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Charlotte Marsh
Charlotte Marsh and the WSPU
Hunger-Strike
WSPU Organiser
Charlotte Marsh, the daughter of Arthur Hardwick Marsh (1842-1909), an artist, was born on 3rd March, 1887. She was educated at St Margaret's School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Roseneath, Wrexham, and then spent a year studying in Bordeaux. (1)
According to her biographer, Michelle Myall, Charlotte was "one of the first women to train as a sanitary inspector but, appalled by the insight her work gave her into the lives of many women, gave up a promising career to join the women's suffrage movement in 1908, to give women a voice in public affairs." (2)
Charlotte Marsh joined the Women Social & Political Union (WSPU) in March 1907 but did not become an active member until she finished her training as a sanitary inspector a year later. As a result of her striking looks she became a WSPU poster girl. (3)
Emily Blathwayt wrote in her diary: "She greatly dislikes her first name Charlotte and all her friends call her Charlie... We liked very much what we saw of her. She is very fair with light hair and a pretty face. She is very tall... She has a wonderful constitution and seems very well after all she has gone through. She has begun the late custom of not taking meat or chicken. She seems a very nice quiet girl." (4)
Charlotte Marsh moved to London and taught by Mary Phillips the art of pavement chalking and it was remarked on how "gamely she stood the jeering and the rough handling we got down Lambeth Way". (5) In May 1908, a wealthy supporter of the WSPU donated money to buy Emmeline Pankhurst a motor car so that she could travel the country in comfort. Marsh applied for the job of driving the car. However, Vera Holme, got the post, but there were occasions when she worked as Pankhurst's chauffeur. (6)
On 30th June 1908 Charlotte Marsh was one of several suffragettes who jumped up on the railings of the House of Commons. The police pulled them down but when Marsh and Elsie Howey climbed up again they were arrested and charged with obstructing the police. The next day she was found guilty and sentenced to a month's imprisonment in Holloway Prison. (7)
Charlotte Marsh (21st June, 1908)
On 22nd September 1909 Charlotte Marsh, Mary Leigh, Laura Ainsworth, Mabel Capper, Patricia Woodcock and Rona Robinson conducted a rooftop protest at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, where Herbert Asquith was addressing a meeting from which all women had been excluded. Using an axe, Leigh removed slates from the roof and threw them at the police below. "The police attempted to move the two women by, among other methods, turning a hosepipe on them and throwing stones. However, Charlotte Marsh and Mary Leigh proved to be formidable opponents and were only brought down from the roof when three policeman dragged them down." (8)
Sylvia Pankhurst later recalled: "No sooner was this effected, however, than the rattling of missiles was heard on the other side of the hall, and on the roof of the house, thirty feet above the street, lit up by a tall electric standard was seen the little agile figure of Mary Leigh, with a tall fair girl (Charlotte Marsh) beside her. Both of them were tearing up the slates with axes, and flinging them onto the roof of the Bingley Hall and down into the road below-always, however, taking care to hit no one and sounding a warning before throwing. The police cried to them to stop and angry stewards came rushing out of the hall to second this demand, but the women calmly went on with their work." (9)
The Freeman's Journal reported: "Mary Leigh and Mabel Capper have long been among the most reckless members of the suffragist movement. They were two of a large band who visited Birmingham in September, 1909, and were arrested with others on charge arising out of a desperate and well-organised attempt to storm Bingley Hall where Mr Asquith was speaking to an audience of ten thousand. Leigh and another, eluding the vigilance of the police, climbed on to the roof of an adjoining factory, from which she threw ginger beer bottles, slates, and other missiles on the glass roof of Bingley Hall, and into the street when the Premier was passing in a motor car. While awaiting his appearance the women amused themselves by throwing projectiles at the crowd in the street and the police, several officers being struck. A policeman who climbed on the roof – a hazardous undertaking – found Leigh with her boots off, jumping about like a cat, as he described it, and armed with an axe used for the purpose of ripping slates from the roof: 'Come on up at your peril,' the women shouted to the officers, who were struck several times before effecting an arrest." (10)
Leigh got four months's imprisonment, Marsh three months, the others from a month to fourteen days. They immediately decided to go on hunger-strike, a strategy developed by Marion Wallace-Dunlop a few weeks earlier. Wallace-Dunlop had been immediately released when she had tried this in Holloway Prison, but the governor of Winson Green Prison, was willing to feed the three women by force. (11)
C.P. Scott wrote to Asquith complaining of the "substantial injustice of punishing a girl like Miss Marsh with two months hard labour plus forcible feeding." According to Elizabeth Crawford, the author of The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 (2000): "The Prison Visiting Committee reported that at first she had to be fed by placing food in the mouth and holding the nostrils, but that she later took food from a feeding cup." (12)
Votes for Women, on her release, reported that she had been fed by tube 139 times. Although her father was seriously ill, the authorities refused to release Marsh early. Even though the authorities knew her father was dying, they refused to release her. Marsh left Winson Green Prison on 9th December, 1909. She immediately dashed to her family home in Newcastle upon Tyne but he was already unconscious and he died a few days later. (13)
The hunger-strike and force-feeding had a serious impact on her health. She had lost twenty-one pounds and her throat and chest were very painful and she had a burning sensation in her head. Her doctor described her as being "emaciated, as though recovering from a serious illness and that condition may be extremely prejudicial to her health at some future time." (14)
In February 1910 Charlotte Marsh was WSPU organiser in Oxford. She then moved onto Portsmouth and in September 1910 she ran a WSPU holiday campaign in Southsea. During this period a fellow suffragette described her as "a tall young woman, of quiet, resolute bearing." The Times reported that she was "strikingly beautiful with blue eyes and long corn-coloured hair." Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence described her as one of the "saints of the Church Militant". (15)
On 23rd July, 1910, 10,000 women set out in two processions. The one starting at Westminster was led by the colour-bearer Charlotte Marsh followed by Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence on foot, while the procession from Holland Park in the west was led by Flora Drummond, Eveline Haverfield and Vera Holme, all on horseback. Both processions converged on Hyde Park. On the route over 300 women sold Votes for Women. At the park speeches were given by 150 women including Mabel Tuke, Sylvia Pankhurst, Mary Clarke, Annie Kenney, Ada Flatman, Rachel Barrett, Jane Brailsford, Mary Leigh, Constance Lytton and Emily Wilding Davison. (16)
Marsh visited Eagle House near Batheaston in April 1911 with Annie Kenney and Laura Ainsworth. Their host, was Mary Blathwayt, a fellow member of the WSPU. Her father Colonel Linley Blathwayt planted a tree, a Picea Polita, in her honour in his suffragette arboretum in a field adjacent to the house. (17)
Mary Blathwayt, Charlotte Marsh, Annie Kenney and Laura Ainsworth at Eagle House.
In March 1912 Charlotte Marsh took part in a window-smashing campaign in London. It is claimed that she alone smashed nine windows in the Strand during this demonstration. Emily Blathwayt wrote in her diary: "Linley had a nice letter from C. A. L. Marsh in Holloway awaiting her trial as they all refused bail. His birthday letter to her begging her not to take part in violence followed her there. Like the rest, they all think it their duty to take a large share of suffering." (18)
As she had previous convictions Charlotte Marsh was sentenced to six months' in Aylesbury Prison (Holloway was being redecorated). She took part in the hunger-strike and was forcibly fed. She was eleased four and a half months into her sentence. (19)
Annie Kenney, Mary Blathwayt, Laura Ainsworth and
Charlotte Marsh planting a tree at at Eagle House.
On her release she and Ada Wright, who was also in very bad health as a result of the hunger-strike ("her throat swelled up so much she could not breathe and her heart became affected") were both sent to Switzerland to recuperate. (20)
On her return she was WSPU organiser in Nottingham. She also spent time in London working alongside Grace Roe. On 14th June 1913 she carried a large wooden cross, she led the funeral procession of her comrade Emily Wilding Davison, who had died as a result of the injuries she sustained when she fell under the hooves of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby on 4th June. (21)
On 24th June, 1914, King George V visited Nottingham. Charlotte Marsh organised protest meetings in order to draw attention to members of the Women Social & Political Union being force-fed in prison. On that day Eileen Casey was arrested at Nottingham and had been found with explosives, detonators, fuses and a substantial amount of flammable material as well as guidebooks to local churches. (22)
The 900-year-old Breadsall All Saints' Church had been destroyed on 4th June. Among the treasures lost in the blaze were a 14th-century door, 16th-century ornate carved wooden benches and an Elizabethan altar. The Rev J. A. Whitaker told a Derby Daily Telegraph reporter: "It has been done by suffragettes, I know it has." (23)
Breadsall All Saints' Church in 1914
In Nottingham Police Court Eileen Casey was charged with "loitering with intent to commit a felony". In court she claimed: "This will go on till women get the vote... The next time you will find something more important.... I hope I shall be more dangerous before I finish." Charlotte Marsh and other members of the Nottingham WSPU cheered and yelled and were carried out of court kicking and screaming. (24)
The British government declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914. Two days later, Millicent Fawcett, the leader of the NUWSS declared that the organization was suspending all political activity until the conflict was over. Fawcett supported the war effort but she refused to become involved in persuading young men to join the armed forces. The WSPU took a different view to the war. It was a spent force with very few active members. According to Martin Pugh, the WSPU were aware "that their campaign had been no more successful in winning the vote than that of the non-militants whom they so freely derided". (25)
The WSPU carried out secret negotiations with the government and on the 10th August the government announced it was releasing all suffragettes from prison. In return, the WSPU agreed to end their militant activities and help the war effort. Christabel Pankhurst, arrived back in England after living in exile in Paris. She told the press: "I feel that my duty lies in England now, and I have come back. The British citizenship for which we suffragettes have been fighting is now in jeopardy." (26)
After receiving a £2,000 grant from the government, the WSPU organised a demonstration in London. Members carried banners with slogans such as "We Demand the Right to Serve", "For Men Must Fight and Women Must Work" and "Let None Be Kaiser's Cat's Paws". At the meeting, attended by 30,000 people, Emmeline Pankhurst called on trade unions to let women work in those industries traditionally dominated by men. She told the audience: "What would be the good of a vote without a country to vote in!". (27)
Charlotte Marsh initially accepted this policy and worked as a motor mechanic before becoming the chauffeur of David Lloyd George "accepting his suggestion that the relationship would promote the victory of the cause of women's enfranchisement". She also worked as a member of the Women's Land Army in Surrey. (28)
Marsh became increasingly critical of the way that Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel Pankhurst were running the WSPU during the First World War. She was especially upset when the WSPU changed its newspaper's name from The Suffragette to Britannia. Emmeline's patriotic view of the war was reflected in the paper's new slogan: "For King, For Country, for Freedom'. The newspaper attacked politicians and military leaders for not doing enough to win the war. In one article, Christabel Pankhurst accused Sir William Robertson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, of being "the tool and accomplice of the traitors, Grey, Asquith and Cecil". Christabel demanded the "internment of all people of enemy race, men and women, young and old, found on these shores, and for a more complete and ruthless enforcement of the blockade of enemy and neutral." (29)
Anti-war activists such as Ramsay MacDonald were attacked as being "more German than the Germans". Another article on the Union of Democratic Control carried the headline: "Norman Angell: Is He Working for Germany?" Mary Macarthur and Margaret Bondfield were described as "Bolshevik women trade union leaders" and Arthur Henderson, who was in favour of a negotiated peace with Germany, was accused of being in the pay of the Central Powers. Her daughter, Sylvia Pankhurst, who was now a member of the Labour Party, accused her mother of abandoning the pacifist views of Richard Pankhurst. (30)
Charlotte Marsh became so disillusioned by what she believed was a betrayal of the original ideals of the movement founded the Independent Women's Social and Political Union in March 1916. Marsh became its honorary secretary and the group issued a newspaper, Independent Suffragette. The group proclaimed that it would devote itself to the suffrage campaign and would "work in the spirit of the old WSPU". (31)
After the war Marsh worked for Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. According to Elizabeth Crawford: "She then spent some time with the Department of Social Work in San Francisco and then with the Overseas Settlement League. By 1934 she was working with the Public Assistance Department of the London County Council." (32) Marsh was also, along with Margaret Haig Thomas and Theresa Garnett, an executive member of the Six Point Group. She was also vice-president of the Suffragette Fellowship. (33)
Marsh was a member of the Labour Party. Her local MP, Edith Summerskill, who became a minister in the Labour government (1945-51), became her friend and she later commented: "I marvelled that this handsome, fragile woman could have possessed sufficient physical courage to face her tormentors and that she had such reserves of moral courage to declare her beliefs over the years under circumstances which often called for a solitary effort, unsupported by the warmth and comfort of her comrades." (34)
Charlotte Marsh, who never married, died at her home, 31 Copse Hill, Wimbledon, on 21st April 1961.
Charlotte March and Lilian Lenton: Militant Suffragettes (1955)
(1) Emily Blathwayt, diary entry (5th March, 1911)
Miss Marsh planted her tree. She greatly dislikes her first name Charlotte and all her friends call her Charlie. Her label will be C. A. L. Marsh. (She also goes by the name of Calm). We liked very much what we saw of her. She is very fair with light hair and a pretty face. She is very tall ... She has a wonderful constitution and seems very well after all she has gone through. She has begun the late custom of not taking meat or chicken. She seems a very nice quiet girl. Annie and Jessie Kenney very happy but a trifle wild.
(2) Emily Blathwayt, diary entry (13th March, 1912)
Linley had a nice letter from C. A. L. Marsh in Holloway awaiting her trial as they all refused bail. His birthday letter to her begging her not to take part in violence followed her there. Like the rest, they all think it their duty to take a large share of suffering.
(3) Sylvia Pankhurst, The Suffrage Movement (1931)
Mary Leigh and her colleagues, who were organising there, began by copying the police methods so far as to address a warning to the public not to attend Mr. Asquith's meeting, as disturbances were likely to ensue, and immediately the authorities were seized with panic. A great tarpaulin was stretched across the glass roof of the Bingley Hall, a tall fire escape was placed on each side of the building, and hundreds of yards of firemen's hoses were laid across the roof. Wooden barriers, nine feet high, were erected along the station platform and across all the leading thoroughfares in the neighbourhood, whilst the ends of the streets both in front and at the back of Bingley Hall were sealed up by barricades. Nevertheless, inside those very sealed-up streets, numbers of Suffragettes had been lodging for days past and were quietly watching the arrangements.
When Mr. Asquith left the House of Commons for his special train, detectives and policemen hemmed him in on every side, and when he arrived at the station in Birmingham, he was smuggled to the Queen's Hotel by a back subway a quarter of a mile in length and carried up in a luggage lift.
Meanwhile, tremendous crowds were thronging the streets and the ticket holders were watched as closely as spies in time of war. They had to pass four barriers and were squeezed through them by a tiny gangway and then passed between long lines of police and amid an incessant roar of "show your ticket." The vast throngs of people who had no tickets and had only come out to see the show surged against the barriers like great human waves, and occasionally cries of "Votes for Women" were greeted with deafening cheers.
Inside the hall there were armies of stewards and groups of police at every turn. The meeting began by the singing of a song of freedom led by a band of trumpeters. Then the Prime Minister appeared. "For years past the people have been beguiled with unfulfilled promises," he declared, but during his speech he was again and again reminded, by men, of the unfulfilled promises which had been made to women; and, though men who interrupted him on other subjects were never interfered with, these champions of the Suffragettes were, in every case, set upon with a violence which was described by onlookers as "revengeful" and "vicious." Thirteen men were maltreated in this way.
Meanwhile, amid the vast crowds outside women were fighting for their freedom. Cabinet Ministers had sneered at them and taunted them with not being able to use physical force. "Working men have flung open the franchise door at which the ladies are scratching," Mr. John Burns had said. So now they were showing that, if they would, they could use violence, though they were determined that, at any rate as yet, they would hurt no one. Again and again they charged the barricades, one woman with a hatchet in her hand, and the friendly people always pressed forward with them. In spite of a thousand police the first barrier was many times thrown down. Whenever a woman was arrested the crowd struggled to secure her release, and over and over again they were successful, one woman being snatched from the constables no fewer than seven times.
Inside the hall Mr. Asquith had not only the men to contend with, for the meeting had not long been in progress when there was a sudden sound of splintering glass and a woman's voice was heard loudly denouncing the Government. A missile had been thrown through one of the ventilators by a number of Suffragettes from an open window in a house opposite. The police rushed to the house door, burst it open, and scrambled up the stairs, falling over each other in their haste to reach the women, and then dragged them down and flung them into the street, where they were immediately placed under arrest. Even whilst this was happening there burst upon the air the sound of an electric motor horn which issued from another house near by. Evidently there were Suffragettes there too. The front door of this house was barricaded and so also was the door of the room in which the women were, but the infuriated Liberal stewards forced their way through and wrested the instrument from the woman's hands.
No sooner was this effected, however, than the rattling of missiles was heard on the other side of the hall, and on the roof of the house, thirty feet above the street, lit up by a tall electric standard was seen the little agile figure of Mary Leigh, with a tall fair girl beside her (Charlotte Marsh). Both of them were tearing up the slates with axes, and flinging them onto the roof of the Bingley Hall and down into the road below-always, however, taking care to hit no one and sounding a warning before throwing. The police cried to them to stop and angry stewards came rushing out of the hall to second this demand, but the women calmly went on with their work. A ladder was produced and the men prepared to mount it, but the only reply was a warning to "he careful" and all present felt that discretion was the better part of valour. Then the fire hose was dragged forward, but the firemen refused to turn it on, and so the police themselves played it on the women until they were drenched to the skin. The slates had now become terribly slippery, and the women were in great danger of sliding from the steep roof, but they had already taken off their shoes and so contrived to retain a foothold, and without intermission they continued "firing" slates. Finding that water had no power to subdue them, their opponents retaliated by throwing bricks and stones up at the two women, but, instead of trying, as they had done, to avoid hitting, the men took good aim at them and soon blood was running, down the face of the tall girl, Charlotte Marsh, and both had been struck several times.
At last Mr. Asquith had said his say and came hurrying out of the building. A slate was hurled at the back of his car as it drove away, and then "firing" ceased from the roof, for the Cabinet Minister was gone. Seeing that they now had nothing to fear the police at once placed a ladder against the house and scrambled up to bring the Suffragettes down, and then, without allowing them to put on their shoes, they marched them through the streets, in their stockinged feet, the blood streaming from their wounds and their wet garments clinging to their limbs. At the police station bail was refused and the two women were sent to the cells to pass the night in their drenched clothing.
We knew that Mary Leigh, Charlotte Marsh, and their comrades in the Birmingham prison would carry out the hunger-strike, and, on the following Friday, September 24, reports appeared in the Press that the Government had resorted to the horrible expedient of feeding them by force by means of a tube passed into the stomach. Filled with concern, the committee of the Women's Social and Political Union at once applied both to the prison and to the Home Office to know if this were true but all information was refused.
(4) Michelle Myall, Charlotte Marsh: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (23rd September 2004)
On 17 September 1909, along with fellow suffragette Mary Leigh, Charlotte was arrested in Birmingham after staging a roof-top protest at the Bingley Hall where the prime minister, H. H. Asquith, was addressing a meeting. The police attempted to move the two women by, among other methods, turning a hosepipe on them and throwing stones. However, Charlotte Marsh and Mary Leigh proved to be formidable opponents and were only brought down from the roof when three policeman dragged them down. For her part in this, Charlotte Marsh was sentenced to three months' hard labour at Winson Green gaol. In protest at the refusal of the authorities to treat her as a political prisoner Charlotte adopted the hunger strike and, one of the first suffragettes to be forcibly fed, was tube-fed 139 times. As she had previous convictions she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which she served in Aylesbury prison (Holloway was being redecorated). Once again she staged a hunger strike and was forcibly fed and released four and a half months into her sentence.
A beautiful and striking figure with long golden hair and an elegant poise, Charlotte Marsh was often chosen as standard-bearer for WSPU processions. In December 1908 she was the colour-bearer at the procession organized to celebrate the release from Holloway of Christabel and Mrs Pankhurst.
(3) Diane Atkinson, Rise Up, Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes (2018) page 64
(5) Diane Atkinson, Rise Up, Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes (2018) page 109
(6) Martin Pugh, The Pankhursts (2001) page 153
(10) Freeman's Journal (9th August 1912)
(11) Roger Fulford, Votes for Women (1956) page 206
(12) Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 (2000) page 381
(13) Diane Atkinson, Rise Up, Women!: The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes (2018) page 168
(14) Votes for Women (17th December, 1909)
(16) Votes for Women (22nd July, 1910)
(17) Emily Blathwayt, diary entry (5th March, 1911)
(18) Emily Blathwayt, diary entry (13th March, 1912)
(19) Michelle Myall, Charlotte Marsh: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (23rd September 2004)
(22) Eileen Luscombe, Eileen Mary Casey: People Australia, National Centre of Biography (2nd June, 2022)
(23) Derby Daily Telegraph (5th June, 1914)
(25) Martin Pugh, The Pankhursts (2001) page 300
(26) The Star (4th September, 1914)
(27) Christabel Pankhurst, Unshackled (1959) page 268#
(29) Sylvia Pankhurst, The History of the Women's Suffrage Movement (1931) pages 594
(31) Harold L. Smith, The British Women's Suffrage Campaign 1868-1928 (2009) page 80


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Today before the conference we had the privilege of hearing from Mee-Yan Cheung Judge, Jean Neumann and John Scheret at the Fireside Chat. One of the questions that our panellists were asked was about what are they good at. As much as I found their answers very interesting there were a couple of things that came to my mind about how very important this question is for anyone helping organisations in their journey to success.
These two questions left me wondering as an OD professional what do they mean to me? What do they mean to other people? I think working from a place of purpose is so powerful and I think these two questions are key to that. As a practitioner I would recommend anyone in any field to ask themselves these two questions, and not just today, but check back every 6 months or so as the answers may have changed.
So what am I good at? Well when talking about OD and working with my clients past and present I think I would describe myself as good at being quite vocal of what I think, and trying to do the best for the client even when they are not sure it's the best thing for them. I am good at questioning the status quo and providing thought provoking insight.
What am I called to contribute to this world? Ah, a fundamental question. Not just about OD, but about life. I have been on a personal journey the last 12 months on discovering or rediscovering my purpose. I want to help people live better lives, whether this is through my OD work by providing them a better organisation to work for, or by inspiring people to be the change they want to see or just by inspiring people to dream again through my other hats (I have many).
It was interesting to hear one of the panellist talk about legacy and the type of legacy we want to leave, they also referred to OD people as idealist and I think these two statements are very true. I think it is something most OD people I know have within them, a sense of purpose behind their work that is part of what makes this field so special.
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Hi going to start diet tomorrow and would like to know if you can eat rice cakes on p1 and do they have to be plain!
Hi would making a cheese sauce with some flour make a lot of difference ? Also would it be better to use corn flour. I lost 3st and maintained for 18 months but put too much extra on over Christmas so only looking to loose 7lbs or so .
As long as you don't have a problem with wheat, you can use a small amount to thicken sauces. Corn flour is a good alternative.
That would be fine on Phase 1 as mixing is allowed. Not for Ph2, though.
Any knowledge of ME ( myalgisk encefalomyelit) ??
My wife is suffering from this!
I'm really enjoying the first few days of The Harcombe Diet! But, please can you tell us which cereals we can eat on Phase 1? I've studied all the boxes in my local supermarket but can't see anything that looks suitable and I'm getting a bit bored with porridge oats. Thanks!
Thanks so much Zoe, really appreciate it!
I have bought your books and am keen to start but have been on the Cambridge diet (and now am unwell). Just wanted to check if you think I will put weight on after not eating real foods, have been up and down and sick of daddy diets, really desperate to start your regime.
Hi Kim – let the club help you through this (http://www.theharcombedietclub.com/) It's free to post (moderated) and from £1 a month unmoderated. We've had a number of people come from very low cal liquid diets and done very well. There may be some initial regain but not necessarily (one woman switched from several stone down on Lighter Life and continued to lose on The Harcombe Diet) and any rebound should be recoverable once you commit to real food as a way of eating.
Which book should I get first to start the diet?
I'd recommend The Harcombe Diet for men if you're Alan! If you're a female borrowing a male's email log in – I'd recommend the Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight.
My husband and I have been on the diet for a few weeks.
We would now like to add a few sweets to our menu.
a) FlapJack Made with oats and honey.
Hi Marlene – check out the recipe book – there are lots of safer sweet options in it, but sweet stuff is generally for Phase 3 cheats. (The honey question is in the diet book). You can try introducing 85% cocoa dark chocolate into Phase 2. If you want to carry on losing weight, you are safer to stay off sweet stuff and leave it till Phase 3. If you don't mind slowing your weight loss or are OK maintaining, then you can follow the rules for cheating. Strawberries and cream should be as sweet as you desire or I would suspect you still have cravings going on!
I have done a lot of research into your diet, which sounds amazing. I hate meal replacement diets and don't believe in them long term, and like healthy foods, so this sounds suited to me. I am 5ft 3in and have weighed 11st6lbs at my heaviest. I weigh between 9st and 9st 7lbs from healthy eating but want to lose half a stone more and keep it off. I seem to keep bobbing up and down half a stone, sometimes more, because every time I have anything remotely 'naughty,' I gain weight! Do you think the diet will help me or, because I am a normal bmi/weight etc.. will I not lose any weight? I'm generally quite a healthy eater, drink the odd glass of red wine and drink loads of water daily…..
Try Phase 1 (only 5 days and you may well clear up bloating, headaches, blood sugar swings and any other irritations that you may have). Stick with Phase 1 if you are doing well with it and see if this helps you find your natural weight. You should be able to be below 9 stone very healthily and 8 stone 7lbs would give you that 'perfect' BMI. If you don't lose any, or lose and find you gravitate easily back to 9-9.7, that's likely your natural weight. I would be surprised if it is though and would be hopeful that 8.7 – 9 stone could be achievable.
Hi Keith – all parts of animals are great. Liver, kidneys, offal, tongue etc are especially nutritious foods. Liver and egg yolks are probably the best 2 sources of vitamins and minerals all round.
Not listed in the meats catagory are chicken livers, other livers. tongue. Are they allowed.
Hi Keith – I hope your wife is pleased with the weight loss – that's brilliant!
1) weight and blood pressure are very closely connected, so losing weight will invariably lower blood pressure directly.
2) Water retention affects blood pressure and this diet helps to overcome water retention quickly and effectively. This will also have naturally reduced blood pressure.
I can only help with weight loss – your wife needs to work with her doctor on blood pressure. It sounds like her need for tablets needs to be reviewed as soon as possible as she has naturally and healthily lowered her own blood pressure and may well have less need for medication going forward.
Thanks for your reply. Have ordered the green book.
Hi Keith – the best one is the (green) Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight diet book.
You can eat fruit after 5 days, provided you don't have Candida/Hypoglycaemia problems – the book will explain everything.
P152 covers (coffee and) wine. Red wine can also be included in Phase 2 (although it is considered a 'cheat'). You can try a glass with the occasional evening meal (not every night). I always say to people the choice is yours – you can be very strict and lose weight quicker or be a bit more flexible and maybe get away with it, or maybe lose a bit slower. The diet is yours to play with!
Can I eat fruit in any phases of the diet.
I have an Hardcombe diet from a magazine it is for 7 days.
Hi, about to start phase one tomorrow. So motivated.
Can we eat tomatoes on a salad?
Hi i am just starting the Harcombe diet and i am really keen but i have one and only thing i don't like and can not eat and that is Natural Live Yogurt!!!
i really want to eat it and i have tried but it really does make my stomach churn. is there any thing i can add to it or a different type of yougurt? i have also tried the greek and the same!!
i am a sufferer of candida so could do with eating it!!! i am on Phase 1 too!!!


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Sen. Feinstein likely to face challenge from the Left in 2018
October 12, 2017 By Drew Gregory Lynch 11 Comments
Just hours after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., announced she was running for re-election, progressives in the state called for a primary challenge to the long-serving Democrat.
For example, Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna, D-Calif., reportedly asked Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich to run against the incumbent, believing the party needs someone further to the left to occupy the seat.
"There are other voices in our state who are far more in touch with the values," Khanna told Politico.
While Feinstein has been a fixture of California politics for decades, her softer tone toward President Trump and stances on issues like national security and encryption have caused her to lose favor with some in her party.
"She was totally out of touch when the whole debate happened on encryption,'' Khanna added, according to Politico, referencing the dialogue that took place in the aftermath of the San Bernardino terror attack. "She didn't even understand some of those issues."
Furthermore, she faced jeers from a town hall crowd this summer after suggesting that President Trump could become a "good president" if he would "learn" and "change."
"Look, this man is going to be president most likely for the rest of this term," the senator said at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club in August. "I just hope he has the ability to learn and to change and if he does he can be a good president. And that's my hope."
Following backlash, she was forced to clarify her remarks.
At 84, she is the oldest senator in the upper chamber and the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
As some reporters noted, the announcement is seen as bad news for L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, who were viewed as likely candidates if Feinstein decided to retire. De León in particular is thought to have been eyeing the seat, as he's termed out of the state Senate next year.
The talks about a primary challenger come as Democrats nationally have been looking to revamp their image with fresh faces and "new blood" after Hillary Clinton's defeat last November.
"Her policies are completely out of touch with California Democrats, and we think she'd be more at home in a Republican primary," Corbin Trent of the Justice Democrats told Vox, expressing support for a primary challenger.
With California positioning itself as the center of the so-called "Resistance" against the Trump agenda in Washington, the stage could be set for a challenge to Feinstein from the left. But with support from top Democrats in the state like U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, along with a robust campaign infrastructure and strong name recognition, any effort to take her on will present a steep challenge.
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Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon: The Korean Dream Calls on All Koreans to Lead the Reunification Process and Realize Their Unfulfilled Destiny
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SEATTLE, Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- August 15 is Gwangbokjeol (광복절) or National Liberation Day of Korea. On this occasion, UNFP Management issued the following statement regarding Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon's vision for the Korean Peninsula and reflections of the unfulfilled aspirations from 1945:
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon is the author of the award-winning book "Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea" and leads a grassroots movement to reunify Korea. August 15 is a reminder of the unfulfilled dream of the Korean people. In 1945, with the end of World War II, the Korean people emerged from the nightmare of colonial rule with a burning desire for an independent and united homeland unique to their history and heritage. This was their heartfelt dream, but tragically it has yet to be realized. Dr. Moon is calling on all Koreans to take responsibility for their own destiny and come together in common cause toward a shared future that realizes the aspiration of a unified Korea that benefits all its citizens and the entire world.
"It is a moral imperative that we work, in whatever capacity we are able, to realize unification that embodies the aspirations of the 1919 independence movement and the hope of 1945, thus bringing closure to a division lingering from the last century," said Dr. Moon.
For over four generations, Dr. Moon's family has been actively involved in Korean independence and unification efforts. He asks that the ideals and aspirations of the champions of independence not be forgotten. Dr. Moon believes reunification is the only viable solution to address a host of economic, political, social and human rights issues facing both North and South Korea and in turn, positively impact global security and development.
Korean Dream empowers the Korean people to rediscover their 5,000-year-old heritage and destiny and lead the reunification effort. Koreans in the South, the North and the diaspora must recognize and embrace their shared history, heritage and culture that informs a common aspiration to build a nation rooted in the ancient ethos of Hongik Ingan, or "living for the benefit of all humanity."
"A common bond has to be forged out of something more fundamental than the political and ideological quarrels that marked the Korean division of the past sixty-five years," said Dr. Moon. "There has to be a Third Way that can rise above the conflicting systems of right and left by identifying the fundamental aspirations, principles, and valued rooted in our common past and that should define our future."
The dreams of the Korean people were thwarted by colonialism and the ideological divide during the Cold War. Today, the Korean people have an opportunity to write the next chapter of their history. Dr. Moon sees the fulfillment of the Korean Dream as a historic milestone that can symbolize an end to the many legacies that plagued the twentieth century.
Dr. Moon's hope is that the story of the Korean people can become an inspiration to people everywhere.
In a recent East Africa / Great Lakes Region Global Peace Leadership Conference held August 1-2, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Moon drew parallels between his homeland and the stories of many African nations that were present at the conference. As he seeks to build a Korean-led movement in his homeland, he called upon the local African people to lead in building models of peace and prosperity drawing on the wisdom, heritage and traditional values of the African village and extended family. He asked that Africa stand in solidarity with the cause of the Korean people.
About Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon
Dr. Hyun Jin Preston Moon is a spiritual leader, peace advocate, and social entrepreneur. Born in Korea to a family active for Korean independence and unification over four generations, his background gives him a unique perspective on Korea's future and its global significance for peace and development. He is the founder and chairman of the Global Peace Foundation (GPF), established in 2009 and currently active in over 20 countries. Dr. Moon also founded the Family Peace Association (FPA). FPA engages individuals, families and organizations in building God-centered families as the foundation of a peaceful world. Dr. Moon initiated and provides ongoing leadership for Action for Korea United (AKU), an unprecedented grassroots coalition of over 900 organizations building consensus around the vision for a unified Korea. In various capacities, he works across lines of identity including culture, ethnicity, nationality and religion to foster the moral, innovative leadership necessary to resolve the most pressing issues in our world today. Dr. Moon is a recognized and knowledgeable thought leader on Korean reunification and author of the award-winning book, "Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea." To learn more about Dr. Preston Moon's background, work, and current initiatives, visit hyunjinmoon.com.
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INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY: Salesian Missions highlights literacy and educational initiatives for poor and at-risk youth
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in celebrating International Literacy Day. Celebrated each year on Sept. 8, the day was launched in 1967 to "remind the public of the importance
ECUADOR: Spanish family volunteers at Salesian programs in Ecuador to give back to people in need
(MissionNewswire) The Fernández family from León, Spain have been in Ecuador for 30 days, volunteering at different programs in the country. The family, Javier Fernández and Diana Pérez and their two children Gerardo and Míriam, spent its time in Riobamba to give back in service
KENYA: More than 200 students take part in interviews to have a chance to study at Don Bosco Boys Town
(MissionNewswire) More than 200 youth interested in entering technical skills training programs at Don Bosco Boys Town in Nairobi, Kenya, recently participated in interviews to test their skills. Each youth had to sit down for an interview with the director of the program. While there
EGYPT: Italian volunteers spend time at Don Bosco Zeitoun's youth center in Cairo
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Zeitoun, located in Cairo, Egypt, has been providing programs for poor youth and their families since 1985. Youth have access to education, counseling, team sports, music classes, tailoring courses, rights awareness and medical referrals. Don Bosco Zeitoun has a youth center as well
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHARITY: Salesian Missions highlights life-changing educational and social programs for poor youth
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, joins humanitarian organizations and countries around the globe in honoring the International Day of Charity celebrated each year on Sept. 5. The date was chosen by the General Assembly of the United
EAST TIMOR: Youth attending Salesian programs received access to better nutrition thanks to Rise Against Hunger donated rice-meals
(MissionNewswire) Youth attending 10 Salesian schools, centers and parishes in East Timor have access to better nutrition thanks to a partnership between Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, and Rise Against Hunger, an international relief organization that provides food
NEPAL: Salesian missionaries complete rebuilding and equipping 10 rural schools after 2015 earthquake
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries in Nepal are still hard at work with long-term reconstruction efforts after a devastating 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015 and a second earthquake struck just after that on May 12. Today, thanks to Salesian missionaries, 10 rural schools have
BANGLADESH: Salesian Missions provides funding for new electrical transformer and generator at a Salesian facility in Telunjia
(MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have a new electrical transformer and generator set up on the Salesian grounds in Telunjia, Bangladesh, thanks to funding from Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco. The transformer and generator were set up to ensure proper
INDIA: Salesian Missions funds English language course for 65 students at Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra
(MissionNewswire) Salesian Missions, the U.S. development arm of the Salesians of Don Bosco, funded a project at Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra, located in Maharashtra, India, to teach youth English language lessons. The goal was to help these young students learn the English language, introduce them
DR CONGO: Salesian missionaries prepare for start of the school year amid rising concerns of Ebola in Goma
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Ex-CIA chief calls for "firm" Australian action against China
By Mike Head
Former top US general and Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus was the keynote speaker at a "gala dinner" to open the federal council meeting of the ruling Liberal Party in Sydney on Friday night.
Petraeus, who commanded the US operations during bloody "surges" in Iraq and Afghanistan, insisted that Australia must launch "freedom of navigation" exercises to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea, and continue to align itself totally with the escalating military activities of US imperialism despite the uncertainties produced by the election of US President Donald Trump.
It was the latest extraordinary intervention into Australian politics in recent weeks by a parade of visiting senior figures within Washington's military-intelligence complex, including Senator John McCain, the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, and ex-National Intelligence Director James Clapper.
General Petraeus waived his usual six-figure fee to speak at the Liberal Party event, which allowed the cash-strapped party to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from the 500 corporate guests, who reportedly paid $280 a ticket or $10,000 per table to attend.
Yet there was no criticism in the media of what amounted to a sizeable political donation, in contrast to the witch-hunt being conducted against alleged Chinese-backed donations to political parties.
In fact, the anti-China campaign has been launched, not coincidentally, amid the flurry of high-profile US visits, designed to create the political climate for military confrontations with China.
Like McCain and Clapper, Petraeus spoke as a representative of the US "deep state," warning against any deviation from the US alliance and assuring the Australian ruling class that the Pentagon would determine American military policy, not Trump.
Although Petraeus quit as CIA chief in 2012 as the result of a scandal about an affair with his biographer, he remains an influential figure in the military, financial and academic establishment. Before his downfall, he rose spectacularly through the military, culminating in the command of multinational forces in Iraq during 2007–08, then command of CENTCOM and of occupation forces in Afghanistan. Obama appointed him CIA director in 2011, establishing a precedent for installing a military general in the post.
Petraeus's remarks took the form of a 45-minute question-and-answer session conducted by Brendan Nicholson from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a government-funded think tank.
Asked if Australia and other American allies could rely on the US under Trump's presidency, Petraeus pointedly drew attention to the increasingly provocative US military buildup in Eastern Europe against Russia, plus Trump's blanket approval for whatever actions the Pentagon and battlefield commanders determine.
Petraeus declared: "If you follow the money and follow the troops—don't follow the tweets, follow what's going on the ground—you'll see NATO forces are moving into the Baltic States and eastern Poland."
US foreign policy showed "more continuity than change," but with a definite "improvement": "You see a commander in chief devolving authority down to the Pentagon or the battlefield commanders for decisions that I think should appropriately be made at those levels."
Petraeus gave an insight into the mentality prevailing in US ruling circles in preparing for wars to defeat any challenges to the global hegemony established by Washington after the defeat of Germany and Japan in World War II.
Speaking in the context of US-China relations, Petreaus hailed a "wonderful new book" by Harvard University professor Graham Allison titled Destined for War. There was no question mark in the title, he noted. According to the general, the book establishes, after reviewing instances going back centuries, that wars erupted "75 percent of the time" when "a rising power" threatened the interests of the "established power."
Petraeus spoke of trying to manage relations with China to ensure that a war did not break out. But clearly the calculation has been made that another global conflagration may be necessary, and that war planning must proceed on that basis.
Turning to Australia's role in this scenario, Petraeus was blunt. Nicholson asked him how important it was for Australia to send warship and planes to challenge China's control of strategic islets in the South China Sea.
Petraeus replied: "Hugely important and I think we have to be firm. You know, let's get the big idea right—better be firm."
Nicholson then asked specifically if "countries like Australia should carry out freedom of navigation operations within the 12-mile perceived boundaries round those artificial islands?"
The reply was unequivocal. "Absolutely that should be the case… and I think if it can be done as a coalition, it says much more."
This was a message not just to the Australian ruling establishment but to other governments in the Asia-Pacific that have become reliant on China economically.
Aware of China's economic weight, as well as popular opposition to going to war, Petraeus acknowledged that "these are tough calls for national leaders."
The general spoke of Australia's "curious duality," where its "number one trading partner" was also, "arguably, the number one security cause for concern."
While nominally hoping to avoid war, Petraeus denounced China in inflammatory terms. He described China's territorial claims in the South China Sea as an "outrageous assertion." He accused China of "building islands" in the sea, not "reclaiming" them.
Until now, the Australian government has refrained from entering the 12-mile zones around China's islets. However, Petraeus expressed confidence in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, describing him as a "wartime prime minister," like former Prime Minister John Howard, whose government was among the first in the world to send troops to join the US invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.
Petraeus also paid tribute to former Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard, saying her leadership had been "also very, very important" in backing the extension of the US occupation of Afghanistan.
While not mentioned at the dinner, Gillard provided the platform for President Barack Obama to announce, in 2011, the US "pivot" to Asia to counter China. Her role, after ousting Kevin Rudd as prime minister, cemented the bipartisan Labor and Liberal-National Coalition commitment to playing a frontline role in US war preparations.
Interviewed by Fairfax Media, Petraeus also called for Australia to "take the lead" in the Philippines, where the Turnbull government has just sent two air force surveillance planes to join operations by US Special Forces and the Philippine military against alleged "ISIS-linked" fighters on the southern island of Mindanao.
Under the fraudulent banner of the "war on terrorism," the deployment opens up a new front in Australia's involvement in US-led wars, notably in a country where the president, Rodrigo Duterte, had shifted foreign policy toward China, seeking economic benefits.
At the Liberal Party dinner, Turnbull listened intently, along with senior cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Treasurer Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Marise Payne. The next morning, in a speech officially opening the council meeting, Turnbull said the Australia-US alliance was "stronger than ever."
Nevertheless, the government remains under pressure to "take the lead" in the South China Sea, as well as the Philippines. The next visiting US speaker will be Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the US Pacific Command, who has long advocated provocative operations against China in the South China Sea. At the invitation of ASPI, he will speak in Brisbane this Wednesday on "Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovation in the Indo-Pacific."
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New film on Kent State shooting has Buffalo connection
The shooting deaths of four Kent State University students by National Guardsmen was one of the most shocking events of the Vietnam War.
Nine others were wounded.
A new documentary, "Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America" will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Burchfield Penney Art Center auditorium.
The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Tom Grace, a Buffalo history professor who was one of the students shot that day and who appears in the film. Other panelists include University at Buffalo history professors Gail Radford and Michael Frisch, emeritus, and SUNY Buffalo State history professor John Abromeit.
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Portland International Airport's $1.5 Billion Redesign Takes Flight
Portland is home to the largest city and airport in all of Oregon. More specifically, PDX (as the Portland International Airport is known) caters to over two million passengers annually. And while there have certainly been ongoing renovations and improvements over the years, 2018 marked the beginning of a huge overhaul called PDXNext, which itself is broken into five parts. The first segment saw the completion of a new rental car wash and fuel center in March of the same year. More recently, the newly opened Concourse E was revealed. In the next year, Concourse B, as well as parking additions and a new rental car center, will also be completed.
Currently all eyes are on the airport's main terminal, which is set to receive a major facelift at a tab of around $1.5 billion. Architecture firm ZGF recently unveiled plans for the redesign, which celebrates the surrounding landscape in both its external facade and interior spaces.
"We're taking the airport that has served the region well for the past 80 years and updating and upgrading it," explains PDXNext Chief Projects Officer Vince Granato. "While the space will look and feel different, we are keeping the heart and soul of the airport that Portlanders know and love – easy to navigate; bright, open spaces; and local shops and restaurants – it will still feel like home."
Portland sits in the northern part of a state that features mountain ranges, a full coastline, and forests in every direction. In honoring the region's varied topographies, designers will install a wood roof made entirely from local, sustainably-sourced materials. Skylights incorporated into the wood layout will also help create an aesthetic geometry in the space.
"The roof design was inspired by the forests of the Pacific Northwest and the feeling you get while walking through the woods, the experience of light filtering through the trees, and the protection of the tree canopy," ZGF partner and lead interior designer for the PDX project Sharron van der Meulen said in an official statement.
Further bringing the outdoors inside, a slew of plants will line the new terminal's corridors. In addition, the interior will feature ample space for public art — another trademark of the famously "weird" city. Similarly, the shops and restaurants one would expect to find in a traditional airport will here be made to resemble a street in downtown Portland, complete with a space that replicates the sidewalks where café tables and customers overflow businesses.
With an eye on the future, the airport will also feature earthquake-proof construction and provide plenty of room to grow and adapt along with technology and travel needs. And of course, planning a project this scale in a state known for environmental initiatives means that although the terminal will be doubling in size, it will actually be using half of the energy per-square-foot compared to now.
The new roof will "break ground" in 2022, with the entire project expected to reach completion during the spring of 2025.


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Do we say al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu or al-salaam 'ala al-nabi in the tashahhud?
Is it correct that after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that if a person says in the tashahhud "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu (peace be upon you, O Prophet)" there is the fear that this may be shirk, and that we should say "al-salaam 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet)"?.
Does it say in the tashahhud "al-salaam 'ala al-nabiy" or "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyuha'l-nabiy"?
Bearing in mind the meaning of the words and actions of the prayer
The scholars of the Standing Committee were asked:
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught me the tashahhud with my hand between his hands, just as he taught me a soorah from the Qur'aan: "Al-tahiyyaatu Lillaahi wa'l-salawaatu wa'l-tayyibaat al-salaamu 'alayka ayyuha'l-nabiyyu… (All compliments, prayers and good words are for Allaah, peace be upon you, O Prophet…)." (That was) when he was still among us. When he passed away, we started to say, "al-salaam 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him))."
Many people say the latter version and teach others to do likewise.
They replied:
The version of the tashahhud that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite in his prayer and that he commanded his companions to recite is that which was narrated by the two Shaykhs (al-Bukhaari and Muslim) in their Saheehs from 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught me the tashahhud with my hand between his hands, just as he taught me a soorah from the Qur'aan: "Al-tahiyyaatu Lillaahi wa'l-salawaatu wa'l-tayyibaat, al-salaamu 'alayka ayyuha'l-nabiyyu wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu, al-salaamu 'alayna wa 'ala 'ibaad-illaah il-saaliheen, ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasooluh… (All compliments, prayers and good words are for Allaah, peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings, peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allaah. I bear witness that there is no god except Allaah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger). This is the more correct version, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught it to his companions and he did not say, When I die then say al-salaamu 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet).
They were also asked:
In the tashahhud should we say "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu (peace be upon you, O Prophet)" or "al-salaamu 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet)" – because 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: Before the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died we used to say "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu (peace be upon you, O Prophet)" but after he died we said "al-salaamu 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet)"?
The correct view is that in the tashahhud the worshipper should say: "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyuha'l-nabiyyu wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu (peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings,), because this is what is proven in the ahaadeeth. With regard to the report narrated from Ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) – if it is a saheeh (sound) narration from him – this is the ijtihaad of the one who did that and it does not contradict the proven ahaadeeth. If the ruling after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) were different than the ruling when he was still alive, he would have told us that.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Ifta', 7/11-13
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) has explained this issue very clearly, and has refuted the specious argument of those who claim that the prescribed version is in the nature of calling upon one who is absent. He said:
Are the words "al-salaamu 'alayka (peace be upon you)" a statement or a supplication? I.e., are you stating that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is in a state of peace or are you asking Allaah to grant him peace?
The answer is that it is a du'aa' (supplication) in which you are praying to Allaah to send peace upon him. This is a statement which is serving as a supplication.
Is this addressed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) as people address one another?
The answer is No. If that were the case, it would invalidate the prayer, because this prayer should not contain anything of human speech. If that were the case, the Sahaabah would have spoken these words out loud so that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) could hear them, and he would have returned the greeting to them as he used to do when they met him. But as Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] said in his book Iqtida' al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem: Because you are thinking of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is so strong when you send salaams upon him, it is as if he is there in front of you and you are addressing him.
Hence the Sahaabah used to say "al-salaamu 'alayka (peace be upon you)", but he did not hear them, and they would say, "al-salaamu 'alayka (peace be upon you)" when they were in another land. And we say "al-salaamu 'alayka (peace be upon you)" when we are in a land other than his, and in a time other than his.
With regard to the report narrated in Saheeh al-Bukhaari from 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood, which says that after the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) passed away they used to say "al-salaamu 'ala al-nabi wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu (peace be upon the Prophet and the mercy and blessings of Allaah)" – this was the ijtihaad of Ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him), which differed from that of one who was more knowledgeable than him, namely 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab, for he addressed the people from the minbar of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said in the tashahhud: "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu wa rahmat-Allaah (peace be upon you, O Prophet and the mercy of Allaah)", as was narrated by Maalik in al-Muwatta' with the soundest of isnaads. 'Umar said this in the presence of the Sahaabah and they approved of it.
Moreover the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught it to his ummah, and he even taught it to Ibn Mas'ood, holding his hand between his own, so that he would remember this wording. He used to teach it to them as he used to teach them a soorah from the Qur'aan. And he knew that he was going to die, because Allaah said to him (interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, you (O Muhammad) will die, and verily, they (too) will die"
[al-Zumar 39:30]
But he did not say: after I die, say "al-salaamu 'ala al-nabi (peace be upon the Prophet)", rather he taught them the tashahhud as he used to teach them a soorah of the Qur'aan, with this wording. Hence we should not rely on the ijtihaad of Ibn Mas'ood, rather we should say, "al-salaamu 'alayka ayyhu'l-nabiyyu (peace be upon you, O Prophet)".
Al-Sharh al-Mumti', 3/150-151
Their imam forgot a prostration then he repeated the rak'ah, but some of them did not repeat it
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Ruling on perfumes containing alcohol
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Hydatids are parasites that form cysts in the organs of livestock and people. Although MPI believes New Zealand is now free from hydatids, we have rules around feeding offal to dogs to prevent them from re-establishing here. Find out about hydatids and the rules to keep them out.
Although MPI declared New Zealand 'provisionally free' from hydatids in 2002, they used to be a serious health issue here. Hydatids are parasites that form cysts in the organs (especially the liver and lungs) of livestock and people. In humans, hydatid cysts cause illness and occasionally death.
Hydatids are the larvae of the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Dogs get the parasite when they eat offal from infected livestock. The parasite needs to infect dogs to complete its lifecycle and reproduce.
Hydatids could get back into New Zealand in imported livestock. In case they do, we have rules around feeding offal to dogs to break the parasite's lifecycle and stop it from spreading.
The rules around feeding offal to dogs apply throughout New Zealand.
Don't feed offal from livestock (such as sheep, pigs, goats, cattle, deer, horses, llamas and alpacas) to dogs unless you've treated it (to kill the parasite), or it came from a processor with an MPI-registered risk management programme.
freezing it to minus 10 degrees Celsius, or colder, and keeping it at that temperature for at least 10 days.
Control any dogs in your care so they can't access and eat untreated offal or animal carcasses.
The whole of New Zealand is currently under a Controlled Area Notice (CAN) for hydatids. If you don't comply with rules in the CAN, you could face up to 3 months in prison or be fined up to $50,000 for an individual, or $100,000 for a company (under the Biosecurity Act 1993).


But when I try to start a new game, or load on the world map and enter ANY town, the game just crashes....The tipical "OOPS! SOMETHING WERY BAD HAPPENED" and after that message "FF7.exe has stop working".
I leave my APP.log REPORT HERE, hope you guys can help me with some solutions...I see it can be something about "kernel", but I don't really know...I have tried many solutions, before posting this...let me try to help with some details about my copy.
- "Compresed texture" Setting = "no"
- Sounds "FF7Music" works fine I think.
- Intro Videos load also fine.
UPDATE: What an id%&! I solved a moment ago, my "flevel" was corrupt, all I had to do was restore it from backup!...And everything goes fine until now, any other issue I'll report....SOLVED FO NOW!


Blue - the colour of the sky, of the sea, of infinity. The elegant Baguette ring in 14k yellow gold features a baguette blue spinel on a band set with diamonds. Juxtapose this engagement ring to a wedding band from the Lune de Myel collection.


Weird problem; since this afternoon I cannot access my BIOS, BIOS boot device selection, keyboard is unresponsive before Vista boots.
I use F11 to select a boot device, as one HD boots to Vista and a second one has XP on it. That way I don't use the MS bootloader... I use XP for gaming (because of non-existant support for SLI on nvidia's 7000-series) and Vista for general use. SATA HD for Vista is set as first boot device in BIOS, and now it's the only OS I can boot. I played GRAW this morning, so I know everything worked few hours ago. I did not touch BIOS settings, I didn't install any new hardware or software either.
I also noticed that Windows boot menu (F8) doesn't respond to the keyboard either. I was trying to get into BIOS and resetted the pc while booting vista, so on next boot I got the 'safe mode'-menu; keyboard didn't work, however I'm using the very same keyboard now.
You might have to enable USB legacy support or something along those lines.
Best thing is to grab a ps/2 keyboard to get in and THEN work through the bios and select the right options. Otherwise you are SOL.
Noticed you said you used a ps/2 keyboard too. What issues were you getting with it?
I would have though it would have worked.
My thought exactly, PS/2 should work, but it doesnt. My pc beeps for every recognized USB device (like a memstick, keyboard, mouse) and the beeps did not change, so it is recognizing USB keyboard (can't see because of the bootlogo, and cant switch to normal 'boot view' because TAB key doesn't work, and DEl key doesn't work). Both keyboars, regardless USB / PS/2 / USB on PS/2 adapter, are dead before Vista boots into the GUI.
Which keyboard/bios revision do you have?
A cmos reset SHOULD help I think... have you tried going back into BIOS since the last edits you did to your system?
Oc'ing isn't really that complicated and as long as you know what you are doing, it should be fine. Sounds like it's teh most feaisble option for you if all else fails.
Both keyboards are Logitech, one is an old PS/2 keyboard, and the newer one is a wireless one.
The thing is that I often (daily bases) use F11 to select the XP-HD to play some games, so I know the keyboard worked this morning. If I can access the boot device selection using F11, I can't imagine why the DEL key wouldn't work.
Try a different ps/2 keyboard i bet something went south with the one you have.
Yeah, I'll do that, but the weird thing is both keyboards work in the GUI... Never seen anything like it.
Ok, I tried another PS/2 keyboard, no luck, still not working.
I'll have to reset the CMOS... So one last question; is there a program that runs under Vista which I can use to read out my BIOS settings? FSB, voltages, PCI-e bus frequency, you know, the workx. I know nVidia's nTune can do that, but I don't think it runs on Vista, does it?
Resetting CMOS did not help. Flashed BIOS to latest version, and all seems to be ok, can enter BIOS using my USB wireless keyboard, and the boot device selection also works.


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Eck Sets School Record at Findlay
FINDLAY, Ohio -- Trine's Kara Eck set a new school record in the weight throw Saturday at the Findlay Classic and Elite Throws Competition.
Eck (Auburn, Ind. / DeKalb) unleashed a throw of 17.58 meters (57 feet, 8.25 inches) to eclipse her own old school mark. The junior finished first to top a field otherwise composed mostly of NCAA Division I and II competitors. Eck's throw is the sixth-best in NCAA Division III this season.
A two-time Indoor All-American, Eck is on track to return to the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships this year. Eck last earned All-America honors in the weight throw as a freshman, and earned All-America honors in the shot put as a sophomore.
In addition to her excellence in the weight throw, Eck is also in the mix to return to the national meet in the shot put. She is ranked 23rd in the nation in that event.
The Trine women's track and field team returns to action Saturday, Feb. 4 at the IWU Midwest Classic. Events are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.


St George was chosen to be Scouting's Patron Saint because of qualities that reflect good Scouting.
Qualities such as responsibility, courage, truthfulness, devotion to duty, a noble spirit and a dedication to help others.
In Scouting tradition we commemorate our Patron Saint on the nearest Sunday to St George's Day (23rd April), Scouts normally attend a church service and parade.
This reminds us of the qualities we should live up to, it is also an act of thanksgiving for the fun that we have in Scouting and the parade is a showcase for the public to see Scouts taking pride in themselves and their organisation.
Baden-Powell Scouts Malta are proud to keep this Scouting tradition.


The Gisch Consulting approach to small business process and productivity advice is simple and straight forward. I work closely with managers and small business owners to implement simple changes and bring in cloud productivity tools like WorkflowMax, Xero and Dropbox to improve information and communication. I have a proven reputation with clients for being trustworthy and thorough and find it very satisfying to help clients through difficult transitions.


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Cosentinia vellea — вид рослин родини птерисових (Pteridaceae).

Морфологія

Рослина з коротким, повзучим кореневищем і розташованими в пучках листками з коротким черешком. Вайї до 37 см; черешок червонувато-коричневого кольору, білувато шерстистий, листочки 2-перисті, довгасто-ланцетоподібні, покриті з обох сторін опушенням білуватий, потім іржавистий. Спори 42-75 мкм, бородавчасті, розміщаються знизу на краю листа.

Поширення, біологія
Надає перевагу теплим й сонячним місцям серед кварцитових каменів, на вапняних субстратах або вулканічному попелі; висота зростання: 0-1200 м над рівнем моря. Під час сильної посухи, рослина закочує листя в пухнасту кулю і чекає осіннього дощу. Зустрічається в Середземномор'ї (у тому числі в Іспанії, на Балеарських островах і на Корсиці), а також Південно-Західній Азії в Гімалаях і в Макаронезії).

Джерела
 Flora Vascular
 Tropicos
 Catalogue of Life

Птерисові
Флора Європи
Флора Азії
Флора Північної Африки
Флора Макаронезії
Рослини, описані 1866


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New Release: Frenemy DVD
– October 19, 2010Find Others: DVD, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: Comedy, Independent Film, Lionsgate, Matthew Modine, Zach Galifianakis
Lionsgate released the dark comedy movie Frenemy on DVD on Dec. 14, 2010, for a suggested retail price of $26.98.
Originally entitled Little Fish, Strange Pond, the R-rated independent film stars Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket) and Callum Blue (TV's Smallville) as two neurotic drifters wandering through the streets of Los Angeles. As they ruminate on life and death, they get involved in a bunch of Tarantino-esque escapades involving a porn store, a tabloid-styled TV show and a sociopathic cop working on the case of a missing woman.
The movie co-stars Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Adam Baldwin (TV's Chuck), Liza Weil (TV's Gilmore Girls) and Paul Adelstein (TV's Private Practice).
Frenemy was directed by Gregory Dark, whose past credits span the spectrum from music videos (Britney Spears' "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart") to horror (See No Evil) to softcore straight-to-tape movies (the Animal Instincts series with Shannon Whirry) to at least one bona fide hardcore classic (New Wave Hookers from 1985).
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This looks awesome… I've never even heard of it!
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never having experienced a political climate like the current one in thailand before i'm a bit unnerved by all that's going on. no coup is happening – but rumors are flying. so far all the protesting and such has been pretty much localized to bangkok. but with prime minister somchai and his cabinet in chiang mai and the mayhem happening in bangkok and no solutions being provided or at least the one provided so far has been ignored by both sides it seem this could be a recipe for disaster.
but so far life is going on as normal for us. the younger two kid have left for school and c14 and i are heading out to have his ingrown toenail removed. later in the day s8 has a performance and then the weekend with no big plans.
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we get the emails from the consulate – or where ever they originate.
You and your family are in our prayers. Stay safe.
thanks. we're watching the news trying to keep up with what's going on.
Been praying for you. Hope things calm down soon. Stay safe.
Those warden messages do come from the consulate. Hope you feel more at ease soon.
will continue to pray for your safety.


The McFly Foam Egg is probably the easiest egg out there. This egg pattern is quick, durable, and makes a great attractor fly. This fly is great when sight fishing on tailwaters like the Blue, Frying Pan and South Platte because it is bright and easy to see in the river. Although it is an attractor fly, don't be surprised to see it in the side of a trout's mouth. Fish love to eat eggs!


Grayling Poland is one of the leading full-service communications agencies on the Polish market (TOP 5 according to the ZFPR ranking based on a fee/income indicator), and a part of the global communications consulting group Huntsworth plc.
New report examines increasing importance of cities as centres of power, and how to influence them Cities, not nations, are increasingly the focal point for professional marketers, as their economic and cultural power grows, according to a new report from international communications agency, Grayling. New Nations takes a deep dive into what makes cities tick - where the tastemakers are, where the money is, and the opportunities for marketers to achieve a greater return on their investment by taking a city-centric approach.
In his new role Bartosz Sroka, who has recently supported Grayling's corporate team, will be responsible for supervising crisis communication projects and further development of Grayling's offer in this area.


Experienced a similar scam in Ho Chi Min, Vietnam. We rented three cyclos, and the cyclo riders took me and my two girlfriends to two museums, a beef noodle shop and Chinatown. We had agreed on the price of US$3 (RM10) per hour per person when we got on the cyclo. But when we reached our final stop (a dodgy market in Chinatown which they had recommended), one of the riders took out a different price list that said something like US$15 per hour.
Shocked, we paid them the US$45. As my friend was going through her money, the other two riders snatched another US$40 from her and rode off. The situation soon turned ugly.
The remaining rider turned aggressive and demanded more money, saying he didn't know the other two riders. Thankfully I knew he spoke Cantonese, and a shouting match followed. He even had the audacity to tell me that he would call the police, I told him to go ahead.
The other people surrounding us didn't attempt to help. They just stared at us blankly. After about 10 minutes, he backed off. I think it was because a policeman was in the vicinity. Relieved, we took a taxi and left the market (this after struggling to get a taxi because the taxi drivers there had an agreement not to drive us for less than a certain amount).
Later when I returned to Singapore, a Vietnamese friend told me that the area where the cyclo riders brought us was a place even she wouldn't go. Looking back, this was certainly an experience we wouldn't forget, and yes, it made us more wary of transport scams. Thanks once again for this article!
After reading the many horror stories of tourists getting scammed as they travel around Asia in your story, I would like to share my experience with you. My friends and I were walking around the seafront visiting tourist spots in Manila. A horse carriage pulled alongside and persistently offered us a tour of Chinatown for a small fee.
He kept following us and quoted 50 peso (RM3.50) each for the ride. One of us was feeling a bit tired and suggested that since the fare was only 50 peso each, we would take it.
Since there were four of us, another carriage was called. It was quite a pleasant ride until we reached the market place in Chinatown where our driver picked up another guy. As we were about to complete the tour, he suddenly drove the carriage into a side lane in an isolated area. There I saw my other two friends in the first carriage surrounded by other carriages.
My friend told me his driver demanded 5,000 peso (RM350) from each of them. The same happened to me and my partner. We objected to the amount and argued that the agreed fare was 50 peso. He denied saying that and said he quoted US$50.
They were very aggressive and threatened my friend with a machete. I was horrified at their action and asked my friends to pay up and leave quickly.
My advice is never accept rides from these people.
Common Tourists Scams in Aisa – You've heard many horror stories of tourists getting scammed as they travel around Asia. Sometimes it's money, sometimes, much worse than that.
How to avoid taxi scams – It is really sad to read news again about a lady who is a tourist from the United State got robbed and raped by two men after being taken on a 80km terror ride in a taxi.
Ensure a safe and happy vacation – The last thing you need when on holiday is to be mugged or robbed. Taking certain precautions will definitely make your holiday a happy one.
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR JUSTICE, CULTURE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE MINISTRY FOR THE ECONOMY, INVESTMENT AND SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THE PARLIAMENTIARY SECRETARIAT FOR CONSUMER RIGHTS, PUBLIC CLEANSING AND SUPPORT FOR THE CAPITAL CITY
185 tons of illegal waste collected from Ħal Far Industrial Estate
The Ħal Far industrial area is one locality where more considerable amounts of illegal waste are dumped. During the year, the Cleansing and Maintenance Division intervenes several times to remove this inconvenience. During the last intervenion, several trucks were used in order to handle bulky waste and remove the illegal waste dumped at the site. Five workers were exclusively assigned to this area for seven days, and during the process of cleaning, waste was separated on the spot.
Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses Chris Cardona said that the Ħal Far industrial zone attracts a significant amount of foreign direct investment and is also home to a number of companies employing thousands of workers. Illegal waste dumped at the site can also pose a risk as the area has a good number of companies working with hazardous material. Therefore it is crucial that the area, which is of high economic value, is kept clean and in the best possible condition.
Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government Owen Bonnici made reference to the vast efforts made by the Cleansing and Maintenance Division when it comes to illegal dumping. "During the past 2 months, the Division intervened on numerous occasions to remove waste from this industrial area. In fact, 185 tonnes of waste, which were mostly construction waste, has already been removed from this area. All of this work is being done to ensure more safety and cleanliness on our islands, for the benefit of our community", Minister Owen Bonnici stated.
Parliamentary Secretary for Consumer Rights, Public Cleansing and Support for the Capital City Deo Debattista explained that in the past two months, the Cleansing and Maintenance Division intervened several times to remove large amounts of waste from this industrial area. More than 170 tonnes of waste were removed, the majority of which was construction waste. However, a few days later the area was again used as an illegal dumping site with 15 tonnes of illegal waste collected again by the division. Parliamentary Secretary Debattista emphasised the importance that the law should be observed so that our country is kept clean. Whilst the Government is committed to continue to intervene and clear illegal waste, inspections and enforcement will increase to reduce these abuses. For this purpose, each year a specific budget is provided as an additional investment in machinery to help in removing illegal waste dumped.
Director General of the Cleansing and Maintenance Division Ramon Deguara spoke about various enforcement visits during which several persons were caught illegally dumping waste on site who will be arraigned in court in the coming days. He also explained that the Cleansing and Maintenance Division will further augment its efforts in order to control such situations.
The Malta Industrial Parks together with the Cleansing and Maintenance Division are working in full synergy to make sure that Malta's industrial zones are kept clean.
Anyone wishing to report any type of illegal waste can call on freephone 1718 or uses the mobile app 'Clean and Upkeep'.
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I have had a beef fajita kit in my freezer for like two months now. The seasoned meat, the veggies. And I haven't done a thing with it because, well, even though I love fajitas, hubby doesn't do peppers and onions. I know, it's a failing. I had been thinking that if the beef hadn't already been seasoned, I could make some beef stir fry. Then I thought, well why not make some fajita fried rice? So that was the inspiration for this dish, and hubby (who got a bowlful of the stuff BEFORE I added the onions and peppers) declared it a keeper. Serves 3 as a full meal.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil over high heat.
Add the fajita meat and spices and stir fry until no longer red. Add the garlic.
In a separate skillet, heat the other tablespoon of oil and stir fry the onions and peppers.
Add the rice to the beef skillet and let sizzle for a bit.
Add the tomato paste and chicken stock. Stir until well incorporated and rice is heated through.
If you're sane and like onions and peppers, add them in now. Stir until well incorporated.
Serve with sour cream and guacamole if you like.