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Israel Provides Wives for Benjamin 21 1The Israelites had vowed at Mizpah, “We will never give our daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin.” 2Now the people went to Bethel and sat in the presence of God until evening, weeping loudly and bitterly. 3“O Lord, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this... | English | NL | 4ef4cc81fa47f75c933fde3abaa2c681555e444994e6da67becfa722f5bdf8d2 |
Our text reminds us that we can’t overcome in this life by our own power. We need Jesus close-by to be conquerors in this life.
Is your load of worries getting too heavy to handle on your own? The Bible tells us specifically what to do for us to cope.
Romans 6:4 NCV
When we were baptized, we were buried with Christ and... | English | NL | 2c9c3085104313666eb7bf6e17b6b38f98a49728efbcccd266ebfeffae4b458f |
In May 1676, London's upper crust headed to the theater to see playwright Thomas Shadwell's newest work: The Virtuoso. The play's central character, Sir Nicholas Gimcrack, had spent 2,000 pounds on microscopes to learn about "the nature of eels in vinegar." He had transfused sheep's blood into a madman who then bleated... | English | NL | dae318a4ddeaaa33ee070d3fc9b98698fec06de10b917dd1a3081fa9a22e1489 |
I may have a nice talk with people, whom I don`t know. It`s wonderful to share a delicious dinner with the colleagues. Spending a weekend in a mountain cabin with the friends would be fun. As social beings we love company and fellowship.
But with whom would you be ready to go out of your comfort zone, to places you per... | English | NL | f485f0d437506fedbd6dc974a19f46877faa2abc09c4dced7ff4e97506e4eaa8 |
Henry Corbett was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, on February 18, 1827. Of English descent, his parents were Elijah and Melinda Corbett. He was the youngest son, the fifth child, of a family of eight.
Corbett’s family had settled in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. His great-great-great-great grandfather, ... | English | NL | b699d2fb8fefe9a26738875db82ec9c3eb50bdd00a4036a6ce415c755d0ed7e0 |
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From an article by Albyn Austin in The CIHS Newsletter, May 1990
Haematite occurs in near vertical veins running nearly north-south across the valley. In the last century it was thought that these veins were the “mother lode” from where the iron ore deposits of Cleator Moore and Millom had orgin... | English | NL | a8afe758013ecfc99db42018b84f33e82405de46a6a32892b1e058acc321285e |
I have to admit my hopes were not high going into this issue. There are probably hundreds of comics devoted toward teaming up two female heroes, usually ones famous for scanty costuming, and forcing them into an unlikely alliance against unholy forces. Witchblade in particular is famous for this sort of thing having do... | English | NL | 804996be5e9951391de57a23970da2057bdfb6345e7e641a7e8e5978d53b20b9 |
Elinor had often wished for an opportunity of attempting to weaken her mother's dependence on the attachment of Edward and herself, that the shock might be less when the whole truth were revealed, and now on this attack, though almost hopeless of success, she forced herself to begin her design by saying, as calmly as s... | English | NL | 03154ab4d70f04baa8e8705907c3655b06a1f4f9332f837e8a8d6f260be1bcc2 |
Ahhh! The holidays are just around the corner! Maybe you are anticipating Thanksgiving and Christmas like I am! What else are you anticipating? A birthday? Starting a new job? How about God to use you to do great things?
I remember 7 years ago when I started asking God to use me…yep, use me. It was just that simple in ... | English | NL | 86479eea00b0a8d863300a98b19621922d470432879834ad6540999c8d226619 |
Where was Anaximander from?
Anaximander the mathematician was born about 610 BC in the Greek city of Miletus, in what is now Turkey. So he was able to have the great mathematician Thales of Miletus as his teacher. Thales was probably about 35 when Anaximander was twenty years old. The two mathematicians worked together... | English | NL | d6dcb6968d51c58370e18709f00606d6627cf27cb4f9ed6ac2629ba062fcc06e |
I have recently done some research because Mother always felt John’s Tragedy left more questions than answers. links: https://nutsrok.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/johns-tragedy-part-i-from-kathleens-memoirs-part-2-and-update-to-follow/
John’s behavior between announcing he was married and his wife’s sudden departure just b... | English | NL | 94bf4887e392f8b11e090e009bdbd0b243e6879083e914a80ca9ac282568915a |
My great great Auntie was Mercy Bennett and she was married to Oliver Ephraim Mitchell.
Oliver was born in Eastbourne in 1880. His father was Ephraim Mitchell (born in West Dean in 1852) When Oliver was born his father’s occupation is shown as a ‘Farm Bailiff’ however he was apparently also a poet and my grandmother sa... | English | NL | d3165be70abc638f5a708f7d2c6be3fc68ef99ed3495926791b2b2758495ca29 |
Some of the senators may have hoped that the fall of Sejanus would bring a halt to the conflict within the senate. But, predictably, violence among the senators increased.
- The information surrounding the death of Drusus associated those around Sejanus with a direct attack on the imperial family: the political stakes ... | English | NL | bb1baee2119661ba2411663dd5c8f6a5bca3d9952c84f3e518b9cb45c590872b |
When the fire with which Grey’s Anatomy concluded last season was put out, Bailey thought that the worst was over. But in Thursday’s episode, she learned that she’d thought wrong. Very wrong. The arrival of Jackson’s grandpa, Harper Avery, to assess the damage done — to his foundation’s bank balance more than to the ho... | English | NL | 75f4f983613bd7891d377993aa2b1a03e660a6a0c8c11b07ac64e3983622e45c |
This weekend my aunts told me a story about the unorthodox parenting strategies of their friend Jessie, who grew up in Melbourne with them. When she was in her twenties Jessie found herself single-handedly raising two school-age daughters and an infant son, and rather than trying to get all of them ready every morning ... | English | NL | 20d1404c6ac102795d2532893967e624e8e31d9fb75bacdd739dfc05a5af31ff |
Richard C. Litwin is an Atlanta attorney, who specializes in state and local taxation and tax disputes, including sales and use tax, multistate corporate income tax, personal income tax, state residency, employment tax and property tax matters. Mr. Litwin is a Georgia Super Lawyer and has been listed in The Top 100 (la... | English | NL | 7e9bd9f1dec5547b3b9c9db6abf0acbc3c3449823aded2920b86be3f81e51c5f |
What To Do When You Are Surrounded
David had troubles. There was a revolt in the family. His son, Absalom, was trying to kill him and take over the kingdom. It got so bad that he had to leave the safety of Jerusalem and flee across the Jordan River. He didn’t know who would be loyal to him or who would side with his so... | English | NL | d452d5784cfd4f996969f6ca1eae3379f810d74a527ca6b230002c09e8899139 |
Once upon a time, there was a man named William Randolph Hearst. He was a famous American newspaper publisher and business tycoon. He lived in a castle on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Simeon.
The vision of Hearst Castle was the brainchild of William Randolph Hearst himself, but the genius who made it all... | English | NL | e8c42536cc89426ae225f0b6d431a310decd03ef3ed6a0f5d55e45cd47cbfbe2 |
(1863 - 1893)
Born and raised in Svolvær, Lofoten, where his family ran a wholesale fish business, and owned a large part of the town.
After his apprenticeship in his father's shop in Svolvær, he moved to Bergen in 1882 to study economics and business.
He also studied drawing under painter and photographer G. J. Nicola... | English | NL | a06f3d9c590da7dcbc1467c28de69a300e822c0461ae4d1bb32f453b6def1369 |
I love the autumn. I always have, and I always will. I love everything about it. I love how the long, hot, summer days transition into the short, cool days of fall. The days are shorter, but so much brighter and more beautiful. It’s almost magical watching the trees slowly change their deep green leaves to vibrant yell... | English | NL | 5a2630b43b74467a6f576c6d14944e10dc5968bb90625ab179cc2f8186ef5a53 |
This served for many years as the gathering place for the people of the Iron Springs community. The area is rich in history, as a historical marker placed by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1957 notes: On the night of Nov. 17, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army, which had marched ... | English | NL | 5604581c6d61a21b8d1bdb11bc9001894bae9b5db8d947d9c99023022be9e559 |
“Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how a hormone may hold the key to explaining why people carry on eating, even if they have already eaten enough to fill them up”, The Independent reported.
A practical use for this research was also highlighted by the BBC, which said: “The researchers hope a greater unde... | English | NL | 6aef45759735b9ed24ff6259a82a4c7e6ff7cd80fdc8678e3938dc27aa3c8720 |
A metropolitan bishop of London attended the Council of Arles in 314, which indicates that there must have been a Christian community in Londinium by this date, and it has been suggested that a large aisled building excavated in 1993 near Tower Hill can be compared with the 4th-century Cathedral of St Tecla in Milan. H... | English | NL | bd2a1798481e0956b18b013b179b2b6f5e870b10f99a1747aa96bf88e72bb8bb |
The loneliness swallowed him whole. It resided in the shadows of his mind; never the focus of his thoughts, but worked silently in the periphery of his mind. The loneliness gathered momentum giving his fond, happy memories a tint of bitterness. It slowly changed him and his interactions with others. It was not a conser... | English | NL | 2d3d4f13957d6fab31bad010f7c79c375cba1d5ee548a04d4c16e9f49d0de0ba |
The Elendilmir (Q. ‘Elendil-jewel’), also known as the Star of Elendil, was a single white gem bound to the brow by a fillet of silver. It had descended to Elendil from Silmariën of Andúnië, and later passed to Isildur. At the time of the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, it was still in Isildur’s possession, and was ult... | English | NL | 1c27073ace419ac1eed5fdb43be83d260b24af1bff89a65249fec8038e1e846a |
Because of the Lord’s presence within the womb of Devaki, all the demigods came to offer the Lord their prayers. When the time was mature for the appearance of the Lord, the constellations became very auspicious. The astrological influence of the star known as Rohini was predominant. This star is considered to be very ... | English | NL | ad3970047db8089936122e39a374c917328171add68acba06dea71d466a31a7d |
Vincent Dixon, a native of Ireland, is a commercial photographer with a love of street photography. In his early twenties, he moved to Paris where he was a post grad science student in Paris, Through a series of serendipitous events, his unearthed passion for photography evolved into a career as a commercial photograph... | English | NL | 1648dfc1db383dbeb7da8a66da90350e7476985070b23f8e08c9cf1a9740a529 |
Most people don’t like to fly solo. The Apostle Paul was no different. On most of his missionary journeys, he traveled with at least one other Christian brother. Together they would travel throughout the towns and villages preaching the gospel. They shared the burdens and challenges of ministry. They rejoiced in the vi... | English | NL | 199d994564b856a19bab27bc778f2b116ff75819fa722966ca15b245edcc68b7 |
Kicking off a series of conversations on discovery, Amy Mackie talks with Fred Bookhardt about his work as an architect, his world travels, and his eventual return to his hometown after nearly 40 years away.
Through the Center for Gulf South History and Culture's artists and writers program, I found myself last April w... | English | NL | 20b2486d71234160b1116dfee9073b97c212208e46a0be69bc0fac9fd1d3bcea |
Virginia Clemm, Wife of Edgar Allan Poe
Virginia Clemm, The Teenage Wife of Edgar Allan Poe There has been some speculation about the true nature of the relationship between Poe and Virginia. Biographers disagree as to the nature of the couple's relationship Along with other family members, Virginia Clemm and Edgar All... | English | NL | 75834095dc6f6ccba2c746fd61a0756ba287d1caae44892a02ed2624ea3c1f64 |
This spectacular room is all that survives of the early eighteenth century house at Tatton. Its exuberant Rococo plasterwork decoration makes a very noticeable contrast with the later Neo-Classical architecture of the rest of the house, and was undoubtedly retained on account of its splendour and refinement.
Since the ... | English | NL | 054f7846164bd631a68dbbd48a093de7fcaeaf4a01c23eaa6626be3061810665 |
JOSEPH BARKER, who was once an
infidel and lecturer against the Bible and Christianity, gives the
following in his work, Teachings of Experience. He says
"A gentleman whose conduct left a
very favourable impression upon my mind was Colonel Shaw of Ayr, Scotland.
He was a retired officer, but being a real Christian, and... | English | NL | 1dcd9dc144f0a44ff3412f1a8ab591a09dea954e502e91de726098df5c262319 |
When he was young man women swarmed around him. He had sandy blond hair, a chiseled chin, broad chest and shoulders, and an infectious smile. Henry was part of the original pack. He was a pillar. He was solid. He held his beliefs closely and was a man of conviction. He believed in the
greater good... He trusted complet... | English | NL | a18625c147915c728f8082acfb72e93ba492424da1079eec2671cbec9e102587 |
Daily Archives: January 24, 2017
Posted by authorcamilson
THE HEATSTROKE LINE
Author: Edward L. Rubin
Publisher: Sunbury Press
Genre: Scifi/Cli-Fi (Climate Change Science Fiction)
source of the invasion. The bizarre and brutal people he encounters, and the disasters that they trigger, reveal the real horror climate cha... | English | NL | 6b17a50152d3b9c8b0f7c3db7950ca7ded640ef2a1d22001c66735a7587440f3 |
Bob Spear (1920-2014): Carver and more
Bob Spear was not just the Founding Director of the Birds of Vermont Museum and bird carver. He had many roles throughout his life, and even as others began to carry forward his Museum dream, he remained involved. Into his 80s, he still cut, transported and stacked all the firewoo... | English | NL | 24f867e3ea19f4feb6f9d27cd2a27eb462a5bc2d4d61a79b4ad9c4c7aa1fedb8 |
Last week I had a really great beamtime at the APS with Flo Ling. We collected Mn K-edge XAFS spectra on natural Mn oxides for Flo's work and some fungal Mn oxides. For the mycogenic Mn oxides we were testing to see if we could collect the spectra in transmission mode instead of relying on fluorescence-yield measuremen... | English | NL | a97fa9859115783cd0409cadae92d85f5c38f98457de168f22d7355cdc7cd049 |
Have you ever been shunned, bullied, or treated indifferently by some that don’t appreciate your worth? You didn’t do anything to those who mistreat you but, they just seem to hate you?
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and ... | English | NL | d9a32754b5ff7543f9a38ff210bb1307792c048eab7f061bd0cf303dd6628273 |
JONATHAN STANNARD’S SECRET VICE
Mrs. Stannard saw her husband with a woman at Courin’s Restaurant. So, the mystery which was making her life miserable was solved. But then, she saw a man. It was John Dupont – her husband had not lied to her, because he was going to dine that evening with John Dupont.
She had married Jo... | English | NL | d15d1829da064a68cbb32f867ec4af0679b927564f15ccd70e549191b38f504e |
Written by Peter Swanson — Can you ever forget your first true love? George Foss certainly can’t, even though the girl he loved in his freshman year in college proved to be anything but true. They only had a few short months of happiness together before she disappeared, feared either dead or a fugitive from justice. It... | English | NL | cc751b5c318383c7585b2c0eb24dc4fe0d2e92dbd4b9b3ede3d5e4f068b37ff7 |
An American novelist and brief story writer, she actually is best known on her behalf feminist-themed novel, The Awakening, which culminates in the suicide of its heroine. She also released numerous brief tales with southern American configurations, including “A Evening in Acadie,” “Bayou Folk,” and “The Surprise.” She... | English | NL | d2b781cda115de3f569e0d511134848fd57cf91e6ad6588110181cb12565ec8e |
“Ya got pleasure Folks! Right here in River City, pleasure with a capital ‘P’ and that rhymes with ‘V’ and that stands for Vino.”
It is certainly a fact that Meredith Wilson did not write those words for Professor Harold Hill, but we have another entry for the Monthly Wine Writing Challenge. The last Challenge was won ... | English | NL | d7670f8dcc2e26e962e5b6eb0b7fb61a544a7f7c1663479fa1833588f2e96583 |
LightWing / Canon / Page / ♌ / male /
Belongs to D.A. talons away please!
Pale scales, cordial smiles, shy waves.
At first glance, one might think this quiet, anxious dragon is the LightWing scribe; but they are incorrect, he is the King...
Raoul is a tall dragon, his build is thin and lanky. And his tail and neck are ... | English | NL | 1c19b7fce0585c55999153c9aa505a40cfaf7540c02edc94fa58f61b636dc4c6 |
Dolores G. Zink, age 84 of Mount Joy, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018 surrounded by her beloved son, Craig A. Zink, and several other family members. She passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior. She was the wife of the late James R. Zink, with whom she celebrated 48 years of marriage at the time of h... | English | NL | 8a0b774b75ec6512887d93f1c132923e9efcdb75015109f8c164b7474de68b9a |
There she was, standing again at the edge of the cliff. The only way forwards is through a hair-like thin substance of a rope serving as the bridge.
She would still have flashbacks of old days. Apparently her scars were not as filled as she thought they‘d be. She was still very vulnerable. Still very scared.
And still ... | English | NL | 5365d1e130c1532fadf36211b306a48bcc61887a2aafaefe8c1a9ac38df46197 |
Leslie Aigner (b. 1929)
Leslie “Les” Aigner, one of three children, was born Ladislav Aigner in 1929 in Nové Zámky, Czechoslovakia. In the early 1940s his family moved to Csepel, Hungary on the outskirts of Budapest in the hope of escaping oppressive Nazi discrimination against Jews. But in 1943, the Nazis forced Les’s... | English | NL | 9ed01266dea228582b61a780b27f06ef47eed159a2e598248eb35f855e146d65 |
Ephes. 4:11-16 (ESV)
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the statu... | English | NL | 798d9fb40b7bdcdf6bf46b49691c55eb67cb7ca9650dcd1c44b87c9ceaeff291 |
Rogers Covey-Crump, an English tenor (b. March 24, 1944 in St Albans, Hertfordshire), was a boy chorister at New College, Oxford and later a tenor lay-clerk at St Albans Abbey. While studying at the Royal College of Music he gained diplomas and a prize in organ playing. He graduated from London University as a Bachelor... | English | NL | 6e12ef7d70138ae0a8e5dbe754cde5391561f628ff0017914a6dc4969a75bbda |
By: Tamar Cohen
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Date: June 2011
Reviewed by: Amy Lignor
Review Date: May 29, 2011
Told by the main character, Sally, through entries in a journal that her therapist believed would be helpful - the reader is presented with a story that focuses on the incredibly high costs of having an i... | English | NL | 585c8b8e57cbe43d3288b279691e9eb7295513efdea17968bdf324703ff89474 |
1Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him. 2For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king. 3The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration. 4The Lord hat... | English | NL | fdd6020ced3c94e9436f6447e02ac49895a7cdc10a794e324fd211b148999d8b |
Alex can’t resist a little extra help from his doctor while recovering from an injury, although he doesn’t find out about a certain side effect until it’s too late. His roommate comes home early, accidentally discovering Alex’s condition, and is more than eager to give Alex a helping hand with his new body.
Vanessa is ... | English | NL | 35545d43ea0b56326dccad0eec7361db011ba3f4bdb9eac2ea897b613243a3d4 |
Dale, James Michael “Jim” – Passed away peacefully in his home with loved ones by his side, on Monday, August 15, 2016.
Jim will be greatly missed by his loving partner, Judy Robertson, and her daughters, Stephanie and Marine. Jim will always be in the hearts of his children, John and Jessie Dale; their mother, Nora Ma... | English | NL | 139137665cc54d2a4b5bd7ef323ddb58a748bef241326c3e9f17d5e69b30e9b4 |
The sun had just kissed the horizon when the birds hushed their daily calls; the howls of the wolves died and the owls fell silent. The darkened sky gained an orange hue even as the wind shuffled the leaves that remained on the trees. The foxes abandoned the forests surrounding the Seine Mountains and in a distant fore... | English | NL | adfd980e8852ffe5b21032359ea60b1cedd9ee56c7cd7a74ca83ffcaab3353db |
Please welcome Meg Bawden with
North To Zombieville
The year is 2028, and Dallas and Raleigh Jenson are torn apart when a worldwide zombie apocalypse ravages their home of Townsville, Australia. After a year of searching, Dallas, a former Australian army rifleman, finally reunites with Raleigh, but it’s not like old ti... | English | NL | 4cf0972fd667a990c0e16259eadaccc2d7f3530f81dfd79025e7c28e9acd9881 |
What is required and expected of us when
we have been put on an assignment?
Most of us would not
think a lot of this due to the fact we do not realize just how important it is to complete an assignment. Many are far too
busy thinking on what is coming up next and thinking on something bigger and maybe better in the fut... | English | NL | 6d0b48f14f49309fc4905dba03241e72243a3862104ac8bd156347a98f5615bd |
Shiro sighed as he scrambled over a rooftop to look over the other side. He’d discovered he was much too like some of the other Avengers for comfort. Such as a predilection toward vigilantism and an uncomfortable realization that, like most vigilantes, he had a traumatic experience to back up his reasoning for why he p... | English | NL | 90c893b2d85057454a16a9276f3b8017a52223b89a3962c09129d8e6e0c4990e |
Yesterday I spent some time poring through an old, quarter leather ledger. As I looked at the neatly written lines of expense and revenue items, I realized that it represented one of my mother’s greatest triumphs.
In the course of her life my mother had several notable triumphs. By the time she was 19 she had put herse... | English | NL | aada1b624da33332e6d3cad34ac9f3159cf609a3b00f8107168613d3a87cebbb |
The Early History of #SaintPatrick. He was kidnapped at 16, sold into #slavery, and forced to work as a herdsman. He became more religious, and after 6 years, After a vision led him to stow away on a boat bound for Britain, Patrick escaped back to his family.
Back with his family again, he dreamt that he was being call... | English | NL | 022b42d0038d3de02e99c223b98447e6954b3f6a779884953d8e8d84ef8c4972 |
Realms In The Firmament - Chapter 227
Chapter 227 - Accident
As the drizzle had filled the air of the world, a light stream of white fog rushed up to the sky. It was so fast that people could not notice it.
At the same time, a stream of black smoke was like a shadow chasing the white one with an intense killing intent!... | English | NL | 52f6f3e820542722c30db3d29a0e763add0b408fd4069b8a582716b8460a9737 |
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1957
Author's Summary: Set just after "The Five Doctors," based on the conjecture that the Master was involved in the gift of K9 to Sarah Jane.
Characters/Pairings: K-9, Sarah Jane Smith
Recced Because: There's an odd dichotomy about K-9. On the one hand he's one of the most beloved charact... | English | NL | 12d28667201147548c367579ce997a7586b13bb50f7456e2af90ebc31da97a0f |
I hear lots of talk about how to be creative people need to think outside the box. Here's a thought: How about letting students in on this salient fact: All the knowledge they will ever need to know can be found in a box on a shelf somewhere. All they need is to be able to find their box and be curious enough to want t... | English | NL | f10c5e0ecdc95ace8a6da869703a4e8ae38634fabf82aea9b1c36827f134f42d |
This week, I’m aiming for patriotic movies in honor of the 4th of July. Of course, as you’re looking at your calendar, you’ll notice it’s more than a week after the 4th. I have some lead time issues I might want to address. But regardless, this week’s films are:
Michael Curtiz – Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
George Sidney... | English | NL | 759676b22a829888cf9b0c04a8475ac692c4880d46b8729c4b11a42b03702118 |
ambition were once set upon the enterprise of changing the government, they cared not much what was reason and justice in the cause, but what strength they might procure by seducing the multitude with remonstrances from the Parliament House, or by sermons in the churches. And to their petitions, I would not have had an... | English | NL | 1e20560f0481d8dbee904a247d859d081237ad7b45e0734f44703f5fe5803a50 |
For giggles, I thought I try my hand at responding to one of the “Today’s Cliche” prompts from the RocNaNo blog. The challenge was to develop a character based on the prompt in something like 2000 words.
This is a character from the Herongarde Trilogy that one day I’ll finish writing. I hadn’t developed him very well, ... | English | NL | 2faff06ed7970d3db22c496dccfcec4a23d35411e363aba952da96afc0295e40 |
MANATON, Henry (1650-1716), of Harewood, Calstock, Cornw.
Available from Boydell and Brewer
Family and Education
bap. 17 Sept. 1650, ?3rd s. of Ambrose Manaton† of Trecarrell, Cornw. by his 2nd w.; bro. of Ambrose Manaton*. educ. G. Inn 1671, called 1686. m. 3 Aug. 1693, Martha (d. 1721), da. of Solomon Andrew, merchan... | English | NL | 871e1b2944d3f238b739406c85c1f55c6e0f0475c1eefb435b022b3d5b2ba066 |
McHorse, Christine -Asymmetric Bowl with Lightning Rim
Christine McHorse is well known for her sculptural pottery. Each piece is coil built and have very thin walls. This bowl is a classic of her traditional mica style. It is very thin walled and on the rim there is a carved section with a lighting band. The jar is a m... | English | NL | 3a8196d13fe02199d0adbc668d0b856ded070dfe9b61a6ea6d8d4b6ca5647f64 |
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Review By: Alex Frank
I feel I must begin by stating that I wasn’t sure if I should write book reviews for classic novels. I am not an English or Lit major. I have no background whatsoever in trying to critique works which have been so highly regarded as to be considered “classics” in the fir... | English | NL | 7d7100fd74ed51bd07483d21a9bff75a38b6a7165b9bc4e737d8d3f7a98181b8 |
I was walking in town yesterday and I saw a lady who was pregnant and she was walking towards me, some guy who was walking aimlessly was about to hit her and I noticed that she stopped and she put her hand over her tummy, turned to the side and she let the guy pass, so that he wouldn’t hit her. As I saw this I smiled b... | English | NL | d077bd211c66a54330dd3ce7fee024e9626e1548433aa58a10b8a37414350bf8 |
Hi I’m Josh Hawkins, this is episode 134 of Opening Up the Gospels. Since Episode 125 we’ve been looking at the events on Thursday evening of Passion Week. I spent several episodes talking about the Last Supper, and in the last 3 episodes I showed you Jesus’ possible route from the Upper Room through the Temple to the ... | English | NL | 92b11c288c75eb0b91a15c168ce7fb6b1806e7d892c4ec77d69997c182e3c585 |
Old Aker Church (Norwegian: Gamle Aker kirke) is a medieval era church located in Oslo, Norway. An active parish, the church is the oldest existing building in Oslo. The church is surrounded by Old Aker Cemetery.
Old Aker Church was built as a three-naved Romanesque style basilica and constructed from limestone. It is ... | English | NL | 158e1a1c49b82f318cc66cb7be690878b40b1c0ad3030dab52aa3820dee65bb0 |
Trading Guns for God
One day Rajendra heard that some strangers were holding meetings in his village. He decided he had better find out what was going on.
Rajendra Ram, 48, from Bihar, was an activist in eastern India before learning about the true God.
Rajendra Ram was a poor farmer from a village in eastern India. He... | English | NL | 58ae69bb231ab1f834eb7861faed068f2a44a539cc500291902fcdffe3ec536b |
At the ripe old age of 75, Col Grant still managed to cut a very swashbuckling figure, with his scanty locks artistically arranged over his bald pate, twirling his trademark Ronald Colman moustache and snapping his paisley braces. Lesser mortals may have scoffed at his old world chivalry or sniggered at his rendition o... | English | NL | 43a099651c8a2f6ce2fbfa27669ee0e557015afdd953ab6a9eacd0af854ff9f0 |
15 Sep Samuel Cooper (1609-1672)
Samuel Cooper (1609-1672) was the most famous miniature painter of his age. He was born in London in1609. He learned miniature painting from his uncle, John Hoskins, who lived and worked in Bedford Square and was himself an eminent miniaturist. Cooper’s style seems to descend directly f... | English | NL | d77939892a5e909c6c599def51aba79119c76d79fae55f6a39e4b13eb6b17f91 |
Dark was just getting undone and the mountains coming into focus and I was grateful and reciting the reasons to myself not because I needed to be reminded but for the one-by-one pleasure of considering the people and circumstances and creation itself. Then, the dog acted up. Barking. Behind the house the two dogs from ... | English | NL | 94ea24d131dc504eae563ccbab97f44d6e8d7116830b2a9c04ef51ae7e9af6c7 |
It's early in the morning and we're cruising down the Karawari River in Papua New Guinea, stopping at villages along the way. Why do this by boat? Because there are no roads that connect any of these villages! This is the reason that 600 languages are spoken on this island off the coast of Australia. Each village is so... | English | NL | e9da663704eea36ec74ed32d2078043f3ab6c57febc428e206570dc02d0aedd4 |
Sarah Ann Butrum Payne
The century-old image is not meant to please. The hair is tidy but severe, the mouth hard, the eyes haunted. A few pleats in the bodice cannot soften the dark dress, its collar held rigid with a large cameo that suggests the importance of the occasion.
The subject is Sarah Ann Butrum, the last ch... | English | NL | 43f8a8a04908841c030592071322443d04e18fd42ba080ce9ae750238c839294 |
When Gunter and Otto first came to town,
they lived in a cave in the hillside close to Ganse-Stadt.
While there, they rarely went any place, or seldom had any visitors.
Gunter and Otto didn’t have a job,
but always seemed to have enough food to eat and nice clothes to wear.
Often late at night when everyone was asleep,... | English | NL | 1e138b53cccfd24a0ee79bf7c699bef64f166e6847b71aef34fb4201e7408ade |
Seventh President Andrew Jackson was a man of contradictions: quick tempered and brash, he often seemed to look for fights, but he was so devoted to his wife, he quit Congress twice to be by her side. He was a celebrated war hero who nevertheless most enjoyed his serene life in Tennessee. Although he saw himself as a c... | English | NL | a650a3757aa408232748694dbb88d3be3d7dd5c244a52bf918d52d84fc08514b |
Some scientific discoveries come about after painstaking, goal-oriented lab work finally yields the result that a researcher is trying to find.
But frequently, some lucky accident leads to a transformative finding, provided the right person is there to realize the potential implications of that accident.
Then, in the p... | English | NL | 44232c5d6b35f95397a9e792897849607cabdc3f107d775b0452d80c420a8db2 |
The Pioneer Settlers
The years 1841 to 1845 were significant years at The Heads as they marked the arrival of the pioneer settlers.
James Sandle Ford, was closely followed by Edward Skelton who had already spent some time in the Colony living at Williamstown. He settled at Shelly Beach also known as Skelton’s Flat.
The... | English | NL | 201ea586865aea81ca4230e428117aaae909a487169bb7bb252965ad66402130 |
Memories of a Truth-Seeker: Stephen Hawking 1942-2018March 16, 2018
Andy Strominger, Stephen Hawking, and Don Page at a 1992 conference on black holes in Aspen, Colorado
by Andrew Strominger,
Gwilll E. York Professor of Physics, Harvard University
March 14, 2018
I had the good fortune to meet Stephen Hawking in 1982. T... | English | NL | 2a52574fe7c9b8694cae4d9516782253c2897d533c08e2c9e872a3efbf3ff921 |
Happy Friday! Congratulations you have made it through another week and you have earned these three free jokes at no cost and absolutely no obligation! They are yours for free and are almost worth the price.
Star of the Euphrates
King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. H... | English | NL | 3407dce230ad18664f4dc4d830c1799944d7e54020850f0dc9f0d276fe9aa29a |
[T]he Dou Donggo recognize most people as being either male, mone, or female, siwe. Some individuals, however, who in our society would probably be called transgendered [sic], are regarded as persons who were intended to become one gender but ended up being born in the body of a person of the opposite gender. They are ... | English | NL | 27fcbfc888451268d21a6eff82deff8340a3dbd8e777f4f840fc0955d137bb4a |
WASHINGTON — A peer review of a controversial August federal report on the whereabouts of oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon well upholds its conclusion that three-quarters of the oil had been burned, skimmed or was in the process of degrading, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
NOAA Adminis... | English | NL | 1ce49fbf3a71970f307a7b040a844875f2fb2a09a45b1534959310a7c7e12697 |
I sat on the last free table and watched the traffic pass by. It was not too bad I guess, coming back...again to a part of town that held so many memories. But for some reason, my life here has me coming back from time to time to this part of town that I once knew so well. Nothing seemed to have changed, the old people... | English | NL | 19adc9adc134b146be1bb4cba8c11b37672f1391fef19a3af59962ecfed3a939 |
Director Andrew McLaglen is probably best known for his association with John Wayne. His dad Victor starred with Wayne in John Ford’s cavalry trilogy. Young McLaglen helmed five of the Duke’s movies, including McClintock!, Chisum, and The Undefeated. And he got his start serving as an assistant director to John Ford on... | English | NL | ce21aa3d159813d79186febfcfceabf68dec2126e84ebd2292cbb023374d7f78 |
The Amish Ruse
The Amish Of Hope Valley Book Five
It was challenging for a man as proud as Daniel Hertzler to admit he had taken on more than he could handle alone. But if he wanted to keep the farm he adored, he had to find someone to help him care for his young son – as soon as possible.
And that meant marriage to a ... | English | NL | 87ab6d02e128d3c08cf112bb921741a19972d9fb9215efb3c71078fabbd6dc00 |
In my home land there is a place where the wild rose grows so thick not even birds can make their nests there. If you follow the old goat path south out of the village you will come to a stream and if you follow that stream west into the setting sun you will come to the source of the water. Just past there is a clearin... | English | NL | d3be564a68f6a87978504297aaaa20bd319110ecfe00bda0913b7d9a88451ca1 |
William was 26, a farmer’s son from Ednaston who had worked on his father’s farm and as a labourer with a neighbour so he was an experienced farmer. He lived with his unmarried sister Mary and two cattlemen, Percy Withering (aged 23) and Frank Bull (aged 17). In 1905 Mary married Charles Hancock of Brailsford and moved... | English | NL | 74cdd6da425aa1e884d919fc6181d44fab3cfd0aa4f8c1dc6cf358718886b520 |
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Muhammad al-Taqī or Muhammad al-Jawād (Rajab 10, 195 AH – Dhu al-Qi'dah 29, 220 AH; approximately April 8, 811 AD – November 24, 835 AD) was the ninth of the Twelve Imams. His given name was Muhammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Mūsā, and among his titles, al-Taqī and al-Jawād are the most renowned. Muhammad ... | English | NL | 092dcf2acbadf3585388e76f202983d123a4a9ecec4539899546bba69d16b4ff |
Meravyn Sanston (1941-2110 AE) is a character in the novel and film, The Hour before Morning. She was married to the famous healer, Trenod Sanston, and was sent to prison after she unintentionally blew up an Ash'torian ship an attempt to help him escape Ash'torian space. She is played by Trisha Luna in the film.
Meravy... | English | NL | ad1a7e81e49d5188ffd46074f6cf5175e01bb6467994036c8e3b99174fefef6d |
About Henry Lee
Henry Lee earned his Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture. His studies included both Chinese and Japanese styles of acupuncture as well as Chinese Herbal Medicine. As a lifelong athlete, Henry found himself drawn to the sports medicine aspect of acupunct... | English | NL | ba63ea29117826ba6b5f768a05c7fb7e22ac992b8eea62c4a3b80317aabfb4b4 |
Black History Month: The History of Jazz
Let's start with the basics: Did you know that jazz was born in the US? Did you know that the drum set was invented by jazz musicians? Did you know that words like "cool" and "hip" came from jazz?
It's more than just music to listen to in cafes and bars - it has an incredible st... | English | NL | bb64909b2b3941387c68d9654d5cd216b1ee0915496dbd79823f3d44f9debc5b |
Today the day finally came when me and my brother took off to the wilderness. When we were going out of our nest we needed to get out of there as quickly as possible without getting noticed by any of the other triceratops.
Once we got out of the nest safely, we started our journey to the wilderness. Once we reached the... | English | NL | 813e786a602b206c09ae9ebe872a2b3b76a2b260774539f3f45beeb88397fe75 |
We’ve all heard of Stonehenge, the world-famous British site that has baffled archaeologists for decades. But there is another historical site not far from Stonehenge that has posed just as many questions for historians: Woodhenge.
Built 2 miles from its more famous neighbour, Woodhenge was discovered not long after th... | English | NL | 21348f24b5f6c5bd506ecd41e8bc8ebf3b7b79435aea6070cc26b2806fd5ffc9 |
I realized, looking at my digital archives, that there is one year of the Portland (Maine) "Transcript" that I still need to go through, year 1853. I have access to the entire run of that paper on microfilm, in the Portland Room of the Portland Public Library--which, coincidentally, sits precisely on the last place tha... | English | NL | 362b99c15e6a74fa6a2ca3a66cacee6a5a7d2a032bbb3587f1b8159bb01d61c3 |
VaYeishev - 5779
Genesis 37:1 – 40:23
Rabbi Jack Riemer asks a fascinating question: what do you do when you come out of the pit?
VaYeishev describes how Joseph falls from his status as the favored son of Jacob, to the depths of a bor reiq, she’ayn bo mayim (an empty pit, in which there was no water) [Gen. 37:24]. The ... | English | NL | 19ad4972ec911bbc568cad7f6965b2174242eed811642888a600a7d566ed9998 |
Hallucinations refer to sights, sounds, and smells that come from inside the brain. Hallucinations are common with Lewy Body Dementia but can happen with any dementia. The person with dementia is seeing, hearing, or smelling stuff that the rest of us are not experiencing. Illusions refer to mis-seeing (misperceiving) o... | English | NL | 21325e819c70674d8fc0c3d74d56127ea91f36b43398af49d3172b1e8d43e4d9 |
7th July 2012, Saturday
On Saturday evening at 6 pm, Geenu and I, attended Family Blessing meeting at Jesus Calls Prayer Tower, Midview city, Bishan. The service was led by Brother Robin from Chennai.
Bro Robin started the service with Praise and Worship. He sang beautifully and led people into God’s Presence. Later, h... | English | NL | 62003a9d5940767073f27bae8aff66ddecd1df7060cc65f5ddca4da24bd5b261 |
I remember as a child that we would drink Canada Dry Ginger Ale about as often as we drank Coca Cola. Originated in Canada and adopted by America, the Canada Dry brand serves as a cultural bridge between our two countries. Canada Dry Ginger Ale was created in 1890 by John J. McLaughlin, an Ontario pharmacist, and for a... | English | NL | 8ae75a25c69ce584e83391cf2b619840f00d0449c654bc500f5316e9cd0a9c92 |
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Publishing Date: 24th January 2019
Source: Received from the publisher, thank you!
Number of pages: 272
Genre: General Fiction (Adult)
A tale of a single night. The story of a lifetime.
If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass t... | English | NL | 080dfb944ce036754be9dd6645d0561df46b30fe0a2c9cb223c531d1718086d9 |
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