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Rated R. Our ratings: V-5 ; L-3 ; S/N-2. Running time: 1 hour 49 min.
Did I not weep for those whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
But when I looked for good, evil came;
and when I waited for light, darkness came.
My inward parts are in turmoil, and are never still;
days of affliction come to meet me.
Social worker Emily s maternal instincts are aroused when she saves Lilith from death at the hands of the girl s parents.
2009 Paramount Pictures
Social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) would certainly be able to understand Job and his com plaints over his suffering. She is dedicated and compassionate in her work with troubled families, and understandably upset when her supervisor tosses the dossiers of three more cases on her desk. She is already overloaded, unable to give her clients the time and attention that they deserve. However, as she looks at the photograph of 10 year-old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland), Case 29, her heart is stirred so that she soon is paying a call at Lilith's home.
The parents, Edward Sullivan (Callum Keith Rennie) and Margaret Sullivan (Kerry O'Malley), appear so weird that she calls them in for a more in depth interview with her supervisor present. As her investigation progresses, she catches them trying to kill Lilith in their stove's oven. The parents are sent off to an asylum and Lilith, pleading for Emily to take her home with her, to a temporary children's home. Breaking her own rule about not getting too close to those whom she is helping, Emily secures custody of the girl while she looks for a suitable foster home. Soon dark, unexplainable things begin to happen—to Emily's boyfriend Doug (Bradley Cooper), who as a psychiatrist is also working with Lilith, and to the man to whom Emily turns when matters seem to be really getting out of hand, Detective Barron (Ian McShane).
This film will remind veteran movie lovers of the 1956 film The Bad Seed (I have not seen the more recent Orphan), which at the time was a real shocker centering on a sweet little girl who murdered those who incurred her wrath. There was no supernatural demon involved, just the claim that some people are a "bad seed," born bad without any sense of conscience and thus doomed to do horrible things. Case 39 raises the old issue of whether demons in the New Testament are to be taken literally or as most modern biblical scholars teach, as the ancient understanding of a symptom of mental illness. The characters are apparently totally secular so that no one turns to a clergyman as in the recent The Last Exorcism or the classic The Exorcist.
Case 39 starts slowly, and then, as the atmosphere of menace increases we become drawn into and immersed in the horror. A scene involving wasps mysteriously appearing in a bathroom is especially harrowing, doing for that insect what Hitchcock did for our feathered friends in Birds.) Case 39 offers no new twists on the evil child formula, but its star Renée Zellweger effectively elicits our sympathy so that at the climax we are rooting for her despite what she is led to do.
1. What do you think about the existence of demons? What other films have you seen which are premised that they do exist? C.S. Lewis fans might revisit his writings to see what he wrote about the devil and demons.
2. Why should the girl's name Lilith give us a clue as to her nature?
3. How are we led to think the worst of Lilith's parents? Their story a morality tale teaching that appearances can be deceiving?
4. What do you think of Emily's plan to do away with Lilith? She never thinks of exorcism, does she? How is her plan, in a way, also an embracement evil? Akin to the ethics of war—kill the enemy to rid the world of evil? How does the ending break with the amoral endings of modern horror films?
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SERAP urges CJN to refer indicted judges released by DSS, to anti-graft agencies
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed requesting him to use his "good offices and leadership of the National Judicial Council, NJC, to immediately take over from the Department of State Service, DSS, the cases of all the seven judges released by the DSS and refer the cases of those judges to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, for conclusion of investigation and prompt prosecution." The organization asked the NJC to "refer the cases of the 7 released judges to the EFCC and ICPC within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter.
SERAP will take appropriate legal action to compel the NJC to take action on the cases if it fails and/or refuses to act as requested." In the letter dated 11 October 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization expressed serious concern that "the NJC has for many years failed to appropriately deal with several cases of corrupt judges by failing to refer those cases to the EFCC and ICPC for prosecution. Many of these suspected corrupt judges are still alive and their cases should be promptly referred to the anticorruption agencies. The NJC under your leadership should seize the opportunity of the just released 7 judges to comprehensively address corruption in the judiciary." The letter reads in part: "SERAP is seriously concerned that over the years the NJC has felt satisfied with applying only civil sanctions and have not deemed it fit to hand over corrupt judges to law enforcement agencies for prosecution nor recover the proceeds of corruption. This omission has left a destructive gap in judicial accountability in Nigeria, and resulted in other agencies of government with no mandate, expertise and experience in the field getting involved in the efforts to combat judicial corruption." "In its recent report titled Go home and sin no more: Corrupt judges escaping from justice in Nigeria, and a copy of which was sent to your Lordship, SERAP disclosed that no fewer than 64 judges (out of the 1020 judges currently serving in the superior courts) were disciplined between 2009 and 2014. During this period, the National Judicial Council concluded at least 105 cases of alleged corruption allegations/misconduct against judges. SERAP's report also contains several recommendations to the NJC and other agencies." "SERAP believes that the NJC is in the best position to tackle corruption within the judiciary, and to ensure the application of appropriate disciplinary and legal measures in the cases of the released 7 judges and other judges suspected of engaging in corruption."
"SERAP believes that corrupt judges should not merely be retired where there are clear allegations of corruption against them. Corrupt judges must not also be allowed to keep their ill-gotten wealth, or receive their pension and retirement benefits, as if they have done no wrong while the victims of their corrupt acts are left without an effective remedy."
"SERAP believes that corrupt judges are more dangerous to the society than corrupt politicians because a corrupt judiciary denies both victims of corruption and those accused of corruption access to an independent, impartial and fair adjudication process. No country can succeed with corrupt judges as there can't be no rule of law, development, justice and enjoyment of human rights when judges are corrupt."
"Judicial corruption is antithetical not only to human rights and good governance but it also directly undermines the ability of government to satisfactorily combat corruption. Judges should not be allowed to avoid accountability for corruption if judicial impartiality and independence is to be held sacrosanct and access to justice is to be effectively achieved."
"Nigeria has an obligation under international law as well as under its own Constitution to ensure that its judiciary is empowered and able to function optimally to do justice to all manner of persons, regardless of their political, social, or economic status. Judges themselves upon appointment swear to an oath to do justice without fear or favour, ill-will or affection. The right to effective remedies encompass the effective recourse to a competent court or tribunal, the right to judicial protection, access to corruption-free judiciary, adequate compensation, satisfaction and the guarantee of non-repetition."
"SERAP notes that article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognizes the principle of equality of all persons before courts and tribunals and the guarantee of a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law. However, the enjoyment of the right to a fair, effective and efficient administration of justice is impossible if the judiciary cannot act with integrity.
SERAP therefore requested the CJN to use his leadership position of the NJC to: "Send the names of the released seven judges and other judges suspected of engaging in corruption to the EFCC and ICPC for prosecution;
"Provide the leadership and proactively work with agencies like the EFCC and ICPC to ensure prompt investigation, prosecution and dismissal of suspected corrupt judges;
"Work to improve judicial integrity and increase judicial accountability, and ultimately, ensure access to justice for everyone, particularly the economically and socially vulnerable sectors of the population; 'Ensure justice for those wrongfully convicted or who have suffered any other miscarriage of justice by suspected corrupt judges; 'Suspend judges suspected of engaging in corruption pending any investigation and/or trial of such judges; 'Champion the full and effective implementation of report on judicial corruption by the late Hon. Justice Kayode Eso; 'Publish any audited accounts of spending by the judiciary; 'Disclose and widely publish assets by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and all other judges.
"Publish annual reports of all activities involving the judiciary, including its spending, and provide the public with reliable information about its governance and organisation, including the number of judges found to be corrupt.
"According to reports, the DSS recently conducted searches at the homes of judges across the country and found prima facie evidence of corruption against the 7 judges released and other judges. The judges include: two Justices of the Supreme Court-- Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro; Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja; and other judges in Gombe and Rivers states suspected of corruption. The summary of cash recovered from some of the judges, revealed the DSS, included N93.6million, $530,087, £25,970 and €5,680."
"The allegations of corruption against the released 7 judges and other judges severely undermine the rule of law, the public's confidence in the judiciary, raise the cost for judicial services because litigation is driven by corruption instead of by the legal process, discourage people from resorting to the formal justice system, and ultimately victimise the most disadvantaged sectors of the population who do not have the means to play by the informal rules set by a corrupt system."

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Hey I'm Josh Hawkins and this is Episode 60 of Opening Up the Gospels. In the last episode, I talked about the calling of Matthew as Jesus' fifth disciple, at least from what the Gospels tell us. We looked at how Matthew was a tax collector, which was a despised occupation in 1st century Israel. Because Matthew's tax booth was in Capernaum by the sea of Galilee, he probably had not only heard Jesus teach but might have even seen Him perform some miracles because so much of Jesus' ministry was happening in and around Capernaum. After Jesus had called him to a formal discipleship relationship, imagine what the interaction between the fishermen and him was like. The despised guy who had collected their sea taxes was now part of the group of disciples who had been formally called by Jesus.
We left off with the calling of Matthew, and then the feast that he held for Jesus in his home. Then, in Mark 2 and Luke 5 we see Jesus talking about fasting and mourning for the bridegroom. I think this is significant on many levels as Jesus talks about how fasting is not merely an external observance but a posture of the heart in mourning. In context, I believe Jesus is talking about mourning for the restoration of Israel. While Jesus is with them, they are to rejoice, but a day is coming when they will mourn for Him to come again and do what He promised. Now the next thing we see in Mark 2 and Luke 6 is Jesus and His disciples going through grain fields on the Sabbath. His disciples are hungry and so they pluck some of the heads and eat. Some Pharisees approached them and asked them why they were violating their traditions about not doing work on the Sabbath. Jesus once again confronts and confounds them. And the third event we see is Jesus healing a man with a withered hand, once again on the Sabbath day, confronting the authorities about the very same issue. Do you see how Jesus is coming against their traditions again and again and again?
And now we come to the calling of the Twelve, and here we are perhaps somewhere around 10 months after Jesus had officially begun His public ministry by cleansing the temple in Jerusalem.
"In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles"
Before we look at who these twelve are, there's a common misunderstanding I want to clear up for you. For me, for a while, I imagined that there was just the twelve apostles and then the crowds and multitudes of people that just swarmed around with Jesus wherever he was. But there's another group in there. Remember, we've already been through perhaps 10 months of Jesus' public ministry where His fame has gone forth throughout Israel and especially up in Galilee where He has spent most of his time. There were surely many people at this point who were following Jesus as disciples, but not as formal disciples. They would probably have followed Jesus around mostly everywhere, but had never received that formal invitation into a teacher/disciple relationship as the others had been, at least as far as we know. So take a look at this diagram - the Gospels distinguish between all these groups a lot, and it's easy for us to just brush over them if we're not aware of this. First, we have the multitudes, the crowds, the people who came to Jesus when he was in their city or when he was out in the desolate areas of Israel. Then, we have the larger group of disciples, again, the people who had heard of Jesus and then followed him around to the places he went, but who had not been invited into a formal discipleship relationship. Then, within the larger group of disciples, we have the twelve, the group that Jesus had called formally. And even within that group, we see three particular ones - Peter, James, and John - who had a special relationship with Jesus. Does this make sense? As you read the Gospels, I hope now you'll now be a little more aware of how the authors often distinguish between these four groups. So the Twelve is the group I want to focus on today.
As we read in Luke 6, we see that out of the multitudes and out of the disciples, Jesus spent the night in prayer and decides on twelve of those disciples who would be ones who would turn the world upside down and would be the foundation of the church for thousands of years to come. Likely these guys were rough around the edges, young and immature, and had absolutely no idea what was really happening when Jesus chose them. Even though several of these guys had been with Jesus from the beginning, it was here that they were set apart in a formal sense. And this again was just a little over a year before His crucifixion. Think about what must have been going through their mind. They had heard of Jesus' fame, they had seen so many amazing things He had done, and now these twelve were being confirmed as ones who would have their names in the foundation of the New Jerusalem. Of course they didn't know that at the time - but still, there's plenty of information they did have to imagine how much they were freaking out. Wow.
"And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor."
"Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught."
See that? Luke is saying that his account is based on those who were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word. So the naming of the Twelve is significant in the Gospels for this very reason.
Alright, so let's look at the list of the Twelve. The first thing you'll notice from among each of the lists is that they are grouped into three groups of four names, with the exception that the list in Acts leaves out Judas Iscariot. In the first group, Peter is always the head. In the second, it's Philip. And in the third, it's James the son of Alphaeus. The order of the other names in each group varies, but Judas Iscariot does always take the last place in the lists that include him. In the first list, we can see the two pairs of brothers - Simon Peter and Andrew, and then James and John the sons of Zebedee. Scholars say that in the second and third groups, the variation in order is probably best explained by how the way the list was remembered, either by oral tradition or by the gospel writer.
There's only a few names that are seemingly different between these four lists. In the first group, we see Simon given the name Peter, which is of course something Jesus called him directly. Mark says that James and John had the nickname "sons of thunder". In the second group, we see Matthew being called "the tax collector". The third list is where it gets somewhat interesting. There's this guy named Thaddaeus who isn't seen in Luke and Acts, but there is another guy named Judas the son of James in Luke and Acts. So are these the same guy? The answer is yes - Thaddaeus was just the Greek name for Judas. Sometimes Jews in the time of Jesus would bear both Semitic and Greek names. And for obvious reasons of distinction after Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, it made sense to call Judas the son of James by his Greek name, Thaddaeus.
1) There was a larger group of people called Jesus "disciples" beyond just the twelve apostles. These are people who followed Jesus but were never called into a formal discipleship relationship by Jesus.
2) Secondly, the lists of the twelve apostles are consistently and carefully preserved by the Gospel authors as authoritative eyewitnesses of the story of Jesus. These guys had no idea what Jesus was calling them into, and how it would be through their obedience and witness that the truths of the Gospel would be preserved for us even today.
The calling of the twelve ends the period I'm calling Jesus' "early Galilean ministry". There's a little over a year left of Jesus' public ministry before His crucifixion. In the next episode, I'll begin to introduce the middle Galilean period where things get even more dramatic. If you've missed any of the other episodes in this series, you can find them all on my website, www.joshuahawkins.com/gospels. Don't forget you can also sign up to receive short email notifications for new episodes there as well, if that interests you. Well, God bless and see you next time.


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The European Central Bank (ECB) will not to boost monetary stimulus further before the U.S. Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told CNBC Tuesday.
Market watchers broadly believe the Fed will hike rates in December, while the ECB hinted in October that it could announce more stimulus measures in December.
But Posen said the Fed had already "done part of the job" for the ECB by lowering the euro-dollar exchange rate, acting as a further stimulus for Europe as a weaker currency boosts exports.
He believed the ECB would wait until 2016 before it committed to further easing. That could include a cut to the already negative deposit rate, the rate the ECB charges banks to park money with it, as well as an expansion of its existing 1 trillion euro ($1.1 trillion) asset purchase program.
Posen said that "clearly the exchange rate channel is what the ECB is keying on…but I do think it makes sense both politically and tactically for the ECB to wait 'til the Fed moves as we now all expect it to do in December to see how much more they get on euro-dollar."
"But at the same time it's not like Europe is booming, it's not like all of Europe is out of deflation so I think they will move in early 2016."
He said that ECB President Mario Draghi had made progress since announcing he would do "whatever it takes" to salvage the euro zone during the height of the region's sovereign debt crisis in 2012.
Global markets saw a sell-off on Monday as expectations of a Fed rate hike in December got stronger. The chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen hinted last week at a December hike and was helped by a robust jobs report followed on Friday, further strengthening the rationale behind a hike.
Posen said he too was now expecting a December rate hike "like everybody else" and said the next jobs report in late November should not make much of a difference to the Fed's expected strategy.
Separately, a former governing council member of the ECB said there was "a game here as to who moves first" between the ECB and Fed in terms of rate hike timing.
"In fact, maybe the Fed decided to move in the fear that the ECB would do even too much in the opposite direction," he said.
"I think Draghi wanted to set the stage and maybe to tell the markets they were ready to do it (increase) but whether they cut the deposit rate remains to be seen. It's not an easy move to reverse, cutting QE (quantitative easing) is easier, but certainly there will be intense discussions in the next weeks to prepare the ground."
Bini Smaghi said the bank would look at inflation forecasts before making any decision over increasing stimulus as soon as December.
On the other side of the Atlantic, in the U.K., the central bank has also been mulling over a rate hike against a backdrop of solid growth but falling prices, far from the bank's 2 percent inflation target.
In the Bank of England's last policy meeting in October only one member of the bank's nine-member monetary policy committee voted for a rate rise. Another risk for the economy is a referendum sometime in 2016 (expected mid-year) on the U.K.'s membership of the European Union (EU).
Posen, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, said it was reasonable for the Bank of England to wait until after the referendum before increasing interest rates.
He said the so-called "Brexit" risk had "to be taken seriously" and hoped the referendum would take place in mid-2016, and not earlier. "It's better for the U.K. and Europe if it's soon but it increases the volatility and scrutiny on sterling." He said slack in the labor market in the U.K. and "under-employment" also warranted a delay in a rate hike.


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Is it hard to become a foreign service officer?
The search for extraordinary U.S. citizens to serve as Foreign Service Officers is intense and the qualifying process is rigorous, demanding and highly competitive. If you are interested in becoming a Foreign Service Officer (FSO), you must first register for and take the Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT).
How do I apostille a document in the US?
To obtain an apostille you must send the following information: Original notarized document to be authenticated or a certified copy to be authenticated that includes the original certification. Fee is $15.00 per document (a document can be more than one page).
How do I book an appointment at MOFA?
Following are the steps: First of all, go to the MOFA website read all instructions then Click on (book a new appointment) button….Book an Appointment for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Kuwait
Civil ID number.
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Choose type of attestation.
How much does it cost to apostille a document in India?
MEA: A fee of Rs 50 is payable for Apostille of document. (W.e.f 21 December 2016, payment by means of postal orders has been discontinued.) Normal Attestation is done free of cost.
How do I make an apostille appointment?
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Only a Group A official can attest the documents related to Citizenship Certification. Only a Police Official and Group A official can attest Character Certificate. The name, designation and contact number of the gazetted officer should be clearly mentioned. The Documents are to be attested in blue ink only.
Is apostille done on original documents?
Apostille is done on the reverse side of the original document by affixing a unique sticker with unique number. The applicants need to submit the following documents/fees as approved by MEA w.e.f.
How much does the Foreign Service exam cost?
The FSOT is offered three times each year in February, June, and October. Is there a charge/fee to take the FSOT? There is a $5 sitting fee for the FSOT. This fee is fully refunded to the candidate one to three weeks after the testing event.
Who is authorized to attest documents?
Gazetted officers are Class I and Class II government officers, whose transfers, appointments, promotions and superannuation's are published on an yearly basis in the official Gazette of India Their authority to attest comes from the President of India, and so their signature is currently required for attesting the …
Is Apostille mandatory?
You will need an Apostille if all of the following apply: The law of the country where the document was issued considers it to be a public document; and. The country in which the document is to be used requires an Apostille in order to recognize it as a foreign public document.
How do you attest a document?
Self Attestation can be done simply by affixing your signature on the photocopy of a document. Make sure that the signature is prominent and touching any area of the copied matter. If there are more than one sheets, sign on all the sheets separately. Write the words 'true copy' in order to make it appear authentic.
What does Ministry of Foreign Affairs do?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Abbreviation: MFA; Malay: Kementerian Ehwal Luar Negeri; Chinese: 新加坡外交部; Tamil: வெளிநாட்டு அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for conducting and managing diplomatic relations between Singapore and other countries and regions.
Is an apostille the same as a notary?
A notary is the process of verifying and witnessing a document being signed. The notarized document will usually be used in the US. The apostille is a certificate issued by a Secretary of State that authenticates the document for use outside the US.
How long is an Apostille valid?
Apostille certificates do not have an expiry date. The apostille certificate will have a date of issue but they do not 'run out' or 'expire'. In most circumstances an apostille should be accepted at any time after issue. However, there are some circumstances when a recent apostille may be requested on a document.
What does it mean to have a document Apostilled?
Apostilles authenticate the seals and signatures of officials on public documents such as birth certificates, court orders, or any other document issued by a public authority so that they can be recognized in foreign countries that are members of the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty.
Can Apostille be done online?
You can request an apostille online or in person, and you'll need to go through the appropriate channels, per your state guidelines, in order to get to the right department and request your apostille. Most requests should be directed through the Secretary of State.
Who can issue an Apostille?
Who issues the Apostilles? In the UK, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are the only official body authorised to issue Apostilles. Anyone can apply for a stamp, though the public are only able to do so via their postal service.
Can an embassy issue an apostille?
Remember, a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate does not issue apostilles. The apostille will be issued through the U.S. Department of State – Office of Authentication in Washington, D.C. We can assist you with documents signed and notarized at a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate office and for countries other than the USA.
What countries require an apostille?
Countries Party to the Hague Convention of 1961 (Apostille Process)*:
South Africa South Korea Spain
Swaziland Sweden Switzerland
Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Ukraine
Uruguay USA Uzbekistan
What is MOFA approval?
MOFA is the abbreviation used for ministry of foreign affairs attestation. MOFA is a government body that is in charge of the foreign relations of a country. The approval of one's certificate from this ministry makes it more presentable before any foreign government.
What are the 5 tools of foreign policy?
The six primary instruments of modern American foreign policy include diplomacy, the United Nations, the international monetary structure, economic aid, collective security, and military deterrence.
How do I attest a document in MOFA?
Enter Name, Iqama Number, Mobile Number and Email.
Click on "Add New Document" and select;
On the next page, the MOFA will request to book an online appointment for attestation.
Now, you would be able to see the available MOFA appointments in your selected region.
Where do you send documents to be Apostilled?
Requests for an apostille or authentication certificate are generally submitted in writing to your state's Notary commissioning authority (usually the Secretary of State's office) and should contain: An explanation of why the apostille or authentication is needed.
How do I attest a document from a foreign office?
Attestation of documents such as Power of Attorney, Special Power of Attorney, and Authority Letter should be signed by the executants personally in front of the Consular Officer. The executants must have original and photocopies of their passport, CNIC/NICOP or Smart Card.
How do I pay my MOFA bill online?
You need to pay the MOFA attestation fee online before visiting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs branch….In order to pay the MOFA attestation fee online through Al Rajhi bank, login to their mobile application and;
Tap on three dashes on the left upper corner.
Click on "Payments".
Select "One Time Payment".
How do you get something Apostilled?
There are two ways to obtain an Apostille in California:
By Mail – An Apostille can be requested by mail through our Sacramento office. How to Request an Apostille by Mail.
In Person – An Apostille can be requested in person at our Sacramento and Los Angeles offices. How to Request an Apostille in Person in Sacramento.
What is an example of a foreign policy?
These types are trade, diplomacy, sanctions, military/defense, intelligence, foreign aid, and global environmental policy. Trade policy is the way the United States interacts with other countries to ease the flow of commerce and goods and services between countries.
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Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from Royal Air Force Police.
We can reunite you with your friends who served at Royal Air Force Police and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site.
Below are just some of our members who have served at Royal Air Force Police.


Clean and Humble is a recording service operating out of Brooklyn and specializing in post production and music.
Composer/Producer and Audio Engineer Pasquale Cangiano designed and built Clean and Humble to provide a custom project studio for the various work he does in the field of broadcast audio, sound design, location sound recording, post production editing, promo and spot production. Music production and radio broadcast/podcast production is also available.
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LuAnn Santillo is the creator of Half-Pint Readers and founder of Half-Pint Kids, Inc. She has recently retired after 38 years of teaching at Riverside Beaver County School District where she taught kindergarten students and pre-k students. LuAnn earned a Bachelor's degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Edinboro University. She completed her graduate work in the master's program at the University of Pittsburgh, studying Early Childhood Education. In addition, LuAnn received intensive teacher training from the Orton-Gillingham Institute for Multi-Sensory Education and is certified to teach struggling or dyslexic readers using the Orton-Gillingham approach.
Teaching has always been her passion. As a kindergarten teacher, LuAnn saw the important role that preschools play in a child's development. In 1977, she became the owner and director of the Chippewa Early Learning Center and opened the first preschool in North Sewickley Township, the Riverside Early Learning Center. These centers are still in operation today under new ownership. Because of her achievements in education and dedication to her students, LuAnn was chosen as a finalist in 2006 for the Teacher Excellence Award in Western Pennsylvania.
LuAnn resides in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania with her husband, Raymond Santillo, a retired Elementary Principal. They have four grown children, three son-in-laws and three adorable grandsons and a precious baby granddaughter.


For more information on gardening for bees, have a look at www.helpthehoneybee.co.uk who made the video above.
Keep coming back to this post for more links about gardening for bees – and please think about leaving at least a strip of land that can grow wild. You can mow it once or twice a year when flowering has finished and seeds have set.
25 & 26 February is the 2012 Fête de Violettes in Tourrettes sur Loup (06).
it is the only place in France where the cultivation of violets is still the sole or principal form of culture for about eleven families.
With the spring season in mind, Sue and I thought that pruning would be an appropriate topic for this months' Garden Group Meeting.
This winter with the amount of snow that has fallen, many of our trees and shrubs have been damaged and need to have their dead, diseased or damaged tissue removed. So why do we prune, what is the correct way to prune, and at what time of the year do we prune?
1. To maintain or reduce plant size.
2. Removal of undesirable growth.
3. Remove dead, diseased or broken branches.
4. To stimulate flowering and fruiting.
5. To rejuvenate and restore old plants to vigorous growth.
6. To prevent damage to life or property.
7. To shape plants into an artificial form.
Trees have their own way of dealing with injuries to their branches, they are able to limit the spread of disease by transporting protective chemicals to the site of the wound, they form a barrier across the stem, isolating the diseased part from the main body of the plant.
If a plant has already formed a natural protective barrier between live and dead wood, never cut below it, or the plant will have to form another barrier (scar tissue). It is however preferable to remove dead wood as it may harbor organisms that could become a source of infection. When a plant is damaged, a clean cut beyond the damage, will heal more quickly than leaving the wound to heal by itself.
Do not use wound paints. They do not assist the healing process, they may even hinder it.
Coral spot spreads quickly and needs to be cut well back to where the surface and interior of the branch are completely healthy and clean.
If a plant has several branches, the damaged stem can be cut out at the bottom.
If your plants have frost damage - prune back to a clean bud after the likelyhood of frost has passed.
Trees and shrubs that flower before the end of June should be pruned immediately after floweringowering.
Trees and shrubs which flower after the end of June should be pruned in winter or early spring before new growth begins.
Evergreen shrubs are best pruned between mid to late spring.
Prune stone fruit in the summer, winter is dangerous because silver leaf and cankers may gain entry through the wounds.
Most trees and other fruit trees are pruned in winter when the tree is dormant.
Each of our members will receive an email with as an attachment a guide with detailed pruning instructions in alphabetical order, season by season.
There are different ways of how to prune shrubs. Some shrubs are pruned each year back to a framework, this include Buddleja, Caryopteris, Perovskia and many others. In our guide it is mentioned when a shrub is pruned back to a framework.
Or like Forsythia, Philadelphus, Weigela and many other shrubs where each year a few of the oldest branches are removed and the other branches are cut back to give an overall pleasing effect.
How to prune a rose is very much dependent on what type of rose it is. Below is how you prune a Modern Bush Rose (Hybrid Tees, Floribundas, Patio, Polyanthus and Miniature Roses belong to this group).
With evergreen shrubs, it does not look very nice when you can see where the shrub has been pruned, take the cut just inside the shrub to hide it.
Most of the cellular activity of the plant is at the soft green shoot tips, just below the top most bud (the apical bud), this is the growing point or leader. It is the apical bud that imposes on the plant what is called "apical dominance". This means that only when the tip of the plant has grown away strongly, will hormones move down the stem to allow growth of the side buds (lateral buds).
This explains that when we remove the apical bud (when we prune the branches), we take away the apical dominance of the plant, which stimulates the lateral buds to start growing.
In 2011, the Pesticide Action Week represented nearly a thousand grassroots events across France and 16 countries : conferences, film shows, theatre shows, outings, open doors, exhibitions, workshops, information booths, farmer markets, organic meals … and hundreds of media hits !
Add your voice to this expanding international movement : get involved !
Help us to build an international event that gathers together thousands of grassroots events with the same message: it's time to get rid of pesticides! The more countries that take part in the event, the stronger the message will be. It is when we come together that we truly feel the strength and power of this movement.
No need to have lots of money, lots of logistics or a seasoned experience, every single action is important and amplifies the movement. Every single person, association, company, local government, teacher etc. can participate at their own scale. Actions can range from 10 persons visiting an organic garden to a 500 persons attending an international congress !
Be inspired to hold your own creative action and plan an event for 20–30 March 2012 !
Les températures sont au-dessus de la moyenne. Mais l'hiver n'a pas dit son dernier mot et nous ne devons pas lever vigilance et patience au jardin. Comme le font la plupart des plantes en hiver, le jardinier se repose. Par contre, bien au chaud, il faut entretenir son matériel, semer fleurs et légumes sous abri, faire le plan de son potager pour bien l'organiser. Les belles journées ensoleillées et les plus clémentes sont à réserver aux tailles fruitières réalisables. Les rosiers et arbustes à floraison estivale pourront aussi être régulés par des tailles appropriées.
Au Potager, le semis des fèves et des petits pois doit se faire maintenant en profitant des périodes plus sèches pour bien préparer le sol. Je vous conseille de n'apporter aucun compost à ces légumineuses qui ont pour faculté de « fixer » l'azote de l'air sur leurs racines. Sous abri chauffé vous pouvez semer les tomates, courgettes, melons pour les plantations d'avril ou de mai.
Les Rosiers seront taillés à partir du 15 février dans les zones bien protégées. Ailleurs, cette opération s'effectuera en mars pour ne pas prendre de risque avec les froids de printemps. Le dicton nous dit : "Taillez tôt ou taillez tard mais taillez en mars". Je conseille des tailles modérées qui consistent à « rajeunir » le rosier sans tailler court.
Les plantes sensibles au froid resteront encore sous abri. Les serres et les vérandas ont besoin d'être bien aérées lors des belles journées ensoleillées. Il faut aussi veiller à la présence d'insectes comme les pucerons, acariens et surtout les cochenilles.
Les plantes en pot peuvent être rempotées pendant cette période de repos végétatif. Qu'elles soient d'intérieur ou d'extérieur, si elles sont trop à l'étroit, donnez-leur un contenant légèrement plus grand avec un renouvellement du terreau. N'oublions pas que les racines d'une plante sont en perpétuelle croissance. Elles finissent toujours par envahir l'espace restreint d'un pot. Nous devons alors réguler l'équilibre entre les racines et les parties aériennes. Il faut tailler ces racines qui souvent, forment un amas au fond du pot. Cette taille s'applique aux plantes d'intérieur et d'extérieur en pot comme les rosiers. Tous les 5 ans, ils seront sortis de leur pot, mis racines à nu, et rempotés avec un nouveau mélange de terre (avec 20% d'éléments drainant comme du gravier par exemple).
For plants to grow they need food, water, light and the right climate. They like to expose the maximal amount of leaf area to the sun to optimise the process of photosynthesis.
The Greek word of "Photosynthesis"('photo' meaning 'light' and 'synthesis' meaning 'putting together'), is a chemical process that converts carbon dioxide with the help of water and light energy into organic compounds (mostly sugars) and oxygen. The sugars are used for the immediate needs of the plants, the rest is stored in structures like tubers and bulbs, the oxygen is expelled into the air.
Photosynthesis is vital for life on earth, it maintains normal levels of oxygen in the atmosphere.
The process of Photosynthesis starts when light energy is absorbed by proteins held inside the Chloroplasts, situated principally in the Palisade layer of the Mesophyll area of the leaf, just underneath the Epidermis (the exterior coating of the leaf or stem of a plant).
Inside these Chloroplasts are Thykaloid membranes, these membranes contain Chlorophyll. Some of the light energy gathered by the Chlorophyll is stored, the rest of the light energy is used to remove the electrons from water. These electrons are then used in the reactions to turn carbon dioxide into organic compounds (especially sugars) and oxygen.
Another important part of the leaf is the vascular bundle. It is the transport system of the leaf and contains xylem and phleom vessels. Xylem (made up of dead cells), transports water and some minerals. Phloem (made up of live cells) carries a water based solution rich in sugar, to wherever the plant needs the sugar and storage areas such as tubers and bulbs.


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Do You Remember by Eric Matthys
ByJames April 12, 2022
Eric Matthys's colorful blend of RnB, soul, and lofi comes through with some uniquely interesting storytelling on this latest release "Do You Remember". This is a song that leaves its mark on you with just a single listen. This particular arrangement of melodies and riffs, combined with the energy and the concept, topped off with the perfect amount of repetition for the final fade – it all makes certain you remember it for quite some time after listening.
Eric Matthys introduces his sound and his songwriting in a powerful way here, and what's great about it is that the whole thing is extremely pure and organic. In such a saturated world of music, it's often thought that the more you put into a track, the bigger the effect – hence the overly layered RnB releases that throw in any and all instruments and key changes just to grab your attention. The truth is, when the production is done, it is genuine and thoughtful, and when the humanity of the performance is clear and captivating, all you really need is the song. That's all you need with this release – the song draws you in with its magnetic melody, and the artist keeps you involved with the sheer passion and depth put forth by his vocal delivery and music as well.
As things progress, the song's hook is unusually mellow, especially when compared to the melody. This creative freedom, this refusal to submit, makes for the most interesting songs, in my opinion. Hence the way this feature began. Eric Matthys is doing whatever it was that certain individuals were doing a decade or two ago that made them really seem fresh and carefree – unaffected by the industry or the rules or the expectations.
The song works beautifully as a piece of artistic expression. On this particular recording though, certain details or additional touches really help brighten up the edges. The music is stunning, perfectly executed and offers so much in the way of warmth and volume. It gives you the feeling that this is all much bigger than simply an individual and an electronic vibe, though that's exactly what you'd hope to stumble upon at a live show. The raw emotion would almost certainly keep you mesmerized throughout. Hopefully, there's more to come.
"Do You Remember" is an awesome track. Simply put, this change from the melancholy verses to the somewhat amazing chorus section is compelling, baffling, and strangely satisfying.
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Freestyle by Ronaldo Ca$h