Indeed, a United Nations report issued in August found the Taliban and its allies responsible for 76% of the more than 3,000 civilian casualties registered in the first six months of this year, while US-led forces were responsible for only 12% – down from 30% during the same period in 2009.
But "these policy reforms have often been too little, too late", the report said, noting that the "build up of mistrust and grievances from the past nine years" will make any Western-backed short- or long-term policy initiatives in Afghanistan, including possible efforts at reconciliation and re-integration of Taliban forces, much more difficult.
The report comes amid growing public pessimism here about the outcome of what has become Washington's longest foreign war in its history.
That pessimism has been fed by a steady flow of reports regarding alleged high-level corruption on the part of the government of President Hamid Karzai and his family; ballot-stuffing and other abuses in last month's parliamentary elections; More recently, there has also been a sharp deterioration in relations between Washington and the Pakistani military – particularly its intelligence arm. The US believes the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency is not only providing the Taliban a safe haven, but is aiding and abetting the insurgent group.
Tensions between Pakistan and the US spiked last week after US helicopters, purportedly engaged in "hot pursuit" of Taliban forces, briefly crossed the border and hit a checkpoint on Pakistan's side of the border, killing three soldiers.
Islamabad immediately shut down one of two major supply routes through its territory for international forces based in land-locked Afghanistan and, despite a series of official apologies by the US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has yet to reopen it.
Without Pakistan's full cooperation in denying the Taliban and its affiliates safe haven – let alone intelligence and material support – most experts here believe Washington and its NATO allies will find it nearly impossible to definitively turn the tide in the war in Afghanistan in their favor, particularly by July 2011, the date when President Barack Obama has pledged to begin drawing down the 100,000 US troops who are currently deployed there.
The new study also comes as the US military is mounting a major counter-insurgency drive aimed at weakening and eventually evicting the Taliban from its traditional stronghold in and around Kandahar, which is also the heartland of Afghanistan's Pashtun population.
The offensive is aimed at capturing or killing mid- and senior-level Taliban militants in the area, while enhancing the security of the local civilian population – a model that US forces used with inconclusive results in the farming region of Marjah in neighboring Helmand province over much of the past year.
But the new report raises serious questions about whether that approach can work, given the deep-seated distrust that has built up about Western forces not just in Kandahar, but in non-Pashtun areas of the country, as well.
"In the course of this research, the [OSF] found few meaningful differences in perceptions of international forces, regardless of the ethnicity of the Afghans interviewed, their level of education, political affiliation, or proximity to conflict," the study, which was carried out with the collaboration of local Afghan civil-society organizations, concluded.
While Western policy-makers believe their forces are in Afghanistan to improve the situation, the report said, Afghans, have an entirely different impression, based in important part on their experience of the last nine years.
"Incidents of civilian casualties, night raids, wrongful or abusive detentions, deteriorating security, and the perceived impunity of international forces have generated negative stereotypes of international forces as violent, abusive, and sometimes, deliberately malevolent in their conduct and nature," it found. "Many [of the interviewees] were even suspicious that international forces were directly or indirectly supporting insurgents," it went on.
"These suspicions, in turn, have fed into broader shifts toward framing international forces as occupiers, rather than as a benefit to Afghanistan. Today, each incident of abuse, whether caused by international forces or insurgents, reinforces these negative perceptions and further undermines any remaining Afghan trust."
"Though stories about international forces supporting insurgents or planting IEDs are often dismissed as conspiracy theories or propaganda, they offer a reality check on just how strained the international community's position is in Afghanistan," said Erica Gaston, the report's co-author, whose previous work in Afghanistan helped persuade US commanders to tighten their rules of engagement.
Her views were echoed by Michael Semple, an expert at the Center for Human Rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, who has spent much of the past decade in rural Afghanistan. "This is extremely resonant," he said of the report's conclusions. "This is the discourse you pick up when you go out and talk to people in the countryside."
In some cases, he said, elite sectors, including Karzai himself, contribute to these perceptions. "Karzai personally doesn't like the idea of waging war against a section of his people. He's very comfortable with the idea that NATO is fighting the war."
In order to rebuild trust, the report called for a series of measures, including extending the policy reforms to minimize civilian casualties; reversing the increased use of night raids as the main tactic for capturing or killing suspected Taliban fighters; exercising tighter control and accountability over special operations and non-military forces involved in night raids; and ensuring greater transparency and responsiveness to allegations of abuses against Afghans.
The report also urged international forces to exercise greater caution in undertaking new initiatives to arm, train, or equip local militias and to reconsider the new US strategy of pushing foreign troops closer to local inhabitants before they can be "meaningfully protected" from insurgent violence or collateral damage.
Afghans often blame the presence of international forces for provoking Taliban attacks in which the local population is caught in the middle, according to the report.
Jim Lobe's blog on US foreign policy can be read at http://www.lobelog.com.
(Inter Press Service)
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The capacities acquired by UNISWA and SNTC staff will be a key asset towards the creation of the first Natural History Museum in Swaziland, that is currently under discussion between the two institutions in collaboration with SECOSUD 2. While the details of this project are being defined, the digitization of the existing collections at UNISWA has already started, and the collection curator Charles Gumbi is coordinating the activities aimed to create digitally accessible records of the specimens in Specify.
SECOSUD II team thanks all the participants to the course, and in particular Professors Ara Monadjem, Themb'a Mahlaba, Cebisile Magagula and Wisdom Dlaimini for their invaluable support in the organization of the course and related logistics.


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The Polypay sheep breed is a white, medium-sized (65 kg), polled sheep which was developed in the 1960s at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho. In general, Polypay sheep are noted for being a highly prolific maternal dual-purpose (meat and wool) breed. It produces yearly about 4.2 kg of wool and is weaned at 120 days.

History

Dr. Clarence V. Hulet, at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, had five main goals when creating the new breed.

High lifetime prolificacy
Large lamb crop at one year of age
Ability to lamb more frequently than once per year
Rapid growth rate of lambs
Desirable carcass quality

The original breeding stock were taken from the Finnsheep for their high prolificacy, early puberty and short gestation, Dorset for their superior mothering ability, carcass quality, early puberty and long breeding season, Targhee for their large body size, long breeding season and quality fleeces, and Rambouillet for their adaptability, hardiness, productivity and quality fleeces. In 1968, Hulet performed the first cross breedings generating Finnsheep x Rambouillet (F x R) and Dorset x Targhee (D x T) lambs, which were born in 1969. The first 4-breed composites (F x R x D x T) were made in 1970. After seeing the potential and enthusiasm for the new breed, Hulet coined the name for the breed in 1975. The Polypay name was created from poly, meaning multiple, and pay, meaning return on investment. Pay also means the ability the breed has to contribute more than two paying "crops" each year, i.e. two lamb crops and one wool crop. The American Polypay Association was then later formed in 1980.

The community of Polypay breeders is active and continues to grow to develop the breed. Currently, there are about 100 members of the American Polypay Association and there are typically about 1,500 animals registered each year. In 1987, the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP) was initiated and included the Polypay breed. Through the efforts of the breeders enrolled in the program, breeders have been able to significantly enhance the breed characteristics. There are currently 41 breeders and 1,244 animals were added to the NSIP in 2016. There are nearly 14,000 animals in the registry. Each year there are national sales that highlight the breed in Sedalia, MO, Spencer, IA and Wooster, OH. These sales incorporate traditional conformational characteristics as well as estimated breeding values (EBVs) generated through the NSIP.

Breed characteristics

To be registered as a Polypay, an animal must be the offspring of registered parents, of parents each containing 1/4 Rambouillet, 1/4 Targhee, 1/4 Dorset, and 1/4 Finnsheep blood, or of a registered sire and some other combination of foundation breeding, which would produce at least a 15/16 Polypay offspring. Furthermore, the animal must:

 Be free of gross anatomical or physical defects (Entropion eyes, etc)
 Not be subject to wool blindness
 Have a smooth body from neck folds
 Have no color in fleece and less than 10% color (black or brown) in the hairy parts of the head and legs.
 No extreme britchiness or extreme coarseness of wool.
 Be polled. No scurs in ewes. Scurs in rams are undesirable and should be strongly discriminated against.
 Incisor teeth must touch the dental pad.

In general, Polypay ewes are able to lamb at 1 year of age, wean twins, and mature ewes will weigh between 150 and 200 lbs. Mature Polypay rams will weigh between 240 and 300 lbs. All animals entered in a show or sale should be a twin or better and all ewes shown in a Yearling Ewe Class must have already lambed. Although Polypays are a general purpose breed, they are also known as a maternal breed because of their prolificacy, ability to breed aseasonally, early fertility, high milk production, and good mothering. In cross-breeding programs with a meat-type terminal sire, offspring exhibit hybrid vigor for traits such as growth rate and carcass quality.

See also
List of sheep breeds
Sheep shearing
Wool

References

External links
American Polypay Association
Polypay: National Sheep Improvement Program

Sheep breeds
Sheep breeds originating in the United States

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Home Sports Missing Out On CAF POTY Award My Biggest Regret – Okocha
Missing Out On CAF POTY Award My Biggest Regret – Okocha
Nigeria legend Austine Okocha says he regrets not winning the CAF African Footballer of the Year award during his playing days, reports Completesports.com.
Okocha won the Britsih Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) version of the award twice, but failed to pick the CAF honour.
The talented midfielder was widely tipped to win the award in 1998 following a superlative performance for the Super Eagles at the FIFA World Cup in France, but surprisingly lost out to Morocco's Mustapha Hadji.
Okocha also came third twice in 2003 and 2004 , behind the duo of Samuel Eto'o and Didier Drogba.
"I thought I did enough to have won it because it wasn't a fluke that I won the BBC POTY twice in a row and didn't manage to win the CAF awards, may be it wasn't meant to be," Okocha was quoted by MastercardMEA.
The 46-year-old won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations with the Super Eagles and was part of the side that came second in the 2000 edition co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria.
The former Bolton Wanderers star was also part of the squad that came third thrice in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Okocha scored 14 goals in 73 appearances for Nigeria
Afolabi Gbemiro Eniolorunda July 18, 2020 at 9:40 am
The GOAT in Nigeria football history
Austin is the best.
That's a Lots of achievements
No regret Austin!
You're the best
Austin is heavenly Gifted
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Tanxs for the update
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Best player in Nigeria history
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He doesn't need to have regrets
He remains a legend
We still miss seeing you on the pitch
It's been long I heard about Okocha
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Our thought for today is from Psalm 111:2: "Great are your works, O Lord, pondered by all who delight in them."
Let us pray. Almighty God, we give thanks with our whole heart, that You have blessed and protected us during this week. Give these women and men rest and relaxation during the weekend. Bless our Nation, President, State, Governor, Speaker, staff, and all who give of their time and labor for this State. Bless and protect our defenders of freedom and first responders as they protect us. Heal the wounds, those seen and those hidden, of our brave warriors who suffer and sacrifice for our freedom. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayers. Amen.
At 10:23 a.m. the House, in accordance with the ruling of the SPEAKER, adjourned to meet at 12:00 noon, Tuesday, February 13.


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