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Mohammed Amin: Most critics of the Home Office's Shariah Law Review have missed the point
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Mohammed Amin MBE is Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum. He is writing in a personal capacity.
On 23 March 2015, the Coalition government's Home Secretary, Theresa May, gave an important speech on extremism. One of the key announcement paragraphs is reproduced below:
"There are some areas where – like in the application of Shari'a law – we know enough to know we have a problem, but we do not yet know the full extent of the problem. For example, there is evidence of women being "divorced" under Shari'a law and left in penury, wives who are forced to return to abusive relationships because Shari'a councils say a husband has a right to "chastise", and Shari'a councils giving the testimony of a woman only half the weight of the testimony of a man. We will therefore commission an independent figure to complete an investigation into the application of Shari'a law in England and Wales."
A fortnight later I wrote a piece on Conservative Home generally supporting the speech. On the Shariah law review, I emphasised the need for a credible independent figure:
"If the "independent figure" Theresa May mentions in her speech does not have credibility with British Muslims, then the entire exercise will be a waste of time. In my view the independent figure must be a Muslim; why would most British Muslims give credence to a non-Muslim on fundamental matters of Islamic doctrine? Furthermore the individual needs to be seen as knowledgeable on Shariah which requires somebody who is qualified as an Islamic scholar. If Mrs May selects a Muslim like me who does not have the appropriate credentials, (I am not available) the exercise will also fail to convince."
The launch of the enquiry
Government initiatives often take a long time. The Home Office finally launched the enquiry on 26 May 2016. It said the following about the composition of the panel (hyperlinks added by me):
"The review will be chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui, an internationally renowned expert in Islamic and inter-religious studies who was appointed OBE for her services to inter-faith relations. Professor Siddiqui will lead a panel of experts that includes experienced family law barrister Sam Momtaz, retired high court judge Sir Mark Hedley and specialist family law lawyer Anne Marie Hutchinson OBE QC.
The panel will be advised by 2 religious and theological experts – Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Imam Qari Asim. They will ensure the panel has a full and thorough understanding of the religious and theological issues relating to specific aspects of sharia law, and the way it is applied."
I am delighted by the composition of the review team. Led by a highly respected academic, it combines deep expertise in English law with a proper understanding of Shia and Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. Accordingly, I look forward to eventual publication of the findings of the review.
Muslim criticism of the review
A good sign that the Home Office got it right with the composition of the review team is that Muslim criticism has been pleasantly muted. When I searched, apart from the odd tweet, the only substantive thing I found was a mainly descriptive article on 5Pillars which quoted Massoud Shadjareh, chair of the Islamic Human Rights Commission as saying that the review was "an outrage" while disparaging the team. Reading Shadjareh's criticism leaves me wondering if he had bothered to see who the team were before attacking them.
While I cannot find Muslim organisations praising the enquiry, either, in my opinion the Home Office can take the general silence as constituting widespread acceptance that the review team is credible in the eyes of British Muslims.
Non-Muslim criticism of the review
Far right groups such as Britain First, who are no friends of Muslims, have of course been venomous about the review. They merit no response.
More significantly, the website sister-hood.com describes itself as spotlighting "the voices of women of Muslim heritage" who of course may or may not currently be Muslims. It has published an "Open letter to the Home Secretary: The law and not religion is basis of justice for citizens" which has 197 signatories, both individuals and organisations. A review of the signatories suggests that many of them are not, and never have been, Muslims. The open letter does not purport to be written from a Muslim perspective, which is why I have categorised it in this section.
One of the signatories, Maryam Namazie, who describes herself as an ex-Muslim and is, I believe, an atheist has also written about her concerns on Sedaa.com.
What the non-Muslim critics fail to understand
As I have written on Conservative Home, Muslim women do get a raw deal from the asymmetric divorce rules in Islam. There are clear remedies, mentioned in my article, but they need better publicity and more take up. However, ignoring the importance of religious belief, as the 197 signatories do, means that their prescriptions are simply unable to engage with the real problems.
As a simple example from another religion, one of my Roman Catholic friends had a failed marriage. Obtaining a civil divorce was straightforward. However, he was unable to get married to the Roman Catholic woman who is now his second wife until the Church had formally annulled his first marriage. The British state had no power to give him that annulment, and no amount of feminist complaining that it is not fair that the male-dominated RC Church has the power to decide such issues would make any difference. Religious beliefs matter, because the people who hold those religious beliefs think they matter.
Simply wishing that Muslim men and women did not hold religious views that influence their behaviour, which is clearly the implicit (though not explicit) position of the 197 signatories results in their complaints being frankly vacuous.
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Online food delivery services expanding locally
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Crumbly Burger owner Stephanie McGarry scrolls through the tablet delivery service Waitr provided to her.
Waitr photographer Seanna Currie takes a photo for Crumbly Burger's online menu on Waitr's website.
Third-party delivery services like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Postmate promise to bring anything from homestyle mashed potatoes to a Big Mac right to a customer's door.
The industry is expected to continue to grow, according to a report by ARK Investments, and St. Joseph is no exception to the trend. Waitr launched on June 6 in St. Joseph, making it the newest delivery option in the city, joining DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats, Grubhub and the local delivery service Hometown Hookup.
While DoorDash lists the most participating area restaurants at 56 establishments, Waitr mostly partners with local, independent restaurants like Cafe Pony Espresso and Brioche French Bakery & Café.
Stephanie McGarry, owner of Crumbly Burger, made the decision to partner with Waitr despite initial hesitation.
"I knew that it was the way of the future," McGarry said. "But I was very skeptical for fear that it would ruin the business coming in. Because people are all about convenience."
McGarry said it's too early to say how her customers are taking to the new delivery option, but working with the company has been going well so far. McGarry has turned down partnership offers from other delivery companies in the past, but Waitr's online ordering system that lets customers pay ahead of pick-up and other perks changed her mind.
"(Waitr) gave us an iPad, so we have complete control over the order. And they pay their stuff online," McGarry said. "And they're only taking 15 percent from the business owners, as opposed to some others that were taking 40 to 35 to 25 percent."
While Crumbly Burger is a contracted Waitr partner, DoorDash also delivers the diner's food — even though McGarry didn't know about it at first.
"We have never talked to them in person or been contacted by them," McGarry said. "They just call in orders for people and then somebody comes and picks it up. And they have to wait because they have to pay for it here. With the Waitr app, they can just walk in the door. And when we see him, we can hand it to him."
Another issue is Crumbly Burger's menu on DoorDash. It's neither complete nor is pricing accurate, according to McGarry.
"It seems like they've inflated our prices online," she said.
Instead of $3.49 for a Crumbly Burger on Waitr and in store, DoorDash charges $6.29 for the same item. That's almost as much as upgrading the store's namesake burger to a meal at $6.49.
"What if people think that's our regular pricing, which it is not? It's just crazy," McGarry said.
Oriental Restaurant manager Kevin Zhu had a similar experience with DoorDash. While he wasn't informed about DoorDash adding Oriental Restaurant to its lineup, Zhu was glad for the additional business after a year-long remodel of its dining room forced Oriental to rely on take-out and delivery orders.
"They just started to call in their orders and people would pick them up," Zhu said. "I think DoorDash is a really good system. And they've definitely helped us a lot."
However, Oriental has experienced a similar pricing issue as Crumbly Burger.
"We have tried to update our menu with DoorDash, I'm not sure if it's in the process of they haven't been able to get to it yet," Zhu said. "We've definitely been trying to get them to change the prices because I know it's a little bit outdated on DoorDash."
A request for comment was not returned by DoorDash.
Tyson "Frank" Wilson started making local food and grocery runs in the St. Joseph area in 2017. He has since grown Hometown Hookup to a 24/7 delivery company and has hired part-time drivers.
"I've always seen a lot of (Facebook) posts that say 'Can somebody bring me this? I can't get there'," Wilson said. "And it's like, 'Yeah, I can get that for a fee."
Hometown Hookup doesn't partner with specific establishments. Instead, Wilson and his drivers go out and get whatever their clients need, including food, groceries and gas-station snacks.
"Basically, we go get anything. If you needed a TV remote control, we would go get that for you," Wilson said.
Wilson and his drivers pay for orders under $20 upfront and charge customers once they complete the delivery. Otherwise, clients have to make a pick-up order and pay the establishment directly.
Wilson currently is working on developing an app to accept online payments and list menus. He said what Hometown Hookup may lack in technology, the company makes up for with community engagement. Drivers hand out free toys to customers' children, and Wilson wants to make a push to cater to the elderly.
"A lot of the businesses around town have customers that are elderly and maybe used to frequent them that can't now," Wilson said. "I plan on going around all those nursing home and assisted-living facilities and hand them hard copies of a cheat sheet, which is just basically how to order and everything about it. They should be able to order without having to text."
Trenton officer shot by inmate named, alleged shooter charged
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A photo posted by the Trenton Police Department on June 20, 2017 shows the swearing in of Jasmine Diab as a police officer.
A Trenton, Missouri, police officer who was injured in the line of duty has been named as Jasmine Diab of Moberly, Missouri, by the Moberly Police Department.
"The Moberly Police Department continues to pray for Officer Jasmine Diab, of the Trenton Police Department. Officer Diab was shot while transporting a prisoner yesterday and remains in intensive care. Officer Diab is the daughter of Esam and Lori Diab, of Moberly," the department posted to its official Facebook page on Saturday morning.
Diab was shot in the abdomen at approximately 3:08 p.m. during a prisoner transport when a struggle over the officer's gun ensued. The prisoner, Jamey A. Griffin, 38, sustained a gunshot wound to the hand.
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Griffin has been charged with first degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon by the Daviess County Prosecuting Attorney, according to a statement by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H.
Troop H also confirmed that Diab is in critical but stable condition.
Diab underwent surgery Friday night, according to Trenton mayor Linda Crooks.
"Our Trenton Police Officer is out of surgery. She is in critical but stable condition at this time. Prayer Warriors," Crooks wrote in a public Facebook post at around 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
According to MSHP, the incident occurred when Griffin was being transported on U.S. Highway 69 to St. Joseph for a mental evaluation at Mosaic Life Care. The incident occurred at the city limit of Winston while the vehicle was in transit.
Missouri court records show 25 charges filed against Griffin starting in 1998, including driving under the influence, peace disturbance and at least three assault charges.
The most recent charges brought against Griffin include miscellaneous peace disturbance and assault dated May 16 and miscellaneous peace disturbance and resisting arrest dated May 5.
MSHP Sgt. Jake Angle said investigation into the circumstances of the incident continues.
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Hannah Dixon stands outside her truck after delivering packages for Amazon in Downtown St. Joseph. The St. Joseph Post Office looms in the background.
It takes only a few minutes for the white rental van to pull to a stop and a contract worker in a reflective vest to drop a package on the front porch.
The unmarked van slips away as quickly as it arrives, with no logo and no fuss. As far as market disruption goes, Amazon's expansion into local package delivery service has seemed like more of a toe-dip than a belly-flop.
"Amazon delivering changes the dynamics a little bit as far as the shipping companies," said Kim Blaylock, owner of the independent shipping business Goin' Postal. "But you shouldn't see a whole lot of difference. You're still going to have a package delivered to your house whether you're there or not."
Still, Amazon, one of the world's largest companies, is not known for tiptoeing on the turf of an established business. Just ask someone who used to work for a bookstore.
The e-retail giant has built up its logistics infrastructure over the years, including a new warehouse just outside Omaha, Nebraska, as part of an effort to control more deliveries on its own rather than relying on FedEX, UPS or the U.S. Postal Service.
At times, the discussion has turned to Amazon's futuristic plans for using drones. For now, the company is relying on a lower-tech form of competition that resembles Uber more than "Star Wars."
Amazon is hiring contract workers, many driving white rental vans, who handle last-mile, ground deliveries to homes and businesses. These contract workers have been noticed in St. Joseph for the last couple of weeks.
"We've been busy," one worker said after making a delivery on Ashland Avenue. She didn't give her name.
Blaylock operates an independent shipping and receiving business on Frederick Boulevard that acts as a drop-off spot for UPS, FedEx, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service. In recent weeks, he's started to notice Amazon contract workers dropping off packages.
He said the biggest change for customers will be that packages will have to be tracked through Amazon.
"One thing that may change is you may see someone coming up to your neighbor's sidewalk with a package," he said. "The Amazon people don't necessarily have any logos or anything on the truck that says Amazon. So there may be some questions there."
He said other shipping companies are watching the developments closely and may be impacted more if Amazon starts handling its own returns.
FedEx said in a statement that there's plenty of e-commerce business to go around. The company recently decided not to renew one of its contracts with Amazon as the two companies increase competition.
"There is significant demand and opportunity for growth in e-commerce, which is expected to grow from 50 million to 100 million packages a day in the U.S. by 2026," FedEx said in the statement. "FedEx has already built out the network and capacity to serve thousands of retailers in the e-commerce space. We are excited about the future."
For the U.S. Postal Service, competition from Amazon comes at a time when some in St. Joseph are asking if mail carriers even deliver every route every day. Stacy Hopwood, a communication specialist with the Postal Service, said this is the perception because first-class mail has plummeted due to electronic communication and other factors.
"Folks who used to get mail every day may go one or two days without getting any mail at all," she said. "We deliver every route every day. There are no exceptions."
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Webster Learning Center offers alternative-schooling options to at-risk students in the district. The St. Joseph School District is planning on emphasizing these services going forward.
The St. Joseph School District's Board of Education is discussing putting more emphasis on its alternative schooling programs.
The alternative high school program has been with the district for a few years. It focuses on providing a more stable environment and class structure for at-risk high school students.
The classes, which take place at the Webster Learning Center, originally targeted a broad group, focusing on students with social anxiety and those who didn't fit very well into the system.
Now, the alternative schooling program, which is currently targeting upcoming sophomore and junior students, is focusing almost exclusively on drop-out prevention.
"It's really an opportunity for students and a way for us to provide more support for students who are showing that the support that is given to every student at a traditional high school just may not be enough for them," Jon Salanky, the principal at Webster, said. "To go along with all of the counseling wrap-around services that we're able to provide here that may not be available at their school residence, we can also earn more credits in a school year with the way we have our classes and course schedule set up. Students who are only able to learn seven credits at a high school during a regular school year can earn eight here at Webster."
Credit-deficient students as well as those with lower attendance may be contacted about the opportunity to attend Webster, which Salanky describes as a more tight-knit school with smaller class sizes and fewer transitions from class to class. A commons area allows students to socialize between classes, creating a more comfortable, relaxed vibe.
Updates to the school's gymnasium will include recreational activities like ping pong and billiards, as well as a lounge area.
"The gym is hopefully going to be the coolest thing about Webster next year. We are completely repurposing that and getting away from a traditional P.E. structure," Salanky said.
Currently, he and the district are looking at establishing community partnerships to have students participate in community-based training. They're also partnering with United Way to explore career readiness opportunities as well.
Throughout all of the high school programs at Webster, the school served approximately 60 students last year, and Salanky is hoping to add 100 more in the coming year.
He also emphasized the importance of viewing these programs as an opportunity as opposed to a punishment. With certified teachers experienced in alternative-schooling practices, he hopes students and parents recognize they're there to get everyone back on track to graduate with their peers.
"What we were trying before wasn't working, so now it's time to try something new, with more support and more interventions for students," Salanky said.
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Not an issue as such. But I am thinking of getting a new laptop soon. Anyway I have a Netbook with Windows XP at the moment. Would there be a way to uninstall XP from my Netbook, and install it alongside Windows 8, on the laptop for free.
No. The XP on your netbook will be an OEM version and will only work on the original hardware. It can actually be quite difficult to install XP on modern equipment; it's really not a good idea to keep using such an ancient OS, particularly if you connect to the Internet.
Yes, I did it from an article in the magazine PC Answers Issue 140 of Dec 2004 entitled 'Combine Service Pack 2 and other updates into your Windows XP CD'. I'm sure you can find similar by Googling 'Slipstreaming XP'.
You can find an OEM Product key in the file OOBEINFO.INI.
You will probably find this is not possible because if you buy a new laptop it will use AHCI and UEFI SecureBoot technologies, amongst other things, both of which a normal installation of Windows XP will not be able to cope with.
You would be better getting a Windows 8 Pro machine and installing the Hyper-V feature and running Windows XP in that, but again, license considerations mentioned in other posts.


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Fortnite could be getting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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A new rumour suggests that a Fortnite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover could be coming to Epic's ever-popular battle royale game, as the developer has apparently signed a deal with Paramount – meaning that other properties could be coming too, like Star Trek or Spongebob.
In the latest episode of the XboxEra podcast – which oftens reveals surprising rumours, such as last episode's revelations about Rare's Everwild being "a real mess" or, more apt, about the Doom Slayer coming to Fortnite – host Nick 'Shepshal Nick' Baker says a source told him that Paramount has signed with Epic to bring its properties to Fortnite, and he notes that "the main one that i had heard about was
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
Nothing has been confirmed, of course, and rumours can often go awry – or take a long time. Spider-Man and Naruto were rumoured for Fortnite for months before they actually showed up, and the supposed The Matrix collaboration ended up just being a few emotes and a free Sentinel glider.
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It is a time of new beginnings: in the secular world a new year has begun, in the academic world a new semester has begun, and in my world a new class in Old Testament survey has begun. So we begin with the beginning, in this case a meditation on the beginning, with some contemporary sidetracks in  and some personal reflections that go well beyond survey classes..
The beginning lays the foundation for all that follows. But we must read the beginning from the point of view of the author, who was not there in the beginning, but who has an interest in the beginning. "When God began to create the heavens and the earth . . ." (CEB) there are two things: God and matter. In the beginning matter was a mess, a swirling unformed mass of all that is, useless for anything – but it was matter and it is there as the curtain goes up. We have to go to Hebrews to discover that God created the matter, for that does not interest our author (and may be outside his philosophical comprehension). What is important to him is that it is matter, for unlike the nations around them, they Hebrews, including our author, do not believe that matter was divine. This is not the body of a mother goddess, or any other deity, but just stuff, undifferentiated stuff, and God is present with that stuff: a divine wind sweeps across the deep darkness.
"And God said . . ." God is pictured as a king and the king speaks (the court will appear more clearly in the royal "we" of Gen 1:26); when he speaks things happen. It is not that there are no intermediate agents. But the agents are not important (and in the Hebrew world might have been worshipped if described, just as we worship images, powers, scraps of cloth, and even sports). They rush from his presence to carry out his will, but it is his will. Our author is also not concerned with how God created – his worldview does not need the debates about science and Scripture that have often occupied us (I have tried to diagram the worldview model that our author is using in my commentary 2 Peter and Jude, and plan to publish another version in my Biblical Theology of the General Epistles, since it is used by 2 Peter) . For him the point is that God created, that only God created and that there is only One who is God, whatever agents or means that God may have used. That God forms a world capable of being inhabited – that is catalogued in a three-day structure. That God, in a second three-day catalogue, fills the world he has formed with animate creatures, starting with the heavenly bodies and ending with the creation of humanity. No tree god, no sea god, no sun god appear. The one God made it all. He does create humanity in his image, which means as a viceroy to oversee and run the world he has created. But the human being remains a viceroy; he/they never receive(s) independent "title" to the world. Whether the human being in Eden or Israel in Palestine, it is God who retains title. God even retains title to the life of the human being, for in the so-called second creation story we discover that the human is mortal but receives a "sacramental immortality" through the tree of life, as John Goldingay has pointed out. That human being rules all, rules as male and female (there is neither dominance nor subversion until late in Gen 3), but does this under God and is depended on God, including being dependent for life itself.
However long the human beings, that is, the two of, live in this dependent relationship, whether it be eons or centuries or years, that is not a concern of our author. His concern is that this dependent relationship did not last forever, or, perhaps, that it was not the present situation of the human race. Genesis says that the human being chose independence, chose to take over rule for themselves. "I can make independent judgments – I can say what is right and wrong, what is good and bad. And I believe that this tree is good, even though you said it was bad." We have of course been judging ever since. We make judgments about what is right and wrong in the world, and we make judgments about our fellow human being, whether they are right or wrong. We have, in the words of Genesis, become like God, or at least we have made the attempt.
And so, if in the beginning God created, and if in the beginning human beings attempted to take over God's role and throw off their dependence, then in the beginning (or at least as the story of the beginning plays out) came alienation and violence. That is content of the rest of the "prehistory" of Genesis (as I call Gen 1-11). But of course there is another side of the story as well, for the One God will call the creation, and especially the human creation, back to himself. He will – in the end – not use violence, but instead absorb the violence of others and so break its power. Indeed, in the Christian story when the God-King returns he speaks a word rather than flashes a sword, for as in Genesis his word is enough, and by his word he reorders and re-creates the world. But that of course is the end of the story, not the beginning.
But the beginning tells us about the tensions of our world. We want to take the world for ourselves, either individually through capitalism or collectively through socialism. [The politics of the right often re-enact Gen 3 in individualistic terms, while the politics of the left do it in collective terms; both have this or that correct, but are wrong in their core assumption of human sovereignty; even Karl Marx was, in some ways right, but without God he could not go back to the beginning, so ends up with humans trying to play God, which results in violence. He seems to know, as we would expect from a man of his age, Paul's principles, "From each according to his ability to each according to his need," but he does not have Paul's Spirit to work out those principles, and without the divine Spirit he gets humans playing God, with predictable results. The right side of the spectrum does no better.] But God has not given up title to the world, for he made it and it is his; we possess nothing, for we are at best viceroys, not kings. Both of the "isms" (and reds and blues and quite a few other "isms," slogans, and political principles) belong to the principalities and powers that Paul says rule this present age. Our other human tendency is to deify the world, to make it independent of God. So we speak of Mother Nature or just Nature or natural laws as if they existed or could exist without the creator. [Next time you want some fun, listen to a scientific naturalist, such as Richard Dawkins and see how long he speaks before verbally "deifying" one of the natural forces he believes in.] Furthermore, because human independence leads to alienation and violence, we see our security in violence or the threat of violence, whether it be our personal security in our personal armament or our collective security in our collective armament systems. [As the Psalmist would say, there is mocking laughter from God and his agents when he hears the words "national security" uttered by some human being in some nation of the world.] We pretend we can be safe and yet live independently of God, that is, independently of the dependence in which he created us and for which he created us. This tension, of course, will be worked out in the rest of Holy Scripture, both in terms of the result of human independence and in terms of God's solution in bringing human beings back to dependence, which solution ultimately uses a cross and an empty grave.
In the beginning of my day I want to go back to the beginning. The most important things that I do take place in my study. I do Morning Prayer, which places me under Scripture in dependence on the One who is creator. [My wife and I complete the day with Evening Prayer, the other half of the Daily Office. We will to end our day under the authority of God and in dependence on the creator.] After prayer, I sit in apophatic meditation, hands open on my lap. I release all to the creator; I grasp nothing for myself. I sit silently in the presence of the One who is, letting go of all images and letting the sharp arrows of love and dependence pierce "the cloud of unknowing" (although often the struggle with my "monkey mind" takes up all too much of the time). Hopefully, this will not just be a pious start to my day but will shape my whole day and how I live every moment of it. Hopefully, I am being transformed into the viceroy (or to use other biblical language, "slave of God") I was intended to be. All too often the process is too slow (in my eyes); I again grasp for security in something other than him. But in the timing of God, whether it be the timing of eons or of years or of days, I believe a new creation is taking place in me.
In my class we spend a long time in Genesis, or so it seems in relationship to the time that we spend on the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures. (There is a bit of hubris in pretending that we can adequately grasp the vastness of the Hebrew Scriptures in one semester, but we do the best we can.) In my life I try to constantly return to Genesis, to retake, by the power of Jesus my King and through the Spirit, the position God created me for. I have not yet arrived "in the beginning," but Jesus my Lord tells me that I will. I hope to come closer in this life, but in the re-creation of the world, in the resurrection, in the renewal of this earth, I know I will, for in my resurrection I will be part of the new beginning that my Lord has already in part begun.
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Profoundly begun, Herr Dr. Davids- thank you for your words on "In the beginning" .


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Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States
The Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States is a useful resource in many cases. On this page, you are going to be informed about everything you'll need to understand about the Consulate.
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A consulate like the Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States is part of a foreign country's representation in other countries. Its purpose is to safeguard and protect the rights and interests of citizens from Peru.
The consulate's primary functions focus on helping people from Peru who reside or are traveling. But it also supports stronger connections between the Peru and people.
Many issues can be remedied by you, but in other predicaments, you may need consular representations abroad. A cultured lawyer can give additional information and resources.
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Description of Consular Services for the Consulate of Peru in Miami, United States
Even if the consulate's primary role is to safeguard citizens from Peru while they far from home, their consular services for a diversity of legal issues.
It can notarize legal documents and help citizens from Peru who have lost identification cards, have medical emergencies, or are facing births or deaths of family members.
A regular consular service is helping with identification. There are different ways of identification provided by the Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States, such as Consular I.D.s, Passports, and Visas. The honorary consulate can advise you about the spectrum of consular services they give. Contact the nearest location to schedule an appointment.
Make sure to check the official website for the most accurate office hours before visiting the honorary consulate.
For more information and frequently asked questions about these and other matters, check out the Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States's FAQ page. Immigration lawyers can help navigate these scenarios, as well.
Additional Services from the Consulate in Miami, United States
Some embassies and consulates give other consular services like healthcare for uninsured people needing inexpensive or free services. Certain honorary consulates around the globe have collaborated with local health providers to deliver services on site. Find the local consulate or an immigration law firm to learn the specifics in your area. Before you head down to the office, verify the hours on the official website.
Help victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes
Ensure Peru nationals receive fair treatment while in custody of local authorities
Give civil, criminal, immigration, and labor law advice
Contribute with interpretation and legal representation for Peru nationals in custody
At the Peruvian Consulate in Miami, United States, they work to support nationals from Peru around the world. Before you travel to the office, investigate the opening hours on the official website.
Honorary Consulate vs. Supervising Authority
The honorary consulate, rather than the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C., fills all other aims. Rather than serving the whole country, the consulate works within the district it is located. Most nations have multiple consulates within the same country.
Common Qs about the Consulate in Miami, United States
1. How do I set up an appointment with the consulate on their website?
You can program an appointment by directly communicating with the honorary consulate of Peru you choose or utilizing the online appointment service. Search the contact information on this page and you'll be able to get in touch with a staff member about programming your appointment.
The main function of the consulate is to protect international citizens from Peru when they are abroad. There are consulates and embassies worldwide for nearly all nations who help with foreign affairs. "International citizens" who travel around the world will find these very helpful!
The Consulate of Peru in Miami, United States provides a diversity of services, such as consular assistance with legal processes, medical emergencies, care with medical resources for the uninsured, procedures with identity documents, locate missing relatives, help to victims of domestic violence, human trafficking and hate crimes, verification of the well-being of nationals from Peru who are in the custody of local police, among other services. Consular assistance does not include valid travel insurance, you'll need to obtain that yourself. Be sure to review the opening hours on the official website before heading in!
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Problems with two of its drilling vessels have led Royal Dutch Shell to delay offshore oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic for 2013, while regulatory uncertainty has prompted rival ConocoPhillips to postpone its plans to drill there through 2014.
There are currently around 16,000 registered vessels sailing worldwide. This huge commercial shipping fleet accounts for between 4 to 5 percent of the world's carbon emissions suspected of causing climate change, according to Sweden's Opcon Energy Systems AB.
Despite low water and lack of dredging, the Great Lakes shipping industry is on the mend from record low traffic in 2009.
As environmental regulations tighten, water-lubricated propeller shaft bearings are becoming a popular alternative to oil-lubricated bearings for commercial vessels.
The editors of Professional Mariner have presented this year's Plimsoll Awards for Outstanding Service to the U.S. Coast Guard office whose mission is to help vessel operators avoid casualties, to a mariner trainer who pioneered the concept of bridge resource management and to an industry executive who has advocated measures to end sinkings resulting from cargo liquefaction.
A proposal to standardize towing lingo raised the temperature in the room at this year's Towing Safety Advisory Committee meeting.
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Capt. Kenneth Helmer and mate George Clement, the two-man crew on George C, a 68-foot-by-26-foot lugger tug moored at the Venice Marina, north of Head of Passes on the Mississippi River, were making ready to leave on a rig move in March.
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A fatigued master and a mate unfamiliar with transiting a difficult passage on the Fraser River were factors that led to the collision of a loaded gravel barge with a British Columbia rail bridge, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said.
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Q: How to detect gestures on buttons inside Dialog in Android I have tried to extend GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener class to detect gestures on Dialog, it worked for me but it does not detect single tap, on down, scroll, etc. events on any button, checkbox, radio button in the dialog, it's only detecting these events while touching the white area inside dialog. Anyone knows how can I detect the gestures on various buttons and other control in a dialog?
Here is the code snippet of my dialog and gesture listener:
public class SimpleDialog extends Dialog {

    private GestureDetector gestureDetector;

    public SimpleDialog(Context context) {
        super(context);
        gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context, new MyGestureDetector());
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        setContentView(R.layout.dialog_simple);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
    }

    private class MyGestureDetector extends GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener {
        @Override
        public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
            System.out.println( "touch event onFling()");
            return false;
        }

        MyGestureDetector() {
            super();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
            System.out.print("touch event onSingleTapUp()");
            return super.onSingleTapUp(e);
        }

        @Override
        public void onLongPress(MotionEvent e) {
            super.onLongPress(e);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onScroll(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float distanceX, float distanceY) {
            System.out.println("touch event onScroll()");
            return super.onScroll(e1, e2, distanceX, distanceY);
        }

        @Override
        public void onShowPress(MotionEvent e) {
            super.onShowPress(e);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onDown(MotionEvent e) {
            System.out.println("touch event onDown()");
            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onDoubleTap(MotionEvent e) {
            return super.onDoubleTap(e);
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        @Override
        public boolean onDoubleTapEvent(MotionEvent e) {
            return super.onDoubleTapEvent(e);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onSingleTapConfirmed(MotionEvent e) {
            return super.onSingleTapConfirmed(e);
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En la mitología nórdica Hvergelmir (del nórdico antiguo: La caldera hirviente) es una fuente de aguas heladas en Niflheim. Todos los ríos helados vienen de allí, y es la fuente de los once ríos, Élivágar. Más arriba de la fuente, el dragón Níðhöggr roe una de las raíces del fresno del mundo, el Yggdrasil.

Véase también
 Urðarbrunnr
 Mímisbrunnr

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Gylfaginning en asatru.es (COE) (en español)

Lugares en la mitología nórdica

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As a creditor, you want to seek payment for your goods and services as promptly as possible. Payments should always be delivered on time to ensure business goes smoothly and without a hitch. However, some unfortunate things can happen, and it is vital that you proceed with caution, especially in Massachusetts.
Debt collection is a process that can become quite complicated if you do not know what you are doing. The federal and state regulations have provided some form of protection to the debtors so that they can safeguard themselves against ill practices when collecting payments from them. Therefore, you need proper guidance and counseling, so you do not subject yourself to unfair and deceptive acts of a collection. Such illegal practices can lead to a judicial valuation of punitive damages, along with fees for the attorney and recovery for the other party's emotional distress.
As a result, more and more debtors look to the courts for help and to the office of the Attorney General whenever they feel that a creditor is collecting their debts unethically.
The problem with many debtors is that they typically promise they will pay you what they owe at a specific time. However, when that day comes, they do not honor it. Even with a guarantee, it becomes difficult to come up with a solution to push these individuals or companies to pay you.
While you can decide to seize their property or take the matter to the courts, it is not always the right solution. After all, you will need these customers in the future, and you also have to take what they owe your business. More importantly, you have to consider every step of the debt recovery procedure follows the state laws.
Massachusetts, like every other state, has laws concerning debt collection. Some of the rules are entirely different from other places in the United States, which is why you should pay close attention. Specific points, including the Massachusetts Fair Debt Collection Policies, should be noted. Under such policy, the state limits the actions of debt collectors, creditors, and agencies when it comes to going after their debtors.
Even requesting for a postdated check can be reported to the authorities. As long as it is deceptive and unreasonable, a debtor can maintain his or her financial security as prohibited by the Statutes.
The Statutes cover the debt incurred primarily for family, household, and personal purposes. Therefore, if it is consumer debt, it will not be covered by the law. Examples include condominium fees and other charges, unpaid rents, automobile loans, and everything that came from personal usage.
Civil debts have a statute of limitation of six years, meaning that the creditor can only collect the debt within that specific period. It starts from the time when the debtor last paid for his or her loan. This restriction is applicable to both oral and written agreements.
It is always possible to capture a property so that a business can recover from the debt owed by another company. However, some items are not allowed for seizure and are protected by Massachusetts and federal laws once again. These items include clothing, domestic appliances, and furniture. Massachusetts law explicitly adds cemetery plots to the assets that cannot be held. On the other hand, livestock and books may be sold; however, there is a cap on the value of these items.
You need help in searching for your debtors, but the laws are making it extra complicated for you to talk to them. Some may have even stopped communicating, which further makes matters worse. In this case, you require the help of a reliable Massachusetts debt collection attorney. While you can collect the debts alone, the entire process can be quite overwhelming, especially with the laws associated with it.
You want to make sure you are doing everything by the books, and the right attorney will help guide you to recover the money owed to you without going against the rules. This way, you protect your rights, your financials, and your reputation as well.
A dependable Massachusetts debt collection attorney will provide you with regular updates whenever the debtor responds to the messages. Some debtors may have a few offers, and you have the right to accept or reject them at any given time. What is significant is that you are well aware of what is happening between the agency or the attorney and the borrower.
When finding the person or company that owes you money, you should proceed prudently. It is essential that you comply with the applicable federal and state debt collections regulations and statutes. Your action and conduct toward the debtor should be fair and honest. As much as possible, communications should be written down clearly with all the exact statements to document what has transpired.
Only a competent Massachusetts debt collection lawyer can help you prevent the assessment of punitive damages. If you need guidance, you have come to the right place. We have the professionals who will assist you in your situation so you can get back what is rightfully yours.


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Change your password fellow monsters.
Like anyone would have searched your password from millions pages long text files?
There's no need to make everything so dramatic. The facebook employees doesn't give a f*ck of yours or your neighbors passwords..
There is a need to make this dramatic. Millions of passwords leaked yesterday in a ****ing text file Now, strangers have access to people's passwords, and most people use the same password.
Nope, nothing got leaked. The employees only had access to them. They do not have access to the passwords anymore. Not like I could go and search for them. I don't think many or any of employees even knew they could find those passwords.
People who might use these passwords are not going through them individually. They use computers to go through them.
Then, since people use the same password for everything, they will use this massive list of known passwords to break into a LOT of different things. And it's all computerized (and very quick). It takes pretty savvy companies to fight something like this.
Now who knows if any employee leaked any passwords, but they could have and honestly some people would be willing to pay for them. Also, it would be very easy for someone else to steal passwords that are being stored in plain text, so it doesn't have to be an employee.
The main message here is, facebook storing passwords in plain text IS dangerous, even if you don't understand why.
Who said I was talking about this artcle?
I saw a news article this morning that millions of passwords leaked yesterday from Facebook and Instagram.
Well, I did look it up. No traces were found that anything got leaked. Maybe you should get your facts checked? Only news about this, where nothing got leaked.
Facebook already fixed their problem, and there is no storing passwords in plain text anymore. Also, there shouldn't have been in the first place.
As I already noted, I dont think many or any employees knew they could find the passwords.
This is just the news and media creating hysteria out of nothing. The main point is that absolutely none gives a single **** of our passwords.
I would understand that people would be scared if nuclear launching codes were leaked, or military satellites were hacked. But in reality none of that is possible. Who cares if your facebook password was visible to some employees?
Who cares if your facebook password was visible to some employees?
Wouldn't you care if someone you don't know have access to your door keys of your house? If privacy matters to you in your life, it should matter on your online accounts too.
I wouldn't care if the same person had 600 million other keys and they did not even know they had those keys. What are the chances they would ever use the key on my door?


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On top of the tycoon's environmental ransacking, he loathsomely brands the residents he wants to displace as 'pigs' and their residences as 'slums'. All you can say in his credit is he does so on camera ('I'm an honest man,' he brays). We see the locals have their water cut off, be accused of the theft of items on their own land, have their property damaged and be invoiced for fences Trump has erected around their homes. It's shocking and blood-boiling stuff.
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And you get the sense the story is only just beginning. The first of Trump's golf courses is now open, Baxter tells us, but the rest of the development is on hold while the property magnate stamps his feet over an offshore wind farm he claims will spoil his clients' view. You've Been Trumped 2 should be fascinating.


Usted siempre come en casa, y yo en cambio como en un restaurante porque vivo lejos del trabajo.You always have lunch at home, while I have lunch at a restaurant because I live far from work.
No olvide que usted come mañana con los clientes de Madrid.Don't forget you're having lunch tomorrow with our clients from Madrid.
Si usted come todos los días a las 10 pm, ¿a qué hora se va a la cama?If you have dinner at 10 pm every day, what time do you go to bed?
Le escuché decir antes que usted come esta noche con sus suegros. ¿Se lleva bien con ellos?I heard you saying before that you're having dinner with your in-laws this evening. Do you get on with them?
Si usted come normalmente tanto pescado, le costará acostumbrarse a vivir tan lejos de la costa.If you normally have so much fish, it'll be difficult for you to get used to living so far from the coast.
Usted come demasiado pan, no me extraña que engorde.You eat too much bread. I'm not surprised you're putting on weight.


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If you mention the word transite to about 90% of the population, they either think of HVAC ductwork installed below the concrete floor in a basement, or they assume you added an "e" onto the word transit. This ought to change.
The vast majority of sub-slab ductwork is not transite, and shouldn't be labeled as such. Also, there's no such thing as "transit" heat. Some spell-checker created this word by chopping off the letter e. It's transite.
I'm no historian, but I've always been taught that transite was a cement-asbestos product. Wikipedia agrees, describing Transite as a brand created by Johns-Manville in 1929 for cement-asbestos products. At some point, the product transitioned from Transite to transite, just like Romex became romex and Sheetrock became sheetrock. At least in everyone's minds.
The two components in a home that are most appropriately called transite are cement-asbestos gas vents and cement-asbestos sub-slab ducts.
That's right, most sub-slab ductwork here in Minnesota is not made from transite. It's mostly PVC. When this ductwork is called transite, it's implied that the ductwork contains asbestos. Don't call it transite if the ductwork is not made from cement-asbestos. This creates confusion and unnecessary concern. Call it sub-slab ductwork. Transite ductwork was used in the 1960's and early 1970's.
So what's the concern with actual transite sub-slab ductwork? Asbestos. The cut edges of this material are often rough and have the potential to release microscopic asbestos particles into the air if disturbed. The term for this condition is "friable". This means that the ductwork probably shouldn't be cleaned, for risk of creating an environmental hazard. Don't expect your duct cleaner to know this, however. If you hire them to clean your ducts, they'll clean your ducts.
Home buyers generally don't like the idea of not being able to have their ducts safely cleaned. If you buy a home with transite heat, this is what you're getting. It's not the end of the world, but there's also no simple fix. The images below show some examples of what this looks like.
The first image shows a rare view of the outside of a transite heat duct. In most homes, this portion of the duct is buried below the slab. It's only visible in this case because it was in a split-level home.
The image below shows a floor register cover removed so we could look inside the duct with our furnace inspection mirror. I mentioned this mirror in my home inspection tool list. Every home inspector ought to have one. The rough, fibrous edges of the ductwork indicated by the arrow are the telltale sign that this is transite.
Here's a view of a transite duct from the inside. Click on the image for a larger, more detailed version. Note the spiral, and note the rough fiber. This is transite.
Also, make note of the obvious water staining in the ductwork. This ductwork has surely been flooded in the past, and that brings me to my next topic, which is water in sub-slab ductwork. That's a topic all on its own, so please come back next week for my blog post on water in sub-slab ductwork.
You mentioned the concerns with having this type of duct work cleaned but what about normal air movement through these ducts? Is this a concern as well with friable edges? Is it OK to have this material as long as you don't try to clean it? Just wondering what you would recommend to your clients.
Do you have any thoughts on "Duct Armor"? There's a ton of marketing information on the internet, but not much that's on actual results.
On one hand, it looks like the stuff used for trenchless drain replacements.
On the other hand, it looks like a scam (who can possibly inspect the results).
I'll actually be mentioning Duct Armor in next week's blog post about water in the ducts. I've never seen it installed, but we had a guy come out to our local ASHI meeting to talk about that stuff, and I was sold on it. It won't keep water out of the ducts, but it'll do just about everything else. I wouldn't hesitate to try it.
As usual, Reuben is right on from my POV + 30 years asbestos inspections! Good informative work!
This is great. I often refer to them as in-slab ducts, but will now start calling them sub-slab ducts. I agree that most are now PVC…some of the old sheet metal ducts have rusted out, allowing mice and rats to enter. I have one client in a slab on grade townhouse near wet lands with snakes entering her ducts; the home owners association tells the homeowners not to clean their ducts because they will get more cracks and more snakes! So she has to live with mold, because these ducts are major mold growers. One of my clients nearly died from her sub-slab ducts when stagnant water in the ducts caused bacteria to enter the HVAC which caused a lung infection that went sepsis. So frustrating!
Thank you, Vickie! Yes, the old metal ducts are definitely bad news. It's hard to believe that anyone thought those were a good idea. The first time I saw that done, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.


There's nothing quite like a nice pint of ale or a good burger on a warm summer day – which is why you simply can't miss some of the great food and beer festivals taking place in South Devon this summer! What are you waiting for? Get your sunglasses and sunscreen and drink deep of some great events this summer season.
Located in the small village of Kingskerswell, the Summer Moon Festival is a time for beer, wine and having fun with family and friends. The festival offers a wide range of local food and drinks from the town's chefs and brewers. With great bands and musicians playing all afternoon and evening and all profits benefiting local charities.
"Night at the Proms" kick starts the festivals on Friday 21st June performed by the Torbay Symphony Orchestra. This fantastic festival offers three nights of local food, drinks and music with the final night of this festival taking place on Sunday 23rd June.
Anyone a fan of hot and spicy food? If yes, then this is the perfect festival for you! A "fire and spice" festival comes to Exeter this summer. Taking place on 30th June, there's plenty to dig your teeth into. Take part in the hot and spicy chilli eating competition and put your taste buds to the test. If that sounds like too much work then you can just munch away at some delicious street food made by local chefs, or have a refreshing drink at the outdoor bar if the chillis are getting too hot!
Live music will be playing as you dance away into the night, so make sure you bring your dancing shoes! Nello's longest table returns for a fifth year, 350 tables set up in a line for you, your friends and 2,000 people to sit down as one big foodie family and enjoy some fantastic street cuisine. The organisers would love to see you there, so grab your sunglasses, hats and cartons of milk; it's going to be a hot one!
Treat yourself to an ice cold beer this summer at the Kingsbeer Festival. Delicious BBQs, drinks and fantastic live music. Located just under 5 miles from Galmpton Touring Park, Kingsbeer Festival offers an idyllic panoramic view of the River Dart to enjoy whilst sampling some of the best local produce.
The Kingsbeer Festival is sponsored by local beer makers Red Rock Brewery, whose headquarters can be found in the countryside of Devon – you just know there's going to be some brilliant beers on offer!
Taking place between the 13th and 15th July, make sure you don't miss what is considered the most beautifully located beer festival in the UK!
What's better than a cold beer in the British sun? Not having to travel that far to get it! Galmpton Touring Park is located less than twenty miles from all of these events, making the wide open spaces and beautiful river views of our campsite a perfect place to stay while enjoying all the great events happening in Devon this summer.


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'The Nun' Scares the Holy Crap Out of You
Source: Josie Sgarlata
Josie Sgarlata, Staff Writer
Since it is now October and Halloween is right around the corner, it is officially "spooky season" for Utica College students.
Going to the Marquee Cinema with a couple of friends on a rainy, fall day is always a great option, especially if you enjoy horror movies like I do.
I am very picky about the horror films that I watch. I really enjoy paranormal-type movies, so I had to go to the theatre and watch "The Nun" since it is said to be a spinoff of "The Conjuring" movies.
"The Nun" is set in 1952 at Abbey of St. Carta in Romania. Father Burke, who specializes in the supernatural, and Sister Irene, a novice, were sent to investigate a nun's mysterious suicide at a monastery on the Vatican's order.
It is discovered that there is a sinister demon who dresses up as the nun to mock the church.
Sister Irene was quick to realize that there was something wrong about the place and knew that there was an evil demon that "hides within." Not armed with anything but their faith and inner strength, they go after this demon to fight it and see if they can soon destroy it and protect everyone else.
I had higher expectations for this movie than what was presented. It had many "jumpy" scenes in it, which I actually enjoyed, but I feel like it also moved a bit slow. It could have also had more action scenes and more of the story behind the demon and how it got there in the first place.
They did a good job with all of those jumpy scenes, but I personally don't think it lived up to the hype.
Without spoiling too much, I will say I enjoyed a reference that was made to "The Conjuring" towards the end of "The Nun" because I really like movies that intertwine with one another.
Freshman Megan Chamberlain thought the movie was "extremely scary."
"I love scary movies, the jumpy parts really left me not being able to sleep at night," Chamberlain said.
Chamberlain thought it was one of the scariest movies that she has ever seen.
"Scary movies have always been a favorite of mine, paranormal movies always leave my spine in chills," Chamberlain said.
Sophomore Katherine LeRoy said she really enjoyed "The Nun."
"The movie was very scary," LeRoy said. "They had very good pop-out scenes, which made me jump 10 feet in the air. I almost started crying because it was so scary. Almost every scene left me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next."
Sophomore Jeslyn Files also really enjoyed "The Nun" because of the jumpy parts.
"There was a lot of jumpy parts, so you just didn't know what was going to happen next," Files said. "A lot of things caught me off guard and I also like the setting because there are not many horror films that have to do with the Church. I also like how the movie just came out and it is getting close to Halloween, so this is a great movie to watch to get yourself in the Halloween spirit."