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Preface: Our Religious Ideology

Praise is only for Allah, Lord of the worlds. Prayers and peace be upon Muhammad and his pure family. The curse of Allah be on their enemies, all of them.

We are Muslims and followers of the Ahlul-Bait, upon them be peace, and our ideology is founded on three firm and well established principles, they are:

1) Unity of Allah

We declare the oneness (Tawheed) of Allah and we reject any partners for Him; any personification (of Him) and any son (for Him). Every type of deviation from the principle of Tawheed, we condemn emphatically to destruction, like attributing partners to Allah (Shirk); idolatry and the worship of man by man.

As such, we believe that Allah is Unique. He is the Creator of all existence. Due to this, we believe that only good and righteousness is created in the universe and it is man, who, at times, misuses these means and potential. Therefore, man is the cause of evil and the source of deviation.

We believe that Allah is without a body or matter, rather, He is far elevated above matter and material. According to this, He has no need for a place or locality. Surely, He is in every place and cognizant of everything. He is closer to us than our own jugular vein. He sees everything and hears every sound. In addition to that, there is no place for Him nor any habitat. He sees things and hears sounds not with the extremities of the eye nor the ear as we see and hear.

(We believe) that the past and the future, the near and the remote are the same for Him. That everything is present in his knowledge without exception. The apparent and known are before Him without exception, therefore, He even knows our thoughts and our intentions. He encompasses (the knowledge) of that which troubles our hearts, (that which) passes through our minds and hearts, absolutely.

(We believe) that He is Unique in all of these perspectives. He has no compositional parts, even His attributes, like Capability and Knowledge, are the same as His Essence.

There is no beginning for His existence nor any end. He is eternally existing, therefore, His existence is infinite from all perspectives. His attributes never resemble the attributes of creation because man's attributes, like ability and knowledge, are limited. He is ever far exalted in His unlimited attributes.

In His power, (and in) none-other besides Him, is forgiveness of the sins of His servants. There is no intercession of anyone for anyone, even the Messenger of Allah, the Blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, the Infallibles (The Ma'soomeen), peace be upon them, except by His permission. As for the respect of their graves or the plea through them, then, it is not considered worship of them at all.

2) Raising of Prophets

We believe that Allah, the exalted, raises Prophets and dispatches them as Messengers in order to guide His servants and lead them out of the darkness of ignorance and misery to the light of knowledge, purity and well being, because Allah created man for well being.

According to this, He augments all of the means of well being in man's essence and in the vast universe. (We believe) that the dispatching of prophets is only for the perfection of these aims. That the teachings of Prophets and divine laws are only perfected elements for the character of man and his nature. Every law contradicting the nature of man, its creation is not from Allah's side.

We believe that the aim of Prophets is proper education; proper instruction; to anchor the principles of ethics; to strengthen its support in the scope of human relations; to establish order and to apply justice in human society. The Glorious Qur’an has already clarified each of these matters and rights in numerous verses.

We respect all of the Prophets and Messengers without exception. However, we believe that the previous divine scriptures are tainted with superstitions and the hands of alterations were engaged throughout the long course of time and at the end of its era. The One Most Truthful and Living bears witness that those disgraceful and shameful (acts) were ascribed to Allah, the Creator of the universe and Deity of the worlds. (Also, they attributed disgraceful and shameful acts) to the pure Prophets and Messengers, upon them all be peace. The Qur’an is the only peerless divine scripture which is in our hand without change or alteration.

3) The Day of Judgment

Like all Muslims, we believe that all of mankind will be gathered on a particular day in another world: the eternal, everlasting world, to be given the reward of the virtuous deeds and the wicked deeds. (We believe) that every deed, good or bad, however small, will be accounted for on that day. (We believe) that the (knowledge of mankind's) account is preserved with Allah and (We believe) that He will never wrong anyone.

Regarding the righteous, then, they will enter into the everlasting paradise filled with blessings: ideal, material, spiritual and physical blessings. As for the evil, then, they will be entered into the hellfire.

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The followers of the Ahlul-Bait, upon them be peace, in addition to these principles, believe in two other principles, they are:

The Leadership (Imaamah) of The Twelve Successors of The Messenger of Allah, prayers be upon him and his family. The first of them is Ameerul-Mu’mineen Ali Ibn Abi Taalib and the last of them is Imam Al-Mahdi (may Allah, the Exalted, hasten his noble reappearance) who is now living and thriving. He will appear one day to fill all the world with equity and justice.

Justice of Allah. We believe that Allah never does any injustice to anyone of his servants. (We believe) the injustice of another either stems from ignorance or springs forth from impotence and Allah, Glorified is He, is knowledgeable of all things and capable of all things. We believe, in accordance with that, that all of mankind is free in their will, not compelled to obedience or disobedience. (We believe) that their destinies are in their own hands. They will decide for themselves without compulsion and He does not bear blame for the sin of another nor does anyone bear the sin of the error of another. Nor is man punished for the crimes of another.

We take our religious teachings, which bind all affairs and spheres of our individual and social lives, from the most probable of sources, the Qur’an. We believe that the Noble Qur’an was and continues to be protected in its verses from additions and deductions and is safe from change and alteration.

After the Qur’an, we adhere to the customs (Sunnah) of the Most Noble Messenger, may the Blessings of Allah be upon him, then, (to the customs) of his infallible successors, upon them peace, who received their knowledge from the Messenger of Allah, may the Blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, without any means or with a means.

We attribute this position to the words of the Messenger of Allah, may the Blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, all of the well named authors have mentioned it and his saying is well known: “I feel that I'm being summoned and I must respond. Surely, I am leaving behind for you two weighty things: the Book of Allah and my descendants. Surely, they will not separate until the return to me at the pool (of paradise).”

We, in order to understand these religious, legal duties, in addition to the Noble Qur’an and the sayings of the Messenger of Islam and the twelve A’immah, we follow that which scholars and Jurists have gained a consensus upon and confirmed. Likewise, (we believe) in that which the rationale rules upon with certainty.

These four matters (the Qur’an, the traditions of the Prophet and the descendants, that which the Jurists have gained a consensus upon and the evidence of reasoning) are called the Four Evidences (Al-Adillah Al-Arba').

We see that it is always necessary that a group of scholars of religion establish a study of religious sources and derive from (those sources) the Islamic duties and teachings. This right is not limited to any specific individuals, rather, it is the right of all of the scholars cognizant of religion to teach the sources of Islamic legislation and derive the Islamic duties and teachings from it. In this way, we see that the door of Ijtihaad (juristic reasoning) is open before all of the scholars and jurists in the Ummah in every age and city.

We believe Islamic faith is an eternal, everlasting religion and at same the time it is flexible, facilitating application and implementation in every time and place and for every society among human societies.

Scholars have established collections and clarifications of the individual and social Islamic duties and teachings in a detailed manner in books named as the Books of Fiqh (jurisprudence). As such, numerous writers have delved into different sciences for the purpose of refining these teachings and laws and revising them and rewriting them.

The present book brings together an extract of these laws from those of which are intensely needed and (the laws which man) mostly encounters.

We ask Allah, Glorified be He, for guidance and success in acting in accordance with it.


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About the Author

Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari is the son of the late Ayatullah Sayyid ‘Ali Asghar Lari, one of the great religious scholars and social personalities of Iran. His grandfather was the late Ayatullah Hajj Sayyid Abd ul-Husayn Lari, who fought for freedom in the Constitutional Revolution. In the course of his lengthy struggles against the tyrannical government of the time he attempted to establish an Islamic government and succeeded in doing so for a short time in Larestan.

Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari was born in 1314/1925 in the city of Lar where he completed his primary education and his preliminary Islamic studies. In 1332/1953 he departed for Qum to continue his study of the Islamic sciences studying under the professors and teachers of the religious institution including the main authorities in jurisprudence (maraji').

In 1341/1962, he became a collaborator of Maktab-i-lslam, a religious and scientific journal, writing a series of articles on Islamic ethics. These articles were later collected into a book published under the title Ethical and Psychological Problems. Nine editions of the Persian original of this book have been published, and it has also been translated into Arabic and most recently English.

In 1342/1963 he travelled to Germany for medical treatment, and returning to Iran after a stay of several months, he wrote a book called The Face of Western Civilization. The book includes a comparative discussion of Western and Islamic civilization, and in it, the author seeks to prove, by way of a comprehensive, reasoned, and exact comparison, the superiority of the comprehensive and multidimensional civilization of Islam to that of the West. This book has recently been reprinted for the seventh time.

In 1349/1970 it was translated into English by a British Orientalist, F. G. Goulding and it aroused much attention in Europe. Articles concerning the book appeared in several Western periodicals and the BBC arranged an interview with the translator in which the reasons for translating the book and the reception accorded it in England were discussed. The English version of the book has up to now been printed three times in England, five times in Iran and twice in America.

About three years after the publication of the English translation, Rudolf Singler, a German university professor translated it into German and the version he produced proved influential in Germany. One of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party informed the translator in a letter that the book had left a profound impression upon him causing him to change his views of Islam and that he would recommend the book to his friends. The German translation has now been reprinted three times.

The English and German versions of the book were reprinted by the Ministry of Islamic Guidance for wide distribution abroad through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Islamic Students' Associations abroad.

At the same time that the first printing of the German translation was published an Indian Muslim scholar by the name of Maulana Raushan Ali translated it into Urdu for distribution in India and Pakistan. This Urdu translation has now been reprinted five times.

Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari has also written a pamphlet on tawhid (divine unity) which was translated in England and published several times in America.

In 1343/1964 he established a charitable organization in Lar with the purposes of propagating Islam, teaching Islam to rural youth and helping the needy. This organization remained active until 1346/1967. Its main accomplishments were the dispatch of students of the religious sciences to the countryside to teach Islam to children and young people; providing thousands of school children with clothing, books and writing equipment; building a number of mosques, schools, and clinics in towns and villages; and the provision of miscellaneous services.

Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari pursued his interest in Islamic ethics and writing new articles on the subject. In 1353/1974 a collection of these articles, revised and supplemented, appeared in book form under the title “The Function of Ethics in Human Development”. This book has now been reprinted six times.

In 1357/1978 he travelled to America at the invitation of an Islamic organization in that country. He then went to England and France and after returning to Iran began writing a series of articles on Islamic ideology for the magazine Soroush. These articles were later collected in a four volume book on the fundamental beliefs of Islam (tawhid, divine justice, prophethood, imamate, and resurrection) under the title “The Foundations of Islamic Doctrine”.

This four volume work has been translated into Arabic, some parts of it having already been printed three times. The English translation of the first volume of this work forms the present book, the remaining volumes will also be translated and published. Urdu, Hindi and French translations are also underway; two volumes of the French translation have already appeared.

In 1359/1980, Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari established an organization in Qum called Office for the Diffusion of Islamic Culture Abroad. It dispatches free copies of his translated works to interested persons throughout the world. It has also undertaken the printing of a Quran for free distribution among Muslim individuals, institutions and religious schools in Africa.


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Jill is an Intaglio Printmaker who uses etched and aquatinted zinc plates printed on fine paper. All of her images are hand etched using a variety of tools and acidic baths, and each print is hand printed in limited edition. The images in Jill's work are often glimpses into the past, recalling those experiences through recollection or family stories. There is more of this artist's work on this web site; click here to see it.

David Byland - Juried Artist

 After over thirty years as a university professor, David has turned his attention to becoming a full-time leather artist.  His work has been sold in the gift shop at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City as well as in other museums and local shops.  He has created custom leather products for everyone from owners of marine exploration vessels toprofessionals looking for a unique corporate presence.  David is an Exhibiting Member of the Alabama Designer Craftsmen and has been selected to participate in several juried art shows.  If you are interested in commissioning a custom leather product, please email.

Brooks Barrow - Juried Artist

My work stems from an interest in minimalism. In my natural stone bowls, I've sought to create lasting minimalist works that maintain visceral and tactile qualities all while being rooted in utility and function.

Each bowl is hand-tooled, free-form from blocks of natural stone using traditional tools and techniques. This process yields subtle asymmetries and produces a softness of line and form not possible with a lathe. This softening effect is particularly evident in round bowl forms. After tooling, each bowl is either given a tooth chisel finish or is honed and polished to a matte finish sufficient to reveal the color and grain. I believe that it is through this process that helps to combat the perceived coldness of mathematical precision often associated with minimal work.  I choose stone not only for its permanence, but I also enjoy both the challenges and limitations inherent in the process to create works that are authentic to the material.


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Save Chesterton Art Exhibition Ends

The art exhibition from artists in Warwickshire has now come to an end after being extended for an additional week due to demand and popularity.  The exhibition was organised at short notice but despite the limited time for artists and people to provide works of art and visit the exhibition it was very succesful and well received.

During the 5 week exhibition:

  • Over 1,000 people visited the exhibition
  • Over 100 people attended the VIP private viewing.
  • 500 signatures were added to the on-line e-petition
  • 50 unique pieces of art from drawings, paintings, sculptures, models and photographs were exhibited from 35 different artists.
  • Over £500 was raised for the campaign to oppose the GLH housing development
  • Over 5 different articles appeared in the press and ITV did a news feature for Central News

In addition to the above, there were many positive comments and messages of support for the campaign and works of art of Chesterton Windmill.

The Peoples Choice

Anthony Hopkins - bARLEY tRACKS

Anthony Hopkins - bARLEY tRACKS

Over 600 votes were cast over the 5 week exhibition.  The image with the most votes goes to Anthony Hopkins for his encapsulating image "Barley Tracks".  Congratulations to Anthony who wins a free solo exhibition for himself with the Arts Trail Studios.

Congratulations to two of my own students, Lynsey Melville and Paul Stobbs who came 2nd and 3rd respectively of artists displaying work.

The member of public drawn from the pot of votes is Sarah Sawbridge who will be ordering her framed signed Chesterton Windmill image from the Arts Trail this weekend.

Thank you

Firstly to all the artist's for producing such great work that was inspired by Chesterton Windmill and for putting your work in the exhibition to show your support for the campaign.  It was good to see that over 25% of work on display showed the proposed area of landscape that would in future be spoilt and detract from this iconic rural location.

I would also like to thank The Arts Trail Studio's and specifically Gerry and Lilly for all their support and efforts to make this a successful exhibition.  Thank you to Peter Reading from the Save Chesterton Windmill campaign and to all the members of FORSE for providing materials, information and helping us to bring greater awareness to the plight of Chesterton Windmill.

Finally, I would like to remind everyone that whilst the government inspector has finished the public hearings, and we await his interim report in mid March, we still have work to do to raise funds, signatures on the e-petition and build awareness.  I will be talking to the other campaigning groups soon to see how we can further support these aims. I'll let you know how you can help in due course but please keep fighting on and keep pushing the e-petition with your friends, family and on your social networks.  Thank you.


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Infinitely variable brightness is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the SRT9's versatility. In addition to its white LED, the multi-functional light comes with 4 colorful secondary LEDs that produce red, green, blue and ultraviolet light respectively. Red light is perfect for preserving your natural night vision while green light is the most visible to human eyes, perfect for map reading. Both blue light and ultraviolet light are ideal for spotting blood, motor oil, and other substances, ideal for use by law enforcement. Like its white light output, all of the light's colorful outputs are easily accessible using the smart selector ring.

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  • LED: 1 x CREE XHP50 LED, 4 x Secondary LEDs (Red, Blue, Green, UV)
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The Inside Out Story is a way of identifying the bare essentials of different types of stories by turning them inside out. Every well developed main character has two goals -- an interior goal and an exterior goal (inside-out). If you are able to clearly establish your character's goals, take them on a journey that -- despite great adversity -- ultimately leads to the accomplishment of these goals, you are already leagues ahead of most filmmakers.

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Learning to Listen for a Life of Purpose, Health & JOY

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I knew within two weeks of meeting my husband in Québec that I would marry him. It was not a logical choice – he was a Francophone on a student visa from West Africa and didn’t speak any English; I spoke limited high school French. He was a carnivorous athlete; I a vegan book lover – about as unathletic as they come. But there was an unshakeable, unmistakable knowing within me. We married a year later and this summer will mark 23 years of sharing an imperfect but beautiful life together.

Maybe the right choice cannot be determined by logic alone.

When I stepped into each of the two homes I have owned, I knew instantaneously they were to be mine. They were imperfect to the naked eye, and in both cases our initial offers would be rejected. We would need to temporarily walk away. Yet stepping into them I had experienced a deep knowing that I was home and in the end the sales closed peaceably without us compromising our finances or forcing circumstances. These humble homes have prospered us financially and sheltered us as we walked through seasons of struggle.

Maybe the right choice has nothing to do with ease or perfection.

Five years ago I felt a clear call to return to studying. It did not make sense in terms of finances or energy. I was homeschooling three kids, living on one salary that already felt tight; I lived in constant pain from a childhood hip deformity and was awaiting a total hip replacement; my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I would want to travel to spend as much time with him as possible. I would be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in the middle of it all.

A gut decision that looked completely wrong provided a lifeline to me in the midst of a raging storm.

There have been countless times in my life that I heeded an inner knowing and bore the fruit. And just as many that I disregarded what my intuition was screaming to me – because of fear, because of what others might think, because I wasn’t quite ready. There were times I thought I had heard right but then shifted my gaze from my internal compass to the worries and challenging circumstances outside of myself and allowed myself to be pulled off course.

Learning to listen is a journey: a process of building trust, offering ourselves forgiveness, living eyes and heart wide open.

Learning to listen has called me to break up with wine; to begin eating meat after two decades of vegetarianism; to take breaks from my blog or social media when my soul feels weary. It calls me to use my voice persistently with doctors when something does not seem right in myself or with a child; to take personal responsibility for my mental and physical wellness when it would be far easier to defer to another. To let go of a relationship when I am fighting for life and she wants to stay where she is.

Learning to listen means saying yes to scary opportunities that align with my mission and saying no to so many more even if this permanently closes doors to me. It means choosing to offer others the same respect I desire for myself even if this means being hurt or disappointed on occasion. It means walking up to a complete stranger because I see in her a kindred spirit and being gifted with one of my most beautiful relationships ever. It means asking for help when I am in trouble and cannot do it anymore on my own.

We need to learn to listen.

Slowly but surely, as I let go of running and numbing and learn to listen and respond to what I hear, I move closer to freedom. Joy deepens. I begin to walk with greater confidence; not an assurance that I will avoid mistakes or challenge because these are all part of the messy journey, but a trust that I don’t have to fear the process. Sometimes I listen and don’t get an answer right away. So I sit with my impatience, curious, and choose to just do the next right thing that I already know. And then the next until the answer comes.

Waiting can be a critical part of learning to listen.

I invite you to sit, take a few deep breaths, and listen in right now. Notice where tension or joy live in your body. What have you been ignoring or hiding from? Are you filled with negative self-talk and could you replace this with a kinder truth? What is that thing you have dreamed of doing but suppressed out of fear; name it and hang out with it for a while. Maybe you are faced with a terrifying decision and you have no idea what to do. But if you shake off the fear, the outer expectations, the inner judgement, can you hear even a still small voice directing you to one small step? If you tend to only see your struggle or failure, allow yourself to notice one thing you did well today.

Learning to listen is a beautiful, life-giving act of self-care.

If I could offer you two primary gifts, one would be the gift of choosing to love yourself as is and the second would be the gift of learning to listen. To trust that you are the expert of your own body. That you have so much innate wisdom woven within you already and that if you learn to listen you will be directed to that which you most need in each season.

Learning to listen will guide you to a life of purpose, health and joy.

Krista xo

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  1. Thank you wise sister for reminding us to listen to our inner wisdom, our inner authority (something I’ll be talking about in my evolving faith series on my blog).

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    Should it be a crime to help illegal immigrants?

    Should it be a crime to help illegal immigrants?

    By Susan Sachs Susan Sachs – Wed Mar 18, 4:00 am ETParis –

    Three weeks ago, police officers in northern France came knocking on the door of a food bank volunteer named Monique Pouille. They searched her home, hauled her to the station, put her in a jail cell, and kept her in custody for nine hours.

    Her alleged crime: providing assistance to some of the illegal immigrants who gather at the port city of Calais in hopes of smuggling themselves across the channel to England. Specifically, Mrs. Pouille recharged their cellphones.

    The case of the "good Samaritan grandma," as she is being called, might have remained a blip on the radar here, a one-shot curiosity on the national news. But shortly after Pouille's ordeal, her story found a broader echo in a highly publicized new film about a fictional Frenchman reported to the police, also for helping a young refugee.

    The confluence of the two events has set off a lively debate here about the boundaries between compassion and civic duty. The film, "Welcome," tells the story of an ordinary middle-class swimming instructor named Simon, from Calais; and an Iraqi teenager who has sneaked across Europe in a desperate bid to join the girl he loves in London.

    Overcoming his initial apathy and suspicion, the Frenchman takes the boy under his wing and into his home, coaching him for what he knows will be an attempt to swim the English Channel. In the eyes of the police, that makes him not just a benefactor but an accomplice.

    The film has received glowing reviews as a realistic tale that poses a moral dilemma. In the words of the newspaper Le Monde, it forces the audience to confront the human drama of a desperate migrant and ask themselves, "What would I do in Simon's place?"

    Philippe Lioret, who directed "Welcome," took the issue a big step further. He compared migrants with the Jews in World War II, and those who help them to the people who risked their own safety by hiding Jews in Nazi-occupied France.

    "The repressive mechanisms ... are strangely similar," says Mr. Lioret, "and so is the way men and women act in the face of this repression."

    His comments infuriated the Minister of Immigration, Eric Besson, who called the comparison insulting and inappropriate. The two men have been sparring on television talk shows and in newspapers for two weeks. The public discussion has served to strengthen the resolve of some people who have been helping illegal immigrants for years.

    "Lives, destinies are at stake," says Marie-Helene Durantet, a high school teacher who has been organizing demonstrations for eight years on behalf of immigrant students whose families are threatened with deportation.

    She works with a volunteer group, Education without Borders, that helps hide undocumented immigrants with French families to keep them out of the reach of the police. Her students have also staged rallies at courthouses, most recently this month, where expulsion cases are being heard.

    The help she provides immigrants could get her into trouble with the law, but that is not a big concern. "I'm not really afraid," said Ms. Durantet. "They could come and get me. But I would call all my friends and they would call their friends. There is real public support for this."

    Much of the public discussion has centered on how the government enforces a 1945 law that makes it a crime, punishable by up to five years in prison, to aid people living in or transiting France illegally.

    Mr. Besson said it is applied against human-trafficking rings, not charities or individuals who simply provide humanitarian relief to undocumented migrants and refugees. But there have been scattered prosecutions over the last few years.

    In 2004, for example, Jean-Claude Lenoir, the vice president of a Calais charity that distributes food and clothing to migrants, was convicted of violating the law by picking up money orders for several of them at the local post office. He has also been arrested on charges of interfering with police raids on the makeshift encampment behind the dunes, a squalid meeting point for migrants trying to stow away on ships and trucks transporting goods to Britain. In the course of defending himself, Mr. Lenoir said recently, he has learned that police have eavesdropped on his telephone conversations.

    More often, it appears, the law may be invoked as a means of harassing people who regularly defend, support, and assist migrants.

    "Since around 2002, we've seen a real increase in the hostility of the authorities," says Laurent Giovannoni, secretary-general of La Cimade, a national advocacy group that provides legal help to immigrants in detention. "Almost every month, someone is taken in for questioning."

    The authorities should distinguish between simple acts of kindness and assistance that facilitates the lucrative business of people-smuggling, according to Ludovic Duprey, the chief prosecutor in the northern French town of Hazebrouck.

    "But there have been exceptions," he acknowledged in an interview with La Voix du Nord, a regional newspaper. "We've all heard of people convicted for having hid immigrants in their homes."

    The case of Pouille, who was recharging migrants' cellphones, illustrates how murky each situation can get.

    When the border police questioned her, she said, they reproached her for "indiscriminately" helping the migrants. According to her account, she should have checked whether any of them were using their phones to arrange an illegal border crossing.

    "But I don't make the distinction between smugglers and the other poor wretches when I provide this service, or [when] I bring them their clean clothes from the laundromat," she told reporters. "I'm not the police."

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    Before 9/11, somehow I read an article by an editor of a major Saudi newspaper who wrote an editiorial going ballistic about the French not allowing Muslim head scarves for girls in their schools. This gentleman was educated in the US universities, so he should have known better that any western women were not going to be covered head to toe, countries set their own standards, and I told him that were I to visit Saudi, I would not insult his country and its beliefs by running around town sleeveless and in shorts. When in Rome... We corresponded amicably for a few months until the website and his email address no longer worked. I just hope he did not get into trouble.
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By Jessica Dyer / Albuquerque Journal, Monday, December 5, 2016 at 2:36pm

ALBUQUERQUE — The West Side is about to get a new MVD office — and, its developers expect, some more restaurants and retail.

Allen Sigmon Real Estate Group will break ground in early 2017 on the first phase of a projected $11 million development south of Cottonwood Mall along Eagle Ranch Road. The State of New Mexico signed on as the first tenant for a new 6,000-square-foot standalone Motor Vehicle Division office, making it the department’s first location on the West Side since a Cottonwood Mall MVD closed in 2010.

The first round of construction will also bring two 7,200-square-foot retail buildings marketed toward the likes of restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, boutiques, dentists and nail salons.

Austin Tidwell, who will spearhead leasing efforts with Daniel Kearney, said the MVD should be a magnet for the larger parcel. The state estimates that a West Side office will serve about 13,000 people each month.

“We imagine (the MVD is) going to bring in quite an amount of traffic along with it, just knowing people no longer have to travel all the way into Albuquerque (for) their MVD needs,” Tidwell said.

Called The Shoppes at Eagle Vista, the project marks the initial stage of the planned Eagle Vista development on 6.7 acres of vacant land located between Eagle Ranch and Irving. A future addition would likely include a 30,000-40,000-square-foot anchor, Tidwell said.

Tidwell said construction on the shops will begin in February, and tenants should get access by late 2017. Allen Sigmon is using architect Rick Bennett.

The West Side MVD will replace the current office in Downtown Albuquerque, according to a State Taxation and Revenue Department spokesman. The Downtown location serves about 6,500 customers per month and does not provide certain services, like driving tests and Vehicle Identification inspections that the West Side office will.

“In order to make our department more efficient and serve a large and growing region, we are closing the Downtown office and creating a full-service MVD on the West Side,” spokesman Ben Cloutier said in a written statement. “The Downtown office does not get a lot of traffic because of its location and poor parking situation.”


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How to Export Android Call Log to Excel File

It doesn’t matter what you want to do, but you can always find an app suitable for your job if you are using an Android mobile. From editing videos to playing games, Google Play Store has everything for you. Not only Android but also if you have a mobile, you might have seen that there is an option in your mobile that allows people to manage call logs, i.e., Missed call, Received call, Dialed Call, etc. If you are using an Android mobile and you want to export Android call log to Excel file, here is an app that does the same job. Learn more about this app and the technique.

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There are many times when you need to export your call log. For example, if you are changing your mobile, you might get your contacts but not your call log. On the other hand, let’s assume that you for a company and you need to send the official call log to someone superior. At such moments, you can certainly use this app to do your job. Introducing Call History Manager, which is a quite popular and useful app that has been downloaded for more than 500k times.

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  • Export call log: This is needless to mention that you can export 1000 days call log to a .xls file. Later on, you can open that file using Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. However, your device must contain the 1000 days call log. Otherwise, it will export the stored log.
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In a surprising move, Google has released an alternate reality game “Ingress” on Thursday.  Yes a game, and that too “multiplayer map-based mobile online augmented reality game.”

The Android version, which is being launched first, is now live in Google Play, but you will need an invite to play it. The Ingress is available globally, unlike some of the Google products, which are released in select countries first.

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The theme is one of worldwide mind control, and it’ll be played out in real life, where you’ll be a part of one of two teams which either embrace or fight “the power” — The Enlightened or The Resistance, respectively. With a companion mobile app installed, you’ll venture out into the world collecting energy known as “Exotic Matter” (XM), found at real locations. This can then be spent claiming, stealing or reinforcing “portals,” which are positioned at key public places. Teamwork will be essential, as the goal is to create zones controlled by your faction, and attacking those occupied by the enemy. One team will eventually win, although this end point is expected to be a year to 18 months down the line.

Coming from Google’s Niantic Labs labs, which released the Field Trip app in September, the game also aims to bring in some money for Google.

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Viber is a popular VoIP calling app for iPhones that is poised to launch for the Android Market in the next few days. Today, it started offering invites to users to test out its Android offerings. I signed up and was thoroughly impressed with it despite the app still being in beta.

Viber can be set as your default dialing app, so if one of your contacts has Viber installed the call will automatically connect through Viber over your data connection (WiFi or 3G) instead of using your voice minutes. The service also allows you to send and receive text messages.

Much like WhatsApp, Viber scans your contacts and immediately lists those who have installed Viber. Unlike Skype, there is no need to create an account or hunt around for your friends username.

I was able to install the app and immediately call a friend within a few minutes. I was calling over WiFi and my friend was outside on a 3G network. The call quality was not great, however it was significantly better than the Android Skype app. I also had a chance to test the text messaging service which, functioned as promised.

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The app has been very popular with iPhone users since its launch in December last year. Most of my friends and family have already been using this app for voice calls and text messages. If this service becomes ubiquitous with smartphone users, voice calling may slowly become completely free!

You can download the beta version of the Viber app here, although first you'd have to sign up to be a beta tester here.

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Angels Spotlight- Lane & His Nurses

Lane was diagnosed with Full Trisomy 18 at 3 days old. This means he was born with a 3rd copy of his 18th chromosome in every cell of his body. We were told the diagnosis is considered ‘incompatible with life’, and were told to take him home to die. Well…Lane just kept getting stronger through the months and years. We learned through finding other families with the same diagnosis that there is a spectrum of severity, similar to Down syndrome (aka Trisomy 21). Lane is also living with a heart condition because he was denied surgery due to his diagnosis.

The hardest part of our journey with Lane has been finding a medical team to help, yet having him in our lives has been the biggest blessing. He’s taught our family to work as a team, and we actively build memories because we don’t know how long he’ll be with us. Lane was born with a pure soul, and his constant smile makes every day awesome. My husband and I pay it forward for other trisomy families with our non-profit, Hope for Trisomy. We bring awareness to the diagnosis, and help families by giving them the knowledge to make the best decisions for their family. We also send them adorable blanket bears to cuddle during their trisomy journey.

It has been the help from our awesome nurses at Angels of Care that have helped us keep Lane as healthy as possible to make it to 8 years old! Two of those special nurses are Cathy Oja and Priscilla Chavez!

Cathy Oja (aka Mimi) was introduced to us through a hospice company when Lane was 5 months old. When we started receiving nursing hours when Lane turned 8 months old, she followed us so that she could continue to help take care of our baby. Cathy started out as our night nurse so that we could get quality sleep, but for the last few years has been our day nurse. We’ve had the privilege of her being a part of family for almost 8 years now! She is the sweetest person with a heart of gold. Cathy went on our WISH trip, traveled to Houston to see Lane’s PH Specialist, met former Senator Rick Santorum (who also has a daughter with Trisomy 18), and she went to Galveston with us so Lane could experience the ocean. She’s been a huge part of our journey, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without her!

Priscilla Chavez has been with our family helping to take care of Lane for almost 2 years. She is also known as ‘Lane’s girlfriend’! He gets so excited when she walks through the door. Priscilla is our weekday night nurse and has become the gift that gives us a good night’s sleep. We know that Lane is in the best hands with her. Priscilla also went with us on our last trip to Houston for Lane to see his PH Specialist, and was a part of Lane’s experience in Galveston to see the ocean. She has gone over and beyond for Lane and our family!

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Caroline Cheevers, Mom of Justin, Tyler, and Hailey Cheevers, was thrilled when she found out that her son Tyler and their family had received a Make-A-Wish trip to New England. She was excited, but with all three of her children having special needs, she could not help but worry. Read why Mom was able to rest easy and the trip turned out to be a total success.

“When my older son Tyler was granted a Make A Wish trip to New England, Luke jumped at the chance to come with us….paid or not. He volunteered to come either way, as did our other fabulous day nurses, Veronica Thomas (Tyler’s nurse) and Kirby Stoloroski (Hailey’s nurse). They wanted to be part of this with them and see them experience so many of their ‘firsts’.”

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“The picture of Justin & his nurse Luke was taken while visiting Salem Massachusetts and walking through a 300+ year old cemetery. We noticed this guy dressed in Zombie attire by a large grave stone and initially thought it was a statue…it wasn’t! It was a 65 year-old gentleman who dresses up for photos with tourists. We took this picture, fully expecting a “not so sure” response from Justin, who actually thought this zombie was the funniest thing on the planet at that moment. Thankfully, Luke had a good handle on Justin, who would have kicked his way out of Luke’s arms had he not. The harder Justin laughed, the more Luke (and all of us) laughed…even the zombie guy couldn’t keep a straight face! We had a great time!!”

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The nurses helped us so much with all 3 kids, working well together and anticipating the kids’ needs. Because of them my husband and I were able to enjoy the trip with them and just have fun! The opportunity to work with these nurses and have them be so much more than “just” my kids’ nurses, but an extension of our family. The kids adore their nurses, and Luke, who has only been here 3 months, is Justin’s best buddy! They laugh and giggle together while I’m at work, and I know the kids are in great hands while mommy is away. Being away from them all day is tough on me, but these nurses make it a lot more bearable knowing they are well cared for and loved.” -Caroline Cheevers

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Today is Sally’s 19th birthday. Tatum has done a lovely collage of photos for you to celebrate the Sal-ster, but where Tatum believes that pictures are worth a thousand words, I believe that pictures may need a thousand words to explain them.

Fear not, I’m really too tired to give you 1000 words for each of these, but I am pleased to give you a glimpse into the childhood that created this insanity that is me.

Let’s start here. I’m the one rockin’ the hot pink/black combo leotard. (I’ve always been ahead of the fashion trends- I knew pink and black was going to be huge.) There’s Doe, our nanny/maid lady, who to this day I cry every time I talk to her. Would you believe that Sally actually still sits on Mom’s lap like that every now and then?

Tatum wanted to be a model. Can you tell. Nice jeans. The wind is blowing. They are actually standing on a rock in our backyard. This one makes me laugh out loud every time.

The beginnings of a classic Downs daughter game called Road Hog. It looked like this- Tatum and Annie ride Sally’s plastic toys around the hardwood floors until Annie wins and makes Tatum cry. Sally watches. She asks if she can play, we say sure. Then we both get up and leave to go do something else. Game over.

I have a mullet. There is little to no shame in that. And let me tell you about Tatum’s pink boots. She loved them. One time, I convinced her that it was cool to swim in those boots. They died that day. And I’m pretty sure I got a spanking for that.

After I left for college, my family became Amish. A hard loss will do that to folks.
I came home, they recovered; if this is what “recovered” looks like. Can you even imagine what the Sears people thought when Tatum said, “Can I wear that raincoat?” and I said, “Can I be a fireman?”

In all seriousness, I’m pretty lucky when it comes to family. Strike that, I’m really lucky. And I do love my sisters. Especially for moments like this last picture. It’s rare, but it is sweet.
Happy birthday, Sally. I love you.
Tatum, sorry about the boots. Sorta.

  1. sally
    posted on Feb 03, 2007 at 6:33 AM  |  reply

    man i laughed out loud every 5 seconds on this one! i love you too!

  2. emily-cathryn
    posted on Feb 03, 2007 at 7:53 PM  |  reply

    bring back the mullet.

  3. nysewanders
    posted on Feb 03, 2007 at 10:22 PM  |  reply

    i mean your hair was AWESOME!

  4. carolineb
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    Beautiful girls.

    Happy Birthday Sally!

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    Actually, Kristi Kay said…

    The Amish picture and commentary were definitely my favorite. I had to come back to it a few times.

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    I need MORE information on the Amish picture… I’m simply stunned. :-)Face

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John J. & Anna H. Gallagher Fellowship

A fellowship for the Study of the Rarer Microscopic, Multicellular Invertebrate Animals, with Priority for the Study of Rotifera

We are currently searching for the next Gallagher Fellow.

About the Fellowship

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is pleased to offer a unique opportunity for original postdoctoral or sabbatical research on the systematics of microscopic invertebrates with priority for the study of rotifers. The project must be based at the Academy, although fieldwork and visits to other museum collections are encouraged, and the scope should be narrow enough to permit completion during a period of up to twelve months. The research focus must be on systematics and may employ ecological, behavioral, physiological, molecular or developmental tools. The Academy affords many opportunities for collaboration with other systematists.

The rotifer collection of the Academy is now the largest and most important of its kind in the western hemisphere, and has international significance ( This collection was started during the 1930s and early 1940s by F. J. Myers, probably the most productive American rotifer taxonomist. At the time when Myers was a research fellow at the Academy, he was involved in studies on the micro-fauna of freshwater habitats in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. An important number of slides have been donated by Myers' colleagues such as E. H. Ahlstrom and B. Carlin. The rotifer collection of W. T. Edmondson has been incorporated into the Academy's collection, and recent Gallagher Fellows have added specimens from North America, Brazil, Mongolia, and Hawaii.

Annual salary is $47,476 + benefits. Salary and project start date are negotiable.

To Apply

The application deadline is July 31, 2017. The following materials are required:

  • curriculum vitae,
  • statement of research interests,
  • a 3-5 page description of the project (including salary request, research project costs, and a timeline);
  • the names and contact information of three references.

The application materials may be sent by email or post to:

Kristen Kepics
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Fred's Reports March Sales

Fred's Reports March Sales

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fred's Inc. (NAS: FRED) today reported sales for the five-week month of March, which ended April 6, 2013.

Fred's total sales for the month decreased 2% to $190.4 million from $194.0 million in March 2012. Comparable store sales for the month decreased 3.0% compared with flat store sales in the same period last year.

Fred's total sales for the first two months of fiscal 2013 decreased 1% to $349.4 million compared with $352.9 million for the same period last year. On a comparable store basis, year-to-date sales decreased 2.3% versus a 0.4% decrease for the year-earlier period.

Commenting on the announcement, Bruce A. Efird, Chief Executive Officer, said, "As we discussed during our earnings call two weeks ago, we expected that March general merchandising sales would be adversely affected by unseasonably cool weather and the timing of the Easter holiday, both of which affected two of our key reconfiguration departments, Lawn & Garden and Seasonal. The pharmacy department continued to produce strong comparable script growth, but that was offset by the ongoing brand-to-generic shift, which resulted in lower overall pharmacy sales - a trend that we will see throughout most of the year. We are optimistic about April sales as the spring seasonal sales kick in and our operational expense initiatives take hold. All of these factors were anticipated as we developed our guidance for the first quarter."

Fred's, Inc. operates 713 discount general merchandise stores, including 21 franchised Fred's stores, in the southeastern United States. For more information about the Company, visit Fred's website at

Comments in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic trends, changes in consumer demand or purchase patterns, delays or interruptions in the flow of merchandise between the Company's distribution centers and its stores or between the Company's suppliers and same, a disruption in the Company's data processing services, costs and delays in acquiring or developing new store sites, and other contingencies discussed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.Fred's undertakes no obligation to release revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unforeseen events, except as required to be reported under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Why Stocks Are Falling Hard Again

This week has felt like a rollercoaster for investors. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by more than 260 points. It recovered about 150 of those on Tuesday, only to give almost 140 back right back yesterday. And today the market's down yet again. As of 2:45 p.m. EDT, the blue-chip index is down 106 points, or 0.73%.

At least some of the market's volatility appears tied to the fundamentals of the economy. For example, the Department of Commerce reported on Tuesday that housing starts rose 7% in March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.04 million. This beat the consensus estimate of economists surveyed by MarketWatch, who expected the latter figure to come in around 917,000. Alternatively, the Department of Labor announced earlier today that initial jobless claims rose last week by 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. This was worse than the consensus forecast of 346,000 claims.

Beyond these data points, it seems reasonable to conclude that this week's dramatic ups and downs are primarily related to earnings season. The most notable earnings report this week was Bank of America's , which was released yesterday before the bell. Shares of the nation's second-largest bank by assets have fallen continuously after the company underperformed expectations. For the week, they're down more than 5%.

Meanwhile, a number of other Dow components announced first-quarter results today. Shares of Verizon are leading the blue-chip index higher, up 3.2% after the high-yielding telecommunications company announced earnings of $0.68 per share, topping analyst estimates of $0.66.

Credit card issuer American Express is watching its stock climb 1.4% in intraday trading despite the fact that its first-quarter revenue rose less than expected, though its earnings came in slightly above forecasts.

And finally, UnitedHealth Group is the Dow's worst-performing stock today, down 4% at the time of writing. While UnitedHealth beat on the bottom line with earnings of $1.16 per share, it spooked investors by lowering forward guidance. As my colleague Dan Carroll discussed earlier, the company decreased its full-year revenue projections to $122 billion from a previous range of $123 billion to $124 billion.

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Hess Closes Sale of Its Interest in Russia

Hess Closes Sale of Its Interest in Russia

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hess Corporation (NYS: HES) announced today it has completed the sale of 100 percent of its Russian subsidiary Samara-Nafta to OAO LUKOIL for a total consideration of $2.05 billion. Including working capital and other adjustments, total after tax proceeds to Hess based on its 90 percent interest in Samara-Nafta were approximately $1.9 billion.

Hess' total year-to-date proceeds from completed and announced asset sales amount to approximately $3.5 billion. As previously announced, the Company is applying these proceeds to repay outstanding short-term debt and strengthen its balance sheet, providing the financial flexibility to fund future growth.

The Company is also currently engaged in separate processes to divest its exploration and production assets in Indonesia and Thailand, as well as its remaining downstream businesses, including terminals, retail, energy marketing and trading. Most of the proceeds from these additional sales will be used to return capital directly to shareholders. Hess anticipates that it will begin to repurchase shares under its existing $4 billion authorization in the second half of this year.

Hess Corporation is a leading global independent energy company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. More information on Hess Corporation is available at http://www.hess.com.

Cautionary Statements

This news release contains projections and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.These projections and statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance.No assurances can be given, however, that these events will occur or that these projections will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risk factors.A discussion of these risk factors is included in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The MAA provides affordable, well maintained aircraft at 2 locations. We support the development of piloting skills for all of our members from learning to fly to advanced ratings.

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The Log Blog by Appalachian Log Structures

The Log Home: An American Dream!

Posted on Thu, Nov 20, 2014 @ 12:41 PM

Custom log home, log cabin home, cozy log cabinOver the centuries log homes have come a long way. The resurgence in log home construction came in the mid-1970's and along with it several opportunities to improve on what our forefathers taught us about constructing homes with full logs.

Of course when log home construction started in this country, our virgin timbers were HUGE and contained a lot of heart wood. Heartwood of all wood species is naturally resistant to insects and decay. Preservatives weren't so necessary then and what was used to help protect the wood was organic.

Now that we're on our 3rd or 4th harvesting of timbers there is a lot more sapwood exposed when the logs are milled or hewn. Sapwood of ALL wood species (yes - even cypress and cedar) is susceptible to decay and insects so preservation is very important today. It's the reason we started in 1977 to pressure treat our log wall building materials - something that no one had tried before - and we have never had a homeowner with insect or decay problems. In addition, just like our forefathers we're using an organic preservative in our pressure treating process - borates.

In the infancy of the new log home building industry the Log Home Council (LHC) was formed and became a division of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Appalachian Log Structures was one of the companies that helped form and support the LHC and still does today. Over the years several white papers have been produced by the LHC and one of them is featured here today. Click Here for an overview of the Log Home Industry and be prepared to learn some interesting and useful facts that you can take with you and use in your own dream log home project.

Don't forget to contact your local Log Home Consultant when you have questions or are ready to turn your dream log home in to reality!

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How much does a borate pressure treated loPressure treated log homesg home really save you?  To answer that question you have to think of the LONG TERM investment you are making.  Initially, these ClearTreat-Borate pressure treated log home materials are "priced" about the same as kiln dried, green, laminated, modular or panelized log home products, however the "cost" is far lower in the long term.  How so?

Consider the growth in the log home restoration/repair industry.  At each of the log home shows and in the log home magazines you will find more and more businesses offering this type of service, and for a good reason - homes built with non pressure treated wood products are needing replaced or repaired!

There are log home manufacturers that will tell you that dip-treating with borates or applying borates with a sprayer or brush is "just as good" as pressure treating.  Others supply you with a type of "penetrating" borate solution that "supposedly" will be "just as good" as pressure treating however what they don't offer is a GUARANTEE that you won't have problems with wood digesting insects or rot/decay.  The reason - none of these applications will penetrate the wood adequately nor will it deliver the amount of or retain the amount of borates in the wood that pressure treating offers.  Now compare that to the 25 Year Warranty on the pressure treated borate log wall product that Appalachian Log Structures offer! With over 25 years of history, ALSI has never had a log wall warranty claim! What a testament to the quality of our log wall components.

Don't be mis-led by those who talk about "chemically" treated logs.  Sodium Borates are an organic product that are mined from the earth.  They are commonally used in everyday products like denture cream, make-up, laundry detergent (20-Mule Team Borax) and the like.  CLICK HERE for an informative article on borates and the advantages of using them.  Not only are the borates safe and EPA approved but also a very GREEN (environmentally friendly) product!

Now - how does all of this SAVE you money?  With a borate pressure treated log home you don't have to worry about having logs or log siding (or other pressure treated wood products) replaced due to rot/decay or wood digesting insect attack.  If you want a dollar amount placed on the 25 Year Warranty we offer - just ask the businesses that do the restoration/repair work what the average amount a homeowner spends when this type of work is required (replacing decayed logs, ridding a structure of powder post beetles, etc).  You'll quickly find that by investing in an Appalachian Log Structures home, you'll not only have a nice home with quality log home building products, but you'll never have to find out, or pay for, these expensive repair services.

The next time you see or speak with a company offering log home restoration, ask what their services cost, ask about the manufacturers of the log homes they have made repairs on due to rot/decay or wood digesting insects, and ask their opinion of a Borate pressure treated log home.  Besides the comment that they'll never have to repair one - you'll also be pleasantly surprised at the other positive responses they offer.

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Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

Cisco, HP and others join up to promote better virtualisation management

Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the datacentre, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualised IT nerve centres.

The IEEE 802.1Qbg and 802.1Qbh specifications are designed to address serious management issues raised by the explosion of virtual machines in datacentres that traditionally have been the purview of physical servers and switches. In a nutshell, the emerging standards would offload significant amounts of policy, security and management processing from virtual switches on network interface cards (NIC) and blade servers and put it back onto physical Ethernet switches connecting storage and compute resources.

The IEEE draft standards boast a feature called Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregation (VEPA), an extension to physical and virtual switching designed to eliminate the large number of switching elements that need to be managed in a datacentre. Adoption of the specs would make management easier for server and network administrators by requiring fewer elements to manage, and fewer instances of element characteristics – such as switch address tables, security and service attribute policies, and configurations – to manage.

"There needed to be a way to communicate between the hypervisor and the network," an analyst at Enterprise Systems Group, Jon Oltsik, said. "When you start thinking about the complexities associated with running dozens of VMs on a physical server the sophistication of datacentre switching has to be there."

But adding this intelligence to the hypervisor or host would add a significant amount of network processing overhead to the server, Oltsik said. It would also duplicate the task of managing media access control address tables, aligning policies and filters to ports and/or VMs and so forth.

"If switches already have all this intelligence in them, why would we want to do this in a different place?" Oltsik noted.

VEPA does its part by allowing a physical end station to collaborate with an external switch to provide bridging support between multiple virtual end stations and VMs, and external networks. This would alleviate the need for virtual switches on blade servers to store and process every feature – such as security, policy and access control lists (ACLs) – resident on the external datacentre switch.

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Hendrikje Crebolder Joins Rijksmuseum’s Board of Directors

The Rijksmuseum has announced that Hendrikje Crebolder, head of the development department since 2009, will join its board of directors. As the new director of development and media, she will be responsible for fundraising, communications, and marketing.

General director Taco Dibbits, said, “Hendrikje Crebolder is a great asset to the management team. Bringing fundraising and audience development expertise to the board is essential for the museum’s operations and responds to the challenges the Rijksmuseum faces. With her international experience and expertise as a fundraiser, Hendrikje has successfully attracted many supporters to the museum.”

Prior to her tenure at the Rijksmuseum, Crebolder served as a lawyer at Baker McKenzie in Amsterdam, Kazakhstan, Paris, and Madrid since 1997. She began working at the Rijksmuseum in 2006 and set up its development department three years later. Crebolder said, “I’m very honored to be able to continue to work for this wonderful museum in this exciting new role. Since its foundation two centuries ago, the Rijksmuseum has existed thanks to the support and involvement of the Dutch public. Millions of people enjoy the museum every year. Developing and consolidating its unique relationship with visitors, sponsors, and donors is of paramount importance for the future of the museum.”


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The Forward Observer > Marketing For The Front Line of Sales

How eBooks Help Generate Leads and Fill Sales Pipelines

Written by Douglas Burdett | Jul 30, 2015 11:30:00 AM

Are you racing to build credibility, generate leads and close sales? eBooks can help you pick up the pace and sprint through the home stretch.

Many businesses experience difficulties building their organizations’ credibility and thereby face setbacks in generating leads and filling sales funnels. Enter the eBook.

With the advent of the Internet, mass media, and social networking sites, technology as a whole has changed the tools that businesses must rely on to close inbound sales and to attract and generate new leads.

The Content Marketing Institute explains: “Think of [eBooks] as a white paper on steroids: a report, generally 12 – 40 or more pages in length, that presents complex information in a visually attractive, reader-friendly format. The content is both informative and entertaining; the tone, collegial; the format, ‘chunky’ rather than linear, to facilitate skimming and scanning.”

Today, with the backing of data conducted throughout the years of the online era, businesses have learned that visually engaging and informative eBooks can be invaluable when trying to generate leads and close sales.

Why Use eBooks?

B2B businesses, especially those that are trying to constantly reach audiences to expand their pool of prospective leads, should understand a major psychological element involved in the sale closing process: trust.

A relationship is one that involves trust, and it applies readily to B2B relationships. The negative stigma associated with the sleazy used car salesman is born out of the distrust we bear for those trying to push unpolished products to unsuspecting customers at unreasonable prices.

(It’s no wonder why many customers have developed banner blindness to in-your-face ads that seem to overpromise and underdeliver).

Building Expertise, Credibility, And Trust

One of the best ways to attract leads and close sales is by establishing your organization as trustworthy. Many fledgling businesses, start-ups and those trying to experience faster growth often fall short of convincing customers that they are experts in their domain.

Consider the three stages that customers go through before considering a purchase (awareness, consideration, and decision). eBooks facilitate the decisions customers make in between the “consideration” and “decision” stages by offering useful content and showcasing your business’s credibility.

This is because eBooks are informative and educational in nature. They present evidence, research and logic, and raise important questions and concerns that customers may have without pushing a product to their faces. They also establish your business as a thought leader and expert on particular subject matters.

Remember, the focus is on helping or educating your prospetive customers; their reliance on your business and your expertise will come naturally (tell, don’t sell).

eBooks are not brochures or sales pamphlets. The last page of the eBook is generally an “About the Company” page that gives enough information about your business for interested prospective leads to find out more, but not too much information to make your document sound like a sales pitch.

When consumers and businesses have read through your material and recognize the value of your content, you’ve closed one more gap in the sales funnel that will eventually persuade your prospective customers that you are the right choice.

You want your leads to think about your business and brand as trustworthy. There is no better way of establishing your expertise and credibility in your particular domain than writing an informative, persuasive, and valuable document that addresses the toughest concerns and questions a consumer or organization may have in a detached, logical, and persuasive manner.

In our era – the “information generation,” – there is no better way to communicate than with something that consumers and businesses need: information that will help them arrive at a meaningful decision

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