If you're looking for a piece of furniture to paint you may think of passing over a piece of laminate furniture, but I'm going to show you how easy it is to paint laminate furniture! I received 2 laminate nightstands from my brother-in-law. They were FREE, in decent shape, but laminate. I'm going to share with you my step-by-step tutorial on How to Paint Laminate!
Here's the nightstand that I started with.
There were a few chips and scrapes, so I used some wood filler to patch up those imperfections.
Once the wood filler was dried I sanded over those areas until it was smooth. I didn't sand the rest of the piece because this primer is AMAZING!
This Bulls Eye primer is great for covering laminate. It sticks like no other primer I've tried… no sanding needed!!
So I put on 2 coats of primer, letting it dry well between coats.
When I used 2 coats of white paint.
I used a foam brush and a foam roller to apply both.
See… painting laminate is super easy! So next time you see a cool piece of furniture that's laminate, you might want to try painting it!
What a transformation you're right!! I love all the feedback you gave on what type of paint you choose. I have some laminate pieces I really want to paint and this is so exciting that it can be done!!
I used the water-based zinser primer to prime my laminate furniture as directed. After 24 hours of dry time, I went to move one of the pieces and my wedding band scratched the primer right off the piece, leaving the laminate like new underneath. I then rubbed the piece with my thumb and the primer came away cleanly/easily. What did I do wrong? I used the same primer on a wooden dressor and it stuck very nicely even with scraping. Any tips?
Most of these that I've looked through specifically say to use an oil based primer. Good luck!
Did you sand your piece first before using the primer?
How well did this hold up over time without sanding? I have a laminate dresser I am eyeing for a redo!
It's still looking great Mary!
Mineral paint works great on laminate pieces and there some very interesting techniques you can do. It has clay in it and one quart will do two dressers and a small piece. You can either wax or seal after sanding. Pretty much two light coats covers. I took a class, sorry I can't remember the name of it.
I just wanted to come back over here and tell you I found this post to be very helpful.
I've got a hand full of pieces that are laminate that I'd like freshen up with paint.
Glad you posted this…am making not of the Zinsser Primer.
Hi Maryann! First,thanks for visiting and leaving your sweet comment, I appreciate it! And I'm also glad you did because I found your blog and this helpful painting info, and a good party to boot!
Visiting from Beyond The Picket Fence. Nice work on the nightstand. It's refreshing to see something that is not distressed for a change.
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Also, thanks so much for posting this project. There's a laminate shelving system in my daughters room that we've had for years and I've been wanting to paint to match her other stuff, but have been scared to do so. Thanks again. Have a blessed day!
Thanks so much for the tip about the Zinser, I have a pedestal table to repaint. It isn't laminate but a high gloss lacquer and I was wondering what in the world I could use to primer it, sounds like the Zinser will do the trick. Thanks for hosting the linky party also!
I didn't paint a darn thing this week, but I had to come see what everyone else did. LOVE the job you did on those nightstands! What did you use on the hardware?
gorgeous redo on the nightstands! great job!
momof3girls ~ I got the primer at Lowes, but I'm pretty sure Home Depot sells it too.
the nighstands looks so modern and cool! i see tons of projects i am going to check out later!
Thanks Maryann for the Bullseye tip. I'm thinking about painting a laminate cabinet myself and I'm happy to hear you had such good luck with this primer! Beautiful!
Thank you for the Primer info!! Where did you find it at? I can't wait to try it!! Thanks again!
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My name is Tonya & I am new to your paint party! I found your button on another site! I linked up 2 of my projects (hope thats okay…I am #29 & #30.) You did a fantastic job on that nightstand! It looks great! Thanks for the info on the primer for laminate…great tip!!
sooo cute! love the hardware!
I must get busy with some projects. It's just sooo cold and ugly here.
ohhh, I may have something tomorrow.
The night stand looks great, beautiful paint job! Did you use any poly or finishing wax for a protection coat?
What a great transformation Maryann! It sure doesn't look like laminate now! Thanks so much for hosting!
Your nightstand looks so fresh now and the tulips in the milk glass vase enhance it so well! I found a laminate 70s/80s French provincial bedside table on the side of the road recently. Having never painted anything but wood, I wasn't sure what do with it, but I wasn't about to pass by free furniture! LOL Thanks to you, now I know!
Wow! You really did a transformation on those nightstands. They look wonderful! Thanks for hosting today!
Adorable little nightstand. It's amazing what paint can do. — Thanks for hosting!
Wow! The nightstand looks so great~very professional finish! 🙂 Thanks for hosting the party!


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Dagmar Havlova to return to stage in 'Moment of Truth'
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Dagmar Havlova, photo: David Port, MFDnes, 3.1.06
Just a month ago former First Lady Dagmar Havlova - wife of playwright and ex-president Vaclav Havel - admitted she was suffering serious health problems - with her thyroid gland and her heart - requiring quiet and rest. That clearly hasn't prevented the former First Lady from going ahead with plans to return to the stage: in the spring she will appear in a tragicomedy written by US playwright Israel Horovitz. It will be the first time theatre fans will be able to see the actress on stage since 1997.
Nine years away from the 'prkna' - or boards - as the stage is known colloquially in Czech is a long time, yet despite interrupting a rich acting career, actress Dagmar Havlova has remained one of the Czech Republic's most watched celebrities. Over 22 years Mrs Havlova - or Veskrnova as she was then - appeared in countless productions, including more than 50 film and 200 TV appearances, such as Karel Smyczek's TV series "We Were Five" and Vera Chytilova's 1993 film Dedictvi: kurvahosigutentag in which she played a village waitress in love with an overbearing but comic drunk played by famous comedian Bolek Polivka.
Dagmar Havlova in Strindberg's Queen Kristina, photo: CTK
In '97, though, the actress took on a far different role: that of First Lady. Veskrnova married then President Vaclav Havel on January 4th, changing how she was viewed by the public almost overnight. Since then, with the exception of a short series performance in Strindberg's Queen Kristina which raised funds for victims of the 1997 floods, Mrs Havlova devoted herself to charity events, creating her own foundation Vize '97, concerned with issues such as human rights, fighting racial intolerance and disease, as well as protecting the environment. Those activities will apparently remain Mrs Havlova's major focus, as even now her return to the stage will be more an exception than a permanent return. On Monday she told one paper she was simply looking forward to acting again - for the audience's pleasure as well as her own.
The play's premiere has been set for the beginning of March: for the first time Czech theatregoers will be able to see work by well-known US playwright Israel Horovitz. Titled "Moment of Truth" the play is reportedly a tragicomedy for just two actors: one, an aging music and English-language professor whose life is enriched by the other: a housekeeper with a markedly different worldview. The production is being directed by Martin Stropnicky and Mrs Havlova's partner on stage will be Petr Kostka.
Author: Jan Velinger
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It's official: Pope will declare Mother Teresa a saint Sept. 4
By Inés San Martín
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A Hindu leader says Blessed Teresa helped the poor in India only so she could convert them to Catholicism. (AP Photo)
ROME — Pope Francis has approved a Sept. 4 date for Mother Teresa of Kolkata, one of the most iconic Catholic figures of the 20th century, to formally be declared a saint of the Catholic Church.
Four other canonization dates also were confirmed on Tuesday.
The other new saints are Argentine Rev. José Gabriel Rosario Brochero, Polish Rev. Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczynski, Swedish Bridgettine Sister Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad, and Mexican martyr José Sánchez del Río.
Mother Teresa's canonization will be celebrated by Pope Francis in Rome, and it's likely to be the largest event of the Holy Year of Mercy in terms of crowd size. It will also serve as the closing for a jubilee celebration for workers and volunteers of mercy, to be held in Rome on Sept. 2-4.
Canonizations are usually held in Rome, but there can be exceptions; for example, Francis declared Junipero Serra a saint during his trip to the United States last September.
Many devotees of Mother Teresa in India had asked Francis to travel there for the ceremony, but given that the canonization is happening in conjunction with an event for the Holy Year of Mercy, the Vatican confirmed that it will happen in Rome.
Here's more information of the five new saints:
Mother Teresa of Kolkata
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on Aug. 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. The youngest of three children, she attended Sodality, a youth group run by a Jesuit priest, which eventually opened her to the call of service as a missionary nun.
Founder of the Missionaries of Charity, she spent the majority of her life working in slums, teaching poor children and treating the sick.
Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
More than 300,000 pilgrims came to Rome in 2003 for her beatification — the first step to sainthood in the Catholic Church. A larger crowd is expected this September. The beatification was celebrated by Pope John Paul II, who during his homily defined her as someone who "proclaimed the Gospel living her life as a total gift to the poor."
The second miracle needed to declare her a saint was approved by Francis last September. It involved the healing of a now 42-year-old mechanical engineer from Santos, Brazil, who was in a coma as a result of a viral brain infection that resulted in multiple brain abscesses.
Pope Francis has voiced his admiration for the religious sister several times. During his trip to Albania in September 2014, he said he'd once met Mother Teresa in 1994 during a synod of bishops at the Vatican.
"I would have been afraid to have had her as my superior, since she was so tough," he joked at the time.
Elizabeth Hesselblad
Hesselblad was a Swedish nurse who converted to Catholicism in her youth and founded a new form of religious life known as the Bridgettine Sisters. She was born in 1870 and died in 1957.
Upon turning 18, she moved to New York, where she studied nursing at Roosevelt Hospital. She was baptized in Washington DC in 1902, and soon after traveled to Rome where she visited the House of St. Bridget of Sweden, where the medieval saint had spent the last half of her life.
She made her religious vows as a Bridgettine sister in 1906 with special permission from Pope Pius X. Hesselblad dedicated her life to serving the poor and working for Christian unity.
Her canonization will be June 5.
Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary Papczynski (born Giovanni Papczyński)
Papczyński was a Polish priest and founder of the Marian Fathers — the first Polish religious order for men that was also known as the Marians of the Immaculate Conception.
According to the webpage of his canonization cause, he became an advocate for Holy Souls in Purgatory, which still remains a central focus for the Marians, in addition to spreading devotion to Mary as the Immaculate Conception, operating publishing apostolates, and assisting in parishes, shrines, and missions.
As with Hesselblad, he'll be canonized June 5.
Rev. José Gabriel Rosario Brochero
Known as "Cura Brochero," he will be canonized Oct. 16. He'll become only the second Argentine saint. He was declared blessed, the step before sainthood, in 2013.
This "Gaucho" saint, who served the poor in Cordoba, Argentina, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, embodies Francis' idea of a good priest. He once defined him as a "shepherd who had the smell of his sheep."
For more than five decades, Brochero traveled around the province of Cordoba on the back of a mule, building church schools and opening roads between the mountains.
He tended the sick during a cholera epidemic in 1867, and later in his life, he contracted leprosy. Although there's no formal record, some observers claim he got it from sharing mate (a tea-like beverage Francis is often seen accepting in St. Peter's Square) with those already ill.
José Sánchez del Río
He was a young Mexican boy, a martyr of the Cristero war (1926–1929). He was tortured and killed by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. He was born in 1913 and killed in 1928.
According to his biography, the soldiers who executed him cut off the soles of his feet and forced him to walk barefoot to his grave.
As with Brochero, his canonization will be Oct. 16.
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Few topics have divided libertarians like the topic of abortion. Misconceptions of the general libertarian perspective in relation to other ideologies have already been cleared, but there remain numerous assumptions about who libertarians "side" with when it comes to abortion.
Abortion is one of the few issues that one can defend from both angles with a libertarian perspective. It all depends on each libertarian's individual beliefs.
Are Libertarians Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?
A poll on the Being Libertarian Facebook page showed a near even split, with 58% being pro-life and 42% being pro-choice. Results from ISideWith shows a much larger gap in the opposite direction, with 55% of libertarians being pro-choice and 29% being pro-life. The remaining 16% considered themselves personally pro-life, but taking the pro-choice position, believe that the government, specifically, has no right to ban it.
The Libertarian Party platform takes a neutral position (or as close as one can get on the issue), stating that the government should not be involved in either prohibiting it or providing resources for it.
If one is pro-life, it usually means that one believes that an unborn child is a human life and thus deserves all human rights that accrue to the individual, including the right to life. If this is the case, then it is a violation of the unborn child's right to life to abort it.
Pro-life libertarians argue that even if the child is occupying a woman's body (her personal property), the woman has no right to abort the child, since it was the actions of the child's parents and not any choice of the child that resulted in the child occupying the mother's womb. A popular analogy made by pro-life libertarians involves an individual with a private plane offering a ride to one of his friends, who accepts the offer. The owner of the plane does not have the right to suddenly order his passenger off his property while the plane is several thousand feet in the air.
Because women have this right, pro-choice libertarians declare government restriction of abortion to be a violation of the non-aggression principle. To support government action against abortion would be equivalent to legislating morality and personal beliefs, a role that government should not have.
This less popular view, depending on who you ask, is considered either a middle ground or a subset of the pro-choice view. (The latter position is taken by the ISideWith poll referenced earlier.) These libertarians side with the pro-choice crowd in opposing the idea that abortion is equivalent to murder (and therefore not a human rights issue) but are not supportive of it as an option they would consider for themselves.
A position unique to the libertarian sphere is the concept of evictionism, a framework put forth by Walter Block and Roy Whitehead. Evictionism acts as a compromise to the debate by separating abortion into two parts: eviction (removing the fetus from the womb) and murder.
Block and Whitehead argue that a woman has the right to evict the fetus, but not to terminate it if it's possible for the fetus to exist outside the womb with the help of medical technology. They point out that as technology advances, the point at which a fetus can exist outside the womb will inch closer to earlier stages of development, and thus the earlier the limit on abortions will be placed.
Because of the fundamental differences in beliefs about the human rights of the fetus, both positions can be justified from a libertarian perspective. For the foreseeable future, this is one issue that libertarians will remain strongly divided on.


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We all know that green fashion can sometimes be a little pricey. For ladies still feeling the brunt of the recession or the college student who hasn't made it into a full-time job yet, vintage clothingboutiques offer unique items at lower prices.
Purchasing vintage and resale fashion is another form of recycling, and it doesn't take any manpower or chemicals to recycle a fabulous retro garment. All it takes is a little bit of time and creativity. Oh yeah, and a little bit of money.
If you've never shopped vintage before, you may be reluctant to try it. My first experience with vintage shopping was when I tagged along with my college roommate to the Salvation Army and Goodwill stores so she could find quirky vintage tees.
I'm not generally patient enough to treasure hunt through thrift stores, so I hop right on over to vintage boutiques or resale clothing shops. These stores generally have a specific set of buying guidelines and can sometimes offer alterations.
Vintage shopping presents a few challenges to those who are accustomed to shopping in a more organized store. Because there are no visual cues to help you build your outfits (mannequins, advertisements, and displays are sparse), the best plan is to do a little research before you dive in. Not only will this give you a direction, but it will help you appreciate the different styles.
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The Blues With Lee Hay
Ben Levin Talks About His New Christmas Single
By Lee Hay • Dec 10, 2019
Ben Levin in WVXU's studio 12.3.19
It's always a delight to have local blues pianist Ben Levin come into the studio and not only talk about his career, but also perform on the grand piano in WVXU's Corbett Studio. Ben sat down with me to catch up on Tuesday, December 3rd, and chat about how he feels about playing in Cincinnati clubs while going to school. We discussed upcoming gigs at Mansion Hill Tavern (12/21 from 8pm-midnight) and BrewRiver Creole Kitchen (12/27 from 7-10pm).
Ben also shared the details of being included on Joe Bonamassa's "Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea II" Mediterrean cruise this summer (8/14-19) with stops in Barcelona, Spain; Genoa, Italy; and Cannes, France. The story behind his new single, "Forgot Mrs. Claus," is fun, and Ben was delighted that it has had more than 60,000 hits online so far. He also mentioned accepting the CEA award for Ricky Nye recently.
And then, the magic happened in our Corbett Studio when Ben sat down at the grand piano and performed "Come On Take a Little Walk With Me."
The rest of this week's blues show, Saturday, December 14th at 11pm, is a potpourri of Christmas tunes starting with Aaron Neville, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Koko Taylor, and Lonnie Brooks in the second set. Then you'll hear "Carol of the Bells" by the Marcus Roberts Trio, Houston Person, Joey DeFrancesco, and BB King in the third set. And rounding out this program is holiday music from Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the Goshorn Brothers, and Tuck Andress's "Little Drummer Boy."
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Susan Tedeschi And Derek Trucks, Partners In Music And In Life
By Steve Inskeep • Mar 1, 2019
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks juggle the chaotic life of raising a family while also fronting the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band. The band's latest album, Signs, released on Feb. 15, explores that balancing act while also transforming grief and confusion into art.
Blues Piano Sensation Ben Levin In Our Studio!
By Lee Hay • Aug 22, 2019
This week on The Blues, Saturday, August 24, at 11pm, you'll hear new music from the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Coco Montoya, Kingfish, Delbert McClinton, and several others.
You'll also be treated to an interview I did on August 7th with local blues pianist Ben Levin in WVXU's Corbett Studio. Ben also plays two songs, "Before Me" and "Caledonia." Rick Andress was the engineer.
Ben Levin's conversation with Lee Hay in VXU's Corbett Studio 8.7.19, plus performances of two songs.
Sad news...Bassist Larry Taylor who's on the song, "Hold On," by Tom Waits, and also played with Canned Heat and John Mayall, plus many others, passed away earlier this week.


We are truly experiencing amazing times of transformation. Love and fear are the only two energies that exist. We are releasing and clearing many levels of fear to create a new reality for ourselves and Mother Earth. In order to ascend we need to balance out at least 51% of our karma. This is a process of awakening us to who we truly are. Sparks of the divine and co-creators. We will reach a new dimensional level of existence and will be transiting through the 4th to the 5th dimension. This shift will move us into the Christ Consciousness of Unconditional Love enabling us to create our own Heaven on Earth. We will enter our light bodies and become self realised, fully conscious, universal beings. The shift will allow feminine energies to become more aware and male energies more passive. We will own that we have created everything in our lives and will create everything to come. Welcome the abundance and end your limited perception.
It is well known that we only use a small part of our brain. We have all the answers. We came here blind-folded to our true nature. Listen to your higher self as it has all the answers for you to tap into. Utilise the right side of the brain. Your intuitive, femine side. This will become a natural process as we fully awakend and telepathy and claircognisance (inner knowing) will be the norm. Our DNA is changing, along with our pineal gland, which is currently shrivelled like a pea. The pineal gland, also known as the third eye, is located in the centre of the brain. It is associated with the sixth chakra whose awakening is linked to increased psychic awareness as consciousness ascends.
The planet is accelerating into higher frequency patterns. We are aligned to the earth's electromagnetic field and her heart beat known as the Schumann Resonance which can be measured. This heartbeat is speeding up and which causes our consciousness of time to change. In May 2012 the Schumann Resonance measured that we were experiencing 12 hours in our 24 hour days. This has continued to accelarate so you may well be feeling there just isn't enough time in the day. It is a fallacy that time goes quicker becuase you get older. We are all experiencing this acceleration. We all know that weeks and months are flying by. We will eventually reach point zero which has been prophesised by many ancient cultures, inlcuding the Mayan and Native Americans. At this time we are said to experience as pole shift, which has happened before. This shift will cleanse the earth of all disease and negativity. As there has been such a mass awakening the process has become much gentler and clearing has been made through much energy work on self and by projecting this love energy to the planet.
These so called 'end times' are not to be feared. It is purely the ending of an old reality and the beginning of a new 26,000 year cycle. The earth has been experiencing climate change for many years now. we no longer have our British four seasons. It is one extreme to the other. This will continue for some time until our planet has fully transformed. There will be parts of Earth that will be barren and others that are plentiful but our new reality will allow resources to be plentiful where ever they are needed. We are the ones responsible for healing Mother Earth and creating Heaven on Earth.
The monetary system is in crisis. Our current system is corrupt and cannot exist in Christ Consciousness. This system we have is completely conditional and if you think about it most problems in life can boil down to money. In truth, money is just an energy for a means of exchange. The dark's role is to reflect those parts that need healing within so we can take our power back and become the God-Realised Beings that we are. There has been a plan for a New World Order, a term which the world governments openly use, by members known as the Illuminati. They are controlling the world's governments and are run by elite bankers, pharmacuetical companies and energy companies to name but a few. Have you noticed Iceland has not been mentioned on the news lately. The Illuminati also control the media and are not reporting the truth. They do not want us to know that Iceland now has it's own monetary system and have also freed many people of their mortgage debts. There is an amazing film called "Thrive" by Foster Gamble of Proctor & Gamble which you can watch for free. This sums up what is happening in our world and what we can do about it.
The sun can emit very powerful solar flares. These flares can potentially bring down computers, communication systems and therefore the banking system. NASA is aware of these solar flares and the pole shift. Mother nature will help us know how to adapt. Her electro-magnetic fields are weakening which is allowing more light particles in our energy field and planet. It is said that the planet Nibiru is causing these flares. Nibiru has a 3600 year cycle around our sun and is also known as Planet X. It entered our space from the Southern Hemisphere and has been sited by many people there. Nibiru is a star that never ignited and has a powerful electromagnetic core which can cause planets in its path to wobble. In time Nibiru will be seen by our naked eye as it moves out from behind our Sun.
Act in love not fear.
You may feel emotions of past and present coming up to be cleared. Just acknowledge these and send them love. They will pass.
Positive affirmations are useful as is Inner Child Therapy.
Acknowledge that you have created everything in your life. This is extremely empowering as it means you can create the future you want by learning from the past. Nothing is a mistake just an opportunity to learn and grow.
Work your Light by meditating, channelling, spiritual work, healing work. These things raise your light quotient.
Work on improving the self and overcoming the ego. If we all accomplish this we can make the world a better place.
TRUST and BELIEVE! The Universe supports us at all times. It is our ego/lower self that gets in the way. By thinking from a polarised sense we keep in the cycle of creating dark and light from the ego. A higher way is to recognise that thoughts are only real if we put our energy to them. Once we rise above the ego we can transcend and miracles can happen. Believe!!!
Remember we are all co-creators of the Divine. See what you want as if it has already happened and fuel it with emotions to create your reality.


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SAFAR – A center for injured animals launches its division Sawali Goushala, that works for cow protection in India.
May 24, 2014 (FPRC) -- Raigad, Maharashtra (India)- SAFAR (Sawali's Animal First Aid and Rehabilitation) center was launched successfully last month. Now, after the great success of SAFAR center for injured animals; SAFAR center started its new division named Sawali Goushala. Keeping in mind the current conditions of cows in India, SAFAR implements its idea to launch Sawali Goushala, specialized in cow protection in India.
Sawali Goushala is a main center for cow protection in India as well as a division of SAFAR center for injured animals and cow protection. According to Sawali Goushala, "Our main goal is to save Indian cows and promote Indian breed cows, Bulls and Ox. We also motivate people to save cow milk." To achieve this goal, Sawali Goushala has prepared some guidelines for providing safe and healthy environment for Indian cows.
Sawali Goushala works on the concept of "Bhartiya Gou Vansh Vadh Va Sanvardhan" which is created to save Indian cow breed and improving the gene pool. Sawali Goushala also provide cows to local villagers after signing an agreement, if any guideline is violated by them or if he does not fulfill his commitment then, villager has to pay penalty. Only milk producing cows are provided on a lease. Villagers can sell the cow milk at very affordable rates and can earn money. Sawali Goushala also provide Bulls and Ox to farmers for free of charge during the farming season, so that farmers manage the cost.
Sawali Goushala is a specialized division for cow protection in India and utilize of cow milk. It is launched by SAFAR Center for injured animals and cow protection; in Mahad-Raigad. The main goal of Sawali Goushala is to protect Indian cow breed and their milk as well as to improve the gene pool of Indian cow breed. SAFAR Center for cow protection is a part of Sawali Samajik Sanstha, it is an NGO in Raigad, registered under Charity commissioner. The work area of Swali Goushala and SAFAR center for injured animals and cow protection is Raigad district in Pune, Maharashtra. Sawali Goushala welcomes your suggestions and interests, you can also become a member of Sawali Goushala and perform Gou Sewa.


The of Use Hard Edging Materials – Everything from rough cut stones to thin steel sheets can make an attractive border if used in the right way and with the right décor. Stone is great for a traditional look while copper or stainless steel works well with more contemporary house styles.
Border Plants Also Work – Adding a little height along the edges of a landscape creates visual interest and defines the area without having to resort to an unattractive fence. Plants like ripple grass will also add a dramatic effect as they move with the wind.
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Admittedly, these plants take some regular care but involving your employees in the process is a great way to give them a break from their busy day. There is really nothing like taking a twenty minute break to weed lightly. The small amount of calming work and the fresh air clears the mind and re-energizes the body.
With appropriately placed containers, you can add color and fragrance to almost any space – even interior ones, if you have the appropriate fluorescent lighting. Herbs grow like the proverbial weed and, once mature, can be harvested on an almost daily basis to enliven any meal.
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False Indigo – A relatively tall plant – so it can be installed towards the back of a landscape , indigo is also a preferred choice of both bees and butterflies. It all adds up to wonderful mix of flora and fauna in your landscape.
Peony – For some heavenly fragrance as well as visual beauty, few plants match the peony. In addition, the intersectional ones produce some of the largest blooms found in any garden – residential or commercial.
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Use Some Well-Placed Planters – For even less effort, a few well-positioned planters can collect rainwater directly off the roof if placed with some care. The only problem is you will not be able to pass by without getting wet.
Utilize the Ground as Well – Installing a flower bed in an area that already collects rainwater is a great way to utilize storm water runoff and also to keep the area from becoming a mud-filled mire.
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Spring is here, and with it comes a host of chores that need to be accomplished in the garden if you want it to be successful for the rest of the year. Here are some important tasks that should have already been finished. If not, it is time to get busy!
Start the Vegetable Garden – For the best, most productive crop, your vegetables – especially peas, carrots, and onions as well as spinach, cauliflower and broccoli – should be in the ground already. Otherwise, you are simply wasting valuable growing time.
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Drug treatment of pituitary tumours
Ee Mun Lim
Aust Prescr 2009;32:19-21
dopamine agonists
somatostatin analogues
Neoplasm of pituitary gland
Lim EM. Drug treatment of pituitary tumours. Aust Prescr 2009;32:19-21. https://doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2009.010
The primary therapeutic aims in the management of pituitary tumours are to correct the excess hormone secretion and to reduce tumour size to prevent damage to normal pituitary tissue and adjacent structures such as the optic chiasma. Treatment of pituitary tumours has been improved by advances in transphenoidal surgery and radiotherapy and by the development of effective drug therapy for prolactinoma and acromegaly. Dopamine agonists are first-line treatment in prolactinomas, and somatostatin analogues are often used in the management of acromegaly.
Pituitary tumours are almost always benign adenomas classified by size and cell of origin. Lesions smaller than 1 cm are classified as microadenomas, and larger lesions are macroadenomas. Prolactin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, follicle stimulating hormone and growth hormone are all secreted by cells in the anterior pituitary and the tumour may arise from any of these cell types. Patients with pituitary tumours may therefore present with:
hormonal hyper secretion (for example prolactinoma, Cushing's disease, acromegaly)
symptoms of mass effect due to tumour compression of adjacent structures (for example visual field defects)
hormone deficiencies caused by the tumour damaging other cell types in the pituitary.
Tumours may also be an incidental finding on radiological imaging.
The diagnosis of pituitary tumours rests on biochemical assessment and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Specific tests can be organised to assess secretory abnormalities or hormonal deficiencies.
The management options for pituitary tumours include neurosurgery, medical therapy or irradiation, depending on the clinical presentation and type of pituitary tumours. Drug treatments can be used as first-line therapy for prolactinomas and acromegaly.
Stress, renal failure and drugs can cause mild to moderate hyperprolactinaemia, but a greatly increased concentration is usually caused by a pituitary adenoma. Prolactinomas are the most common hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas, accounting for approximately 60% of functioning tumours. Over 90% of prolactinomas are small, benign intrasellar tumours that rarely increase in size.1
Dopamine agonists are usually the first therapy for patients with either prolactin-secreting microadenomas or macroadenomas. The aim of treatment is to normalise prolactin concentrations, restore gonadal function and shrink the tumour. Not all patients with prolactin-secreting microadenomas require treatment with dopamine agonists. Premenopausal women with normal menstrual cycles or postmenopausal women with tolerable galactorrhoea can be monitored with 6-12 monthly measurements of serum prolactin. Women treated with dopamine agonists who do not desire pregnancy but require contraception may take an oral contraceptive provided that there is tight control and monitoring of serum prolactin because oestrogen may stimulate lactotroph growth.
Patients with prolactin-secreting macroadenomas, including those with associated visual field defects, can be safely treated with dopamine agonists. Tumour shrinkage often occurs within 1-2 weeks of commencing therapy, and may continue for many months to years.
The dopamine agonists currently available in Australia are bromocriptine, cabergoline and quinagolide. If the patient cannot tolerate the first dopamine agonist prescribed, or serum prolactin does not normalise, it is reasonable to switch to another dopamine agonist. Transphenoidal surgery is reserved for patients who are either resistant or intolerant to medical therapy.
Cabergoline is an ergot derivative with a very prolonged duration of action. It is preferred to bromocriptine as it is more potent and effective in achieving normoprolactinaemia. Cabergoline is given once or twice weekly and the usual maintenance dose is 0.5-2 mg weekly. It is better tolerated than bromocriptine and may be effective in patients resistant to bromocriptine.
There is an increased risk of cardiac valve regurgitation with the use of cabergoline in patients with Parkinson's disease.2 The doses used to treat prolactinomas are much smaller, but it may be reasonable to offer echocardiograms to patients who have been on prolonged treatment with cabergoline.
Bromocriptine is an ergot alkaloid and suppresses prolactin secretion by directly binding to D2 dopamine receptors within the anterior pituitary. Therapy should be started at 0.625 to 1.25 mg at night to minimise the adverse effects of nausea, vomiting, dizziness and postural hypotension with the initial dose. The dose can be gradually increased to a maintenance dose of 2.5 mg twice or three times daily. Bromocriptine normalises prolactin and reduces tumour mass in 80-90% of patients with microadenomas and in 70% of patients with macroadenomas.1
Quinagolide
Quinagolide is a non-ergot, well-tolerated, oral dopamine agonist. If patients cannot tolerate bromocriptine or cabergoline, it is best to switch them over to quinagolide as it may be better tolerated given its specificity for the D2 dopamine receptor. Quinagolide is given once daily and a starter pack is used to gradually increase the dose over seven days to a maintenance dose of 75 microgram daily. The dose can be increased further to 150-300 microgram daily if required.
Monitoring patients with prolactinoma
Serum prolactin should be checked one month after starting a dopamine agonist and then 3-6 monthly as clinically indicated. Once hyperprolactinaemia is normalised, serum prolactin can be monitored annually. When prolactin has been normal for more than two years and the reduction in tumour size is more than 50%, the dose of dopamine agonists can be gradually decreased to the lowest maintenance dose.1 However, cessation of treatment may lead to tumour regrowth and recurrence of hyperprolactinaemia. Follow-up of these patients is important with regular (3-6 monthly) monitoring of serum prolactin.
Patients with microadenomas whose serum prolactin concentrations have been suppressed for more than 1-2 years by dopamine agonist therapy may be able to stop their medication. It is also reasonable to withdraw treatment in those patients with macroadenomas and no evidence of residual tumour on MRI, but the dopamine agonists should be gradually tapered before cessation. Serum prolactin should be monitored every three months during the first year of drug withdrawal.3 Therapy should be continued in patients with any tumour mass on MRI.
Once pregnancy is confirmed, bromocriptine or cabergoline are often withdrawn in patients with microadenomas, but dopamine agonists may be continued in patients with macroadenomas. Patients are asked to report headaches and visual disturbances during pregnancy as prolactinomas, especially macroadenomas, may grow during pregnancy under continued oestrogen stimulation.
Bromocriptine has an extensive safety record in pregnancy and emerging experience suggests cabergoline may also be safe in early pregnancy. Insufficient safety data on quinagolide preclude its use during pregnancy.
Growth hormone secreting adenomas account for 20% of functional pituitary tumours. The aims of treatment in acromegaly are to:
remove the tumour and resolve symptoms due to tumour mass
normalise growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) secretion
prevent progressive disfigurement, bone expansion and osteoarthritis
improve cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities.
Transphenoidal surgery is the mainstay of treatment, with surgical cure achieved in more than 80% of patients with microadenomas.4 However, only 50% of patients with macrodenomas can be cured surgically and this rate is significantly reduced in patients with invasive macroadenomas. Cure is defined biochemically as normalisation of IGF-1 within the age-related reference interval or a random growth hormone concentration less than 2.5 microgram/L (5 mU/L) or adequate suppression of growth hormone secretion during an oral glucose tolerance test.
Medical treatment with somatostatin analogues has assumed a prominent role in the management of acromegaly and is successful in the control of hormone excess in about 60% of patients.4 It has often been used as adjuvant therapy after unsuccessful surgery, but more recently somatostatin analogues have been proposed as first-line therapy. Studies have shown that biochemical control of acromegaly and tumour shrinkage can be achieved when somatostatin analogues are used as first-line therapy, especially when surgical cure is not possible for invasive macroadenomas.5 Somatostatin analogues may also be used in preoperative treatment of patients with significant obstructive sleep apnoea or cardiovascular disease, to attempt to rapidly lower growth hormone concentrations and possibly reduce perioperative complications.
The availability of long-acting depot preparations of somatostatin analogues has improved the ease of administration and patients' compliance. Octreotide and lanreotide are currently available in Australia. Patients resistant to medical therapy are often referred for radiotherapy.
Octreotide is an eight-amino acid synthetic somatostatin analogue. The short-acting form is available as subcutaneous injections, given as 100-200 microgram three times daily. The modified-release, long-acting formulation of octreotide is given as a monthly intramuscular injection. Gastrointestinal adverse effects, due to drug-induced suppression of gastrointestinal motility and secretion, occur in one-third of patients. These effects include nausea, abdominal discomfort, fat malabsorption, diarrhoea and flatulence, but are often short-lived. The most significant adverse effect involves the formation of gallstones and in symptomatic patients cholecystectomy may be required. Mild glucose intolerance may develop due to transient suppression of insulin secretion.
Lanreotide
Lanreotide is a cyclic octapeptide analogue of somatostatin. Lanreotide acetate is given as fortnightly intramuscular injections. The availability of lanreotide as a gel in a pre-filled syringe (60, 90, 120 mg) has further improved the ease of administration. This is given as a deep subcutaneous injection every four weeks. Extended dosing with 120 mg every 6-8 weeks may be as effective for patients established on 60-90 mg every 4 weeks. The adverse effect profile is similar to that of octreotide.
Dopamine agonists may suppress growth hormone secretion in patients with acromegaly and some growth hormone-secreting adenomas may co-secrete prolactin. These drugs are often used in conjunction with somatostatin analogues for an additive suppressive effect when biochemical cure is not achieved with somatostatin analogues alone. Dopamine agonists alone are rarely effective in the treatment of acromegaly.
Pegvisomant is a pegylated recombinant analogue of human growth hormone which acts as a growth hormone receptor antagonist. It normalises IGF-1 in over 90% of patients with acromegaly. Pegvisomant is given as subcutaneous injections. This drug can be used in patients with active acromegaly not cured by surgery and resistant to somatostatin analogues. Pegvisomant, as a growth hormone antagonist, does not act on the tumour and is unlikely to influence tumour growth and secretion. It is well tolerated and long-term safety data are gradually accumulating, but it may cause elevated transaminases on liver function tests. This treatment is not readily available in Australia.
The development of new therapies and the availability of long-acting depot formulations have provided improved therapeutic options in the management of growth hormone- and prolactin-secreting pituitary tumours. Further drug development for the management of pituitary tumours should enable more patients with hormone-secreting adenomas to be successfully treated medically.
Casanueva FF, Molitch ME, Schlechte JA, Abs R, Bonert V, Bronstein MD, et al. Guidelines of the Pituitary Society for the diagnosis and management of prolactinomas. Clin Endocrinol 2006;65:265-73.\r\n
Schade R, Andersohn F, Suissa S, Haverkamp W, Garbe E. Dopamine agonists and the risk of cardiac-valve regurgitation. N Engl J Med 2007;356:29-38.\r\n
Schlechte JA. Long-term management of prolactinomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007;92:2861-5.\r\n
Melmed S. Medical progress: Acromegaly. N Engl J Med 2006;355:2558-73.\r\n
Colao A, Pivonello R, Auriemma RS, Briganti F, Galdiero M, Tortora F, et al. Predictors of tumor shrinkage after primary therapy with somatostatin analogs in acromegaly: a prospective study in 99 patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:2112-8.\r\n
Clinical Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
Head, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, PathWest Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth


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The Panzerfaust had limited range, limited stopping power, and required brave troops to draw deeply into a tank's range to kill it, but it was still one of the more effective tank weapons of the war, and they instilled fear in Allied tank crews forced to drive against it.
As World War II progressed, tanks got beefier and beefier, forcing infantrymen to find new ways to wreck panzers. They eventually turned to an idea first pioneered in the 1880s by German and American scientists.
The scientists had found that when a hollow was left in explosives, they produced a jet of hot air that did more damage than a solid block would, and the effect with high explosives was much greater than the effect by any other explosives. This knowledge was largely unexploited in World War I but many academics, especially in Germany, did research and weapons design in the 1930s.
In 1943, the first Panzerfaust was created, and the shaped-charge breakthroughs were key to its design. It was a recoilless rifle that could launch a shaped charge anywhere from 30 to 200 yards, depending on the model. When the munition hit a tank, a shaped charge at the front of the warhead detonated and sent a jet of hot metal into the tank's cabin, usually killing the crew and potentially setting off fuel or ammo stores in the vehicle.
A soldier with a Panzerfaust from the Panzer Division Hermann Göring smiling to the camera, Russia, 1944.
Early Panzerfaust could penetrate 5.5 inches of steel, and Germany later upgraded it to penetrate almost 8 inches of armor. Meanwhile, a T-34 turret had 3.5 inches of armor, and the M4 Sherman had up to 3 inches. This overkill could terrorize Allied tank crews who knew that, if it was hit with a Panzerfaust, it was likely all over.
Luckily for them, the Panzerfaust did have one big shortcoming: It was an infantry weapon with a range between a few dozen yards and 200 yards, and the 200-yard variants weren't deployed during the war. So, tank crews could slaughter Panzerfaust crews from hundreds of yards outside of the anti-tank team's range.
But only if they could spot the anti-tank teams from out of the weapon's range. Panzerfaust teams would hide in brush or trenches and wait for tanks to roll up, or they would sneak through buildings and hit the tanks from close range.
A soldier inspects his Panzerfaust.
Either way, the weapon was the most effective Germany had against tanks at close range, taking out about half of the Allied tanks killed at short range. And the weapon was nearly on par with dedicated anti-tank guns, requiring just a little over twice as many shots per tank killed despite having much lower logistics and training requirements.


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The world debut was at the MUNICH FABRIC START in Munich (05. – 07.09.2017). For the first time ever, a complete piece of clothing (t-shirt) was assembled using ultrasonic at a tradeshow. Some weld seams were "taped" using a PFAFF hot-air taping machine. This welded tape could be used to seal the seam or merely as a design element.
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Nearly two months after a Hummel Report investigation raised questions about why the vice president of the Johnston Town Council was sending her triplets to Narragansett High School - and whether she and her husband were entitled to a homestead tax exemption in Johnston, the verdict is in. Officials in both communities launched their own investigations based on our report. It's a split decision for the councilwoman, but as Jim Hummel found out this week: the case may not be over.
To read the town solicitor's memo click here.
To read the letter from Manzi's lawyer click here.
To view Manzi's tax bill/exemption click here.
Click here to watch our original report.
Our report seven weeks ago prompted two separate investigations into Johnston Town Council Vice President Stephanie Manzi, who told us her 16-year-old triplets had been attending Narragansett High School since August of 2014.
The superintendent of the school system began gathering information to see if Manzi's husband, Paul - was, in fact, a resident of Narragansett and whether the children lived with him in this 784-square foot cottage on Ocean Road. If so that would allow them to continue to attend the high school.
At the same time, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena asked his solicitor, William Conley, to determine if Manzi was improperly receiving a homestead exemption after our report showed she had signed a notarized form stating that neither she nor her husband, who jointly own this house in Johnston, claimed residency in any other town. Councilwoman Manzi told us in our interview that her husband was a resident of Narragansett even though they were not divorced or separated.
Polisena: ``I know it took a couple of weeks, but sometimes, you know, my solicitor does his due diligence, it wasn't made a quick willy-nilly decision and here's the decision.''
Polisena told us this week Conley advised that - based on his research - the Manzis were not entitled to the homestead exemption, which gives residents a 20 percent break on their property taxes.
Polisena: ``As you can see the report is lengthy it's probably over 100 plus pages.''
In a 7-page memo, with dozens of pages of supporting documentation, the solicitor also said that according to the Homestead Recertification that Manzi voted for as a councilwoman and signed as a resident last year, she would have to repay the town with penalties and interest.
Polisena: ` There's no double standards in my administration, we would have done this for anybody else whether it be elected official or not. There were a lot of people out there, Jim I know that thought it was going to get pushed under the table. We don't do that here. Whether you like me or not, okay, I may be a lot of things, but one thing this administration is, is honest, we don't have any double standards here. We treat everybody equally and fairly. So they can eat the words now because as I said we don't do things like that here. That's the old Johnston.''
The town's tax assessor calculated that Councilwoman Manzi would have to reimburse the town $1,765 for the homestead exemption she received, including interest and penalties.
In the meantime Manzi has hired an attorney, who sent Conley a letter taking issue with his memorandum to Mayor Polisena. We asked Manzi whether she planned to go to court to appeal the removal of the homestead exemption. She did not respond to us directly, but her attorney said his client cannot make a decision until she's received a formal decision from the town. The town provided her with the same document a week ago that the mayor provided us on Tuesday.
Polsena: ``If you, obviously, break the law, it doesn't matter if you're an elected official, a council member, state senator, state rep, we don't tolerate that.''
Meanwhile, the superintendent in Narragansett, Katherine Sipala, said her legal counsel advised that any appeal of an adverse residency ruling against the Manzis to the Department of Education would focus on their living arrangements now and going forward - and not any evidence we uncovered leading up to our report in March. Right after our report aired Paul Manzi changed his voter registration from Johnston to Narragansett.
Supt. Sipala told us that documents provided by the Manzis show that Mr. Manzi is living in the cottage with his three children, although they acknowledged the children had been in Johnston because Councilwoman Manzi has had some health issues and Paul Manzi, who is a police officer at Rhode Island College, had a work schedule that didn't allow him to get to Narragansett some nights, so the children stayed in Johnston. And sometimes we saw the councilwoman staying in Narragansett.
She also said the bus driver confirmed seeing the students taking the bus and that Mr. Manzi said he planned to put an addition on the cottage.
That means the triplets, who are finishing their sophomore year will continue to be allowed to attend Narragansett High School at a cost to local taxpayers at just shy of $60,000 a year. But the school department will continue to monitor the situation.
After our story ran in March, The Hummel Report was contacted by some faculty members at Roger Williams University, where Manzi is the Dean of the Justice Studies Department. The faculty we spoke with wanted to know if the university planned to take any action, given our findings.
President Donald Farish told The Hummel Report this week that quote: ``the allegations are pretty serious.'' He added that the university plans to do its own investigation concerning Dean Manzi.
Back in Johnston the mayor said he believes removing the homestead exemption is an adequate penalty.
Hummel: ``I had some people approach me and say, they have handled cases where if somebody signs a form in front of a public official and it's notarized, and it's false information, why aren't they being prosecuted criminally?''
Polisena: ``That's a good question, you know once again, even if it was Jim Smith or Mary Jones, I don't want to put people in jail - you don't want to do that. That's something where…I don't get any satisfaction out of trying to prosecute someone criminally. As long as they pay back to what they owe, and adhere to the rules, and they lose the homestead, I'm satisfied.''
In Johnston, Jim Hummel for The Hummel Report.


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River Hebert is a village on the River Hebert in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.It is approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Amherst. As of 2021 the population was 468.

The village and the river are both named after Louis Hébert, a settler from Port Royal in 1604, who navigated the river.

Until the late 20th century, coal mining was the major industry in the area, but the last mine closed in 1981.

River Hebert is home to 1442 River Hebert Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, founded in 1949.  River Hebert has one school that is open to students from grades pre-primary to 12, a public library, a medical centre, and it is home to Heritage Models, a tourist attraction that features scale models of local areas of interest, such as the home of Amos Peck "King" Seaman. The Village is also home to a gas station, which was burned down, but has since been replaced.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, River Hebert had a population of 468 living in 216 of its 245 total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of 453. With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

References

Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Mining communities in Nova Scotia
Villages in Nova Scotia
Designated places in Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia

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Today's gospel story appears in the gospels of Luke, Matthew and John. Luke and Matthew place this event at the beginning of Jesus ministry. After this amazing catch of fish Jesus tells Peter and the others that from now on they would be fishers of people.
In all three accounts of his encounter with the disciples Jesus comes to them after they'd spent a long night on the sea catching nothing. Empty nets meant empty pockets and they had families to feed. Wondering what a carpenter would know about fishing they humoured Jesus by setting the nets again and ending up with overflowing nets.
Applying this scene to ourselves we might come to trust the truth that Jesus is with us and comes to strengthen us when we are discouraged and thinking of giving up because all our efforts at trying to be faithful, trying to be honest and just, trying to be a good student, trying to be a good spouse, trying to be a good parent seem to have come to nothing. We see ourselves as holding empty nets. But Jesus is with us, encouraging us and telling us, 'try again, and don't give up.' In the end our nets will be full because trusting in Christ's presence and grace in our live we do 'try again'.
But the most important part of today's gospel is the exchange between Jesus and Peter. We are all familiar with Peter's shameless behavior at the trial of Jesus. Three times, swearing on an oath, "I do not know the man." Peter had promised so much and Peter failed so miserably. In the presence of the other Apostles Peter promised 'Even though I must die with you, I will never deny you." For his three denials Christ asks for three affirmations of Peter's love; 'Simon, son of John do you love me more than these?' "Yes Lord, you know that I love you." And Peter is given the commission, 'Feed my lambs, and feed my sheep.' Jesus reaffirmed his choice of Peter as the shepherd of his flock despite his sinful denial of Jesus.
Earlier Jesus had changed Simon's name to Peter, the rock. A rock on which Jesus would build his church. But Peter seems to be made more of quicksand than rock. Even after this threefold profession of love Peter showed how fragile a person he was. The apostle Paul taught, as did all the apostles, that it was faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Messiah that made a person right with God. The requirements of circumcision and the law were things of the past. We know of the struggles in the early church between Jewish and Gentile Christians over this issue. In his letter to the Galatians Paul tells of his need to stand up to Peter. Paul writes; 'When Peter came to Antioch I opposed him to his face because he stood self – condemned; for until certain people came from James he used to eat with the Gentiles. But after they came, he drew back and kept himself separate for fear of the circumcision faction. When I saw they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel I said Peter before them all, if you though a Jew live like a gentile and not like a Jew how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?' Paul challenged Peter for his hypocrisy.
The message of this part of the gospel is a message of mercy and forgiveness. It is a message we all need to hear. And we are to show that same mercy and forgiveness to others. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord. Jesus, who promised to be with us always, even to the end of time. The Vicar of Christ on earth is the Pope. The Popes are human just as Peter was human, with strengths and weaknesses. Our church is made up of humans, humans who are mistake making beings, sinners struggling to be saints. Through the centuries we have great and holy Popes and we've had mercenary and scandalous Popes. The last gift Pope Benedict gave to the church was the message that being Pope need not be a lifetime job. If you can't do it let the Holy Spirit find your replacement. Pope Francis now has the job of feeding the sheep and the lambs. As every Pope before him he will have his supporters and his critics. His public jesters of simple life style, simple liturgies, being available to people indicate he will be the Pope of the poor and neglected.
We continue this Mass praying for our new Holy Father, he knows he needs our prayers. After his election he asked the crowds in St. Peter's square to bless him before he blessed the. May he always be open to the workings of the life-giving Spirit in his life and in the life of the Church.
This Homily entry was posted on Sunday, April 14th, 2013.


Doctors discover 26 cockroaches inside teen`s ear!
Doctors discover 26 cockroaches inside teen's ear!
A 19-year-old in the city of Dongguan, in the southern Chinese region of Guangdong Province, who went to his doctor complaining of a ear ache, was horrified when he was told that 26 cockroaches were living inside his ear.
Li, 19, recalled that he woke up in the middle of the night with an unbearable itch in his ear that grew increasingly painful, reports news.com.au.
In desperation, he stuck a finger in his ear and felt a sensation deep inside. However, his room mate found no trace of anything unusual.
The next day, Li visited the hospital, where doctors performed an endoscopy and found his ear was packed with cockroaches.
A female cockroach had been living in Li's ear canal for weeks and had laid eggs.
According to the doctors, if Li had not come to the hospital on time, his ear could have been severely damaged.
The incident, they said, caused severe congestion and a swelling of Li's right ear and had damaged the skin in the ear canal.


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Jangji station is a subway station in Jangji-dong, Songpa-gu, which is located in Seoul, South Korea. This station is on Seoul Subway Line 8.

Jangji is mostly a bed town, with numerous apartments, including the "Songpa Pine Town". The Garden 5, a shopping mall with a movie theater, spa, etc., is next to exit 5.

Station layout

Metro stations in Songpa District
Seoul Metropolitan Subway stations
Railway stations opened in 1996


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Seamus Heaney's poems explore the loss of childhood and the cruel awakening into the world of adulthood. Discuss.
The poem is written from an adult perspective, although it has many childlike phrases in it. It is about Heaney's summer ventures with his friends during which they would collect blackberries in "milk-cans, pea-tins, jam-pots". It is an elegy, mourning the spiritual death of childhood. The poem is also an extended metaphor. The beginning is about childhood, seeing the world as a child. However there are associations made with adulthood throughout the first stanza eg: "like thickened wine." This implies that adulthood is always near, that it is creeping up on the poet. The second stanza is a metaphor for the adult world, and its disappointments.
Mid-Term Break: Critical Essay. Heaney reveals his true feelings to us in the poem and makes it real to us by using various techniques. How Heaney achieves this will be the subject of this essay.
Our next clue is that Heaney says that the bells are "knelling" rather than ringing. "Knelling" means the ringing of funeral-like bells, not the ringing of school bells. These clues suggest that someone has died. He emphasizes the effect of these clues by using alliteration. The third clue is that he says he met his "father crying" on the porch. Heaney goes on saying how his father always took "funerals in his stride", which shows that someone has died who is close to his family.
Commentary on Seamus Heaney's "Scaffolding".
"When they start upon a building / Are careful to test out the scaffolding" depicts the two person's first try to build a friendship. The word "careful" and "test" shows the uneasiness of getting to know a person well at the beginning of the meet due to human's cautious nature. The process towards relationship building is instilled in the next two stanzas.
Commentary on "Casualty" by Seamus Heaney.
The next line mitigates this desolate feeling through a delightful physical description: "And raise a weathered thumb". This is the first physical description of the drinker and it conveys to us that the drinker may be a hard working laborer. The first few lines of this stanza also convey a feeling of familiarity between the man, the bar, and his drinks. This is done through vivid imagery passed on by precise description: the drinker could order his drinks "without / Having to raise his voice" or with just "a lifting of the eyes". The strength of this imagery draws in the reader so that he/she feels that they are there at the scene.
This gives us an image of the trout being like a gun, not in just the shape of it, but also the destructive quality that a gun has. "slips like butter down/the throat of the river" This is the first use of a simile in the poem, which Heaney uses regularly in this poem. Heaney is comparing the movement of the Trout through the river to the movement of butter down a throat. The word "slips" contains much sibilance, which makes it sound as if the passage of the trout is smooth, without obstruction.
This is made clear by the poet's careful choice of words. 'His eye narrowed and angled at the ground, mapping the furrows exactly.' These words effectively suggest his father's skill and precision. We are also told that young Heaney 'stumbled in his hob-nailed wake,' which brings to our mind a picture of the ploughman's heavy boots, the carefully ploughed furrow and the child's clumsy enthusiasm. The poet uses onomatopoeic words to capture the details of his father as he works the plough.
Therefore, this suggests that the idea of 'digging' represents Heaney digging though his past and him digging into the English language to say and express what he wants to say, as words are now his tool. Heaney uses change in tense in 'Follower' to indicate his change in views and ideas. When he remembers about his father and grandfather at work he goes into the past tense but the last two stanzas return to the present. This suggests that his life on the farm as a child is in his past and he has a new life.
Death Of A Naturalist comment on how appropriate the title, "Death of a Naturalist", is and comment on how it changes meaning.
It's something he does every year and watches the "jellied-specks" become "fattening dots" then turn into tadpoles. He almost has a scientific interest in knowing the proper names ("bullfrog" and "frogspawn") rather than the teachers patronising talk of "daddy" and "mammy". Especially the idea of forecasting the weather by looking at the frogspawn because it's not very helpful as it is blatantly obvious if it is sunny or raining and so there is no need to look at the frogspawn. Seamus Heaney uses onomatopoeia more lavish here than in any poem - and many of the sound are very in delicate: "gargled", "slap and plop" and "farting".
The child's natural speaking voice comes across in line 8; "But best of all". The vividness of his description is achieved through Heaney's use of images loaded with words that lengthen the vowels and have a certain weightiness in their consonants; "green and heavy-headed Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods." The sound of the insects which, "Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell" is conveyed by the 's' and 'z' sounds but also, importantly, acts like a bandage preventing the spread of decay.
Heaney gives this fossil life through his diction by describing the state she was in when they dug her up. Heaney starts the poem using words like "tug," "halter," "nape," "neck," and "naked" in order to immediately establish a dark and gruesome yet depressing tone. Heaney's desire is to make the reader feel an emotion of sympathy towards the York Girl. He uses very penetrating adjectives such as "amber beads" and "frail rigging" to quickly establish this sympathetic tone. As the poem moves on, the reader notices the narrator's change in attitude and feeling towards the York Girl as he begins to describe her in an admiring manner.
The 'poppy' is an image of young life lost. It's a strong metaphor as the poppy is a mark of respect for those who died in the war, unusual death of a young child. The 'poppy' is classed as a wild random growing flower, so it suggests that the death was a shock. The poem shows a clear sign of sadness, 'My father's crying'. Its hard for the older brother to cope with seeing his father cry because his finding the death hard to cope with. The family support and comforts each other.
This contrasts with 'Mid-Term Break' as it doesn't focus on the aftermath of an accident but the accident itself. Robert Frost spends the first third of his poem describing the scenery and setting the scene before going on to tell us about a young boy finishing a day's work. The focus is always on the buzz saw. As the young boy's sister calls 'Supper' he turns away for a moment. This brief lack of concentration leads to him incurring a terrible injury in his hand.
The first stanza is telling us that the boy is away from home, isolated, upset and waiting. It is made up of short sentences to build up tension and create shock as though the reader is expecting something to happen. One phrase that struck me was 'our neighbors drove me home'. This suggested to me that something had happened as usually a student's parents take them to and from school. We then find out that the father, apparently always strong at other funerals, is distraught, while the mother is too angry to cry.
How does Heaney explore the issues of background and identity in his early poems, Digging and Follower?
Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Digging presents a good example of a parallel between the tactile and metaphorical. The first two-line stanza 'earths' the poem to the poet - using direct, simple, striking language. "Gun" particularly draws the reader's attention; it is aggressive and monosyllabic. Heaney remembers the way his father, a farmer, dug for potatoes - using description appealing heavily to the senses. Although this particular memory can be seen as simple, or trivial, it is through these every-day activities that the roots of the present grow into - the past 'earth' that is made up by seemingly dull daily chores.
How does Seamus Heaney present his childhood in the poems "Follower" and "Mid-Term Break".
The title "Mid-Term Break" is very ironic. The reader is at once tricked into believing that the poem will be about Heaney's happy memories from his school holidays. This is not so as the poem is actually about how Heaney is going home to the funeral of his brother: A quite sad and dramatic event in his childhood. "Follower" and "Mid-Term Break" are both about Heaney and his relationship with his family. The poem "Follower" describes his relationship with his father.
His first poem in the Death of a Naturalist is very important. The purpose of it is to symbolise and introduce his circumstances. 'Between my finger and thumb the squat pen rests'. Look at this first sentence. It is telling you he is a writer. He is telling you that the pen rests. This means that he is comfortable with it. In a way he is saying that the pen belongs in his hand. Then he goes on to write 'snug as a gun'. A gun is a weapon. Something used for destruction which poetry is not. But, If you look closer you can see that maybe the pen has destroyed something.
Heaney is a little boy in the poem and he looks up to his father in the physical way because his father is tall and strong but he is small and short. "I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake, Fell sometimes on the polished sod"; it brings up the picture of the ploughman's boots and the clumsiness of little Heaney while sometimes his father gives him rides on the back because he could not stand Heaney's awkwardness. Heaney also wants to be exactly like his father and become stronger when he grows up.
The three poems 'On My First Sonne', 'Mid-Term Break' and 'Refugee Mother and Child' all explore the same theme, which are the emotions of love and loss. This conveys a sense of radical grief to the reader.
In the very start of the poem a sense of sorrow is conveyed and some conclusions can be taken. For instance the boy that is in the boarding school is feeling lonely. The mood of the poem can definitely be found in the second line "Counting bells knelling classes to a close". This shows us how unhappy the boy is in the boarding school and it shows us what direction the play is taking, which is a gloomy one. Heaney uses as linguistic devices alliteration and assonance throughout the poem to emphasize the sound of the bells in the funeral and to make the feeling of time passing.
The flowerbeds add pride to where he is digging as it shows it's a place well kept. To me, this scenario is described in a way that is based on an allotment. Seamus Heaney describes where his grandfather digs from stanzas six to eight. "Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods over his shoulder, going down for the good turf." (Stanza 7) I used all of stanza seven as a quote because the words written are all relevant to describe where his grandfather works. It proves that where his grandfather digs differentiated from where his grandfather digs. This also proves that the setting changes due to Seamus Heaney's memories of his father and grandfather.
He also talks about, "bells knelling", which in itself sums up most of the poem. As well at this he talks about the time and in many peoples minds constantly looking at a clock may be a sign of boredom and impatience. In the next stanza, stanza two, the mood id that of a very serious nature the writer expresses this by using dashes, " in the porch I met my father crying-..." I think he does this to create a solemn pause and also to show how hard it was for him to come to terms with what had happen in the recent time that he was away.
Discuss how Seamus Heaney presents childhood in "Death of a naturalist" and "Mid term break".
The poem opens with an evocation of a summer landscape which has the immediacy of an actual childhood experience. There is also a sense of exploration in "in the heart/Of the townland;" which is consistent with the idea of learning and exploration inevitably leading to discovery and the troubled awareness of experience.It gives a bad image of childhood because you could relate festered in my heart, heavy headed, daily it sweltered in the sun all to humans all too us.
How does Heaney make "Mid-Term Break" such a moving poem?
Similarly, the candles could also represent the child having a brief life. This is because the fire on candles does not last a long time. This could represent the fact of how the child has, in a way, not lasted on the Earth for a long time. Both these descriptions make the poem very moving. Heaney's use of enjambment is another clever technique used by the poet to make the poem so moving.
In what ways does Heaney vividly convey feelings of disappointment in "Blackberry-Picking"?
In this poem, the first stanza describes Heaney's "lust" and excitement, whilst the second stanza described how the blackberries have not turned out the way Heaney wanted them to turn out. The fact that Heaney uses a shorter stanza describing the "sour" blackberries implies to the reader that that Heaney does not want to dwell into his disappointment. It's almost as though this experience is too sad for Heaney to talk about in too much depth.
How does Heaney vividly explore the nature of fear in An Advancement of Learning?
He then goes on to cross 'the bridge' which is a metaphorical boundary of fears and memories. The poem really shows how this phobia of rats turns into a metaphorical milestone that has been overcome in his life. Heaney uses his personal experience of having to face a fear which he has been 'coloured' by in his childhood memories where he remembers rats being 'Behind the hen-coop' in his yard. The central theme of the poem is fear where he cuts through the pensive atmosphere that he has created to make the reader on edge by vividly describing the dull and grey scene to the reader.
me what had happened, I started to cry when she was talking, I wanted to drown out her voice and pretend none of this was happening, but I couldn't no matter how hard I tried, my four year old brother was dead, he got knocked over by a car and there was nothing I could do about it. My innocent little brother, the one who loves to play with me and tell me silly jokes, he will never get to live a full life.
Compare the different memories o f childhood presented in "Mid Term Break" and "In Mrs Tilschers Class"
"In conclusion both of these poems deal with childhood memories. Heaney's' poem is more sad and we learn it effects him emotionally. Duffy's poem is an experience I think we all go through and we can deal with. I prefer 'Mid Term Break' as it affected me more emotionally as I can not sympathise with him. I think the poem is written really well as he builds up the tension that he felt. Jade schofield"
"In conclusion, the main similarities between the three poems are in the language used. By this I mean that of particular phrases such as war words and the usage of similes and alliteration and the fact that they are all about animals and fear. The main differences are that "The Early Purges" is a different structure to the other two poems. I have learnt about parts of Seamus Heaney's childhood and his coping with fear. I have also learnt different techniques to use in poems, for example alliteration. I have enjoyed the excitement Heaney builds up in each poem. My favourite poem is "An Advancement of Learning" because I can understand and picture everything Heaney describes. Also it is my most preferred poem due to the fact I can relate to confronting a fear and not having a path to turn to and then the fear swam away from me, so I can relate to the story."
Compare one poem by Seamus Heaney and one poem by Gillian Clarke to show how they use imagery to create effects.
"CONCLUSION Both the poems, Mali and Blackberry Picking convey a strong message and meaning to the poem. The poem Mali is about a child's 3rd birthday, so naturally it is going to be a special occasion for her. I think Mali was written because it was such a special day for Gillian and it meant so much to her. In my opinion, I think Mali is a very effective poem. The many feelings and emotions conveyed in the poem, along with the poetic devices, especially imagery, make it a very interesting poem to read. The poem Blackberry Picking is about a past experience that Seamus had of blackberry picking. I think he wrote this because he feels that the memories of blackberry picking were very special to him and he wants to remember them. I think blackberry picking is also a very effective poem. The details of the blackberry picking are very well explained by his especially good use of vivid imagery and the other poetic devices in the poem. Edward Jones"


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Killswitch Found for Malware Used in SolarWinds Hack
A killswitch has been identified and activated for one of the pieces of malware delivered by threat actors as part of the attack targeting IT management and monitoring firm SolarWinds and its customers.
FireEye, which disclosed the attack earlier this month after the threat actor managed to breach its systems and steal some Red Team tools, revealed that the attacker had compromised SolarWinds systems and used its access to deliver a piece of malware named SUNBURST.
The malware, which is configured to remain dormant for a certain period after installation, is capable of collecting information about the infected computer, downloading and executing code, creating and deleting files, reading and manipulating registry entries, and rebooting the system. In the case of targets that were of interest, the hackers also delivered a backdoor called Teardrop and a Cobalt Strike payload.
During its analysis of the malware, FireEye noticed that SUNBURST had been communicating with a domain named avsvmcloud[.]com. The cybersecurity firm worked with Microsoft and registrar GoDaddy to seize control of the domain.
"Depending on the IP address returned when the malware resolves avsvmcloud[.]com, under certain conditions, the malware would terminate itself and prevent further execution," a FireEye spokesperson told SecurityWeek.
"This killswitch will affect new and previous SUNBURST infections by disabling SUNBURST deployments that are still beaconing to avsvmcloud[.]com. However, in the intrusions FireEye has seen, this actor moved quickly to establish additional persistent mechanisms to access to victim networks beyond the SUNBURST backdoor. This killswitch will not remove the actor from victim networks where they have established other backdoors. However, it will make it more difficult for the actor to leverage the previously distributed versions of SUNBURST," they added.
SolarWinds confirmed this week that malicious actors hacked the build system for its Orion monitoring product and delivered trojanized updates to customers between March and June 2020. The company believes up to 18,000 of its 300,000 customers may have received the malicious components. Following the breach, SolarWinds has removed from its website a page listing important customers.
The victims include several U.S. government organizations and, according to FireEye, many organizations in the government, technology, consulting, extractive and telecom sectors in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Symantec, which also analyzed the attack, said it had identified the trojanized software updates on over 2,000 computers at more than 100 customers.
The attacker has been described as a sophisticated threat actor that is likely backed by a nation state. Some reports said it was Russian hackers, specifically the group known as Cozy Bear and APT29, but the reports have yet to be confirmed and the Kremlin has denied the accusations.
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