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Goblin Kingdom – Volume 3: The Age of Warlords – Chapter 204 – Retreating Battle IV (2/4)
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Spoiler Inside: Character Name Cheat Sheet
Goblin Side
Protagonist (King Class)
A human from another world who reincarnated into this world as a goblin. He once lost his mind due to starvation and hunted a monster to satiate it. He is currently revered by the goblins, and has promised to create a kingdom for them as their king. He is under the protection of the Goddess of the Underworld, and after uniting the various races of the forest has invaded the land of the humans, taking the first step in his path to world domination.
Gi Ga Rax (Knight Class)
A spear-wielding goblin who is the first goblin from Gi Village to evolve into a rare class. He is a firm believer of the king and he has sworn fealty to him. He lost his right arm and left leg, but he managed to pick himself back thanks to his indomitable will. He is currently leading other wounded goblins like him to fight for the king. He calls his platoon the imperial guards.'
Gi Gu Verbena (Duke Class)
Former leader of the village that has now become the parent organization of the protagonist's horde. He was a rare class at the time, but he was still subdued by the protagonist's powerful howl, and became his subordinate. He specializes in the long sword, but he can use any close combat weapon. His real specialty lies in fighting with others. He conquered the goblins from the southern region and is now leading a force second only to the king's horde.
Gi Go Amatsuki (Baron Class)
In the face of being killed by the gray wolves or swearing fealty to the protagonist, he chose to swear. His preferred weapon is a curved sword, as it can cut his prey easily. He has received the divine protection of the Sword God, and once ended up pointing his sword to the king due to his influence. Ashamed of his weakness, he left the village. After a long time of wandering, he returned a new man and killed the Holy Knight, Gowen, who he once lost to.
Gi Za Zakuend (Shaman Class)
A mage goblin who lived in a village situated by the roots of a great tree. He became the protagonist's subordinate after losing to him in a duel. He is a firm believer of the king and has sworn fealty to him. His appearance resembles that of humans. He has received the divine protection of the wind god.
Gi Gi Orudo (Noble Class)
A beast tamer, a goblin who can talk to animals. He came from the same village as Gi Gu, and currently has a triple head as his main beast. His preferred weapon is an axe. He is currently fighting as a part of the detached force responsible for conquering the colonial city.
Gi Ji Arsil (Noble Class)
A goblin who can use the Meld skill, and thus, specializes in reconnaissance. He gets along well with Gi Gi and has fought as a pair with him plenty of times. He used to prefer a long sword, but after specializing in reconnaissance, he has since switched to a dagger. He has learned the Assassinate skill, and is merciless to all who oppose the king.
Gi Zu Ruo (Noble Class)
When he was young, he lost his mind when Gi Ga was deeply wounded during the battle of the orcs. Using the Mad Dog skill, he was able to take down three orcs by himself. He is a powerful goblin, who has received the divine protection of the mad god. At the king's behest, he went to the northwestern part of the Forest of Darkness to increase their forces. After arriving late to the western capital war, he has since been desperate to achieve something.
Gi Zo (Druid Class)
A water mage from Gi Za's village. He was tasked to protect the village by the protagonist. He has received the divine protection of the water god. He is no longer among the living due to Gulland.
Gi Da (Rare Class)
A spearman from Gi Ga's faction. His debut as a warrior was in the battle against the orcs. He possesses the Unreasonably Stubborn skill. He is no longer among the living due to Gulland.
Gi Jii Yubu (Noble Class)
The most brilliant student created by the goblin training, who now leads a regiol. As a commander, he has skills that could be matched with humans, but it seems he's not ready just yet to take a holy knight on.
Gi De (Rare Class)
A subordinate of Gi Gi. He is also a beast tamer. He evolved into a rare class when he was caught up in the battle the orcs. As an obedient subordinate of Gi Gi, the king expects much from him. (He is currently using a triple boar and a wild dog.) He died to the Wand of Destruction, Bellan.
Gi Do Buruga (Shaman Class)
A wind mage. Also from Gi Za's village. He has never stood out because of Gi Za, but he has gradually distinguished himself among the goblins. He has the divine protection of the wind god. He leads the druids alongside Gi Za.
Gi Ba (Noble Class)
A skillful goblin who can use the Fierce Arm skill. He has received Verid's divine protection, and as such, deeply loathes humans. Most of his efforts have been centered against the humans, making him a valuable asset in supporting the frontlines.
Gi Bi (Rare Class)
A water mage. He is expected to be Gi Zo's successor, but he is still a long way away from that goal. He is a part of Gi Za's druid platoon.
Gi Bu (Rare Class)
A beast tamer. Gi Ga works him hard everyday. He is now affiliated with Gi Gi's beast tamer army and is looking after beasts he isn't familiar with.
Gi Be (Rare Class)
A one-armed goblin. He has received Verid's divine protection and deeply loathes humans. He is affiliated with Gi Ga's imperial guards.
Gi Ah (Rare Class)
A goblin who evolved into a rare class during the war with the elves. He possesses the invasion-class skill, One who Encroaches into the Divine Region.
Gi Ii (Rare Class)
A goblin who evolved during the war with the elves. He is an explorer and specializes in moving.
Gi Uu (Druid Class)
A goblin who evolved during the war with the elves. He is a water mage.
Old Goblin (Normal)
An old goblin. He isn't very useful in combat. Because he was once enslaved by humans through magic, he is good at talking. He is the parent who riced Gi Za.
Ra Gilmi Fishiga (Noble Class)
One of the four tribes of the west. He is an archer of the Ganra tribe.
He went to the Gi Village as a messenger after receiving permission from the tribe. He invited the protagonist to the four tribes. He has been title the First Archer or Gadieta. He is constantly worried over the relationship between the tribe and the king. He is currently fighting as part of the detached force responsible for the colonial city.
Ra Narsa (Rare Class)
She had been chased from her village by the Gaidga goblins when she met the protagonist. She is the current chief of the tribe and has recently started to distinguish herself. She has remained in the tribe's village, supporting the goblins from the back.
Ru Rou (rare Class)
A young goblin of the Ganra tribe. In the Ganra tribe, the names Ra, Ru, and Re are three most influential. The rest of the goblins have no family name, and are thus, normal goblins. He is currently fighting with Gilmi.
Aluhaliha (Noble Class)
One of the four tribes. He is the chief of the Paradua tribe.
He threw away his pride and worked with the Gaidga to save his people from starvation, but after losing to the protagonist, he and his tribe have since joined him in his quest for world domination. He is the oldest among all the goblins. His black tiger steed is named Jirouou. He is currently retired, but he frequently patrols the area around the Fortress of the Abyss.
Hal (Noble Class)
Chief of the Paradua tribe.
He used to be a young warrior who worked as Aluhaliha's aide. After inheriting Aluhaliha's position, he has since proven himself a worthy chief capable of standing equal to the human cavalry. He has sworn fealty to the king.
Alashd (Rare Class)
A middle-aged goblin from Paradua.
He works as Aluhaliha's aide and is currently a member of the elders. He is staying at the Paradua village.
Rashka (Lord Class)
The biggest chief among the four tribes.
He is the strongest goblin among the four tribes, but his subordinates haven't been as blessed. He was Narsa's fiancé.
He evolved during the goblin's first invasion.
Dashka (Rare Class)
A young goblin from the Gaidga tribe.
Kuzan (Rare Class)
Chief of the Gordob tribe.
She is a goblin blessed with the divine protection of the goddess of the underworld. She has a skill that allows her to resurrect the dead. She is currently responsible for managing the Fortress of the Abyss. Gi Ga respects her. She studied medicine during her stay in the elven village and has since been working with the other Gordob members to support the goblins from the back as medical practitioners.
Humans + Gods + Others
Reshia Fel Zeal (18 years-old)
The priestess known as the saint. As the Healing Goddess' follower, she lives to spread the word and teach righteousness. She has the divine protection of the goddess, and can heal others. She has been brought back to the ivory tower.
Lili (22 years-old)
She studied the famous sword style, Zweil Style, in the capital. She has sworn fealty to Reshia. And while she may have lost to the protagonist in one hit, she has proven herself strong enough to easily defeat three normal goblins. She has become much stronger after acquiring the evil sword, Vashinant. She stopped the yugushiva attacks after Gulland entrusted the northern army to her.
Mattis (27 years-old)
The second son of a farmer. He's largely responsible for drying the meat to preserve them. He was sent somewhere in the kingdom.
Chinos (25 years-old)
The third son of a farmer. He plows the fields and is close to Mattis. He was sent somewhere in the kingdom.
Keifel (28 years-old)
An adventurer who took on a request to escort Reshia through the Forest of Darkness. He's strong enough that he could easily wield a steel great sword, but the protagonist still managed to kill him.
Zeon (32 years-old)
A follower of Ativ. He specializes in fire magic. In his battle against the protagonist, he used his fire magic, but still lost. In the end, he tried to blow himself up along with the protagonist, but the protagonist's words agitated him, causing him to lose the opportunity.
Tinra (23 years-old)
A villager. She is one of the women used by the goblins as a breeding machine that the protagonist killed.
Ashtal Do Germion (60 years-old)
The king that rules the western region of the continent in which the Forest of Darkness and the connecting borders are included. He is a powerful ruler with seven holy knights under him. He has recently ordered three of those holy knights to search for the saint. He has laid out new plans after feeling the threat from the Goblin King. He's currently trying to gather mages to strengthen his army.
Gowen Ranid (46 years-old)
The feudal lord that rules over the region next to the Forest of Darkness. As one of the country's strongest powers, he is renowned as the Iron-Armed Knight. He is currently leading his soldiers in a quest to find the saint. He fought hard against the goblin invasion, but was eventually killed by Gi Go Amatsuki.
Gulland Rifenin (32 years-old)
A former adventurer. As one of the country's strongest powers, he is renowned as the Storm Knight. He'd been stationed in the northern mountains, but the king called him back to send him off in a quest for the saint. He became a hero after rescuing the saint. He tried to help Gowen fight the goblin invasion, but he lost. He is currently retreating to the south.
Gene Marlon (24 years-old)
As one of the country's strongest powers, he is renowned as Lightning-Fast Knight. He was previously stationed at the south, but the king called him back to send him on a quest to search for the saint. Killing is his favorite past-time. Whether it's a man, a demihuman or a monster, they're all just pieces of meat to be cut down before him. He was killed by his own slave.
Sivara Bandier (29)
One of the country's most powerful warriors, a holy knight known as the Ripper Knight. He is a martial artist and comes from a noble family. He is popular among young soldiers, and is considered the enemy of all fathers and boyfriends. He is also known as the Marriage Destroyer. His skill at leading the cavalry is one of the best in the country.
Jize Yuuenti (40)
One of the country's most powerful warriors, a holy knight known as the Sharp-Eyed Knight. He is currently dealing with the Kushain believers coming from the south. He was originally a traveler from the east that was coaxed by Ashtal with a huge paycheck.
Yuan (26)
A young commander under Gowen. He seems to be under the protection of some god, but…
Corseo (52)
A veteran martial artist who acts as Gowen's aide. He used to lead the cavalry, but then the Goblin King turned him into a corpse.
Herculean Wyatt (41 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. He specializes in handling great shields. He has a gentle personality, but beware for his anger isn't one to be taken lightly. After returning from the forest, he has since been working in the Holy Shushunu Kingdom as the leader of the blood oath of the flying swallows.
Mage Killer Mill (20 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. She is an assassin that favors the use of talons. Renowned as the mage killer, she is a mage's worst nightmare. After returning from the forest, she has since been helping out in the slums and watching over orphans. She met Reshia and successfully managed to give her the orphans' present.
Wand of Destruction Bellan (37 years-old)
A member of the Blood Oath of the Flying Swallow. He wields a fire staff. As a former knight, he cares a great deal about honor. He died while protecting his allies.
Hawk-Eyed Fick (32 years-old)
An adventurer with two names. He has exceptional perception and skill. He is currently searching through the Forest of Darkness under Gulland's lead. After returning from the forest, he has since gone to the southern free cities on a solo adventure.
The White Hand of Life (Age Unknown)
A priest robed in white. She specializes in healing and support. Her age, name, and origin are all unknown. After converting Vitz and Yugil, she has started traveling the world to find more adherents.
Vitz (28 years-old)
A talkative sword-wielding adventurer. He's actual strength isn't bad, but he's still far from being deserving of a second name. He was caught by the White Hand of Life and is currently traveling the world with her.
Yugil (26 years-old)
An adventurer and an unwilling shield bearer. He might appear old, but he is actually still young. He was caught by the White Hand of Life and is currently traveling the world with her.
Yoshu (27 years-old)
The younger brother of the slaves Gene purchased. The collar of obedience around his neck keeps him from going against Gene's orders. Healers are rare, so he's been made into a shield bearer. He ended up on the goblin side because of his older sister's whims. He is currently traveling with Gi Go.
Shumea (29 years-old)
The older sister of the slaves Gene purchased. The collar of obedience around her neck keeps her from going against Gene's orders. Contrast to her brother who bears a shield, she uses a spear. She is a gutsy woman who believes being with the Goblin King is better than living within human society. She is currently negotiating with humans.
Household of the Gods
Altesia. The underworld goddess.
The Goddess of the Underworld and the Goddess of Valor. As the goddess the snakes serve, she has given her blessing to the protagonist. She is a dangerous woman with her deep jealousy and fierce temperament.
The Goddess of Healing. She has given her blessing to Reshia. She has also warned the protagonist to protect her. The underworld goddess might hate her, but she doesn't feel the same way toward The underworld goddess.
Pitch Black (Verid)
A one-eyed red-eyed snake that belongs to the Goddess of the Underworld.
Twin-Headed Snake
Known to the goblins as the Lord of Decay. He is one of the snakes that fought the world with the Goddess of the Underworld.
The elven woman Gene purchased. She became a slave after running away from her tribe. She was freed after she killed Gene. Since then hse has been under the care of the Goblin King with Shumea.
A high kobold. She is one of the protagonist's pets.
The protagonist managed to tame her by giving her orc corps and other meat as bait.
She is a fortuitous kobold who somehow managed to become the leader of her pack. She is currently leeching off the orcs. She wants to eat the orc children, but unfortunately, she just can't find an opening. She attacked the colonial city with the orcs, but the humans weren't very tasty.
As the pup of the gray wolves, she has been given the elven name that means lady of the lake. Reshia, Lili, and other children and women are quite taken by her lovely fur. She has grown up enough to lead her household. She has grown up to become a spectacular gray wolf even better than her own parents.
Gastra
As the pup of the gray wolves, he has been given the name of a wise human monarch that means sovereign of the wind's howls. His uninhibited personality leads him to battle Hasu for ranks on a daily basis. He is became the leader of many beasts in the capital, then in the ivory tower. His subordinates are mostly females.
A timid orc. Gol Gol had taken a liking for him despite his small body. After Gol Gol died, he led the orcs to the west, but the protagonist managed to capture them. He attacked the colonial city with Gilmi. Recently, his greatest worry is that he'll suddenly find himself fighting at the frontlines with the humans.
The orc king that attacked the village. He is a berserker who can use skills. He was defeated by the protagonist.
Demihumans
Chief of the araneae, a female chief. She speaks firmly and possesses a proud mindset. The lower half of her body is a spider, but the uper half is that of a lovely maiden. She covers her upper body with clothes made from araneae thread. Poison drips from her talons, and she can use them alongside her threads. That fighting style has earned her the name Poison Feather. She is a descendant of the red crystal.
Nerou
An influential person of the araneae. He opposed Nikea's plans to accept the goblin and ended up dead for it. He is a descendant of the blue crystal.
The female chief of the mud-scaled tribe. She is slow in a good way. As a member of a tribe known for moving underground, she works as a merchant just like Yushika. She knowns more than the harpyurea and is also a better messenger. She looks like a mole on the outside, but her vision is perfectly fine. Her pair of round eyes is her unique feature. She is known as the hardest claw. Shi is a descendant of the dark crystal.
Yushika.
Female chief of the harpyurea. She has a huge bag hanging from her neck that she carries with her arms. She uses it to store her cargo. She is a merchant. She is also a mischievous woman who doesn't cower even before the king. She has white wings sprouting from her back and bird feet. She is known as the first wing. She is a descendant of the white crystal.
The old chief of the papirsag/shell tribe. He is of short stature and he carries a moss-covered shell on his back. He is a careful man, whose eyes always seem sleepy. Despite that his gaze is extremely sharp. His tribe specializes in processing trees and taming monsters. He is a descendant of the hard crystal.
Chief of the long-tailed, a subspecies of the lizardman with two heads and two tails. Half of his body is covered with a shell, but the other half has his skin exposed just like an amphibian. He is a descendant of the soft crystal.
Kerodotos
Chief of the minotaurs. He talks slowly. He tried to crush the goblins as soon as he saw one. There is almost nothing good about him when it comes to talking. His gaze is sharp and while he might talk foolishly, he is by no means incompetent. He is a descendant of the heavy crystal.
Chief of the werewolves. He is a friend of the gray wolves and he lives in the fields. He is known as the tyrant because he likes to tear his enemy apart with brute force. He is a firm believer of power and originally disliked the goblins. He is extremely friendly toward the gray wolves. He tends to be impulsive, but he's definitely not one to be underestimated. He is a descendant of the fierce crystal.
Daizos
Chief of the centaurs. He found himself in a bad position ever since Gurfia became a ghost. He tried to kill Gurfia with the elite of his tribe but failed. He hates the goblins. He is a descendant of the proud crystal.
Rukenon
The guide Nikea introduced.
The slave werewolf from the Jirad Forest.
Shure Forni
Chief of the Sylph's Forni village. He wishes to reform the elves. He studied under Falun and is Shunaria's father. He is renowned as the Wise Shure. He formed an alliance with the Goblin King and promised him full support in the war with the humans.
Falun Gastair
Chief of the western Gastia Forest. Shure's friend and master. He is considered a scheming strategist even by his own disciple, Shure. He brought back the elven school system and is currently using his village to spread knowledge.
Shunaria Forni
Shure's daughter. She is smart and frequently does pointless things. She delivered the Goblin King's new weapon to him. She is currently working as a civil official in a human village.
Pale Symphoria
A young sylph warrior who gathered experience in the human world. She is a versatile warrior who can lead army and fight her own battles. She managed to make the bigger goblin army retreat many times. She left the Goblin King to help her clan, Elks.
Felbi
One of Symphoria's commanders. He fought alongside Pale against the goblins, but he mostly left the leadership of the platoon to her. He has been grudgingly leading the platoon since Pale left. He dreams of becoming a first-rate warrior.
Fenit Symphoria
Symphoria's chief. He is Pale's cousin. He is self-righteous and proud. He was the only one given a death penalty after the war.
Priena Sinfall
Sinfall's chief. She is a woman but her face is cold. She never managed to take back Sinfall after it was taken from her during the Sylph Unification War. She was exiled after the war.
Nash Jirad
Jirad's chief. He foresaw the human threat lie Shure and the Goblin King, but was rebuked because of his decision to enslave the demihumans. He was stripped of his last name and made a commoner after the war.
Silver Sheng
Sheng's chief. He was sympathetic to Pale from beginning to end, but was coerced by Fenit to hand her over to the goblins. He was stripped of his last name and made to work at the Jirad's hidden farm after the war.
Volume 3: Chapter 204 – Retreating Battle 4 (2/4)
As soon as the night ended, the mixed army chased after the goblins. It was remarkable how even though the enemy has been chasing the goblins on sand horses for the past few days, the goblins have still yet to collapse, but the fatigue had already started to slow them down.
"Make those goblins pay for attacking our southern lands! Take back the people they kidnapped!" Allen said.
Allen stood frozen and speechless for a moment when he saw the traces left on the battlefield where Gi Ba had died. Although monsters had already come and eaten the corpses, Allen could still see remnants of the unarmed women and children, as well as the large number of goblins and human soldiers. When Allen saw that, he assumed that the goblins had kidnapped the people and that the forces of the Red King had failed to recover them.
Allen was concerned about the movements of the Red King, but he didn't have the time to check on them. A passionate fury welled up from deep inside his cest, lifting the corner of his eyes and dyeing his exhaustion in anger.
"Unforgivable! Let these goblins know the price of killing our people! Onwards!" Allen said.
Having a just cause has always made it easier to rule regardless of the era. Although the truth that Allen believed was actually far from the real truth, there wasn't a single soldier from the forces of Pena who would dare believe that the goblins were protecting the humans. As such, the forces of Pena burned in righteous indignation as they chased after the goblins.
Even the adventurers who only thought of money sympathized with Allen's anger after seeing the devoured traces of the corpses of the young and the old.
"We may be good-for-nothing scums who throw their lives away for money, but… We would never lay a hands on women and children! Those monsters are scum!" Said a young clan leader of a medium-sized clan as he followed Allen's command and upped the pace.
"Kill the monsters! Make them pay in blood!"
As the furious adventurers raised their sword, several clans sympathized and raised their speed.
Upon the grass-covered plains that stretched out as far as they eyes could see, patches of forests could be seen here and there. This was the northernmost part of the borderlands. Just a little further up, and they would be entering the regions known as the Western Region, but the forces of Pena were pursuing the goblins.
The pursuing forces of Pena could finally see back of the goblins. It seems they had at long last been exhausted. With the body of the god of fire still high up in the sky and army morale being at an all-time high, Allen decided to rush straight into the fray.
The mixed army didn't even bother to fix their formation as they jumped straight for the monsters, but the clans that made up the mixed army were originally created for the sole purpose of hunting monsters.
They specialized at hunting monsters independently. Under the command of their clan leader, their vanguard kept the enemy at bay, while the rear guard supported them. Allen's job was just to regulate the distance between the clans.
It was a chaotic battle for goblins. It was almost as if they were fighting a hydra, a snake with a hundred heads. The clans attacked as they pleased, and the Goblin King had to deal with them. The enemy's left flank would focus on long-ranged attack. The enemy's right flank would focus on suppressing them. The enemy's center would push with their vanguards. The clans that were also differently sized fought against the goblins in their own ways.
Even the Goblin King could at most only deal with three fronts. Having to deal with so many clans was too great a burden for the Goblin King, who himself was unable to think well due to exhaustion. The other goblins were also exhausted and had difficulty moving. SOme of those even ended up falling prey to the humans' fierce attacks.
One goblin would try to cover a hole, but then another goblin would fall to a human's sword.
The Goblin King himself was full of wounds and was already at his wits' end trying to drive away the humans. The Goblin King stifled whatever thoughts he had of fatigue and focused solely on responding to the threat before him. But even as the Goblin King cut down a human before him with his zweihander, another spear would thrust toward him from the side.
The Goblin King bellowed out, but even with his powerful voice, the humans surely wouldn't withdraw. But be that as it may, just dulling their movements was good enough. When the Goblin King saw their movements dull, he immediately used that as an opportunity to order another retreat.
To the goblins, having to turn their backs and flee was a thing of humiliation. In fact, there was both fear and humiliation to it, and the more evolved a goblin was, the greater the scales swung toward humilation.
"Damn you, humans! Damn you all!"
"…Regretful."
Even the bellows of Gaidga's Rashka vanished before the Goblin King's rodes, while Gi Go Amatsuki the Sword King could only powerlessly regret his weakness.
Though the Goblin King, Gi Jii Yubu, and Gu Verbena tried to stop the enemy from the rearmost part of their forces, the enemy was gradually devouring them.
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Love, unconditional love, is the most powerful force in the Universe. When you hold a vibration of unconditional love, it creates a personal transformation like never before. In unconditional love, there is no place for fear, as unconditional love is the purest and highest vibrational state one can dwell in. When someone embodies unconditional love, they are limitless, as nothing and no one can constrain this most powerful state of being.
Love, unconditional love, is the most powerful force in the Universe.
Yes, everyone! When you see something you do not like in the actions or inactions of another, it is telling you something about yourself. You are the one who is having an emotional reaction to what they are doing. As soon as you realize how that other person is triggering your emotions, then whatever was so bothersome to you, ceases to be as bothersome.
Divine Spirit is love. Pure and simple. It is not angry, vengeful or judgmental. Those are human emotions placed upon this energy. You can never disappoint or anger Divine Spirit; you only do this to yourself. Divine Spirit's capability for forgiveness and compassion is far beyond what we can fathom from our perspective.
Your thoughts determine what you align with in your physical world. If you are worried about something happening, you are focusing on a potential negative outcome. If you are focused on what you will create, then you will draw it closer into your life.
Our soul extends beyond this one body and this one lifetime. We evolve as a soul throughout our lifetimes, learning and growing with each one. Many of our gifts and talents come from past life experiences, many of our fears and worries do as well. We carry with us our memories and experiences deep in the subconscious. The experiences we have in our current life are a reflection of what we have yet to complete from before. Learn more by taking the Past Life Quiz.
To accept that it is human nature to hold differing truths, creates peace.
Our beliefs and perspectives change throughout our life. They are based on our experiences, age, culture, gender, upbringing and past life experiences. When someone believes something to be true, they are the only ones who can choose change their perspective. Therefore, each person will have different truths at different times. To accept that it is human nature to hold differing truths, creates peace instead of conflict.
What about you? What do you believe? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
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Johnson wins second Budweiser Duel 150; Hamlin spins Patrick but she still makes Daytona 500
By Jerry BonkowskiFeb 19, 2015, 10:49 PM EST
Having already qualified on the outside pole for the Daytona 500, Jimmie Johnson could have coasted in Thursday night's second Budweiser Duel 150 at Daytona International Speedway.
That's exactly what Johnson did, as the six-time Sprint Cup champion coasted to a green-white-checker victory – going four laps more than the scheduled 60-lap event – and leading a total of 40 laps en route to the win in the non-points race.
"To have the week we've had with the front row being secured and the win tonight, it's been a great start to Speedweeks," Johnson said. "It was just a fun day. What a race car. This thing is bad-fast. I'm looking forward to Sunday's race."
Kyle Busch finished second, followed by Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, Reed Sorenson, Mike Wallace, Justin Allgaier and Danica Patrick.
Johnson, who won four races last season, took the lead for good on Lap 41. He joined Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. as winners on the evening, as Junior won the first Duel race.
With three laps remaining in the scheduled 60-lap event, it appeared that almost every driver in the field had qualified for the Daytona 500 and just had to ride out the final laps.
For the second consecutive day, Danica Patrick spun with Denny Hamlin behind her. Also collected were Brian Scott and Bobby Labonte.
Patrick continued and finished 10th to make the 500.
Patrick and Hamlin had words after the race, but that's as far as it went.
"First and foremost, the GoDaddy car is in the 500 and that's what we wanted to accomplish today," Patrick said. "The incident with Denny … he said he needs to run close to move forward, well, you're turning me, and it happened in practice, too. When he cut across my rear bumper, it pulls the back end around.
"I don't want to have these issues, but if we're going to have these issues, then we're going to have to deal with him."
Hamlin then gave his point of view to reporters.
"I try to treat everyone as an equal," Hamlin said. "If you're in this Cup series, you deserve to be here. I got close to her and her car got loose again. I guess I'll just have to give more room because once I get close enough to her, her car just gets out of control."
When all was said and done on the evening, six drivers failed to make Sunday's Daytona 500: Alex Bowman, Jeb Burton, Justin Marks, Ron Hornaday Jr., Brian Scott and Josh Wise.
Earlier, a four-car wreck nearly two-thirds of the way through the race brought out a red flag.
On Lap 38, it appeared rookie Jeb Burton clipped the right rear of Sam Hornish Jr., sending the latter spinning into the outside retaining wall and ultimately collecting the cars of Austin Dillon and Alex Bowman.
"(Hornish) came up a little bit and it got me really loose, and I got to weaving back and forth and I got back into (Hornish)," Burton said. "These cars are so on the edge and it's very disappointing.
"I hate that we got tore up, but we'll keep fighting."
Ragan went for a single-car spin on Lap 20, bringing out the caution. Ragan suffered minor damage when his car bounced off the inside retaining wall.
FINISHING ORDER
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Carl Edwards
4. Greg Biffle
5. Martin Truex Jr.
6. Ryan Blaney
7. Reed Sorenson
8. Mike Wallace
9. Justin Allgaier
10. Danica Patrick
11. Ryan Newman
12. Kurt Busch
13. David Gilliland
14. David Ragan
15. Austin Dillon
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
17. Brian Scott
18. Denny Hamlin
19. Michael Waltrip
20. Bobby Labonte
21. Sam Hornish Jr.
22. Jeb Burton
23. Alex Bowman
24. Josh Wise
LAP LEADERS
1. Jimmie Johnson … 40 laps
2. Kyle Busch … 21 laps
3. Carl Edwards … 1 lap
4. Martin Truex Jr. … 1 lap
5. Austin Dillon … 1 lap


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Stories to Live By
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by Sandra Glahn
Humans love to hear and tell stories. And the Bible contains numerous narratives full of truth to live by. But some are less known than others.
Here's a sampling of some of the Bible's lesser-appreciated characters:
Hagar, an Egyptian slave, gave a name to Yahweh—"El Roi," the God who sees—because He rescued her and her son from dying of thirst in the desert. God made Hagar a promise that she'd have innumerable descendants (Genesis 16), and she's the only person in the Bible to receive such a promise.
Tamar, a woman from a non-Jewish territory, showed more covenant love than did her father-in-law Judah, despite the fact that she was the outsider while he had received lavish promises from God. After Judah realized the disparity between his faith and Tamar's, he told Tamar "you're the righteous one, not me" (Genesis 38). Before their encounter, Judah had helped to sell his half-brother Joseph to slavery. Afterward, Judah was willing to give his life in exchange for that of Joseph's brother.
Rahab, a harlot from Gentile Jericho, had heard stories of the greatness of Israel's God. When some of Israel's spies came to her, she declared her belief in Him and risked her life to protect God's people (Joshua 2).
Vashti, wife of Assyria's evil king Xerxes, refused to allow herself to be objectified, resulting in her banishment (Esther 1). But her stand for what was right made it possible for events to "fall into place" for Esther. As a result, the orphan girl became queen and delivered her people from genocide.
Mary Magdalene is often thought to have had the same profession as Rahab, but the biblical text says only that Jesus delivered her from seven demons. Mary followed Jesus even when most others had fled. Centuries later, church fathers called her "the apostle to the apostles" because she first saw the resurrected Christ and heralded the good news (John 20).
Which of the lesser-known characters from the Book of Books has had the most impact on your life?
Whose life can you inspire by your story?
Dr. Sandra Glahn is a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Her new book, Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible, explores the lives of these women of the Bible—and more. Profits benefit the International Justice Mission. Follow her on Twitter @sandraglahn, on Facebook at Aspire2, and at her blog/website at aspire2.com.


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The South Asian nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads since their independence from Great Britain in 1947. Upon obtaining freedom and sovereignty, both India and Pakistan did not waste time in invading and dividing Jammu Kashmir which lay a sandwich between them. Both conducted 3 deadly wars over the status of alien Kashmir valley.
And both want Kashmir lands to decorate their own territories and in the process over 100,000 Kashmiris (mostly Muslims) lost their lives as Indian forces mercilessly have run over them with guns and traps.
India does not want to surrender Kashmir to Kashmiris while Pakistan seeks to get Kashmir from India. It is because of Kashmir India got WMD with the help of UN veto remembers, followed by Pakistan doing the same.
India and Pakistan cause tensions in the region by regular crossfire operations essentially to terrorize the besieged Kashmiris.
One has no idea if they have some secret understating on Kashmir as well.
One gets the impression that India is indeed angry with Pakistan for internationalizing the Kashmir issue and refusing to accept the joint occupational reality as such. India is annoyed that its regular complaints to Washington against Pakistan has not worked in its favor. It appears New Delhi wants Islamabad to cooperate with declaring Pakistan a terrorist nation.
Having failed to isolate Pakistan internationally by tactfully drawing USA to its side of story against Kashmir , Now India aims a isolating Pakistan in the region by taking a decision to bypass the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting to be held in Islamabad .
In what is seen by New Delhi's anti-Pakistan strategists as another snub in the series to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided not to attend the SAARC summit to be held in Islamabad in November. Not just that; India has been pressurizing other regional also not to attend the summit so that Pakistan stands isolated.
PM Modi feels all efforts to impress the regional leaders during his swearing in ceremony have not made any impact on the regional leaders or internationally. He views Pakistan being the cause of his failure and hence the angry outburst. .
India announced that it was pulling out of the Islamabad summit after the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an Indian Army base in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers. The attack came amid large-scale violence in Jammu and Kashmir that left around 90 people dead in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani on July 8. India said increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region and growing interference in the internal affairs of Saarc member-states "by one country" have created an environment that was not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th Saarc summit.
As usual, India has quickly blamed Pakistan for a deadly assault on an army base in the disputed in Jammu Kashmir's Uri town. The foreign ministry's Vikas Swarup said India was pulling out from the SAARC summit scheduled in Islamabad in November due to present conditions. Indian foreign ministry said it understood that some other SAARC members were apprehensive about attending, but it did not name them.
The decision to cancel PM Modi's visit is the latest attempt by India to try to pressurize Pakistan diplomatically. India has said it will respond to the Kashmir attack but experts say it is short of military options because of the risk of escalation. Indian influence over a couple of its neighbors do work in its advantage
Following the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched by New Delhi, India calculates that Pakistan would virtually be getting isolated in the region with Bangladesh and Bhutan joining India in boycotting the annual Saarc Summit scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad in November. "The growing interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by 'one country' has created an environment which is not conducive to the successful hosting of the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad," sources quoted Bangladesh as saying in a message to current Saarc chair Nepal. "Bangladesh, as the initiator of the Saarc process, remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in a more congenial atmosphere," the message said. "In view of the above, Bangladesh is unable to participate in the proposed Summit in Islamabad."
Bangladesh has been critical of Pakistan of which I had been a part s East Pakistan before a nation of Bangladeshis was established with help from India in 1974. Bangladesh said: "The growing interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by one country has created an environment which is not conducive to the successful hosting of the 19th Saarc (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad in November 2016." "Bangladesh, as the initiator of the Saarc process, remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in a more congenial atmosphere," the message said."In view of the above, Bangladesh is unable to participate in the proposed summit in Islamabad."
In its message to Nepal, Bhutan, while reaffirming its strong commitment to the Saarc process and strengthening of regional cooperation, noted that "the concern of the Royal Government of Bhutan on the recent escalation of terrorism in the region, has seriously compromised the environment for the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in November 2016", it is learned. Indian media says, the Royal Government of Bhutan shares the concerns of some of the member countries of Saarc on the deterioration of regional peace and security due to terrorism and joins them in conveying our inability to participate in the Saarc Summit, under the current circumstances..
Sri Lanka, it is learned, has said that the event would not be possible without India's participation.Having close economic and military ties with Pakistan, both Nepal and Srilanka are not amenable to Indian demand to abstain from SAARC meet in Pakistan. Sri Lanka, it was learned, has said that the event would not be possible without India's participation.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that India has conveyed to Nepal its decision not to attend the summit, for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to go. "India remains steadfast in its commitment to regional cooperation, connectivity and contacts but believes that these can only go forward in an atmosphere free of terror.
Pakistan, the host of SAARC summit, has termed the Indian boycott decision as "unfortunate". The US has also said that it was pressurizing Pakistan to act against "terror" safe havens within its borders. "Well, I mean, clearly we've talked about that before is, while we've seen Pakistan make progress on some of the terrorist groups operating within its own borders and carrying out attacks within Pakistan's borders, that we continue to put pressure on Pakistan to respond to those groups who are, quote/unquote, 'seeking safe haven on Pakistan's borders', that — who are intent on carrying out attacks elsewhere in the region," US State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner said in the daily press briefing in Washington on Tuesday.
The USA is one of the nine observer members of Saarc, the others being Australia, China, the European Union, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar and South Korea. Toner said: "We want to see closer relations and a normalization of relations, frankly, between India and Pakistan." "It would be the — to the benefit of the region. And we want to see de-escalation in the political discourse between the two countries and greater communication and coordination between them," he said.
New Delhi had earlier blamed the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit for the September 18 as well as the January 2 Pathankot air base attack in Punjab. However, it came out later that attacks were "engineered" locally in order only to blame Pakistan so that it does not demand Kashmir which is under Indian occupation. . .
Meanwhile, as a routine matter, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and made a demarche that proved Islamabad's links to the attack.
Former Pakistani president general Musharraf (born in Delhi), speaking to Indian TV channels, questioned the rationale of just blaming Pakistan for all terror attacks taking place in India and even in USA.
Concerned about the water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over river Cauvery, Modi has said that India would revisit the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan that calls for sharing of the waters of the six rivers of the Indus basin with Pakistan while indicating that the most favored nation (MFN) trade status granted to the neighbour in 1996 might be revoked.
Following the diplomatic blitzkrieg launched by New Delhi, Pakistan is virtually getting isolated in the region with Afghanistan, which gets regular funds for developmental and perhaps anti-Pakistani operations across the border, joining India in boycotting the annual Saarc Summit scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad in November. "Due to increased level of violence and fighting as a result of imposed terrorism on Afghanistan, President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani with his responsibilities as the Commander in Chief will be fully engaged, and will not be able to attend the summit," sources quoted Kabul as saying in a message to Saarc chair Nepal.
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While I wish there was something I could add to Bellamy's near perfect defense of Hill and her correct characterization of the president, I can't. He said it all. Trump's failure to call out and condemn white supremacy was nowhere near a fumbling of a senile old man — it was deliberate and entirely representative of his own belief that "both sides" were to blame for violence in Charlottesville. Perceived "politeness," or whatever you want to call it, I would say bigoted censorship, be damned. Put Jemele Hill in the White House.


SEATTLE – Artifakt Art Show presents the sociology of snowboarding and skateboarding culture through visual art, motion picture, and music at Neumos (925 Pike St) on Friday, February 15th. Snowboarding and skating isn't just a pastime, it's a culture. It's a sensibility gained through involvement.
This month's show brings artists from all over the West Coast. The intricate laser-etched skate decks of Portland's Brandon Walsh will rock your visual senses- they are pure art. The thought of attaching trucks and wheels to a piece by Walsh would make anyone cringe. These are not meant for rail grinds! From the design studios of Dakine (Portland) Nathan Hanna brings "an urbanized style with a refreshing new twist of texture, perception and depth" (Juxtapoz). His works distort familiar, beautiful images and place them in the context of urban landscapes and graffiti backdrops.
LA's world-renowned Fishe, Arbe and Kyle return to the roster (after mind-blowing installations last month) to tag skate decks, which will be put up for silent auction or raffle. It isn't a board show without Snow and Skate Videos from two Montana fimmakers, which Artifakt will broadcast for additional eye candy. Photography is also a must, so it's there too.
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About Rennie's Landing
Comfortable and Casual
At Rennie's Landing, you'll find a tradition of over 35 years under original ownership located right at the University of Oregon campus. Come enjoy a fresh cooked meal, your favorite libation, root your team to victory, or just confabulate. We love our Ducks, but opponent's fans are welcome too. Play some pool (it's free on Sundays), check out our wine selections, or try our trademark Rennie's Lemonade. Join us for sports via satellite and cable on our 6 large flat screen TV's, or head upstairs to relax on the deck overlooking the campus — there's a TV out there too. You'll find a full bar serving cocktails, Pacific Northwest and California wines, and popular brews on each floor!
We celebrate just about any occasion, so check in regularly, as there's likely a party going on. Special events include St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, Cinco de Mayo, the Kentucky Derby, and even a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas night! Every Tuesday is Trivia Tuesday at 9:00 pm. Win prizes! We have heated, covered outside seating for smoking. When the chill is on, gather with your friends around the fire pits to stay warm and cozy.
Fresh Food and Libations
On weekdays, Rennie's opens at 7:30 am, and 9:00 am on Saturday and Sunday. We begin serving full breakfasts as soon as our doors open, until 10:30 am on weekdays and 11:30 am on Saturday. Sleep in on Sundays — we'll serve you breakfast and a Bloody Mary until 1:00 pm! Try our famous Huevos Rancheros. ¡Muy sabrosos!
Our menu also features a wide variety of burgers made with locally raised, grass-fed beef, Gardenburgers® and natural chicken breast sandwiches, delicious salads, and a fresh fish and chips plate that would make Captain Nemo jealous. Or try a bison burger — wow! — health food on a bun! Our soups are homemade and often with a "kick." The 10 oz. rib eye will have you planning a return visit. We have wraps, assorted grilled cheese sandwiches, pasta & quesadillas, and many new and updated items in 2016. We are now serving our full menu 'til closing.
We have a rotating menu of beer, wine and hard cider. Our wine selections include specially priced varietals.
Upstairs, you'll find our signature metal artwork of a McKenzie River boatman by internationally acclaimed Sculptor of Steel, Eugene's David Thompson. The upstairs bar is also the permanent home to paintings by local artist George von der Linden, he carved the large whale over the fireplace, too! History buffs, check out the large aerial photograph of the University of Oregon campus taken in the early 1930's. Its purpose was to site the current Knight Library. It's right over our front door. See if you can find the house that became Rennie's in the picture.
Do you know Rennie's has a sister pub in Corvallis? Clodfelter's is located in the OSU neighborhood and is a friendly place to stop if you are in town for a sports event or just a visit. Check it out at 1501 NW Monroe Ave, www.clodfelterspub.com or call 541-758-4452 for more information.
A Brief History of Rennie's
The site of Rennie's Landing was part of a plot originally owned by James Henry D. Henderson. He is best known for settling a dispute concerning the future home of the University of Oregon. He sold 17 acres of the land across Kincaid Street to the Union University Association. The organization then promoted Eugene as the University's home. The Eugene Bible University, now NW Christian University bought the site in 1910. They gave some of the land to the trustees of the YMCA and YWCA, one of whom was Prince Lucien Campbell. In 1916 the YWCA sold the land to the Sigma Nu Alumni Association for $750. As the fraternity was then and is now on East 11th, the reason for the purchase is unknown. The association sold the property to John Rennie. The deed was recorded in 1922. The building now housing Rennie's Landing was built by John Rennie in the early 1920's. City records are incomplete as to the exact date. John Rennie, the youngest of nine children, was born in Salem in 1880. His parents arrived in Oregon from Scotland via San Francisco a few years earlier. Rennie worked in sales for J.K. Gill Company until his death in 1929. He also homesteaded land on the McKenzie River near the present-day site of Rennie Public Boat Landing. An aerial photo above the front door shows the house and campus in the early 1930's. The current owners remodeled the house from September 1980 until February 1981, opening on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1981.
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The perfect place to hangout whenever.


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Imagine that you and I run a small primary care practice together.
a certain amount of costs.
Let's combine all the elements of quality together into a single quality score.
of the patient, and the cost of the system, independent who pays for the care.
We can all agree there is some trade off here between cost and quality.
Now we can position our practice in the following graph.
we do some benchmarking with other doctors in our region.
The first doctor we compare ourselves with is Captain Ronnie Jackson.
24-hour access, no waiting, right in your house.
surprise, he's also, on a per patient basis, a lot more expensive.
Yes, they have convenient opening hours, but we provide better care.
mostly because they're entirely run by nurse practitioner.
But then we run into a fourth practice, the practice of Dr Smart.
Dr Smart is providing better care than we do and she is more efficient.
does she have the efficiency of the urgent care center, but my god, she is good.
The academic term for this, is that she Pareto dominates us.
Now to stay with academic terms for a moment.
this is your lead group that has nobody providing better care at lower cost.
Sadly, our practice is not on the efficient frontier.
We can visualize our inefficiency as the distance between us and the frontier.
This inefficiency has two consequences for us.
care quality while also cutting costs.
We can become a better practice, win, win.
we have to over come some of our inefficiencies.
So this will require us to do some work.
So what do such inefficiencies look like?
I are confident in making some basic care decisions.
And we knew that this one was not an Case.
But the potential influenza with maybe a strep throat.
So I took my son to the neurosurgeon care center.
Five minutes of a drive, no wait, great nurse practitioner.
Well, that was the good news of the story.
The check-in person showed me the paperwork and the consent form afterwards.
It had my son's last name misspelled, so all over again.
I kid you not, the second time around, the first name was misspelled.
We did it for a third time over again.
Except the shock I got when I looked at the Tamiflu prescription.
It had the exact same typos in my name, as had the first print out at the reception.
Now we have a mismatch between a patient name and a medical record.
I had similar medical record histories in my own care.
I haven't been able to reconcile these misspellings of these multiple records.
We refer to stories like this as waste.
Waste is the consumption of inputs and resources that does not help the patient.
As you saw in my little story, waste is very concrete.
weird academic concept, waste is very tangible.
requiring multiple iterations, all of this is waste.
administrative costs, high prices, and other things.
not they're good estimates, but let's just agree this is a huge problem.
So second form of inefficiency lies in variability.
Variability can come in multiple forms.
population, and variability that comes from the healthcare community.
Consider the healthcare community first.
states, across hospitals and across doctors.
as similar patients do in other regions.
or personal incentives seem to carry more weight than science.
The second form of provider variability takes the form of medical errors.
Some things we do are hit or miss.
They do a serve in tennis 100 times, same player, same racket, same technique.
I might get 70 into the right court.
Thankfully, medicine is not a much of a miss as tennis, but mistakes do happen.
with a 1999 IOMS met with thousands of death being a really scary number.
there's still a burden to patients and to the health care system alike.
On the patient's side, the demand for care is changing over time.
Some parts of this variation is predictable, like the flu season.
Other parts are entirely random.
the ptient is determined by patient decisions and by provider decisions alike.
every time, outcomes will vary.
expected for other medical reasons that are unknown to us.
The third system inhibitor is inflexibility.
their ability to adjust the driving capacity to the changing customer demand.
If demand is high, prices go up, and so more drivers join the market.
Uber causes search pricing, if demand is low, prices come down.
Unlike cabs, Uber drivers don't pay for pricing medallions.
We define flexibility as the ability of a system to respond to variability.
demand in a world of variability.
One way to build flexibility is to understand the variability in care demand.
we know that Mondays are busier than Sundays.
We see many bike accidents on the first day of spring.
gunshots when the weather is nice.
the better you can staff to respond to it.
This is referred to as volume flexibility.
a neurologist is of little use when you've broke your leg.
it has inherently become inflexible.
hospital beds for different purposes creates another form of flexibility.
We call that mix flexibility.
and hence, we'll call it our third system inhibitor.
So these are the three system inhibitors, waste, variability, and inflexibility.
They're keeping us from providing better care.
The costs of these forces are beyond what you and I can imagine.
We're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars.
I couldn't care less about that money.
The real costs are much bigger than that.
spell their name for the seventh time in a visit.
And they don't improve the cost of burning out our healthcare workforce.
the evil effects of waste, variability, and inflexibility.
Actually, let me reword this, you can improve care by fighting these effects.
And when you do so, you can either make patients better off.
you can improve the efficiency holding the level of care quality constant.
that is what I meant when I talked about making care better.


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According to Diane Haddad of the Family Tree Magazine staff, Software MacKiev, who bought Family Tree Maker early in 2016, will be releasing the 2017 version on March 31st. In previous versions TreeSync was used to sync your trees on Ancestry.com; now they're using something different, called FamilySync. If you want to maintain your database, you'll need to make sure everything in your tree is synced (not sure of the spelling…) before March 29th. You can still use your pre-2017 software; it just won't sync. Diane goes on to say that you may upgrade for free, provided you purchased FTM software after March 1, 2016. FMI: newsletter@familytreecommunity.com, Genealogy Insider post dated Tuesday, March 21, 2017.


Have you eyes, Murabitun Brethren?
They have no choice because they only have access to Shaykh Nazim - and terminally selective access to boot. They don't know Arabic, so they don't know that others also do train the sights of Mu'mins on the impendency of the Last Great Signs, the Mahdi signaling their start. By "others" are meant of course the true Awliya - not the shams and pundits which the misguided mistake and shamelessly, ignorantly misname as Awliya.
The Wali whom Shaykh Abu al-Huda al-Ya`qubi meant - as he stated to me in his house in Damascus - was the Muhaddith al-Akbar of Morocco then Syria: Shaykh Badr al-Din al-Hasani in some verses of poetry which I reproduced in my booklet _The Joy of Cyprus in the Association of Rajab_ available from the Murids of Shaykh Nazim.
The year 2006 for al-Mahdi is also a common knowledge in the Ba Alawi Tariqa, so go ahead and write another Trojan Horse of a supposed attack of Riba and al-Afghani in which you can plant a worm against the Yemeni Awliya.
Or the epistle of Imam a-Suyuti in his Hawi lil-Fatawa in which he demonstrates that the Umma will not see the 16th Hijri century in his view. Another Shi`ified Mahdist no doubt!
And when one of the Salihin asked the Qutb of Sham and nonagenarian descendent of the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, and son and grandson of the Awliya and Ulema, Shaykh Ahmad Habbal, about the coming of the Mahdi, he held up three fingers of his hand. Go fight him also, call him - if you dare - a quietist or some other nonsense the smiling whisperer inspires to you. This when the Prophet himself, blessings and peace be upon him, said the Hour is as close to appearing as two adjacent fingers of his noble hand, never mind Ahl al-Hadith and Shaykh Ahmad and Shaykh Nazim!
Vadillo smiled; he was happy, he says, when what he said he "ha[s] no problem with" - the Mahdi's appearance announced by Shaykh Nazim - did not materialize. Ah. Abu Jahl also smiled and rubbed his hands when he heard the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, mention the Isra'. Vadillo thought: everyone will now know that those Naqshbandis are "Millenarianists" and other of the mean-minded coinages he lavishes on the Muslims. And Abu Jahl - he thought everyone will finally see that this man is mad, a liar. But he, Abu Jahl was the liar. What followed did not go according to his smiling, name-calling calculations. Rather, those that believed in the Prophet were recorded as Siddiqs in the heaven and on earth, while those that disbelieved in him became zindiqs. Do you think Abu Jahl is smiling now?
What do you, Murabitun Muslim brethren, want to be recorded as when you pass on the Sirat and your stand vis-a-vis the public revilement of Shaykh Nazim is recalled before all creation? Others may provide you with the ignoramus's excuses par excellence: that "only Allah knows His Awliya" and that "Awliya are thick-skinned" so it's OK to let them be slandered and play deaf and dumb. It is high Muslim adab indeed to bury your head in the sand when your friends commit an enormity before your eyes and when Haqq rubs their nose in it your only reaction is: "Is it over yet? Can we ban them and go back to the Fiqh of Sadl, news, a Poem maybe?"
It is exactly like their Salafite counterparts, they don't want you to think of Akhira. They believe in their rhetoric the way the sons of dunya believe in fundraising and political activism - slaves of the Dinar and Dirham predicted by the Holy Prophet . With a rabid, merciless philosophy of the Self that flies in the face of Prophetic and Sufi ethics and which Ibn Ata' Allah denounces in the very first of his Hikam.
Mind you, they admit that their leader dripped with veneration of a Dajjal like Hitler and others of its [Hitler's] ilk. They do not deny that. Nor do they deny the other points I made against Vadillo and his cold hatred manifesto - they will only harp on the Mahdi issue. Probably even the morning after the Mahdi has already appeared they will say: it is not him.
• Bukhari and Muslim narrate that the Prophet said: "I was sent at a time when the Hour is as close as these two" and he joined his two fingers together. Do you dare, O "Salafis," say: "It is fifteen hundred years since this was said, but the last day is still not witnessed"?
• Muslim narrated from al-Nawwas ibn Sam`an, and also Ibn Majah and Ahmad: "One morning the Prophet mentioned the Anti-Christ (Dajjal), and after he described him as an insignificant matter, he described him as such a significant matter that we felt he (Dajjal) was in the cluster of the date-palm trees." Do you dare, O "Salafis," say: "Fifteen hundred years have passed since this was said, yet the Dajjal has still not come"? No, you do not dare say it, but if you do not understand the words of an ordinary person reminding you, how then will you understand Qur'an and hadith!
• Bukhari narrated from Abu Musa in his Sahih, book of eclipses: The sun eclipsed and the Prophet got up in fear that the Hour had come. He went to the Mosque and offered the prayer with the longest qiyam, bowing, and prostration that I had ever seen him doing. Then he said, "These signs which Allah sends do not occur because of the life or death of somebody, but Allah makes His worshippers afraid by them. So when you see anything thereof, remember Allah out of fear, invoke Him and ask for His forgiveness." In our time the signs have multiplied, and the warning signals ring out from right and from left, yet the naysayers complain and attack Muslim shaykhs instead of invoking Allah and asking forgiveness!
• Muslim narrated from Abu Hurayra that the Prophet said: "Time will shrink, knowledge will be taken away, dissensions will appear, avarice will take place, and bloodshed will abound." Note that all of these portents have appeared.
Of the same import is the hadith: "The Hour will not rise until the happiest man in the world will be the depraved son of a depraved father" (luka` ibn luka`), and also: "If leadership is entrusted to those who are unfit for it, then expect the Hour." Both are authentic narrations.
People will then return to their countries and nations. At that time Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) shall come out. They will come from every direction. They will trample all nations underfoot. Whatever they come upon they will destroy. They will drink up every body of water.
The wake-up call of the Awliya concerning the pinpointing of the appearance of the Mahdi is based on a reading of the above Propehtic revelations which are, whether the modern Murabitun sect know it or not, Qur'anic. Note I do not say: whether they admit it or not, because I do not except them to admit something which they do not know in the first place, since their glaring lack of Usul has Vadillo say openly: If it 's not in the Qur'an then we don't have to believe it!
"Once we have discovered and established what is halal, then capitalism will be dismantled like you get dust off your coat.
capitalism, but about ourselves. This is where you need Sufism, to find who you are and to eliminate all the fears, except one: fear of Allah."
And where did you - most-loving, most-merciful, most-sufi Umar BEY! (Bey el-zebub?) - read or hear - even only in English! - that fear of Allah, instead of being a goal, is merely an instrument needed for the elimination of capitalism?? Are you preparing us globally ignorant post-reformist backward Easterners for another nincompoop outburst such as "Karl Marx was the greatest Sufi"?? Later, you can always have someone pontificate on your behalf: The Under-Shaykh Has Long Explained He Meant This In A Non-Jahiliyya, Retractable Sense.
Mind you also, they made squiggles about the Hitler-adoration but no attempt to deny the rest in the Abdalqadir "Hitler was the only Mujahid" transcript I posted.
And how apt was the Concubine term! It is precisely what Hamlet accused his mother of being when she blinded herself to the sin of replacing her rightful husband with his murderous brother and lying in bed with the latter. He shows her their two portraits one after another: Have you eyes? and is so revulsed that he calls his own mother a whore. A rude fellow, but something was rotten in the Kingdom of Denmark.
And now we have a cutpurse lecturer of the flies lecturing us on what is Islam after he puts down his havana, WHAT IS TASAWWUF no less, and his creature, his counterfeit is going to correct a Shaykh of the Prophet's House, his Movement replace Tariqa - with a new materialistic philosophy every decade - and people clapping and calling this an exchange of views, a study, a post-reform empowerment scheme, what not! And booksellers happy, smiling! And for fitna-rousing Haddad to diagnose the canker is "a little too severe." And camel-dung is rubies. Insanity indeed, O arch-reader! Subhan Allah `amma yasifun. Salam.
And, Omar "BEY": Do not write me! This is strictly impersonal.


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Eventi, invenzioni e scoperte
 Il 27 agosto 1883, catastrofica eruzione (con conseguente tsunami) del vulcano Krakatoa in Indonesia, che produce uno dei suoni più forti mai uditi sul pianeta (avvertito fino in Madagascar); migliaia le vittime.
 Nel 1883 Nietzsche pubblica "Also sprach Zarathustra" ("Così parlò Zarathustra")
 1886: Viene inventata la Coca-Cola dal dott. John Stith Pemberton, che usava questa bevanda come medicinale per i suoi pazienti che venivano colpiti spesso da mal di testa ed emicrania forte.
 Nello stesso anno viene inventata la Benz Patent Motorwagen considerata la prima automobile.
 Nasce, con Uno studio in rosso, il personaggio di Sherlock Holmes ad opera di Arthur Conan Doyle.
 1889: esposizione universale a Parigi, viene inaugurata la Torre Eiffel.
 Nasce il personaggio di Pinocchio ad opera di Carlo Collodi.
 Regno d'Italia, Impero austro-ungarico e Impero Germanico formano la Triplice alleanza; l'irredentista triestino Guglielmo Oberdan finisce sul patibolo.
 1885: le truppe italiane impegnate in Africa Orientale occupano Massaua. È l'inizio di una politica colonialista italiana.

Sport
 In Giappone nasce il judo, ad opera di Kanō Jigorō
 In Inghilterra comincia il primo campionato nazionale di calcio.
 Nel Regno Unito nasce il Torneo Interbritannico, prima competizione calcistica per squadre nazionali (1883).

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Ecotourism in Action
EWStudent
Sunny Zhang is a junior at Duke University studying Environmental Science and Public Policy. She enjoys roadtrips, reading about nature and upcycling.
As a college student, getting up on a weekend before 10 a.m. is a rare occasion. Surprisingly, I found myself awake at 4:30 a.m., the morning after my 20th birthday, waking up to watch birds.
Students with SVC guides, Sunny Zhang.
I was on a study abroad class field excursion, at the Bengal Florican Conservation Areas in the grasslands of Kompong Thom, Cambodia, partly to observe birds. Mainly, we were there to observe ecotourism in action, or responsible and educated travel to natural areas that conserves the environment while sustainably benefiting the local community.
My class toured with the Sam Veasna Center (SVC), a non-profit local Cambodian NGO that manages wildlife viewing trips. Its goal is aligned with the definition of ecotourism: to provide sustainable livelihoods for local Cambodian communities from ecotourism, while preserving conservation sites. SVC provides the communities with income and employment in exchange for no-hunting and land-use agreements.
Prior to experiencing ecotourism, I had my doubts. Ecotourism overall faces serious potential challenges—overtaxed natural resources, corruption, environmental degradation, cultural exploitation, loss of local power to outside developers.
And to be honest, I was not expecting much, especially at 4:30 a.m., a time college students are more likely to be staying up than waking up. But the morning was filled with adrenaline rushes, watching beautiful and critically endangered Bengal Floricans. The 20 students in my class, posing as amateur birders, were absolutely hooked.
Male Bengal Florican, Allan Michaud. Photo credit: SVC website
It is estimated that there are less than 1,000 Bengal Florican birds left in the world, the overwhelming majority of which live within and depend on the conservation area. But large portions of Cambodian grasslands are being converted to usage for rice cultivation. The Bengal Florican grasslands could have been turned into agricultural farmlands, and the birds that we watched could have easily been pressured to extinction due to loss of habitat. The area is also important for the preservation of many other bird species.
Just as interesting as the birds though, was the system that was set in place to protect them. SVC attracts eco-tourists to Cambodia, who pay to go on wildlife viewing expeditions. A portion of the price tourists pay is given to the village for conserving the wetland area, on conditions of refrains on hunting and farming on the land. Later, SVC guides told our class that around 24 percent of a tourist's fee will go towards conservation, with another 15 percent of the payment paying for local services. On average, communities get around $20,000 per year through their contracts with SVC.
We spoke to villagers later that day, and they were pleased and proud of the program. Kunthea, one of our SVC guides, translated the sentiments of an old villager:
"From 1979 until now, [I] thought everything from wildlife would be gone, lost. [I] worried about the future, and [I] didn't know the Bengal Florican birds were still in the woods. So when [I] saw the tourists coming, [I] was happy."
Village leaders were also strong advocates of the program—the village uses the benefits from its contract with SVC on community development projects, such as running schools or building wells.
It's not to say there isn't any room for improvement. My class observed that perhaps there needed to be more planning for long-term local development that minimized impacts on conservation areas. Paying for preservation of the land also makes it vulnerable to be bought out for a higher amount by developers or other business interests.
But undoubtedly, SVC is making a positive impact in Cambodia, and it shows promising conservation influence. The Sam Veasna Center is doing its part in saving the Bengal Florican, while aiding the local community—now that's helping two birds with one eco-tour.
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In honor of Women's History month, we'd like to introduce you to some of our exceptional women leaders.
What is your role at Covestic?
As a Senior Managing Consultant at Covestic, I manage large teams supporting a wide range of corporate partners in the Seattle area. My role is to insure Covestic is delivering the highest level of quality service to our partners while remaining focused on how Covestic can support their strategic direction. A gamer at heart, I love my role in supporting Xbox Live, especially the people I am fortunate to work with. My position is rare in that Covestic has many talented people whom I learn from every day and they inspire me to grow in this supportive environment.
My mom is a constant source of inspiration for me. She was raised at a time when social pressure and convention placed women at a disadvantage, where the idea of a college education was not something many women entertained, and many believed their dreams were out of reach. Despite convention, my mother successfully built and managed a business for 40 years. She made certain three children (two being girls!) received a college education and sustained a timeless loving marriage and family life. She defied convention and was much more than my mom: She's a creator, a business owner, a mentor, a wife, and of course, a wonderful mother. She encouraged my sister and I to get a high level of education and aspire to whatever dreams we had and not let social barriers or stigmas hold us back. Many of my management skills are inspired by her business success and they are extremely effective today. I love you mom!
Every situation is an opportunity to learn and grow whether it results in failure or success. All my past situations and the resulting experiences I've had because of them have helped me reach this point and made me who I am. Along the way, there have been opportunities which terrified me initially, even made me wonder if I could be successful. However, I have tremendous faith in my ability to overcome any obstacle. Faith in my ability and being able to act is all I need to carry me forward. Believing in myself and being fortunate to have trusted mentors and managers have been the recipe to my success in business.
Never let social pressures, expectations, convention, or what others may think of you become a barrier to your success or inadvertently influence your mindset. Letting any of those factors impact you will stall your growth and make you feel trapped in a box of limited scope and potential. Who you are and what you can do is your innate gift. It's what makes it possible for you to achieve anything in your own unique way. Find your own voice, character, and most importantly, your own set of values. Let those guide you to the success you are destined for. To me, breaking the mold of expectation that society can sometimes place on women is something I enjoy.
The biggest challenge I face is keeping the little voice in my head from letting me doubt myself. The voice of doubt is an ugly nagging companion with a megaphone highlighting all the ways you might fail and what happens if you can't do it. This voice, if you let it, will make you feel like you are not enough. Cast aside doubt, find and keep your center! There's tremendous power in positivity and quieting doubt will open you up to all that is possible. It will make it easier to beat that next level in your favorite game, win that tennis match, master a technical skill, deliver an amazing presentation: everything that adds up to being your best self.
My greatest accomplishment is overcoming the social pressures, norms, and expectations that are associated with being a woman in the male-dominated field of Computer Science, especially in the early days. Working hard to develop technical skills, deliver high-quality output, take responsibility when others would not, and meeting the challenges of the many unique roles in the field is something I am proud of. I've worked with some of the best minds in the industry and ultimately earned their respect and a reputation as a valued and trusted partner. Each time I am approached with a problem to fix, or a solution to build, or a mountain to climb, I am reminded of how much people trust in me and my capabilities.


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