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Everyone talks about the weather but you can help the children do something about it. Kymm Strelley explains how she did
While studying for my Diploma in Nursery Nursing, I designed and made a weather board as part of my coursework. The end result was a real hit with both the teacher and children and was used daily at ... | English | NL | d28a6decdd2261194cc4ccb385cd9da03e32489f84801dc27d05e11bb4db7844 |
The Fourth Commandment
Part 1a: Family Worship
Copyright © 1997 Naphtali Press
1a. Family Worship
Among other things in this command, there is more express mention of whole families joining in this duty than is in other commands. Therefore it being a concerning duty to us, and a special thing included in the command, w... | English | NL | abd979f9e433982b393e5d9a5212deee36571c5ad1eab16bb2aa0ffabe76fab5 |
According to the CDC, there are about 1 in 59 children who have been diagnosed with autism disorder. In addition, there are also about 1 in 6 children in America who have been diagnosed with some type of developmental disability in the years of 2006 to 2008. There are many people who have children that suffer from some... | English | NL | 079da335afd5986e911493db6730191a5a6a4938e7fae80aad890c4e5a7df1f1 |
Erika L. Sánchez
I came to poetry with a deep desperation to be acknowledged, to find alternate realities, to exist in a space that belonged only to me. Books, poems, and words offered me the respite I couldn’t find in the physical world. When I read a book, I completely disappeared into that reality. I was not a sulle... | English | NL | b6bb9e6af3cd186180c94cac0ea5e38e68ce2ff4ead9411ac6f1e807bee8e0db |
Ravens hand, p.15
Evelyn’s face grew a little harder at that point. “Then allow me to enlighten you,” she said.
Radden swallowed against the gathering lump in his throat in expectation.
“Your son, while displaying great courage against the Cindermen, also overstepped his bounds by attempting to run away with my son’s B... | English | NL | c16e7b7a944ca7e9ded674e8c296d5c1af4b66926c0168b6993ecb5633d132d8 |
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8
You can have as much of God as you desire. The good news is that it is your decision. Experiencing God is just like any other relationship in a sense. You get out of the relationship as much as you are willing to put in. Even if the other individual in a relatio... | English | NL | 9e85c9aab8a989c604390661da97ae10b123cc615f97000c6ca5ed9bb1396f83 |
I have learned by mournful experience that the last thing a man finds out and understands, is his own state in the sight of God. Well says the Holy Spirit, that we are all by nature “blind,” and “deaf,” and “dumb,” and “asleep,” and “beside ourselves,” and “dead!” Nothing, nothing will ever convince man of his sin but ... | English | NL | 909ea51a922f41a0c8634598cfa11dde0219110491ca5fbb5ce9c97339750c73 |
Ron Russon‘s original painting style is called a ‘modern expression of nature in art’. He attended both UVCC and the illustration program at BYU. As his bio explains, “While going to BYU, Ron was involved in a severe car accident, leaving him with a smashed car and broken neck. It slowed his progress for a bit, but he ... | English | NL | 3cbaaa135f7b3b734031f19deb745b099e74e539034eb7be1ad2e9f756d9acae |
The Sad History of the Passenger PigeonBiology
The Passenger Pigeon was once one of the most numerous bird breeds in North America and quite possibly the entire world. There were once so many passenger pigeons that when a flock would fly by the entire sky would darken. It is said that their flocks could measure up to a... | English | NL | 249c1a0c6f53c9d2910f7ca50d88b9d498699653f1bc03348aa38adf3589e963 |
I dug further into the death of Paulin Benoit, my g-g-grandfather’s brother.
It turns out that Paulin and Joe Benoit were at a ball celebrating an upcoming marriage in Lafourche Parish when Paulin – who apparently liked to fight – got into a tussle with Texon Vicknair. According to one witness, Texon said he was tired ... | English | NL | 9a114dadf06a0bd19b55533d0ffb6510c6863decb538e4d5faf4a3707d6b6f86 |
Michael was born in Columbus, Ohio and moved to Tucson, Arizona at very early age. He married his wonderful wife Leesa 24 years ago and they have two beautiful children Michael Lewis and Danielle Kristine, who both attended schools in TUSD.
Michael obtained his Associates in General Studies from Pima Community College ... | English | NL | fe744623305edcf86d52aa5e5199b1459ea913c5929f99080d2d82b1dea78820 |
§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (LORD PARMOOR)
My Lords, there is a short time before the next busi- 1382 ness of the House, which will be the Royal Commission, and I should like, with the permission of the House, to call to your Lordships' minds some statistics with which the Clerk of the Parliaments has kindly pr... | English | NL | f2ef589a966a8fe79a321d5f79d411786c23eefdf5ddf9d2d889331c28a8f56e |
"Got Any Spare Parts? No? Then Get Out Of My Face." - His Usual 'Greeting'
B.I.P.R.O.D.U.C.T (Usually Addressed As Bi, Two Or Pro) Is a Cyborg Like Creation That Lives Inside an Abandoned 'Shack' Deep Within the West, Unexplored side of Hobo 13. He is currently used a lot for Black Market Trading, Along with Distributi... | English | NL | 552ddbec06cfe49d8885510eadef007c2e62b831a28d3f3137c3703cf5e89111 |
Suggested Further Reading: Deuteronomy 8:11-20
This forgetfulness of God is growing upon this perverse generation. Time was, in the old puritanic days, when every shower of rain was seen to come from heaven, when every ray of sunshine was blessed, and God was thanked for having given fair weather to ingather the fruits... | English | NL | 5ce8f90626b855cc38685e1bf0ba8659c69e3e25648b3e65e811da889967fc7b |
I wrote this poem two years ago when I was pregnant with Isaac. These days in the wake of events in Ferguson, I still hold onto these worries and hopes of what it means to raise a white man today.
Mary, did you worry your son would grow up
to idealize the military and violence around him?
What did you sing in his ear?
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Price $160 Available
- 1.6 lbs / 11” L x 2” Diam
Steam powered weapon designed by Bernard Maets. Mr. Maets specialized in a wide variety of weapons and tools using steam as the primary energy source.
Type and Function:
Designed for close in combat against steel sabers or other bladed weapons. High pressure steam of unk... | English | NL | 1059111b2923d7bf48bf1b0cfbf209b0ad547e9c440bfd4fcd149c3ff33968ce |
Sherman County was created in 1889 out of the northeast corner of Wasco County. It was named for General William Techumseh Sherman of Civil War fame. Sherman County is located in north central Oregon and is bounded by the Columbia River on the north, the John Day River and Gilliam County on the east, and the Deschutes ... | English | NL | c50d1a18eff749df62aab24271a7cd0efa9086d785f03bb2899fb9f85ec582f8 |
Why are we so addicted to watching dramas? I’m sure everyone has a reason of their own. Whether that be their favorite oppa is on screen or hey that plotline sounds interesting! We all on some level connect with the characters we are watching or enjoy some of the emotions they wring from us. There are some scenes from ... | English | NL | c9744d0729a3ae6f72d3e2e435785c82808c152a1da215365d43dad357f0415a |
Yong Wen decides to go after the women in Khun Lin’s life. There is no information about Nark so far and she seems to have left town. His men tell him about Nan – a new Thai woman that accompanies Khun Lin everywhere now. Yong Wen guesses that Khun Lin is trying to protect Nark and therefore decides to go after Mei Jin... | English | NL | 6ba73c72e0a29e7dd9fa6817ad2a55365ecca24d1ef3473473361f0c63c4caf8 |
Little Father Time doesn't show up until really late in the novel, but boy does he make his role count. From the moment we meet the child of Jude and Arabella, we know something is a little off. He gets his nickname because he is "Age masquerading as Juvenility"—in other words, Little Father Time may be biologically a ... | English | NL | ad5d7388386478acdcfd69283069876b0ddb99c23edd7c6ee8ae7ee9cc64a996 |
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether... | English | NL | 6f53c9d67ca8f6abdb63a366c898a4cd3e069bf63a1d0d82c35522e702cd42f3 |
On the 29th of August, 1555, Mary bid her husband farewell. After he departed by water from Greenwich to Dover where he stayed for a few more days until the weather cleared up in September, to travel to the Low Countries. Mary had reluctantly agreed to her father-in-law and cousin Charles’ request to send Philip away, ... | English | NL | 79b90ae2cbac1eb87f4a78cf635e879f8cffad7d8417c99c392d885f460dbf70 |
The pale mountains
Did you know that the Dolomites have not always had their current colour? If you don’t know, then read here, what happened many centuries ago.
Once there was a sad and desperate son of a king. He had everything you can imagine, but he still had just one cherished wish: He wanted to travel to the moon... | English | NL | ea5b92a6bbeb7078e6e44b16faa17c82d23e9537a3e6a101ba511e60f4945237 |
A GENUINE VOICE FOR THE CONDAMINE Pat has lived his whole life in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. He grew up near Cecil Plains on the family property ‘Donegal’ where he produced grain and cotton, and ran a small cattle breeding herd. Agriculture has played a significant role in Pat’s life and continues to be in... | English | NL | 786d3dd0fe7741715e8841f825a9a418771fa57af92d4cf7774728e5ec72a237 |
Adventures in Brightvale Wisdom
Every day, hundreds of Neopians, from the toughest warrior from Shenkuu to the smallest JubJub from Mystery Island, line up outside of Brightvale Castle for a chance to share their wisdom with King Hagan, the intelligent ruler of the widely acclaimed kingdom of knowledge Brightvale, in h... | English | NL | 8d3fa77efd88fba2aa30166fcb9f0e162ecf36262c6404ce10015213a2f61d44 |
The Chicago & North Western Railway was widely regarded during the 1960s through the 1980s for its resourcefulness whereby it used virtually any type of diesel locomotive that was either cheap or it could continue to operate. A case in point was the Crandall Cab, a locomotive designed by one of the company's motive pow... | English | NL | dd5e0bb0487916f4378a6a56c01598a1153f4bd4770df39795d70a77aaa8c366 |
Go East young man. Getting to America started with Prokofiev taking the Trans Siberian Railway to Vladivostok in May 1918. The slow journey through civil war torn Russia took 18 days including being stopped by Czech troops who were aiding the Whites. Shades of Pasternak – a pity Dr Zhivago had not yet been written beca... | English | NL | 1f1ce731724afd2d3816dbabfdce5592715369386d1a44eff18b05ad1e7d698d |
Tolerance and understanding is a topic that can get me going and fill Hiawatha House with a few posts. A few posts ago I wrote Visible Minority and it got me thinking about differences which we encounter from time to time.
When I was teaching I used the small novel, The Cay, with my grade seven classes. This novel had ... | English | NL | bcc2597ea46178e639cae76739f72d0f3d037580f8b6b0d27cd6544b1bdd698b |
7th and 8th grade students follow an original curriculum called The Jesus Project, developed at St. Anne’s. They consider the life and identity of Jesus: Who was he? What did he do? And why does it matter for us? As they begin to take responsibility for their own lives, students engage with questions about their faith ... | English | NL | ee2197328ba1e057a03b6dd15dbe1dcc1b1055dd5cc0ba62240f1a144bbc6ada |
Who are the 100 Greatest Geordies to have ever lived?
We’ve taken on the task of naming them with a little help from our readers and today our exclusive countdown continues.
It’s controversial as famous historical figures clash with 21st Century culture. Our list includes people from all walks of life, from the world o... | English | NL | b148e394d32ccdbb6dc1265dd546f28f2a793d1d77f153e9e213bb39a5801c65 |
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Storms on sea and land. Jesus walked from one right into another.
Jesus arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" The wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them [his disciples], "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"
And they feared excee... | English | NL | 7e67628220ef7ae09873d6d49481481fd530d10f9633b7032add4a4661b4253f |
When Aidan woke the next morning, he pulled a still sleeping Skye tight to him, holding her close. She made a soft sound and tucked her body into his before settling back into sleep. Breathing in her hair, he moved his hand to cup one small, yet full breast, his cock hardening at her back, her little, naked body too wa... | English | NL | b6fa3e042002a6239d0f0beba7fef12b03fe1329e5ea75c85cc7dde33f754fca |
In her work with Consilium, Denise Willis currently sees patients at a correctional facility in Virginia. Throughout her career, she also has provided care in settings that include rural health, family medicine, urgent care, occupational medicine, internal medicine, geriatrics, behavioral health, and pharmacy.
If you w... | English | NL | bb3face4b03b3f1babf0e7528984820f5f6d48e239344ff99b09258e5ce33f74 |
The song entitled, Smiling Faces written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Norman encompassed a thought that dawned on me when I picked up my elementary yearbook. As I flipped through, I remember vaguely, children not being able to understand the process. The question of why were they were alone, why there was props, a b... | English | NL | 81a4165acc7a938957d0a92ecb22fd6a71a7b7e9c2f889940eed2a699af36f67 |
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great is a young adult book written by Judy Blume and first published in 1972. It is the second book in the Fudge series. The story is told from the perspective of ten-year-old Shelia Tubman, first seen in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, who lives with ... | English | NL | e762456c430720a2c78aa9cb6b8f82e1265194e0cf166402123f502e036d0aa4 |
back at 11.30 a.m. At 1.30 p.m. we were ordered to advance through the woods and swamp and drive the enemy from it again. We advanced through the swamp until we gained the open field, which position we held until relieved by General Palmer's brigade at 6.30 p.m. On the 26th instant we were held as a reserve in the tren... | English | NL | 650bb62a3c0095d97e07ea6379162f7045dbeb5f41631f770bd76628bee493d8 |
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|I woke up to find myself in a strange room, one that I did not recognize. I remembered going to sleep last night in my own bed but now I found myself awake in this strange new place.
As I turned around I found myself face to pec with a behemoth, he stood well over 6'8" and had to weigh a good 4... | English | NL | fe3bc05824f78a542fb1710b2ff180456eb0cafb4af937755231364b9d4cf9d7 |
Prophet Lot's (pbuh) life
Prophet Abraham and Prophet Lot lived in the same time and the same region. Although they lived among different people, they still supported one another.
Like all of the prophets, Prophet Lot was a chosen individual who left an example for all people of sincerity and submission to God.
However... | English | NL | d61bdac345ac2a75ae447161365c23f0866ea83bd9a22e51bd1cfd5b6aca8e84 |
Harry Hole is back on his home turf of Oslo for this story which has a rather engaging and complex WWII back-story. Having spotted the illegal import of a type of rifle usually reserved for assassins, Hole is trying to track down the buyer while a series of murders appears to be related to his case. Investigating theme... | English | NL | 4683220766cce0ce4d6500ad54208e9bcb8a1cfb52d29beeba3cb3f8fe6aefb5 |
Su Sayer CBE is chair of CPRE and was the co-founder and chief executive at United Response for 40 years until she stepped down in 2014 to take on a part-time post as founder director for three years.
United Response supports people with learning disabilities, acquired brain inuries, mental health problems and dementia... | English | NL | c1687b9e477a0aa850f1194354199d388a26ba7410ed6df95f491f80f0976e4f |
What is important in the child is his primal utterance, his response to being, his own free cries and signs, his admiration. —Thomas Merton
I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice… —Walt Whitman
In the beginning was the electric noise of a sonogram, a hum fluttering in my ears, drowning out all else, not ... | English | NL | d213089c1050488433fb9c90cf8e46d91312cdea3d6e93b70330290b0798347a |
Sawyer, age 16
Shirts discarded and arms entangled around torsos, the young men rolled around the bed as if wrestling. Hidden, she watched from the doorway in fascination, not disgust or horror. Her mind struggled to make sense of something her heart had already accepted. As the boys’ lips met in a sensual kiss, she br... | English | NL | 03442af6e1fd33fb258e6050dfc9932660668e8728ebd9475c6b4b65b6acde2e |
“Yet one doubt remains: could I count on your complete desire to win, or would you yield to the temptation to flatter me by playing beneath your level, simply to guarantee yourself a life of comfort? I therefore decided that we required a stake. Whoever puts up a stake, no matter how small, cannot permit himself the lu... | English | NL | ea789fec16e5331af373f965913e5ac77ca272ed3264f9c1c55a3ecdcfe3a857 |
Stone whiskey :
For lovers of whisky, in the pure state, there is the stone with whisky. Thanks to it, your whisky will be refreshed without water supply in your favourite drink. All its aromas and flavors will be well preserved.
Soapstone, since it is she that it is is a stone from Scandinavia which has the characteri... | English | NL | f9452de9e17a15b82a96997d66bef06cde87a80bc6dbc400ad082fb4655e7131 |
Ellen and William Craft were slaves from Georgia who escaped and traveled north via train and steamboat in 1848. They traveled openly. She posed as a white male planter since she was a light skinned mulatto and he as her servant. They passed through Aquia Landing on their trip to Boston. Later, they wrote a book about ... | English | NL | 1bfc06e38b26d78668c5f6c0b0c8d22d133484fca4eb8ec1e03e1a9acb9db742 |
1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said, I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;... | English | NL | d83421ac7b13f523e3d6619721f0e3a6bc18be386f4a7173fd68bf731fc24ce3 |
Sharmine was walking home after her work ended at the call centre for StarHub and it was close to midnight when her shift ended. Living in a HDB estate, there were occasional people heading in the same direction, so it wasn’t anything anything suspicious to her when a man with full arm of tattoos were walking behind he... | English | NL | 3dd2f99b462d60243384a4275a22504d90c696b0f7974f6a6d47e52b8bdd84ff |
Jack continued to work against the clock to uncover Margot’s plot to take out President Heller. Will Jack be able to stop Margot in the end?
The May 19 episode of 24: Live Another Day was an action-packed and highly-intense episode. Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) raced to prove the drone assassination attempt on President He... | English | NL | 43a5bd3dcc25b98c27b5f4ac5941d10cc85e6db3308ecea854b21ce326b5d5ff |
I took the day to read Edmund Clowney’s Called to the Ministry and it was a little book of good reminders as I process how all Christians are called to ministry.
I am further challenged to think that the “fruit” Jesus is talking about in John 14 & 15 is that of an evangelistic nature. He is sending his men out to make ... | English | NL | be9779bb28ba52e393cfe3f5339d22b1eda9dc418ae16db65eed4374833fd4a1 |
Seals 'brought TB to the Americas before Europeans'
The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt.
Instead, a study suggests that the deadly disease was present in the area hundreds of years before Christopher Colu... | English | NL | 45ece6c1bb071d786e6e4c8d5ce5f57ab3d9c461ebc81ac728dee9be34a763dc |
I met him in a church we were attending. I’ll call him Bob Rice. That’s not his real name, but it will do. From the first moment we met, it was clear that Bob wasn’t in good physical shape at all. He was beyond middle-age, but many of his problems were not age-related. We became friends and one day he told me his story... | English | NL | 7391e7f54503ddfed918fa8d1e806257d03e066891620953cf87914f44c7d9b0 |
Last night was eventful in ways I do not wish to consider right now. So many little things occurred in such short time that I neglected to force myself to really think. My superstitions and uncertainty took over and I was left a sniveling child longing for her mother’s arms.
Terror is a feeling I was familiar with as a... | English | NL | 0bdb4a9b20202f68434a2b2967313b7a928cfa41c1bbca6df73a11c06691e7ff |
This post is in praise of Enid, a character from Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel Ghost World, which was made into a great cult film starring Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannson. Thora is brilliant in this film. I fell in love with her portrayal of Enid. Enid is me. I am Enid, She is my inner female, without a doubt. If I w... | English | NL | 36544d9dab953e6f20d0a8e846300532a8e8b3f151a94d39840b15975161fb7c |
Wellington Jarard Reynolds (1865 – 1949) was born on April 9, 1865 on the family farm in New Lenox, Illinois. His parents, Susan and Joseph Smith Reynolds had eight children, but only two were alive to witness the birth of Wellington, the eighth child.
Reynolds entered the school of the recently established Art Institu... | English | NL | 5a6526614e68af2eb28f9f4bc491190eb7defeb8be3c48aebca17a8319a82c3e |
A man had the habit of using drugs, then he repented and Allah guided him to the straight path. So what is your guidance for him and the one who is in a similar situation? If he has debts due to people for these drugs or people request money from him due to these drugs, does he take the money he has and pay what is owi... | English | NL | 0d6f8f9e9154198cd4d6720bd73af411265a34cfc0bedc3d1c20fb711b066842 |
Yoshihisa Maitani who designed the legendary Olympus Pen series of film cameras has died just a month after the classic design was re-launched for the digital era.rnrn
Yoshihisa Maitani who designed the legendary Olympus Pen series of film cameras (pictured) has died just a month after the classic design was re-launche... | English | NL | d9cce4b3a598470ffeed29eda75f44edf6730967e225072101d565d4c2f71dc3 |
Oh, wait, You're Here!
Todd has us flushing out the lies we believe about ourselves and recognizing the true self of the Christ in us. Looking in Luke 1 at how Mary responded to the truth of her overshadowing by the Holy Spirit and how she fully believed and received, in her now, her qualification even in her lowliness... | English | NL | 5f5c4a735620252df8bdbf70471e20647e8fe2cff8d58d3b2d711835acb9e7db |
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The first Dutch settlement in the New World was at Communipaw, about 1615—before the landing of the Mayflower. It was from here that colonisation went out to the island of Manhattan across the river; so that, in reality, New York was a colony of Jersey City originally. For the Hudson estuary, Jersey C... | English | NL | 648337b408920a46bb11159f88e71f30527bfee6459d688807b5d17182cc2784 |
Thursday 7 March 1666/67
So up, and to the office, my head full of Carcasse’s business; then hearing that Knipp is at my house, I home, and it was about a ticket for a friend of hers. I do love the humour of the jade very well. So to the office again, not being able to stay, and there about noon my Lord Bruncker did be... | English | NL | 94b34f012e5ce2ae1d02a047995b25d87a4a9a285d73f689c53473f261fb4b52 |
Anitelea Tuilagi " Rugby " Autograph £8.00
This is an In Person signed white card 6" x 4" by the Samoan Rugby Union footballer obtained when with Sale Sharks.
Anitelea "Andy" Tuilagi (born 5 June 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player who most recently played for Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership either at wing or out... | English | NL | ce83e29a47a3e3b7f8e3fa7ee4033b0bc5989e10bf12cd9b2ad012909719436f |
Exodus 32:4, "And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."
This morning, there is so much to distract the child of God from his devotion and thoughts of Christ. Rece... | English | NL | 8f0a9c823c9a24a02063700845449646c03e9a7ce9303612a66b9efca763920e |
The sailboat skimmed along at great speed, parting the waves and joyfully jumping through troughs and crests. Invigorated by the air and the wind, Patrick, the skipper, sailed on in total abandon, enjoying the excitement of the moment as the boat sped on. What an extraordinary sensation of freedom! Patrick had been wai... | English | NL | 0cabd0e14156937aa6e8c6f94649182fd64e150a2003cebee120c186008acf7a |
Dave Johnson, previously of Campaign for America's Future/People's Action and Center for Media and Democracy primarily writes about American trade, economic and labor issues. Prior to his work in politics he had more than 20 years of technology industry experience. His earlier career included senior positions including... | English | NL | 78d2e7630e9dde7b7574bc87b7124424fa823c15c79f17a4eb0567a4b645e314 |
The story of the excellent leaf by Catherine Broughton
Once upon a time a leaf was born on a tree.
He was a teeny weeny little leaf, all curled up so that at first he didn’t look like a leaf at all. In fact, at the very beginning he wasn’t even green, and everybody knows that leaves are usually green. He was a yellowy-... | English | NL | 77a8c3210b2345690126180ec2f4c3d10e5c82e278827c2de5c087b170bb180e |
Art Hupy, dead at 78
Top photographer founded art museum
Pinned down by German gunfire during World War II with no Allied officers on the scene to take charge, a young private named Art Hupy realized he must be a leader.
"Everybody was looking at him," said longtime friend Frank Hull. "When there's an emergency and eve... | English | NL | 8036d02567536af300b38b4250c196f7e3c98ef7b1fe0c24a46b7dd8a6d5f09b |
St. Pantaleon Day, in the eighth year of King Richard II
Young Jack often asks me why I have chosen my current profession. Of course, “choice” is a matter of perspective. Had I truly had a choice I would not being doing so at all. I should not be living on the Shambles, I should not be housing a cutpurse, I should not ... | English | NL | bf2008f914d36e1bd045820272493fb0dbc819c705824ae08ad195d1f7ad68db |
.........I missed out on knowing you, your mother, your aunts. I remember visiting your sister once. My mother took us there, I believe to scare us. It was dark outside when we arrived, it was dark inside her house except for the dim glow from a light over the sink in the kitchen.
I remember sitting there at the table ... | English | NL | 5fc3ed77a54a80bfb65c34711fc8de0191233c324ffbd0ea900a01622284fa2f |
To err is human, but to really screw things up, get involved with the ancient gods.
Dr. Megeara Kafieri watched her father ruin himself and his reputation as he searched to prove Atlantis was real. Her deathbed promise to him to salvage his reputation has now brought her to Greece where she intends to prove once and fo... | English | NL | f0f9b0237199915013589aaf9ec10911b5108ace8e8409d50ce730062ae8acfe |
I am a historian, re-enactor and educator. I have worked in the film industry as a historic advisor, actor, and armourer. My company, "Rich in History" is able to provide educational services to schools and colleges, interest groups, and a wide variety of organisations.
My main area of historical interest is the late V... | English | NL | 067cad2c072e340a86e7610ed4a89be0942e7e623ab6b564e11aad91271d5aec |
Chapter 1: Kustard for dessert!
Red and Edge were in the AU undertale for the time being since cross decided to rip apart the code within their game files, it's been a few weeks since they arrived. Introduced by ink they began on the wrong foot, obviously... Sans was very protective of his brother papyrus but what can ... | English | NL | 419db49067d4abca9fead8221b11c039f1ebeeb6fcb6ac8c6b032698ab060808 |
By Steve Weaver
On July 19, 1863, Charles Haddon Spurgeon was preaching from Romans 10:10 on “Confession with the Mouth” at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. During the sermon he reflected on his reading “the life of good Andrew Fuller” the previous day.
I was noting when reading yesterday the life of good Andrew ... | English | NL | 5d6c0ddb4700a1ee1dac118051a7d6ca98a894fb9dab6384abb664c969be506a |
A 10th century tale of a group of treasure hunters seeking out a castle. Here are the strange things they found.
A man from Cairo told this tale. He begins by explaining that he would study books about hidden treasures, and had figured out there was one such place that could be reached in three days journey. He and a f... | English | NL | 6ada4eca8a79bb56f36fa2cb019dcbb6b9e385ee1452e5d01195e2f6befe910c |
By: Ali Brandon
Publication Date: November 2012
Reviewed by: Deb Fowler
Review Date: December 3, 2012
Pettistone’s Fine books was in dire need of another clerk, but Hamlet nixed most of the applicants. “We have a shop cat,” Darla explained, “and he’ll have to approve you first before I could consider hiring you.” Darla... | English | NL | 6489d2d2720a41fec45815937ac8627ef85db9d51c671abad2d43227bff4f92f |
The Wolves hire Varn
Varn hired as Newberry College Football Offensive Coordinator
NEWBERRY – Head football coach Todd Knight has announced the hiring of Todd Varn, of Clinton, as Newberry’s Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach.
Varn will be working alongside Knight for the third time in his career and will be ... | English | NL | b5060c1e3dd77c73ae5ed10d8cafab527cfef54324e83a3442d1ee82ae7d70d3 |
It was the thrill of not knowing just where, or how, things would end up that kept Justin playing the same dangerous games night after night. He’d been in almost every situation he could think of, and still not been ‘caught’ by those that ‘mattered’ in his mind. The one who ‘mattered’ never looked at him, anyway, so hi... | English | NL | 56bf8b2d6debb2849f3e083309b45e2eeb4a3fc9943f82910ab3db58c80b5e45 |
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- Letter From Brother Turner: December 1, 1866
Letter From Brother Turner
Christian Recorder: December 1, 1866
Mr. Editor:- Here I am away down in Clay County, on the banks of the famed Chattahoochee river, where Georgia, Florida and Alabama all converge nearly into the same radius,-is a locality where... | English | NL | 08c90aad5bb0dd785b87731e129e671db5e319da7c69bbfea6669a19d55c205b |
As it’s Christmas, I am giving away my new Christmas fantasy adventure for free! Download Henry Frey Versus the Dark Santa now.
Henry Frey smells danger when he spots an old enemy in a London toy store. Trouble is, Christmas is just days away, Britain is in chaos and he hasn’t heard from anyone in Alvahame in months. W... | English | NL | 355a0007e9cdbd37050b360016559807cbea43c076737ff0777ed7661c6b6e69 |
Evelyn Diamont Banko (b. 1936)
Evelyn Diamont Banko was born January 21, 1936 in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Joseph, was an engineer and her mother, Frieda, a housewife. In March 1938, when the Nazi’s annexed Austria and enacted numerous anti-Jewish laws, it became increasingly clear to Evelyn’s family that they could... | English | NL | 0c17d0cab486e23c29a5f2b56bbe606552b3b9f34b3c8e26105bc04cb59bc722 |
An unknown virus eliminates the better half of the countryworld. It is highly contagious and if you have it, you're already dead. Four people, two brothers and two females travel across the countryside to find a place to settle, away from this horror. Along the way they come across moral dilemmas and even though they h... | English | NL | 23ae6a3c182199b3c049792336a66e35335ec5b02a7a22ca4aa4ea6b8a1f62ce |
The Lochnagar Crater is located in the village of La Boisselle in France’s Picardie region.
It is the site where one of the first explosions of the Battle of the Somme took place on 1 July 1916. Set off by British forces at 7:28am, the mine which created the Lochnagar Crater was one of the biggest ever detonated at tha... | English | NL | 220a162944155905045e60a80c2293b79b90337fcd9a22a4c477610daf4b92bb |
Former parish rectory
Place de l’Église, Chatte, France [ Map ]
Eymard’s residence at Chatte in the 1830s is commemorated by a plaque on the wall of the former rectory building opposite the present church. The plaque was installed in 2004 to mark the 170th anniversary of Eymard’s arrival in the town.
In October 1834, E... | English | NL | 0ceec65dfdb91b3fe3b903d87ec8e7b9bf6424655d90bad8f89c82eb99e51f50 |
Dr. Roane has been practicing Rheumatology since 1993. He received his M.D. degree from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, and did his residency training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology fellowship in the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.... | English | NL | 56908d46a8fea5a34512b4ce22ad716dfc5ad44a61c4e03f8fc9eeba51179eb6 |
Lately I have been thinking about how little I focus on the 2nd Person of the Trinity. Honestly it feels weird for me even to reference God as individual parts: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The thing is when I think of God I normally think of Him as Father. I understand in my head that even when I am interacting with H... | English | NL | 0fc3fa697504f80b2f121b11cf808cf62d0b96b6b12356a703b35d464986e288 |
It had become almost ritual for Roberto (Roby) Soto. After lunch with his family, he returned to his shoe store only to watch the second hand of the large wall clock advance spastically, recording the passage of time in apparent slow motion. At precisely four o’clock, he smiled nervously as he turned his store over to ... | English | NL | 57fd613bd4aa23b085de6b915af1a9dcdfaecdad17700f943b1b07f631121dea |
People v. Mendes , 35 Cal.2d 537
[Crim. No. 5085. In Bank. June 13, 1950.]
THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. LUIS LOPEZ MENDES, Appellant.
Thomas C. Perkins and John D. McComish for Appellant.
Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Doris H. Maier, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.
At about 7:30 p.m. on August 30, 1949, ... | English | NL | 627c78efa32a53b6e68f93fa30ce513d8ea252ca7380a257a17624aa9ca2ca1b |
Preached June 9, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon
As we have just heard, on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and disciples in the form of tongues of fire. The fire speaks of the fire of divine love, while the tongues speak of the gift of speech, speech that is at once stro... | English | NL | 80589874ffdf6b459830ccba03e07b2c25b9ce212adaca7d5c6befbb9a43aa59 |
Just a brief post to say I will be speaking at Wilton History Festival on 17 September about the literary circle around Mary Sidney and the power of patronage.
For those who don’t know, Mary Sidney was the younger sister Philip Sidney and is the Countess of Pembroke for whom he wrote the Arcadia. However, she was also ... | English | NL | 2e17c3aac9a09f5b61c4006d816d37d78580ab885b9ce2d79c315d64c8f57b91 |
Bree Tanner and Diego were both newborn members of the Seattle newborn army, created by Victoria. They became a couple one week before their battle against the Cullens. They died at different times; Diego was tormented to death by Victoria for discovering that sunlight didn't hurt vampires, like they were told; and Bre... | English | NL | 13f43e401c8081ea5de6eb8263b423ee048c18f9f0bfcb4fc4f4792523d135d3 |
Homi Villa – built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee during the construction of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Brewery
Homi Villa, a distinctive white building, was built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee, 律敦治, as a convenient place from which to oversee the construction of the Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Br... | English | NL | 34950f98c20f31c2af1e9a2e8b5cc138c7ab109fc26043ceac989139416dce1e |
The Enterprise is near Earth and a Borg sphere travels back in time to a period before the Enterprise and the federation itself existed.
Almost immediately the entire earth changes to a Borg populated planet.
If the Borg went back and assimilated the Earth before the Enterprise existed and borgified (I know assimilated... | English | NL | ad72e3a8b83f5e9931692c43bf63c3a25d035b3b9fc04a6266624facfa6021d3 |
16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? ... | English | NL | 3aca34970b9b9744549f504e7cb4cf56b4ae5bd755fc3914d287e7a55e1b5e07 |
The Eighth Story – Wicked Girl, Agnes Le Verges
Note: Sorry for the laaate delay between releases. Este died, forgot about this chapter, then I died for a bit and let Este do his thing. Next chapter won’t take as long as this chapter took! Soon(TM)
TLN: Taffeta is a type of fabric made from silk or cuprammonium rayons.... | English | NL | 122ee6f1acf8ce47cfb7f50f27c46314033ebbe709263b254d9ae309c65b4e68 |
Chapter IX - Just Like A Girl
"Aunt Ray!" Halsey said from the gloom behind the lamps. "What in the world are you doing here?"
"Taking a walk," I said, trying to be composed. I don't think the answer struck either of us as being ridiculous at the time. "Oh, Halsey, where have you been?"
"Let me take you up to the house... | English | NL | b58d99b505976051cb5983a59fb60f717e9e0a06ecdade5485e047b99e67ff92 |
Title: The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison
Genre: YA Mystery Thriller
Penelope (Lo) Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things. Her dad’s consulting job means she’s grown up moving from one rundown city to the next, and she’s learned to cope by collecting (sometimes even stealing) quirky trinkets and souvenirs ... | English | NL | fc6e74d713ce9332a071f305b40664157dce356cbc022908ae3ba29d976711df |
A month ago I was able to spend a night and a day with fellow monastic brothers of the Catholic faith in Washington DC, at St. Anselm’s Abbey, for a symposium on meditation in the various major religious traditions. This included representatives from Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and myself as the Buddhist rep... | English | NL | 05be89d317bb624250ebeb31dfcc47dfd6dd89666d3142d44a666c03082256e1 |
"Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." (John 3:21)
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him." (John 6:44)
This is the story of how I came to find true peace. I was born in America to Pakistani parents. As c... | English | NL | e350684786a15089adfab06c6f8f33da25d40b284d49f44079d0657c134242a9 |
Maker Carl Van Vechten
Luce, Clare Boothe (10 April 1903–09 October 1987), writer and political figure, was born Ann Clare Boothe in New York City, the daughter of William F. Boothe, a businessman and pit-orchestra violinist, and Ann Clare Snyder, a former dancer. She spent her childhood in Chicago and Memphis and also... | English | NL | c66fc645ced0dfeef222c5e9647253b5da0e7766e8f64fe938e79b1bd0928a7c |
|Birth:||Dec. 15, 1918 – Cumro, Custer County, Nebraska, USA|
|Death:||Jun. 8, 2013, Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska, USA|
|Lewis L. Nicholas, 94 of Pawnee City passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Pawnee Manor in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He was born on December 15, 1918 in Cumro, Nebraska. Lewis was born to... | English | NL | 004a31c9bfc9c038051dc5e6c1f5a6f23d478f118477135067e7749048f4c411 |
The young playboy took a blind date to an amusement park.
They went for a ride on the Ferris wheel.
The ride completed, she seemed rather bored. "What would you like to do next?" he asked.
"I wanna be weighed," she said.
So the young man took her over to the weight guesser.
"One-twelve," said the man at the scale, and ... | English | NL | 97f8dc290a60447ff5a62f02f6885b74cd4f062ce66da938aa244bb0bb2fca10 |
The temperance movement, discouraging the use of alcoholic beverages, had been active and influential in the United States since at least the 1830s. Since the use of alcohol was often associated with such social ills as poverty and insanity, temperance often went hand in hand with other reform movements. From the 1850s... | English | NL | 8de8be445a50567e3c63daa3b96e88e447276c248ecc64a74faab9c0e2a3c39e |
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