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I have mentioned it earlier that the discovery or quiz approach to vocabulary is more repulsive than helpful. Thus we take the help of situation which each of us faces every time we catch up with a long-lost friend. To expose you to Vocabulary for meeting a friend.
Sanju: Haha, Nobody knows how Mumbai works.
Raj: I beg to differ, Google knows the city well, just me the destination I need to enter.
Sanju: Well, why don't you take a cab to Nariman point. And then we can go pub hopping.
Try to guess the meaning of the highlighted words. You would notice some words have a different meaning than their dictionary definition, for example, devil.
Raj: You know my dad. But the traffic was maddening. This city has so many people everywhere.
Sanju: Well, you get used to it eventually.
Raju: Yes but for a first-timer like me, it's overwhelming. Especially when you come from the US. I mean look at this Nariman Point. It looks like a carnival here.
Raj: What are we waiting for. Let's go!
Submit your sentences if you want a feedback. You are also free to discuss words whose meaning you could not understand.
This is one topic which does not need an introduction. I cannot think of any professional set-up which functions without emails today. Thus writing an email is as basic to business as running is to sports, but still, we all struggle in writing effective emails. That's because it needs skills which has to be developed. Imagine if you had a formula for writing perfect emails.
Be as specific as possible. One word subjects such as "Hi," "Question," or "FYI" are not informative and don't give the reader an idea of how important your message is. Think about the subject lines on the e-mail messages you receive. Which ones do you think are most effective? Why?
Copying individuals on an e-mail is a good way to send your message to the main recipient while also sending someone else a copy at the same time. This can be useful if you want to convey the same exact message to more than one person. Be aware, however, that when you send a message to more than one address using the Cc: field, both the original recipient and all the recipients of the carbon copies can see all the e-mail addresses in the To: and Cc: fields. Each person who receives the message will be able to see the addresses of everyone else who received it.
Blind copying e-mails to a group of people can be useful when you don't want everyone on the list to have each other's e-mail addresses. The only recipient address that will be visible to all recipients is the one in the To: field.
Think about your message before you write it.
Reflect on the tone of your message.
Strive for clarity and brevity in your writing.
Briefly, state your purpose for writing the e-mail in the very beginning of your message.
Be sure to provide the reader with a context for your message.
Use paragraphs to separate thoughts (or consider writing separate e-mails if you have many unrelated points or questions).
Finally, state the desired outcome at the end of your message.
Format your message so that it is easy to read.
Use what you've just learned to explain why Student 2's e-mail to Professor Jones is more effective than the e-mail written by Student 1. How does the tone of the messages differ? What makes Student 2's e-mail look and sound more appropriate? What are the elements that contribute its clarity? If you were Professor Jones and you received both e-mails, how would you respond to each one?
I am in your ENGL 101 class on Thursdays, and I have a question about the paper that is due next Tuesday. I'm not sure that I understand what is meant by the following sentence in the prompt: "Write a 10 page paper arguing for or against requiring ENGL 101 for all UNC freshmen and provide adequate support for your point of view." I am not sure what you would consider "adequate" support. Would using 3 sources be o.k.? Can I come by your office tomorrow at 2:00 pm to talk to you about my question? Please let me know if that fits your schedule. If not, I could also come by on Friday after 1:00.
Here are two versions of an e-mail from a supervisor, Jane Doe, to a group of her employees. Which version do you think is most effective? Why?
As you know, tomorrow afternoon we'll be meeting to discuss the status of all of our current projects. Donuts will be provided. Be sure to arrive on time and bring along the materials you have been working on this week—bring enough copies for everyone. Some of this material might include your calendars, reports, and any important e-mails you have sent. Also, I wanted to remind you that your parking permit requests are due later this week; you should turn those into Ms. Jayshree, and if she is not at her desk when you stop by, you can e-mail them to her.
Travel is an integral part of our life. We love travel, we all have our dream destinations, our most cherished travel memories. And most importantly talking about travel takes equal space in our lives.
So why learn travel vocabulary. Simply because when something is so important to our lives, we want to talk about it. Your new colleague in office would ask you about weekend getaways. When you visit your old school friend, he will ask you about the metro city you live in. Your boss might ask you about the recent holiday you went to. You might want to co-dream about a Eurotrip with your better half. Words or rather lack of them should never come in your way of expressing a truly amazing travel experience.
How to source travel vocabulary?
Travel Blogs – Travel blogs can give you the most detailed and enjoyable information. Nomadic matt is one such blog, it has featured articles on practically every city of the world.
Audio Podcast – Listening to podcasts can be a very fun and effective way to improve travel vocabulary. The listening medium captures your imagination more than television or reading. You can try The Musafir stories for some amazing Indian destinations.
When you go through through these sources, make sure that you make your list of words. I have listed down some words focusing more on historical and hilly places, you can choose something else, like beaches, or cosmopolitan cities.
Using travel vocabulary write online.
Here is an answer from one our students.
My memorable trip to Hyderabad.
After sightseeing at Golkonda , it was shopping time so we went to this famous market named Laad Bazaar, you get best bridal wear, pearls and traditional Hyderabadi glass and stone studded bangles. It was fun time shopping in Laad Bazaar. One gets to shop the best pearl jewelry from Hyderabad which is a local specialty. The old Hyderabad is also famous for its food.
There are no words to describe the dry beauty of Ladakh. That's right, Ladakh has a unique terrain. Situated 11,000 ft above sea level, it is severely low on oxygen levels, still, your breath always feels full of fresh air. Any direction you look into, your view travels unhindered, non-polluted cold desert with picturesque mountain ranges on the horizon. The most exciting trip we had was from Leh to Nubra valley. There were several stretches of brown arid deserts on both sides of the road, with no sign of humans and then suddenly from nowhere a village will emerge, with green pastures and horses and cattle feeding. It almost felt unreal. When we reached Nubra Valley, we were housed in a camp. We spend the night around a bonfire, telling ghost stories and discussing the universe. More so because Ladakh's night-sky gives you the most incredibly clear view of the milky way. I can go on and on describing my experience, but if I have to capture the essence of the place in one sentence, it would be – the other heaven on earth!
Send your answer to the prompt and discuss freely with me. You can also learn online, if you want to improve your Vocabulary for different situation.
Thus to improve your use of tenses you need them as they are used in real conversations, understand types of errors you are making and then work upon them by practice.
The best way to identify where would you possibly make an error, is to put yourself into the middle of a conversation. The one below is between two friends who usually meet for an evening jog.
Nehe: So how was your weekend ?
Neha: That sounds like every weekend. There has be at least one interesting experience every weekend.
Pooja: Well, actually there was one. When we went for the lunch, there was this restaurant which had an amazing spread in their lunch buffet and they have live western music.
We went inside, started having our meal, and then suddenly my daughter started running and standing right in front of the band and to my surprise, they started playing twinkle-twinkle little star.
Pooja: I know, they went on to play 4 more rhymes. Piya was so happy and excited.
Pooja: Anyways, how was your weekend?
Neha: Well, I would say, It was special, because of a rather unexpected visitor from our past.
Pooja: Really, "our past", as in your and mine, then you must tell me more..
One of the most common error of past tense in English we all commit is, mixing past with present. For Example : In all the words marked bold, we are mixing past with present.
Error 2: When we went for the lunch, there was this restaurant which had an amazing spread in their lunch buffet and they have live western music.
Correction: When we went for the lunch, there was this restaurant which had an amazing spread in their lunch buffet and they had live western music.
Neha: I was sitting in the CCD next to my house sipping coffee, reading a book I long wanted to finish. And you know who bumped into me?
Neha: Yes, and the best part is she didn't change much.
Pooja: Oh god, does she still think she is a higher being?
Neha: So many years have gone by, we have become mothers, but she is the same college girl.
When it comes to describing complex past events, our tendency to make errors of past tense further increases and we start mixing different types of past tense.
For example: In the statement given below the bold all the bold marked words are not talking about the same event of the past and thus the sentence seems awkward.
How can we tackle the errors of past tense?
Read fiction books. They are mostly written in past tense.
Read/Listen at least 1000 words of past, and write at least 200 words of past every week and you would be able to get rid of all errors of past in about 2 months. Initially you can practice some exercise to understand the basics of past tense.
Traditionally vocabulary has always been perceived as the number of words you can understand recollect the meaning of. Hence improving vocabulary was mostly focused towards learning a new word everyday. People would often highlight unfamiliar words and find their meaning from dictionary. It was often advised to practice the typical "word for the day" approach, where in you study a new word every day along with its origin, meaning and usage.
The big question here is, do you remember any of those highlighted words you came across all this while? Can you recall even 5 new words you learned in last 5 months? I don't think so!
If word power is not vocabulary then what is?
Note: Even if you know the meaning of half of the words, you need to learn the usage. Hence keep the list keep as exhaustive of scenario specific words as much possible, no matter how simple or complex they may appear. For instance a simple word like "texture" is included in the list, because it has a completely different meaning when used in describing food.
Write your own piece using as many words needed from the list you have curated. Do not try to stuff words in there. If you are not satisfied with one piece, try another.
Indore, which in many ways is both the cultural and commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, is also known to be the food capital of central India and it stands true to this claim in my opinion. One of the most unique food experience that Indore offers, is the midnight food market of Sarafa Bazaar.
Behind the old city palace, which was once ruled by the Holkars, is a maze of small lanes and by-lanes connecting the jewelry and the cloth market, housing shops in the day time, but come evening, their shutters go down, and on their Varandahs pop up the vintage food shops. When you walk down the street, you see small kiosks and thelas offering Jalebis, GulabJamun, Dahi-Bada, Chole Tikiya, Sabudane ki khichdi, Badundi, Bhutte ka kis etc.
One of the most interesting offerings would be Garadu which also goes by the name Ratalu. Garadu is foot long root which is chopped into small cubes for the preparation. They are then deep fried and served, garnished with lime, the secret masala and Aamchur. The Garadu which is hot and crispy from the outside is soft and steamy once you bite it. The tangy after taste of Aamchur stimulates a craving in you to pop-in another cube. You're constantly at the risk of burning your mouth, but your taste buds tell you otherwise. A local favourite in the winters, Garadu is easily the most unique and delicious offering of Sarafa Bazaar.


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Find a good controller. Ask your fireplace seller or buildier what they suggest. Theres a lot of different kind of fireplaces and wood burning stoves so accessoriess needs to be mached individually.
Nowadays we can choose between lot of modern an reliable controlles. Often controllers has additonal functions. For sure you'll find the one for you.
This entry was posted on October 17, 2013 by jbellamy1 in Fireplace, Stove, Tips and Advices and tagged fireplace, fireplace accessoriess, fireplace controlers, wood burning stoves.


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For The Girls Who Drink Whiskey Huffington Post Women
This was a funny read on Huffington Post Women, sent by Celeste, who knows that I am a whiskey-loving gal. I had a good laugh reading the article, recognizing bits of myself and thinking if it bore more truth than not!
Written by Kate Bartolotta with Sara Crolick
An article has been making the rounds lately explaining and extolling the virtues of the "two kinds of women."
There may be white wine-drinking women and red wine-drinking women, but there are whiskey-drinking women, too. Sure, it may not be as common - choosing a drink traditionally thought of as "for the boys" -- but we exist. And we're here to tell you about it. While we won't scoff at the offer of a glass of vino, our heart sits in a rocks glass with whiskey and two cubes.
Whiskey-drinking women are adaptable by nature; we can sidle up to a bar or ease deep into a favorite reading chair.
A whiskey drinker dines by moonlight, with her fingers, sitting on the floor on pillows and any which way she pleases.
A whiskey drinker writes poems about the movie she watched in her dreams. She watches people, the moon and stars, the lines around your eyes when you smile, taking them all in and savoring them.
Whiskey drinkers read (a lot); they love everything from classics to self-help. They read books you've never heard of and quote them in the middle of a heated conversation.
A whiskey drinker loves on her own terms; whether it's for an hour or 10 years, her love will write on you indelibly. Whiskey drinkers are romantics in every sense of the word; they believe in the romance of language, of hearts and the romance of living.
Whiskey drinkers skip the games, but never outgrow being playful. Take her for a walk and she'll find all the best puddles, swing with you at a playground and wish on a whole constellation.
Whiskey drinkers know when to savor the moment and when to grab it by the collar and drink it down quickly.
Whiskey drinkers know that vacation isn't somewhere you go; it's a frame of mind. Wherever she goes, it's an adventure. If she simply must choose a destination, you'll probably find a whiskey-drinking woman tucked away in a cabin in the woods.
A whiskey drinker is an old soul with fresh eyes. She can show you how to find the magic in an ordinary day.
Whiskey drinkers listen everything from Chet Faker to Billie Holliday, from Clutch to the Foo Fighters, from MC Yogi to Bruno Mars, from Carla Bruni to The Killers and whatever the hell happens to catch her ear, catch her mood, catch her hips and make her dance. She needs a soundtrack to move her through her day.
A whiskey drinker is all about the give and take. Take her seriously and she'll give you a reason to smile. Give to her authentically and she won't take you for granted. Whiskey-drinking women know when to engage and when to hold back; they're trained in conversation, so long as it's deep enough to hold their attention. The whiskey-drinking woman will shut down with small talk and gossip.
Whiskey drinkers know that Twilight is overrated; it was better the first time around when it was called Wuthering Heights. She wants to write her own story, and if you're lucky, she'll invite you along.
Whiskey drinkers love relationships, but they especially love relationships with substance. Whether romantic or platonic, whiskey-drinking women won't waste precious time with people who don't fill them with feel goodness.
A whiskey drinker is a connoisseur. Her tastes are specific and have more to have more to do with the way he walks, the way he talks, the way he watches her... than the amount of stubble he's sporting or the kind of car he drives.
A whiskey drinker has been blonde. And red-headed. And chocolate brown. And maybe purple. Or maybe she picked a favorite and kept it. Whatever color she picked, she loves playing with her mane, and if you're good, she'll let you run your fingers through it, slowly, over breakfast in bed.
Whiskey-drinking women appreciate comfort above all else. They want outdoor, late night porch hangs in the summer and blankets and amazing books in the winter.
Whiskey-drinking women laugh with everything they've got; they appreciate smart, subtle humor, but sure as hell aren't above cat video binges.
A whiskey-drinking woman is the queen of deep conversation. She loves long, meaningful chats. She loves figuring it all out. If you sit down to talk with a whiskey-drinking woman (especially when she's got a whiskey in hand), expect to cover anything and everything. Expect to look up at the clock to realize it's 3 a.m. and still be hungry for more.
Whiskey-drinking women think there's magic in writing letters - actual letters, with pens, paper and postage. As a result, they've been known to write them.
Whiskey drinkers love the scrawl of pen across a paper, but they swoon for the feeling of vintage typewriter keys under their fingertips.
Whiskey-drinking women don't worry much about glass-holding rules. They'll just as happily drink from a teacup as a rocks glass.
A whiskey-drinking woman can rock t-shirts and jeans like none other, and she's not afraid to pair denim with fierce red lipstick. She will dress up on a Tuesday afternoon, just because. She has flip-flops and Chucks -- and she can tell you a great story about her favorite boots. She's a laid-back, high-class girl who can make her oldest pair of jeans look like a million bucks.
A whiskey-drinking woman can't stick to a list of someone else's creation to define her. She shifts and changes as the light hits her, full of warmth and curiosity. She is fascinated simply by being alive.
A whiskey-drinking woman knows that none of us fit in these neat little boxes. She'd never pigeonhole other women - or men, for that matter. She knows that each of us are infinitely full of gorgeous nooks and crannies waiting to be explored, and that the people who are willing to brave our fire in order to enjoy our warmth are the ones worth keeping in our lives.
She knows it's not about what it's in our glass, but the fact that we drink life in completely.
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The town's first public school was a ten-room building on what is today Chilhowie Street. The two-story building had seven rooms for elementary-age students and three for high school students.
In 1931, the building now commonly called the "Old School" in Chilhowie opened across the street from the ten-room building. The new building became the high school, while the older one was used as an elementary school. In December of 1958, a new high school building was opened on Highway 11. Elementary students in grades 6 and 7 were housed in the "Old Building" until January of 1991, when Chilhowie Middle School was opened for classes on the same property as the high school.
Riverside High School was organized as a private high school in 1896. The high school department was discontinued after 1940. At varying times from 1940 until its closing in 1988, the school housed grades K-8. These students now attend Chilhowie Elementary School.
Our present facility opened in the fall of 1963. It is located on a 14 acre tract along Highway 11, east of Chilhowie. This facility housed seventeen classrooms, a library, offices, clinic, cafeteria, and a kitchen. A gym, kindergarten wing, fifth-grade wing, and several additional classrooms have been added since the building was originally constructed. The most recent renovation, completed in the spring of 2003, included additional 5th grade rooms, pre-school rooms, additional 3rd grade rooms, Title I rooms, a new library facility, and two computer labs.
Chilhowie Elementary School currently has an enrollment of 572 students. The school serves the town and surrounding areas. These areas extend on the north to Walker's Mountain, on the east to the foot of Preston's Hill, on the south to Konnarock, and on the west to the Washington County line.


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After seeing Adam Scott tie for second at the Masters with a long putter, the trend of using non-traditional putters seems to be spreading.
But two players at the top of the leaderboard resisted the urge, and it paid dividends.
First-round leader Garrett Willis went through his pre-round practice Thursday with a belly putter but switched back to his regular putter at the last minute and carded a 7-under-par 64.
And Tim Herron, one of four players tied for second at 6 under, contemplated switching to a long putter before sticking with his usual putter.
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Established in 1967, around 49 years ago, Air Mauritius became the flag carrier of Mauritius. The main hub of the airline is at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. The airline plays an important role in The European, African and Indian Ocean region markets. In 2011, the airline won the Indian Ocean Leading Airline Prize.
This marked it as the 7th year in a row to win the award. Air Mauritius Holdings Ltd, owns 51% of the ownership of the carrier and remaining by the Mauritius government. As of 2014, the airline had 2309 employees.
Currently, the airline has a fleet size of 13 with aircraft from Airbus family. During 2014, the airline signed a MoU with Airbus for 6 Airbus A350-900. This also came with an option of 3 or more aircraft between 2023 and 2025. The airline plans to join the aircraft in the fleet by end of 2017 and the rest will join by 2020. The present fleet consists of A319-100, A330-200, A340-300, A350-900, ATR 72-500.
The airline currently caters to 24 destinations. In 2015, Air Mauritius signed an agreement with several airlines to improve services between the Indian Ocean Commission members. After Air India started its flights on behalf of Air Mauritius, Shanghai became the 26th destination catered by the company.
As per April 2013, the top 5 routes of the airlines include Mauritius-Reunion, Mauritius-Paris, Johannesburg, Antananarivo, and London. This is the biggest destinations served by the airline for the seat availability. Besides these, the airline caters to Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa and U.K.
The business class passengers can enjoy the award winning airline with several premium facilities. It has 60-inch pitch seats which provide complete privacy. The remote control can help the passengers adjust as per their convenience. The airline business class provides personalized service, meals of Mauritian cuisine which is flavoursome. The airline also as an in-flight entertainment system loaded with multilingual movies, TV shows, international albums and games.
The airline has its own in-flight magazine named Islander. This provides all the information about the country. Air Mauritius also has Duty Free shopping available on board. All the seats are equipped with the in-flight entertainment system. Apart from Continental, Indian, and Mauritian cuisine airline also has options like Religious, Medical, and infant food.
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Back when Elle Wittelsbach was doing undercover work, she set out to investigate a shelter and came home with seventeen animals.
That's right. I said seventeen.
Even when she was a kid, her compassion was so great that she would bring injured animals, including mice and rats, into her home so that she could try to help them. Watching his daughter dirty her dresses so she could nurture these critters — the ones most people thought were "gross" or "scary" — led Elle's dad to christen her a "strange angel".
Today, Elle runs Strangest Angels Animal Rescue in the Los Angeles area of California. She says she named the shelter after her old nickname because she sees these animals as angels and gaurdians for people. They are "good for the soul" and give unconditional love.
When Elle first started getting into animal rescue, she admits that she had no idea what she was doing. She was hard-pressed to find guidance from other rescuers. But after learning the shockingly high rates of euthanasia in shelters when she adopted her first dog, Elle knew she had to do something.
Since there was no Petfinder or Adopt a Pet websites to search for animals that needed homes, and the shelters wouldn't let anyone take pictures of the animals themselves, Elle began her own renegade version of rescue. She befriended shelter workers so they would let her see the euthanasia list and she assembled a network of benevolent fosters. Eventually, she began learning the ropes of rescue, but not before spending 10,000 dollars of her own savings to pull animals–mostly dogs–from the shelters, and give them another chance at life.
On the Strangest Angels website, Elle says she'll "rescue anything with a pulse and [she'll] do it in her favorite dress." Just like when she would bring home dying rats and mice, (the lower, "reject" members of the animal kingdom) today, Elle rescues the dogs, cats and other animal angels who are most in need. She helps those who are sick, or the breeds who often get returned, or for one reason or another, those animals that the shelter deems un-adoptable. Without Elle, many of these animals would never have a prayer.
She relies on her team of fosters, volunteers and supporters to help her take these animals from death row to loving homes — some even find themselves sitting in the lap of luxury! Rebecca Romijn and Kathy Griffin both adopted from Strangest Angels, and their dogs are now seen in photo shoots and on TV — a far cry from their former lives. Romijn's dog is named Taco because he was found chained to a taco truck, with his fur matted with garbage. Elle says this celebrity support, along with ads like PETA's "Adopt, Don't Buy", make a big difference. It's amazing that sometimes it takes the word of a glamorous celebrity to open people's eyes to the idea of adoption when so many good dogs and other animals are available, and just as "worthy" as those from breeders and pet stores.
Elle stresses the importance of adopting dogs from rescues and shelters — and not falling victim to the cute doggy-in-the-window trap. Even if you feel you are "rescuing" that dog from life in a puppy mill, or that it's already born, so someone has to buy it, the money you contribute to puppy mills and breeders only perpetuates their practices and adds to the list of animals being euthanized in overcrowded shelters. Personally, I sometimes find it difficult to keep my composure when I hear that someone is planning on buying a dog from a breeder or pet store, where the dogs often come from cruel puppy mills. So I asked Elle what she does when she meets someone in this situation.
What I tell people [is], 'what you hear is that shelter animals, there's something wrong with them, but there's not. It's a disposable society. People are moving, or they've been foreclosed on, or the boyfriend doesn't like the new dog, or they're allergic. They dump the animals. So, you can find ANY kind of animal at ANY one of our shelters. You can go to Petfinder.com or LA Animal Services…I'm really straightforward about everything. And once people hear about the euthanasia, that usually stops them in their tracks. Let people know, too, there's rescues for every breed. If you want a purebred…you just google it in your area and it'll come up, a bunch, a ton. There's no reason to be buying from a breeder when so many animals are dying every day.
Educating others is important. Though it can be stressful, Elle uses meditation and tries to channel "a kind of Ghandi manner" when talking to people and when personal hardships make her job all the more difficult. She's been through a lot — from struggling to find her footing without a mentor in the rescue world and draining her savings, to coming home from undercover missions and crying in the shower, to enduring the early death of her brother, Ray. After he died, Elle says everything felt like abandonment, and it was even hard to adopt out the Strangest Angels animals because is felt like they were leaving her. But through it all, Elle's spirit and sense of humor (and, I'm sure, many kisses from thankful dogs) help her get through it and stay positive.
Don't lose hope, maintain balance, and try to learn as much as you can and be able to educate the public as much as you can in awareness. And don't try to save them all because you can't; it's the bigger picture. The laws especially — we all need to work with the laws. We change the laws a little here and a littler there. That's what's going to help in the bigger picture…You've just got to keep a good balance and know that everything you do [matters]. You helped one and you're going to help more. And you can educate hundreds of people not to give up. If you overwhelm yourself, you're not going to want to do it, or you're going to give up, or you'll have a bad attitude about people. It's easy to think there's so many [bad people], but there are some kind people. And even the most ridiculous people…you can help educate and see them do a 180. It's amazing.
Through it all, Elle keeps smiling and stays focused on her goal: helping animals. Strangest Angels is constantly taking in new animals and can always use fosters, or help with medical bills, boarding bills, and other expenses to help give these suffering creatures a better life. They are also trying to raise enough money to get their own facility, which would allow them to expand their organization and rescue even more animals in need. With the help of fosters, veterinarians, boarders, and fellow rescuers, Elle has managed to save countless animals from death. She looks at these animals rejected by the world and sees something worth saving, truly making her….that's right, an angel.
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I wish the likes of this video got regular air time on TV.
People just don't listen and continue to buy puppies in car parks etc.
I don't know if it will ever end.
You are all correct, Elle is an angel and an inspiration to us all. I can't wait for the day when everyone gets their pets from shelters and no animal suffers for lack of a good home.
good on you elle, i do the same in london, and i think that some people are put on this earth to do this i really do.
Beautiful story! Strangest Angels make you proud to be human!
Great work, you certainly deserve the name "Angel"


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Europe and USA » Belgium » When Mariette met Mary
When Mariette met Mary
By Christian Nielsen
The Virgin Mary appeared eight times to a child in Belgium and the rest is 'alternative history'
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On the eve of a quiet Sunday in January 1933, the young Mariette Beco saw the faint glow of a woman outside her kitchen window. Smiling, the woman beckoned the child to come out, but Beco's mother held her back. Beco noted what the woman was wearing a white veil, long white robes with a blue sash, a golden rose on her right foot, and a rosary with a golden chain and cross hanging on her right arm. Three days later, the woman in white reappeared and told Beco that she was 'Our Lady of the Poor'. Altogether, the woman appeared eight times to the girl. Word quickly spread of the visions and an episcopal commission from Rome was called in to investigate the claims. It was not until May 1942 that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liege acknowledged the veneration of Mary under the title of Our Lady of the Poor. Approval by the Holy See had to wait until after the war, coming in 1947 with a final declaration in 1949.
"I was no more than a postman who delivers the mail," remarked Mariette Beco dryly after decades of silence about the apparition of the Virgin Mary which she saw more than 70 years earlier. "Once this has been done, the postman is of no importance any more."
The child's sightings put the small village of Banneux (Sprimont, Belgium) on the religious map. But it came at a price for the newly dubbed Our Lady of Banneux, who suffered taunts and derision, even reportedly from members of her own family.
Today, Banneux is a recognised pilgrimage site for Catholics in Belgium, joining the village of Beauraing, where apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were recorded the year before Beco's own. These sites are sometimes overshadowed by better-known Marian holy sites elsewhere in Europe including Our Lady of Lourdes and La Salette in France, Our Lady of Fátima and Sameiro in Portugal, and many sites in Spain like Our Lady of Sorrows in La Codosero and Umbe, Our Lady of Graces in La Puebla del Río, and many more dotted around the continent.
With international tourist arrivals on the rise, the World Tourism Organisation — a UN body — estimates that 35% of European travellers are interested in religious tourism. Out of every four short breaks, religion and spirituality are the main reasons for at least one trip.
Pilgrims to Banneux day trip in from Belgium and nearby France, Germany and the Netherlands, or stay for longer in one of the hotels which sit alongside facilities that sprang up to cater for visitors to the holy site, which has grown to include a seminary, hospital, mission, information centre, and several indoor and outdoor chapels.
In one of the eight reported apparitions, Mary guided Beco to a nearby spring now on the site and urged her to plunge her hands into the healing waters which were "reserved for all nations … to relieve the sick".
Fresh memories of the war
For those inclined to analyse past events for meaning or 'alternative' historical explanations, the timing and location of the sightings is not without interest. First is the location of Banneux just across the border from what was becoming an increasingly impoverished and restless Germany, while memories of World War I were probably still fresh. Then the timing; the girl's sightings in 1933 were the same year the Nazi government came to power.
"While it cannot be claimed that eleven-year-old Mariette was aware of the ramifications of the political situation, she grew up in a culture where there would have been intense concern about the international situation," notes Chris Maunder in his book Our Lady of the Nations: Apparitions of Mary in 20th-Century Catholic Europe.
"The Virgin Mary was believed by devotees to have created a shrine 'for all nations' that would outlast the war and mark her healing properties for decades to come," he explains.
Today, the site is dotted with mini-shrines or chapels erected by Christian communities from all over the world. One shrine immortalises 'Our Lady of the Poor' or 'Queen of Nations', as Mary came to be known in Banneux, complete with a life-like statue of her bent over in prayer or contemplation before a cross and the simple words, "I thirst".
The connection to the healing waters of Banneux is not lost. The small spring yields about 7-8,000 litres of water a day with many reports of miraculous healings throughout its existence. Religious souvenir shops lining the out-sized car and coach park sell the water by the gallon. Day-trippers head straight to the line of taps, some content with a sip and a dip, others to fill drums of it for later use.
"Believe in me and I will believe in you"
But for the young Beco, the strain of her apparitions took something of a toll. Reportedly not a regular church-goer, the events of 1933 changed her life and that of her family. As Maunder explains, "There is a long-held Catholic belief that Mary appears to people who have no particular predisposition to visions nor merit them."
Beco maintained that Mary called her to believe but this faith must have been put to the test throughout the woman's adult life. She suffered the loss of two children and divorce, according to Maunder: "Beco's traumatic adult life is popularly regarded as another good example of the way in which quite ordinary people appear to be chosen by the Virgin Mary."
To the plain-speaking Beco — who died at the age of 90 after having spent most of her life in the Banneux area, and even ran a pilgrim hotel for many years — all these theories would probably struggle to conjure up much interest in a time of rising religious scepticism.
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Women Connect 'IRL' With Customers at Pop-up Holiday Markets
Holiday markets and fairs are giving female entrepreneurs rich opportunities to interact with customers face-to-face, at a time when many holiday shoppers have moved online.
By Candice Helfand-Rogers
Shoppers peruse the booths at the Union Square Holiday Market. (Credit: Mack Male, Flickr)
At Urbanspace's Union Square Holiday Market in Manhattan, Squish Marshmallows' booth is nestled in a cozy nook near the epicenter of the hustle and bustle. The small-batch marshmallow company launched by Katherine Sprung in 2014 is participating in the market for the first time.
Passers-by are taking notice of the new addition, pausing to oogle marshmallows shaped like little tree ornaments, while a young clerk in a hat with Squish's happy-face logo serves up cups of thick hot chocolate with a sweet, fluffy treat floating on top.
It's the sort of festive in-person moment that is absent when shoppers tackle their holiday shopping lists on the internet, as they are doing in increasing numbers.
Take, for example, Black Friday — a day traditionally known for bringing shoppers to retail stores en masse to begin their Christmas shopping. This year, it was once again a significant sales day in the United States, but it turned out to be an especially profitable one for online retailers, who pulled in just over $5 billion in that day alone, says online sales tracker Adobe Digital Insights. Bargain hunters were far more likely to take to their phones and tablets than to nearby malls. Physical store foot traffic fell 4.5 percent from Black Friday in 2016, in-store analytics firm RetailNext says.
The shift reflects a larger, year-round trend in the U.S., where people increasingly favor the ease of online shopping. As of 2016, 79 percent of American shoppers said they made purchases online, compared to 22 percent in 2000, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
But there is one "IRL" institution that's still bringing shoppers out of their homes in droves — pop-up markets like those set up around the holidays. And women business owners are taking advantage of the opportunity to sidestep digital barriers and meet their customers face-to-face.
Take Gillian Steinhardt, whose jewelry venture is one of 40 businesses showcasing its wares at the Grand Central Holiday Fair in New York City. She is involved in the market as a member of Au Showroom, a collaborative — or, as she calls it, a sisterhood — of women jewelers.
Initially, Steinhardt was skeptical about whether participating in the indoor fair would help her business. But she says that, over her years of involvement, she has found a new group of repeat customers, including some who returned to Grand Central this season specifically to find her jewelry.
Steinhardt added that, outside of the market, she doesn't interact much with her clients. Most of the year, she focuses on developing wholesale relationships with stores and on growing her online sales, "with the odd trunk show here and there." But at the markets, "you get to be in front of your customer, to meet your customer."
Sprung, who has a retail shop in the East Village, says that she has found a new clientele for her sweets by being part of a holiday market. The booth in Union Square offers "the perfect opportunity to bring our products to people who might not have heard of us, or able to make it over to our shop, and just stumble upon our booth commuting," she says.
For both women, involvement in pop-up markets could prove helpful in realizing some of their short-term and long-term business goals.
For Sprung, the top goal is touching larger numbers of people. "No matter what your social media presence or press, there are always going to be lots of people who have never heard of your brand or experienced your product," she says. "By popping up in different locations with high traffic and notability, you have that exposure and opportunity to get into the eyes and hands of lots of potential new clients and customers."
Steinhardt, meanwhile, is seeking personal interactions with customers, so she can "see what people react to … what they are buying, and how they react to prices." Those precious moments will "help guide the collection further," she says.


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Jennifer Rothwell's Husband Guides St. Louis County Police to Body Near Troy
By Doyle Murphy
COURTESY ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE
Jennifer Rothwell was reported missing early last week.
St. Louis County police discovered the body of a woman, believed to be Jennifer Rothwell, last night in a wooded area of Lincoln County after her husband told them where to look.
The husband, 28-year-old Beau Rothwell, had reported Jennifer missing on the night of November 12, pretending he didn't know where she had gone, authorities say. In reality, investigators believe he killed her on November 11. They discovered a large amount of blood in the couple's west county home during a search on November 13, despite Beau's efforts to scrub it away, police say.
Investigators have video of Beau buying bleach, carpet cleaner and gloves on November 11. The amount of blood left in bleach-soaked carpet at the home led police to believe Jennifer was dead, even though they hadn't found her body. Beau was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He has been held in the St. Louis County jail without bond.
Yesterday afternoon through his attorney, Beau told police where they could find his wife's remains. He directed them to an area along U.S. Route 61 and Route KK, just north of Troy and about 45 minutes northwest of the Rothwells' home.
Starting at about 5:15 p.m., St. Louis County police began a ground search with the support of helicopters overhead. Beau had given them a general area, but not the exact location. The searchers continued through the dark and drizzle until about 11:15 p.m. when they found a woman's body, police say.
So far, police have held off on conclusively saying the body is that of Jennifer until they can make a positive identification. In a news release, a police spokesman says they are still actively investigating the case.
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As we evolve spiritually, we cannot help but feel moved by the suffering we see in the world. The impulse to help alleviate it is a natural reflection of our inherent humanity. Our spiritual practice often gives rise to a greater sense of how connected we are, and as such, that our compassionate actions can serve the world.
We must remember, however, that compassion is a sophisticated state of being. It has what the Buddhists term a "near enemy" in pity, which is very different from compassion.
Along the road to compassion, we learn to empathize. We can open our hearts to others' suffering. Compassion is not just a state of empathetic open-heartedness, but of no-self, that is, when all sense of divisiveness disappears. This is a beautiful and profound state, something we can aspire to, but most of us experience less frequently than we may think. It does not mean we should not strive for it! We need to. Our world is desperately hungry for more love and true compassion. We simply must not mistake our good intentions with true compassion.
The ego is a tricky thing and will find any window to slip through and express itself. We have all heard the popular aphorism, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Some of our "good deeds" may come from an aspect of our ego, our human shadow, feeling a self-righteous, self-inflated sense of "me". Perhaps we perceive ourselves as "right" or "better than" others. No love can come from such divided thinking. The transformation or healing we wish to bring to the world will be of limited benefit. But when the ego is out of the way and compassion can flow, something greater than the small self is expressed.
To cultivate more compassion in your life, practice How to Connect with Your Natural Compassion, the Meditation article that I offer, from my heart to yours, in this issue.